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
2017		 Mar.
2018		 Apr.
2018(p)		 May
2018(p)

Real average hourly earnings(2)

 $9.25 $9.23 $9.23 $9.24

Real average weekly earnings(2)

 $310.69 $310.99 $311.94 $312.18

Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers

 237.709 243.386 244.017 244.587

Average hourly earnings

 $21.98 $22.46 $22.52 $22.59

Average weekly hours

 33.6 33.7 33.8 33.8

Average weekly earnings

 $738.53 $756.90 $761.18 $763.54

OVER-THE-MONTH PERCENT CHANGE

Real average hourly earnings(2)

 0.3 0.5 0.0 0.1

Real average weekly earnings(2)

 0.0 0.2 0.3 0.1

Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers

 -0.1 -0.2 0.3 0.2

Average hourly earnings

 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3

Average weekly hours

 -0.3 -0.3 0.3 0.0

Average weekly earnings

 -0.1 0.0 0.6 0.3

OVER-THE-YEAR PERCENT CHANGE

Real average hourly earnings(2)

 0.5 0.2 0.1 -0.1

Real average weekly earnings(2)

 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.5

Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers

 1.8 2.4 2.5 2.9

Average hourly earnings

 2.3 2.6 2.6 2.8

Average weekly hours

 0.0 0.3 0.3 0.6

Average weekly earnings

 2.3 2.9 2.9 3.4

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

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