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Median hourly wage, actual and without eroded collective bargaining, 1979–2017 (2020$)
Actual median hourly wage | Median hourly wage without union decline | |
---|---|---|
1979 | $18.39 | 18.39 |
1988 | 17.83 | 18.65 |
2000 | 18.51 | 19.69 |
2017 | 19.70 | 21.27 |
2020 |
Note: Totals may not sum due to rounding.
Source: Author’s analysis of unpublished tabulations from Thomas Lemieux (2021) using model in Fortin, Lemieux, and Lloyd (2021).
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