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United States average hourly earnings, all employees, total private, seasonally adjusted
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Average hourly earnings of all employees on total private nonfarm payrolls, seasonally adjusted, current U.S. dollars per hour. Gross average hourly earnings reflect payroll divided by hours and composition effects. This is not a production-and-nonsupervisory-only, median, real-dollar or hourly-earnings-growth series. Context reported in the original current-history API acquisition on 2026-10-13 UTC, rather than a statement of future current flags or historical release vintages: August and September 2026 carry source P/preliminary. Original trailing decimals, including values such as 26.00, are retained. CES pay period that includes the 12th of the reference month. Exact source reference date unknown; calendar month end is a SOTW coverage/freshness boundary. Original numbers, explicit missing rows and footnotes retained. No growth rates, payroll changes or release times are computed. Absent preliminary flags do not establish finality.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Original API retrieval dates: 2026-11-11. BLS.gov cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from BLS.gov.
CES pay period that includes the 12th of the reference month. The exact survey or quotation dates are unknown. Calendar-month boundaries are used for the coverage screen.
Own BLS aggregate numerical statistics are reused under its public-domain statement and API terms. Commercial reuse is SOTW’s interpretation of those terms; logos and copyrighted images are excluded. Keep the original retrieval-date citation and API notice with downloads.
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Series-wide coverage: 2006-03-01 to 2026-10-01. SOTW publication: 2026-11-11T15:35:22.130849+00:00.
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"No Data Available for Series CES0500000003 Year: 1914",
"No Data Available for Series CES0500000003 Year: 1915",
"No Data Available for Series CES0500000003 Year: 1916",
"No Data Available for Series CES0500000003 Year: 1917",
"No Data Available for Series CES0500000003 Year: 1918",
"No Data Available for Series CES0500000003 Year: 1919",
"No Data Available for Series CES0500000003 Year: 1920",
"No Data Available for Series CES0500000003 Year: 1921",
"No Data Available for Series CES0500000003 Year: 1922",
"No Data Available for Series CES0500000003 Year: 1923",
"No Data Available for Series CES0500000003 Year: 1924",
"No Data Available for Series CES0500000003 Year: 1925",
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"No Data Available for Series CES0500000003 Year: 1927",
"No Data Available for Series CES0500000003 Year: 1928",
"No Data Available for Series CES0500000003 Year: 1929",
"No Data Available for Series CES0500000003 Year: 1930",
"No Data Available for Series CES0500000003 Year: 1931",
"No Data Available for Series CES0500000003 Year: 1932",
"No Data Available for Series CES0500000003 Year: 1933",
"No Data Available for Series CES0500000003 Year: 1934",
"No Data Available for Series CES0500000003 Year: 1935",
"No Data Available for Series CES0500000003 Year: 1936",
"No Data Available for Series CES0500000003 Year: 1937",
"No Data Available for Series CES0500000003 Year: 1938",
"No Data Available for Series CES0500000003 Year: 1939",
"No Data Available for Series CES0500000003 Year: 1940",
"No Data Available for Series CES0500000003 Year: 1941",
"No Data Available for Series CES0500000003 Year: 1942",
"No Data Available for Series CES0500000003 Year: 1943",
"No Data Available for Series CES0500000003 Year: 1944",
"No Data Available for Series CES0500000003 Year: 1945",
"No Data Available for Series CES0500000003 Year: 1946",
"No Data Available for Series CES0500000003 Year: 1947",
"No Data Available for Series CES0500000003 Year: 1948",
"No Data Available for Series CES0500000003 Year: 1949",
"No Data Available for Series CES0500000003 Year: 1950",
"No Data Available for Series CES0500000003 Year: 1951",
"No Data Available for Series CES0500000003 Year: 1952",
"No Data Available for Series CES0500000003 Year: 1953",
"No Data Available for Series CES0500000003 Year: 1954",
"No Data Available for Series CES0500000003 Year: 1955",
"No Data Available for Series CES0500000003 Year: 1956",
"No Data Available for Series CES0500000003 Year: 1957",
"No Data Available for Series CES0500000003 Year: 1958",
"No Data Available for Series CES0500000003 Year: 1959",
"No Data Available for Series CES0500000003 Year: 1960",
"No Data Available for Series CES0500000003 Year: 1961",
"No Data Available for Series CES0500000003 Year: 1962",
"No Data Available for Series CES0500000003 Year: 1963",
"No Data Available for Series CES0500000003 Year: 1964",
"No Data Available for Series CES0500000003 Year: 1965",
"No Data Available for Series CES0500000003 Year: 1966",
"No Data Available for Series CES0500000003 Year: 1967",
"No Data Available for Series CES0500000003 Year: 1968",
"No Data Available for Series CES0500000003 Year: 1969",
"No Data Available for Series CES0500000003 Year: 1970",
"No Data Available for Series CES0500000003 Year: 1971",
"No Data Available for Series CES0500000003 Year: 1972",
"No Data Available for Series CES0500000003 Year: 1973",
"No Data Available for Series CES0500000003 Year: 1974",
"No Data Available for Series CES0500000003 Year: 1975",
"No Data Available for Series CES0500000003 Year: 1976",
"No Data Available for Series CES0500000003 Year: 1977",
"No Data Available for Series CES0500000003 Year: 1978",
"No Data Available for Series CES0500000003 Year: 1979",
"No Data Available for Series CES0500000003 Year: 1980",
"No Data Available for Series CES0500000003 Year: 1981",
"No Data Available for Series CES0500000003 Year: 1982",
"No Data Available for Series CES0500000003 Year: 1983",
"No Data Available for Series CES0500000003 Year: 1984",
"No Data Available for Series CES0500000003 Year: 1985",
"No Data Available for Series CES0500000003 Year: 1986",
"No Data Available for Series CES0500000003 Year: 1987",
"No Data Available for Series CES0500000003 Year: 1988",
"No Data Available for Series CES0500000003 Year: 1989",
"No Data Available for Series CES0500000003 Year: 1990",
"No Data Available for Series CES0500000003 Year: 1991",
"No Data Available for Series CES0500000003 Year: 1992",
"No Data Available for Series CES0500000003 Year: 1993",
"No Data Available for Series CES0500000003 Year: 1994",
"No Data Available for Series CES0500000003 Year: 1995",
"No Data Available for Series CES0500000003 Year: 1996",
"No Data Available for Series CES0500000003 Year: 1997",
"No Data Available for Series CES0500000003 Year: 1998",
"No Data Available for Series CES0500000003 Year: 1999",
"No Data Available for Series CES0500000003 Year: 2000",
"No Data Available for Series CES0500000003 Year: 2001",
"No Data Available for Series CES0500000003 Year: 2002",
"No Data Available for Series CES0500000003 Year: 2003",
"No Data Available for Series CES0500000003 Year: 2004",
"No Data Available for Series CES0500000003 Year: 2005"
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"BLS.gov cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from BLS.gov.",
"Cite the actual original API retrieval date for each captured batch. No use of BLS logo; source acknowledgement does not imply endorsement.",
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