After an initial spike, the US median wage has steadily declined throughout the pandemic
Monthly change in private employees’ seasonally and inflation-adjusted median weekly earnings from January 2019
+8%
Pandemic
+6
+4
+2
0
-2
2019
2020
2021
2022
+8%
Pandemic
+6
+4
+2
0
-2
2019
2020
2021
2022
+8%
Pandemic
+6
+4
+2
0
-2
2019
2020
2021
2022
+8%
Pandemic
+6
+4
+2
0
-2
2019
2020
2021
2022
+8%
Pandemic
+6
+4
+2
0
-2
2019
2020
2021
2022