Table V.B1--Principal Economic Assumptions, Calendar Years 1960-2000
Historical Period

Calendar year Average annual percentage increase in--
Real-wage
differential 1

Productivity:
Total
economy

Earnings as
a percent of
compensation
Average
hours
worked
GDP
price
index
Average
annual wage in
covered employment
Consumer
Price
Index 2

1960 1.8 -0.4 -1.0 1.4 3.3 1.7 1.6
1961 3.1 -.1 -.7 1.1 1.4 1.0 .4
1962 3.5 -.4 .7 1.4 4.7 1.0 3.7
1963 3.5 -.3 -.7 1.1 2.9 1.3 1.6
1964 3.9 -.1 -.3 1.5 4.6 1.3 3.3
1965 2.9 -.1 1.0 1.9 2.5 1.6 .9
1966 2.9 -.6 .5 2.8 5.7 3.2 2.5
1967 1.3 -.2 -1.2 3.1 5.5 2.8 2.7
1968 2.9 -.3 -.3 4.3 6.4 4.2 2.2
1969 .6 -.3 .0 4.9 6.7 5.4 1.3
1970 2.0 -.4 -2.3 5.3 4.9 5.7 -.7
1971 3.9 -.7 -.9 5.1 4.9 4.4 .6
1972 2.7 -.5 -.3 4.2 7.3 3.4 3.9
1973 2.6 -.6 -.2 5.6 6.9 6.2 .7
1974 -1.0 -.7 -1.4 9.0 7.4 11.0 -3.6
1975 2.6 -1.0 -1.8 9.3 6.6 9.1 -2.4
1976 2.7 -1.0 -.4 5.7 8.5 5.7 2.8
1977 1.1 -.7 .0 6.4 6.8 6.5 .3
1978 .8 -.3 .4 7.1 11.6 7.7 3.9
1979 .4 -.3 -.1 8.3 9.8 11.4 -1.6
1980 .0 -.5 -.8 9.2 6.7 13.4 -6.7
1981 2.2 -.4 -.9 9.3 10.8 10.3 .6
1982 -.3 -.5 -.9 6.2 6.3 6.0 .3
1983 2.5 -.2 .4 3.9 4.2 3.0 1.2
1984 2.2 .0 .9 3.7 6.0 3.5 2.5
1985 1.6 .1 .2 3.2 6.0 3.5 2.6
1986 2.3 -.1 -1.1 2.2 4.6 1.6 3.0
1987 .7 .2 .1 3.0 4.6 3.6 1.0
1988 .8 .2 1.2 3.4 5.3 3.9 1.4
1989 1.2 -.1 .3 3.8 3.9 4.9 -1.0
1990 1.1 -.2 -.5 3.9 5.1 5.2 -.1
1991 1.1 -.5 -.6 3.6 3.0 4.1 -1.1
1992 2.9 .2 -.4 2.4 4.9 2.9 2.0
1993 .3 -1.0 1.0 2.4 1.9 2.8 -.9
1994 1.1 -.4 .7 2.1 3.4 2.5 1.0
1995 .4 1.0 .9 2.2 4.0 2.9 1.1
1996 2.2 1.2 .0 1.9 4.5 2.9 1.6
1997 1.6 1.2 .6 1.9 6.0 2.3 3.7
1998 2.0 .5 .9 1.3 5.7 1.3 4.4
1999 2.5 .3 .2 1.5 5.7 2.2 3.5
2000 3.2 .2 .6 2.2 5.5 3.5 2.0

1The real-wage differential is the difference between the percentage increases, before rounding, in the average annual wage in covered employment, and the average annual Consumer Price Index.
2The Consumer Price Index is the annual average value for the calendar year of the Consumer Price index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers(CPI-W).