2022 NEA Presentation
Top 0.1 percent earnings grew sixteen times faster than bottom 90 percent earnings: Cumulative percent change in real annual earnings, by earnings group, 1979–2021
| Bottom 90% | Top 10% | Top 5% | Top 1% | Top 0.1% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| 1980 | -2.3% | 0.0% | 0.9% | 3.8% | 10.7% |
| 1981 | -2.2% | 0.6% | 1.7% | 4.1% | 11.0% |
| 1982 | -3.0% | 3.9% | 6.1% | 11.2% | 23.7% |
| 1983 | -2.2% | 6.7% | 9.2% | 15.6% | 31.8% |
| 1984 | 0.3% | 10.6% | 14.0% | 23.2% | 48.6% |
| 1985 | 0.8% | 12.2% | 16.1% | 25.7% | 49.9% |
| 1986 | 2.8% | 17.0% | 22.0% | 34.9% | 67.3% |
| 1987 | 2.8% | 22.3% | 30.5% | 54.8% | 110.6% |
| 1988 | 2.4% | 26.9% | 37.5% | 70.0% | 147.1% |
| 1989 | 3.1% | 27.2% | 37.1% | 66.3% | 134.5% |
| 1990 | 2.3% | 26.2% | 36.6% | 68.1% | 139.6% |
| 1991 | 1.1% | 26.5% | 32.1% | 49.9% | 110.3% |
| 1992 | 2.2% | 33.0% | 40.7% | 68.2% | 162.6% |
| 1993 | 1.4% | 32.5% | 39.9% | 63.1% | 137.6% |
| 1994 | 3.4% | 34.5% | 41.2% | 61.1% | 122.5% |
| 1995 | 4.5% | 39.1% | 47.5% | 72.5% | 149.5% |
| 1996 | 4.9% | 41.9% | 51.4% | 79.9% | 168.6% |
| 1997 | 7.5% | 48.9% | 60.6% | 95.8% | 210.7% |
| 1998 | 11.9% | 57.8% | 71.3% | 112.4% | 249.3% |
| 1999 | 14.4% | 65.2% | 81.1% | 130.2% | 299.7% |
| 2000 | 15.3% | 72.1% | 90.4% | 147.7% | 347.1% |
| 2001 | 15.7% | 66.5% | 81.5% | 125.6% | 276.0% |
| 2002 | 15.9% | 62.5% | 74.9% | 110.2% | 228.7% |
| 2003 | 16.4% | 64.1% | 76.7% | 112.0% | 229.2% |
| 2004 | 17.2% | 69.8% | 84.6% | 128.8% | 277.9% |
| 2005 | 16.7% | 72.8% | 89.1% | 137.7% | 298.8% |
| 2006 | 18.1% | 77.9% | 95.6% | 147.3% | 319.7% |
| 2007 | 19.0% | 83.1% | 102.6% | 160.3% | 358.6% |
| 2008 | 18.3% | 77.6% | 94.1% | 140.8% | 302.2% |
| 2009 | 18.1% | 72.3% | 85.4% | 118.5% | 231.0% |
| 2010 | 17.6% | 77.5% | 93.0% | 134.3% | 270.2% |
| 2011 | 16.7% | 78.7% | 94.7% | 137.2% | 270.7% |
| 2012 | 17.1% | 83.3% | 101.7% | 152.6% | 322.9% |
| 2013 | 17.3% | 81.0% | 97.8% | 140.8% | 281.4% |
| 2014 | 19.0% | 86.1% | 104.6% | 153.1% | 318.0% |
| 2015 | 22.9% | 91.8% | 110.8% | 160.1% | 331.5% |
| 2016 | 23.5% | 90.2% | 108.0% | 152.0% | 302.8% |
| 2017 | 24.9% | 93.4% | 112.5% | 161.7% | 337.5% |
| 2018 | 26.5% | 94.9% | 113.9% | 161.8% | 334.1% |
| 2019 | 29.0% | 97.8% | 117.0% | 163.9% | 337.4% |
| 2020 | 29.0% | 105.5% | 126.8% | 179.9% | 376.9% |
| 2021 | 28.7% | 110.4% | 136.3% | 206.3% | 465.1% |
Source: EPI analysis of Kopczuk, Saez, and Song (2007) and Social Security Administration wage statistics.
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