Real Middle Class Wages as of August 2025

Published on September 11, 2025

This series has been updated to include the August release of the consumer price index as the deflator and the monthly employment update. The latest hypothetical real (inflation-adjusted) annual earnings are at $53,010, down 5.8% from over 50 years ago.

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