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Real average hourly earnings down 2.8 percent from August 2021 to August 2022
September 19, 2022
Real average hourly earnings for all employees on private nonfarm payrolls decreased 2.8 percent from August 2021 to August 2022. The change in real average hourly earnings combined with a decrease of 0.6 percent in the average workweek resulted in a 3.4-percent decrease in real average weekly earnings over this period.
12-month percent changes in real average hourly and weekly earnings and average weekly hours, private sector employees, August 2021 to August 2022
Month
All employees
Production and nonsupervisory employees
Real hourly earnings
Average weekly hours
Real weekly earnings
Real hourly earnings
Average weekly hours
Real weekly earnings
Aug 2021
-0.9%
0.0%
-0.8%
-0.6%
0.0%
-0.5%
Sep 2021
-0.5
0.0
-0.6
-0.1
0.3
0.2
Oct 2021
-0.8
-0.3
-1.1
-0.5
-0.3
-0.8
Nov 2021
-1.4
0.0
-1.4
-1.0
-0.3
-1.3
Dec 2021
-2.1
0.3
-1.8
-1.5
-0.3
-1.9
Jan 2022
-1.9
-1.1
-3.1
-1.5
-1.2
-2.6
Feb 2022
-2.5
0.3
-2.2
-1.8
0.3
-1.5
Mar 2022
-2.6
-0.9
-3.5
-2.4
-0.9
-3.3
Apr 2022
-2.5
-0.9
-3.4
-2.0
-0.9
-2.9
May 2022
-2.9
-0.9
-3.8
-2.5
-0.9
-3.4
Jun 2022
-3.5
-0.9
-4.3
-3.1
-0.9
-3.9
Jul 2022
-3.0
-0.6
-3.6
-2.6
-0.9
-3.4
Aug 2022
-2.8
-0.6
-3.4
-2.4
-0.9
-3.2
For production and nonsupervisory employees, real average hourly earnings decreased 2.4 percent from August 2021 to August 2022. The change in real average hourly earnings combined with a 0.9-percent decrease in the average workweek resulted in a 3.2-percent decrease in real average weekly earnings over this period.
United States Department of Labor
