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
	Dec. 2020	Oct. 2021	Nov. 2021(p)	Dec. 2021(p)
Real average hourly earnings(1)	$11.44	$11.21	$11.16	$11.17
Real average weekly earnings(1)	$396.80	$388.85	$387.21	$387.76
Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers	261.560	276.724	278.880	280.192
Average hourly earnings	$29.91	$31.01	$31.12	$31.31
Average weekly hours	34.7	34.7	34.7	34.7
Average weekly earnings	$1,037.88	$1,076.05	$1,079.86	$1,086.46

OVER-THE-MONTH PERCENT CHANGE
Real average hourly earnings(1)	0.8	-0.4	-0.4	0.1
Real average weekly earnings(1)	0.5	-0.7	-0.4	0.1
Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers	0.2	0.9	0.8	0.5
Average hourly earnings	1.0	0.6	0.4	0.6
Average weekly hours	-0.3	-0.3	0.0	0.0
Average weekly earnings	0.7	0.3	0.4	0.6

OVER-THE-YEAR PERCENT CHANGE
Real average hourly earnings(1)	4.2	-1.1	-1.7	-2.4
Real average weekly earnings(1)	5.3	-1.4	-1.9	-2.3
Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers	1.3	6.2	6.9	7.1
Average hourly earnings	5.5	5.0	5.1	4.7
Average weekly hours	1.2	-0.3	-0.3	0.0
Average weekly earnings	6.7	4.7	4.8	4.7
Footnotes (1) The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) is used to deflate the earnings series for all employees. (p) Preliminary

Last Modified Date: January 12, 2022