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Real average hourly earnings decreased 0.2 percent from July 2025 to July 2026

August 18, 2026

From July 2025 to July 2026, real average hourly earnings for all employees decreased 0.2 percent. The change in real average hourly earnings combined with a 0.3-percent increase in the average workweek resulted in a 0.1-percent increase in real average weekly earnings over this period.

12-month percent change in average weekly hours and real average earnings, private sector employees, seasonally adjusted
MonthAll employees, real average hourly earningsProduction and nonsupervisory employees, real average hourly earningsAll employees, average weekly hoursProduction and nonsupervisory employees, average weekly hoursAll employees, real average weekly earningsProduction and nonsupervisory employees, real average weekly earnings
Jan 20161.31.40.30.01.61.4
Feb 20161.51.9-0.6-0.60.91.3
Mar 20161.51.8-0.3-0.31.21.4
Apr 20161.31.7-0.30.01.11.7
May 20161.31.7-0.30.01.11.6
Jun 20161.51.8-0.30.01.21.7
Jul 20161.82.2-0.3-0.31.51.8
Aug 20161.41.7-0.9-0.90.50.8
Sep 20161.11.1-0.3-0.30.80.9
Oct 20161.01.0-0.3-0.30.80.6
Nov 20160.80.9-0.3-0.30.60.5
Dec 20160.70.4-0.3-0.90.3-0.4
Jan 2017-0.1-0.1-0.6-0.3-0.6-0.4
Feb 2017-0.1-0.4-0.30.0-0.4-0.5
Mar 20170.2-0.1-0.3-0.3-0.1-0.4
Apr 20170.40.20.00.30.40.4
May 20170.60.50.00.00.60.5
Jun 20170.80.80.00.30.81.1
Jul 20170.80.5-0.30.30.50.9
Aug 20170.70.40.30.30.90.7
Sep 20170.60.30.00.00.60.3
Oct 20170.40.10.00.30.30.4
Nov 20170.30.10.30.60.60.7
Dec 20170.60.20.30.60.90.8
Jan 20180.70.20.00.00.60.2
Feb 20180.40.20.60.60.90.8
Mar 20180.50.30.60.61.11.0
Apr 20180.30.10.30.30.60.5
May 20180.2-0.10.30.30.40.2
Jun 20180.10.00.30.30.40.2
Jul 20180.0-0.10.30.30.30.1
Aug 20180.50.20.30.30.80.5
Sep 20180.70.70.00.30.80.9
Oct 20180.70.50.30.01.10.5
Nov 20181.21.3-0.3-0.30.91.0
Dec 20181.41.80.00.01.51.8
Jan 20191.72.20.30.62.02.8
Feb 20192.02.1-0.3-0.61.71.5
Mar 20191.51.70.00.01.51.7
Apr 20191.31.5-0.3-0.61.00.9
May 20191.51.8-0.3-0.31.21.5
Jun 20191.82.1-0.3-0.31.51.8
Jul 20191.61.9-0.3-0.91.31.1
Aug 20191.72.0-0.3-0.31.41.8
Sep 20191.42.20.0-0.31.41.8
Oct 20191.42.3-0.3-0.31.11.9
Nov 20191.21.6-0.3-0.60.91.0
Dec 20190.60.7-0.6-0.30.10.5
Jan 20200.50.6-0.6-0.6-0.10.1
Feb 20200.71.3-0.30.00.41.3
Mar 20201.92.1-1.2-0.60.81.5
Apr 20207.77.7-0.6-0.37.17.4
May 20206.46.80.91.57.38.4
Jun 20204.34.90.60.94.95.8
Jul 20203.83.90.61.54.45.5
Aug 20203.53.70.91.54.45.2
Sep 20203.43.21.21.54.64.8
Oct 20203.43.21.21.84.55.1
Nov 20203.43.41.52.44.95.8
Dec 20204.04.11.51.85.55.9
Jan 20213.83.72.02.46.06.1
Feb 20213.53.00.91.24.54.3
Mar 20211.82.02.32.74.24.6
Apr 2021-3.4-3.02.02.7-1.4-0.4
May 2021-2.5-2.70.60.9-1.9-1.8
Jun 2021-1.3-1.70.60.9-0.7-0.8
Jul 2021-0.9-0.70.60.9-0.30.2
Aug 2021-0.7-0.40.30.3-0.5-0.1
