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The Great Prosperity: 1947-79

Chart shows 119% productivity rise matched by 100% average hourly compensation and 79% average hourly wage increases.

Wages and overall compensation, for production and non-supervisory workers (now about 82 percent of the private sector work force), tracked steadily upward alongside gains in productivity. (1/2)

The rising value of goods and services per worker meant rising pay. But that relationship ended in the 1970s

The Great Regression: 1980-Now

Chart shows 80% productivity rise matched by 8% average hourly compensation and 7% average hourly wage increases. (2/2)