Figure A
The lowest-wage workers had the strongest wage growth during the pandemic: Annualized real wage growth across the wage distribution, 2019–2022
| Wage group | Wage change |
|---|---|
| Low-wage | 2.9% |
| Lower-middle-wage | 1.3% |
| Middle-wage | 0.8% |
| Upper-middle-wage | 0.6% |
| High-wage | 1.6% |
Notes: Low-wage is represented by the 10th percentile and high-wage is represented by the 90th percentile. The lower-middle, middle, and upper-middle-wages are the average of the 20-40th percentile, the 40-60th percentile, and the 60-80th percentile, respectively.
Source: EPI analysis of the Current Population Survey Outgoing Rotation Group microdata, EPI Current Population Survey Extracts, Version 1.0.37 (2023), https://microdata.epi.org.
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