Chapter 3:
Wages
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Figure 3A: Changes in productivity and hourly wages, benefits, and compensation, 1995-2005
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Figure 3B: Changes in hourly and annual wages and productivity, 1995-2005
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Figure 3C: Hourly wage and compensation growth for production/non-supervisory workers, 1959-2005
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Figure 3D: Change in real hourly wages for men by wage percentile, 1973-2005
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Figure 3E: Change in real hourly wages for women by wage percentile, 1973-2005
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Figure 3F: Share of workers earning poverty-level wages by gender 1973-2005
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Figure 3G: Share of workers earning poverty-level wages by race/ethnicity, 1973-2005
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Figure 3H: Private-sector employer-provided health insurance coverage, 1979-2004
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Figure 3I: Share of pension participants in defined-contribution and defined-benefit plans, 1980-2003
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Figure 3J: Men’s wage inequality, 1973-2005
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Figure 3K: Women’s wage inequality, 1973-2005
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Figure 3L: 95/50 percentile wage inequality, 1973-2005
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Figure 3M: College/high school wage premium, 1973-2005
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Figure 3N: Productivity and hourly compensation growth, 1973-2004
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Figure 3O: Entry-level wages of male and female high school graduates, 1973-2005
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Figure 3P: Entry-level wages of male and female college graduates, 1973-2005
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Figure 3Q: Health and pension coverage for recent high school graduates, 1979-2004
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Figure 3R: Health and pension coverage for recent college graduates, 1979-2004
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Figure 3S: Gender wage ratio by percentile, 1973-2005
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Figure 3T: Unemployment, 1973-2005
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Figure 3U: Share of imported intermediate inputs
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Figure 3V: Employment in software and computer services and real software investment, 1990-2005
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Figure 3W: Union coverage rate in the United States, 1977-2005*
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Figure 3X: Real value of the minimum wage, 1960-2005
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Figure 3Y: Minimum wage as percentage of average hourly earnings, 1964-2005
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Figure 3Z: Ratio of CEO to average worker pay, 1965-2005
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Figure 3AA: Shares of earnings among top 1% of earners, 1989-2003
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Table 3.1: Trends in average wages and average hours, 1967-2004 (2005 dollars)
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Table 3.2: Growth in private-sector average hourly wages, benefits, and compensation, 1948-2005 (2005 dollars)
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Table 3.3: Hourly and weekly earnings of private production and nonsupervisory workers,* 1947-2005 (2005 dollars)
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Table 3.4: Wages for all workers by wage percentile, 1973-2005 (2005 dollars)
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Table 3.5: Wages for male workers by wage percentile, 1973-2005 (2005 dollars)
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Table 3.6: Wages for female workers by wage percentile, 1973-2005 (2005 dollars)
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Table 3.7: Distribution of total employment by wage level, 1973-2005
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Table 3.8: Distribution of white employment by wage level, 1973-2005
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Table 3.9: Distribution of black employment by wage level, 1973-2005
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Table 3.10: Distribution of Hispanic employment by wage level, 1973-2005
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Table 3.11: Growth of specific fringe benefits, 1948-2005 (2005 dollars)
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Table 3.12: Change in private-sector employer-provided health insurance coverage, 1979-2004
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Table 3.13: Employee health insurance contribution requirements and employee cost shares, 1992-2005
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Table 3.14: Inequality of employer-provided health insurance participation and cost, 2003
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Table 3.15: Change in private-sector employer-provided pension coverage, 1979-2004
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Table 3.16: Dimensions of wage inequality, 1973-2005
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Table 3.17: Real hourly wage for all by education, 1973-2005 (2005 dollars)
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Table 3.18: Real hourly wage for men by education, 1973-2005 (2005 dollars)
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Table 3.19: Real hourly wage for women by education, 1973-2005 (2005 dollars)
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Table 3.20: Educational attainment of workforce employment, 2005
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Table 3.21: Hourly wages of entry-level and experienced workers by education, 1973-2005 (2005 dollars)
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Table 3.22: Hourly wages by decile within education groups, 1973-2005 (2005 dollars)
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Table 3.23: Decomposition of total and within-group wage inequality, 1973-2005
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Table 3.24: Hourly wage growth by gender, race/ethnicity, 1989-2005 (2005 dollars)
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Table 3.25: The gender wage ratio, 1973-2005 (2005 dollars)
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Table 3.26: Impact of rising and falling unemployment on wage levels and wage ratios, 1979-2000
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Table 3.27: Employment growth by sector, 1979-2005
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Table 3.28: Annual pay of expanding and contracting industries, 1979-2005
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Table 3.29: Source of rising manufacturing trade deficit by country/region and factor intensity, 1979-2005
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Table 3.30: Trade-deficit-induced job loss by wage and education level, 1979-2004
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Table 3.31: Share of Mexican and other immigrants in workforce, 1940-2005
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Table 3.32: Percent distribution of educational attainment of immigrants, 1940-2000
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Table 3.33: Union wage and benefit premium, March 2005 (2005 dollars)
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Table 3.34: Union wage premium by demographic group, 2005 (2005 dollars)
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Table 3.35: Union premiums for health, retirement, and paid leave
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Table 3.36: Union impact on paid leave, pension, and health benefits
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Table 3.37: Effect of declining union power on male wage differentials, 1978-2005
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Table 3.38: Union wage premium for sub-groups
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Table 3.39: Impact of unions on average wages of high school graduates
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Table 3.40: Value of the minimum wage, 1960-2005
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Table 3.41: Characteristics of workers affected by potential federal minimum wage increase
to $7.25 by 2008*
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Table 3.42: Impact of lower minimum wage on key wage differentials among women, 1979-97
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Table 3.43: Distribution of potential minimum wage gains and income shares by fifth for a proposed federal increase to $7.25 by 2008
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Table 3.44: Use of computers at work (1984-97)
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Table 3.45: Executive annual pay, 1989-2005 (2005 dollars)
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Table 3.46: Average CEO compensation, 1993-2003 (2005 dollars)
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Table 3.47: CEO pay in advanced countries, 1988-2005 (2005 dollars)
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Table 3.48: Effect of changing occupational composition on education
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