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NominalReal (2018 dollars)Wage stagnation: Nominal vs. real average hourly wagesFrom the Index of Systemic Trends   Chart Source: Employment, Hours, and Earnings from the Current Employment Statistics survey (National), Average hourly earnings of production and nonsupervisory employees, total private, seasonally adjusted, Bureau of Labor Statistics, accessed 12/12/18.