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As a reference point, the US minimum wage since 2009 has been $7.25 per hour or $15,080 for the 2080 hours in a typical work year. The minimum wage is approximately 25% over the official U.S. government-designated poverty income level for a single person unit (before taxes) and about 63% of the designated poverty level for a family of four ...
This is the map and list of American countries by monthly net (after taxes) average wage. The chart below reflects the average (mean) wage as reported by various data providers. The salary distribution is right-skewed, therefore more than 50% of people earn less than the average
Average wage in the United States was $69,392 in 2020. [1] Median income per person in the U.S. was $42,800 in 2019. [2] The average is higher than the median because there are a small number of individuals with very high earnings, and a large number of individuals with relatively low earnings. (See Income inequality in the United States.)
In December, the upper half of wage earners saw their pay rise 4.8% from a year earlier, compared to a 4.7% bump for the lower half, according to a 12-month average tracked by the Federal Reserve ...
U.S. job growth rebounded sharply in October and wages recorded their largest annual gain in 9-1/2 years.
According to an analysis by the left-leaning Center for American Progress, a worker with a median income saw wages rise by only 3.4% between February 2020 and September 2024. Once you adjust for ...
However, because of wage inflation the federal government indexes wages so that $35,648.55 earned in year 2004 is exactly the same as $23,753.53 earned in 1994. Those two figures came from the yearly list of National Average Wage indexing series. [1]
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