Table 3. Hourly mean wage rates by industry and occupational group

Table 3.  Hourly mean wage rates by industry and occupational group 

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                                  |            |    Business  |               |              |      Life,  |                |          |               |  Arts, design, |               |            
           Industry               |            |       and    |  Computer and | Architecture |   physical, |   Community    |          |    Education, | entertainment, |   Healthcare  | Healthcare 
                                  | Management |    financial | mathematical  |     and      |  and social |  and social    |   Legal  | training, and |   sports, and  | practitioner  |   support  
                                  |            |   operations |     science   |  engineering |     science |   services     |          |     library   |      media     | and technical |            
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                                  |            |              |               |              |             |                |          |               |                |               |            
  All industries .................|     $46.22 |       $30.01 |        $34.71 |       $33.11 |      $29.82 |         $19.49 |   $42.53 |        $22.41 |         $23.27 |        $31.26 |     $12.31 
                                  |            |              |               |              |             |                |          |               |                |               |            
Agriculture, forestry, fishing,   |            |              |               |              |             |                |          |               |                |               |            
 and hunting .....................|      38.32 |        26.41 |         27.05 |        28.82 |       21.60 |           (1)  |     (1)  |         40.35 |           (1)  |         22.64 |      12.01 
Mining ...........................|      51.80 |        32.14 |         34.10 |        41.82 |       39.20 |           (1)  |    46.81 |          (1)  |          30.09 |         29.85 |       (1)  
Utilities ........................|      51.99 |        33.05 |         35.01 |        35.18 |       33.27 |           (1)  |    54.10 |          (1)  |          31.22 |         32.73 |       (1)  
Construction .....................|      46.54 |        29.35 |         29.67 |        31.00 |       28.90 |          18.68 |    45.65 |         24.79 |          23.78 |         26.91 |      10.96 
Manufacturing ....................|      51.66 |        29.65 |         38.12 |        33.88 |       30.10 |          21.04 |    56.94 |         29.22 |          23.82 |         27.74 |      15.16 
Wholesale trade ..................|      54.83 |        29.79 |         35.74 |        33.42 |       33.29 |          19.06 |    57.03 |         23.89 |          22.38 |         27.31 |      13.53 
Retail trade .....................|      42.13 |        25.17 |         26.59 |        30.01 |       27.55 |          18.41 |    25.71 |         16.41 |          14.41 |         27.12 |      10.17 
Transportation and warehousing ...|      42.12 |        28.32 |         31.62 |        32.67 |       30.23 |          20.16 |    52.15 |         23.45 |          22.52 |         24.14 |      12.91 
Information ......................|      57.30 |        32.36 |         35.94 |        34.04 |       35.82 |          18.59 |    57.52 |         19.44 |          25.22 |         30.85 |      17.56 
Finance and insurance ............|      54.93 |        31.56 |         35.33 |        38.24 |       32.06 |          21.32 |    35.76 |         24.68 |          26.70 |         29.34 |      14.30 
Real estate and rental  and       |            |              |               |              |             |                |          |               |                |               |            
 leasing .........................|      33.82 |        28.53 |         29.48 |        33.34 |       26.16 |          17.18 |    33.61 |         19.20 |          21.10 |         21.68 |      11.87 
Professional, scientific, and     |            |              |               |              |             |                |          |               |                |               |            
 technical services ..............|      59.72 |        34.27 |         36.91 |        32.27 |       30.70 |          21.67 |    45.10 |         27.80 |          26.08 |         25.13 |      10.70 
Management of companies and       |            |              |               |              |             |                |          |               |                |               |            
 enterprises .....................|      55.65 |        31.24 |         34.79 |        36.83 |       33.56 |          18.60 |    54.14 |         18.84 |          29.21 |         30.30 |      13.98 
Administrative and support and    |            |              |               |              |             |                |          |               |                |               |            
 waste management and remediation |            |              |               |              |             |                |          |               |                |               |            
 services ........................|      45.46 |        27.95 |         31.51 |        30.28 |       26.58 |          17.03 |    32.16 |         19.78 |          21.89 |         29.21 |      12.63 
Educational services .............|      40.61 |        25.98 |         25.51 |        28.82 |       25.01 |          25.33 |    42.20 |         23.26 |          18.19 |         26.80 |      14.13 
Health care and social assistance.|      38.03 |        24.80 |         28.05 |        29.01 |       32.26 |          17.07 |    34.80 |         12.57 |          21.45 |         32.23 |      12.19 
Arts, entertainment, and          |            |              |               |              |             |                |          |               |                |               |            
 recreation ......................|      40.37 |        29.77 |         26.26 |        37.10 |       22.98 |          15.98 |    56.44 |         19.05 |          24.09 |         20.46 |      18.53 
Accommodation and food  services .|      27.30 |        21.84 |         26.34 |        29.44 |       23.77 |          14.12 |    46.34 |         13.99 |          15.64 |         21.99 |      16.75 
Other services (except public     |            |              |               |              |             |                |          |               |                |               |            
 administration) .................|      39.63 |        25.25 |         28.55 |        31.74 |       27.02 |          18.13 |    40.15 |         14.75 |          23.46 |         26.16 |      16.88 
Federal, state, and local         |            |              |               |              |             |                |          |               |                |               |            
 government ......................|      37.47 |        28.44 |         32.40 |        33.47 |       29.07 |          21.24 |    37.21 |         20.07 |          25.28 |         30.05 |      14.24 
