Figure 1. Low-wage workers as a percentage of all wage and salary workers under three alternative wage cutoffs, 1990–2013
| Year |
Lowest cutoff |
Middle cutoff |
Highest cutoff |
|
1990
|
15.6 |
21.7 |
30.7 |
|
1991
|
14.1 |
20.9 |
29.6 |
|
1992
|
15.3 |
22.0 |
31.6 |
|
1993
|
14.8 |
21.5 |
30.8 |
|
1994
|
13.8 |
20.1 |
31.5 |
|
1995
|
16.2 |
22.6 |
31.8 |
|
1996
|
15.4 |
22.4 |
33.0 |
|
1997
|
14.5 |
23.4 |
33.2 |
|
1998
|
13.5 |
20.3 |
31.2 |
|
1999
|
11.2 |
18.2 |
28.5 |
|
2000
|
10.2 |
19.7 |
30.5 |
|
2001
|
11.1 |
17.3 |
29.3 |
|
2002
|
10.2 |
16.9 |
28.0 |
|
2003
|
9.6 |
17.0 |
27.9 |
|
2004
|
9.8 |
16.2 |
28.3 |
|
2005
|
10.9 |
18.6 |
28.8 |
|
2006
|
12.3 |
17.1 |
27.6 |
|
2007
|
10.5 |
16.6 |
28.1 |
|
2008
|
10.9 |
19.6 |
28.2 |
|
2009
|
10.7 |
16.1 |
27.8 |
|
2010
|
10.6 |
19.5 |
27.7 |
|
2011
|
12.0 |
20.9 |
31.0 |
|
2012
|
13.4 |
20.6 |
30.7 |
|
2013
|
12.6 |
19.8 |
29.5 |