Figure C2
High-wage earners have continued to pull away from everyone else since 2000: Cumulative percent change in real hourly wages for white workers, by wage percentile, 2000–2020
| Year | 10th | 50th | 90th | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| 2001 | 3.3% | 3.0% | 1.9% | 3.7% |
| 2002 | 4.0% | 4.0% | 4.2% | 5.9% |
| 2003 | 2.7% | 4.6% | 4.6% | 5.8% |
| 2004 | 1.0% | 5.1% | 6.9% | 6.9% |
| 2005 | 0.1% | 2.6% | 5.8% | 7.0% |
| 2006 | 0.2% | 2.8% | 5.6% | 8.2% |
| 2007 | 2.4% | 3.3% | 7.6% | 10.3% |
| 2008 | 0.4% | 3.9% | 7.3% | 8.8% |
| 2009 | 1.2% | 5.9% | 9.9% | 12.9% |
| 2010 | 1.0% | 5.1% | 10.1% | 13.7% |
| 2011 | -0.5% | 3.0% | 8.4% | 12.1% |
| 2012 | -1.1% | 3.6% | 10.4% | 15.2% |
| 2013 | -0.6% | 3.0% | 11.2% | 17.9% |
| 2014 | 1.0% | 3.1% | 9.5% | 16.0% |
| 2015 | 2.8% | 5.9% | 15.6% | 23.0% |
| 2016 | 6.5% | 6.8% | 17.4% | 24.1% |
| 2017 | 9.0% | 8.2% | 17.3% | 28.0% |
| 2018 | 7.8% | 8.6% | 19.2% | 36.6% |
| 2019 | 10.9% | 10.6% | 21.7% | 43.3% |
| 2020 | 19.7% | 17.7% | 29.3% | 75.4% |
Note: The xth-percentile wage is the wage at which x% of wage earners earn less and (100−x)% earn more.
Source: Economic Policy Institute Current Population Survey Extracts, Version 1.0.15, (2021), https://microdata.epi.org.
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