July 2014 Real Earnings — 2014-08-19

Real average hourly earnings for all employees was unchanged from June to July, seasonally adjusted, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. This result stems from an unchanged average hourly earnings, combined with a 0.1 percent increase in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U). Real average weekly earnings was unchanged over the month due to both the real average hourly earnings and the average workweek being unchanged. Real average hourly earnings was unchanged, seasonally adjusted, from July 2013 to July 2014. The unchanged real average hourly earnings, combined with a 0.3 percent increase in the average workweek, resulted in a 0.3 percent increase in real average weekly earnings over this period. Real average hourly earnings for production and nonsupervisory employees increased 0.1 percent from June to July, seasonally adjusted.