Comments on: Has Middle America’s Wages Stagnated?

By: John Blickenstaff

John Blickenstaff — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 20:15:48 +0000

You should include the period before that if at all possible. I would like to see the effect of Taft-Hartley.

By: Maureen Perry

Maureen Perry — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 13:23:58 +0000

I would be interested in seeing the average income in US leaving out the top 5% which seems to me skews the numbers

By: Catherine

Catherine — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 16:44:39 +0000

The wages are for production and nonsupervisory workers and represents maybe 80 percent of nonfarm wage and salary employees. It is not a perfect measure but it can give some clue as to the trend of wages over time.

By: Michael

Michael — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 19:54:15 +0000

Oddly, with the exception of the last graph those trends look pretty flat to me. Still, I’ll grant a 16% increase in buying power over the last thirty years. What’s the chart look like for productivity and overall profits? Is that also 16%? Are the people responsible for the alleged explosion in productivity and profit sharing in the fruits of their labor?

By: Nathan

Nathan — Sun, 04 Nov 2007 19:37:03 +0000

I’m guessing each of the three graphs represent a group of workers, but what groups? Pretty though.