Description

For persons aged 16 and older who are in scope and have a continuing current main job and whose hourly wage changed from a previous round (or who did not know if their hourly wage changed from a previous round), WAGENEWRD reports the updated hourly wage for the person's current main job on the round record. Values are not presented for persons whose initial wage was imputed, even if they reported an updated wage in a subsequent round interview. WAGENEWRD does not include imputed values; any missing response information is set to "Not ascertained." Hourly wage variables are top-coded.

Please see the Codes and Comparability tabs for more information on differences in top-coded values over time.

WAGENEWRD is a 6-digit variable with two decimal places that reports the new hourly wage of the person. Values should be interpreted as nominal dollar amounts with the exception of the following specific codes for missing, unknown, or top-coded values:

65.63: $65.63 or higher (2004)
70.91: $70.91 or higher (2007)
72.12: $72.12 or higher (2005-2006, 2008)
74.52: $74.52 or higher (2009-2010)
75.00: $75.00 or higher (2011)
75.76: $75.76 or higher (2012)
76.96: $76.96 or higher (2013)
78.00: $78.00 or higher (2014)
80.00: $80.00 or higher (2015)
84.13: $84.13 or higher (2016)
96.15: $96.15 or higher (2017-2019)
103.36: $103.36 or higher (2020)
105.77: $105.77 or higher (2021)
119.23: $119.23 or higher (2022)
132.21: $132.21 or higher (2023)
999.97: Initial wage imputed
999.98: Not ascertained
999.99: NIU

Comparability

The top-code for this variable changes in most years. Please see the Codes tab for information on the top-code for each year. Beginning in 2023, WAGENEWRD reflects the value of the most recent updated primary wage even if the change in compensation did not occur in the current round; in prior years, WAGENEWRD only contains data for changes to hourly wages that occurred in the round's reference period. In addition, beginning in 2023, this variable no longer reflects changes to supplemental wages at the persons current main job.

Universe

Availability

• 2004-2017, 2019-2023

Weights

• 2004-2017, 2019-2022 : PERWEIGHT

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