"Year","Mean (left scale)","Median (left scale)","Covered workers (right scale)" 1937,14.96761,11.65599,273950 1938,14.35440,10.87448,260310 1939,15.13574,11.64248,277710 1940,15.78864,12.13324,298850 1941,17.00043,13.03178,335310 1942,17.51385,13.47738,375240 1943,19.62855,15.78515,375750 1944,20.94219,17.46783,360080 1945,19.36858,16.33912,366300 1946,18.33560,15.38755,399750 1947,18.42673,15.82956,410280 1948,18.75541,16.35772,412260 1949,19.31307,16.85129,399760 1950,19.97683,17.55262,416040 1951,20.96515,18.21022,440520 1952,21.87171,19.27175,442730 1953,23.16969,20.58162,445670 1954,23.28783,20.68261,434690 1955,24.44508,21.57681,448640 1956,25.52593,22.3916,460210 1957,25.34761,21.98927,459853 1958,24.86102,21.39843,447403 1959,26.27441,22.75919,458757 1960,27.01166,23.23001,464748 1961,27.20372,23.28421,463879 1962,28.14837,23.96207,473771 1963,28.75967,24.45693,480724 1964,29.55157,25.09404,493199 1965,29.98223,25.43574,513699 1966,30.74528,25.77874,536684 1967,31.16321,26.08838,546991 1968,31.79827,26.46010,562625 1969,32.10908,26.57392,582983 1970,31.78862,26.227,584486 1971,31.90752,26.22271,583268 1972,33.12352,26.80101,599187 1973,33.36929,26.82358,624276 1974,32.21724,25.80611,631314 1975,31.57558,24.98118,615202 1976,32.14828,25.32514,635596 1977,32.71208,25.35042,658996 1978,33.61137,25.81999,687321 1979,32.72309,25.37761,711935 1980,31.55247,24.24939,710382 1981,31.19382,23.88771,717209 1982,31.07563,23.49748,714080 1983,31.61835,23.65526,718824 1984,32.24536,23.94618,746121 1985,32.55882,24.11316,767219 1986,33.47017,24.66646,777678 1987,34.22849,24.93197,782343 1988,34.61312,24.83680,807025 1989,34.21232,24.59587,822782 1990,33.85799,24.33394,828285 1991,33.1303,23.86538,818843 1992,33.97318,24.05162,818277 1993,33.58685,23.73440,829332 1994,33.64617,23.85244,848251 1995,33.99466,23.94104,868042 1996,34.52021,24.20121,886237 1997,35.86492,24.8156,909761 1998,37.28999,25.7496,930635 1999,38.3745,26.23726,948971 2000,39.39960,26.72023,964814 2001,39.17695,26.81066,961637 2002,38.56411,26.77559,946002 2003,38.7866,26.70688,936949 2004,39.1756,26.553,959656