Figure A
Price inflation and wage growth uncorrelated across 110 industries: Acceleration in producer price inflation and hourly earnings, December 2020–November 2021
| Industry | Price acceleration (ppt change) | Wage acceleration (ppt change) |
|---|---|---|
| 1133 | 9.17 | 11.74 |
| 2121 | 0.71 | 2.64 |
| 2122 | 15.40 | 10.11 |
| 2123 | 0.94 | 0.89 |
| 2211 | 21.85 | 1.43 |
| 2212 | 34.73 | -9.74 |
| 3113 | 3.57 | -0.55 |
| 3114 | 2.52 | 4.55 |
| 3115 | 5.78 | 4.77 |
| 3117 | 12.22 | -0.70 |
| 3118 | 2.73 | 4.44 |
| 3119 | 4.78 | 11.66 |
| 3211 | 3.80 | 6.34 |
| 3212 | 17.19 | -3.83 |
| 3219 | 19.38 | 4.91 |
| 3221 | 14.30 | 2.70 |
| 3222 | 10.81 | 4.00 |
| 3251 | 32.31 | 0.58 |
| 3252 | 35.41 | -12.36 |
| 3254 | -1.24 | 15.72 |
| 3256 | 3.38 | -6.59 |
| 3259 | 7.89 | 7.72 |
| 3261 | 21.28 | 2.90 |
| 3262 | 7.69 | 8.93 |
| 3273 | 5.24 | 2.61 |
| 3279 | 7.96 | 22.04 |
| 3315 | 8.99 | 1.28 |
| 3321 | 41.39 | 8.58 |
| 3323 | 30.96 | -3.19 |
| 3324 | 16.57 | -2.81 |
| 3327 | 2.92 | 0.99 |
| 3328 | 8.32 | 5.97 |
| 3329 | 7.42 | 5.40 |
| 3331 | 3.84 | -0.26 |
| 3332 | 11.53 | -6.88 |
| 3333 | 5.03 | -3.72 |
| 3334 | 7.50 | -1.68 |
| 3335 | 1.04 | 1.87 |
| 3336 | 0.02 | -11.49 |
| 3339 | 6.68 | 4.80 |
| 3342 | 2.26 | 3.36 |
| 3344 | 3.78 | 10.92 |
| 3345 | -0.68 | 1.66 |
| 3353 | 10.10 | 9.62 |
| 3359 | 12.85 | -3.18 |
| 3361 | 1.69 | -5.44 |
| 3362 | 12.15 | 10.24 |
| 3363 | 4.39 | 0.50 |
| 3364 | -0.53 | 2.43 |
| 3371 | 11.20 | -0.24 |
| 3391 | 0.09 | 4.31 |
| 3399 | 0.69 | 5.04 |
| 4231 | 11.05 | 3.80 |
| 4232 | 25.99 | -6.30 |
| 4233 | 35.37 | 2.09 |
| 4234 | 7.51 | 1.83 |
| 4235 | 25.29 | 2.40 |
| 4236 | 16.94 | 1.00 |
| 4237 | 28.56 | -2.42 |
| 4238 | -6.49 | 2.81 |
| 4239 | 11.51 | 7.60 |
| 4241 | 8.06 | 2.34 |
| 4242 | -2.68 | 5.57 |
| 4243 | -0.16 | 2.59 |
| 4244 | -4.02 | 2.60 |
| 4245 | 0.00 | -8.10 |
| 4246 | 25.26 | -5.09 |
| 4247 | 37.54 | 3.80 |
| 4248 | 3.42 | 5.45 |
| 4249 | -2.35 | -2.53 |
| 4411 | 30.74 | 10.47 |
| 4413 | 5.48 | 7.01 |
| 4421 | 11.21 | 9.07 |
| 4441 | 7.93 | -4.44 |
| 4442 | 3.03 | -0.96 |
| 4451 | 4.63 | 7.11 |
| 4452 | 8.52 | -1.91 |
| 4453 | 4.11 | 12.02 |
| 4481 | 22.85 | 4.19 |
| 4482 | 28.90 | -6.62 |
| 4483 | 7.97 | 6.22 |
| 4511 | 10.98 | 3.84 |
| 4512 | -1.04 | -7.23 |
| 4532 | 10.76 | 2.95 |
| 4841 | 15.22 | 0.64 |
| 4842 | 7.77 | -7.91 |
| 4881 | 4.34 | -2.29 |
| 4883 | 1.91 | -6.30 |
| 4885 | 54.16 | 11.28 |
| 5111 | 0.74 | 0.46 |
| 5112 | 0.73 | -7.06 |
| 5173 | -0.13 | -6.52 |
| 5221 | -3.15 | -5.54 |
| 5241 | -2.06 | 0.73 |
| 5312 | 7.71 | 7.00 |
| 5321 | 27.95 | 8.03 |
| 5411 | 1.50 | 1.09 |
| 5413 | 0.04 | 3.43 |
| 5416 | 21.86 | 0.72 |
| 5613 | 3.76 | 8.25 |
| 5621 | 1.22 | 2.83 |
| 6211 | 3.65 | -0.42 |
| 6212 | 0.73 | 0.41 |
| 6215 | 0.88 | 5.25 |
| 6216 | -0.76 | 3.11 |
| 6221 | 0.53 | 3.32 |
| 6231 | -4.37 | 3.50 |
| 7131 | 2.49 | -8.01 |
| 7211 | 13.59 | 14.84 |
| 8113 | 4.39 | -3.50 |
Note: Industries at the 4-digit North American Industry Classification Series (NAICS) aggregation were used. Both price and wage growth are measured as the change in growth relative to the 2018–2019 change in each.
Source: Data from Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the Producer Price Index (PPI) program, and average hourly earnings from the Current Employment Statistics (CES).
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