Table 1
Hourly wages of all workers, by wage percentile, selected years, 2000–2019 (2019$)
| Wage by percentile | Wage ratio | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year/range | 10th | 20th | 30th | 40th | 50th | 60th | 70th | 80th | 90th | 95th | 50th/10th | 95th/50th | 95th/10th |
| 2000 | $9.09 | $11.13 | $13.25 | $15.05 | $17.89 | $21.01 | $25.18 | $30.51 | $40.17 | $51.37 | 1.97 | 2.87 | 5.65 |
| 2007 | $9.33 | $11.24 | $13.26 | $15.57 | $18.48 | $21.68 | $25.92 | $32.08 | $43.18 | $55.75 | 1.98 | 3.02 | 5.97 |
| 2018 | $10.15 | $12.12 | $14.16 | $16.22 | $19.14 | $22.42 | $27.25 | $34.41 | $48.34 | $64.25 | 1.89 | 3.36 | 6.33 |
| 2019 | $10.07 | $12.31 | $14.64 | $16.71 | $19.33 | $22.95 | $27.94 | $34.98 | $48.08 | $67.14 | 1.92 | 3.47 | 6.66 |
| Annualized percent changes | Wage ratio change | ||||||||||||
| 2000–2019 | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.6% | 0.4% | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.7% | 1.0% | 1.4% | 0.0 | 0.6 | 1.0 |
| 2000–2007 | 0.4% | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.7% | 1.0% | 1.2% | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.3 |
| 2007–2019 | 0.6% | 0.8% | 0.8% | 0.6% | 0.4% | 0.5% | 0.6% | 0.7% | 0.9% | 1.6% | -0.1 | 0.5 | 0.7 |
| 2018–2019 | -0.7% | 1.5% | 3.4% | 3.0% | 1.0% | 2.4% | 2.5% | 1.7% | -0.5% | 4.5% | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.3 |
Note: The xth-percentile wage is the wage at which x% of wage earners earn less and (100−x)% earn more.
Source: Author’s analysis of EPI Current Population Survey Extracts, Version 1.0 (2020), https://microdata.epi.org
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