United States Average Weekly Earnings of Employees in the Basic chemical manufacturing Industry (Seas. Adj.)

Updated on March 23, 2026.

According to data from the US BLS, in February 2026, the average weekly earnings for all employees in the basic chemical manufacturing industry in the United States was $2,101.79 (seasonally adjusted). It increased by $49.2 compared to January 2026 (a month ago), and increased by $180.74 compared to February 2025 (a year ago).

You can also see similar information for other industries.

The chart and table below shows the seasonally adjusted average weekly earnings of employees in the basic chemical manufacturing industry from April 2006 to February 2026.

US Average Weekly Earnings of Employees in the Basic chemical manufacturing Industry ($) (Seas. Adj.)
US Average Weekly Earnings of Employees in the Basic chemical manufacturing Industry (Seas. Adj.)
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Month Year Avg. Weekly Earnings ($)
April 2006 1199.94
May 2006 1187.45
June 2006 1147.92
July 2006 1143.49
August 2006 1137.82
September 2006 1125.98
October 2006 1158.81
November 2006 1141.75
December 2006 1111.1
January 2007 1122.37
February 2007 1114.88
March 2007 1115.89
April 2007 1111.59
May 2007 1132.95
June 2007 1131.72
July 2007 1115.52
August 2007 1107.04
September 2007 1115.32
October 2007 1140.24
November 2007 1126.08
December 2007 1181.08
January 2008 1167.43
February 2008 1174.16
March 2008 1219.93
April 2008 1226.34
May 2008 1180.73
June 2008 1214.65
July 2008 1249.21
August 2008 1269.65
September 2008 1252.39
October 2008 1235.64
November 2008 1245.29
December 2008 1247.38
January 2009 1230.93
February 2009 1233.51
March 2009 1252.68
April 2009 1220.06
May 2009 1201.83
June 2009 1232.2
July 2009 1215.48
August 2009 1216.55
September 2009 1218.79
October 2009 1220.79
November 2009 1250.44
December 2009 1255
January 2010 1258.32
February 2010 1267.39
March 2010 1244.44
April 2010 1239.23
May 2010 1239.58
June 2010 1235.83
July 2010 1245.2
August 2010 1257.94
September 2010 1262.17
October 2010 1240.68
November 2010 1296.02
December 2010 1192.32
January 2011 1189.85
February 2011 1194.34
March 2011 1181.59
April 2011 1180.78
May 2011 1179.32
June 2011 1214.64
July 2011 1226.22
August 2011 1221.2
September 2011 1198.08
October 2011 1192.41
November 2011 1244.59
December 2011 1198.11
January 2012 1200.6
February 2012 1197.98
March 2012 1185.08
April 2012 1177.2
May 2012 1172.18
June 2012 1152.7
July 2012 1141.48
August 2012 1137.35
September 2012 1136.34
October 2012 1126.31
November 2012 1126.68
December 2012 1152.76
January 2013 1172.98
February 2013 1195.83
March 2013 1227.56
April 2013 1240.34
May 2013 1257.13
June 2013 1274.12
July 2013 1275.71
August 2013 1283.3
September 2013 1332.1
October 2013 1375.96
November 2013 1332.45
December 2013 1354.44
January 2014 1351.78
February 2014 1327.61
March 2014 1347.44
April 2014 1350.34
May 2014 1359.07
June 2014 1392.44
July 2014 1400.94
August 2014 1401.32
September 2014 1403.24
October 2014 1400.55
November 2014 1415.13
December 2014 1412.7
January 2015 1443.05
February 2015 1417.99
March 2015 1400.99
April 2015 1409.21
May 2015 1393.26
June 2015 1381.8
July 2015 1367.62
August 2015 1373.19
September 2015 1376.42
October 2015 1379.77
November 2015 1378.93
December 2015 1382.74
January 2016 1381.94
February 2016 1383.43
March 2016 1409.08
April 2016 1421.25
May 2016 1432.17
June 2016 1456.44
July 2016 1474.05
August 2016 1498.98
September 2016 1475
October 2016 1496.21
November 2016 1523.29
December 2016 1506.54
January 2017 1509.9
February 2017 1512.17
March 2017 1515.49
April 2017 1510.37
May 2017 1553.2
June 2017 1524.07
July 2017 1494.72
August 2017 1505.28
September 2017 1479.24
October 2017 1482.23
November 2017 1465.75
December 2017 1492.58
January 2018 1493.52
February 2018 1526.33
March 2018 1496
April 2018 1484.78
May 2018 1439.06
June 2018 1465.4
July 2018 1489.97
August 2018 1455.22
September 2018 1471.03
October 2018 1489.92
November 2018 1470.59
December 2018 1485.2
January 2019 1499.84
February 2019 1535.16
March 2019 1518.1
April 2019 1537.8
May 2019 1507.31
June 2019 1522.58
July 2019 1501.9
August 2019 1494.04
September 2019 1559.4
October 2019 1527.03
November 2019 1571.62
December 2019 1554.92
January 2020 1559.75
February 2020 1524.81
March 2020 1540.47
April 2020 1532.17
May 2020 1532.8
June 2020 1565.24
July 2020 1598.18
August 2020 1563.41
September 2020 1598.29
October 2020 1626.91
November 2020 1634.04
December 2020 1632.12
January 2021 1638.99
February 2021 1512.67
March 2021 1655.93
April 2021 1649.41
May 2021 1675.6
June 2021 1642.02
July 2021 1621.62
August 2021 1594.89
September 2021 1620.04
October 2021 1599.99
November 2021 1622.08
December 2021 1623.65
January 2022 1620.95
February 2022 1591.21
March 2022 1634.48
April 2022 1627.19
May 2022 1646.31
June 2022 1641.31
July 2022 1603.5
August 2022 1607.81
September 2022 1635.37
October 2022 1613.59
November 2022 1604.51
December 2022 1633.58
January 2023 1594.78
February 2023 1607.11
March 2023 1633.96
April 2023 1686.15
May 2023 1691.65
June 2023 1694.7
July 2023 1678.51
August 2023 1710.39
September 2023 1777.68
October 2023 1778.98
November 2023 1760.95
December 2023 1787.98
January 2024 1752.23
February 2024 1747.71
March 2024 1693.68
April 2024 1683.32
May 2024 1696.45
June 2024 1781.1
July 2024 1713.38
August 2024 1665.43
September 2024 1789.49
October 2024 1821.04
November 2024 1844.86
December 2024 1858.24
January 2025 1887.77
February 2025 1921.05
March 2025 1932.6
April 2025 1948.5
May 2025 1960.26
June 2025 1986.6
July 2025 2054.62
August 2025 2028.84
September 2025 2049.33
October 2025 2035
November 2025 2050.94
December 2025 2079.73
January 2026 2052.59
February 2026 2101.79