In 2022, employees with wages in the top 10% had an hourly wage at least 3.4 times higher than those in the bottom 10%. At the same time, employees earning the median wage had hourly wages at least 1.7 times greater than those in the bottom 10%. Wage inequality was higher among older employees, with the ratio between the highest and lowest decile reaching 3.5 among employees aged 55 and older, compared with 3.1 among core-aged employees and 1.9 among youth.
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