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TEXT Table A. Table 1. Composition of change in real earnings (production or Earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers on private Table 2. Earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm payrolls1/, seasonally adjusted Table 3. Revised seasonally adjusted average hourly and weekly earnings of Technical information: (202) 606-6555 Media contact: 606-5902 USDL 95-366 WIRE EMBARGO UNTIL 10:00 A.M. (EDT) WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1995 REAL EARNINGS IN AUGUST 1995 Real average weekly earnings fell 0.9 percent from July to August after seasonal adjustment, according to preliminary data released today by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor. This drop stemmed from a 0.6 percent decline in average weekly hours coupled with a 0.2 percent decrease in average hourly earnings. A 0.1 percent increase in the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) also contributed to the decline. Data on average weekly earnings are collected from the payroll reports of private nonfarm establishments. Earnings of both full-time and part-time workers holding production or nonsupervisory jobs are included. Real average weekly earnings are calculated by adjusting earnings in current dollars for changes in the CPI-W. Average weekly earnings rose by 2.4 percent between August of 1994 and 1995 as a result of a 3.0 percent increase in average hourly earnings which was partially offset by a 0.6 percent decline in average weekly hours. After adjustment for a 2.5 percent gain in the CPI-W over the same period, real average weekly earnings fell by 0.1 percent. Before adjustment for seasonal change and deflation by the CPI-W, average weekly earnings were $396.02 in August 1995, compared with $386.75 a year earlier. _____________________________ Real Earnings for September 1995 will be released on Friday, October 13, 1995. Table A. Composition of change in real earnings (production or nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm payrolls) ________________________________________________________________ | | | | The | Real Year |Average | Average |Average |Consumer |average and | hourly | weekly | weekly | Price | weekly month |earnings | hours |earnings |Index 1/ |earnings _ | | | | | ________________________________________________________________ Percent change from preceding month, seasonally adjusted ________________________________________________________________ 1994: | | | | | Aug. | 0.1 | -0.3 | -0.2 | 0.3 | -0.5 Sept. | .4 | .3 | .7 | .2 | .5 Oct. | .6 | .6 | 1.2 | .1 | 1.1 Nov. | -.1 | -.9 | -1.0 | .2 | -1.1 Dec. | .3 | .3 | .6 | .2 | .4 1995: | | | | | Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July p Aug. p | .2 | .3 | .5 | .3 | .1 | .3 | -.6 | -.3 | .3 | -.6 | .2 | .0 | .2 | .3 | -.2 | .5 | .0 | .5 | .3 | .2 | -.3 | -1.2 | -1.4 | .2 | -1.6 | .5 | .6 | 1.1 | .1 | 1.0 | .5 | .6 | 1.1 | .1 | 1.0 | -.2 | -.6 | -.7 | .1 | -.9 | | | | | ________________________________________________________________ Percent change from same month a year ago ________________________________________________________________ 1994: | | | | | Aug. | 2.5 | -0.3 | 2.2 | 2.9 | -0.6 Sept. | 2.8 | .9 | 3.7 | 3.0 | .7 Oct. | 3.1 | 1.2 | 4.3 | 2.6 | 1.7 Nov. | 2.8 | .3 | 3.1 | 2.7 | .4 Dec. | 2.8 | .3 | 3.1 | 2.7 | .4 1995: | | | | | Jan. | 2.7 | .0 | 2.7 | 2.9 | -.2 Feb. | 2.7 | .6 | 3.3 | 3.0 | .3 Mar. | 2.9 | -.3 | 2.6 | 3.0 | -.4 Apr. | 3.1 | -.6 | 2.5 | 3.2 | -.7 May | 2.6 | -1.4 | 1.1 | 3.2 | -2.1 June | 3.0 | -.6 | 2.4 | 3.1 | -.6 July p | 3.3 | -.3 | 3.0 | 2.8 | .2 Aug. p | 3.0 | -.6 | 2.4 | 2.5 | -.1 | | | | | ________________________________________________________________ 1/ The deflator for the for Urban Wage Earners and _ constant dollar series presentClerical Workers (CPI-W). ed in this release is derived _ from the Consumer Price Index p = preliminary. Table 1. Earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm payrolls in current and constant dollars1/ by industry _______________________________________________________________________ | | | Average | | | _________________________________________ | Aug. | July | Aug. |Percent change | | 1994 | 1995p | 1995p |Aug. 1994 | | | | |Aug. 1995 | _______________________________________________________________________ | | | | | Total private: 2/ | | | | | _ Current dollars............