Average Hourly Earnings of All Employees, Total Private

CES0500000003laborFree tier

Series IDCES0500000003
UnitsDollars per Hour
FrequencyMonthly
Categorylabor
Latest observation2026-09-01
HistoryPoint-in-time: every value as first published plus each revision, so backtests see only what was known on the day

Latest reading

The latest Average Hourly Earnings of All Employees, Total Private observation, for 2026-09-01, is 37.81 Dollars per Hour, up from 37.76 for 2026-08-01. It has not been revised since it was first published. 90.3% of observations in this history were revised after first release.

Latest observation2026-09-01
Latest value37.81 Dollars per Hour
Previous37.76 (2026-08-01)
Change0.05 (+0.1%)
First published value37.81
Last release2026-10-02
Vintages stored187
Observations247
Largest revision (5 years)2021-11-01: 31.03 → 31.23

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