Average hourly wage for current task
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Data Table — Average hourly wage for current task
Category | 99-00 | 01-02 | 03-04 | 05-06 | 07-08 | 09-10 | 11-12 | 13-14 | ||||||||
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# | # | # | # | # | # | # | # | |||||||||
Average hourly wage for current task | 6,988 | $6.72 | 6,360 | $7.31 | 6,475 | $7.70 | 3,674 | $8.10 | 3,612 | $8.92 | 3,580 | $9.42 | 2,983 | $9.44 | 4,154 | $10.19 |
1 The questionnaire was changed to include the "Do not know" option in 2001; it was not offered in 1999 or 2000. A dash (“-“) indicates that the category was not offered during the corresponding time period.
2 Contribution-based includes disability insurance, unemployment insurance, Social Security and Veteran’s pay.
3 Need-based includes food stamps, welfare, TANF, low income housing, public health clinic, Medicaid, WIC, disaster relief, legal services, and other.
a Estimates with relative standard errors (RSEs) greater than 30 percent but no more than 50 percent are published but should be used with caution.
b Estimates based on fewer than four responses or with RSEs greater than 50 percent are considered statistically unreliable and are suppressed.