The real hourly compensation in the nonfinancial corporate sector of the United States experienced an increase of 1.7 percent during the second quarter of 2024. The data are seasonally adjusted at annual rates. Labor compensation includes accrued wages and salaries, supplements, employer contributions to employee benefit plans, and taxes.

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In 2023, the average wage and salary per full-time equivalent employee in the mining industry in the United States was at 126,707 U.S. dollars. The highest wage and salary per FTE was found in the information industry, at 164,400 U.S. dollars.

In 2023, around 144.54 million people were employed as wage and salary workers in the United States. This was an increase from the previous year, when the number stood at 141.67 million wage and salary employees.

Wages in the United States increased 5.35 percent in July of 2025 over the same month in the previous year. This dataset provides the latest reported value for - United States Wages and Salaries Growth - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news.

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In 2023, the median usual weekly earnings of a Hispanic full-time employees in the United States amounted to 874 current U.S. dollars. For the American public as a whole, the median weekly earnings stood at 1,117 current U.S. dollars.

Wages in the United States increased to 31.34 USD/Hour in July from 31.26 USD/Hour in June of 2025. This dataset provides - United States Average Hourly Wages - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

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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.

In 2023, the average wage and salary per full-time equivalent employee in the United States was at 81,359 U.S. dollars. Wage and salary accruals include executives' compensation, bonuses, tips, and payments-in-kind. Wage and salary accruals by industry data may be accessed here.

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This statistic shows the median weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers in the United States by gender and ethnicity in the first quarter of 2025. The usual weekly earnings of a male Asian American wage worker was 1,822 U.S. dollars.

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Key information about United States Monthly Earnings

• United States Monthly Earnings stood at 4,901 USD in Feb 2025, compared with the previous figure of 4,887 USD in Jan 2025
• US Monthly Earnings data is updated monthly, available from Mar 2006 to Feb 2025, with an average number of 3,469 USD
• The data reached the an all-time high of 4,901 USD in Feb 2025 and a record low of 2,743 USD in Mar 2006

• In the latest reports, US Population reached 341 million people in Dec 2024
• Unemployment Rate of US increased to 4 % in Feb 2025
• The country's Labour Force Participation Rate remained the same rate at 62 % in Feb 2025

In 2023, the usual median hourly rate of a worker's wage in the United States was 19.24 U.S. dollars, a decrease from the previous year. Dollar value is based on 2023 U.S. dollars. In 1979, the median hourly earnings in the U.S. was 17.48 dollars.

United States - Employed full time: Median usual weekly real earnings: Wage and salary workers: 25 years and over: Women was 352.00000 1982-84 CPI Adjusted $ in January of 2024, according to the United States Federal Reserve. Historically, United States - Employed full time: Median usual weekly real earnings: Wage and salary workers: 25 years and over: Women reached a record high of 359.00000 in January of 2020 and a record low of 300.00000 in January of 2000. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for United States - Employed full time: Median usual weekly real earnings: Wage and salary workers: 25 years and over: Women - last updated from the United States Federal Reserve on September of 2025.

United States - Employed full time: Median usual weekly real earnings: Wage and salary workers: 16 years and over was 376.00000 1982-84 CPI Adjusted $ in April of 2025, according to the United States Federal Reserve. Historically, United States - Employed full time: Median usual weekly real earnings: Wage and salary workers: 16 years and over reached a record high of 393.00000 in April of 2020 and a record low of 309.00000 in July of 1981. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for United States - Employed full time: Median usual weekly real earnings: Wage and salary workers: 16 years and over - last updated from the United States Federal Reserve on August of 2025.

United States - Employed full time: Wage and salary workers: Food processing workers, all other occupations: 16 years and over: Men was 94.00000 Thous. of Persons in January of 2024, according to the United States Federal Reserve. Historically, United States - Employed full time: Wage and salary workers: Food processing workers, all other occupations: 16 years and over: Men reached a record high of 119.00000 in January of 2017 and a record low of 67.00000 in January of 2012. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for United States - Employed full time: Wage and salary workers: Food processing workers, all other occupations: 16 years and over: Men - last updated from the United States Federal Reserve on September of 2025.