Tables A and B. Composition of change in real earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm payrolls and Percent change in earnings from the same month a year ago for production or nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm payrolls, seasonally adjusted



Table A.  Composition of change in real earnings of production and
nonsupervisory workers(1) on private nonfarm payrolls
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            |           |           |           |           |
            |  Average  |  Average  |  Average  |    The    |    Real
            |   hourly  |   weekly  |   weekly  |  Consumer |  average
   Year     |  earnings |   hours   |  earnings |   Price   |   weekly
    and     |           |           |           |  Index(2) |  earnings
   month    |___________|___________|___________|___________|___________
            |
            |  Percent change from preceding month, seasonally adjusted
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            |           |           |           |           |
2007:       |           |           |           |           |
    Oct.    |     0.1   |     0.0   |     0.1   |     0.3   |    -0.2
    Nov.    |      .3   |      .0   |      .3   |     1.0   |     -.7
    Dec.    |      .3   |      .0   |      .3   |      .4   |     -.1
2008:       |           |           |           |           |
    Jan.    |      .3   |     -.3   |     (3)   |      .4   |     -.5
    Feb.    |      .3   |      .0   |      .3   |      .0   |      .3
    Mar.    |      .3   |      .3   |      .6   |      .4   |      .3
    Apr.    |      .1   |      .0   |      .1   |      .2   |     -.1
    May     |      .3   |     -.3   |     (3)   |      .7   |     -.7
    June    |      .3   |      .0   |      .3   |     1.2   |     -.9
    July    |      .3   |      .0   |      .3   |      .9   |     -.6
    Aug.    |      .4   |      .0   |      .4   |     -.2   |      .6
    Sept.(p)|      .2   |     -.3   |     -.1   |     -.1   |     (3)
    Oct.(p) |      .2   |      .0   |      .2   |    -1.2   |     1.4
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  1 See footnote 2, table 1.
  2 The deflator for the constant-dollar series presented in this 
release is the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical 
Workers (CPI-W).
  3 Change less than 0.05 percent in magnitude.
  p = preliminary.


Table B.  Percent change in earnings from the same month a year ago for
production and nonsupervisory workers(1) on private nonfarm payrolls,
seasonally adjusted
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             |                             |
             |       Average hourly        |       Average weekly
             |          earnings           |          earnings
    Year     |_____________________________|_____________________________
     and     |              |              |              |
    month    |    Current   |   Constant   |    Current   |   Constant
             |    dollars   |    (1982)    |    dollars   |    (1982)
             |              |   dollars(2) |              |   dollars(2)
_____________|______________|______________|______________|______________
             |              |              |              |
2007:        |              |              |              |
    Oct.     |      3.8     |      0.0     |      3.5     |     -0.3
    Nov.     |      3.8     |      -.8     |      3.8     |      -.8
    Dec.     |      3.7     |      -.7     |      3.4     |     -1.0
2008:        |              |              |              |
    Jan.     |      3.7     |     -1.1     |      3.4     |     -1.4
    Feb.     |      3.7     |      -.7     |      3.7     |      -.8
    Mar.     |      3.7     |      -.6     |      3.3     |      -.9
    Apr.     |      3.5     |      -.7     |      3.5     |      -.7
    May      |      3.5     |      -.8     |      3.2     |     -1.1
    June     |      3.4     |     -1.8     |      2.8     |     -2.5
    July     |      3.4     |     -2.5     |      3.1     |     -2.8
    Aug.     |      3.6     |     -2.2     |      3.3     |     -2.5
    Sept.(p) |      3.4     |     -1.9     |      2.8     |     -2.5
    Oct.(p)  |      3.5     |      -.4     |      2.9     |      -.9
_____________|______________|______________|______________|______________

  1 See footnote 2, table 1.
  2 The deflator for the constant-dollar series presented in this 
release is the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical 
Workers (CPI-W).
  p = preliminary.

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