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Table A.  Composition of change in real earnings (production or
Table 1.  Earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers on private
Table 2. Earnings of prodution or nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm payrolls1/, seasonally adjusted
Table 3.  Revised seasonally adjusted average hourly and weekly earnings of


 
 
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                                           WIRE EMBARGO UNTIL
                                           10:00 A.M. (EST) WEDNESDAY,
                                           JANUARY 11, 1995
 
 
 
                      REAL EARNINGS IN DECEMBER 1994
 
     Real average weekly earnings increased by 0.1 percent from November
 to December after seasonal adjustment, according to preliminary data
 released today by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department
 of Labor.  An increase of 0.3 percent in average hourly earnings was
 partially offset by a 0.2 percent rise in the Consumer Price Index for
 Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W).  Average weekly hours
 were unchanged in December.
 
     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 3.1 percent between December
 of 1993 and 1994 as a result of a 2.8 percent increase in average
 hourly earnings and a 0.3 percent increase in average weekly hours.
 After adjustment for a 2.7 percent gain in the CPI-W over the
 same period, real average weekly earnings rose by 0.4 percent.
 Before adjustment for seasonal change and deflation by the CPI-W,
 average weekly earnings were $392.54 in December 1994, compared
 with $380.66 a year earlier.
 
 
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      Real Earnings for January 1995 will be released on Wednesday,
 February 15, 1995.
 
Table A.  Composition of change in real earnings (production or
nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm payrolls)
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             |         |         |         |   The   |  Real
      Year   |Average  | Average |Average  |Consumer |average
      and    | hourly  |  weekly | weekly  |  Price  | weekly
     month   |earnings |  hours  |earnings |Index 1/ |earnings
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             |         |         |         |         |
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    Percent change from preceding month, seasonally adjusted
 
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1993:        |         |         |         |         |
   Dec.      |   0.2   |  -0.3   |  -0.1   |   0.1   |  -0.2
1994:        |         |         |         |         |
   Jan.      |    .5   |    .9   |   1.4   |    .1   |   1.4
   Feb.      |    .1   |  -1.4   |  -1.3   |    .2   |  -1.5
   Mar.      |   -.1   |    .9   |    .8   |    .3   |    .4
   Apr.      |    .3   |    .3   |    .6   |    .1   |    .4
   May       |    .4   |    .3   |    .6   |    .1   |    .5
   June      |   -.1   |   -.6   |   -.7   |    .3   |  -1.0
   July      |    .3   |    .0   |    .3   |    .4   |   -.1
   Aug.      |    .2   |   -.6   |   -.4   |    .4   |   -.8
   Sept.     |    .4   |    .6   |    .9   |    .1   |    .8
   Oct.      |    .7   |    .9   |   1.6   |    .1   |   1.5
   Nov. p    |   -.2   |   -.9   |  -1.0   |    .3   |  -1.3
   Dec. p    |    .3   |    .0   |    .3   |    .2   |    .1
             |         |         |         |         |
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           Percent change from same month a year ago
 
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1993:        |         |         |         |         |
   Dec.      |   2.6   |   0.6   |   3.2   |   2.5   |   0.7
1994:        |         |         |         |         |
   Jan.      |   2.8   |    .9   |   3.7   |   2.4   |   1.3
   Feb.      |   2.8   |   -.3   |   2.5   |   2.3   |    .1
   Mar.      |   2.3   |   1.2   |   3.5   |   2.3   |   1.2
   Apr.      |   2.6   |    .9   |   3.5   |   2.2   |   1.3
   May       |   2.5   |    .3   |   2.8   |   2.1   |    .7
   June      |   2.5   |    .6   |   3.1   |   2.4   |    .6
   July      |   2.7   |    .3   |   3.0   |   2.6   |    .3
   Aug.      |   2.4   |   -.6   |   1.8   |   2.9   |  -1.0
   Sept.     |   2.7   |    .6   |   3.3   |   3.0   |    .3
   Oct.      |   2.9   |    .9   |   3.8   |   2.6   |   1.2
   Nov. p    |   2.6   |    .3   |   2.9   |   2.7   |    .2
   Dec. p    |   2.8   |    .3   |   3.1   |   2.7   |    .4
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  1/ The deflator for the           for Urban Wage Earners and
  _
constant dollar series present-     Clerical 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
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                             |                                        |
                             |                 Average                |
 
