Table A-2. Current and real (constant 1982-1984 dollars) earnings for production and nonsupervisory employees on private nonfarm payrolls, seasonally adjusted

Table A-2. Current and real (constant 1982-1984 dollars) earnings for production and nonsupervisory employees on private nonfarm payrolls, seasonally adjusted(1)
	Apr. 2023	Feb. 2024	Mar. 2024(p)	Apr. 2024(p)
Real average hourly earnings(2)	$9.65	$9.73	$9.71	$9.70
Real average weekly earnings(2)	$326.01	$328.00	$328.27	$326.92
Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers	297.346	305.154	306.527	307.496
Average hourly earnings	$28.68	$29.70	$29.77	$29.83
Average weekly hours	33.8	33.7	33.8	33.7
Average weekly earnings	$969.38	$1,000.89	$1,006.23	$1,005.27

OVER-THE-MONTH PERCENT CHANGE
Real average hourly earnings(2)	0.0	-0.3	-0.2	-0.1
Real average weekly earnings(2)	-0.4	0.0	0.1	-0.4
Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers	0.4	0.5	0.4	0.3
Average hourly earnings	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.2
Average weekly hours	-0.3	0.3	0.3	-0.3
Average weekly earnings	0.1	0.5	0.5	-0.1

OVER-THE-YEAR PERCENT CHANGE
Real average hourly earnings(2)	0.5	1.2	0.6	0.5
Real average weekly earnings(2)	-0.4	0.7	0.3	0.3
Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers	4.6	3.1	3.5	3.4
Average hourly earnings	5.2	4.5	4.2	4.0
Average weekly hours	-0.9	-0.6	-0.3	-0.3
Average weekly earnings	4.2	3.9	3.9	3.7
Footnotes (1) Data relate to production employees in mining and logging and manufacturing, construction employees in construction, and nonsupervisory employees in the service-providing industries. These groups account for approximately four-fifths of the total employment on private nonfarm payrolls. (2) The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) is used to deflate the earnings series for production and nonsupervisory employees. (p) Preliminary

Last Modified Date: May 15, 2024