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                                  |            |      Food    |  Building and |    Personal  |             |    Office and  | Farming, |               |                |               |  Transpor- 
                                  | Protective |  preparation |   grounds     |   care and   |  Sales and  | administrative | fishing, |  Construction |  Installation, |               | tation and 
                                  |   service  |  and serving | cleaning and  |    service   |   related   |     support    |   and    |      and      |   maintenance, |   Production  |  material  
                                  |            |    related   |   maintenance |              |             |                | forestry |   extraction  |    and repair  |               |   moving   
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                                  |            |              |               |              |             |                |          |               |                |               |            
  All industries .................|      18.63 |         9.35 |         11.33 |        11.53 |       16.94 |          15.00 |    10.89 |         19.53 |          19.20 |         15.05 |      14.75 
                                  |            |              |               |              |             |                |          |               |                |               |            
Agriculture, forestry, fishing,   |            |              |               |              |             |                |          |               |                |               |            
 and hunting .....................|      11.53 |         (1)  |         12.16 |        12.36 |       23.50 |          12.81 |    10.08 |         16.15 |          15.16 |         11.65 |      11.91 
Mining ...........................|       (1)  |        11.53 |         10.98 |         (1)  |       30.91 |          16.05 |     (1)  |         19.43 |          20.63 |         20.84 |      17.59 
Utilities ........................|      21.09 |         (1)  |         15.28 |         (1)  |       25.99 |          18.83 |    13.23 |         25.07 |          26.60 |         27.08 |      20.86 
Construction .....................|      13.84 |         9.90 |         12.15 |        11.32 |       27.67 |          15.30 |    12.42 |         19.66 |          19.31 |         16.97 |      16.60 
Manufacturing ....................|      15.85 |         9.75 |         11.97 |        13.76 |       28.49 |          16.32 |    12.12 |         19.87 |          20.91 |         15.40 |      13.85 
Wholesale trade ..................|      14.29 |         9.50 |         11.38 |        12.05 |       29.05 |          15.07 |    10.48 |         19.40 |          19.17 |         14.54 |      13.98 
Retail trade .....................|      13.14 |         9.93 |         10.21 |         9.55 |       11.89 |          11.72 |    10.27 |         17.43 |          17.16 |         12.97 |      10.89 
Transportation and warehousing ...|      16.75 |        12.67 |         17.00 |        23.76 |       25.19 |          18.02 |    13.57 |         21.64 |          21.62 |         17.87 |      18.82 
Information ......................|      15.58 |         8.21 |         11.49 |         9.18 |       23.87 |          16.71 |     (1)  |         23.56 |          25.13 |         16.81 |      13.43 
Finance and insurance ............|      18.93 |        11.96 |         11.24 |        14.30 |       32.40 |          15.36 |    12.83 |         20.04 |          18.08 |         17.96 |      19.80 
Real estate and rental and        |            |              |               |              |             |                |          |               |                |               |            
 leasing ........................ |      13.54 |         9.81 |         11.55 |        12.09 |       18.43 |          14.32 |    11.43 |         19.99 |          15.49 |         15.49 |      12.48 
Professional, scientific, and     |            |              |               |              |             |                |          |               |                |               |            
 technical services ..............|      19.42 |        10.95 |         11.80 |         9.98 |       29.61 |          16.34 |    11.59 |         22.91 |          21.53 |         16.78 |      14.16 
Management of companies and       |            |              |               |              |             |                |          |               |                |               |            
 enterprises .....................|      17.26 |        11.75 |         12.53 |        11.91 |       27.69 |          16.98 |    16.34 |         23.35 |          21.14 |         17.82 |      15.34 
Administrative and support and    |            |              |               |              |             |                |          |               |                |               |            
 waste management and remediation |            |              |               |              |             |                |          |               |                |               |            
 services ........................|      11.62 |         9.94 |         11.02 |        10.83 |       16.48 |          13.50 |    11.58 |         15.78 |          17.41 |         11.37 |      11.67 
Educational services .............|      15.00 |        10.34 |         13.15 |        11.41 |       17.19 |          14.93 |    14.21 |         21.46 |          17.85 |         18.56 |      12.80 
Health care and social assistance.|      13.97 |        10.33 |         10.58 |         9.60 |       17.37 |          14.50 |    10.55 |         21.93 |          16.91 |         12.00 |      11.34 
Arts, entertainment, and          |            |              |               |              |             |                |          |               |                |               |            
 recreation ......................|      11.31 |        10.06 |         11.37 |        11.89 |       11.55 |          13.30 |    11.43 |         22.56 |          15.88 |         16.46 |      12.55 
Accommodation and food services ..|      11.93 |         9.14 |          9.67 |        11.09 |        9.54 |          11.60 |    11.72 |         20.34 |          14.41 |         10.70 |       8.91 
Other services (except public     |            |              |               |              |             |                |          |               |                |               |            
 administration) .................|      10.62 |         9.40 |         10.96 |        12.00 |       13.84 |          13.61 |    13.41 |         19.99 |          17.24 |         12.03 |      10.44 
Federal, state, and local         |            |              |               |              |             |                |          |               |                |               |            
 government ......................|      22.78 |        12.18 |         14.00 |        12.01 |       14.95 |          16.62 |    16.73 |         19.32 |          20.86 |         20.82 |      19.60 
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