Chart 1. Average weekly wages, all private sector establishments, third quarter 1992 to first quarter 2020
Quarter Upper quartile Median Lower quartile

Q3 1992

$502.4 $300.4 $174.7

Q4 1992

507.7 304.2 177.8

Q1 1993

493.8 297.6 173.6

Q2 1993

512.9 305.2 177.9

Q3 1993

518.9 309.0 179.4

Q4 1993

522.8 312.9 182.4

Q1 1994

512.1 307.1 178.1

Q2 1994

529.0 315.1 183.2

Q3 1994

544.6 324.8 187.1

Q4 1994

530.5 317.2 185.3

Q1 1995

543.3 325.2 188.0

Q2 1995

550.5 327.2 188.3

Q3 1995

551.1 327.4 189.0

Q4 1995

548.9 327.2 189.4

Q1 1996

563.1 336.1 192.6

Q2 1996

571.7 338.5 193.7

Q3 1996

573.9 340.3 195.0

Q4 1996

574.7 340.4 196.1

Q1 1997

585.7 348.4 199.3

Q2 1997

593.6 351.0 200.9

Q3 1997

599.8 353.0 202.3

Q4 1997

610.6 358.6 206.0

Q1 1998

608.1 359.7 206.8

Q2 1998

623.8 366.8 210.0

Q3 1998

631.4 371.6 212.3

Q4 1998

647.1 380.7 217.8

Q1 1999

630.3 372.3 212.8

Q2 1999

652.4 382.9 218.7

Q3 1999

663.9 389.0 222.6

Q4 1999

678.1 398.6 225.3

Q1 2000

686.2 403.2 229.6

Q2 2000

691.8 404.6 231.1

Q3 2000

694.5 405.0 229.9

Q4 2000

698.5 408.0 231.3

Q1 2001

716.2 421.7 236.5

Q2 2001

718.6 421.2 236.7

Q3 2001

716.2 420.1 236.0

Q4 2001

717.2 422.9 239.0

Q1 2002

731.5 432.1 242.1

Q2 2002

731.6 430.0 241.9

Q3 2002

732.9 430.8 241.7

Q4 2002

733.4 432.1 243.1

Q1 2003

745.4 439.1 244.7

Q2 2003

745.5 438.5 245.2

Q3 2003

748.9 440.4 245.8

Q4 2003

752.5 441.4 248.4

Q1 2004

756.7 446.2 249.0

Q2 2004

768.9 451.3 250.8

Q3 2004

778.0 456.3 252.1

Q4 2004

791.9 462.3 258.2

Q1 2005

773.9 454.3 251.3

Q2 2005

794.1 466.9 257.1

Q3 2005

824.3 478.1 264.5

Q4 2005

809.0 469.3 261.2

Q1 2006

829.8 483.3 267.0

Q2 2006

831.1 483.6 267.6

Q3 2006

833.1 483.9 267.7

Q4 2006

845.4 487.1 270.3

Q1 2007

864.4 500.1 275.8

Q2 2007

864.2 500.7 276.1

Q3 2007

865.3 501.3 275.9

Q4 2007

873.1 503.9 277.6

Q1 2008

890.0 512.7 281.1

Q2 2008

890.4 511.6 280.0

Q3 2008

892.7 512.2 280.6

Q4 2008

891.9 511.8 279.3

Q1 2009

886.3 506.8 276.4

Q2 2009

885.8 506.8 276.8

Q3 2009

889.0 506.9 276.8

Q4 2009

902.9 515.1 281.5

Q1 2010

879.7 500.3 274.2

Q2 2010

904.9 513.6 280.6

Q3 2010

917.3 519.2 282.9

Q4 2010

931.6 528.7 288.3

Q1 2011

907.8 511.4 277.9

Q2 2011

928.8 522.5 283.9

Q3 2011

959.0 542.3 292.6

Q4 2011

933.3 527.0 287.6

Q1 2012

955.3 537.6 290.2

Q2 2012

949.8 532.8 288.7

Q3 2012

945.3 532.1 287.4

Q4 2012

960.4 535.3 289.2

Q1 2013

970.4 543.1 291.3

Q2 2013

970.0 543.0 291.6

Q3 2013

978.1 549.1 295.0

Q4 2013

986.4 551.5 294.3

Q1 2014

993.7 554.6 296.3

Q2 2014

998.1 559.6 299.8

Q3 2014

1,004.3 563.9 301.5

Q4 2014

1,028.9 570.0 304.6

Q1 2015

1,019.1 568.1 305.8

Q2 2015

1,027.6 576.7 309.0

Q3 2015

1,037.2 580.9 312.0

Q4 2015

1,074.9 597.6 320.8

Q1 2016

1,035.2 582.3 314.4

Q2 2016

1,054.1 590.7 320.6

Q3 2016

1,095.2 614.2 331.7

Q4 2016

1,069.5 597.1 325.2

Q1 2017

1,097.7 614.1 333.0

Q2 2017

1,087.9 611.0 332.6

Q3 2017

1,090.7 612.7 333.2

Q4 2017

1,097.0 618.8 336.3

Q1 2018

1,132.7 632.0 342.2

Q2 2018

1,121.5 631.8 344.0

Q3 2018

1,123.8 632.8 344.9

Q4 2018

1,133.2 641.5 346.9

Q1 2019

1,164.9 650.9 354.7

Q2 2019

1,162.6 655.2 355.7

Q3 2019

1,169.4 659.4 359.1

Q4 2019

1,176.5 662.1 362.7

Q1 2020

1,193.2 673.4 369.0

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.