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Published by Statista Research Department, Feb 14, 2024
In January, the average hourly earnings for all employees on private nonfarm payrolls in the United States stood at 34.55 U.S. dollars. The data have been seasonally adjusted. Employed persons are employees on nonfarm payrolls and 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.
Monthly average earnings per hour of all employees in the United States in January 2024, by industry
| Characteristic | Hourly earnings in U.S. dollars |
|---|---|
| Utilities | 50.77 |
| Information | 49.24 |
| Financial activities | 44.77 |
| Professional and business services | 41.56 |
| Mining and logging | 39.1 |
| Construction | 37.55 |
| Wholesale trade | 37.3 |
| Total private | 34.55 |
| Private education and health services | 33.85 |
| Manufacturing | 33.26 |
| Other services | 31.22 |
| Transportation and warehousing | 30.38 |
| Retail trade | 24.29 |
| Leisure and hospitality | 21.69 |
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February 2024
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United States
Survey time period
January 2024
Age group
16 years and older
Special properties
full-time and part-time employees
Supplementary notes
Data are seasonally adjusted. Seasonal adjustment is a statistical method for removing the seasonal component of a time series used when analyzing non-seasonal trends.
* Preliminary data.
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