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CHART: Average US worker now needs over 12 months of work to earn one BTC

  • —September 2026: 2,127 hours of work per BTC, roughly 12 months
  • —July 2025 peak: 3,100 hours, or 1.6 years, at an average price of $115,101
  • —October 2009: less than one second of work per BTC
  • —Calculation uses average US private-sector wages from Bureau of Labor Statistics data
Why it matters: The metric shows how far bitcoin has outpaced wages, leaving BTC historically expensive for the average worker.
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Source: Protos
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