Chart 3
Median real hourly wages of full-time employees aged 17 to 64, 1981 to 2019

index (1981=100) 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017
..
not available for a specific reference period
Source(s):
1981 Survey of Work History, 1984 Survey of Union Membership, 1986 to 1990 Labour Market Activity Survey, and 1997 to 2019 Labour Force Survey (3701).

Chart description


This is a column clustered chart.

Median real hourly wages of full-time employees aged 17 to 64, 1981 to 2019
  index (1981=100)
1981 100.0
1982 ..
1983 ..
1984 103.0
1985 ..
1986 101.0
1987 101.6
1988 104.2
1989 102.2
1990 102.6
1991 ..
1992 ..
1993 ..
1994 ..
1995 ..
1996 ..
1997 102.7
1998 104.0
1999 103.4
2000 103.8
2001 105.7
2002 105.2
2003 104.2
2004 105.1
2005 104.1
2006 105.9
2007 106.7
2008 108.5
2009 110.9
2010 111.5
2011 110.6
2012 111.9
2013 114.0
2014 113.7
2015 117.3
2016 115.8
2017 115.6
2018 116.0
2019 117.6
..
not available for a specific reference period
Source(s):
1981 Survey of Work History, 1984 Survey of Union Membership, 1986 to 1990 Labour Market Activity Survey, and 1997 to 2019 Labour Force Survey (3701).
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