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. 2020	Aug. 2021	Sept. 2021(p)	Oct. 2021(p)
Real average hourly earnings(2)	$9.77	$9.71	$9.73	$9.66
Real average weekly earnings(2)	$334.09	$331.26	$332.75	$329.55
Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers	254.177	267.749	268.872	271.724
Average hourly earnings	$24.83	$26.01	$26.16	$26.26
Average weekly hours	34.2	34.1	34.2	34.1
Average weekly earnings	$849.19	$886.94	$894.67	$895.47

OVER-THE-MONTH PERCENT CHANGE
Real average hourly earnings(2)	0.0	0.2	0.2	-0.7
Real average weekly earnings(2)	0.3	0.0	0.4	-1.0
Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers	0.1	0.3	0.4	1.1
Average hourly earnings	0.2	0.6	0.6	0.4
Average weekly hours	0.3	-0.3	0.3	-0.3
Average weekly earnings	0.5	0.3	0.9	0.1

OVER-THE-YEAR PERCENT CHANGE
Real average hourly earnings(2)	3.2	-0.9	-0.4	-1.1
Real average weekly earnings(2)	5.0	-0.6	-0.1	-1.4
Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers	1.3	5.8	5.9	6.9
Average hourly earnings	4.5	4.8	5.5	5.8
Average weekly hours	1.8	0.3	0.3	-0.3
Average weekly earnings	6.3	5.1	5.8	5.4
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

Last Modified Date: November 10, 2021