Table 8: Participants Appearing One Quarter Before and One Quarter After by Real Wage Quintiles

Table 8: Participants^a Appearing One Quarter Before and One Quarter After by Real Wage Quintiles, Fiscal Year 1999 (FY1999) to FY2003^b

				Assuming a 35-Hour Week			Assuming a 40-Hour Week

Quintile	Number of Participants	totw_bef	totw_aft	Average Hourly Wage^c Before Training	Average Hourly Wage After Training	Wage Progression or Decline	Average Hourly Wage Before Training	Average Hourly Wage After Training	Wage Progression or Decline

First	573		2068502	$4.97	$7.93	$2.96	$4.35	$6.94	$2.59
Second	559		2818960	$9.66	$11.08	$1.42	$8.46	$9.70	$1.24
Third	560		3888548	$14.01	$15.26	$1.25	$12.26	$13.35	$1.10
Fourth	559		5472456	$20.97	$21.52	$0.54	$18.35	$18.83	$0.48
Fifth	546		8407264	$33.89	$33.84	-$0.05	$29.65	$29.61	-$0.04

^aParticipants earning within the top and bottom 2.5 percent of the wage distribution during the quarter before training were eliminated from this table.
^bTotal Quarterly Wages for FY1999 To FY2003 were Consumer Price Index (All Urban Consumers U.S. all items, 1982-1984=100) adjusted for inflation.
^cThe formula for calculating average hourly wages is the sum of total quarterly wages for all individuals divided by total quarterly hours worked. Total quarterly hours worked may increase or decrease depending upon the assumptions made
about how many hours, on average, individuals work on a weekly basis. In this data set, we have no way of determining how many hours were actually worked by individuals in a week. Thus, we present average hourly wages calculated for
both 35- and 40-hour work weeks. Total quarterly wages are used here, instead of wages for the training employer only, because skills gained from the training employer may lead to an increase in wages at other jobs.