[sokoloff]

Take a look at a chart of real median income. Which while it is admittedly somewhat different from salary, is a hell of lot more than “nuh-uh”

https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/MEHOINUSA672N

[amanaplanacanal]

"household income". Not individual. It used to only take one person working to support a family.

[sokoloff]

https://fred.stlouisfed.org/graph/?id=MEPAINUSA672N

also supports the upthread claim.

[a2dam]

Thank you, I did indeed mean income and not salary (though real median salary for full time workers has also outpaced inflation).