Production-Worker Earnings
$32.38 · Jun 2026
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1969-70 Recession · Dec 1969 – Nov 19701973-75 Recession · Nov 1973 – Mar 19751980 Recession · Jan 1980 – Jul 19801981-82 Recession · Jul 1981 – Nov 19821990-91 Recession · Jul 1990 – Mar 19912001 Recession · Mar 2001 – Nov 2001Global Financial Crisis · Dec 2007 – Jun 2009COVID-19 Recession · Feb 2020 – Apr 2020$5$10$15$20$25$30197019801990200020102020$32.38
Production-Worker Earnings — one value per year; US recessions are shaded on the chart.
YearProduction-Worker Earnings
1964$2.58
1965$2.67
1966$2.78
1967$2.92
1968$3.11
1969$3.31
1970$3.50
1971$3.73
1972$4.00
1973$4.25
1974$4.60
1975$4.87
1976$5.23
1977$5.61
1978$6.10
1979$6.56
1980$7.13
1981$7.64
1982$8.01
1983$8.33
1984$8.61
1985$8.87
1986$9.01
1987$9.28
1988$9.60
1989$9.98
1990$10.34
1991$10.64
1992$10.90
1993$11.18
1994$11.48
1995$11.81
1996$12.24
1997$12.75
1998$13.21
1999$13.70
2000$14.29
2001$14.74
2002$15.20
2003$15.47
2004$15.86
2005$16.36
2006$17.05
2007$17.68
2008$18.39
2009$18.84
2010$19.23
2011$19.57
2012$19.90
2013$20.34
2014$20.71
2015$21.23
2016$21.76
2017$22.29
2018$23.11
2019$23.85
2020$25.16
2021$26.76
2022$28.22
2023$29.47
2024$30.66
2025$31.83
2026$32.38
Source: FRED · AHETPI · econscout.com