Figure 9

Percent change in real hourly wages of men, by education, 2000–2013

Year Less than high school High school Some college College degree Advanced degree
2000 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2001 -0.2% 0.7% 1.2% 2.2% 0.1%
2002 2.6% 1.7% 0.9% 2.5% 3.3%
2003 3.2% 1.6% 0.7% 2.4% 2.4%
2004 2.1% 1.1% 0.7% 1.3% 4.2%
2005 1.1% -0.5% -1.3% 1.5% 3.1%
2006 0.7% 0.3% -1.6% 1.6% 4.0%
2007 2.2% -0.3% -0.8% 3.2% 3.7%
2008 1.6% -0.7% -2.0% 2.7% 4.5%
2009 3.6% 1.1% -0.3% 4.6% 9.5%
2010 -1.3% -1.0% -2.5% 3.5% 8.1%
2011 -2.8% -3.0% -5.7% 0.2% 4.1%
2012 -2.5% -3.8% -6.9% 2.4% 9.4%
2013 -4.3% -5.0% -6.7% 2.5% 8.4%
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Source: Economic Policy Institute analysis of Current Population Survey Outgoing Rotation Group microdata

UPDATED FROM: Table 4.15 in The State of Working America, 12th Edition, an Economic Policy Institute book published by Cornell University Press in 2012.

 

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