Despite a 0.6 percent increase in the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W), inflation-adjusted average weekly earnings rose in April, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor.
Inflation-adjusted, or real, average weekly earnings fell by 0.3 percent from February to March after seasonal adjustment, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor.
Inflation-adjusted average weekly earnings were unchanged from January to February after seasonal adjustment, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor.
Inflation-adjusted, or real, average weekly earnings fell by 0.2 percent from December 2005 to January 2006 after seasonal adjustment, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor.
Inflation-adjusted, or real, average weekly earnings rose by 0.1 percent from November to December after seasonal adjustment but were still down for 2005, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor.
Inflation-adjusted average weekly earnings rose by 0.6 percent from October to November after seasonal adjustment, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor.
Workers in the United States need to earn $15.78 per hour to be able to afford to rent a two-bedroom apartment without spending more than 30 percent of their wages, according to the National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC). That's up from up from a "housing wage" of $15.37 an hour in 2004.
Inflation-adjusted average weekly earnings rose by 0.4 percent from September
to October, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department
of Labor.
Inflation-adjusted average weekly earnings fell by 1.2 percent from August to September after seasonal adjustment, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor.
Inflation-adjusted average weekly earnings fell by 0.5 percent from July to
August, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of
Labor.
