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)
	Apr. 2022	Feb. 2023	Mar. 2023(p)	Apr. 2023(p)
Real average hourly earnings(2)	$9.60	$9.60	$9.63	$9.63
Real average weekly earnings(2)	$327.38	$325.33	$326.52	$325.42
Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers	284.046	296.038	295.999	297.265
Average hourly earnings	$27.27	$28.41	$28.51	$28.62
Average weekly hours	34.1	33.9	33.9	33.8
Average weekly earnings	$929.91	$963.10	$966.49	$967.36

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

OVER-THE-YEAR PERCENT CHANGE
Real average hourly earnings(2)	-1.8	-0.3	0.5	0.3
Real average weekly earnings(2)	-2.7	-1.2	0.0	-0.6
Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers	8.9	5.7	4.5	4.7
Average hourly earnings	6.9	5.3	5.1	5.0
Average weekly hours	-0.9	-0.9	-0.6	-0.9
Average weekly earnings	6.0	4.4	4.5	4.0
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: May 10, 2023