According to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, as of August 2023, the average U.S. autoworker on a manufacturing production line earns about $28 per hour. However, autoworker pay at "The Big Three" works on a tiered system, where more recent hires start at lower rates of pay than more tenured workers. Top-tier workers (those hired in 2007 or earlier) earn an average of $33 per hour, while lower-tier workers (hired after 2007) earn up to $17 an hour. It is important to note that pay also depends on a workers tenure at the automaker.