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Average hourly earnings for all private nonfarm employees rose by 8 cents in June 2025
July 09, 2025
Average hourly earnings for all employees on private nonfarm payrolls rose by 8 cents, or 0.2 percent, to $36.30 in June 2025. Over the past 12 months, average hourly earnings have increased by $1.30, or 3.7 percent. Some of the larger changes in average hourly earnings over the year were in information ($2.91), professional and business services ($2.03), and financial activities ($1.91).
Average hourly earnings, average weekly earnings, and average weekly hours of all employees on private nonfarm payrolls, by industry sector
Industry
Average hourly earnings ($)
Average weekly earnings ($)
Average weekly hours
June 2024
June 2025
June 2024
June 2025
June 2024
June 2025
Total private
35.00
36.30
1200.50
1241.46
34.3
34.2
Goods-producing
35.71
37.01
1,428.40
1,473.00
40.0
39.8
Mining and logging
39.75
40.31
1,772.85
1,797.83
44.6
44.6
Construction
38.10
39.59
1,497.33
1,540.05
39.3
38.9
Manufacturing
34.00
35.19
1,366.80
1,411.12
40.2
40.1
Durable goods
36.03
37.28
1,459.22
1,513.57
40.5
40.6
Nondurable goods
30.56
31.67
1,207.12
1,244.63
39.5
39.3
Private service-providing
34.84
36.13
1,156.69
1,195.90
33.2
33.1
Trade, transportation, and utilities
29.94
30.87
1,011.97
1,046.49
33.8
33.9
Wholesale trade
37.62
38.73
1,467.18
1,510.47
39.0
39.0
Retail trade
24.43
25.34
723.13
750.06
29.6
29.6
Transportation and warehousing
30.61
31.35
1,163.18
1,200.71
38.0
38.3
Utilities
50.88
52.06
2,147.14
2,186.52
42.2
42.0
Information
49.75
52.66
1,820.85
1,927.36
36.6
36.6
Financial activities
45.52
47.43
1,707.00
1,788.11
37.5
37.7
Professional and business services
42.15
44.18
1,534.26
1,608.15
36.4
36.4
Private education and health services
34.32
35.35
1,132.56
1,155.95
33.0
32.7
Leisure and hospitality
22.01
22.78
559.05
580.89
25.4
25.5
Other services
31.73
32.73
1,021.71
1,040.81
32.2
31.8
Note: Data are seasonally adjusted. June 2025 data are preliminary.
The average workweek for all employees on private nonfarm payrolls edged down by 0.1 hour to 34.2 hours in June. In manufacturing, the average workweek was unchanged at 40.1 hours in June, but down 0.1 hour from a year earlier. The average workweek was unchanged over the past year in mining and logging, wholesale trade, retail trade, information, and professional and business services.
United States Department of Labor
