Average Hourly Earnings for California Employees in the Manufacturing Industry
Updated on March 13, 2023.

According to recent data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, in December 2022, the average hourly earnings (not seasonally adjusted) for all employees in the manufacturing industry in California was $37.8; it increased by $0.79 compared to November 2022, and increased by $1.24 compared to December 2021.

You can also see this information for other industries in California here. Also, you can see this information for other U.S. states here.

The chart and table below shows the average hourly earnings for all employees in the manufacturing industry in California from January 2007 to December 2022.

Average Hourly Earnings for California Employees in the Manufacturing Industry ($)
Average Hourly Earnings for California Employees in the Manufacturing Industry ($)
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Month Year Avg. Hourly Earnings ($)
January 2007 24.32
February 2007 24.38
March 2007 24.43
April 2007 24.85
May 2007 24.85
June 2007 24.66
July 2007 24.76
August 2007 24.64
September 2007 24.75
October 2007 24.65
November 2007 24.72
December 2007 24.75
January 2008 24.85
February 2008 24.8
March 2008 25.12
April 2008 25.02
May 2008 25.2
June 2008 25.38
July 2008 25.23
August 2008 25.13
September 2008 25.25
October 2008 25.4
November 2008 25.84
December 2008 26.23
January 2009 26.97
February 2009 26.7
March 2009 27.08
April 2009 26.71
May 2009 26.72
June 2009 26.55
July 2009 26.68
August 2009 26.64
September 2009 26.68
October 2009 26.76
November 2009 27.16
December 2009 27.37
January 2010 27.03
February 2010 26.49
March 2010 26.6
April 2010 26.62
May 2010 27.1
June 2010 26.88
July 2010 26.9
August 2010 27.03
September 2010 27.28
October 2010 27.26
November 2010 27.31
December 2010 27.47
January 2011 27.07
February 2011 26.72
March 2011 26.96
April 2011 27.28
May 2011 27.14
June 2011 26.8
July 2011 27.02
August 2011 26.92
September 2011 27.03
October 2011 27.27
November 2011 27.4
December 2011 27.56
January 2012 27.72
February 2012 27.32
March 2012 27.56
April 2012 27.99
May 2012 27.52
June 2012 27.4
July 2012 27.15
August 2012 26.89
September 2012 27.4
October 2012 27.27
November 2012 27.47
December 2012 27.77
January 2013 27.92
February 2013 28.05
March 2013 27.85
April 2013 28.16
May 2013 28.33
June 2013 28.2
July 2013 28.13
August 2013 27.77
September 2013 27.96
October 2013 27.84
November 2013 27.94
December 2013 28.28
January 2014 28.6
February 2014 28.45
March 2014 28.38
April 2014 28.35
May 2014 28.18
June 2014 28.4
July 2014 28.64
August 2014 28.23
September 2014 28.36
October 2014 28.59
November 2014 28.76
December 2014 29.02
January 2015 28.94
February 2015 28.68
March 2015 28.6
April 2015 28.6
May 2015 28.78
June 2015 28.57
July 2015 28.5
August 2015 28.35
September 2015 28.44
October 2015 28.77
November 2015 28.75
December 2015 28.87
January 2016 29.01
February 2016 28.75
March 2016 28.86
April 2016 29.09
May 2016 29.43
June 2016 29.25
July 2016 29.24
August 2016 29.39
September 2016 29.47
October 2016 30
November 2016 29.9
December 2016 30.19
January 2017 30.58
February 2017 30.71
March 2017 30.44
April 2017 31.04
May 2017 30.55
June 2017 30.65
July 2017 31.2
August 2017 30.69
September 2017 30.97
October 2017 31.48
November 2017 31.18
December 2017 31.39
January 2018 31.58
February 2018 31.45
March 2018 31.47
April 2018 31.48
May 2018 31.26
June 2018 31.21
July 2018 31.13
August 2018 30.88
September 2018 31.39
October 2018 31.74
November 2018 32.14
December 2018 32.73
January 2019 32.84
February 2019 33.17
March 2019 32.81
April 2019 33.12
May 2019 32.94
June 2019 33.21
July 2019 33.33
August 2019 32.81
September 2019 33.09
October 2019 33.16
November 2019 33.63
December 2019 34.01
January 2020 33.87
February 2020 33.98
March 2020 33.86
April 2020 34.65
May 2020 34.77
June 2020 34.01
July 2020 34.03
August 2020 33.87
September 2020 33.76
October 2020 33.87
November 2020 34.39
December 2020 34.52
January 2021 35.3
February 2021 36.18
March 2021 35.63
April 2021 35.53
May 2021 35.78
June 2021 35.64
July 2021 35.94
August 2021 35.51
September 2021 35.53
October 2021 35.94
November 2021 36.32
December 2021 36.56
January 2022 37.26
February 2022 36.21
March 2022 36.14
April 2022 36.67
May 2022 36.78
June 2022 36.6
July 2022 37.51
August 2022 37.16
September 2022 37.35
October 2022 37.35
November 2022 37.01
December 2022 37.8