U.S. Productivity Rises, but Pay Stalls
Since the late 1970s, the gap between productivity and wages in the United States has increased dramatically.
This line chart shows the correlation between U.S productivity levels and wages from 1950 to 2015. The data shows that since the late 1970s, the gap between productivity and wages in the United States has increased dramatically. Since 1979, productivity has grown 6.0x more than pay.