|$11.05 |$11.41 |$11.38 | 3.0 | Constant (1982) dollars....| 7.31 | 7.38 | 7.34 | .4 | | | | | | Mining: | | | | | Current dollars............| 14.69 | 15.33 | 15.25 | 3.8 | Constant (1982) dollars....| 9.72 | 9.91 | 9.84 | 1.2 | | | | | | Construction: | | | | | Current dollars............| 14.79 | 15.10 | 15.15 | 2.4 | Constant (1982) dollars....| 9.78 | 9.76 | 9.77 | -.1 | Industry | | hourly earnings | | | | | Manufacturing: | | | | | Current dollars............| 12.01 | 12.38 | 12.34 | 2.7 | Constant (1982) dollars....| 7.94 | 8.00 | 7.96 | .3 | | | | | | Transportation and | | | | | public utilities: | | | | | Current dollars............| 13.84 | 14.23 | 14.25 | 3.0 | Constant (1982) dollars....| 9.15 | 9.20 | 9.19 | .4 | | | | | | Wholesale trade: | | | | | Current dollars............| 12.00 | 12.42 | 12.36 | 3.0 | Constant (1982) dollars....| 7.94 | 8.03 | 7.97 | .4 | | | | | | Retail trade: | | | | | Current dollars............| 7.44 | 7.66 | 7.65 | 2.8 | Constant (1982) dollars....| 4.92 | 4.95 | 4.94 | .4 | | | | | | Finance, insurance, | | | | | and real estate: | | | | | Current dollars............| 11.73 | 12.32 | 12.24 | 4.3 | Constant (1982) dollars....| 7.76 | 7.96 | 7.90 | 1.8 | | | | | | Services: | | | | | Current dollars............| 10.90 | 11.28 | 11.23 | 3.0 | Constant (1982) dollars....| 7.21 | 7.29 | 7.25 | .6 | | | | | | | | | | | _______________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ | | Average | weekly earnings | ____________________________________________ | Aug. | July | Aug. |Percent change | 1994 | 1995p | 1995p |Aug. 1994 | | | |Aug. 1995 _________________________________________________________________________ | | | | Total private: 2/ | | | | _ Current dollars............|$386.75 |$398.21 |$396.02 | 2.4 Constant (1982) dollars....| 255.79 | 257.41 | 255.50 | -.1 | | | | Mining: | | | | Current dollars............| 661.05 | 682.19 | 684.73 | 3.6 Constant (1982) dollars....| 437.20 | 440.98 | 441.76 | 1.0 | | | | Construction: | | | | Current dollars............| 588.64 | 604.00 | 601.46 | 2.2 Constant (1982) dollars....| 389.31 | 390.43 | 388.04 | -.3 | | | | Manufacturing: | | | | Current dollars............| 504.42 | 505.10 | 512.11 | 1.5 Constant (1982) dollars....| 333.61 | 326.50 | 330.39 | -1.0 | | | | Transportation and | | | | public utilities: | | | | Current dollars............| 556.37 | 570.62 | 567.15 | 1.9 Industry Constant (1982) dollars....| 367.97 | 368.86 | 365.90 | -.6 | | | | Wholesale trade: | | | | Current dollars............| 459.60 | 476.93 | 473.39 | 3.0 Constant (1982) dollars....| 303.97 | 308.29 | 305.41 | .5 | | | | Retail trade: | | | | Current dollars............| 220.97 | 227.50 | 226.44 | 2.5 Constant (1982) dollars....| 146.14 | 147.06 | 146.09 | (3) | | | | Finance, insurance, | | | | and real estate: | | | | Current dollars............| 416.42 | 447.22 | 435.74 | 4.6 Constant (1982) dollars....| 275.41 | 289.09 | 281.12 | 2.1 | | | | Services: | | | | Current dollars............| 356.43 | 369.98 | 367.22 | 3.0 Constant (1982) dollars....| 235.73 | 239.16 | 236.92 | .5 | | | | | | | | _________________________________________________________________________ 1/ The deflator for the constant dollar series presented insurance, _ in this release is derived from the Consumer Price Index for this Urban Wage Earners and Cleical Workers (CPI-W). jobs 2/ Data relate to theearnings of production and related _ workers in mining and manuacturing; construction workers in construction; and nonsuperisory workers in transportation and public utilities, trade, finance, and real estate, and services. Included in group are approximately four-fifths of all on private industry payrolls. 