Employment Wages q/q show changes in US employee wages (without additional pays) in the given quarter compared to the previous one. The military are excluded from calculations.
Wages growth is a leading indicator of inflation growth.
United States Employment Wages q/q
Last release
10 Feb 2026 13:30 GMT
Actual
0.7%
Forecast
0.8%
Previous
0.8%
Next release
30 Apr 2026 12:30 GMT
Actual
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Forecast
0.8%
Previous
0.7%
Date (GMT)
Reference
Actual
Forecast
Previous
29 Jan 2021
4 Q 2020
0.9%
0.6%
0.4%
30 Oct 2020
3 Q 2020
0.4%
0.6%
0.4%
31 Jul 2020
2 Q 2020
0.4%
0.8%
0.9%
30 Apr 2020
1 Q 2020
0.9%
0.7%
0.7%
31 Jan 2020
4 Q 2019
0.7%
0.8%
0.9%
31 Oct 2019
3 Q 2019
0.9%
0.7%
0.7%
31 Jul 2019
2 Q 2019
0.7%
0.6%
0.7%
30 Apr 2019
1 Q 2019
0.7%
0.9%
0.6%
31 Jan 2019
4 Q 2018
0.6%
0.5%
0.9%
31 Oct 2018
3 Q 2018
0.9%
0.9%
0.5%
31 Jul 2018
2 Q 2018
0.5%
0.7%
0.9%
27 Apr 2018
1 Q 2018
0.9%
0.7%
0.5%
31 Jan 2018
4 Q 2017
0.5%
0.5%
0.7%
31 Oct 2017
3 Q 2017
0.7%
0.7%
0.5%
28 Jul 2017
2 Q 2017
0.5%
—
0.8%
28 Apr 2017
1 Q 2017
0.8%
—
0.5%
31 Jan 2017
4 Q 2016
0.5%
—
0.5%
28 Oct 2016
3 Q 2016
0.5%
—
0.6%
29 Jul 2016
2 Q 2016
0.6%
—
0.7%
29 Apr 2016
1 Q 2016
0.7%
—
0.5%