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Average Hourly Earnings (USD)

Measures the change in the price businesses pay for labor.

Category: Labor Market

API Endpoint

/api/usd/average_hourly_earnings
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Data Source

Primary Source

FRED (BLS)

Official Series ID

CES0500000003

Data Format and Properties

Data Frequency

Monthly

Unit of Measure

USD per Hour

JSON Response Structure

The endpoint returns a chronological list of observations in JSON format. 

[
  {
    "date": "YYYY-MM-DD", 
    "val": 0.00
  },
  {
    "date": "2024-07-01", 
    "val": 4.2 
  },
  // ... history 
]

Request Parameters & Usage

Parameter Required Format Description
start YES YYYY-MM-DD The start date for the data retrieval.
end NO YYYY-MM-DD The end date for the data retrieval. Defaults to today's date.
key YES string Your unique API key for authentication.

Example Usage

To retrieve the Average Hourly Earnings data for USD starting from the beginning of 2023: 

GET https://fxmacrodata.com/api/usd/average_hourly_earnings?start=2023-01-01&key=YOUR_API_KEY