Wages in the United States increased to 31.18 USD/Hour in May from 31.06 USD/Hour in April of 2025. This dataset provides - United States Average Hourly Wages - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

Graph and download economic data for Average Hourly Earnings of All Employees, Total Private (CES0500000003) from Mar 2006 to May 2025 about earnings, average, establishment survey, hours, wages, private, employment, and USA.

In February 2025, the average hourly earnings of all employees in the United States was at 11.24 U.S. dollars. The data have been seasonally adjusted. The deflators used for constant-dollar earnings shown here come from the Consumer Price Indexes Programs. The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Employees (CPI-U) is used to deflate the data for all employees. A comparison of the rate of wage growth versus the monthly inflation since 2020 rate can be accessed here. Real wages are wages that have been adjusted for inflation.

Wages in Manufacturing in the United States increased to 28.92 USD/Hour in May from 28.80 USD/Hour in April of 2025. This dataset provides - United States Average Hourly Wages in Manufacturing - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

In 2023, the median hourly earnings of wage and salary workers in the United States was 19.24 U.S. dollars. This is an increase from 1979, when median hourly earnings were at 4.44 U.S. dollars. Hourly Workers The United States national minimum wage is 7.25 U.S. dollars per hour, which has been the minimum wage since 2009. However, each state has the agency to set their state minimum wage. Furthermore, some cities are able to create their minimum wage. Many argue that the minimum wage is too low and should be raised, because it is not considered a living wage. There has been a movement to raise the minimum wage to 15 U.S. dollars per hour, called “Fight for 15” which began in the early 2010s. While there has been no movement at the federal level, some states have moved to increase their minimum wages, with at least three states and the District of Columbia setting minimum wage rates at or above 15 dollars per hour. More recently, some proponents of increasing the minimum wage say that 15 dollars is too low, and lawmakers should strive toward a higher goal, especially given that a 2021 analysis found that the minimum wage in the U.S. should be 22.88 U.S. dollars if it grew at the same rate as economic productivity. Salary Workers On the other hand, salary workers in the United States do not get paid on an hourly basis. The median weekly earnings of salary workers have significantly increased since 1979. Asian salary workers had the highest hourly earnings in the U.S. in 2021. Among female salary workers, those ages 45 to 54 years old had the highest median hourly earnings in 2021, likewise for male salary workers.

Graph and download economic data for Laborers' Average Hourly Rate of Wages, Weighted for United States (A08139USA052NNBR) from 1860 to 1891 about hours, wages, labor, rate, and USA.

Average Hourly Earnings in the United States increased 0.40 percent in May of 2025 over the previous month. This dataset provides the latest reported value for - United States Average Hourly Earnings - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news.

In October 2024, the average hourly earnings for all employees on private nonfarm payrolls in the United States stood at 35.46 U.S. dollars. The data have been seasonally adjusted. Employed persons are employees on nonfarm payrolls and consist of: persons who did any work for pay or profit during the survey reference week; persons who did at least 15 hours of unpaid work in a family-operated enterprise; and persons who were temporarily absent from their regular jobs because of illness, vacation, bad weather, industrial dispute, or various personal reasons.

Graph and download economic data for Average Hourly Earnings of All Employees, Manufacturing (CES3000000003) from Mar 2006 to May 2025 about earnings, establishment survey, hours, wages, manufacturing, employment, and USA.

Graph and download economic data for Average Hourly Earnings of Production and Nonsupervisory Employees, Total Private (AHETPI) from Jan 1964 to May 2025 about nonsupervisory, headline figure, earnings, average, establishment survey, hours, wages, production, private, employment, and USA.

This statistic shows the average hourly wage in occupations that required a certain skill set in the United States from 1990 to 2015, by required skill. In 2015, U.S. Americans working in occupations that required a high level of analytical skills earned 27 U.S. dollars per hour on average.

Graph and download economic data for Average Hourly Earnings of All Employees, Retail Trade (CES4200000003) from Mar 2006 to May 2025 about earnings, establishment survey, hours, retail trade, wages, sales, retail, employment, and USA.

In 2023, the usual median hourly rate of a Hispanic worker's wage in the United States was 18.1 constant 2023 U.S. dollars. Black or African American workers earned the least on average, with an hourly wage of 18.1 U.S. dollars.

Data Represent Cumulative Weighted (Based On Number Of Wage Earners) Averages Of Hourly Wage Rates Of Laborers, Excluding Those Engaged In City Public Works. Data Cover 20 Establishments. Source: NBER Compiled Data From Figures Published In U.S. Senate Report No. 1394, The Aldrich Report, "Wholesale Prices, Wages, And Transportation, " Finance Committee, Second Session Of The 52Nd Congress, 1893.

This NBER data series a08139 appears on the NBER website in Chapter 8 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter08.html.

NBER Indicator: a08139

Average Hourly Earnings YoY in the United States remained unchanged at 3.90 percent in May. This dataset includes a chart with historical data for the United States Average Hourly Earnings YoY.

In 2023 in the United States, the median hourly rate of a worker's wage between 20 and 24 years old was 16.4 current U.S. dollars. Workers between the ages of 35 and 44 years old had the highest hourly wage in that year, at 21.2 current U.S. dollars.

This statistic represents the hourly earnings in the U.S. manufacturing sector between May 2006 and May 2021. On average, employees in the manufacturing sector in the United States had hourly earnings of 29.52 U.S. dollars in May 2021.

In 2023, the hourly earning of a man in the United States between 20 and 24 years old amounted to 17.13 U.S. dollars. Men between the ages of 45 and 54 years old earned the most in that year, with a median hourly wage of 22.79 current U.S. dollars.

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In 2023, home care workers made a median average hourly wage of 16.13 U.S. dollars in the United States. Wages of direct care workers varied by industry and occupation. With nursing assistants in nursing homes earning the most at 17.06 U.S. dollars, while residential care aides (or assisted living workers) earned somewhere in between at a median hourly wage of 17.15 U.S. dollars in 2023.