Specifically, they cited increases in the average hourly wage index, evidence of a tight labor market and a rise in hours worked, a sign that demand remains strong.

The employment statistics, together with a rise in the hourly wage index last month of eight-tenths of 1 percent, erased many of the gloomy projections.

Cost-of-living adjustment (COLA), national average wage index, taxable maximum, benefit formulas, ...

Tariffs are updated from time to time according to changes in the Consumer Price Index, electricity rates and the average wage index.

If the new metropolitan area was imposed, the wage index would go down for the New York areas and up for the New Jersey and Pennsylvania counties.

Medicare payments, for example, are linked to a wage index for the metropolitan area.

The formula used to compute the PIA reflects changes in general wage levels, as measured by the national average wage index.

While the percentages of this PIA formula are fixed by law, the dollar amounts in the formula change annually with changes in the national average wage index.

The age benefit for a single person was raised to 36.9% of the nominal adult male wage index (1958).

Elimination of the wage index angered leaders of Brazil's labor unions, who immediately threatened to call a nationwide general strike in protest of the measures.