United States Wages and Salaries Growth

Wages in the United States increased 4.60 percent in September of 2018 over the same month in the previous year. Wage Growth in the United States averaged 6.22 percent from 1960 until 2018, reaching an all time high of 13.78 percent in January of 1979 and a record low of -5.88 percent in March of 2009.

Wage Growth in the United States is expected to be 4.62 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. Looking forward, we estimate Wage Growth in the United States to stand at 4.60 in 12 months time. In the long-term, the United States Wages and Salaries Growth is projected to trend around 4.60 percent in 2020, according to our econometric models.

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United States Labour	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Unemployment Rate	3.70	3.70	10.80	2.50	percent	[+]
Non Farm Payrolls	250.00	118.00	1115.00	-834.00	Thousand	[+]
Nonfarm Payrolls Private	246.00	121.00	1089.00	-821.00	Thousand	[+]
Government Payrolls	4.00	-3.00	427.00	-260.00	Thousand	[+]
Manufacturing Payrolls	32.00	18.00	572.00	-519.00	Thousand	[+]
Initial Jobless Claims	216.00	214.00	695.00	162.00	Thousand	[+]
Continuing Jobless Claims	1676.00	1630.00	6635.00	988.00	Thousand	[+]
ADP Employment Change	227.00	218.00	384.00	-836.00	Thousand	[+]
Employed Persons	156562.00	155962.00	156562.00	57635.00	Thousand	[+]
Unemployed Persons	6075.00	5964.00	15352.00	1596.00	Thousand	[+]
Average Hourly Earnings	0.20	0.30	0.60	-0.20	percent	[+]
Average Weekly Hours	34.50	34.50	34.60	33.70	Hours	[+]
Labor Force Participation Rate	62.90	62.70	67.30	58.10	percent	[+]
Long Term Unemployment Rate	0.84	0.85	2.80	0.74	percent	[+]
Youth Unemployment Rate	8.30	8.50	19.50	7.80	percent	[+]
Labour Costs	109.66	109.33	109.66	17.00	Index Points	[+]
Productivity	105.67	105.10	105.67	26.03	Index Points	[+]
Job Vacancies	7070.00	7291.00	7313.00	2132.00	Thousand	[+]
Job Offers	7009.00	7293.00	7293.00	2196.00	Thousand	[+]
Challenger Job Cuts	75644.00	55285.00	248475.00	15100.00	Persons	[+]
Wages	22.89	22.82	22.89	2.50	USD/Hour	[+]
Wage Growth	4.60	4.79	13.78	-5.88	percent	[+]
Wages in Manufacturing	21.68	21.62	21.68	1.27	USD/Hour	[+]
Minimum Wages	7.25	7.25	7.25	0.25	USD/Hour	[+]
Employment Cost Index	0.80	0.60	1.60	0.20	percent	[+]
Population	325.72	323.41	325.72	76.09	Million	[+]
Retirement Age Women	66.00	66.00	66.00	66.00		[+]
Retirement Age Men	66.00	66.00	66.00	66.00		[+]
Employment Rate	60.60	60.40	64.70	55.00	percent	[+]
Full Time Employment	129212.00	128894.00	129212.00	64640.00	Thousand	[+]
Part Time Employment	27297.00	27055.00	28134.00	10086.00	Thousand	[+]
Living Wage Family	2380.00	2270.00	2380.00	2160.00	USD/Month	[+]
Living Wage Individual	1660.00	1560.00	1660.00	1450.00	USD/Month	[+]
Wages High Skilled	4520.00	4330.00	4950.00	4330.00	USD/Month	[+]
Wages Low Skilled	1960.00	1760.00	2340.00	1760.00	USD/Month	[+]

In the United States, wage growth refers to the yearly change in wages and salaries disbursements from government, manufacturing and service industries. . This page provides the latest reported value for - United States Wages and Salaries Growth - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news. United States Wages and Salaries Growth - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on November of 2018.

	Actual	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Dates	Unit	Frequency
	4.60	4.79	13.78	-5.88	1960 - 2018	percent	Monthly	Current Prices, SA

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Country	Last		Previous	Highest	Lowest
Argentina	2.84	Aug/18	2.37	6.33	0.74	%	Monthly
Australia	2.30	Sep/18	2.1	4.3	1.9	%	Quarterly
Euro Area	1.90	Jun/18	1.8	3.4	0.8	%	Quarterly
France	0.40	Jun/18	0.7	1	0.1	%	Quarterly
Germany	0.50	Jun/18	1.1	2.7	-1.4	%	Quarterly
Italy	1.90	Aug/18	2	15.8	0.3	%	Monthly
Japan	1.10	Sep/18	0.8	35.02	-7.1	%	Monthly
Netherlands	2.27	Oct/18	2.09	4.71	0.44	%	Monthly
Russia	4.40	Oct/18	4.9	27.2	-41.4	%	Monthly
Switzerland	0.80	Jun/18	0.8	7.8	0.1	%	Quarterly
United Kingdom	3.00	Sep/18	2.8	6.6	-2.6	%	Monthly
United States	4.60	Sep/18	4.79	13.78	-5.88	%	Monthly