Showing posts with label salaries. Show all posts
Showing posts with label salaries. Show all posts

03 April 2014

• U.S. Starting Salaries Up 1.2 Percent for Class of 2014 Grads


The average starting salary for new college graduates earning bachelor’s degrees has increased 1.2 percent over last year, according to a new report by the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE).

See the complete report at this link: NACEWeb.org


20 February 2014

• U.S. Real Average Hourly Earnings Rise 0.1% – January 2014


Real* average hourly earnings rose 0.1 percent in January, seasonally adjusted. Average hourly earnings rose 0.2 percent and the CPI-U rose 0.1 percent.

Real average weekly earnings rose 0.1 percent over the month.

Real average hourly earnings rose 0.4 percent, seasonally adjusted, from January 2013 to January 2014. The increase in real average hourly earnings, combined with an unchanged average workweek, resulted in a 0.4 percent increase in real average weekly earnings over this period.

See the complete report at this link: USDOL-BLS

*Note: Real earnings show the effect of inflation on your pay. If your salary went up by 2.1% over the year while the cost-of-living (CPI-U) rose 2.3%, then the “real” value of your salary fell by 0.2% [differences in some of the data are due to rounding and seasonal adjustment]. The figures reported here are earnings for all employees on private nonfarm payrolls, seasonally adjusted.


23 December 2013

• U.S. Payrolls – November 2013


Private wages and salaries increased $26.1 billion in November, compared with an increase of $9.9 billion in October.

Goods producing industries' payrolls increased $8.3 billion, compared with an increase of $1.4 billion; manufacturing payrolls increased $4.8 billion, compared with an increase of $1.5 billion.

Services-producing industries' payrolls increased $17.8 billion, compared with an increase of $8.6 billion.

Government wages and salaries increased $1.0 billion, in contrast to a decrease of $0.1 billion.

See the complete report at this link: USDOC-BEA


17 December 2013

• U.S. Real Earnings – November 2013


Real average hourly earnings for all employees rose 0.2 percent from October to November, seasonally adjusted. This increase stems from a 0.2 percent increase in average hourly earnings combined with an unchanged Consumer Price Index (sa) for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U).

Real average weekly earnings rose 0.4 percent over the month due to the increase in real average hourly earnings combined with a 0.3 percent increase in the average workweek.

Real average hourly earnings rose 0.9 percent, seasonally adjusted, from November 2012 to November 2013. The increase in real average hourly earnings, combined with a 0.3 percent increase in the average workweek, resulted in a 1.1 percent increase in real average weekly earnings over this period.

See the complete report at this link: USDOL-BLS

*Note: Real earnings show the effect of inflation on your pay. If your salary went up by 1.1% over the year while the cost-of-living (CPI-U) rose 1.3%, then the “real” value of your salary fell by 0.2% [differences in some of the data are due to rounding and seasonal adjustment]. The figures reported here are earnings for all employees on private nonfarm payrolls, seasonally adjusted.


01 November 2013

• Usual Weekly Earnings Of U.S. Wage And Salary Workers – Q3 2013


Median weekly earnings of the nation's 105.5 million full-time wage and salary workers were $771 in the third quarter of 2013 (not seasonally adjusted). This was 1.7 percent higher than a year earlier, compared with a gain of 1.6 percent in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) over the same period.

On a not seasonally adjusted basis, median weekly earnings were $771 in the third quarter of 2013. Women who usually worked full time had median weekly earnings of $698, or 82.4 percent of the $847 median for men.

The women’s-to-men’s earnings ratio varied by race and ethnicity. White women earned 82.8 percent as much as their male counterparts, compared with black (87.1 percent), Asian (77.4 percent), and Hispanic women (90.8 percent).

Among the major race and ethnicity groups, median weekly earnings for black men working at full-time jobs were $682 per week, or 78.6 percent of the median for white men ($868). The difference was less among women, as black women's median earnings ($594) were 82.6 percent of those for white women ($719). Overall, median earnings of Hispanics who worked full time ($587) were lower than those of blacks ($630), whites ($794), and Asians ($922).

Usual weekly earnings of full-time workers varied by age. Among men, those age 45 to 54 and 55 to 64 had the highest median weekly earnings, $970 and $1,001, respectively. Usual weekly earnings were highest for women age 35 to 64; weekly earnings were $775 for women age 35 to 44, $755 for women age 45 to 54, and $769 for women age 55 to 64. Workers age 16 to 24 had the lowest median weekly earnings, at $430.

Among the major occupational groups, persons employed full time in management, professional, and related occupations had the highest median weekly earnings-— $1,338 for men and $962 for women. Men and women employed in service jobs earned the least, $562 and $447, respectively.

By educational attainment, full-time workers age 25 and over without a high school diploma had median weekly earnings of $479, compared with $659 for high school graduates (no college) and $1,174 for those holding at least a bachelor's degree. Among college graduates with advanced degrees (professional or master's degree and above), the highest earning 10 percent of male workers made $3,436 or more per week, compared with $2,302 or more for their female counterparts.

See the complete report at this link: USDOL-BLS


31 October 2013

• U.S. Real* Earnings – September 2013 [Inflation, wages, pay, salaries]


Real average hourly earnings for all employees were unchanged from August to September, seasonally adjusted. This result stems from a 0.1 percent increase in average hourly earnings being offset by a 0.2 percent increase in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U).

Real average weekly earnings decreased 0.1 percent over the month due to an unchanged real average hourly earnings and an unchanged average workweek.

Real average hourly earnings rose 0.9 percent, seasonally adjusted, from September 2012 to September 2013.

The increase in real average hourly earnings, combined with an unchanged average workweek, resulted in a 0.9 percent increase in real average weekly earnings over this period.

Source: USDOL-BLS

*Note: Real earnings show the effect of inflation on your pay. If your salary went up by 2.1% over the year while the cost-of-living (CPI-U) rose 1.2%, then the “real” value of your salary rose by 0.9% [differences in some of the data are due to rounding and seasonal adjustment]. The figures reported here are earnings for all employees on private nonfarm payrolls, seasonally adjusted.

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