Industry price inflation not driven by rolling labor shortages: One-year acceleration of inflation and nominal wage growth by industry in September 2022

date 1-year change in wages 1-year change in prices
2022q2 0.1268338% 0.0230537%
2022q2 0.1245117 0.0651971
2022q2 0.1096804 0.1264156
2022q2 0.1003991 0.0259661
2022q2 0.0991156 0.1033432
2022q2 0.0969601 0.0559718
2022q2 0.0916344 0.1778477
2022q2 0.0900257 0.0089109
2022q2 0.0845733 0.1346681
2022q2 0.0788986 0.0216826
2022q2 0.0783661 0.1933899
2022q2 0.0744892 -0.1681365
2022q2 0.0741051 0.0422949
2022q2 0.0726174 -0.0779248
2022q2 0.0720981 0.1865076
2022q2 0.0679267 0.037667
2022q2 0.067722 0.0288282
2022q2 0.0670871 0.0790173
2022q2 0.0643922 0.0205015
2022q2 0.0603795 0.0738291
2022q2 0.0581729 0.2302468
2022q2 0.0581624 1.571569
2022q2 0.0579678 0.0183528
2022q2 0.0577908 0.2409101
2022q2 0.0562284 0.1927279
2022q2 0.056197 0.1326708
2022q2 0.0560012 0.0655703
2022q2 0.0548044 0.0956108
2022q2 0.0543616 0.0422047
2022q2 0.0538076 0.1594304
2022q2 0.0535776 0.1869677
2022q2 0.0514923 0.138399
2022q2 0.0472634 0.2707055
2022q2 0.0450574 -0.0537838
2022q2 0.0444742 0.1343548
2022q2 0.04378 0.042727
2022q2 0.0420794 0.1839621
2022q2 0.0412392 0.0947621
2022q2 0.0410261 0.1483489
2022q2 0.0409108 0.1354458
2022q2 0.0406292 -0.0298556
2022q2 0.0395538 0.0240901
2022q2 0.0394657 0.266773
2022q2 0.0363253 0.1499694
2022q2 0.0355256 -0.076805
2022q2 0.0332553 0.0607655
2022q2 0.0243052 1.300836
2022q2 0.0135722 0.0266431
2022q2 0.0106534 0.2336368
2022q2 0.0081077 0.0399025
2022q2 -0.0013241 0.0166427
2022q2 -0.0103535 -0.0151664
2022q2 -0.0124126 -0.0112901
2022q2 -0.0160883 0.0316972
2022q2 -0.0231058 0.1023001
2022q2 -0.031784 0.213711
2022q2 -0.0602599 0.1961474

Note: Both inflation and wage acceleration defined as year-over-year change in September 2022, minus average rates in 20182019.  

Sources: Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) GDP-by-Industry series and Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Current Employment Statistics (CES). 

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