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The Economics Daily

Real weekly earnings up 3.9 percent for year ending March 2021

April 16, 2021
Real average hourly earnings for all private nonfarm employees increased 1.5 percent from March 2020 to March 2021. The increase in real average hourly earnings combined with a 2.3-percent increase in the average workweek resulted in a 3.9-percent increase in real average weekly earnings over the year. Full Text »

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In 2019, 5,333 people died as a result of injuries that occurred at work. Although some fatal injuries result in death on the same day, there are a substantial number of cases that have some latency, or delay between the date of injury and the date of death. This Beyond the Numbers article presents information on these latent cases.
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