Real Middle Class Wages as of September 2025

Published on November 24, 2025

This series has been updated to include the September release of the consumer price index as the deflator and the monthly employment update. The latest hypothetical real (inflation-adjusted) annual earnings are at $53,128, down 5.9% from over 50 years ago.

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