labor
U.S. Average Hourly Earnings, Information
Latest
56.08$ per hour
Methodology
## What this measures
Average hourly pay of everyone on payroll in the information industry.
## Why it matters
A knowledge-heavy industry. If AI lowers demand for knowledge work, pay growth here should slow relative to industries that need hands-on work.
## How to read it
Read the 12-month change and compare it with construction (fred_ahe_construction).
## What it does not say
It's an average, so a change in who is employed (for example, fewer junior roles) moves it even when nobody's pay changes.
## Source
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics, series CES5000000003 ("Average Hourly Earnings of All Employees, Information"). Palanor pulls it from the FRED API (Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis) nightly. Bureau of Labor Statistics data are in the public domain.
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