Price Deflator: CPI-U-RS vs. PCE

Cumulative Percent Change in Median Real Hourly Wage, 1979-2018

Note: Percent change in median hourly wage of all civilian prime-age workers (25-54) since 1979 in 2018 dollars using indicated inflation measure
Source: Source: Authors' calculation of Current Population Survey accessed through Center for Economic and Policy Research Get the data