The real wage index, obtained by deflating the nominal wage index by the consumer price index (a), indicates changes in the purchasing power of the amount of wages earned.

实质工资指数是从名义工资指数中，按甲类消费物价指数的变幅，扣除通胀的影响而得出，可显示工资金额购买力的转变。

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While the local economy continues to grow, the findings have shown a slight decrease in index of current economic conditions and real wage, while the real rental index increased.

虽然经济普遍向好，但经济现况指数及实质工资指数轻微下调。租金指数则较去年上升。

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This is evident in the recent wage component of Employment Cost Index data, average hourly earnings and the Atlanta Fed's wage tracker for job switchers.

这一点从就业成本指数的工资构成数据、平均时薪数据和亚特兰大储备银行对更换工作者的工资追踪数据中可以明显看出。

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The employment cost index, another measure of wage pressure which is available only up to the end of September, shows annual growth of 3.7% in the year to the third quarter in the fully employed mid-west, up from 2.8% a year earlier.

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Those in favor of a chained CPI argue that the current index, which considers the spending habits of urban wage earners and clerical workers, is outdated.

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Eighteen states and the District of Columbia have minimum wages above the federal level, and 10 states index their minimum wage to inflation to automatically rise with the cost of living.

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