Federal Reserve Economic Data

Table Data - Employed full time: Median usual weekly real earnings: Wage and salary workers: 16 years and over

Title Employed full time: Median usual weekly real earnings: Wage and salary workers: 16 years and over
Series ID LES1252881600Q
Source U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Release Weekly and Hourly Earnings from the Current Population Survey (Not a Press Release)
Seasonal Adjustment Seasonally Adjusted
Frequency Quarterly
Units 1982-84 CPI Adjusted Dollars
Date Range 1979-01-01 to 2024-07-01
Last Updated 2024-10-17 9:02 AM CDT
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. Visit the BLS for more information.

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

The source code is: LES1252881600
DATE VALUE
1979-01-01 335
1979-04-01 335
1979-07-01 330
1979-10-01 326
1980-01-01 321
1980-04-01 315
1980-07-01 319
1980-10-01 315
1981-01-01 314
1981-04-01 311
1981-07-01 309
1981-10-01 312
1982-01-01 312
1982-04-01 314
1982-07-01 311
1982-10-01 313
1983-01-01 315
1983-04-01 314
1983-07-01 315
1983-10-01 312
1984-01-01 313
1984-04-01 312
1984-07-01 313
1984-10-01 316
1985-01-01 314
1985-04-01 323
1985-07-01 320
1985-10-01 320
1986-01-01 321
1986-04-01 328
1986-07-01 328
1986-10-01 331
1987-01-01 328
1987-04-01 328
1987-07-01 330
1987-10-01 328
1988-01-01 329
1988-04-01 325
1988-07-01 325
1988-10-01 324
1989-01-01 323
1989-04-01 322
1989-07-01 322
1989-10-01 322
1990-01-01 319
1990-04-01 319
1990-07-01 313
1990-10-01 312
1991-01-01 316
1991-04-01 312
1991-07-01 312
1991-10-01 313
1992-01-01 315
1992-04-01 313
1992-07-01 314
1992-10-01 312
1993-01-01 315
1993-04-01 317
1993-07-01 319
1993-10-01 319
1994-01-01 316
1994-04-01 317
1994-07-01 314
1994-10-01 314
1995-01-01 313
1995-04-01 314
1995-07-01 317
1995-10-01 313
1996-01-01 312
1996-04-01 312
1996-07-01 314
1996-10-01 313
1997-01-01 313
1997-04-01 314
1997-07-01 314
1997-10-01 314
1998-01-01 319
1998-04-01 319
1998-07-01 321
1998-10-01 328
1999-01-01 324
1999-04-01 329
1999-07-01 330
1999-10-01 335
2000-01-01 334
2000-04-01 334
2000-07-01 335
2000-10-01 334
2001-01-01 333
2001-04-01 336
2001-07-01 338
2001-10-01 340
2002-01-01 341
2002-04-01 339
2002-07-01 337
2002-10-01 336
2003-01-01 335
2003-04-01 338
2003-07-01 337
2003-10-01 337
2004-01-01 337
2004-04-01 341
2004-07-01 335
2004-10-01 337
2005-01-01 336
2005-04-01 334
2005-07-01 331
2005-10-01 332
2006-01-01 332
2006-04-01 329
2006-07-01 334
2006-10-01 337
2007-01-01 336
2007-04-01 335
2007-07-01 336
2007-10-01 332
2008-01-01 335
2008-04-01 335
2008-07-01 331
2008-10-01 340
2009-01-01 345
2009-04-01 345
2009-07-01 345
2009-10-01 344
2010-01-01 344
2010-04-01 342
2010-07-01 342
2010-10-01 341
2011-01-01 338
2011-04-01 336
2011-07-01 336
2011-10-01 335
2012-01-01 335
2012-04-01 337
2012-07-01 333
2012-10-01 333
2013-01-01 331
2013-04-01 335
2013-07-01 334
2013-10-01 334
2014-01-01 335
2014-04-01 330
2014-07-01 336
2014-10-01 336
2015-01-01 341
2015-04-01 339
2015-07-01 340
2015-10-01 345
2016-01-01 346
2016-04-01 345
2016-07-01 347
2016-10-01 349
2017-01-01 352
2017-04-01 354
2017-07-01 352
2017-10-01 345
2018-01-01 351
2018-04-01 351
2018-07-01 354
2018-10-01 355
2019-01-01 355
2019-04-01 358
2019-07-01 360
2019-10-01 362
2020-01-01 367
2020-04-01 393
2020-07-01 384
2020-10-01 376
2021-01-01 373
2021-04-01 371
2021-07-01 367
2021-10-01 362
2022-01-01 362
2022-04-01 359
2022-07-01 362
2022-10-01 363
2023-01-01 363
2023-04-01 365
2023-07-01 366
2023-10-01 371
2024-01-01 365
2024-04-01 368
2024-07-01 371

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