SWA2014-Introduction | Figure 1L | Cumulative change in real annual wages, by wage group, 1979–2010
Note: Data are for individual wage earners. Trend lines show cumulative percent change since 1979.
Source: Authors' analysis of Kopczuk, Saez, and Song (2010) and Social Security Administration wage statistics
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