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Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach

School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies

Cornell University

16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky

New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau

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REAL EARNINGS --APRIL 2012 [15 May 2012]

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/realer.nr0.htm

or

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/realer.pdf

[full-text, 5 pages]

 

All employees

 

Real average hourly earnings for all employees was unchanged from March to April, seasonally adjusted,

the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. This stems from no change in both the Consumer

Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) and average hourly earnings.

 

Real average weekly earnings was unchanged over the month, as a result of no change in both the real

average hourly earnings and the average workweek. Since reaching a peak in October 2010, real average

weekly earnings have fallen 1.2 percent.

 

Real average hourly earnings fell 0.5 percent, seasonally adjusted, from April 2011 to April 2012. A 0.3

percent increase in average weekly hours, combined with the decline in real average hourly earnings,

resulted in a 0.2 percent decrease in real average weekly earnings during this period.

 

 

Production and nonsupervisory employees

 

Real average hourly earnings for production and nonsupervisory employees rose 0.2 percent from March

to April, seasonally adjusted. The increase stemmed from a 0.2 percent gain in average hourly earnings,

combined with an unchanged Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers

(CPI-W).

 

Real average weekly earnings rose 0.2 percent over the month, as a result of the increase in real average

hourly earnings, combined with an unchanged workweek. Since reaching a peak in October 2010, real

average weekly earnings for production and nonsupervisory employees have fallen 1.6 percent.

 

Real average hourly earnings fell 0.7 percent, seasonally adjusted, from April 2011 to April 2012. The

decrease in real average hourly earnings, combined with a 0.3 percent increase in average weekly hours,

resulted in a 0.4 percent decrease in real average weekly earnings during this period.

               

Real Earnings for May 2012 is scheduled to be released on Thursday, June 14, 2012 at 8:30 a.m.

(EDT). 

 

AND MORE...including TABLES.....

 

 

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