Table 6 Individuals experiencing wage gains, losses or no change between former job and new job1

  1993 to 1997 2002 to 2006
%
Wage loss 42.6 41.7
Similar wage 33.7 32.0
Wage gain 23.7 26.3
  hours
Average hours, old job 40.8 40.9
Average hours, new job 38.0 39.2
1. There is a loss if the hourly wage of the new job is at least 5% lower than the wage of the lost job and there is a gain if the wage gap is more than 5%; otherwise the wage is classified as being 'similar.'
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