# Average Hourly Earnings: Total Private — Cape Girardeau, MO-IL (NSA)

Average Hourly Earnings: Total Private — Cape Girardeau, MO-IL (NSA) was up 10.4% year on year in September 2026, compared with 10.9% in August 2026.
The level stood at 28.26 USD/hour.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −16.6% (Apr 2020) to 22.6% (Mar 2017), averaging 3.7%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-16020.AHE.M.NSA.IND-05000000`
- Frequency: monthly
- Units: USD/hour
- Coverage: 2008-01-01 to 2026-09-01 (225 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-states/average-hourly-earnings-total-private-cape-girardeau-mo-il-nsa

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 28.26 USD/hour | 10.4 |
| August 2026 | 28.04 USD/hour | 10.9 |
| July 2026 | 27.71 USD/hour | 8.8 |
| June 2026 | 27.18 USD/hour | 6.1 |
| May 2026 | 26.92 USD/hour | 4.4 |
| April 2026 | 26.76 USD/hour | 2.8 |
| March 2026 | 27.07 USD/hour | 5.5 |
| February 2026 | 27.02 USD/hour | 6.4 |
| January 2026 | 26.95 USD/hour | 5.1 |
| December 2025 | 26.14 USD/hour | 8.6 |
| November 2025 | 26.27 USD/hour | 9.2 |
| October 2025 | 25.96 USD/hour | 7.6 |
| September 2025 | 25.60 USD/hour | 8.0 |
| August 2025 | 25.29 USD/hour | 9.0 |
| July 2025 | 25.47 USD/hour | 8.8 |
| June 2025 | 25.61 USD/hour | 10.3 |
| May 2025 | 25.78 USD/hour | 11.3 |
| April 2025 | 26.04 USD/hour | 12.7 |
| March 2025 | 25.65 USD/hour | 10.1 |
| February 2025 | 25.39 USD/hour | 8.4 |
| January 2025 | 25.64 USD/hour | 6.2 |
| December 2024 | 24.07 USD/hour | 2.7 |
| November 2024 | 24.06 USD/hour | 4.9 |
| October 2024 | 24.12 USD/hour | 4.6 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-16020.AHE.M.NSA.IND-05000000"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-16020.AHE.M.NSA.IND-05000000",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```