United States Average Hourly Earnings of Employees in the Securities and commodity contracts brokerage, intermediation, and exchanges Industry (Seas. Adj.)

Updated on March 23, 2026.

According to data from the US BLS, in February 2026, the average hourly earnings for all employees in the securities and commodity contracts brokerage, intermediation, and exchanges industry in the United States was $75.36 (seasonally adjusted). It increased by $1.83 compared to January 2026 (a month ago), and increased by $6.26 compared to February 2025 (a year ago).

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The chart and table below shows the seasonally adjusted average hourly earnings of employees in the securities and commodity contracts brokerage, intermediation, and exchanges industry from April 2006 to February 2026.

US Average Hourly Earnings of Employees in the Securities and commodity contracts brokerage, intermediation, and exchanges Industry ($) (Seas. Adj.)
US Average Hourly Earnings of Employees in the Securities and commodity contracts brokerage, intermediation, and exchanges Industry (Seas. Adj.)
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Month Year Avg. Hourly Earnings ($)
April 2006 31.37
May 2006 32.7
June 2006 31.7
July 2006 31.53
August 2006 32.28
September 2006 32.69
October 2006 32.42
November 2006 32.55
December 2006 33.7
January 2007 34.49
February 2007 35.07
March 2007 35.57
April 2007 36.02
May 2007 36.08
June 2007 36.21
July 2007 37.13
August 2007 37.12
September 2007 37.45
October 2007 37.97
November 2007 38.07
December 2007 38.32
January 2008 38.2
February 2008 38.66
March 2008 38.92
April 2008 38.9
May 2008 38.96
June 2008 39.21
July 2008 38.73
August 2008 39.12
September 2008 39.31
October 2008 39.31
November 2008 39.13
December 2008 39.08
January 2009 39.42
February 2009 38.92
March 2009 38.68
April 2009 38.94
May 2009 39.7
June 2009 39.72
July 2009 40.5
August 2009 39.95
September 2009 40.35
October 2009 41.23
November 2009 41.44
December 2009 41.34
January 2010 41.33
February 2010 41.91
March 2010 41.96
April 2010 42.15
May 2010 41.02
June 2010 41.71
July 2010 40.37
August 2010 40.9
September 2010 40.48
October 2010 39.49
November 2010 38.62
December 2010 39.12
January 2011 39.76
February 2011 36.96
March 2011 39.65
April 2011 39.39
May 2011 39.12
June 2011 39.65
July 2011 41.16
August 2011 40.56
September 2011 39.53
October 2011 39.59
November 2011 40.53
December 2011 40.84
January 2012 40.19
February 2012 41.43
March 2012 40.34
April 2012 41.07
May 2012 41.69
June 2012 42.19
July 2012 42.12
August 2012 42.77
September 2012 43.56
October 2012 43.39
November 2012 44.22
December 2012 44.71
January 2013 45.66
February 2013 46.1
March 2013 46.45
April 2013 46.1
May 2013 47.09
June 2013 47.19
July 2013 47.75
August 2013 47.18
September 2013 47.41
October 2013 48.81
November 2013 49.54
December 2013 48.39
January 2014 47.88
February 2014 47.43
March 2014 48.34
April 2014 49.03
May 2014 49.08
June 2014 48.18
July 2014 48.89
August 2014 48.89
September 2014 49.35
October 2014 49.62
November 2014 49.06
December 2014 48.96
January 2015 48.98
February 2015 48.35
March 2015 48.2
April 2015 48.09
May 2015 48.68
June 2015 49.1
July 2015 48.84
August 2015 47.02
September 2015 46.87
October 2015 47.12
November 2015 47.17
December 2015 47.39
January 2016 47.72
February 2016 48.64
March 2016 48.22
April 2016 48.63
May 2016 48.1
June 2016 49.3
July 2016 49.05
August 2016 50.38
September 2016 50.25
October 2016 50.42
November 2016 50.39
December 2016 50.35
January 2017 50.3
February 2017 50.13
March 2017 51.31
April 2017 51.19
May 2017 51.42
June 2017 51.65
July 2017 51.87
August 2017 52.5
September 2017 52.5
October 2017 52.39
November 2017 52.46
December 2017 52.03
January 2018 54.08
February 2018 54.64
March 2018 53.39
April 2018 53.16
May 2018 53.12
June 2018 52.86
July 2018 53.86
August 2018 53.15
September 2018 53.24
October 2018 54.07
November 2018 53.98
December 2018 54.1
January 2019 54.55
February 2019 53.1
March 2019 53.44
April 2019 53.88
May 2019 54.51
June 2019 54.36
July 2019 54.24
August 2019 54.12
September 2019 54.37
October 2019 53.46
November 2019 53.25
December 2019 53.74
January 2020 52.95
February 2020 53.12
March 2020 53.43
April 2020 53.36
May 2020 53.25
June 2020 53.25
July 2020 52.84
August 2020 53.96
September 2020 54.11
October 2020 54.3
November 2020 55.13
December 2020 55.43
January 2021 56.12
February 2021 56.45
March 2021 57.25
April 2021 57.33
May 2021 57.4
June 2021 58.04
July 2021 58.62
August 2021 58.99
September 2021 59.96
October 2021 60.92
November 2021 61.64
December 2021 62.43
January 2022 62.84
February 2022 63.25
March 2022 63.76
April 2022 64.2
May 2022 65.04
June 2022 64.66
July 2022 64.6
August 2022 64.24
September 2022 64.27
October 2022 64.95
November 2022 65.49
December 2022 65.3
January 2023 66
February 2023 66.37
March 2023 66.58
April 2023 67.23
May 2023 66.9
June 2023 67.52
July 2023 68.22
August 2023 69.27
September 2023 69.7
October 2023 69.96
November 2023 69.85
December 2023 70.24
January 2024 70.8
February 2024 71.42
March 2024 71.79
April 2024 71.67
May 2024 71.37
June 2024 71.91
July 2024 71.14
August 2024 70.72
September 2024 70.3
October 2024 69.51
November 2024 69.02
December 2024 68.8
January 2025 68.97
February 2025 69.1
March 2025 68.81
April 2025 69.47
May 2025 70.08
June 2025 70.5
July 2025 70.43
August 2025 70.65
September 2025 70.96
October 2025 71.52
November 2025 72.6
December 2025 74.16
January 2026 73.53
February 2026 75.36