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Indicators/Topics/Labor/Hourly earnings/United States

United States

Average hourly earnings

Average hourly compensation earned by employees on private nonfarm payrolls.

IndicatorsLaborAverage hourly earnings - United States
BLS
FrequencymonthlyTransformlevel

Source: BLS · CES7072233013

Stored official data

Average hourly earnings - United States in United States was 8.58 on March 1, 2026, lower by 0.06 (-0.7%) from the prior observation. Charted from monthly observations in currency.

Latest8.58
MoM-0.69%
YoY+2.51%
10Y Avg8.00
Latest observationMarch 1, 2026
Model surprise+0.00

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Average hourly earnings - United States time series chart. Showing observations from January 2016 to March 2026. Latest value 8.58.

Min7.06
Mean7.98
Max8.98
Latest observationMarch 1, 2026

Source evidence

Tier 1 - criticalOfficial U.S. labor + price stats; release-critical.Action: deepen nowExpected coverage: 50,000 series.
Provider health
SourceBLS
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Native keyProvider-native identifier used to reconcile this country/provider series.
CES7072233013
FreshnessDisplayed as stored official data.The provider-backed series is outside its expected freshness window, so this view should be refreshed before production use.Fetched: May 24, 2026.Latest observation flag: Preliminary.
Stored · 2026-03-01
HistoryBLS does not expose a true vintage API. Each observation carries a footnote code that tags it as preliminary (P), revised (R), or final.BLS does not publish historical vintages; revision-status tags are derived from per-observation footnotes.
Provider revision tag
ReuseCommercial use: yes.Redistribution: allowed.Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (CES7072233013). Accessed 2026-05-24.
Public domain

Research notes

86 · Strong
ComparabilityLabor definitions vary by survey and agency: Do not mix levels across definitions; compare rates or changes only after matching population, adjustment, and frequency.Seasonal-adjustment status needs attention: Prefer same-adjustment comparisons, or transform to year-over-year changes before cross-series comparison.Revision evidence is not a full historical vintage archive: Use this as current-value or captured-forward evidence unless the series is explicitly labelled source-native vintage.
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QualitySource authority: 100/100. Source kind is classified as official national.Methodology completeness: 90/100. 90% of core provider, geography, unit, frequency, citation, and revision fields are populated.Timeliness and freshness: 90/100. 122 observations available; latest observation 2026-03-01; platform fetch 2026-05-24T12:24:49.799Z; release status none; data status liveRevision and vintage depth: 78/100. BLS does not expose a true vintage API. Each observation carries a footnote code that tags it as preliminary (P), revised (R), or final.
3/6 strong
CitationAverage hourly earnings - United States (BLS: CES7072233013, United States, retrieved May 24, 2026)
Retrieved May 24, 2026

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Series details

SourceBLS
CategoryLabor
FrequencyMonthly
Unitcurrency
Latest observationMarch 1, 2026
Platform last fetchMay 24, 2026
Transformslevel, mom, yoy, index 100
About this series

Average hourly compensation earned by employees on private nonfarm payrolls.

Related measures

Adjacent and similar concepts available for United States.

Unemployment rateU-6 underemployment rateLabor force participation rateNonfarm payroll employmentAverage hourly earningsEmployment cost indexInitial jobless claimsContinued jobless claims
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The reading right now

As of March 2026, Average hourly earnings for United States stood at 8.58. That is down 0.06 from the prior month. Over the trailing five years, the series has averaged 8.39, ranging from a low of 7.89 in May 2021 to a high of 8.68 in January 2026. The current reading sits 0.59 above its trailing ten-year mean of 7.99.

Computed from the observation series on this page. Numbers update when the underlying provider revises the data.