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Table 3

Average Hourly Earnings, Seasonally Adjusted for Total Private
- Published vs. Experimental Series -
SA AHE (Published)
YEAR	JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	JUL	AUG	SEP	OCT	NOV	DEC
88	9.14	9.13	9.15	9.20	9.24	9.26	9.28	9.30	9.35	9.40	9.40	9.44
89	9.49	9.52	9.54	9.59	9.58	9.62	9.68	9.68	9.71	9.76	9.77	9.81
90	9.81	9.87	9.91	9.94	9.96	10.01	10.04	10.04	10.09	10.1	10.12	10.15
91	10.16	10.18	10.21	10.25	10.29	10.34	10.33	10.35	10.39	10.38	10.41	10.45
92	10.43	10.48	10.51	10.52	10.53	10.56	10.59	10.63	10.62	10.65	10.67	10.67
93	10.71	10.73	10.76	10.77	10.81	10.80	10.83	10.86	10.87	10.89	10.92	10.95
94	10.98	11.02	11.02	11.05	11.08	11.09	11.11	11.13	11.16	11.22	11.22	11.25
95	11.27	11.31	11.32	11.36	11.36	11.40	11.46	11.46	11.50	11.55	11.56	11.58
96	11.62	11.64	11.66	11.71	11.74	11.81	11.81	11.86	11.91	11.91	11.98	12.03
97	12.05	12.10	12.14	12.14	12.19	12.23	12.24	12.31	12.35	12.40	12.48	12.48
98	12.52	12.59	12.63	12.67
SA AHE (Experimental)
YEAR	JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	JUL	AUG	SEP	OCT	NOV	DEC
88	9.14	9.13	9.15	9.20	9.24	9.25	9.28	9.31	9.35	9.40	9.40	9.44
89	9.49	9.53	9.55	9.59	9.60	9.63	9.67	9.69	9.73	9.76	9.79	9.83
90	9.83	9.89	9.93	9.94	9.98	10.02	10.03	10.06	10.09	10.11	10.14	10.16
91	10.19	10.20	10.23	10.28	10.31	10.33	10.35	10.38	10.39	10.40	10.43	10.46
92	10.46	10.48	10.51	10.53	10.55	10.58	10.60	10.63	10.64	10.66	10.67	10.69
93	10.73	10.74	10.78	10.79	10.81	10.83	10.85	10.87	10.89	10.91	10.94	10.97
94	10.99	11.03	11.04	11.06	11.09	11.11	11.13	11.15	11.18	11.22	11.24	11.27
95	11.27	11.32	11.33	11.36	11.39	11.42	11.46	11.48	11.52	11.55	11.57	11.60
96	11.65	11.66	11.67	11.74	11.76	11.82	11.83	11.88	11.91	11.94	11.99	12.05
97	12.07	12.10	12.14	12.17	12.22	12.24	12.27	12.33	12.37	12.43	12.47	12.49
98	12.54	12.58	12.62	12.68
Over-the-month change SA AHE (Published)
YEAR	JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	JUL	AUG	SEP	OCT	NOV	DEC
88		-0.01	0.02	0.05	0.04	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.05	0.05	0.00	0.04
89	0.05	0.03	0.02	0.05	-0.01	0.04	0.06	0.00	0.03	0.05	0.01	0.04
90	0.00	0.06	0.04	0.03	0.02	0.05	0.03	0.00	0.05	0.01	0.02	0.03
91	0.01	0.02	0.03	0.04	0.04	0.05	-0.01	0.02	0.04	-0.01	0.03	0.04
92	-0.02	0.05	0.03	0.01	0.01	0.03	0.03	0.04	-0.01	0.03	0.02	0.00
93	0.04	0.02	0.03	0.01	0.04	-0.01	0.03	0.03	0.01	0.02	0.03	0.03
94	0.03	0.04	0.00	0.03	0.03	0.01	0.02	0.02	0.03	0.06	0.00	0.03
95	0.02	0.04	0.01	0.04	0.00	0.04	0.06	0.00	0.04	0.05	0.01	0.02
96	0.04	0.02	0.02	0.05	0.03	0.07	0.00	0.05	0.05	0.00	0.07	0.05
97	0.02	0.05	0.04	0.00	0.05	0.04	0.01	0.07	0.04	0.05	0.08	0.00
98	0.04	0.07	0.04	0.04
Over-the-month change SA AHE (Experimental)
YEAR	JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	JUL	AUG	SEP	OCT	NOV	DEC
88		-0.01	0.02	0.05	0.04	0.01	0.03	0.03	0.04	0.05	0.00	0.04
89	0.05	0.04	0.02	0.04	0.01	0.03	0.04	0.02	0.04	0.03	0.03	0.04
90	0.00	0.06	0.04	0.01	0.04	0.04	0.01	0.03	0.03	0.02	0.03	0.02
91	0.03	0.01	0.03	0.05	0.03	0.02	0.02	0.03	0.01	0.01	0.03	0.03
92	0.00	0.02	0.03	0.02	0.02	0.03	0.02	0.03	0.01	0.02	0.01	0.02
93	0.04	0.01	0.04	0.01	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.03	0.03
94	0.02	0.04	0.01	0.02	0.03	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.03	0.04	0.02	0.03
95	0.00	0.05	0.01	0.03	0.03	0.03	0.04	0.02	0.04	0.03	0.02	0.03
96	0.05	0.01	0.01	0.07	0.02	0.06	0.01	0.05	0.03	0.03	0.05	0.06
97	0.02	0.03	0.04	0.03	0.05	0.02	0.03	0.06	0.04	0.06	0.04	0.02
98	0.05	0.04	0.04	0.06
Difference: Over-the-month change SA AHE
YEAR	JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	JUL	AUG	SEP	OCT	NOV	DEC
88		0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.01	-0.01	-0.01	0.01	0.00	0.00	0.00
89	0.00	-0.01	0.00	0.01	-0.02	0.01	0.02	-0.02	-0.01	0.02	-0.02	0.00
90	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.02	-0.02	0.01	0.02	-0.03	0.02	-0.01	-0.01	0.01
91	-0.02	0.01	0.00	-0.01	0.01	0.03	-0.03	-0.01	0.03	-0.02	0.00	0.01
92	-0.02	0.03	0.00	-0.01	-0.01	0.00	0.01	0.01	-0.02	0.01	0.01	-0.02
93	0.00	0.01	-0.01	0.00	0.02	-0.03	0.01	0.01	-0.01	0.00	0.00	0.00
94	0.01	0.00	-0.01	0.01	0.00	-0.01	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.02	-0.02	0.00
95	0.02	-0.01	0.00	0.01	-0.03	0.01	0.02	-0.02	0.00	0.02	-0.01	-0.01
96	-0.01	0.01	0.01	-0.02	0.01	0.01	-0.01	0.00	0.02	-0.03	0.02	-0.01
97	0.00	0.02	0.00	-0.03	0.00	0.02	-0.02	0.01	0.00	-0.01	0.04	-0.02
98	-0.01	0.03	0.00	-0.02
Bold = 10 day period

Last Modified Date: October 16, 2001