<p>For <strong>annual</strong> individual-level earnings data:</p>

<ul>
<li>From 1962: try Current Population Survey (CPS) <a href="https://cps.ipums.org/cps/intro.shtml" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://cps.ipums.org/cps/intro.shtml</a></li>
<li>From 2000, try American Community Survey (ACS) <a href="https://usa.ipums.org/usa/acs.shtml" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://usa.ipums.org/usa/acs.shtml</a></li>
</ul>

<p>For <strong>decadal</strong> individual-level census data:</p>

<ul>
<li>From 1850: IPUMS-USA <a href="https://usa.ipums.org/usa-action/faq#ques0" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://usa.ipums.org/usa-action/faq#ques0</a></li>
</ul>

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Paul
<p>Does any guys know how to find the data source of US wage earnings?</p>

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FRED. Obligatory charecters.
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At what level? Nation, state, county, individual? And are you looking for **annual** data dating back to 1920?
Paul
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@Yang-Hui Please update your question accordingly to make it clearer. For data questions, you may also try https://opendata.stackexchange.com/
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Data Source on US Wage Earnings
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# Data Source on US Wage Earnings

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-07-21)

Does any guys know how to find the data source of US wage earnings?

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: FRED. Obligatory charecters.  
> **username_2**: At what level? Nation, state, county, individual? And are you looking for **annual** data dating back to 1920?  
> **username_2**: @Yang-Hui Please update your question accordingly to make it clearer. For data questions, you may also try https://opendata.stackexchange.com/  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2018-07-24. Score: 0 | Accepted 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>


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