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US Average Hourly Earnings

US Average Hourly Earnings 7 February 2025

US Average Hourly Earnings 7 February 2025: 0.5% for January 2025, above the 0.3% forecast and up from 0.3% in December 2024. It is the highest of the last 12 releases. 6 of the last 12 releases came in above the forecast. It was released on Fri 7 Feb 2025 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
0.5%
January 2025
Forecast
0.3%
The market consensus
Previous
0.3%
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 7 February 2025: 0.5% for January 2025 against a 0.3% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
7 Feb 2025Jan0.5%0.3%0.3%
10 Jan 2025Dec0.3%0.3%0.4%
6 Dec 2024Nov0.4%0.3%0.4%
1 Nov 2024Oct0.4%0.3%0.3%
4 Oct 2024Sep0.4%0.3%0.5%
6 Sep 2024Aug0.4%0.3%0.2%
2 Aug 2024Jul0.2%0.3%0.3%
5 Jul 2024Jun0.3%0.3%0.4%
7 Jun 2024May0.4%0.3%0.2%
3 May 2024Apr0.2%0.3%0.3%
5 Apr 2024Mar0.3%0.3%0.2%
8 Mar 2024Feb0.1%0.3%0.5%
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