Description of chart 1 – Ratio of average minimum wage to average hourly earnings

The title of the graph is "Ratio of average minimum wage to average hourly earnings."
This is a line chart.
The vertical axis is "%."
The title of series 1 is "Manufacturing industries."
The title of series 2 is "All industries."

Ratio of average minimum wage to average hourly earnings, %
	Manufacturing industries	All industries
1975	47.3	..
1976	47.2	..
1977	44.7	..
1978	43.1	..
1979	41.7	..
1980	39.3	..
1981	38.5	..
1982	36.1	..
1983	35.6	38.5
1984	35.4	38.7
1985	34.9	38.5
1986	34.6	38.3
1987	35.6	39.3
1988	36.1	39.8
1989	36.1	39.9
1990	35.9	40.0
1991	35.9	39.9
1992	37.3	41.4
1993	38.3	42.4
1994	38.9	43.2
1995	39.3	43.9
1996	39.4	44.3
1997	40.0	44.6
1998	39.2	44.1
1999	39.8	44.3
2000	38.8	43.6
2001	38.0	42.5
2002	38.1	42.2
2003	37.3	41.5
2004	36.9	41.2
2005	36.9	41.0
2006	38.5	41.7
2007	37.8	41.4
2008	39.3	42.5
2009	43.5	44.2
2010	44.1	45.6
2011	44.1	45.4
2012	44.5	46.0
2013	45.1	45.5

Note(s):

Data for 1975 to 1982 are not available for "all industries." See note to readers.