Labor
Manufacturing Average Hourly Earnings, All Employees
As of Jul 2026, manufacturing average hourly earnings, all employees stands at $30.35 /hour (BLS Current Employment Statistics), rising over the recent window.
What this measures and why it matters
- Manufacturing Average Hourly Earnings, All Employees reflects the cost and availability of the workforce that runs a plant. Loaded shop rates, quoting, and make-versus-buy decisions all trace back to labor economics, so this series is a direct input to how work gets priced and where it gets done.
- The figure comes from BLS Current Employment Statistics and is reported in USD/hour. MFG Calcs archives every published value, so the chart and table below show the full recorded history rather than a single snapshot, and they extend automatically as new data lands.
Current reading and trend
- Latest reading: $30.35 /hour for Jul 2026.
- Prior period: $30.27 (Jun 2026), a rise of 0.08.
- Compared with a year earlier, manufacturing average hourly earnings, all employees is up 4.2%.
- Across the archived window the high was $30.35 in Jul 2026 and the low was $28.99 in Jun 2025.
- The series has moved up for 11 consecutive periods.
- 14 observations have been archived so far, and this page deepens automatically each time BLS Current Employment Statistics publishes a new figure.
Recent observations
- Jul 2026: $30.35 /hour
- Jun 2026: $30.27 /hour
- May 2026: $30.20 /hour
- Apr 2026: $30.09 /hour
- Mar 2026: $29.96 /hour
- Feb 2026: $29.84 /hour
- Jan 2026: $29.61 /hour
- Dec 2025: $29.51 /hour
- Nov 2025: $29.50 /hour
- Oct 2025: $29.33 /hour
- Sep 2025: $29.22 /hour
- Aug 2025: $29.10 /hour
- Jul 2025: $29.14 /hour
- Jun 2025: $28.99 /hour
Last reviewed 2026-05-12.