Full-time wage and salary workers saw their median weekly earnings rise to $1,251 in the second quarter of 2026, according to the latest report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
This figure, not seasonally adjusted, represents a 4.6 percent increase from a year prior, outpacing the 3.9 percent gain in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U). The report covers 120.9 million full-time workers.