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To: regli who wrote (47453)	12/16/2005 2:08:26 AM
From: John Vosilla	Respond to of 110194

Data extracted on: December 16, 2005 (1:59:44 AM) Real wages were up a little in 2001 and 2002 and have been flat to down since according to BLS. I couldn't pull the graph for some reason. Sure this recovery for white collar professionals has been dismal and appears to be getting worse. I bet the BLS stats probably underestimate by a wide margin the incomes in bubble markets made off the books in the real estate related trades of late which would explain in part why the overall economy has been humming the past few years. Employment, Hours, and Earnings from the Current Employment Statistics survey (National) Series Id: CES0500000049Seasonally AdjustedSuper Sector: Total privateIndustry: Total privateNAICS Code: N/AData Type: AVERAGE HOURLY EARNINGS, 1982 DOLLARS Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual 1995 7.51 7.52 7.52 7.51 7.50 7.52 7.54 7.54 7.55 7.55 7.56 7.55 1996 7.55 7.54 7.53 7.54 7.54 7.56 7.56 7.58 7.58 7.57 7.58 7.58 1997 7.59 7.60 7.63 7.64 7.67 7.67 7.68 7.71 7.70 7.74 7.76 7.78 1998 7.79 7.83 7.86 7.88 7.88 7.88 7.88 7.92 7.93 7.93 7.94 7.94 1999 7.95 7.98 8.00 7.98 8.00 8.02 8.01 8.01 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 2000 8.02 8.01 7.98 8.03 8.03 8.01 8.02 8.04 8.03 8.05 8.07 8.07 2001 8.03 8.06 8.09 8.08 8.06 8.07 8.10 8.13 8.11 8.16 8.20 8.23 2002 8.22 8.23 8.21 8.18 8.21 8.23 8.24 8.23 8.25 8.26 8.26 8.29 2003 8.26 8.25 8.21 8.23 8.28 8.29 8.31 8.28 8.25 8.27 8.31 8.29 2004 8.27 8.25 8.23 8.24 8.21 8.20 8.23 8.25 8.25 8.22 8.21 8.23 2005 8.24 8.22 8.19 8.16 8.19 8.21 8.20 8.16 8.06 8.10(p) 8.18(p)