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)
	May 2025	Mar. 2026	Apr. 2026(p)	May 2026(p)
Real average hourly earnings(2)	$9.94	$9.92	$9.89	$9.86
Real average weekly earnings(2)	$333.85	$335.39	$334.27	$333.26
Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers	314.005	323.698	325.892	327.694
Average hourly earnings	$31.20	$32.12	$32.23	$32.31
Average weekly hours	33.6	33.8	33.8	33.8
Average weekly earnings	$1,048.32	$1,085.66	$1,089.37	$1,092.08

OVER-THE-MONTH PERCENT CHANGE
Real average hourly earnings(2)	0.3	-0.8	-0.3	-0.3
Real average weekly earnings(2)	0.0	-0.8	-0.3	-0.3
Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers	0.1	1.1	0.7	0.6
Average hourly earnings	0.4	0.2	0.3	0.2
Average weekly hours	-0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0
Average weekly earnings	0.1	0.3	0.3	0.2

OVER-THE-YEAR PERCENT CHANGE
Real average hourly earnings(2)	1.9	0.2	-0.2	-0.8
Real average weekly earnings(2)	1.6	0.5	0.1	-0.2
Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers	2.2	3.3	3.9	4.4
Average hourly earnings	4.1	3.5	3.7	3.6
Average weekly hours	-0.3	0.3	0.3	0.6
Average weekly earnings	3.8	3.9	4.0	4.2
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: June 10, 2026