This Is Not Your Father's Earning Power

Median income of men who work full-time, by age (in 2011 dollars)...

	2011	1981	change
Total	$50,316	$51,204	-1.7%
15-24	$24,423	$30,705	-20.5%
25-34	$41,433	$47,475	-12.7%
35-44	$51,926	$57,826	-10.2%
45-54	$56,675	$59,627	-5.0%
55-64	$60,388	$56,947	6.0%

Source: Census Bureau, Current Population Survey