Change in annual wages, by wage group, 1979–2013 (2013 dollars)

Average annual wages Long-term Great Recession
Wage group 1979 2007 2009 2012 2013 1979–2007 1979–2013 2007–2009 2009–2013 2012–2013 2007–2013
Bottom 90% $28,073 $32,750 $32,561 $32,202 $32,333 16.7% 15.2% -0.6% -0.7% 0.4% -1.3%
Top 90th to 99th $91,821 $133,436 $133,130 $135,876 $136,820 45.3% 49.0% -0.2% 2.8% 0.7% 2.5%
90th–95th $77,863 $104,384 $105,393 $106,161 $106,830 34.1% 37.2% 1.0% 1.4% 0.6% 2.3%
95th–99th $109,269 $169,753 $167,802 $173,018 $174,308 55.4% 59.5% -1.1% 3.9% 0.7% 2.7%
Upper 1% $264,850 $678,455 $572,654 $657,965 $629,423 156.2% 137.7% -15.6% 9.9% -4.3% -7.2%
99.0%–99.9% $228,748 $450,794 $412,397 $450,552 $444,046 97.1% 94.1% -8.5% 7.7% -1.4% -1.5%
99.9%–100% $589,761 $2,727,399 $2,014,971 $2,524,686 $2,297,812 362.5% 289.6% -26.1% 14.0% -9.0% -15.8%
Average $36,182 $48,268 $47,013 $47,790 $47,708 33.4% 31.9% -2.6% 1.5% -0.2% -1.2%

Source: EPI analysis of Kopczuk, Saez and Song (2010) and Social Security Administration wage statistics

View the underlying data on epi.org.