Average hourly earnings U.S. 2023

In August 2023, the average hourly earnings of all employees in the United States was at 11.04 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.

Real average hourly earnings for all employees in the United States from January 2011 to August 2023

Characteristic	Real earnings in U.S. dollars
Aug '23	11.04
Jul '23*	11.09
Jun '23	11.06
May '23	11.03
Apr '23	11.01
Mar '23	11
Feb '23	10.98
Jan '23	10.99
Dec '22	11.01
Nov '22	10.98
Oct '22	10.94
Sep '22	10.95
Aug '22	10.95
Jul '22	10.97
Jun '22	10.92
May '22	11.01
Apr '22	11.04
Mar '22	11.07
Feb '22	11.12
Jan '22	11.19
Dec '21	11.2
Nov '21	11.21
Oct '21	11.21
Sep '21	11.28
Aug '21	11.23
Jul '21	11.27
Jun '21	11.26
May '21	11.3
Apr '21	11.32
Mar '21	11.34
Feb '21	11.41
Jan '21	11.41
Dec '20	11.44
Nov '20	11.35
Oct '20	11.33
Sep '20	11.34
Aug '20	11.34
Jul '20	11.36
Jun '20	11.4
May '20	11.62
Apr '20	11.74
Mar '20	11.14
Feb '20	11.02
Jan '20	10.99
Dec '19	10.98
Nov '19	10.99
Oct '19	10.98
Sep '19	10.97
Aug '19	10.99
Jul '19	10.95
Jun '19	10.95
May '19	10.92
Apr '19	10.91
Mar '19	10.93
Feb '19	10.94
Jan '19	10.92
Dec '18	10.89
Nov '18	10.85
Oct '18	10.82
Sep '18	10.83
Aug '18	10.81
Jul '18	10.78
Jun '18	10.77
May '18	10.77
Apr '18	10.76
Mar '18	10.76
Feb '18	10.73
Jan '18	10.73
Dec '17	10.75
Nov '17	10.73
Oct '17	10.75
Sep '17	10.77
Aug '17	10.78
Jul '17	10.81
Jun '17	10.77
May' 17	10.75
Apr '17	10.72
Mar '17	10.72
Feb '17	10.68
Jan '17	10.65
Dec '16	10.7
Nov '16	10.7
Oct '16	10.72
Sep '16	10.71
Aug '16	10.71
Jul '16	10.72
Jun '16	10.67
May '16	10.69
Apr '16	10.69
Mar '16	10.69
Feb '16	10.67
Jan '16	10.65
Dec '15	10.61
Nov '15	10.6
Oct '15	10.59
Sep '15	10.59
Aug '15	10.55
July '15	10.5
June '15	10.51
May '15	10.53
Apr '15	10.55
Mar '15	10.54
Feb '15	10.54
Jan '15	10.54
Dec '14	10.42
Nov '14	10.41
Oct '14	10.34
Sep '14	10.33
Aug '14	10.34
July '14	10.3
June '14	10.29
May '14	10.3
Apr '14	10.3
Mar '14	10.32
Feb '14	10.32
Jan '14	10.3
Dec '13	10.3
Nov '13	10.32
Oct '13	10.3
Sep '13	10.29
Aug '13	10.3
Jul '13	10.28
Jun '13	10.3
May '13	10.29
Apr '13	10.32
Mar '13	10.26
Feb '13	10.23
Jan '13	10.29
Dec '12	10.28
Nov '12	10.24
Oct '12	10.18
Sep '12	10.2
Aug '12	10.22
Jul '12	10.28
Jun '12	10.28
May '12	10.25
Apr '12	10.23
Mar '12	10.2
Feb '12	10.22
Jan '12	10.23
Dec '11	10.24
Nov '11	10.23
Oct '11	10.24
Sep '11	10.21
Aug '11	10.22
Jul '11	10.26
Jun '11	10.25
May '11	10.25
Apr '11	10.25
Mar '11	10.27
Feb '11	10.31
Jan '11	10.34

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Release date

September 2023

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Region

United States

Survey time period

January 2011 to August 2023

Age group

16 years and older

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* Preliminary data.

Employed persons 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.
Seasonal adjustment is a statistical method for removing the seasonal component of a time series used when analyzing non-seasonal trends.

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