"Year","Mean (left scale)","Median (left scale)","Covered workers (right scale)" 1937,15.71963,12.60409,201070 1938,14.96144,11.80969,194790 1939,15.80638,12.80356,204040 1940,16.58520,13.2997,217870 1941,17.88626,14.38500,239740 1942,18.09526,14.76554,269160 1943,20.11514,17.13732,279260 1944,21.19491,18.71644,271360 1945,19.61957,17.23065,275020 1946,18.74636,16.34607,293150 1947,18.74558,16.71847,298380 1948,19.05947,17.17249,299920 1949,19.53324,17.46435,294510 1950,20.07611,18.28132,308600 1951,20.99863,18.87696,333650 1952,21.85106,19.92296,339820 1953,23.09487,21.19960,345770 1954,23.00792,21.05549,341230 1955,24.25816,22.18303,350180 1956,25.51849,23.22067,355630 1957,25.49127,22.98834,352512 1958,25.01617,22.40769,344996 1959,26.60781,23.92091,350273 1960,27.42849,24.52917,353146 1961,27.73437,24.81024,351403 1962,28.84612,25.73993,357075 1963,29.50365,26.28472,360506 1964,30.49921,27.00379,366080 1965,31.2265,27.63656,374661 1966,32.27081,28.49423,386680 1967,32.62634,28.67319,394988 1968,33.47341,29.35185,403558 1969,34.00298,29.77242,413203 1970,33.76313,29.31755,412894 1971,34.00719,29.55815,411846 1972,35.54296,30.47078,420483 1973,36.02546,30.81339,432372 1974,34.67538,29.5321,438624 1975,33.87649,28.56283,431548 1976,34.66602,29.22901,442795 1977,35.34024,29.38291,458003 1978,36.38949,29.85264,475975 1979,35.78083,29.49847,494841 1980,35.03944,28.54614,501293 1981,34.82302,28.31284,510852 1982,34.54392,27.65388,517260 1983,34.81968,27.70279,524695 1984,35.61108,28.17471,546169 1985,35.86193,28.25147,566790 1986,36.725,28.69014,581006 1987,37.60268,28.90586,589393 1988,38.10022,28.81548,610709 1989,37.73207,28.59800,627489 1990,37.30986,28.19789,638214 1991,36.55110,27.69323,638601 1992,37.65357,28.00632,642188 1993,37.40582,27.78379,653193 1994,37.61639,27.97856,670384 1995,38.05791,28.09551,689782 1996,38.69736,28.40199,707392 1997,40.28941,29.15401,726092 1998,42.01568,30.25756,740660 1999,43.37695,30.90097,753329 2000,44.5996,31.39574,764291 2001,44.22127,31.43062,763802 2002,43.45226,31.38044,752867 2003,43.67289,31.32477,744440 2004,44.05227,31.245,759709