<table class="regular" id="BLStable_2021_12_14_11_48" style="width: 95%;"><caption><span class="tableTitle">Chart 7. First-quarter median weekly wages, by direction of employment changes, 1993–2020</span></caption>
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<th style="vertical-align: middle; min-width: 80px;" rowspan="1" scope="col">Year</th>
<th scope="col">Opening establishments</th>
<th scope="col">Expanding establishments</th>
<th scope="col">Closing establishments</th>
<th scope="col">Contracting establishments</th>
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<tbody>
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<th scope="row">
<p>1993</p>
</th>
<td>$242.0</td>
<td>$297.3</td>
<td>$207.6</td>
<td>$303.1</td>
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<tr class="greenbar">
<th scope="row">
<p>1994</p>
</th>
<td>252.0</td>
<td>307.2</td>
<td>215.8</td>
<td>310.5</td>
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<th scope="row">
<p>1995</p>
</th>
<td>258.2</td>
<td>325.3</td>
<td>224.5</td>
<td>329.6</td>
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<tr class="greenbar">
<th scope="row">
<p>1996</p>
</th>
<td>267.3</td>
<td>335.7</td>
<td>232.5</td>
<td>341.2</td>
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<tr>
<th scope="row">
<p>1997</p>
</th>
<td>285.2</td>
<td>347.1</td>
<td>242.8</td>
<td>352.0</td>
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<tr class="greenbar">
<th scope="row">
<p>1998</p>
</th>
<td>297.0</td>
<td>361.8</td>
<td>259.7</td>
<td>362.1</td>
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<th scope="row">
<p>1999</p>
</th>
<td>311.0</td>
<td>369.1</td>
<td>277.0</td>
<td>378.4</td>
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<tr class="greenbar">
<th scope="row">
<p>2000</p>
</th>
<td>364.1</td>
<td>402.9</td>
<td>296.0</td>
<td>410.0</td>
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<tr>
<th scope="row">
<p>2001</p>
</th>
<td>367.6</td>
<td>417.6</td>
<td>308.3</td>
<td>432.2</td>
</tr>
<tr class="greenbar">
<th scope="row">
<p>2002</p>
</th>
<td>361.0</td>
<td>419.8</td>
<td>323.5</td>
<td>446.5</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th scope="row">
<p>2003</p>
</th>
<td>355.2</td>
<td>428.7</td>
<td>320.7</td>
<td>447.4</td>
</tr>
<tr class="greenbar">
<th scope="row">
<p>2004</p>
</th>
<td>371.7</td>
<td>442.1</td>
<td>329.0</td>
<td>455.3</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th scope="row">
<p>2005</p>
</th>
<td>372.9</td>
<td>452.0</td>
<td>343.9</td>
<td>458.7</td>
</tr>
<tr class="greenbar">
<th scope="row">
<p>2006</p>
</th>
<td>405.9</td>
<td>488.0</td>
<td>362.5</td>
<td>493.8</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th scope="row">
<p>2007</p>
</th>
<td>416.7</td>
<td>501.7</td>
<td>374.2</td>
<td>510.3</td>
</tr>
<tr class="greenbar">
<th scope="row">
<p>2008</p>
</th>
<td>422.8</td>
<td>515.0</td>
<td>379.9</td>
<td>522.8</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th scope="row">
<p>2009</p>
</th>
<td>393.0</td>
<td>479.7</td>
<td>385.9</td>
<td>539.4</td>
</tr>
<tr class="greenbar">
<th scope="row">
<p>2010</p>
</th>
<td>405.9</td>
<td>494.5</td>
<td>382.7</td>
<td>509.1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th scope="row">
<p>2011</p>
</th>
<td>413.3</td>
<td>512.3</td>
<td>385.6</td>
<td>512.9</td>
</tr>
<tr class="greenbar">
<th scope="row">
<p>2012</p>
</th>
<td>380.6</td>
<td>534.9</td>
<td>436.0</td>
<td>547.5</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th scope="row">
<p>2013</p>
</th>
<td>475.7</td>
<td>540.3</td>
<td>462.5</td>
<td>550.2</td>
</tr>
<tr class="greenbar">
<th scope="row">
<p>2014</p>
</th>
<td>474.8</td>
<td>547.7</td>
<td>466.4</td>
<td>555.6</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th scope="row">
<p>2015</p>
</th>
<td>493.6</td>
<td>560.2</td>
<td>498.0</td>
<td>569.4</td>
</tr>
<tr class="greenbar">
<th scope="row">
<p>2016</p>
</th>
<td>507.4</td>
<td>568.8</td>
<td>545.5</td>
<td>581.9</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th scope="row">
<p>2017</p>
</th>
<td>538.1</td>
<td>607.7</td>
<td>535.6</td>
<td>613.0</td>
</tr>
<tr class="greenbar">
<th scope="row">
<p>2018</p>
</th>
<td>555.8</td>
<td>630.7</td>
<td>555.0</td>
<td>630.7</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th scope="row">
<p>2019</p>
</th>
<td>573.0</td>
<td>649.1</td>
<td>594.0</td>
<td>651.8</td>
</tr>
<tr class="greenbar">
<th scope="row">
<p>2020</p>
</th>
<td>572.9</td>
<td>683.5</td>
<td>507.9</td>
<td>667.4</td>
</tr>
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<td class="footnotes" colspan="5">
<p>Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.</p>
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