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  "slug": "us-warehousing-avg-hourly-earnings-2026-08",
  "url": "https://whirrwork.com/research/stats/us-warehousing-avg-hourly-earnings-2026-08/",
  "topic": "labour",
  "claim": "Average hourly earnings of production and nonsupervisory employees in US warehousing and storage were $25.74 in August 2026 (seasonally adjusted, preliminary), according to the BLS.",
  "figure": {
    "value": 25.74,
    "display": "$25.74",
    "unit": "USD per hour (average hourly earnings, wage only)"
  },
  "scope": {
    "geography": "United States",
    "period": "August 2026 (preliminary)"
  },
  "measure": "official statistic",
  "confidence": "high",
  "source_type": "primary",
  "source": {
    "type": "primary",
    "kind": "Government statistics",
    "name": "U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)",
    "title": "Current Employment Statistics series CES4349300008: Average hourly earnings of production and nonsupervisory employees, warehousing and storage, seasonally adjusted",
    "publisher": "U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics",
    "published": null,
    "date_note": "Monthly series; August 2026 value marked (P) preliminary on 2026-11-03 (July 2026: $26.02)",
    "url": "https://data.bls.gov/timeseries/CES4349300008",
    "archive_url": null,
    "archived_at": null,
    "primary_note": null
  },
  "accessed": "2026-11-03",
  "last_verified": "2026-11-03",
  "stale": false,
  "quote": null,
  "quote_note": "Not quoted: a data table, not prose. Value read from the BLS series page and the BLS public API v2 on the access date.",
  "caveats": [
    "Wage only, not the fully loaded employer cost (benefits, payroll taxes, overtime, turnover are extra).",
    "Preliminary: BLS revises the two latest months; check the series before citing.",
    "Production and nonsupervisory employees only, all warehousing and storage occupations, not just pickers or palletizer operators."
  ],
  "verification": "Figure read on the BLS series page and confirmed via the BLS API v2 on the access date (editorial review).",
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    "status": 200,
    "checked_at": "2026-11-03T20:41:26.858Z"
  },
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  "license": "CC-BY-4.0",
  "attribution": "Whirrwork (https://whirrwork.com), CC BY 4.0",
  "citations": {
    "apa": "Whirrwork. (2026, November 3). Average hourly earnings of production and nonsupervisory employees in US warehousing and storage were $25.74 in August 2026 (seasonally adjusted, preliminary), according to the BLS [Statistic]. Whirrwork Research. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://whirrwork.com/research/stats/us-warehousing-avg-hourly-earnings-2026-08/",
    "chicago": "Whirrwork. “Average hourly earnings of production and nonsupervisory employees in US warehousing and storage were $25.74 in August 2026 (seasonally adjusted, preliminary), according to the BLS.” Whirrwork Research. Published November 3, 2026. Accessed November 3, 2026. https://whirrwork.com/research/stats/us-warehousing-avg-hourly-earnings-2026-08/.",
    "mla": "“Average hourly earnings of production and nonsupervisory employees in US warehousing and storage were $25.74 in August 2026 (seasonally adjusted, preliminary), according to the BLS.” Whirrwork Research, Whirrwork, 3 Nov. 2026, whirrwork.com/research/stats/us-warehousing-avg-hourly-earnings-2026-08/. Accessed 3 Nov. 2026.",
    "bibtex": "@misc{whirrwork_us_warehousing_avg_hourly_earnings_2026_08,\n  author       = {{Whirrwork}},\n  title        = {{Average hourly earnings of production and nonsupervisory employees in US warehousing and storage were \\$25.74 in August 2026 (seasonally adjusted, preliminary), according to the BLS}},\n  howpublished = {Whirrwork Research},\n  year         = {2026},\n  month        = nov,\n  url          = {https://whirrwork.com/research/stats/us-warehousing-avg-hourly-earnings-2026-08/},\n  urldate      = {2026-11-03},\n  note         = {Original source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics series CES4349300008: Average hourly earnings of production and nonsupervisory employees, warehousing and storage, seasonally adjusted. Licensed CC BY 4.0}\n}",
    "source_apa": "U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. (n.d.). Current Employment Statistics series CES4349300008: Average hourly earnings of production and nonsupervisory employees, warehousing and storage, seasonally adjusted. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://data.bls.gov/timeseries/CES4349300008"
  }
}