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Average Hourly Wage – January Revised Down

Posted March 9, 2018 - Filed under Payroll Survey, Wages.

Much was made of last month’s reported 2.89% year-over-year rise in the average hourly wage.  This exceeded the previous high of 2.83% set in September.

But, with February’s revisions, we see that January’s growth is now estimated at only 2.77% (below the September peak), and that February’s yearly gain of 2.61% represents a further drop away from that high.