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Employed full time: Median usual weekly real earnings: Wage and salary workers: 16 years and over (LES1252881600Q)

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Q3 2025: 376
Updated: Jan 28, 2026 9:13 AM CST
Q3 2025:  376  
Q2 2025:  376  
Q1 2025:  373  
Q4 2024:  374  
Q3 2024:  371  

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1982-84 CPI Adjusted Dollars,
Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency:

Quarterly

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Title Release Dates
Employed full time: Median usual weekly real earnings: Wage and salary workers: 16 years and over 2015-01-21 2026-01-28
 
Source    
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics 2015-01-21 2026-01-28
 
Release    
Weekly and Hourly Earnings from the Current Population Survey 2015-01-21 2026-01-28
 
Units    
1982-84 CPI Adjusted Dollars 2015-01-21 2026-01-28
 
Frequency    
Quarterly 2015-01-21 2026-01-28
 
Seasonal Adjustment    
Seasonally Adjusted 2015-01-21 2026-01-28
 
Notes    
Data measure usual weekly earnings of wage and salary workers. Wage and salary workers are workers who receive wages, salaries, commissions, tips, payment in kind, or piece rates. The group includes employees in both the private and public sectors but, for the purposes of the earnings series, it excludes all self-employed persons, both those with incorporated businesses and those with unincorporated businesses.
Usual weekly earnings represent earnings before taxes and other deductions and include any overtime pay, commissions, or tips usually received (at the main job in the case of multiple jobholders). Prior to 1994, respondents were asked how much they usually earned per week. Since January 1994, respondents have been asked to identify the easiest way for them to report earnings (hourly, weekly, biweekly, twice monthly, monthly, annually, or other) and how much they usually earn in the reported time period. Earnings reported on a basis other than weekly are converted to a weekly equivalent. The term "usual" is determined by each respondent's own understanding of the term. If the respondent asks for a definition of "usual," interviewers are instructed to define the term as more than half the weeks worked during the past 4 or 5 months. For more information see https://www.bls.gov/cps/earnings.htm

The series comes from the 'Current Population Survey (Household Survey)'

The source code is: LES1252881600

2015-01-21 2019-04-15
Data measure usual weekly earnings of wage and salary workers. Wage and salary workers are workers who receive wages, salaries, commissions, tips, payment in kind, or piece rates. The group includes employees in both the private and public sectors but, for the purposes of the earnings series, it excludes all self-employed persons, both those with incorporated businesses and those with unincorporated businesses.
Usual weekly earnings represent earnings before taxes and other deductions and include any overtime pay, commissions, or tips usually received (at the main job in the case of multiple jobholders). Prior to 1994, respondents were asked how much they usually earned per week. Since January 1994, respondents have been asked to identify the easiest way for them to report earnings (hourly, weekly, biweekly, twice monthly, monthly, annually, or other) and how much they usually earn in the reported time period. Earnings reported on a basis other than weekly are converted to a weekly equivalent. The term "usual" is determined by each respondent's own understanding of the term. If the respondent asks for a definition of "usual," interviewers are instructed to define the term as more than half the weeks worked during the past 4 or 5 months. Visit the BLS (https://www.bls.gov/cps/earnings.htm) for more information.

The series comes from the 'Current Population Survey (Household Survey)'

The source code is: LES1252881600

2019-04-16 2026-01-28

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