Chart: Change in real average weekly earnings

RP news wires, Noria Corporation

Real average weekly earnings fell by 0.3 percent from January to February after seasonal adjustment, the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics reported.

Composition of change in real average weekly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm payrolls, February 2009
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A 0.2-percent increase in average hourly earnings was offset by a 0.4-percent increase in the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W). Average weekly hours were unchanged.

Average weekly earnings rose by 2.1 percent, seasonally adjusted, from February 2008 to February 2009. After deflation by the CPI-W, average weekly earnings increased by 2.5 percent.

This earnings data is from the Current Employment Statistics Program. This data is for production and non-supervisory workers in private non-farm establishments. Earnings data is preliminary and subject to revision. Find out more in "Real Earnings in February 2009," (PDF) (HTML) news release USDL 09-0269.