Figure 4B

Real hourly earnings and compensation of private production and nonsupervisory workers, 1947–2013

Year Hourly earnings Hourly compensation
1947 11.05 11.91
1948 11.14 12.00
1949 11.74 12.75
1950 12.13 13.26
1951 12.17 13.41
1952 12.53 13.82
1953 13.18 14.52
1954 13.39 14.83
1955 13.94 15.46
1956 14.45 16.08
1957 14.69 16.47
1958 14.75 16.60
1959 15.15 17.11
1960 15.42 17.48
1961 15.63 17.78
1962 16.06 18.32
1963 16.27 18.61
1964 16.61 19.02
1965 17.01 19.51
1966 17.17 19.81
1967 17.38 20.04
1968 17.72 20.49
1969 18.09 20.97
1970 18.20 21.18
1971 18.62 21.83
1972 19.42 22.94
1973 19.40 22.95
1974 18.87 22.43
1975 18.62 22.42
1976 18.84 22.75
1977 19.05 23.19
1978 19.27 23.51
1979 18.96 23.20
1980 18.44 22.63
1981 18.28 22.50
1982 18.24 22.53
1983 18.23 22.60
1984 18.13 22.43
1985 18.04 22.36
1986 18.11 22.47
1987 17.93 22.15
1988 17.86 22.06
1989 17.78 22.04
1990 17.62 21.86
1991 17.53 21.82
1992 17.52 21.96
1993 17.54 22.01
1994 17.63 22.05
1995 17.68 21.92
1996 17.80 21.93
1997 18.10 22.17
1998 18.57 22.69
1999 18.86 23.03
2000 18.96 23.16
2001 19.13 23.48
2002 19.38 23.95
2003 19.47 24.21
2004 19.35 24.13
2005 19.23 24.02
2006 19.35 24.03
2007 19.57 24.21
2008 19.55 24.23
2009 20.21 25.18
2010 20.35 25.42
2011 20.13 25.11
2012 20.03 24.90
2013 20.13 25.06
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Note: Private production and nonsupervisory workers account for more than 80 percent of wage and salary employment.

Wage data are from series used in SWA Table 4.3. Wages are converted to hourly compensation by scaling by the real compensation/wage ratio from the NIPA data used in SWA Table 4.2.

Source: EPI analysis of Bureau of Economic Analysis National Income and Product Accounts data and Bureau of Labor Statistics Current Employment Statistics

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