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)
	July 2017	May 2018	June 2018(p)	July 2018(p)
Real average hourly earnings(2)	$9.27	$9.23	$9.24	$9.23
Real average weekly earnings(2)	$312.44	$312.04	$312.15	$312.11
Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers	237.939	244.587	244.931	245.287
Average hourly earnings	$22.06	$22.58	$22.62	$22.65
Average weekly hours	33.7	33.8	33.8	33.8
Average weekly earnings	$743.42	$763.20	$764.56	$765.57

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

OVER-THE-YEAR PERCENT CHANGE
Real average hourly earnings(2)	0.5	-0.2	-0.2	-0.4
Real average weekly earnings(2)	0.9	0.4	0.0	-0.1
Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers	1.7	2.9	3.0	3.1
Average hourly earnings	2.2	2.7	2.7	2.7
Average weekly hours	0.3	0.6	0.3	0.3
Average weekly earnings	2.5	3.3	3.0	3.0
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: August 10, 2018

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