Average Hourly Earnings – 1950-2000

South Carolina Manufacturing Workers versus Georgia, North Carolina, and US Workers

Annual Averages – Not Adjusted for Inflation

Data and source notes are below graph.

For a version of this graph that controls for inflation, see South Carolina Average Hourly Manufacturing Earnings as a Percent of US Average Hourly Manufacturing Earnings – 1950-2000

Average Hourly Earnings Data and State Ranks, 1950-2000

	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990	2000
South Carolina	$ 1.11	1.57	2.51	5.59	8.84	10.96
Georgia	$ 1.08	1.66	2.67	5.77	9.17	13.01
North Carolina	$ 1.10	1.54	2.46	5.37	8.79	12.79
United States	$ 1.39	2.19	3.23	7.02	10.37	13.64