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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 2016 (in current U.S. dollars)

The data displays the median weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers in the U.S. from 1979 to 2016. In 1979, the median usual weekly earnings of a full-time employee amounted to 241 current USD. In 2016, the number had risen to 832 current USD.

1979	241
1980	262
1981	284
1982	302
1983	313
1984	326
1985	344
1986	359
1987	374
1988	385
1989	399
1990	412
1991	426
1992	440
1993	459
1994	467
1995	479
1996	490
1997	503
1998	523
1999	549
2000	576
2001	596
2002	608
2003	620
2004	638
2005	651
2006	671
2007	695
2008	722
2009	739
2010	747
2011	756
2012	768
2013	776
2014	791
2015	809
2016	832

Full-time wage and salary workers - Weekly earnings

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