Does any guys know how to find the data source of US individual wage earnings from 1920 to 2018?
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1$\begingroup$ FRED. Obligatory charecters. $\endgroup$– 123Jul 22, 2018 at 0:20
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$\begingroup$ At what level? Nation, state, county, individual? And are you looking for annual data dating back to 1920? $\endgroup$– PaulJul 23, 2018 at 0:39
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$\begingroup$ Thank you to @Paul. I need individual and annual data. May be it is hard to find it. $\endgroup$– CarlJul 23, 2018 at 1:34
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$\begingroup$ @Yang-Hui Please update your question accordingly to make it clearer. For data questions, you may also try opendata.stackexchange.com $\endgroup$– PaulJul 24, 2018 at 2:41
1 Answer
For annual individual-level earnings data:
- From 1962: try Current Population Survey (CPS) https://cps.ipums.org/cps/intro.shtml
- From 2000, try American Community Survey (ACS) https://usa.ipums.org/usa/acs.shtml
For decadal individual-level census data:
- From 1850: IPUMS-USA https://usa.ipums.org/usa-action/faq#ques0