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Average hourly earnings of all employees, total private, seasonally adjusted

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Coverage 2006-03-01 to 2026-07-01 · series id bls/CES0500000003

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License public-domain (terms). Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. BLS data are in the public domain.

Official table: Employment, Hours, and Earnings from the Current Employment Statistics survey (National) · U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

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