Release alerts
Get USD Average Weekly Earnings / Wages alerts
Enter an email and FXMacroData will notify you when selected official-source macro releases are published.
United States Average Weekly Earnings / Wages
The wages series for United States captures average earnings growth across the economy, published monthly by the national statistics authority. It is the primary wage-inflation metric monitored by the Federal Reserve.
- Latest
- --
- Reference date
- --
- Previous
- --
- Change
- --
Why Average Weekly Earnings / Wages matters for USD
Wages are the largest cost component for service-sector businesses. Strong wage growth means higher disposable income (supporting demand) but also higher input costs that are typically passed on as price inflation.
How to interpret this series
Accelerating wages above a level consistent with the Federal Reserve's inflation target are usd-supportive because they reinforce a hawkish policy stance. Decelerating wages open the door to rate cuts.
Historical Average Weekly Earnings / Wages
Source: BLS. Cadence: Monthly. Unit: %YoY. Coverage metadata updating.
Recent announcements
Each release gets a durable child page so data, forecast, previous value, and raw fields can be cited directly.
Related United States indicators
Move to adjacent releases in the same macro category.
Average Hourly Earnings
Measures the change in the price businesses pay for labor.
Employment Level
Total number of employed persons.
Full-Time Employment
Number of persons employed full-time.
Initial Jobless Claims
Weekly initial unemployment insurance claims.
Job Openings
Total number of unfilled job positions, a key indicator of labor market demand and tightness.
Labor Force Participation Rate
Ratio of the labor force to the working-age population.
NAIRU (Natural Rate of Unemployment)
Non-Accelerating Inflation Rate of Unemployment — the estimated unemployment rate consistent with stable inflation, published by the Congressional Budget Office.
Non-Farm Payrolls (NFP)
Number of workers in the U.S. excluding farm workers.
Part-Time Employment
Number of persons employed part-time.
Unemployment Rate
Percentage of the labor force that is unemployed.
Common questions
Editorial context for readers and AI agents using this page as a cited country indicator source.
How often is United States Average Weekly Earnings / Wages updated?
Average Weekly Earnings / Wages for United States is released on a monthly schedule by Federal Reserve (or the relevant national statistics agency). FXMacroData ingests each new value within seconds of the official publication and exposes the exact announcement timestamp on every record.
What unit is Average Weekly Earnings / Wages reported in?
The series is published in %YoY. The exact unit is also returned on every API response under the indicator metadata.
Where does FXMacroData source United States Average Weekly Earnings / Wages data?
Data is fetched directly from Federal Reserve or the official national statistics publication for United States. The source URL is preserved on every announcement record so downstream consumers can trace the value back to its primary release.
How do I query Average Weekly Earnings / Wages for United States via the API?
Issue a GET request to /api/v1/announcements/usd/wages?api_key=YOUR_API_KEY. The response contains a chronological list of observations with values, release dates, and announcement timestamps. USD announcement data is public; other currencies require a Professional API key.