Sep 2021-0.40.10.00.3-0.40.4
Oct 2021-0.8-0.4-0.30.0-1.1-0.4
Nov 2021-1.4-1.10.0-0.3-1.4-1.4
Dec 2021-2.0-1.50.30.0-1.8-1.5
Jan 2022-1.8-1.3-1.4-1.5-3.2-2.7
Feb 2022-2.5-1.70.30.6-2.2-1.2
Mar 2022-2.5-2.2-0.6-0.9-3.0-3.1
Apr 2022-2.2-1.8-0.9-0.9-3.1-2.7
May 2022-2.7-2.3-0.9-0.9-3.6-3.1
Jun 2022-3.3-2.8-0.6-0.9-3.8-3.7
Jul 2022-2.7-2.3-0.6-0.6-3.3-2.9
Aug 2022-2.7-2.1-0.9-0.9-3.5-3.0
Sep 2022-2.8-2.2-0.6-0.6-3.4-2.9
Oct 2022-2.6-2.0-0.3-0.6-2.8-2.5
Nov 2022-2.0-1.2-0.9-0.9-2.7-2.1
Dec 2022-1.4-0.7-1.4-1.2-2.8-1.9
Jan 2023-1.7-0.80.30.6-1.4-0.3
Feb 2023-1.1-0.2-0.6-0.9-1.7-1.1
Mar 2023-0.30.9-0.9-0.9-1.10.0
Apr 2023-0.40.5-0.6-0.9-0.9-0.3
May 20230.21.3-0.6-0.9-0.40.4
Jun 20231.62.4-0.6-0.61.01.8
Jul 20231.32.0-0.9-0.90.51.1
Aug 20230.71.2-0.3-0.30.40.9
Sep 20230.71.0-0.6-0.60.10.5
Oct 20231.01.5-0.9-0.60.10.8
Nov 20231.01.5-0.3-0.30.71.2
Dec 20230.81.10.0-0.30.80.8
Jan 20241.31.6-1.2-1.50.10.1
Feb 20240.91.1-0.3-0.30.70.9
Mar 20240.60.60.00.00.60.7
Apr 20240.50.6-0.6-0.30.00.3
May 20240.90.8-0.3-0.30.60.5
Jun 20240.91.1-0.30.00.61.1
Jul 20240.71.0-0.3-0.30.40.7
Aug 20241.31.8-0.3-0.31.01.4
Sep 20241.41.9-0.3-0.31.21.6
Oct 20241.41.8-0.3-0.31.11.4
Nov 20241.41.5-0.3-0.31.11.2
Dec 20241.21.2-0.30.00.91.3
Jan 20251.01.0-0.30.00.71.0
Feb 20251.31.4-0.6-0.60.70.8
Mar 20251.82.0-0.6-0.31.21.6
Apr 20251.62.00.30.01.82.0
May 20251.61.9-0.3-0.31.31.6
Jun 20251.21.5-0.3-0.60.80.9
Jul 20251.21.40.00.01.21.5
Aug 20251.11.1-0.30.00.71.2
Sep 20250.80.9-0.30.00.50.9
Oct 2025——0.00.0——
Nov 20251.21.20.00.31.21.6
Dec 20251.01.2-0.30.00.71.2
Jan 20261.21.50.60.61.82.1
Feb 20261.21.40.30.61.52.0
Mar 20260.20.20.00.30.10.5
Apr 2026-0.3-0.20.00.3-0.20.1
May 2026-0.8-0.80.30.6-0.5-0.2
Jun 20260.0-0.10.30.60.20.5
Jul 2026-0.2-0.10.30.30.10.2

Note: October 2025 data are unavailable because of the government shutdown.

From July 2025 to July 2026, real average hourly earnings for production and nonsupervisory employees decreased 0.1 percent, seasonally adjusted. The change in real average hourly earnings combined with an increase of 0.3 percent in the average workweek resulted in a 0.2-percent increase in real average weekly earnings over this period.

These data are from the Current Employment Statistics program and are seasonally adjusted. Earnings for the most recent 2 months are preliminary. For more information, see "Real Earnings — July 2026." The Consumer Price Index is used to adjust earnings for inflation.

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Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Economics Daily, Real average hourly earnings decreased 0.2 percent from July 2025 to July 2026 at https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2026/real-average-hourly-earnings-decreased-0-2-percent-from-july-2025-to-july-2026.htm (visited August 18, 2026).