Table A-2. Current and real (constant 1982-1984 dollars) earnings for production and nonsupervisory employees on private nonfarm payrolls, seasonally adjusted

Table A-2. Current and real (constant 1982-1984 dollars) earnings for production and nonsupervisory employees on private nonfarm payrolls, seasonally adjusted(1)
	May 2021	Mar. 2022	Apr. 2022(p)	May 2022(p)
Real average hourly earnings(2)	$9.76	$9.55	$9.57	$9.52
Real average weekly earnings(2)	$334.87	$325.51	$326.33	$324.68
Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers	262.931	283.475	284.016	287.033
Average hourly earnings	$25.67	$27.06	$27.18	$27.33
Average weekly hours	34.3	34.1	34.1	34.1
Average weekly earnings	$880.48	$922.75	$926.84	$931.95

OVER-THE-MONTH PERCENT CHANGE
Real average hourly earnings(2)	-0.1	-0.9	0.2	-0.5
Real average weekly earnings(2)	-0.4	-1.2	0.3	-0.5
Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers	0.8	1.4	0.2	1.1
Average hourly earnings	0.7	0.4	0.4	0.6
Average weekly hours	-0.3	-0.3	0.0	0.0
Average weekly earnings	0.4	0.1	0.4	0.6

OVER-THE-YEAR PERCENT CHANGE
Real average hourly earnings(2)	-2.7	-2.4	-2.0	-2.5
Real average weekly earnings(2)	-2.1	-3.3	-2.9	-3.0
Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers	5.6	9.4	8.9	9.2
Average hourly earnings	2.8	6.7	6.6	6.5
Average weekly hours	0.6	-0.9	-0.9	-0.6
Average weekly earnings	3.4	5.8	5.7	5.8
Footnotes (1) Data relate to production employees in mining and logging and manufacturing, construction employees in construction, and nonsupervisory employees in the service-providing industries. These groups account for approximately four-fifths of the total employment on private nonfarm payrolls. (2) The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) is used to deflate the earnings series for production and nonsupervisory employees. (p) Preliminary

Last Modified Date: June 10, 2022