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US Average Hourly Earnings

US Average Hourly Earnings 2 February 2018

US Average Hourly Earnings 2 February 2018: 0.3% for January 2018, in line with the forecast and against 0.4% in December 2017 (first reported as 0.3%). It was released on Fri 2 Feb 2018 at 13:30 UTC (8:30 AM ET).

These figures were verified on 4 Oct 2026 from the source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. This page reports the release as published: the figures, the consensus forecast and what a print like it usually does to the currency.

Actual
0.3%
January 2018
Forecast
0.3%
The market consensus
Previous
0.4%
As the source gives it

What a print like this usually does

In line with the forecast: An in-line result leaves the focus on payrolls, unemployment and revisions.

US Average Hourly Earnings 2 February 2018: 0.3% for January 2018 against a 0.3% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
2 Feb 2018Jan0.3%0.3%0.4%
5 Jan 2018Dec0.3%0.3%0.1%
5 May 2017Apr0.3%0.3%0.1%
7 Apr 2017Mar0.2%0.2%0.3%
10 Mar 2017Feb0.2%0.3%0.2%
3 Feb 2017Jan0.1%0.3%0.2%
6 Jan 2017Dec0.4%0.3%-0.1%
3 Jun 2016May0.2%0.2%0.4%
6 May 2016Apr0.3%0.3%0.2%
1 Apr 2016Mar0.3%0.2%-0.1%
4 Mar 2016Feb-0.1%0.2%0.5%
5 Feb 2016Jan0.5%0.3%0%
The release before:US Average Hourly Earnings 5 January 2018The release after:US Average Hourly Earnings 9 March 2018US Average Hourly Earnings: every recent resultThis week’s economic calendar