Average Hourly Earnings for California Employees in the Professional and Business Services 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 professional and business services industry in California was $44.4; it decreased by $0.64 compared to November 2022, and decreased by $1.41 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 professional and business services industry in California from January 2007 to December 2022.

Average Hourly Earnings for California Employees in the Professional and Business Services Industry ($)
Average Hourly Earnings for California Employees in the Professional and Business Services Industry ($)
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Month Year Avg. Hourly Earnings ($)
January 2007 30.19
February 2007 30.06
March 2007 30.38
April 2007 30.41
May 2007 30.21
June 2007 30.31
July 2007 30.4
August 2007 29.59
September 2007 30.14
October 2007 29.76
November 2007 29.54
December 2007 29.5
January 2008 28.84
February 2008 28.74
March 2008 29.8
April 2008 30.63
May 2008 30.62
June 2008 30.66
July 2008 30.76
August 2008 30.12
September 2008 30.49
October 2008 30.56
November 2008 31.31
December 2008 31.67
January 2009 30.95
February 2009 31
March 2009 32.19
April 2009 31.67
May 2009 30.79
June 2009 31.46
July 2009 31.78
August 2009 32
September 2009 31.91
October 2009 31.66
November 2009 31.83
December 2009 31.62
January 2010 32.18
February 2010 32.34
March 2010 32.14
April 2010 32.47
May 2010 32.22
June 2010 32.1
July 2010 32.39
August 2010 32.69
September 2010 32.41
October 2010 32.47
November 2010 32.89
December 2010 33.16
January 2011 33.86
February 2011 34.81
March 2011 34.35
April 2011 34.23
May 2011 34.86
June 2011 34.07
July 2011 34.36
August 2011 33.8
September 2011 33.93
October 2011 34.42
November 2011 33.8
December 2011 33.9
January 2012 34.55
February 2012 33.87
March 2012 33.76
April 2012 34.19
May 2012 33.71
June 2012 33.79
July 2012 34.18
August 2012 33.49
September 2012 34.1
October 2012 33.51
November 2012 33.79
December 2012 34.49
January 2013 34.04
February 2013 33.69
March 2013 33.46
April 2013 33.27
May 2013 33.42
June 2013 34.19
July 2013 33.6
August 2013 33.36
September 2013 34.03
October 2013 33.57
November 2013 33.76
December 2013 34.28
January 2014 33.75
February 2014 34.36
March 2014 34.41
April 2014 33.97
May 2014 34.08
June 2014 34.5
July 2014 34.41
August 2014 34.06
September 2014 34.34
October 2014 34.41
November 2014 35.37
December 2014 35.18
January 2015 35.28
February 2015 35.91
March 2015 35.97
April 2015 35.59
May 2015 35.79
June 2015 35.66
July 2015 36.06
August 2015 36.19
September 2015 35.69
October 2015 35.68
November 2015 36.44
December 2015 35.82
January 2016 36.45
February 2016 36.59
March 2016 36.64
April 2016 36.87
May 2016 37.62
June 2016 37.01
July 2016 37.37
August 2016 37.26
September 2016 37.49
October 2016 38.07
November 2016 37.43
December 2016 37.69
January 2017 38.69
February 2017 38.34
March 2017 38.09
April 2017 38.77
May 2017 38.13
June 2017 37.86
July 2017 38.62
August 2017 38.08
September 2017 38.58
October 2017 39.32
November 2017 38.59
December 2017 38.75
January 2018 38.94
February 2018 39
March 2018 39.02
April 2018 39.8
May 2018 39.35
June 2018 39.27
July 2018 40.27
August 2018 39.35
September 2018 40.37
October 2018 39.61
November 2018 39.93
December 2018 40.94
January 2019 40.6
February 2019 40.75
March 2019 40.49
April 2019 40.97
May 2019 40.97
June 2019 41.54
July 2019 41.12
August 2019 40.97
September 2019 42.07
October 2019 41.42
November 2019 41.55
December 2019 42.35
January 2020 41.92
February 2020 42.87
March 2020 42.99
April 2020 43.82
May 2020 43.58
June 2020 43.31
July 2020 43.7
August 2020 44.35
September 2020 43.78
October 2020 43.96
November 2020 44.66
December 2020 44.42
January 2021 44.74
February 2021 45.15
March 2021 45.19
April 2021 45.08
May 2021 46.28
June 2021 45.51
July 2021 45.71
August 2021 46.35
September 2021 44.88
October 2021 44.91
November 2021 45.16
December 2021 45.81
January 2022 46.18
February 2022 45.09
March 2022 45.36
April 2022 46.01
May 2022 46.75
June 2022 45.93
July 2022 46.41
August 2022 45.62
September 2022 45.57
October 2022 46.35
November 2022 45.04
December 2022 44.4