Chart: Service* occupation wage and employment share, 1979–2007 | Economic Policy Institute

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Service* occupation wage and employment share, 1979–2007

*Service occupations exclude firefighters and policemen.

Source: Authors' analysis of Current Population Survey Outgoing Rotation Survey microdata

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Don’t Blame the Robots: Assessing the Job Polarization Explanation of Growing Wage Inequality

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