Single-family housing starts vs Average hourly earnings of production and nonsupervisory employees in United States

In 2026, single-family housing starts in United States was 808,000; average hourly earnings of production and nonsupervisory employees was 38.4 USD.

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Single-family housing starts

Unit: count · 2 observations

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Single-family housing startsSingle-family housing starts. 2 observations from June 2026 to July 2026, ranging from 808,000 to 897,000. Latest value 808,000 (July 2026). 0 200,000 400,000 600,000 800,000 1M 5 Apr 8 Apr 15 Apr 22 Apr 6 May 15 May 22 May 5 Jun 15 Jun 22 Jun 29 Jun Apr 2026 May 2026 Jun 2026 897,000 808,000
Single-family housing startsSingle-family housing starts. 2 observations from June 2026 to July 2026, ranging from 808,000 to 897,000. Latest value 808,000 (July 2026). 0 300,000 600,000 900,000 5 Apr 15 Apr 22 Apr 8 May 15 May 22 May 8 Jun 15 Jun 22 Jun 29 Jun May 2026 Jun 2026 897,000 808,000
Single-family housing startsSingle-family housing starts. 2 observations from June 2026 to July 2026, ranging from 808,000 to 897,000. Latest value 808,000 (July 2026). 0 300,000 600,000 900,000 5 Apr 22 Jun May 2026 Jun 2026 897,000 808,000
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Single-family housing starts
Period Type Value
June 2026 Estimate 897,000
July 2026 Actual 808,000
Source: Census Bureau · CC BY 4.0 · Full series

Average hourly earnings of production and nonsupervisory employees

Unit: USD · 4 observations

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Average hourly earnings of production and nonsupervisory employeesAverage hourly earnings of production and nonsupervisory employees. 4 observations from April 2026 to July 2026, ranging from 38.3 USD to 38.7 USD. Latest value 38.7 USD (July 2026). USD 0 10 20 30 40 5 Apr 8 Apr 15 Apr 22 Apr 6 May 15 May 22 May 5 Jun 8 Jun 15 Jun 22 Jun 29 Jun Apr 2026 May 2026 Jun 2026 38.3 38.7
Average hourly earnings of production and nonsupervisory employeesAverage hourly earnings of production and nonsupervisory employees. 4 observations from April 2026 to July 2026, ranging from 38.3 USD to 38.7 USD. Latest value 38.7 USD (July 2026). USD 0 10 20 30 40 5 Apr 15 Apr 22 Apr 8 May 15 May 22 May 8 Jun 15 Jun 22 Jun 29 Jun May 2026 Jun 2026 38.3 38.7
Average hourly earnings of production and nonsupervisory employeesAverage hourly earnings of production and nonsupervisory employees. 4 observations from April 2026 to July 2026, ranging from 38.3 USD to 38.7 USD. Latest value 38.7 USD (July 2026). USD 0 10 20 30 40 5 Apr 22 Jun May 2026 Jun 2026 38.3 38.7
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Average hourly earnings of production and nonsupervisory employees
Period Type Value
April 2026 Actual 38.3 USD
May 2026 Actual 38.3 USD
June 2026 Actual 38.4 USD
July 2026 Estimate 38.7 USD
Source: BLS · CC BY 4.0 · Full series

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Period Single-family housing starts Average hourly earnings of production and nonsupervisory employees
2026 808,000 38.4 USD

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Single-family housing starts

The annual rate of privately-owned single-family housing units on which construction has started.

2 observations in United States · source organisations: Census Bureau

Average hourly earnings of production and nonsupervisory employees

Mean hourly wage rate earned by production and nonsupervisory workers in the industry.

4 observations in United States · source organisations: BLS

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