Real average weekly earnings was up 0.3 percent between July 2011 and July 2012.

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Over the past 12 months, average weekly earnings are up 2.1% but inflation has climbed by 3%.

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Average weekly earnings have risen by just under 5% since May 2010, while the cost of living has risen by nearly 9%.

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But average weekly earnings are now rising more slowly than prices, which could be interpreted as the first sign of a weakening jobs market.

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Second, each slide depicts a woman at work, with a caption stating what the average weekly earnings are for women vs. men in that position.

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Even young adults who were employed full time experienced "a greater drop in average weekly earnings" from 2007 to 2011 than any other age group.

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Official unemployment sits at 8.9%, average weekly earnings have declined the last three months, and the aggregate number of hours worked grew a paltry 0.2% in February, after showing no improvement in January.

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