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Real hourly wages of full-time workers aged 17 to 64, 1981 to 2011
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The title of the graph is "Chart 1 Real hourly wages of full-time workers aged 17 to 64, 1981 to 2011."
This is a line chart.
There are in total 31 categories in the horizontal axis. The vertical axis starts at 15 and ends at 25.5 with ticks every 1 points.
There are 2 series in this graph.
The vertical axis is "2010 dollars."
The units of the horizontal axis are years from 1981 to 2011.
The title of series 1 is "Average hourly wages."
The minimum value is 20.62 occurring in 1981.
The maximum value is 23.93 occurring in 2010.
The title of series 2 is "Median hourly wages."
The minimum value is 18.83 occurring in 1981.
The maximum value is 21.15 occurring in 2010.
| Average hourly wages | Median hourly wages | |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 20.62 | 18.83 |
| 1982 | 20.79 | 19.02 |
| 1983 | 20.95 | 19.21 |
| 1984 | 21.12 | 19.40 |
| 1985 | 20.91 | 19.21 |
| 1986 | 20.71 | 19.02 |
| 1987 | 20.88 | 19.13 |
| 1988 | 21.42 | 19.62 |
| 1989 | 21.12 | 19.25 |
| 1990 | 21.10 | 19.32 |
| 1991 | 21.14 | 19.32 |
| 1992 | 21.18 | 19.33 |
| 1993 | 21.22 | 19.33 |
| 1994 | 21.26 | 19.33 |
| 1995 | 21.29 | 19.34 |
| 1996 | 21.33 | 19.34 |
| 1997 | 21.37 | 19.34 |
| 1998 | 21.37 | 19.59 |
| 1999 | 21.45 | 19.46 |
| 2000 | 21.49 | 19.54 |
| 2001 | 21.83 | 19.86 |
| 2002 | 21.85 | 19.81 |
| 2003 | 21.74 | 19.62 |
| 2004 | 21.88 | 19.79 |
| 2005 | 21.88 | 19.60 |
| 2006 | 22.29 | 19.97 |
| 2007 | 22.52 | 20.09 |
| 2008 | 23.01 | 20.42 |
| 2009 | 23.76 | 21.06 |
| 2010 | 23.93 | 21.15 |
| 2011 | 23.58 | 20.82 |
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