{"id":9571,"date":"2025-07-20T07:15:49","date_gmt":"2025-07-20T13:15:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uawlocal2250.net\/live\/?p=9571"},"modified":"2025-07-20T07:17:53","modified_gmt":"2025-07-20T13:17:53","slug":"your-pay-vs-the-average-american-earnings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uawlocal2250.net\/live\/index.php\/2025\/07\/20\/your-pay-vs-the-average-american-earnings\/","title":{"rendered":"Your Pay vs The Average American Earnings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Want to know how your pay compares to the rest of America? Find out in What’s The Average Salary in the US?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In the first quarter of 2025, the median weekly wage rose to $1,194 \u2014 which translates to a monthly income<\/a> of $5,174 or approximately $62,088 annually \u2014 representing a 4.8% increase from the same period in 2024.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

How do you compare? Let’s look at the chart from the contract highlighter…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The current base wage of $36.96 multiplied by a straight-time work year of 2080 hours = $76,876.80 a year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Base pay of UAW\/GM member $76,876.80<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Average US Salary $62,088.00<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Difference $14,788.80 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

That’s a pretty big difference! A UAW member earns $14,788.80 more than the average US salary! Tell me again how unions aren’t helpful…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Just for fun let’s compare those figures with this chart of salary by education level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is the average US salary by education level?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Education<\/a> also plays a significant role in earning potential, the data showed. Here\u2019s what the median salary for U.S. workers looks like by educational attainment:<\/p>\n\n\n\n