Chart description: I can see that in 1990 the median hourly wage was even below five US dollars per hour which seems very low. but considering a 20 year difference it has only gone up by double is quite shocking as well. there doesn't seem a period where the hourly wage suddenly shot high in a short period of time or stayed the same for too long either, the process seems quite on one speed shall we say.

Chart data: Year Wage in current U.S. dollars Dec 31, 1978 4.44 Dec 31, 1979 4.82 Dec 31, 1980 5.15 Dec 31, 1981 5.4 Dec 31, 1982 5.59 Dec 31, 1983 5.83 Dec 31, 1984 6.03 Dec 31, 1985 6.2 Dec 31, 1986 6.47 Dec 31, 1987 6.73 Dec 31, 1988 6.99 Dec 31, 1989 7.23 Dec 31, 1990 7.5 Dec 31, 1991 7.72 Dec 31, 1992 7.87 Dec 31, 1993 8.01 Dec 31, 1994 8.17 Dec 31, 1995 8.4 Dec 31, 1996 8.75 Dec 31, 1997 9.1 Dec 31, 1998 9.53 Dec 31, 1999 9.91 Dec 31, 2000 10.19 Dec 31, 2001 10.47 Dec 31, 2002 10.85 Dec 31, 2003 11 Dec 31, 2004 11.19 Dec 31, 2005 11.76 Dec 31, 2006 11.95 Dec 31, 2007 12.23 Dec 31, 2008 12.44 Dec 31, 2009 12.5 Dec 31, 2010 12.71 Dec 31, 2011 12.8 Dec 31, 2012 12.93 Dec 31, 2013 13.14 Dec 31, 2014 13.44 Dec 31, 2015 14 Dec 31, 2016 14.63 Dec 31, 2017 14.99 Dec 31, 2018 15.35

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