October 2018 Real Earnings — 2018-11-14

Real average hourly earnings for all employees decreased 0.1 percent from September to October, seasonally adjusted, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. This result stems from a 0.2-percent increase in average hourly earnings combined with a 0.3-percent increase in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U). Real average weekly earnings increased 0.1 percent over the month due to the decrease in real average hourly earnings being combined with a 0.3-percent increase in the average workweek. Real average hourly earnings increased 0.7 percent, seasonally adjusted, from October 2017 to October 2018. The change in real average hourly earnings combined with the 0.3-percent increase in the average workweek resulted in a 0.9-percent increase in real average weekly earnings over this period. Real average hourly earnings for production and nonsupervisory employees decreased 0.1 percent from September to October, seasonally adjusted.