Real hourly wages in first half (FH) of year, by wage percentile,* 2007–2014 (annual 2013 dollars)

10th 20th 30th 40th 50th 60th 70th 80th 90th 95th
FH2007 $8.75 $10.60 $12.40 $14.57 $17.05 $20.16 $23.85 $29.38 $39.42 $51.41
FH2009 8.80 10.76 12.71 14.92 17.40 20.59 24.72 30.57 41.10 52.56
FH2013 8.36 10.01 11.97 14.23 16.75 19.81 23.97 29.88 40.84 52.63
FH2014 8.38 9.91 11.86 14.15 16.59 19.63 23.72 29.54 40.00 52.23
Annualized percent changes
2007–2009 0.3% 0.8% 1.2% 1.2% 1.0% 1.1% 1.8% 2.0% 2.1% 1.1%
2009–2014 -1.0 -1.6 -1.4 -1.0 -0.9 -1.0 -0.8 -0.7 -0.5 -0.1
2007–2014 -0.6 -0.9 -0.6 -0.4 -0.4 -0.4 -0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2
2013–2014 0.3 -1.0 -0.9 -0.5 -0.9 -0.9 -1.1 -1.1 -2.0 -0.7

* The xth-percentile wage is the wage at which x% of wage earners earn less and (100-x)% earn more.

Source: EPI analysis of Current Population Survey Outgoing Rotation Group (ORG) microdata

View the underlying data on epi.org.