High-wage earners have continued to pull away from everyone else since 2000

High-wage earners have continued to pull away from everyone else since 2000Cumulative percent change in real hourly wages, by wage percentile, 2000–2017

Year	10th	30th	50th	70th	90th	95th
2000	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2001	2.9%	3.0%	2.6%	2.0%	2.8%	1.8%
2002	4.0%	4.7%	2.6%	3.5%	5.1%	5.9%
2003	2.8%	3.2%	4.3%	4.7%	5.2%	4.1%
2004	1.0%	1.0%	4.3%	3.1%	5.0%	5.2%
2005	-0.7%	-1.6%	3.3%	2.8%	5.0%	5.6%
2006	0.3%	0.3%	4.1%	1.5%	6.3%	6.4%
2007	2.3%	1.0%	2.3%	3.4%	6.9%	8.6%
2008	0.4%	1.6%	2.8%	3.3%	7.3%	9.2%
2009	1.0%	2.5%	4.8%	6.1%	10.5%	11.1%
2010	0.0%	0.9%	3.4%	5.7%	10.7%	10.0%
2011	-2.4%	-0.9%	0.5%	3.0%	8.3%	9.1%
2012	-3.6%	-1.5%	0.0%	3.0%	9.0%	10.6%
2013	-2.5%	-2.4%	0.7%	3.5%	9.8%	12.2%
2014	-1.8%	-3.4%	0.4%	2.2%	8.8%	11.2%
2015	1.9%	-0.7%	1.7%	5.8%	13.0%	17.7%
2016	4.9%	2.1%	4.8%	5.3%	15.6%	19.7%
2017	8.9%	4.1%	5.0%	7.1%	17.9%	21.5%

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Notes: Sample based on all workers ages 18–64. The xth-percentile wage is the wage at which x% of wage earners earn less and (100 − x)% earn more.

Source: EPI analysis of Current Population Survey Outgoing Rotation Group microdata