Real Earnings Summary
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REAL EARNINGS – SEPTEMBER 2022
All employees
Real average hourly earnings for all employees decreased 0.1 percent from August to September,
seasonally adjusted, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. This result stems from an
increase of 0.3 percent in average hourly earnings combined with an increase of 0.4 percent in the
Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U).
Real average weekly earnings decreased 0.1 percent over the month due to the change in real average
hourly earnings combined with no change in the average workweek.
Real average hourly earnings decreased 3.0 percent, seasonally adjusted, from September 2021 to
September 2022. The change in real average hourly earnings combined with a decrease of 0.9 percent in
the average workweek resulted in a 3.8-percent decrease in real average weekly earnings over this
period.
Production and nonsupervisory employees
Real average hourly earnings for production and nonsupervisory employees increased 0.1 percent from
August to September, seasonally adjusted. This result stems from a 0.4-percent increase in average
hourly earnings combined with an increase of 0.3 percent in the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage
Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W).
Real average weekly earnings increased 0.4 percent over the month due to the change in real average
hourly earnings being combined with an increase of 0.3 percent in average weekly hours.
From September 2021 to September 2022, real average hourly earnings decreased 2.5 percent,
seasonally adjusted. The change in real average hourly earnings combined with a decrease of 0.9 percent
in the average workweek resulted in a 3.4-percent decrease in real average weekly earnings over this
period.
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Real Earnings for October 2022 is scheduled to be released on November 10, 2022, at 8:30 a.m.
(ET).