Figure C3
High-wage earners have continued to pull away from everyone else since 2000: Cumulative percent change in real hourly wages for Black workers, by wage percentile, 2000–2020
| Year | 10th | 50th | 90th | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| 2001 | -0.2% | 0.5% | 0.0% | 3.4% |
| 2002 | 2.6% | 3.3% | 2.8% | 5.9% |
| 2003 | 2.1% | 5.4% | 5.2% | 8.1% |
| 2004 | 2.1% | 6.2% | 6.2% | 8.7% |
| 2005 | 1.3% | 2.2% | 3.1% | 8.3% |
| 2006 | -0.8% | 3.0% | 6.5% | 11.7% |
| 2007 | -0.4% | 1.2% | 6.5% | 9.9% |
| 2008 | -0.3% | 0.9% | 6.8% | 10.5% |
| 2009 | 2.8% | 5.1% | 7.5% | 11.3% |
| 2010 | 3.8% | 4.5% | 8.0% | 11.9% |
| 2011 | 0.6% | 1.2% | 6.6% | 13.6% |
| 2012 | -1.3% | -1.4% | 8.7% | 14.0% |
| 2013 | -1.7% | 0.7% | 8.3% | 14.0% |
| 2014 | -2.9% | -1.3% | 6.0% | 15.7% |
| 2015 | -2.2% | -0.6% | 10.8% | 19.2% |
| 2016 | 1.2% | 3.8% | 12.3% | 19.4% |
| 2017 | 3.9% | 2.0% | 10.3% | 17.2% |
| 2018 | 4.3% | 0.5% | 12.7% | 26.2% |
| 2019 | 7.5% | 5.5% | 12.8% | 23.9% |
| 2020 | 10.1% | 13.5% | 23.89% | 35.6% |
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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