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)
	Oct. 2021	Aug. 2022	Sept. 2022(p)	Oct. 2022(p)
Real average hourly earnings(2)	$9.73	$9.51	$9.52	$9.51
Real average weekly earnings(2)	$332.76	$322.37	$323.58	$323.25
Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers	271.531	290.973	291.795	293.037
Average hourly earnings	$26.42	$27.67	$27.77	$27.86
Average weekly hours	34.2	33.9	34.0	34.0
Average weekly earnings	$903.56	$938.01	$944.18	$947.24

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

OVER-THE-YEAR PERCENT CHANGE
Real average hourly earnings(2)	-0.5	-2.4	-2.5	-2.3
Real average weekly earnings(2)	-0.8	-3.3	-3.4	-2.9
Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers	6.9	8.6	8.5	7.9
Average hourly earnings	6.4	6.0	5.8	5.5
Average weekly hours	-0.3	-0.9	-0.9	-0.6
Average weekly earnings	6.1	5.1	4.8	4.8
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: November 10, 2022