December 2018 Real Earnings — 2019-01-11

Real average hourly earnings for all employees increased 0.5 percent from November to December, seasonally adjusted, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. This result stems from a 0.4-percent increase in average hourly earnings combined with a 0.1-percent decrease in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U). Real average weekly earnings increased 0.7 percent over the month due to the change in real average hourly earnings combined with a 0.3-percent increase in the average workweek. Real average hourly earnings increased 1.1 percent, seasonally adjusted, from December 2017 to December 2018. The change in real average hourly earnings combined with no change in the average workweek resulted in a 1.2-percent increase in real average weekly earnings over this period. Real average hourly earnings for production and nonsupervisory employees increased 0.6 percent from November to December, seasonally adjusted.