March 01, 2010 (The Editor’s Desk is updated each business day.)

Real earnings, January 2010

Composition of change in real earnings for all employees on private nonfarm payrolls, seasonally adjusted, January 2010 (p)
Component	Percent change

Average hourly earnings	0.2
Average weekly hours	0.3
Average weekly earnings	0.5
Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U)	0.2
Real average hourly earnings	0.0
Real average weekly earnings	0.3
Footnotes: (p) = preliminary

These data featured in the TED article, Real earnings, January 2010.

These data featured in the TED article, Real earnings, January 2010.

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