Figure H

Hourly wages at the 10th percentile and poverty rate, 1979–2013

Year Poverty rate (left axis) 10th percentile wages (right axis)
1979-01-01 11.7% $8.84
1980-01-01 13.0% $8.35
1981-01-01 14.0% $8.48
1982-01-01 15.0% $8.16
1983-01-01 15.2% $7.91
1984-01-01 14.4% $7.72
1985-01-01 14.0% $7.59
1986-01-01 13.6% $7.58
1987-01-01 13.4% $7.56
1988-01-01 13.0% $7.56
1989-01-01 12.8% $7.55
1990-01-01 13.5% $7.67
1991-01-01 14.2% $7.82
1992-01-01 14.8% $7.80
1993-01-01 15.1% $7.78
1994-01-01 14.5% $7.69
1995-01-01 13.8% $7.68
1996-01-01 13.7% $7.65
1997-01-01 13.3% $7.90
1998-01-01 12.7% $8.33
1999-01-01 11.9% $8.45
2000-01-01 11.3% $8.53
2001-01-01 11.7% $8.80
2002-01-01 12.1% $8.90
2003-01-01 12.5% $8.86
2004-01-01 12.7% $8.74
2005-01-01 12.6% $8.59
2006-01-01 12.3% $8.64
2007-01-01 12.5% $8.75
2008-01-01 13.2% $8.67
2009-01-01 14.3% $8.74
2010-01-01 15.1% $8.67
2011-01-01 15.0% $8.45
2012-01-01 15.0% $8.31
2013-01-01 14.5% $8.37

 

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Note: Shaded areas denote recessions.

Source: EPI analysis of Current Population Survey (CPS) Annual Social and Economic Supplement Historical Poverty Tables (Table 2) and CPS Outgoing Rotation Group microdata

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