# Average Hourly Earnings: Professional and Business Services — DE (statewide) (NSA)

Average Hourly Earnings: Professional and Business Services — DE (statewide) (NSA) was up 8.3% year on year in September 2026, compared with 14.7% in August 2026.
The level stood at 40.38 USD/hour.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −5.8% (Sep 2020) to 14.7% (Aug 2026), averaging 2.9%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-DE.AHE.M.NSA.IND-60000000`
- Frequency: monthly
- Units: USD/hour
- Coverage: 2007-01-01 to 2026-09-01 (237 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-states/average-hourly-earnings-professional-and-business-services-de-statewide

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 40.38 USD/hour | 8.3 |
| August 2026 | 42.31 USD/hour | 14.7 |
| July 2026 | 41.23 USD/hour | 14.2 |
| June 2026 | 40.04 USD/hour | 9.4 |
| May 2026 | 39.05 USD/hour | 7.3 |
| April 2026 | 38.23 USD/hour | 4.3 |
| March 2026 | 38.21 USD/hour | 3.3 |
| February 2026 | 38.85 USD/hour | 3.7 |
| January 2026 | 38.23 USD/hour | 2.1 |
| December 2025 | 37.92 USD/hour | 3.0 |
| November 2025 | 38.05 USD/hour | 4.1 |
| October 2025 | 37.81 USD/hour | 5.8 |
| September 2025 | 37.29 USD/hour | 4.3 |
| August 2025 | 36.88 USD/hour | 5.5 |
| July 2025 | 36.11 USD/hour | 2.8 |
| June 2025 | 36.61 USD/hour | 2.5 |
| May 2025 | 36.38 USD/hour | 3.2 |
| April 2025 | 36.67 USD/hour | 4.4 |
| March 2025 | 37.00 USD/hour | 4.4 |
| February 2025 | 37.48 USD/hour | 4.9 |
| January 2025 | 37.44 USD/hour | 3.5 |
| December 2024 | 36.83 USD/hour | 3.3 |
| November 2024 | 36.55 USD/hour | 4.9 |
| October 2024 | 35.74 USD/hour | 0.6 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-DE.AHE.M.NSA.IND-60000000"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-DE.AHE.M.NSA.IND-60000000",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```