Real average weekly earnings rose by 0.1 percent from March to April after seasonal adjustment, the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics reported.
This increase stemmed from a 0.1-percent increase in average hourly earnings. Average weekly hours and the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) were unchanged.
Average weekly earnings rose by 1.3 percent, seasonally adjusted, from April 2008 to April 2009. After deflation by the CPI-W, average weekly earnings increased by 2.6 percent.
This earnings data is from the Current Employment Statistics Program. This data is for production and non-supervisory workers in private non-farm establishments. Earnings data is preliminary and subject to revision. Find out more in "Real Earnings in April 2009," (PDF) (HTML) news release USDL 09-0512.
