Median hourly wage, actual and without eroded collective bargaining, for men, 1979–2017 (2020$)

Actual median hourly wage Median hourly wage without union decline
1979 $22.86 22.86
1988 21.09 22.46
2000 20.95 22.91
2017 21.49 23.97
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Source: Author’s analysis of unpublished tabulations from Thomas Lemieux (2021) using model in Fortin, Lemieux, and Lloyd 2021.

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