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)
	Dec. 2024	Oct. 2025	Nov. 2025(p)	Dec. 2025(p)
Real average hourly earnings(2)	$9.86	-	$9.97	$9.95
Real average weekly earnings(2)	$332.17	-	$335.92	$335.42
Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers	311.162	-	318.323	319.099
Average hourly earnings	$30.67	$31.62	$31.73	$31.76
Average weekly hours	33.7	33.7	33.7	33.7
Average weekly earnings	$1,033.58	$1,065.59	$1,069.30	$1,070.31

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

OVER-THE-YEAR PERCENT CHANGE
Real average hourly earnings(2)	1.3	-	1.0	0.9
Real average weekly earnings(2)	1.0	-	1.3	1.0
Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers	2.7	-	2.7	2.6
Average hourly earnings	4.0	3.7	3.8	3.6
Average weekly hours	-0.3	0.0	0.3	0.0
Average weekly earnings	3.7	3.7	4.1	3.6
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
"-" Data unavailable due to the 2025 lapse in appropriations

Last Modified Date: January 13, 2026