headline numbers for the jobs report. 75,000. that was less than half of what we are expecting to be created. so we are seeing the economy slowed down, which is not creating. want to force treatments of drop ins, but not as much as we have been creating. you have to remember this data was compiled before the threat from mexican import tariffs. those go into effect on monday. if you have an economy that is slowing and you get hit by tariffs, you re sending the message to the fed that there could be a problem here. you might want to cut interest rates. hence the pot for the market today. you were just showing the full screen of wages. a lot of folks are saying that when you dig into these reports, beyond the headline number, whether it s good or bad. are people making more money? $27.83 is the average hourly wage, that s more than a 3% gain on the year. but a lot of economists say you want to see more than that. and if consumers aren t confident about things, no matter what they are ma
folks paying as much as $4.32 a gallon. fox s trace gallagher following all this live in the our west coast newsroom. tell us more of the bad news, trace. reporter: make no mistake, it is going to cost you a chunk of money to go away this labor day weekend, but it s going to cost you even more to fill up to come home on monday despite the fact that the oil and can gas refineries are coming back online in the gulf. you ve got supply being down, demand being up for the holiday weekend so, of course, prices are up. since tuesday when hurricane isaac hit, take a look at these numbers. gas nationally has gone up from $3.75 to $7.83, that s eight cents a gallon in just the past four days. and in august alone the price of gas across the country has gone up 30 cents a gallon. that is the highest rise in august in seven years. but take a look at what s happening in other states,