Charting real average weekly earnings for U.S. workers

RP news wires, Noria Corporation

Real average weekly earnings rose by 0.5 percent from May 2007 to June 2007, after seasonal adjustment, according to the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Composition of change in real average weekly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm payrolls, June 2007
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Increases of 0.3 percent in both average weekly hours and average hourly earnings were partially offset by a 0.1 percent increase in the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W).

Average weekly earnings rose by 3.9 percent, seasonally adjusted, from June 2006 to June 2007. After deflation by the CPI-W, average weekly earnings increased by 1.3 percent.

This earnings data is from the Current Employment Statistics Program. This data is for production and non-supervisory workers in private nonfarm establishments. Earnings data is preliminary and subject to revision. Find out more in "Real Earnings in June 2007," news release USDL 07-1095.