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Real average hourly earnings down 1.7 percent from December 2021 to December 2022
January 18, 2023
Real average hourly earnings for all employees decreased 1.7 percent from December 2021 to December 2022. The change in real average hourly earnings combined with a decrease of 1.4 percent in the average workweek resulted in a 3.1-percent decrease in real average weekly earnings over this period.
12-month percent change in real hourly and weekly earnings, private sector employees, December 2017 to December 2022
Month
All employees, average hourly earnings
Production and nonsupervisory employees, average hourly earnings
All employees, average weekly hours
Production and nonsupervisory employees, average weekly hours
All employees, average weekly earnings
Production and nonsupervisory employees, average weekly earnings
Dec 2017
0.6%
0.2%
0.3%
0.6%
0.9%
0.8%
Jan 2018
0.7
0.5
0.0
0.3
0.6
0.8
Feb 2018
0.3
0.1
0.6
0.6
0.9
0.8
Mar 2018
0.5
0.4
0.6
0.6
1.1
1.0
Apr 2018
0.3
0.2
0.3
0.6
0.6
0.8
May 2018
0.1
0.0
0.3
0.6
0.4
0.5
Jun 2018
0.0
-0.1
0.3
0.3
0.4
0.1
Jul 2018
-0.1
-0.2
0.3
0.6
0.2
0.3
Aug 2018
0.5
0.2
0.3
0.6
0.8
0.8
Sep 2018
0.7
0.7
0.6
0.3
1.3
0.9
Oct 2018
0.7
0.5
0.3
0.0
1.0
0.6
Nov 2018
1.2
1.2
-0.3
0.0
0.9
1.2
Dec 2018
1.5
1.7
0.0
0.0
1.5
1.8
Jan 2019
1.7
2.1
0.3
0.6
2.0
2.7
Feb 2019
2.1
2.3
-0.3
-0.6
1.7
1.7
Mar 2019
1.6
1.7
0.0
0.0
1.6
1.8
Apr 2019
1.3
1.5
-0.3
-0.6
1.0
0.9
May 2019
1.5
1.7
-0.3
-0.6
1.1
1.2
Jun 2019
1.7
2.1
-0.3
-0.6
1.4
1.4
Jul 2019
1.6
2.1
-0.3
-0.6
1.3
1.4
Aug 2019
1.6
2.0
-0.3
-0.6
1.3
1.5
Sep 2019
1.3
2.0
-0.3
-0.3
1.0
1.8
Oct 2019
1.4
2.2
-0.3
-0.3
1.1
1.8
Nov 2019
1.3
1.7
-0.3
-0.6
1.0
1.1
Dec 2019
0.6
1.0
-0.6
-0.6
0.1
0.3
Jan 2020
0.5
0.7
-0.6
-0.6
0.0
0.2
Feb 2020
0.8
1.2
0.0
0.3
0.8
1.5
Mar 2020
2.0
2.3
-1.2
-0.9
0.8
1.4
Apr 2020
7.6
7.6
-0.6
-0.3
7.0
7.3
May 2020
6.4
6.8
0.9
1.5
7.4
8.4
Jun 2020
4.3
5.0
0.6
1.2
4.9
6.3
Jul 2020
3.9
3.8
0.6
1.2
4.5
5.1
Aug 2020
3.5
3.6
0.9
1.8
4.3
5.4
Sep 2020
3.4
3.2
1.2
1.8
4.6
5.0
Oct 2020
3.4
3.3
1.5
2.1
4.9
5.4
Nov 2020
3.4
3.4
1.5
2.4
4.9
5.9
Dec 2020
4.2
4.1
1.2
2.1
5.3
6.4
Jan 2021
3.8
3.8
2.0
2.4
6.0
6.2
Feb 2021
3.4
3.2
0.6
1.2
4.0
4.3
Mar 2021
1.7
1.7
2.3
3.0
4.1
4.7
Apr 2021
-3.4
-3.1
2.0
2.7
-1.4
-0.5
May 2021
-2.7
-2.7
0.6
0.6
-2.1
-2.1
Jun 2021
-1.3
-1.8
0.6
0.9
-0.7
-1.0
Jul 2021
-1.0
-0.7
0.6
0.9
-0.4
0.1
Aug 2021
-0.9
-0.6
0.0
0.0
-0.8
-0.5
Sep 2021
-0.5
-0.1
0.0
0.3
-0.6
0.2
Oct 2021
-0.8
-0.5
-0.3
-0.3
-1.1
-0.8
Nov 2021
-1.4
-1.0
0.0
-0.3
-1.4
-1.3
Dec 2021
-2.1
-1.5
0.3
-0.3
-1.8
-1.9
Jan 2022
-1.9
-1.5
-1.1
-1.2
-3.1
-2.6
Feb 2022
-2.5
-1.8
0.3
0.3
-2.2
-1.5
Mar 2022
-2.6
-2.4
-0.9
-0.9
-3.5
-3.3
Apr 2022
-2.5
-2.0
-0.9
-0.9
-3.4
-2.9
May 2022
-2.9
-2.5
-0.9
-0.9
-3.8
-3.4
Jun 2022
-3.5
-3.1
-0.9
-0.9
-4.3
-3.9
Jul 2022
-3.0
-2.7
-0.9
-0.9
-3.8
-3.5
Aug 2022
-2.8
-2.4
-0.6
-0.9
-3.4
-3.3
Sep 2022
-2.9
-2.5
-0.9
-0.9
-3.7
-3.3
Oct 2022
-2.8
-2.2
-0.9
-0.9
-3.6
-3.0
Nov 2022
-2.1
-1.5
-1.1
-0.9
-3.3
-2.4
Dec 2022
-1.7
-1.1
-1.4
-0.9
-3.1
-2.0
For production and nonsupervisory employees, real average hourly earnings decreased 1.1 percent from December 2021 to December 2022. The change in real average hourly earnings combined with a decrease of 0.9 percent in the average workweek resulted in a 2.0-percent decrease in real average weekly earnings over this period.
United States Department of Labor