                             |             hourly earnings            |
         Industry            |                                        |
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                             | Dec.  | Nov.  | Dec.  |Percent change  |
                             | 1993  | 1994p | 1994p |Dec. 1993 -     |
                             |       |       |       |Dec. 1994       |
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                             |       |       |       |                |
Total private: 2/            |       |       |       |                |
               _
  Current dollars............|$10.97 |$11.25 |$11.28 |       2.8      |
  Constant (1982) dollars....|  7.42 |  7.40 |  7.43 |        .1      |
                             |       |       |       |                |
 Mining:                     |       |       |       |                |
  Current dollars............| 14.67 | 14.95 | 15.03 |       2.5      |
  Constant (1982) dollars....|  9.92 |  9.84 |  9.89 |       -.3      |
                             |       |       |       |                |
 Construction:               |       |       |       |                |
  Current dollars............| 14.46 | 14.84 | 14.78 |       2.2      |
  Constant (1982) dollars....|  9.78 |  9.76 |  9.73 |       -.5      |
                             |       |       |       |                |
 Manufacturing:              |       |       |       |                |
  Current dollars............| 12.00 | 12.17 | 12.28 |       2.3      |
  Constant (1982) dollars....|  8.11 |  8.01 |  8.08 |       -.4      |
                             |       |       |       |                |
 Transportation and          |       |       |       |                |
    public utilities:        |       |       |       |                |
  Current dollars............| 13.74 | 14.07 | 14.15 |       3.0      |
  Constant (1982) dollars....|  9.29 |  9.26 |  9.32 |        .3      |
                             |       |       |       |                |
 Wholesale trade:            |       |       |       |                |
  Current dollars............| 11.85 | 12.11 | 12.15 |       2.5      |
  Constant (1982) dollars....|  8.01 |  7.97 |  8.00 |       -.1      |
                             |       |       |       |                |
 Retail trade:               |       |       |       |                |
  Current dollars............|  7.36 |  7.56 |  7.57 |       2.9      |
  Constant (1982) dollars....|  4.98 |  4.97 |  4.98 |        .0      |
                             |       |       |       |                |
 Finance, insurance,         |       |       |       |                |
    and real estate:         |       |       |       |                |
  Current dollars............| 11.65 | 11.97 | 12.02 |       3.2      |
  Constant (1982) dollars....|  7.88 |  7.88 |  7.91 |        .4      |
                             |       |       |       |                |
 Services:                   |       |       |       |                |
  Current dollars............| 10.98 | 11.24 | 11.31 |       3.0      |
  Constant (1982) dollars....|  7.42 |  7.39 |  7.45 |        .4      |
                             |       |       |       |                |
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                             |
                             |                  Average
 
                             |              weekly earnings
         Industry            |
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                             | Dec.   | Nov.   | Dec.   |Percent change
                             | 1993   | 1994p  | 1994p  |Dec. 1993 -
                             |        |        |        |Dec. 1994
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                             |        |        |        |
Total private: 2/            |        |        |        |
               _
  Current dollars............|$380.66 |$389.25 |$392.54 |       3.1
  Constant (1982) dollars....| 257.38 | 256.09 | 258.42 |        .4
                             |        |        |        |
 Mining:                     |        |        |        |
  Current dollars............| 654.28 | 680.23 | 676.35 |       3.4
  Constant (1982) dollars....| 442.38 | 447.52 | 445.26 |        .7
                             |        |        |        |
 Construction:               |        |        |        |
  Current dollars............| 553.82 | 571.34 | 571.99 |       3.3
  Constant (1982) dollars....| 374.46 | 375.88 | 376.56 |        .6
                             |        |        |        |
 Manufacturing:              |        |        |        |
  Current dollars............| 508.80 | 517.23 | 528.04 |       3.8
  Constant (1982) dollars....| 344.02 | 340.28 | 347.62 |       1.0
                             |        |        |        |
 Transportation and          |        |        |        |
    public utilities:        |        |        |        |
  Current dollars............| 546.85 | 559.99 | 566.00 |       3.5
  Constant (1982) dollars....| 369.74 | 368.41 | 372.61 |        .8
                             |        |        |        |
 Wholesale trade:            |        |        |        |
  Current dollars............| 453.86 | 465.02 | 466.56 |       2.8
  Constant (1982) dollars....| 306.87 | 305.93 | 307.15 |        .1
                             |        |        |        |
 Retail trade:               |        |        |        |
  Current dollars............| 215.65 | 216.97 | 221.04 |       2.5
  Constant (1982) dollars....| 145.81 | 142.74 | 145.52 |       -.2
                             |        |        |        |
 Finance, insurance,         |        |        |        |
    and real estate:         |        |        |        |
  Current dollars............| 415.91 | 426.13 | 429.11 |       3.2
  Constant (1982) dollars....| 281.21 | 280.35 | 282.50 |        .5
                             |        |        |        |
 Services:                   |        |        |        |
  Current dollars............| 355.75 | 364.18 | 367.58 |       3.3
  Constant (1982) dollars....| 240.53 | 239.59 | 241.99 |        .6
                             |        |        |        |
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     1/ The deflator for the constant dollar series presented     and public utilities, trade, finance, insurance,
     _
in this release is derived from the Consumer Price Index for      and real estate, and services.  Included in this
Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W).                  group are approximately four-fifths of all jobs
     2/ Data relate to the earnings of production and related     on private industry payrolls.
     _
workers in mining and manufacturing; construction workers in
 
construction; and nonsupervisory workers in transportation             p = preliminary.
 
