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Full-time wage and salary workers median weekly earnings are $1,010 in 4th quarter 2021

Median weekly earnings of the nation's 116.3 million full-time wage and salary workers were $1,010 in the fourth quarter of 2021 (not seasonally adjusted). This was 2.6 percent higher than a year earlier, compared with a gain of 6.7 percent in the CPI-U.

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01/14/2022 Import prices fall 0.2% in December on lower fuel prices; export prices decrease 1.8%

01/13/2022 PPI for final demand advances 0.2% in December; services rise 0.5%, goods decrease 0.4%

01/12/2022 CPI for all items rises 0.5% in December; shelter and used cars and trucks up, energy down

01/12/2022 Real average hourly earnings for all employees increase 0.1% in December

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Latest Numbers

Consumer Price Index (CPI):
+0.5% in Dec 2021

Unemployment Rate:
3.9% in Dec 2021

Payroll Employment:
+199,000(p) in Dec 2021

Average Hourly Earnings:
+$0.19(p) in Dec 2021

Producer Price Index - Final Demand:
+0.2%(p) in Dec 2021

Employment Cost Index (ECI):
+1.3% in 3rd Qtr of 2021

Productivity:
-5.2%(r) in 3rd Qtr of 2021

U.S. Import Price Index:
-0.2% in Dec 2021

U.S. Export Price Index:
-1.8% in Dec 2021

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