Chart 5. Percent shares in total gross job gains, by establishment wage class, third quarter 1992 to first quarter 2020
Quarter High-paying establishments Medium-paying establishments Low-paying establishments

Q3 1992

23.6 48.9 27.6

Q4 1992

24.0 49.6 26.4

Q1 1993

24.3 47.9 27.8

Q2 1993

23.4 48.6 28.0

Q3 1993

23.8 48.2 27.9

Q4 1993

23.6 50.1 26.4

Q1 1994

23.7 48.6 27.6

Q2 1994

24.4 48.3 27.3

Q3 1994

23.7 49.1 27.2

Q4 1994

23.0 50.0 27.0

Q1 1995

24.0 48.1 27.9

Q2 1995

24.5 48.2 27.3

Q3 1995

23.8 48.7 27.5

Q4 1995

23.3 49.9 26.9

Q1 1996

23.8 48.4 27.8

Q2 1996

25.0 48.2 26.8

Q3 1996

24.0 48.4 27.6

Q4 1996

23.6 49.3 27.1

Q1 1997

24.2 49.2 26.6

Q2 1997

25.2 47.9 26.9

Q3 1997

24.7 48.7 26.6

Q4 1997

24.5 49.3 26.2

Q1 1998

25.5 47.9 26.7

Q2 1998

25.4 48.7 25.9

Q3 1998

24.4 49.3 26.4

Q4 1998

24.1 50.5 25.4

Q1 1999

24.6 49.4 26.0

Q2 1999

24.7 49.0 26.3

Q3 1999

24.2 49.3 26.5

Q4 1999

24.2 50.4 25.4

Q1 2000

25.3 49.3 25.4

Q2 2000

25.7 48.4 25.9

Q3 2000

24.8 49.2 25.9

Q4 2000

24.6 50.0 25.4

Q1 2001

25.3 49.7 25.0

Q2 2001

23.7 49.9 26.4

Q3 2001

22.7 50.5 26.8

Q4 2001

22.5 50.4 27.1

Q1 2002

23.3 50.3 26.4

Q2 2002

22.4 50.8 26.8

Q3 2002

21.8 50.9 27.3

Q4 2002

22.0 50.7 27.3

Q1 2003

22.9 51.0 26.1

Q2 2003

22.0 50.7 27.4

Q3 2003

21.6 51.1 27.4

Q4 2003

21.7 50.6 27.7

Q1 2004

22.8 51.2 26.0

Q2 2004

22.0 51.1 26.9

Q3 2004

22.6 50.5 26.9

Q4 2004

22.7 51.4 26.0

Q1 2005

22.6 50.4 26.9

Q2 2005

22.6 50.9 26.5

Q3 2005

22.9 51.0 26.0

Q4 2005

23.2 50.3 26.5

Q1 2006

22.3 51.2 26.5

Q2 2006

23.2 50.6 26.2

Q3 2006

22.8 50.6 26.6

Q4 2006

22.7 49.8 27.5

Q1 2007

23.0 50.6 26.4

Q2 2007

23.1 50.6 26.4

Q3 2007

22.8 50.2 27.0

Q4 2007

23.0 49.6 27.4

Q1 2008

23.7 49.8 26.4

Q2 2008

22.7 50.3 26.9

Q3 2008

22.6 50.2 27.2

Q4 2008

22.7 48.9 28.4

Q1 2009

21.9 49.3 28.8

Q2 2009

20.0 51.6 28.4

Q3 2009

21.6 51.4 27.0

Q4 2009

22.8 51.0 26.2

Q1 2010

22.8 50.9 26.3

Q2 2010

21.7 51.9 26.4

Q3 2010

23.1 51.4 25.4

Q4 2010

23.2 50.9 25.9

Q1 2011

22.8 51.0 26.3

Q2 2011

22.5 51.2 26.3

Q3 2011

23.7 51.5 24.8

Q4 2011

23.2 50.1 26.7

Q1 2012

22.7 50.7 26.6

Q2 2012

22.5 51.9 25.6

Q3 2012

23.1 51.5 25.3

Q4 2012

23.0 50.9 26.1

Q1 2013

22.4 52.0 25.7

Q2 2013

21.8 52.5 25.7

Q3 2013

22.1 51.9 26.0

Q4 2013

22.1 51.3 26.6

Q1 2014

22.4 52.1 25.5

Q2 2014

22.3 52.1 25.6

Q3 2014

22.8 52.0 25.2

Q4 2014

22.4 51.6 26.0

Q1 2015

22.1 52.4 25.5

Q2 2015

22.4 52.3 25.3

Q3 2015

22.6 52.1 25.3

Q4 2015

22.4 52.4 25.1

Q1 2016

21.7 52.6 25.7

Q2 2016

22.2 52.2 25.6

Q3 2016

22.6 52.8 24.6

Q4 2016

21.9 52.0 26.1

Q1 2017

22.3 52.2 25.5

Q2 2017

23.0 52.0 25.0

Q3 2017

22.3 52.3 25.4

Q4 2017

22.2 52.0 25.8

Q1 2018

22.2 52.5 25.3

Q2 2018

23.0 51.8 25.1

Q3 2018

22.8 51.9 25.4

Q4 2018

22.9 52.2 24.9

Q1 2019

22.7 52.3 25.0

Q2 2019

22.9 52.1 25.0

Q3 2019

22.5 52.5 25.0

Q4 2019

22.0 52.4 25.6

Q1 2020

23.1 52.0 24.9

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.