Chart: Annual hours worked by middle-fifth workers, by gender and overall, 1979–2007 | Economic Policy Institute

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Annual hours worked by middle-fifth workers, by gender and overall, 1979–2007

Note: Data are shown for 1979, 1989, 2000, and 2007. Data for intevening years are calculated with linear interpolation.

Source: Author's analysis of Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplement microdata

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Vast majority of wage earners are working harder, and for not much more: Trends in U.S. work hours and wages over 1979–2007

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