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US Average Hourly Earnings

US Average Hourly Earnings 4 August 2023

US Average Hourly Earnings 4 August 2023: 0.4% for July 2023, above the 0.3% forecast and unchanged from 0.4% in June 2023. It is the second release in a row above the forecast. It was released on Fri 4 Aug 2023 at 12:30 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
0.4%
July 2023
Forecast
0.3%
The market consensus
Previous
0.4%
As the source gives it

What a print like this usually does

Above the forecast: A clear beat can support the dollar, particularly if payrolls are also strong and markets see persistent wage pressure.

US Average Hourly Earnings 4 August 2023: 0.4% for July 2023 against a 0.3% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
4 Aug 2023Jul0.4%0.3%0.4%
7 Jul 2023Jun0.4%0.3%0.4%
2 Jun 2023May0.3%0.3%0.4%
5 May 2023Apr0.5%0.3%0.3%
7 Apr 2023Mar0.3%0.3%0.2%
10 Mar 2023Feb0.2%0.3%0.3%
3 Feb 2023Jan0.3%0.3%0.4%
6 Jan 2023Dec0.3%0.4%0.4%
2 Dec 2022Nov0.6%0.3%0.5%
4 Nov 2022Oct0.4%0.3%0.3%
7 Oct 2022Sep0.3%0.3%0.3%
2 Sep 2022Aug0.3%0.4%0.5%
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