US Average Hourly Earnings

3.5% YoY · as of Jun 2026 · U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Average hourly earnings of all employees on private nonfarm payrolls, seasonally adjusted.

LevelYoY %IndexedCSVJSON
0.002.004.006.008.00201020132016201920222025

2007–2026 · 233 observationssource: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · vintage 2026-07-03

Methodology

BLS series CES0500000003 (average hourly earnings, total private, SA) via the BLS Public Data API.

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