Name: United States Average Hourly Wages
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Wages in the United States increased to 31.76 USD/Hour in December from 31.73 USD/Hour in November of 2025. Wages in the United States averaged 12.99 USD/Hour from 1964 until 2025, reaching an all time high of 31.76 USD/Hour in December of 2025 and a record low of 2.50 USD/Hour in February of 1964. source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Wages in the United States is expected to be 32.33 USD/Hour by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the United States Average Hourly Wages is projected to trend around 33.86 USD/Hour in 2027 and 34.94 USD/Hour in 2028, according to our econometric models.

Related	Last	Previous	Unit	Reference
Average Hourly Earnings MoM	0.30	0.20	percent	Dec 2025
Average Weekly Hours	34.20	34.30	Hours	Dec 2025
Employed Persons	163992.00	163760.00	Thousand	Dec 2025
Employment Cost Index	0.80	0.90	percent	Sep 2025
Employment Rate	59.70	59.60	percent	Dec 2025
Full Time Employment	135215.00	134325.00	Thousand	Dec 2025
Government Payrolls	13.00	6.00	Thousand	Dec 2025
JOLTs Job Openings	6542.00	6928.00	Thousand	Dec 2025
Job Openings	6728.00	7947.00	Thousand	Nov 2025
Participation Rate	62.40	62.50	percent	Dec 2025
Labour Costs	121.64	122.23	points	Sep 2025
Long Term Unemployment Rate	1.14	1.11	percent	Dec 2025
Manufacturing Payrolls	-8.00	-2.00	Thousand	Dec 2025
Non Farm Payrolls	50.00	56.00	Thousand	Dec 2025
Nonfarm Payrolls Private	37.00	50.00	Thousand	Dec 2025
Part Time Employment	28712.00	29452.00	Thousand	Dec 2025
Productivity	117.97	116.55	points	Sep 2025
Unemployed Persons	7503.00	7781.00	Thousand	Dec 2025
Unemployment Rate	4.40	4.50	percent	Dec 2025
Wages	31.76	31.73	USD/Hour	Dec 2025
Wages in Manufacturing	29.51	29.49	USD/Hour	Dec 2025
Youth Unemployment Rate	10.40	10.60	percent	Dec 2025

United States Average Hourly Wages

In the United States, wages are benchmarked using average hourly earnings. Data relate to production employees in mining and logging and manufacturing, construction employees in construction, and nonsupervisory employees in the service-providing industries. These groups account for approximately four-fifths of the total employment on private nonfarm payrolls.