[sarcasm]

Reading the entire post is helpful - it seems that you missed this:

It has been estimated that male high school dropouts have suffered a 20 percent decline in real wages since the early 1970s.

[Southack]

"It has been estimated that male high school dropouts have suffered a 20 percent decline in real wages since the early 1970s."

Can you comprehend what the word "average" means?

Sure, various small segments of society, such as male high school dropouts, have had declines in real wages. I haven't argued any differently.

But just because one small segment has had a decline has no controlling bearing on the overall average.

And the national **average** for real, inflation-adjusted wages has increased by .2% per year even in the worst of times in America.