February 24, 2011 (The Editor’s Desk is updated each business day.)

The compensation-productivity gap

Productivity growth and real hourly compensation growth, nonfarm business sector, selected periods, 1947�2009
Period	Average annual percent change
Period	Productivity	Real Hourly Compensation
1947�73	2.8	2.6
1973�79	1.1	0.9
1979�90	1.4	0.5
1990�2000	2.1	1.5
2000�09	2.5	1.1

These data are featured in the TED article, The compensation-productivity gap.

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