But real wages climbed 154% for the top 1% of wage earners and 39% for the top 5%, while real wages stagnated for the bottom 20th percentile of workers and fell for the bottom tenth. Indeed, inequality in labor compensation has been the largest driver of yawning income inequality, except at the very top of the income distribution, where capital income has been more important.
从1979年到2012年，真实中位工资只增长了5%。但顶层1%打工者的真实工资增长了154%，顶层5%增长了39%，底层20%真实工资持平，底层10%工人工资有所下降。事实上，劳动报酬不平等已成为收入不平等高企的最大原因，收入分配的最顶层除外，对他们来说，资本所得更加重要。