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Full-time wage and salary workers median weekly earnings are $1,100 in 2nd quarter 2023

Median weekly earnings of the nation's 121.5 million full-time wage and salary workers were $1,100 in the second quarter of 2023 (not seasonally adjusted). This was 5.7 percent higher than a year earlier, compared with a gain of 4.0 percent in the CPI-U.

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07/14/2023 U.S. import prices fall 0.2% in June on lower nonfuel prices; export prices decline 0.9%

07/13/2023 PPI for final demand advances 0.1% in June; services rise 0.2%, goods unchanged

07/12/2023 CPI for all items rises 0.2% in June; shelter up

07/12/2023 Real average hourly earnings for all employees increase 0.2% in June

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Latest Numbers

Consumer Price Index (CPI):
+0.2% in Jun 2023

Unemployment Rate:
3.6% in Jun 2023

Payroll Employment:
+209,000(p) in Jun 2023

Average Hourly Earnings:
+$0.12(p) in Jun 2023

Producer Price Index - Final Demand:
+0.1%(p) in Jun 2023

Employment Cost Index (ECI):
+1.2% in 1st Qtr of 2023

Productivity:
-2.1%(r) in 1st Qtr of 2023

U.S. Import Price Index:
-0.2% in Jun 2023

U.S. Export Price Index:
-0.9% in Jun 2023