104: Percentage growth of median family income from 1947 to 1973
22: Percentage growth from 1973 to 2004
1.6: Annual rate of increase in workers’ wages and salaries, 2001-2006
14.4: Annual rate of increase in corporate profits
17.8: Percentage increase in middle-class incomes, 1979-2001
79.6: Percentage increase in incomes of top 5 percent of earners
Source: The Century Foundation
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