3/ Less than 0.05 percent. _ p = preliminary. Table 2. Earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm payrolls1/, seasonally adjusted _ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________ | | | 1994 | 1995 Earnings | | _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Aug. | Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr. | May | June |July p |Aug. p | | | | | | | | | | | | | _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________ | | | | | | | | | | | | | Average hourly earnings: | | | | | | | | | | | | | Current dollars...........| $11.14| $11.18| $11.25| $11.24| $11.27| $11.29| $11.32| $11.34| $11.40| $11.37| $11.43| $11.49| $11.47 Constant (1982) dollars2/.| 7.37| 7.38| 7.42| 7.40| 7.40| 7.39| 7.39| 7.38| 7.40| 7.36| 7.39| 7.43| 7.40 _ | | | | | | | | | | | | | Average weekly earnings: | | | | | | | | | | | | | Current dollars...........| 385.44| 387.95| 392.63| 388.90| 391.07| 392.89| 391.67| 392.36| 394.44| 388.85| 393.19| 397.55| 394.57 Constant (1982) dollars2/.| 255.09| 256.24| 258.99| 256.02| 256.94| 257.30| 255.83| 255.44| 255.96| 251.85| 254.33| 256.98| 254.73 _ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________ 1/ See footnote 2, table 1. Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W). _ 2/ The deflator for the constant dollar series presented p = preliminary. _ in this release is derived from the Consumer Price Index for Table 3. Revised seasonally adjusted average hourly and weekly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm payrolls1/ in constant (1982) dollars ___________________________________________________________________________ | | Average hourly earnings Year | ___________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr. | May | June | | | | | | ___________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | 1990...........| $7.55 | $7.57 | $7.56 | $7.57 | $7.58 | $7.57 1991...........| 7.41 | 7.43 | 7.44 | 7.45 | 7.45 | 7.47 1992...........| 7.42 | 7.44 | 7.43 | 7.42 | 7.42 | 7.42 1993...........| 7.39 | 7.38 | 7.40 | 7.37 | 7.38 | 7.39 1994...........| 7.41 | 7.41 | 7.40 | 7.40 | 7.41 | 7.39 1995...........| 7.39 | 7.39 | 7.38 | 7.40p | | | | | | | | ___________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | July | Aug. | Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | | | | | | ___________________________________________________________ | | | | | | 1990...........| 7.56 | 7.50 | 7.48 | 7.43 | 7.43 | 7.43 1991...........| 7.46 | 7.47 | 7.47 | 7.46 | 7.43 | 7.44 1992...........| 7.41 | 7.43 | 7.40 | 7.40 | 7.41 | 7.39 1993...........| 7.39 | 7.40 | 7.40 | 7.39 | 7.39 | 7.40 1994...........| 7.39 | 7.37 | 7.38 | 7.42 | 7.40 | 7.40 | | | | | | ___________________________________________________________ | | Average weekly earnings | ___________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr. | May | June | | | | | | ___________________________________________________________ | | | | | | 1990...........| $260.41 | $261.00 | $260.85 | $262.00 | $261.38 | $261.79 1991...........| 253.51 | 254.01 | 254.57 | 254.08 | 254.83 | 257.75 1992...........| 253.77 | 256.61 | 256.44 | 254.65 | 255.34 | 254.60 1993...........| 254.08 | 254.60 | 252.97 | 253.59 | 255.48 | 254.81 1994...........| 257.21 | 254.94 | 256.87 | 256.83 | 257.18 | 256.55 1995...........| 257.30 | 255.83 | 255.44 | 255.96p| | | | | | | | ___________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | July | Aug. | Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | | | | | | ___________________________________________________________ | | | | | | 1990...........| 261.65 | 258.06 | 258.67 | 254.24 | 254.92 | 256.42 1991...........| 255.14 | 256.08 | 256.83 | 255.71 | 254.86 | 256.10 1992...........| 254.12 | 256.28 | 253.85 | 254.42 | 256.32 | 253.33 1993...........| 254.87 | 256.02 | 254.43 | 255.07 | 255.70 | 255.14 1994...........| 256.45 | 255.09 | 256.24 | 258.99 | 256.02 | 256.94 | | | | | | ___________________________________________________________________________ 1/ Data relate to the earnings of production and related workers in mining and manufacturing; construction workers in construction; and nonsupervisory workers in transportation and public utilities; wholesale and retail trade; finance, insurance, and real estate; and services. - Data not available. NOTE: These data have been revised to reflect the March 1994 employment benchmark and updated seasonal adjustment factors.