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A data chart image of Employee benefits cost employers $13.58 per hour for private industry workers in June 2025
September 24, 2025

Total compensation for civilian workers averaged $48.05 per hour worked in June 2025, as costs for private industry workers averaged $45.65 per hour worked and state and local government workers averaged $63.94 per hour worked.

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September 23, 2025
A data chart image of Real average hourly earnings increased 0.7 percent from August 2024 to August 2025

Real average hourly earnings for all employees increased 0.7 percent from August 2024 to August 2025. The change in real average hourly earnings combined with a 0.3-percent decrease in the average workweek resulted in a 0.4-percent increase in real average weekly earnings over this period. Real earnings are earnings that have been adjusted for changes in consumer prices.

September 22, 2025
A data chart image of 23.7 million youth were working or actively looking for work in July 2025

The youth labor force (16- to 24-year-olds working or actively looking for work) grows sharply between April and July each year. During these months, large numbers of high school and college students search for or take summer jobs, and many graduates enter the labor market to look for or begin permanent employment. In 2025, the youth labor force grew by 1.9 million, or 8.9 percent, from April (21.7 million) to July (23.7 million).

September 19, 2025
A data chart image of Industries with employment decreases from 2000 to 2024

Over the past quarter century, employment decreased by about 98 percent in both video tape and disc rental and one-hour photofinishing, while employment in photofinishing laboratories (except one-hour) decreased by 90 percent. Employment in video tape and disc rental went from about 163,000 to less than 2,700, while employment in the two photofinishing industries combined decreased from nearly 70,000 in 2000 to less than 5,700 in 2025.

September 18, 2025
A data chart image of At 58 years of age, 64 percent of Americans born during 1957 to 1964 were married

At 24 years of age, 43 percent of Americans born during 1957-64 were married and 57 percent were not married. At 34 years of age, 68 percent were married; at 44 years of age, 70 percent were married; at 54 years of age, 66 percent were married; and at 58 years of age, 64 percent were married.

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