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The Economics Daily

Median weekly earnings by educational attainment, third quarter 2026

October 27, 2026
Median weekly earnings of the nation’s 110.9 million full-time wage and salary workers age 25 and over were $1,307 in the third quarter of 2026. This was 2.0 percent higher than a year earlier, compared with a gain of 3.5 percent in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) over the same period. Full Text »

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