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State-group median wages as a share of the national median wage, 1968, 1979, 2007, and 2013

State-group ME,MA,NH,RI,VT  MI,WI IA,MN ND,NE,KS,SD NC,SC DE,VA AL,MS AR,OK AZ,CO,NM D,MT,NV,UT,WY AK,HI,WA CA CT FL GA IL IN KY LA MD MO NJ NY OH OR PA TN TX WV
1968 99.7% 109.4 101.7 90.4 78.8 94.9 80.8 84.1 94.0 97.2 113.4 118.2 85.8 85.3 79.0 107.8 100.0 84.9 86.0 107.0 99.6 104.9 105.6 103.7 108.4 97.8 78.2 88.8 97.7%
1979 97.2% 113.2 99.2 89.7 79.8 96.8 83.8 84.3 105.2 100.3 114.2 109.0 103.5 83.9 91.9 111.3 104.3 96.5 91.7 110.2 92.1 108.7 103.9 106.8 109.6 106.5 88.3 96.1 92.3%
2007 113.1% 102.4 102.1 91.4 88.1 107.1 89.9 88.1 100.1 95.2 107.5 106.8 122.8 95.3 102.9 103.6 96.9 94.5 92.5 116.9 96.5 114.0 106.3 96.6 100.6 102.9 94.2 90.0 87.7%
2013 116.2% 102.7 107.4 93.1 92.5 117.8 93.6 88.8 105.7 98.4 113.2 107.7 133.9 97.9 97.7 108.4 97.4 94.2 92.3 120.2 97.3 118.2 110.4 97.7 108.0 108.4 92.4 97.4 97.8%
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Note: The CPS does not report separate data for all 50 states for 1968; data are organized into 30 state groups available consistently from 1968 to the present. The District of Columbia is excluded from this figure. Darker points represent the middle 50 percent of the distribution of state-group median wages (i.e., the 25th percentile to the 75th percentile). See data appendix for methodology.

Source: Authors' analysis of Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplement microdata, various years

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