# Average Hourly Earnings: Total Private — Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA (NSA)

Average Hourly Earnings: Total Private — Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA (NSA) was up 7.5% year on year in September 2026, compared with 7.3% in August 2026.
The level stood at 27.04 USD/hour.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −14.5% (May 2021) to 35.9% (May 2020), averaging 2.9%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-13980.AHE.M.NSA.IND-05000000`
- 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-total-private-blacksburg-christiansburg-radford

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 27.04 USD/hour | 7.5 |
| August 2026 | 27.07 USD/hour | 7.3 |
| July 2026 | 27.15 USD/hour | 6.7 |
| June 2026 | 27.37 USD/hour | 8.1 |
| May 2026 | 27.37 USD/hour | 6.0 |
| April 2026 | 26.82 USD/hour | 5.7 |
| March 2026 | 26.83 USD/hour | 5.1 |
| February 2026 | 26.87 USD/hour | 0.3 |
| January 2026 | 26.70 USD/hour | 0.0 |
| December 2025 | 26.17 USD/hour | 2.7 |
| November 2025 | 25.41 USD/hour | 1.8 |
| October 2025 | 24.75 USD/hour | −1.7 |
| September 2025 | 25.16 USD/hour | 0.5 |
| August 2025 | 25.22 USD/hour | 1.9 |
| July 2025 | 25.45 USD/hour | 4.1 |
| June 2025 | 25.31 USD/hour | 0.6 |
| May 2025 | 25.81 USD/hour | 2.8 |
| April 2025 | 25.37 USD/hour | 2.5 |
| March 2025 | 25.54 USD/hour | 2.3 |
| February 2025 | 26.79 USD/hour | 8.9 |
| January 2025 | 26.70 USD/hour | 8.2 |
| December 2024 | 25.49 USD/hour | 5.1 |
| November 2024 | 24.96 USD/hour | 1.3 |
| October 2024 | 25.19 USD/hour | 1.5 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-13980.AHE.M.NSA.IND-05000000"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-13980.AHE.M.NSA.IND-05000000",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```