Description for Chart 1
The minimum wage1 in 2013 was similar to the level in the late 1970s in real terms
The title of the graph is "Chart 1 The minimum wage1 in 2013 was similar to the level in the late 1970s in real terms."
This is a line chart.
There are in total 39 categories in the horizontal axis. The vertical axis starts at 0 and ends at 30 with ticks every 5 points.
There are 5 series in this graph.
The vertical axis is "average hourly earnings and minimum wage (2013 dollars)2."
The units of the horizontal axis are years from 1975 to 2013.
The title of series 1 is "SEPH – Manufacturing."
The minimum value is 21.26 occurring in 1988.
The maximum value is 23.31 occurring in 1977.
The title of series 2 is "SEPH – Total."
The minimum value is 0 occurring in 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981 and 1982.
The maximum value is 22.27 occurring in 2013.
The title of series 3 is "LFS – Total."
The minimum value is 0 occurring in 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995 and 1996.
The maximum value is 24.15 occurring in 2013.
The title of series 4 is "LFS – based on SEPH definition of total."
The minimum value is 0 occurring in 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995 and 1996.
The maximum value is 20.37 occurring in 2013.
The title of series 5 is "Minimum wage."
The minimum value is 7.53 occurring in 1986.
The maximum value is 10.74 occurring in 1976.
SEPH – Manufacturing | SEPH – Total | LFS – Total | LFS – based on SEPH definition of total | Minimum wage | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1975 | 21.42 | .. | .. | .. | 10.13 |
1976 | 22.73 | .. | .. | .. | 10.74 |
1977 | 23.31 | .. | .. | .. | 10.43 |
1978 | 22.93 | .. | .. | .. | 9.89 |
1979 | 22.83 | .. | .. | .. | 9.52 |
1980 | 22.85 | .. | .. | .. | 8.99 |
1981 | 22.75 | .. | .. | .. | 8.76 |
1982 | 22.92 | .. | .. | .. | 8.26 |
1983 | 22.09 | 20.45 | .. | .. | 7.87 |
1984 | 22.07 | 20.17 | .. | .. | 7.81 |
1985 | 22.02 | 19.98 | .. | .. | 7.70 |
1986 | 21.73 | 19.67 | .. | .. | 7.53 |
1987 | 21.37 | 19.36 | .. | .. | 7.60 |
1988 | 21.26 | 19.28 | .. | .. | 7.67 |
1989 | 21.36 | 19.35 | .. | .. | 7.71 |
1990 | 21.52 | 19.29 | .. | .. | 7.73 |
1991 | 21.42 | 19.29 | .. | .. | 7.69 |
1992 | 21.81 | 19.68 | .. | .. | 8.14 |
1993 | 21.69 | 19.57 | .. | .. | 8.31 |
1994 | 21.98 | 19.80 | .. | .. | 8.56 |
1995 | 21.96 | 19.67 | .. | .. | 8.64 |
1996 | 22.33 | 19.88 | .. | .. | 8.81 |
1997 | 21.97 | 19.68 | 20.99 | 17.85 | 8.78 |
1998 | 22.34 | 19.83 | 21.04 | 17.89 | 8.75 |
1999 | 21.99 | 19.76 | 21.19 | 17.79 | 8.74 |
2000 | 22.10 | 19.66 | 21.26 | 17.86 | 8.58 |
2001 | 22.31 | 19.96 | 21.42 | 18.10 | 8.48 |
2002 | 22.00 | 19.90 | 21.49 | 18.10 | 8.39 |
2003 | 22.19 | 19.94 | 21.37 | 18.05 | 8.27 |
2004 | 22.51 | 20.17 | 21.50 | 18.11 | 8.31 |
2005 | 22.72 | 20.44 | 21.71 | 18.37 | 8.38 |
2006 | 22.20 | 20.49 | 22.00 | 18.57 | 8.55 |
2007 | 22.86 | 20.85 | 22.27 | 18.85 | 8.63 |
2008 | 22.87 | 21.14 | 22.73 | 19.14 | 8.98 |
2009 | 21.85 | 21.53 | 23.45 | 19.85 | 9.51 |
2010 | 22.37 | 21.61 | 23.54 | 20.01 | 9.86 |
2011 | 22.39 | 21.74 | 23.33 | 19.93 | 9.88 |
2012 | 22.64 | 21.87 | 23.65 | 20.10 | 10.07 |
2013 | 22.50 | 22.27 | 24.15 | 20.37 | 10.14 |
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