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Real average hourly earnings increased 0.5 percent from April 2023 to April 2024
May 28, 2024
Real average hourly earnings increased 0.5 percent from April 2023 to April 2024. Real earnings are earnings that have been adjusted for changes in consumer prices. The change in real average hourly earnings combined with no change in the average workweek resulted in a 0.5-percent increase in real average weekly earnings over this period.
12-month percent change in real hourly and weekly earnings, private sector employees, April 2019–April 2024
Month
All employees, average hourly earnings
All employees, average weekly hours
All employees, average weekly earnings
Production and nonsupervisory employees, average hourly earnings
Production and nonsupervisory employees, average weekly hours
Production and nonsupervisory employees, average weekly earnings
Apr 2019
1.2
-0.3
0.9
1.5
0.0
1.5
May 2019
1.4
-0.3
1.1
1.7
-0.3
1.5
Jun 2019
1.7
-0.6
1.1
2.1
-0.3
1.8
Jul 2019
1.6
-0.3
1.3
1.9
-0.9
1.1
Aug 2019
1.7
-0.3
1.4
2.2
-0.6
1.5
Sep 2019
1.5
0.0
1.4
2.2
0.0
2.1
Oct 2019
1.4
-0.6
0.8
2.3
-0.3
1.9
Nov 2019
1.2
-0.3
0.9
1.6
-0.6
1.1
Dec 2019
0.6
-0.6
0.1
0.7
-0.3
0.4
Jan 2020
0.5
-0.6
0.0
0.7
-0.3
0.4
Feb 2020
0.6
-0.3
0.4
1.1
0.0
1.1
Mar 2020
1.9
-1.4
0.5
2.1
-1.2
0.9
Apr 2020
7.7
-0.6
7.0
7.7
-0.6
7.0
May 2020
6.5
0.9
7.4
6.9
1.5
8.5
Jun 2020
4.4
0.6
5.0
5.0
0.9
5.9
Jul 2020
3.8
0.6
4.4
3.8
1.5
5.4
Aug 2020
3.5
0.9
4.4
3.6
1.8
5.5
Sep 2020
3.3
1.2
4.5
3.2
1.5
4.7
Oct 2020
3.4
1.7
5.2
3.3
1.8
5.1
Nov 2020
3.4
1.5
4.8
3.3
2.4
5.7
Dec 2020
4.0
1.5
5.6
4.1
1.8
6.0
Jan 2021
3.8
1.7
5.6
3.7
2.4
6.1
Feb 2021
3.5
0.9
4.5
3.2
1.2
4.4
Mar 2021
1.9
2.9
4.8
1.9
3.3
5.2
Apr 2021
-3.3
2.3
-1.1
-3.1
2.7
-0.5
May 2021
-2.6
0.6
-2.0
-2.7
0.9
-1.8
Jun 2021
-1.3
0.6
-0.7
-1.8
0.9
-0.9
Jul 2021
-0.9
0.9
0.0
-0.6
0.9
0.2
Aug 2021
-0.8
0.0
-0.8
-0.4
0.0
-0.5
Sep 2021
-0.4
0.0
-0.5
0.1
0.0
0.1
Oct 2021
-0.7
-0.6
-1.3
-0.4
0.0
-0.4
Nov 2021
-1.3
0.0
-1.3
-0.9
-0.3
-1.3
Dec 2021
-2.0
0.0
-2.0
-1.5
0.0
-1.5
Jan 2022
-1.8
-1.1
-2.9
-1.3
-1.5
-2.8
Feb 2022
-2.5
0.3
-2.2
-1.7
0.6
-1.2
Mar 2022
-2.5
-0.9
-3.3
-2.1
-0.6
-2.8
Apr 2022
-2.4
-0.9
-3.1
-1.8
-0.9
-2.7
May 2022
-2.7
-0.9
-3.6
-2.4
-0.9
-3.2
Jun 2022
-3.2
-0.6
-3.8
-2.8
-0.6
-3.3
Jul 2022
-2.8
-0.9
-3.6
-2.3
-0.9
-3.1
Aug 2022
-2.6
-0.6
-3.1
-2.1
-0.6
-2.7
Sep 2022
-2.8
-0.6
-3.4
-2.3
-0.6
-2.9
Oct 2022
-2.6
-0.3
-2.9
-1.9
-0.6
-2.5
Nov 2022
-2.0
-0.9
-2.7
-1.2
-0.9
-2.0
Dec 2022
-1.4
-1.1
-2.5
-0.7
-1.2
-1.8
Jan 2023
-1.7
0.3
-1.4
-0.9
0.3
-0.6
Feb 2023
-1.2
-0.6
-1.7
-0.2
-0.9
-1.1
Mar 2023
-0.3
-0.9
-1.2
0.8
-0.9
0.0
Apr 2023
-0.2
-1.2
-1.4
0.5
-0.9
-0.4
May 2023
0.5
-0.6
-0.2
1.5
-0.9
0.5
Jun 2023
1.6
-0.6
1.0
2.4
-0.9
1.5
Jul 2023
1.4
-0.9
0.5
2.1
-0.6
1.5
Aug 2023
0.7
-0.3
0.5
1.3
-0.6
0.7
Sep 2023
0.8
-0.6
0.2
1.2
-0.6
0.5
Oct 2023
1.0
-0.9
0.1
1.5
-0.6
0.9
Nov 2023
1.1
-0.3
0.8
1.7
-0.6
1.0
Dec 2023
0.9
0.0
0.9
1.2
0.0
1.2
Jan 2024
1.2
-1.2
0.0
1.7
-1.2
0.5
Feb 2024
1.1
-0.6
0.5
1.2
-0.6
0.7
Mar 2024
0.6
0.0
0.6
0.6
-0.3
0.3
Apr 2024
0.5
0.0
0.5
0.5
-0.3
0.3
Note: Data are seasonally adjusted and subject to revision for four months after publication.
For production and nonsupervisory employees, real average hourly earnings increased 0.5 percent from April 2023 to April 2024. The change in real average hourly earnings combined with a 0.3-percent decrease in the average workweek resulted in a 0.3-percent increase in real average weekly earnings for these workers.
United States Department of Labor
