For all but the 20 percent of the population with incomes above $80,000 annually, income has stagnated.
Since the mid-1980's, the incomes of middle-class households have stagnated.
As a result, incomes for most people have stagnated.
The average annual income stagnated, because needed economic reforms were never fully carried out.
The poor have seen their incomes stagnate or decline, while housing costs continue to rise.
What distinguishes the current demand for leisure time, researchers say, is that it comes as most workers' incomes have stagnated.
Because your middle class has not for 20 years had a rise in living standards; their incomes have stagnated.
For 20 years incomes have stagnated, leaving the middle class little better off than it was in the 1970's.
He focuses his attention on lower-skilled workers, who have seen their incomes stagnate.
For too long, middle class Americans have watched their incomes stagnate, even as worker productivity has skyrocketed.