The median hourly wage of jobs in all broad industries rose from $15.09 to $15.19 per hour in 2013 - a year-over-year increase of just less than 1 percent. All but one industry (wholesale trade) saw their median wages increase. Information continued to have the highest median hourly wage ($25.25), followed by state and local government and construction. Inflation-adjusted median hourly wages tell a different story. Only two industries - financial activities and professional and business services - enjoyed real wage increases in 2013.
Twenty percent of all jobs in 2013 paid at least $30.00 per hour and more than one-third paid at least $20.00 per hour. About half of all jobs paid less than $15.00 per hour. All but the smallest hourly wage class posted job gains; the largest number of these were added to the $10.00 to $14.99 wage class. This is not surprising, given the concentration of job gains in professional and business services and leisure and hospitality.
Sitting at the figurative top of the array, the $60 or more class saw the highest percentage of jobs gained, for an increase of nearly 12,000 jobs. The $50.00 to $59.99 wage class also posted a significant percentage increase in number of jobs. Together, the two highest classes had year-over-year gains of 31 percent between 2012 and 2013.
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