TABLE 14-1
INDEXES OF REAL WAGES AND PRODUCTIVITY IN THE U.S,BUSINESS SECTOR,1959-2002
(1992=100)
RWAGES = Index of real compensation per hour (1992=100)
PRODUCT = Index of output per hour of all persons (1992=100)
obs RWAGES PRODUCT
1959 59.20000 48.60000
1960 60.70000 49.50000
1961 62.50000 51.30000
1962 64.60000 53.60000
1963 66.10000 55.70000
1964 67.70000 57.60000
1965 69.10000 59.70000
1966 71.70000 62.10000
1967 73.60000 63.50000
1968 76.00000 65.50000
1969 77.20000 65.80000
1970 78.60000 67.10000
1971 80.10000 70.00000
1972 82.30000 72.20000
1973 84.10000 74.50000
1974 83.10000 73.20000
1975 83.90000 75.80000
1976 86.20000 78.40000
1977 87.40000 79.70000
1978 88.90000 80.60000
1979 89.10000 80.50000
1980 88.90000 80.30000
1981 89.00000 81.90000
1982 90.50000 81.60000
1983 90.40000 84.50000
1984 90.70000 86.80000
1985 92.10000 88.50000
1986 95.20000 91.20000
1987 95.60000 91.60000
1988 97.00000 93.00000
1989 95.50000 93.90000
1990 96.30000 95.30000
1991 97.40000 96.40000
1992 100.0000 100.0000
1993 99.90000 100.5000
1994 99.70000 101.7000
1995 99.40000 102.3000
1996 99.80000 105.1000
1997 100.7000 107.4000
1998 104.8000 110.2000
1999 107.2000 113.0000
2000 111.0000 116.5000
2001 112.1000 118.8000
2002 113.5000 125.1000