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Full-time wage and salary workers median weekly earnings are $1,192 in 4th quarter 2024

Median weekly earnings of the nation's 120.3 million full-time wage and salary workers were $1,192 in the fourth quarter of 2024 (not seasonally adjusted). This was 4.1 percent higher than a year earlier, compared with a gain of 2.7 percent in the CPI-U.

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01/17/2025 November job openings rates up in 2 states, down in 2; hires rates down in 6 states

01/16/2025 U.S. import prices increase 0.1% in December; export prices advance 0.3%

01/15/2025 CPI for all items rises 0.4% in December; gasoline and shelter up

01/15/2025 Real average hourly earnings for all employees decrease 0.2% in December

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