Figure 7. Median hourly earnings for teens ages 16–19 paid hourly rates in constant 2014 dollars, 1979–2014
Year	Dollars
1979	9.42
1980	8.82
1981	8.95
1982	8.49
1983	8.17
1984	7.92
1985	7.71
1986	7.65
1987	7.60
1988	7.75
1989	7.79
1990	7.89
1991	7.95
1992	7.82
1993	7.74
1994	7.76
1995	7.78
1996	7.77
1997	8.10
1998	8.53
1999	8.64
2000	8.82
2001	9.04
2002	9.09
2003	8.92
2004	8.77
2005	8.55
2006	8.49
2007	8.64
2008	8.62
2009	8.74
2010	8.69
2011	8.48
2012	8.35
2013	8.32
2014	8.43
Note: The Consumer Price Index research series is used to convert current dollars into constant 2014 dollars. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, BLS Reports, report 1058, “Highlights of women’s earnings in 2014,” table 20: “Inflation-adjusted median hourly earnings, by age, for wage and salary workers paid hourly rates, 1979–2014 annual averages,” November 2015.