Link description: the source for the numbers in the OP is unclear; it is certainly not the Census data, which does not agree even approximately with these numbers. The Census data shows that the median wage of white non-Hispanic men has stagnated while that of female and some minority median incomes have grown substantially.
Doesn’t the census run just once per decade — i.e. 1980, 1990, 2000, 2010? The above table has claimed data from 2005, when the census didn’t run. The Department of Labor and other agencies collect income and employment statistics more often, though.
According to Thomas Bayes, the analysis isn’t quite wrong. Comment reproduced for your convenience:
Based on the census tables that he cites, here’s what I see for 2005 (in 2005 dollars):
All men: $31,725
White men: $32,179
Soltas says $31,725, which is the median for all men.
White, not hispanic men: $35,345
Conard says $35,200 for white men, which is very close to the number for white, not hispanic. The number he uses for white women is $19,600. The Census data that Soltas cited shows $19,451.
Based on this quick comparison, I’m not sure that Soltas has discredited Conard’s analysis.
Link description: the source for the numbers in the OP is unclear; it is certainly not the Census data, which does not agree even approximately with these numbers. The Census data shows that the median wage of white non-Hispanic men has stagnated while that of female and some minority median incomes have grown substantially.
Doesn’t the census run just once per decade — i.e. 1980, 1990, 2000, 2010? The above table has claimed data from 2005, when the census didn’t run. The Department of Labor and other agencies collect income and employment statistics more often, though.
I just added the link summary because I think that bare links aren’t very useful. I didn’t check anything.
ETA: I should mention that the author does include links to the source of his own numbers.
The Census Bureau has projects that they do between decades, even though “The” Census is only every decade.
According to Thomas Bayes, the analysis isn’t quite wrong. Comment reproduced for your convenience: