Average hourly earnings, production or nonsupervisory workers 
on private nonfarm payrolls, Jan. 1998-Feb. 2000

		Percent change 
		over the year
Jan-98		4.0
Feb-98		4.2
Mar-98		4.1
Apr-98		4.4
May-98		4.3
Jun-98		4.2
Jul-98		4.3
Aug-98		4.2
Sep-98		4.1
Oct-98		3.9
Nov-98		3.8
Dec-98		3.8
Jan-99		4.0
Feb-99		3.7
Mar-99		3.7
Apr-99		3.5
May-99		3.5
Jun-99		3.8
Jul-99		3.7
Aug-99		3.4
Sep-99		3.6
Oct-99		3.7
Nov-99		3.6
Dec-99		3.5
Jan-00		3.5
Feb-00		3.6