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May 19, 2011 (The Editor’s Desk is updated each business day.)

Real earnings in April 2011

Over-the-month change in real average hourly earnings for all employees, seasonally adjusted, April 2010�??April 2011
Month	Percent change
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	-0.4
Jan 2011	0.0
Feb 2011	-0.5
Mar 2011	(p)-0.3
Apr 2011	(p)-0.3
Footnotes: (p) = preliminary

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