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Table A-1. Current and real (constant 1982-1984 dollars) earnings for all employees on private nonfarm payrolls, seasonally adjusted

Table A-1. Current and real (constant 1982-1984 dollars) earnings for all employees on private nonfarm payrolls, seasonally adjusted
May
2019		 Mar.
2020		 Apr.
2020(p)		 May
2020(p)

Real average hourly earnings(1)

 $10.92 $11.12 $11.74 $11.63

Real average weekly earnings(1)

 $375.73 $379.27 $401.47 $403.62

Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers

 255.167 257.953 255.902 255.768

Average hourly earnings

 $27.87 $28.69 $30.04 $29.75

Average weekly hours

 34.4 34.1 34.2 34.7

Average weekly earnings

 $958.73 $978.33 $1,027.37 $1,032.33

OVER-THE-MONTH PERCENT CHANGE

Real average hourly earnings(1)

 0.1 1.0 5.6 -0.9

Real average weekly earnings(1)

 0.1 0.1 5.9 0.5

Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers

 0.1 -0.4 -0.8 -0.1

Average hourly earnings

 0.2 0.6 4.7 -1.0

Average weekly hours

 0.0 -0.9 0.3 1.5

Average weekly earnings

 0.2 -0.3 5.0 0.5

OVER-THE-YEAR PERCENT CHANGE

Real average hourly earnings(1)

 1.5 1.7 7.6 6.5

Real average weekly earnings(1)

 1.2 0.6 7.0 7.4

Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers

 1.8 1.5 0.4 0.2

Average hourly earnings

 3.3 3.4 8.0 6.7

Average weekly hours

 -0.3 -1.2 -0.6 0.9

Average weekly earnings

 3.0 2.2 7.4 7.7

Footnotes
(1) The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) is used to deflate the earnings series for all employees.
(p) Preliminary

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Last Modified Date: June 10, 2020