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Retail Trade — Private — Total Quarterly Wages

Labor-market metric · BLS QCEW · Quarterly · National

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Latest reading Q4 2025

$175,256,084,275 +6.52%up QoQ

+3.43%up YoY

Retail Trade — Private — Total Quarterly Wages, National. 20 observations from Q1 2021 to Q4 2025.

Key Stats

Latest$175,256,084,275Q4 2025
Prior Period$164,525,040,805Jul 2025
Period Change+6.52%upQoQ
Prior Year$169,440,549,591Oct 2024
Year Change+3.43%upYoY
12-Mo High$175,256,084,275Oct 2025
12-Mo Low$163,020,290,720Apr 2025
3-Yr High$175,256,084,275Oct 2025
3-Yr Low$155,397,304,805Apr 2023
FrequencyQuarterly
Seasonal Adj.Not seasonally adjusted
Observations20Jan 2021 – Oct 2025
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Performance Overview change over each horizon the series supports

1 Month

+6.52%up

Q4 2025

3 Month

+6.52%up

since Jul 2025

1 Year

+3.43%up

YoY

3 Year

+7.96%up

since Oct 2022

Data & Methodology

Source BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW)
Dataset bls.qcew
Reference Period Q4 2025
Frequency Quarterly
Seasonal Adjustment Not seasonally adjusted
Geography National
Unit dollars
Metric ID bls.qcew.total_quarterly_wages.private.naics_44_45
Observations 20
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National is the default geography. Atlanta Beta covers msa:12060 only.

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