1-Year Change
+1.7%
vs 2024
5-Year Change
+2.1%
vs 2020
Overall Price Level
100
2024 · United States = 100
United States' latest PPP-adjusted average wage is $86,977 for 2025. Follow the reported wage history, inspect eight consumer price categories for 2024, and open direct country comparisons without blending the two datasets or filling unavailable years. The page keeps the two measurement bases explicit.
Wage data: 2025 · Price data: 2024
Wage History
Track PPP-adjusted average annual wages in constant prices over time.
PPP-adjusted annual wage (USD)
USD PPP, constant 2025 prices
Wage Key Facts
Latest Wage
$86,977
Latest Year
2025
1-Year Change
+1.7%
5-Year Change
+2.1%
10-Year Change
+13.0%
Historical Peak
$86,977
Peak Year
2025
Change From Peak
0.0%
What the Wage Trend Shows
The United States has federal-state wage floors, low bargaining coverage, and wide regional dispersion. The federal floor is not the effective floor everywhere, and averages hide large differences.
Its long-term position is among the highest PPP-adjusted wage economies. Recent movement should avoid turning lower-paid occupational gains into a general claim about living standards.
Consumer Price Levels
Compare eight consumer price categories with the United States benchmark of 100.
United States = 100
What Prices Look Like
Shared category level
All 8 reported categories have the same price level of 100, so there is no distinct highest or lowest category for 2024.
Overall vs United States
The overall price level is 100, close to the United States benchmark (0.0 index points).
Wage and Price Snapshot
Read the latest wage record and the selected price benchmark together, without merging their years.
The latest available PPP-adjusted average wage for United States is $86,977 for 2025. Its one-year change is +1.7%, while the ten-year change is +13.0%.
All eight consumer price categories have a reported value for 2024. 0 reported categories are above the United States benchmark, 0 are below it, and 8 are at 100.
The wage observation is from 2025, while the selected consumer price view is for 2024. They remain separate records on this page and are not combined into a same-year score.
- Latest wage recordWage year 2025
- $86,977
- Price category coveragePrice year 2024
- 8 of 8
- Relative to United States0 below, 8 at 100
- 0 above
Compare United States
See how United States's wages and price levels compare with other OECD economies.
Switzerland$92,285+6.1%higher
Netherlands$80,136−7.9%lower
Belgium$80,009−8.0%lower
Austria$78,301−10.0%lower
Denmark$78,090−10.2%lower
Germany$76,285−12.3%lower
Luxembourg$98,530+13.3%higher
Norway$73,462−15.5%lower
Iceland$100,605+15.7%higher
Australia$72,018−17.2%lowerUnited States' latest PPP-adjusted average wage is $86,977 for 2025. Follow the reported wage history, inspect eight consumer price categories for 2024, and open direct country comparisons without blending the two datasets or filling unavailable years. The page keeps the two measurement bases explicit.
1-Year Change
+1.7%
vs 2024
5-Year Change
+2.1%
vs 2020
Overall Price Level
100
2024 · United States = 100
Wage data: 2025 · Price data: 2024
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is the average annual wage in United States?
The most recent figure is $86,977 for 2025, expressed in USD PPP at constant 2025 prices. That basis adjusts for price level differences between economies, so it is not a local-currency salary. The year remains visible because wage and consumer price records do not necessarily cover the same period.
How has the average wage changed in United States?
It is currently at the top of its series: $86,977 in 2025, which is also the historical peak. The ten-year change is +13.0%. The chart keeps the annual observations visible so the short and long horizons can be checked separately.
What are consumer price levels like in United States?
All 8 reported consumer price categories have the same level of 100 for 2024. There is therefore no distinct most or least expensive category in this record. Values are indices against the United States benchmark of 100, not currency amounts.
Is the average wage in United States close to its historical peak?
It is the peak. The latest year (2025) records the highest value in the series, $86,977, and no earlier year in the data is higher. This comparison uses only the reported wage and price fields displayed on the page.
Wage data
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Price data
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Reported coverage
Wages through 2025 · Prices through 2024