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Real earnings in April 2004

May 18, 2004

Real average weekly earnings increased by 0.2 percent from March to April after seasonal adjustment.

Composition of change in real average weekly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm payrolls, April 2004
[Chart data—TXT]

A 0.3-percent increase in average hourly earnings was partially offset by a 0.2-percent increase in the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W). Average weekly hours were unchanged.

Average weekly earnings rose by 2.5 percent, seasonally adjusted, from April 2003 to April 2004. After deflation by the CPI-W, average weekly earnings increased by 0.5 percent.

These earnings data are from the Current Employment Statistics Program. These data are for production and nonsupervisory workers in private nonfarm establishments. Earnings data are preliminary and subject to revision. Find out more in "Real Earnings in April 2004" (PDF) (TXT), news release USDL 04-876.

SUGGESTED CITATION

Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Economics Daily, Real earnings in April 2004 at https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2004/may/wk3/art02.htm (visited December 09, 2024).

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