<p>wildwood–again-compare apples to apples. Sure, the median wage may not have risen as fast but also consider an increase, huge increase, in the lower income jobs (manufacturing, etc.), especially by immigrant groups in the nation and that skews those numbers. Look specific job to specific job and the picture is vastly different. Even paced with inflation numbers, it still isn’t apples to apples. The comparisons you posted mean nothing really. What did your Dad do when you were in college, how much was he making, how much does that job pay. Compare that percent of income to his income to the same college you attended to the costs today as a percent of what that exact same job pays today.</p>