Year-over-year change in real average hourly earnings of all private nonfarm employees and private production/ nonsupervisory employees, November 2009– November 2014

All Private Employees Production/Nonsupervisory
Nov-2009 0.15% 0.76%
Dec-2009 -0.98% -0.31%
Jan-2010 -0.62% 0.01%
Feb-2010 -0.32% 0.35%
Mar-2010 -0.50% -0.01%
Apr-2010 -0.40% 0.25%
May-2010 -0.10% 0.57%
Jun-2010 0.55% 1.26%
Jul-2010 0.46% 1.08%
Aug-2010 0.49% 1.18%
Sep-2010 0.73% 1.08%
Oct-2010 0.72% 1.34%
Nov-2010 0.60% 1.12%
Dec-2010 0.29% 0.56%
Jan-2011 0.30% 0.56%
Feb-2011 -0.26% 0.02%
Mar-2011 -0.80% -0.52%
Apr-2011 -1.13% -0.94%
May-2011 -1.36% -1.30%
Jun-2011 -1.39% -1.46%
Jul-2011 -1.35% -1.35%
Aug-2011 -1.74% -1.70%
Sep-2011 -1.85% -1.80%
Oct-2011 -1.36% -1.75%
Nov-2011 -1.38% -1.58%
Dec-2011 -1.01% -1.16%
Jan-2012 -1.23% -1.53%
Feb-2012 -0.90% -1.31%
Mar-2012 -0.47% -0.89%
Apr-2012 -0.19% -0.48%
May-2012 0.03% -0.30%
Jun-2012 0.24% -0.16%
Jul-2012 0.35% -0.03%
Aug-2012 0.17% -0.35%
Sep-2012 0.03% -0.57%
Oct-2012 -0.68% -0.86%
Nov-2012 0.11% -0.35%
Dec-2012 0.33% -0.13%
Jan-2013 0.51% 0.26%
Feb-2013 0.18% 0.12%
Mar-2013 0.51% 0.51%
Apr-2013 0.75% 0.51%
May-2013 0.52% 0.35%
Jun-2013 0.44% 0.30%
Jul-2013 -0.04% 0.02%
Aug-2013 0.71% 0.62%
Sep-2013 0.92% 1.06%
Oct-2013 1.30% 1.32%
Nov-2013 0.86% 0.97%
Dec-2013 0.44% 0.81%
Jan-2014 0.41% 0.63%
Feb-2014 0.99% 1.33%
Mar-2014 0.60% 0.75%
Apr-2014 0.01% 0.33%
May-2014 -0.08% 0.25%
Jun-2014 -0.11% 0.21%
Jul-2014 0.05% 0.28%
Aug-2014 0.40% 0.75%
Sep-2014 0.33% 0.55%
Oct-2014 0.34% 0.56%
Nov-2014 0.82% 0.87%

Note: Earnings are adjusted to November 2014 dollars. Light shaded area denotes recession.

Source: Author analysis of Bureau of Labor Statistics's Current Employment Statistics and Consumer Price Index, public data series.

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