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REAL EARNINGS * OCTOBER 2014 [20 November 2014]

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 0.1 percent from September to October, seasonally

adjusted, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. This result stems from a 0.1 percent

increase in average hourly earnings combined with no change in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban

Consumers (CPI-U).

 

Real average weekly earnings increased 0.4 percent over the month due to the increase in real average

hourly earnings combined with a 0.3 percent increase in the average workweek.

 

Real average hourly earnings increased 0.4 percent, seasonally adjusted, from October 2013 to October

2014. This increase in real average hourly earnings, combined with a 0.6 percent increase in the average

workweek, resulted in a 0.9 percent increase in real average weekly earnings over this period.

 

 

Production and nonsupervisory employees

 

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

September to October, seasonally adjusted. This result stems from a 0.2 percent increase in average

hourly earnings and a 0.1 percent decrease in the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and

Clerical Workers (CPI-W).

 

Real average weekly earnings increased 0.6 percent over the month due to the increase in real average

hourly earnings combined with a 0.3 percent increase in the average workweek.

 

Real average hourly earnings increased 0.7 percent, seasonally adjusted, from October 2013 to October

2014. The increase in real average hourly earnings, combined with a 0.6 percent increase in the average

workweek, resulted in a 1.3 percent increase in real average weekly earnings over this period.

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Real Earnings for November 2014 is scheduled to be released on Wednesday, December 17, 2014 at

8:30 a.m. (EST).

 

AND MORE...including TABLES....

 

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