Chart: Cumulative change in real hourly wages, by wage group, 1979–2007, and 1979–2007 excluding 1995–2000 | Economic Policy Institute

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Cumulative change in real hourly wages, by wage group, 1979–2007, and 1979–2007 excluding 1995–2000

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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