This statistic shows the median weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers in the United States from 1979 to 2020. In 1979, the median usual weekly earnings of a full-time employee amounted to 241 current U.S. dollars. In 2020, this number had risen to 984 current U.S. dollars.
Median weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers from 1979 to 2020 (in current U.S. dollars)
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Bureau of Labor Statistics. (September 30, 2021). Median weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers from 1979 to 2020 (in current U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 05, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/184664/median-weekly-earnings-of-full-time-wage-and-salary-workers/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. "Median weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers from 1979 to 2020 (in current U.S. dollars)." Chart. September 30, 2021. Statista. Accessed July 05, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/184664/median-weekly-earnings-of-full-time-wage-and-salary-workers/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2021). Median weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers from 1979 to 2020 (in current U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 05, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/184664/median-weekly-earnings-of-full-time-wage-and-salary-workers/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. "Median Weekly Earnings of Full-time Wage and Salary Workers from 1979 to 2020 (in Current U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 30 Sep 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/184664/median-weekly-earnings-of-full-time-wage-and-salary-workers/
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Median weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers from 1979 to 2020 (in current U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/184664/median-weekly-earnings-of-full-time-wage-and-salary-workers/ (last visited July 05, 2022)