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REAL EARNINGS * NOVEMBER 2014 [17 December 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 0.6 percent from October to November, seasonally

adjusted, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. This result stems from a 0.4 percent

increase in average hourly earnings combined with a 0.3 percent decrease in the Consumer Price Index

for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U).

 

Real average weekly earnings increased by 0.9 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 by 0.8 percent, seasonally adjusted, from November 2013 to

November 2014. This increase in real average hourly earnings, combined with a 0.3 percent increase in

the average workweek, resulted in a 1.1 percent increase in real average weekly earnings over this

period.

 

 

Production and nonsupervisory employees

 

Real average hourly earnings for production and nonsupervisory employees increased by 0.7 percent

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

hourly earnings combined with a 0.4 percent decrease in the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage

Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W).

 

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

average hourly earnings combined with no change in the average workweek.

 

Real average hourly earnings increased by 1.1 percent, seasonally adjusted, from November 2013 to

November 2014. The increase in real average hourly earnings, combined with a 0.3 percent increase in

the average workweek, resulted in a 1.4 percent increase in real average weekly earnings over this

period.

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Real Earnings for December 2014 is scheduled to be released on Friday, January 16, 2015 at 8:30

a.m. (EST).

 

Calendar year 2015 release dates for Real Earnings news releases are now available at

www.bls.gov/schedule/news_release/realer.htm

 

AND MORE...including TABLES....

 

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