February 23, 2011 (The Editor’s Desk is updated each business day.)

Real earnings in January 2011

Over-the-month change in real average hourly earnings for all employees, seasonally adjusted, January 2010�January 2011
Month	Percent change
Jan 2010	0.1
Feb 2010	0.1
Mar 2010	0.0
Apr 2010	0.2
May 2010	0.4
Jun 2010	0.2
Jul 2010	-0.2
Aug 2010	0.1
Sep 2010	-0.1
Oct 2010	0.1
Nov 2010	-0.2
Dec 2010	(p)-0.3
Jan 2011	(p)-0.1
Footnotes: (p) December 2010 and January 2011 percentages are preliminary.

These data are featured in the TED article, Real earnings in January 2011.

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