Average Hourly Earnings of Production Workers (seasonally adjusted)
Percent Change from Previous Month

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics

1996 0.9 -0.3 -0.5 1.5 0.1 0.5 0.2 0.2 0.2 -0.1 0.3 0.5
1997 0.3 0.1 0.3 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.6 0.0 0.8 0.3 0.2
1998 -0.1 0.4 0.3 -0.1 0.3 -0.1 -0.7 0.9 0.5 -0.1 0.1 0.1
1999 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.4 -0.1 0.0 0.5
2000 0.4 0.1 0.3 0.4 0.0 0.4 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.6 0.2 -0.1
2001 -0.1 0.5 0.2 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.4 0.4
2002 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.1 0.5 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.6 0.1 0.4
2003 0.3 0.2 0.2 -0.1 0.4 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.3 -0.1 0.5 0.1
2004 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.4 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.6 -0.1 0.1 0.3
2005 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.4 0.1 0.1 0.4 -0.3 0.7 -0.2 0.1
2006 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.3 -0.1 0.4p 0.1p
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Note: p = Preliminary figure, r = Revised