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Inflation-adjusted hourly wage of telecom technicians, by percentile, 1973–2021: (1979=100.0)

Year 10th 25th 50th 75th 90th
1973 107.0 94.8 96.6 95.0 97.0
1974 87.3 88.5 90.8 92.1 94.3
1975 113.7 101.1 101.9 97.7 107.1
1976 112.9 104.2 101.5 98.9 100.1
1977 106.5 100.7 104.2 100.6 98.5
1978 113.0 101.2 106.2 99.9 101.9
1979 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
1980 91.7 95.6 104.0 102.4 107.0
1981 86.6 88.3 102.1 102.6 105.9
1982 86.0 94.8 105.5 106.6 109.9
1983 103.0 105.6 111.1 107.4 107.7
1984 105.8 107.2 115.1 110.3 110.2
1985 107.0 103.3 111.3 113.8 110.6
1986 106.7 106.4 115.8 112.9 114.2
1987 106.8 109.0 113.9 112.5 114.1
1988 88.4 98.9 110.1 110.2 110.0
1989 92.3 99.0 109.9 107.5 110.0
1990 85.8 98.5 107.4 106.4 107.0
1991 91.7 94.9 106.7 106.3 104.6
1992 91.9 97.1 107.4 107.6 107.6
1993 95.3 94.1 106.0 105.9 108.9
1994 77.4 88.7 103.5 107.6 112.1
1995 84.2 86.1 100.5 106.0 109.6
1996 82.4 85.8 104.3 109.4 112.6
1997 71.5 79.3 101.7 107.8 113.8
1998 79.9 81.7 102.6 110.6 111.8
1999 82.5 85.9 102.8 114.3 120.9
2000 83.3 84.9 106.2 114.9 118.2
2001 88.2 87.1 108.8 119.4 124.0
2002 84.9 92.3 106.9 117.6 119.7
2003 83.9 87.6 104.4 117.1 120.5
2004 91.8 99.6 113.1 123.2 128.0
2005 75.0 86.4 114.2 117.9 127.1
2006 94.7 89.3 104.6 117.1 122.4
2007 97.2 99.5 111.7 120.5 125.6
2008 82.6 83.1 101.2 119.5 119.0
2009 80.0 81.9 108.3 119.7 124.3
2010 84.2 82.6 98.7 117.8 123.0
2011 82.5 82.7 107.7 115.3 124.8
2012 75.0 81.0 100.8 112.9 122.5
2013 85.5 83.5 103.0 115.8 126.7
2014 69.3 70.8 89.3 108.3 118.7
2015 76.9 75.6 91.3 118.9 130.3
2016 71.4 76.8 99.9 120.1 129.1
2017 75.2 84.1 97.5 122.2 132.1
2018 75.5 86.4 97.3 114.3 123.2
2019 77.7 77.5 90.1 107.5 121.7
2020 93.6 84.9 97.5 115.1 129.9
2021 76.5 81.1 97.2 120.8 138.4
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