Real Middle Class Wages as of November 2025

Published on December 23, 2025

This series has been updated to include the November release of the consumer price index as the deflator and the monthly employment update. The latest hypothetical real (inflation-adjusted) annual earnings are at $53,516, down 5.4% from over 50 years ago.

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