Hourly wages of all workers, by wage percentile, 1979–2013 (2013 dollars)
| Wage by percentile* | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | 10 | 20 | 30 | 40 | 50 | 60 | 70 | 80 | 90 | 95 |
| Real hourly wage | ||||||||||
| 1979 | $8.84 | $10.08 | $11.83 | $13.92 | $15.75 | $18.26 | $21.58 | $25.15 | $30.76 | $37.56 |
| 1989 | 7.55 | 9.40 | 11.27 | 13.47 | 15.65 | 18.28 | 21.75 | 26.00 | 32.85 | 40.37 |
| 1995 | 7.68 | 9.39 | 11.22 | 13.20 | 15.37 | 18.19 | 21.68 | 26.25 | 33.92 | 42.54 |
| 2000 | 8.53 | 10.51 | 12.27 | 14.19 | 16.56 | 19.59 | 23.23 | 28.22 | 36.88 | 47.04 |
| 2007 | 8.75 | 10.62 | 12.39 | 14.54 | 16.98 | 20.15 | 23.92 | 29.51 | 39.58 | 51.14 |
| 2013 | 8.37 | 9.99 | 11.94 | 14.19 | 16.70 | 19.75 | 23.88 | 29.81 | 40.44 | 52.80 |
| Annualized percent change | ||||||||||
| 1979–1995 | -0.9% | -0.4% | -0.3% | -0.3% | -0.2% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.3% | 0.6% | 0.8% |
| 1995–2000 | 2.1 | 2.3 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 2.0 |
| 2000–2013 | -0.1 | -0.4 | -0.2 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.9 |
| 1979–2013 | -0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 1.0 |
* The xth-percentile wage is the wage at which x% of wage earners earn less and (100-x)% earn more.
Source: Authors' analysis of Current Population Survey Outgoing Rotation Group microdata
UPDATED FROM: Table 4.6 in The State of Working America, 12th Edition, an Economic Policy Institute book published by Cornell University Press in 2012