It's a weird point phrased poorly, seems they're referencing the chart at the bottom of page 11 here: https://www.chapman.edu/communication/_files/beyond-feuda

It's a weird point phrased poorly, seems they're referencing the chart at the bottom of page 11 here: https://www.chapman.edu/communication/_files/beyond-feudalism-web-sm.pdf https://www.chapman.edu/communication/_files/beyond-feudalis... Which is saying that 80% of new jobs were created at wage levels below the median level. E.g. they are looking at ~1.8 million jobs added from 2008-2018 and comparing it to the median wage in 2018 out of the ~19 million people working in California.