# Average Hourly Earnings: Total Private — Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC (NSA)

Average Hourly Earnings: Total Private — Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC (NSA) was up 2.4% year on year in September 2026, compared with 5.7% in August 2026.
The level stood at 34.92 USD/hour.
That is the lowest reading since October 2024.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −3.7% (Jan 2019) to 13.5% (Jul 2022), averaging 4.1%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-47260.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-virginia-beach-chesapeake-norfolk

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 34.92 USD/hour | 2.4 |
| August 2026 | 35.29 USD/hour | 5.7 |
| July 2026 | 35.11 USD/hour | 5.4 |
| June 2026 | 35.13 USD/hour | 4.2 |
| May 2026 | 35.63 USD/hour | 7.0 |
| April 2026 | 35.17 USD/hour | 6.1 |
| March 2026 | 35.86 USD/hour | 6.4 |
| February 2026 | 35.86 USD/hour | 7.0 |
| January 2026 | 35.67 USD/hour | 9.2 |
| December 2025 | 34.56 USD/hour | 9.4 |
| November 2025 | 34.87 USD/hour | 12.2 |
| October 2025 | 34.29 USD/hour | 11.4 |
| September 2025 | 34.09 USD/hour | 10.7 |
| August 2025 | 33.40 USD/hour | 9.9 |
| July 2025 | 33.31 USD/hour | 8.3 |
| June 2025 | 33.71 USD/hour | 8.6 |
| May 2025 | 33.31 USD/hour | 6.3 |
| April 2025 | 33.14 USD/hour | 6.7 |
| March 2025 | 33.70 USD/hour | 7.9 |
| February 2025 | 33.52 USD/hour | 6.7 |
| January 2025 | 32.67 USD/hour | 3.4 |
| December 2024 | 31.60 USD/hour | 3.3 |
| November 2024 | 31.07 USD/hour | 3.4 |
| October 2024 | 30.77 USD/hour | −0.3 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-47260.AHE.M.NSA.IND-05000000"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-47260.AHE.M.NSA.IND-05000000",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```