Real Earnings – September, 2015

REAL EARNINGS * SEPTEMBER 2015

All employees

Real average hourly earnings for all employees increased 0.1 percent from August to September,

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

essentially no change in average hourly earnings combined with a 0.2-percent decrease in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U).

Real average weekly earnings decreased 0.2 percent over the month due to the increase in real average hourly earnings being more than offset by a decrease of 0.3 percent in the average workweek.

Real average hourly earnings increased 2.2 percent, seasonally adjusted, from September 2014 to

September 2015. This increase in real average hourly earnings combined with no change in the average workweek resulted in a 2.2-percent increase in real average weekly earnings over this period.

Production and nonsupervisory employees

Real average hourly earnings for production and nonsupervisory employees increased 0.3 percent from August to September, seasonally adjusted. This result stems from no change in average hourly earnings combined with a 0.3-percent decrease in the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W).

Real average weekly earnings were unchanged over the month due to the increase in real average hourly earnings being offset by a decrease of 0.3 percent in average weekly hours.

From September 2014 to September 2015, real average hourly earnings increased 2.6 percent, seasonally adjusted. The increase in real average hourly earnings combined with a 0.3-percent decrease in the average workweek resulted in a 2.3-percent increase in real average weekly earnings over this period.

Table A-1. Current and real (constant 1982-1984 dollars) earnings for all employees on private nonfarm payrolls, seasonally adjusted

Table A-2. Current and real (constant 1982-1984 dollars) earnings for production and nonsupervisory employees on private nonfarm payrolls, seasonally adjusted

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Source: BLS