Table A-2. Current and real (constant 1982-1984 dollars) earnings for production and nonsupervisory 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(1)
	Dec. 2011	Oct. 2012	Nov. 2012(p)	Dec. 2012(p)
Real average hourly earnings(2)	$8.76	$8.67	$8.73	$8.76
Real average weekly earnings(2)	$295.14	$291.34	$294.14	$296.03
Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers	223.684	228.578	227.535	227.441
Average hourly earnings	$19.59	$19.82	$19.86	$19.92
Average weekly hours	33.7	33.6	33.7	33.8
Average weekly earnings	$660.18	$665.95	$669.28	$673.30

OVER-THE-MONTH PERCENT CHANGE
Real average hourly earnings(2)	0.0	0.0	0.7	0.3
Real average weekly earnings(2)	0.0	-0.3	1.0	0.6
Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers	0.0	0.1	-0.5	0.0
Average hourly earnings	0.0	0.1	0.2	0.3
Average weekly hours	0.0	-0.3	0.3	0.3
Average weekly earnings	0.0	-0.2	0.5	0.6

OVER-THE-YEAR PERCENT CHANGE
Real average hourly earnings(2)	-1.4	-0.9	-0.3	0.0
Real average weekly earnings(2)	-0.8	-1.2	-0.3	0.3
Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers	3.3	2.2	1.7	1.7
Average hourly earnings	1.9	1.3	1.4	1.7
Average weekly hours	0.6	-0.3	0.0	0.3
Average weekly earnings	2.5	1.0	1.4	2.0
Footnotes (1) Data relate to production employees in mining and logging and manufacturing, construction employees in construction, and nonsupervisory employees in the service-providing industries. These groups account for approximately four-fifths of the total employment on private nonfarm payrolls. (2) The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) is used to deflate the earnings series for production and nonsupervisory employees. (p) Preliminary

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