Table A-2. Current and real (constant 1982-1984 dollars) earnings for production and nonsupervisory employees on private nonfarm payrolls, seasonally adjusted

Table A-2. Current and real (constant 1982-1984 dollars) earnings for production and nonsupervisory employees on private nonfarm payrolls, seasonally adjusted(1)
	Apr. 2012	Feb. 2013	Mar. 2013(p)	Apr. 2013(p)
Real average hourly earnings(2)	$8.74	$8.73	$8.76	$8.81
Real average weekly earnings(2)	$294.52	$295.14	$296.03	$296.90
Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers	225.645	229.387	228.809	227.693
Average hourly earnings	$19.72	$20.03	$20.04	$20.06
Average weekly hours	33.7	33.8	33.8	33.7
Average weekly earnings	$664.56	$677.01	$677.35	$676.02

OVER-THE-MONTH PERCENT CHANGE
Real average hourly earnings(2)	0.2	-0.6	0.3	0.6
Real average weekly earnings(2)	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.3
Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers	-0.1	0.8	-0.3	-0.5
Average hourly earnings	0.2	0.3	0.0	0.1
Average weekly hours	0.0	0.6	0.0	-0.3
Average weekly earnings	0.2	0.8	0.1	-0.2

OVER-THE-YEAR PERCENT CHANGE
Real average hourly earnings(2)	-0.6	0.0	0.5	0.8
Real average weekly earnings(2)	-0.6	0.0	0.8	0.8
Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers	2.3	1.9	1.3	0.9
Average hourly earnings	1.7	2.0	1.8	1.7
Average weekly hours	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0
Average weekly earnings	1.7	2.0	2.1	1.7
Footnotes (1) Data relate to production employees in mining and logging and manufacturing, construction employees in construction, and nonsupervisory employees in the service-providing industries. These groups account for approximately four-fifths of the total employment on private nonfarm payrolls. (2) The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) is used to deflate the earnings series for production and nonsupervisory employees. (p) Preliminary

Last Modified Date: May 16, 2013

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