Tables A and B. Composition of change in real earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm payrolls and Percent change in earnings from the same month a year ago for production or nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm payrolls, seasonally adjusted
Table A. Composition of change in real earnings of production and
nonsupervisory workers(1) on private nonfarm payrolls
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| | | | |
| Average | Average | Average | The | Real
| hourly | weekly | weekly | Consumer | average
Year | earnings | hours | earnings | Price | weekly
and | | | | Index(2) | earnings
month |___________|___________|___________|___________|___________
|
| Percent change from preceding month, seasonally adjusted
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| | | | |
2008: | | | | |
Sept. | 0.2 | -0.3 | -0.1 | 0.0 | -0.2
Oct. | .4 | -.3 | .1 | -1.0 | 1.1
Nov. | .3 | -.3 | (3) | -2.1 | 2.2
Dec. | .3 | -.3 | (3) | -1.0 | 1.0
2009: | | | | |
Jan. | .2 | .0 | .2 | .3 | -.2
Feb. | .2 | .0 | .2 | .4 | -.3
Mar. | .2 | -.6 | -.4 | -.1 | -.2
Apr. | .0 | .0 | .0 | .0 | (3)
May | .2 | .0 | .2 | .1 | (3)
June | .1 | -.3 | -.2 | .9 | -1.2
July | .3 | .3 | .6 | .0 | .5
Aug.(p) | .4 | .0 | .4 | .6 | -.2
Sept.(p)| .1 | -.3 | -.2 | .2 | -.4
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1 See footnote 2, table 1.
2 The deflator for the constant-dollar series presented in this
release is the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical
Workers (CPI-W).
3 Change less than 0.05 percent in magnitude.
p = preliminary.
Table B. Percent change in earnings from the same month a year ago for
production and nonsupervisory workers(1) on private nonfarm payrolls,
seasonally adjusted
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| |
| Average hourly | Average weekly
| earnings | earnings
Year |_____________________________|_____________________________
and | | | |
month | Current | Constant | Current | Constant
| dollars | (1982) | dollars | (1982)
| | dollars(2) | | dollars(2)
_____________|______________|______________|______________|______________
| | | |
2008: | | | |
Sept. | 3.6 | -1.7 | 3.0 | -2.3
Oct. | 3.9 | -.1 | 2.9 | -.9
Nov. | 3.9 | 3.3 | 2.6 | 2.0
Dec. | 3.9 | 4.6 | 2.4 | 3.1
2009: | | | |
Jan. | 3.7 | 4.5 | 2.5 | 3.2
Feb. | 3.5 | 4.0 | 2.0 | 2.5
Mar. | 3.4 | 4.3 | 1.2 | 2.2
Apr. | 3.1 | 4.3 | 1.0 | 2.2
May | 3.0 | 4.6 | 1.2 | 2.8
June | 2.8 | 4.5 | .9 | 2.7
July | 2.7 | 5.3 | 1.2 | 3.7
Aug.(p) | 2.6 | 4.6 | .8 | 2.7
Sept.(p) | 2.5 | 4.4 | .7 | 2.5
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1 See footnote 2, table 1.
2 The deflator for the constant-dollar series presented in this
release is the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical
Workers (CPI-W).
p = preliminary.
Last Modified Date: October 15, 2009
