# Average Hourly Earnings: Total Private — Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA (NSA)

Average Hourly Earnings: Total Private — Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA (NSA) was up 3.0% year on year in September 2026, compared with −0.4% in August 2026.
The level stood at 33.87 USD/hour.
That is the highest reading since April 2025.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −3.2% (May 2023) to 8.3% (Apr 2020), averaging 2.1%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-19780.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-des-moines-west-des-moines-ia-nsa

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 33.87 USD/hour | 3.0 |
| August 2026 | 33.22 USD/hour | −0.4 |
| July 2026 | 32.99 USD/hour | 0.2 |
| June 2026 | 32.64 USD/hour | −1.8 |
| May 2026 | 32.94 USD/hour | −1.9 |
| April 2026 | 33.11 USD/hour | −2.3 |
| March 2026 | 32.90 USD/hour | −2.7 |
| February 2026 | 32.94 USD/hour | −2.7 |
| January 2026 | 33.01 USD/hour | −1.7 |
| December 2025 | 32.98 USD/hour | −3.1 |
| November 2025 | 33.25 USD/hour | −1.0 |
| October 2025 | 32.99 USD/hour | −1.8 |
| September 2025 | 32.88 USD/hour | −2.2 |
| August 2025 | 33.34 USD/hour | 1.8 |
| July 2025 | 32.91 USD/hour | −1.1 |
| June 2025 | 33.23 USD/hour | 0.5 |
| May 2025 | 33.58 USD/hour | 3.0 |
| April 2025 | 33.88 USD/hour | 3.6 |
| March 2025 | 33.82 USD/hour | 5.6 |
| February 2025 | 33.87 USD/hour | 6.2 |
| January 2025 | 33.58 USD/hour | 2.7 |
| December 2024 | 34.03 USD/hour | 7.8 |
| November 2024 | 33.59 USD/hour | 6.1 |
| October 2024 | 33.61 USD/hour | 6.9 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-19780.AHE.M.NSA.IND-05000000"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-19780.AHE.M.NSA.IND-05000000",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```