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April 17, 2012 (The Editor’s Desk is updated each business day.)

Real earnings in March 2012

Over-the-month change in real average hourly earnings for all employees, seasonally adjusted, March 2011–March 2012
Month	Percent change
March 2011	-0.4
April 2011	-0.2
May 2011	0.0
June 2011	0.0
July 2011	0.1
August 2011	-0.4
September 2011	-0.1
October 2011	0.2
November 2011	0.0
December 2011	0.1
January 2012	-0.1
February 2012	-0.1 (p)
March 2012	-0.1 (p)
Footnotes: (p) = preliminary

These data are featured in the TED article, Real earnings in March 2012.