Markets Wages

Average Weekly Hours — Total Private (All Employees)

Wages · BLS CES · Monthly · National

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Latest reading July 2026

34.3 0% MoM

+0.29%up YoY

Atlanta
35.0 July 2026

Average Weekly Hours — Total Private (All Employees), National. 235 observations from January 2007 to July 2026.

Key Stats

Latest34.3 hoursJuly 2026
Prior Period34.3Jun 2026
Period Change0%MoM
Prior Year34.2Jul 2025
Year Change+0.29%upYoY
12-Mo High34.3Nov 2025
12-Mo Low34.2Aug 2025
3-Yr High34.4Aug 2023
3-Yr Low34.1Jan 2025
FrequencyMonthly
Seasonal Adj.Seasonally adjusted
Observations235Jan 2007 – Jul 2026
Atlanta Reading35.0 hoursJuly 2026

Related Market Measures National

Average Hourly Earnings $37.62 +3.15%up, generally favorable YoYJul 2026
Average Weekly Earnings $1,290 +3.46%up YoYJul 2026
All Items 333.918 +3.36%up, mixed signal YoYJul 2026
All Items Less Food and Energy 337.133 +2.48%up YoYJul 2026
Nonfarm Payroll Employment 158.9M +0.20%up, generally favorable YoYJul 2026
Unemployment Rate 4.1% −0.2 ppdown, generally favorable YoYJul 2026
Quits 3.23M −0.68%down, mixed signal YoYJun 2026

Job Economy Report the market around this measure · National

All Items

333.918
+3.36%up, mixed signal YoY

Jul 2026

Quits

3.23M
−0.68%down, mixed signal YoY

Jun 2026

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Performance Overview change over each horizon the series supports

1 Month

0%

July 2026

3 Month

0%

since Apr 2026

1 Year

+0.29%up

YoY

3 Year

0%

since Jul 2023

5 Year

−1.44%down

since Jul 2021

Data & Methodology

Source BLS Current Employment Statistics (CES)
Dataset bls.ces
Reference Period July 2026
Frequency Monthly
Seasonal Adjustment Seasonally adjusted
Geography National
Unit hours
Metric ID bls.ces.average_weekly_hours_total_private
Observations 235
Last Fetched 8 minutes ago

National is the default geography. Atlanta Beta covers msa:12060 only.

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