Share of all wages and percentage-point change in share of total wages over time, by wage group, 1979–2023

 

Share of wages Long-term change Pandemic business cycle change
Year 1979 1989 2000 2007 2019 2022 2023 1979–2019 1979–2023 2022–2023 2019–2023
Bottom 90% 69.8% 65.2% 60.8% 60.0% 60.1% 60.1% 60.7% -9.7% -9.1% 0.6% 0.6%
90th–99th percentile 22.9% 23.8% 25.6% 26.2% 27.0% 27.0% 26.9% 4.1% 4.0% -0.1% -0.1%
90th–95th percentile 10.8% 10.7% 11.3% 11.5% 11.8% 11.7% 11.7% 1.0% 0.9% 0.0% -0.1%
95th–99th percentile 12.1% 13.1% 14.2% 14.7% 15.2% 15.3% 15.2% 3.1% 3.1% -0.1% 0.0%
Upper 5% 19.4% 24.1% 27.9% 28.4% 28.1% 28.2% 27.6% 8.7% 8.2% -0.6% -0.5%
Upper 1% 7.3% 11.0% 13.7% 13.7% 12.9% 12.9% 12.4% 5.6% 5.1% -0.5% -0.5%
99.0th⁠–⁠99.9th percentile 5.7% 7.6% 8.2% 8.4% 8.2% 8.2% 8.0% 2.5% 2.3% -0.2% -0.1%
99.9th–100th percentile 1.6% 3.4% 5.4% 5.3% 4.7% 4.6% 4.4% 3.1% 2.8% -0.2% -0.3%
View the underlying data on epi.org.