In 2022, the median usual hourly earnings of a male wage worker in the United States amounted to 19.70 current U.S. dollars. This was an increase from the previous year. The term current U.S. dollars describes the value of the currency in that particular year. The median hourly earnings of men in the United States adjusted for inflation can be found here.
Median hourly earnings of male wage and salary workers in the United States from 1979 to 2022
(in current U.S. dollars)
Characteristic
Wage in current U.S. dollars
2022
19.7
2021
18.05
2020
17.75
2019
16.76
2018
16.01
2017
15.2
2016
14.96
2015
14.67
2014
14.39
2013
14
2012
13.88
2011
13.8
2010
13.76
2009
13.76
2008
13.46
2007
12.95
2006
12.68
2005
12.16
2004
12.02
2003
11.89
2002
11.64
2001
11.32
2000
10.81
1999
10.31
1998
10.06
1997
9.83
1996
9.52
1995
9.23
1994
9
1993
8.86
1992
8.67
1991
8.59
1990
8.27
1989
8.1
1988
7.91
1987
7.77
1986
7.59
1985
7.33
1984
7.12
1983
6.92
1982
6.85
1981
6.57
1980
6.1
1979
5.65
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The term "current U.S. dollars" refers to the value of the currency at the recorded time, and is not adjusted for inflation. In the case of 1979, 5.65 current U.S. dollars refers to the value of 5.65 U.S. dollars in 1979.
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Bureau of Labor Statistics. (January 1, 2024). Median hourly earnings of male wage and salary workers in the United States from 1979 to 2022 (in current U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/185350/median-hourly-earnings-of-male-wage-and-salary-workers/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. "Median hourly earnings of male wage and salary workers in the United States from 1979 to 2022 (in current U.S. dollars)." Chart. January 1, 2024. Statista. Accessed December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/185350/median-hourly-earnings-of-male-wage-and-salary-workers/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2024). Median hourly earnings of male wage and salary workers in the United States from 1979 to 2022 (in current U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/185350/median-hourly-earnings-of-male-wage-and-salary-workers/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. "Median Hourly Earnings of Male Wage and Salary Workers in The United States from 1979 to 2022 (in Current U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Jan 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/185350/median-hourly-earnings-of-male-wage-and-salary-workers/
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Median hourly earnings of male wage and salary workers in the United States from 1979 to 2022 (in current U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/185350/median-hourly-earnings-of-male-wage-and-salary-workers/ (last visited December 21, 2024)
Median hourly earnings of male wage and salary workers in the United States from 1979 to 2022 (in current U.S. dollars) [Graph], Bureau of Labor Statistics, January 1, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/185350/median-hourly-earnings-of-male-wage-and-salary-workers/