 
Table 2. Earnings of prodution or nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm payrolls1/, seasonally adjusted
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                           |       |
                           | 1993  |                                             1994
         Earnings           |       |
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                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                            | Dec.  | Jan.  | Feb.  | Mar.  | Apr.  | May   | June  | July  | Aug.  | Sept. | Oct.  |Nov. p |Dec. p
                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
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                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
Average hourly earnings:    |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
  Current dollars...........| $10.96| $11.02| $11.03| $11.02| $11.05| $11.09| $11.08| $11.11| $11.13| $11.17| $11.25| $11.23| $11.26
  Constant (1982) dollars2/.|   7.40|   7.43|   7.42|   7.39|   7.40|   7.42|   7.39|   7.38|   7.36|   7.38|   7.43|   7.39|   7.40
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                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
Average weekly earnings:    |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
  Current dollars...........| 378.12| 383.50| 378.33| 381.29| 383.44| 385.93| 383.37| 384.41| 382.87| 386.48| 392.63| 388.56| 389.60
  Constant (1982) dollars2/.| 255.14| 258.60| 254.60| 255.73| 256.83| 258.15| 255.58| 255.25| 253.22| 255.27| 259.16| 255.80| 255.98
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     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
 
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               |
               |                  Average hourly earnings
     Year      |
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               |         |         |         |         |         |
               |  Jan.   |  Feb.   |  Mar.   |  Apr.   |   May   |  June
               |         |         |         |         |         |
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1989...........|  $7.68  |  $7.67  |  $7.65  |  $7.63  |  $7.59  |  $7.59
1990...........|   7.55  |   7.57  |   7.56  |   7.57  |   7.58  |   7.56
1991...........|   7.42  |   7.43  |   7.44  |   7.45  |   7.45  |   7.47
1992...........|   7.43  |   7.44  |   7.43  |   7.42  |   7.42  |   7.42
1993...........|   7.40  |   7.38  |   7.40  |   7.38  |   7.38  |   7.38
1994...........|   7.43  |   7.42  |   7.39  |   7.40p |    -    |    -
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               |  July   |  Aug.   |  Sept.  |  Oct.   |  Nov.   |  Dec.
               |         |         |         |         |         |
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1989...........|   7.62  |   7.62  |   7.63  |   7.63  |   7.62  |   7.62
1990...........|   7.56  |   7.49  |   7.48  |   7.44  |   7.43  |   7.43
1991...........|   7.46  |   7.47  |   7.47  |   7.46  |   7.43  |   7.44
1992...........|   7.41  |   7.42  |   7.40  |   7.40  |   7.41  |   7.38
1993...........|   7.38  |   7.39  |   7.40  |   7.39  |   7.39  |   7.40
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               |
               |                  Average weekly earnings
               |
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               |  Jan.   |  Feb.   |  Mar.   |  Apr.   |   May   |  June
               |         |         |         |         |         |
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1989...........| $267.26 | $264.66 | $264.77 | $265.56 | $261.76 | $261.95
1990...........|  260.61 |  261.26 |  260.85 |  262.00 |  261.38 |  261.59
1991...........|  253.69 |  254.19 |  254.57 |  254.08 |  254.83 |  257.75
1992...........|  254.69 |  256.79 |  256.44 |  254.40 |  256.08 |  254.60
1993...........|  254.50 |  254.03 |  252.97 |  253.76 |  256.22 |  253.83
1994...........|  258.60 |  254.60 |  255.73 |  256.83p|    -    |    -
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               |  July   |  Aug.   |  Sept.  |  Oct.   |  Nov.   |  Dec.
               |         |         |         |         |         |
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1989...........|  263.78 |  262.75 |  263.22 |  264.09 |  262.78 |  262.07
1990...........|  261.65 |  257.81 |  258.67 |  254.42 |  254.92 |  256.42
1991...........|  255.14 |  256.08 |  256.83 |  255.71 |  254.86 |  256.10
1992...........|  254.12 |  256.10 |  253.85 |  254.59 |  256.32 |  253.10
1993...........|  254.46 |  255.62 |  254.43 |  255.07 |  255.76 |  255.14
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   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 1993 employment
benchmark and updated seasonal adjustment factors.