Median Quotes

Median wages of production workers, who comprise 80 percent of the workforce, haven`t risen in 30 years, adjusted for inflation.

These types of stores usually locate in an area where people have a higher education level, a higher median age and smaller family sizes. The community is usually wealthier and has discretionary income.

It continues to fall from a high of about 900,000 new buyers to the segment in 1994 to about 500,000 in 2005. Additionally, the median age of the minivan buyer, currently 51, is increasing more rapidly than in other segments of the industry. Yet we know that in spite of their stigma, minivans are great vehicles. The fundamentals make total sense. There is no more efficient vehicle.

We calculated it three different ways so nobody can complain. We did it by average price, by median price and then average price per square foot. The reason for price per square foot is if someone goes into a ZIP code and builds 800 or 1,000 condominiums where they traditionally have 2,300-square-foot single-family homes, we didn`t want that number to be skewed.

Since 1994, unemployment rates are lower. Median household income is higher. A greater percentage of Americans are graduating from college. Home ownership rates are higher. And the violent crime rate has decreased.

If you are born into a family below the national median income, we provide you with an additional $500, and for every contribution made to a child`s account below the national median income, we match it dollar for dollar - the federal government will.

There is a good bit of misinformation out there. There are people who don`t understand the basic tenets of the bill. Statistically, 80 percent of (people filing for bankruptcy) make less than their state`s median income.

We have had a 30-year period in which the real median wage has grown 9%, while productivity is up 80%. Almost none of that improvement has gone to the majority of the labor force.

It is a long-term trend. Over the past 30 years, the median wage has grown about 9 or 10 percent.