Table 32                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Private industry sector(1): Mean hourly earnings(2)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 for major occupational groups
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
                                                                                 Goods producing                                                                                            Service providing                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                       Trade, transportation, and utilities                    Financial activities           Education and health services          Leisure and hospitality                  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
                        Occupational group(3)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
                                                                          Mining   Constructi- Manufactur-                                     Transporta-                                                                         Health care                Arts,    Accommodat-    Other   
                                                                                        on         ing                  Wholesale     Retail       tion                              Finance   Real estate             Educational     and                 entertainm-     ion       services 
                                                                                                               All        trade       trade        and      Utilities      All         and      and rental     All       services     social       All         ent,      and food             
                                                                                                                                               warehousing                          insurance  and leasing                          assistance                 and       services             
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            recreation                        
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
All workers...........................................................    $25.17        -         $20.58        -           -           -         $19.77      $29.85        -           -           -         $20.01      $26.79      $19.19       $9.71        -          $9.02        -     
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
  Management, professional, and related...............................     45.02        -          36.92        -           -           -          32.14       38.38        -           -           -          27.95       32.47       27.17       24.35        -          23.18        -     
    Management, business, and financial...............................     47.53        -          40.71        -           -           -          32.44       41.50        -           -           -          30.30       33.35       29.41       24.60        -          24.70        -     
    Professional and related..........................................     43.00        -          34.19        -           -           -          30.66       36.28        -           -           -          27.58       32.25       26.86       23.77        -           -           -     
  Service.............................................................     20.02        -          13.49        -           -           -          23.99       18.39        -           -           -          11.31       13.50       11.23        8.42        -           8.09        -     
  Sales and office....................................................     21.27        -          18.68        -           -           -          16.49       21.34        -           -           -          14.53       16.39       14.26       11.51        -          11.15        -     
    Sales and related.................................................     31.68        -          26.37        -           -           -          24.20       27.26        -           -           -          15.78       19.77       13.94       10.99        -          10.93        -     
    Office and administrative support.................................     19.90        -          16.64        -           -           -          15.98       21.00        -           -           -          14.50       16.17       14.27       11.88        -          11.31        -     
  Natural resources, construction, and maintenance....................     21.49        -          20.60        -           -           -          22.22       28.94        -           -           -          19.15       20.28       18.80       15.37        -          14.79        -     
    Installation, maintenance, and repair.............................     20.74        -          21.18        -           -           -          22.18       29.48        -           -           -          18.44       17.95       18.53       15.01        -          14.76        -     
  Production, transportation, and material moving.....................     19.43        -          15.61        -           -           -          19.39       27.75        -           -           -          12.89       16.03       12.75        9.23        -           8.94        -     
    Production........................................................     21.05        -          15.93        -           -           -          21.07       29.41        -           -           -          13.04       17.69       12.91       11.46        -          11.12        -     
    Transportation and material moving................................     17.90        -          13.94        -           -           -          19.35       22.11        -           -           -          12.79       15.44       12.64        8.03        -           7.66        -     

  1 Industry sectors are determined by the 2002 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS).
  2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the
pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighed by hours.
  3 A classification system including about 800 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information.

NOTE: Dashes indicate that data did not meet publication criteria.

SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.