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Full-time wage and salary workers - Weekly earnings
Median weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers from 1979 to 2017 (in current U.S. dollars)
This statistic shows the median weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers in the United States from 1979 to 2017. In 1979, the median usual weekly earnings of a full-time employee amounted to 241 current U.S. dollars. In 2017, the number had risen to 860 current U.S. dollars.
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This statistic shows the median weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers in the United States from 1979 to 2017. In 1979, the median usual weekly earnings of a full-time employee amounted to 241 current U.S. dollars. In 2017, the number had risen to 860 current U.S. dollars.
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- August 2018
- Region
- United States
- Survey time period
- 1979-2017
- Age group
- 16 years and over
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- United States
- Survey time period
- 1979-2017
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