United States
Mean monthly employee earnings by ISIC Rev. 4 section, in 2021 PPP dollars. Gross earnings of employees, not take-home pay.
+$288 (+4.8%)
As of 2025 | 2021 PPP $ per month
| Year | By industry |
|---|---|
| 2025 | $6,273 |
| 2024 | $5,985 |
| 2023 | $5,334 |
| 2022 | $4,845 |
| 2021 | $4,600 |
| 2020 | $4,502 |
| 2019 | $4,233 |
| 2018 | $4,088 |
| 2017 | $3,955 |
| 2016 | $3,835 |
| 2015 | $3,728 |
| 2014 | $3,624 |
| 2013 | $3,579 |
| 2012 | $3,512 |
| 2011 | $3,434 |
| 2010 | $3,389 |
| 2009 | $3,355 |
| 2008 | $3,340 |
| 2007 | $3,224 |
| 2006 | $3,130 |
| 2005 | $3,029 |
| 2004 | $2,946 |
| 2003 | $2,869 |
Average monthly earnings by economic activity (ILOSTAT EAR_EMTA_SEX_ECO_CUR_NB) split employees across ISIC Rev. 4 sections, in 2021 PPP dollars. For United States, all activities: $6,273 in 2025.
Industry gaps reflect mix, hours and who is counted as an employee, not only pay scales. From 2003 to 2025 (23 years) for this series: latest $6,273 (2025), previous year $5,985 (2024); low $2,869 (2003), high $6,273 (2025).
Source: ILOSTAT. Licence: CC BY 4.0 (International Labour Organization) (terms).
This series splits mean monthly employee earnings by economic activity, using ISIC Rev. 4 sections. It is ILOSTAT indicator EAR_EMTA_SEX_ECO_CUR_NB, both sexes, annual, in 2021 PPP dollars. Values are gross employee pay, not take-home pay, and cover employees only. On a country desk the page shows that economy’s own sections; on the all-countries page each industry’s reading is the median of the published national means for that year, which is a comparison device and not an official world figure.
Earnings differ between industries because of hours, qualifications, bargaining coverage and the mix of occupations, not only pay rates. Small sections can rest on small samples and move sharply. The chart and table follow one section over time; the range buttons shorten the window. National definitions of an industry and of an employee vary, so treat cross-country gaps as indicative. The ILO revises series, so values can change at the next rebuild. Read the year labels; sections do not all update together.
This desk shows ILOSTAT mean monthly employee earnings by ISIC Rev. 4 section for United States, where published. The all-countries industry chart instead takes the median of published national section means in each year. That comparison summary is not an official world series.
Country industry values are ILOSTAT national means in 2021 PPP dollars. They are gross employee earnings before tax, not take-home pay; coverage varies.
Chart and Table show the same observations. Range buttons change only the displayed years; use Country to switch desks. Each page names its source and licence.