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Series CES0500000003 — Avg hourly earnings.
Latest value: $37.81/hour for September 2026, +3.0% year over year (against September 2025). 129 monthly observations from January 2016 to September 2026, in US dollars per hour. Source: FRED (FRED route); context series, not an input to the Nowflation CPI Gauge. Next update: with the October 2026 jobs report, 2026-11-06 8:30 AM ET (BLS).
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| September 2026 | $37.81/hour |
| August 2026 | $37.76/hour |
| July 2026 | $37.64/hour |
| June 2026 | $37.59/hour |
| May 2026 | $37.49/hour |
| April 2026 | $37.41/hour |
| March 2026 | $37.35/hour |
| February 2026 | $37.27/hour |
| January 2026 | $37.15/hour |
| December 2025 | $37.02/hour |
| November 2025 | $37.00/hour |
| October 2025 | $36.85/hour |
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Cite: Nowflation, “Average Hourly Earnings of All Employees, Total Private” (CES0500000003), data from FRED, retrieved October 18, 2026, https://nowflation.com/series/CES0500000003. The series at its source: FRED.
Employed full time: Median usual weekly real earnings · Continued Claims (Insured Unemployment, weekly, seasonally adjusted) · Labor force participation · Avg weekly hours (private)
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