Figure 4AE
Minimum wage as a share of average hourly earnings, 1964–2011
Note: Earnings measured is average hourly earnings of production/nonsupervisory workers.
Source: Authors' analysis of U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division (2009) and Bureau of Labor Statistics Current Employment Statistics
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