Figure 10. Average weekly earnings and Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), 12-month percent change, March 2007–December 2015
Year and month Average weekly earnings CPI-U

2007

 

March

4.0 2.8

April

3.1 2.6

May

3.8 2.7

June

3.9 2.7

July

3.3 2.3

August

3.6 1.9

September

3.1 2.8

October

3.0 3.6

November

3.1 4.4

December

2.6 4.1

2008

 

January

3.2 4.3

February

3.2 4.1

March

3.0 4.0

April

2.6 3.9

May

3.1 4.1

June

2.4 4.9

July

2.8 5.5

August

3.0 5.3

September

2.7 5.0

October

3.0 3.7

November

2.6 1.1

December

2.1 .0

2009

 

January

2.4 -.1

February

2.5 .0

March

1.5 -.4

April

1.9 -.6

May

1.1 -1.0

June

.8 -1.2

July

1.2 -2.0

August

.9 -1.5

September

1.5 -1.4

October

1.3 -.2

November

1.6 1.9

December

2.0 2.8

2010

 

January

2.1 2.6

February

1.2 2.2

March

2.4 2.3

April

2.7 2.2

May

2.8 2.0

June

3.0 1.1

July

3.1 1.3

August

3.0 1.2

September

3.0 1.1

October

3.4 1.2

November

2.7 1.1

December

2.9 1.4

2011

 

January

2.5 1.7

February

3.3 2.1

March

2.7 2.6

April

2.8 3.1

May

2.9 3.5

June

2.7 3.5

July

2.9 3.6

August

2.2 3.7

September

2.2 3.8

October

2.4 3.6

November

2.6 3.4

December

2.4 3.0

2012

 

January

2.6 3.0

February

2.4 2.9

March

2.4 2.6

April

2.1 2.3

May

1.8 1.7

June

2.3 1.7

July

1.8 1.4

August

2.2 1.7

September

2.0 2.0

October

1.6 2.2

November

1.9 1.8

December

2.5 1.8

2013

 

January

1.9 1.6

February

2.1 2.0

March

2.2 1.5

April

2.1 1.1

May

2.4 1.4

June

2.5 1.7

July

2.0 1.9

August

2.6 1.5

September

2.1 1.2

October

2.2 .9

November

2.5 1.2

December

1.4 1.5

2014

 

January

2.0 1.6

February

1.7 1.1

March

2.5 1.5

April

2.3 2.0

May

2.1 2.1

June

2.0 2.0

July

2.4 2.0

August

2.2 1.7

September

2.3 1.6

October

2.3 1.6

November

2.4 1.3

December

2.6 .7

2015

 

January

2.8 -.2

February

2.8 -.1

March

1.9 .0

April

2.3 -.1

May

2.3 .0

June

2.0 .2

July

2.5 .2

August

2.6 .2

September

2.4 .0

October

2.6 .1

November

2.1 .4

December

2.3 .7

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey.