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Macro · Labor · SA

Average hourly earnings, total private

BLS series CES0500000003 · USD per hour

Latest period
Aug 2026
Value (preliminary)
37.75
Change on month
+0.3%
Change on year
+3.1%

USD per hour

History

27.5030.0032.5035.0037.50Jan 2017Jun 2019Nov 2021Mar 2024Aug 2026
Average hourly earnings, total private, USD per hour

Point-in-time

Revision record

No revisions have been observed since EveryIntel began collecting this series. Future revisions will appear here with the originally published value preserved.

Recent values

PeriodValueFirst publishedNote
Aug 202637.75samePreliminary
Jul 202637.65samePreliminary
Jun 202637.59same
May 202637.49same
Apr 202637.41same
Mar 202637.35same
Feb 202637.27same
Jan 202637.15same
Dec 202537.02same
Nov 202537.00same
Oct 202536.85same
Sept 202536.70same
Aug 202536.62same
Jul 202536.47same
Jun 202536.36same
May 202536.28same
Apr 202536.12same
Mar 202536.11same

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, series CES0500000003 (opens in a new tab). BLS.gov cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from BLS.gov. “First published” is the value EveryIntel first recorded; history collected before EveryIntel began monitoring reflects the values current at that time.