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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 * JANUARY 2013 [21 February 2013]

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 rose 0.2 percent from December to January, seasonally

adjusted, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The increase in real average hourly earnings

was due to a 0.2 percent increase in average hourly earnings combined with an unchanged Consumer

Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U).

Real average weekly earnings rose 0.1 percent over the month due to the increase in real average hourly

earnings combined with an unchanged average workweek. Since a recent low in October 2012, real

average weekly earnings has increased 1.3 percent.

Real average hourly earnings rose 0.6 percent, seasonally adjusted, from January 2012 to January 2013.

The increase in real average hourly earnings, combined with a 0.3 percent decrease in the average

workweek, resulted in a 0.3 percent increase in real average weekly earnings over this period.

Production and nonsupervisory employees

Real average hourly earnings for production and nonsupervisory employees rose 0.3 percent from

December to January, seasonally adjusted. The increase was due to a 0.3 percent increase in average

hourly earnings combined with an unchanged Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and

Clerical Workers (CPI-W).

Real average weekly earnings was unchanged over the month. Since reaching a recent low in October

2012, real average weekly earnings for production and nonsupervisory employees has increased 1.2

percent.

Real average hourly earnings rose 0.5 percent, seasonally adjusted, from January 2012 to January 2013.

The increase in real average hourly earnings, combined with a 0.6 percent decrease in average weekly

hours, resulted in a 0.2 percent decrease in real average weekly earnings over this period. 

Real Earnings for February 2013 is scheduled to be released on Friday, March 15, 2013 at

8:30 a.m. (EDT).

AND MORE...including TABLES....

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