ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                             ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-4.  Average hourly earnings of production and nonsupervisory workers(1) on private nonfarm payrolls
by industry sector and selected industry detail, seasonally adjusted


                                                                                                       Percent
                  Industry                         Sept.    May      June     July    Aug.     Sept. change from:
                                                   2007     2008     2008     2008    2008p    2008p  Aug. 2008-
                                                                                                      Sept.2008p
        Total private:
         Current dollars........................ $17.57   $17.95   $18.00   $18.06   $18.14   $18.17      0.2
         Constant (1982) dollars(2).............   8.35     8.24     8.17     8.12     8.17     N.A.     (3)

    Goods-producing.............................  18.78    19.17    19.25    19.33    19.40    19.45       .3

Natural resources and mining....................  20.99    21.71    22.01    22.54    23.02    23.17       .7

Construction....................................  21.12    21.70    21.77    21.84    22.01    22.06       .2

Manufacturing...................................  17.34    17.65    17.71    17.78    17.75    17.79       .2
   Excluding overtime(4)........................  16.50    16.85    16.93    16.99    16.98    17.04       .4

 Durable goods..................................  18.28    18.61    18.67    18.75    18.70    18.74       .2

 Nondurable goods...............................  15.74    16.04    16.11    16.14    16.16    16.21       .3

     Private service-providing..................  17.26    17.64    17.69    17.74    17.82    17.85       .2

Trade, transportation, and utilities............  15.90    16.16    16.19    16.20    16.26    16.24      -.1

 Wholesale trade................................  19.72    20.06    20.12    20.16    20.30    20.25      -.2

 Retail trade...................................  12.83    12.90    12.90    12.90    12.95    12.93      -.2

 Transportation and warehousing.................  17.86    18.38    18.39    18.41    18.47    18.45      -.1

 Utilities......................................  28.14    28.81    29.14    28.65    28.86    28.74      -.4

Information.....................................  24.01    24.67    24.74    24.82    24.86    24.85       .0

Financial activities............................  19.76    20.23    20.26    20.30    20.38    20.44       .3

Professional and business services..............  20.36    20.90    21.01    21.12    21.28    21.38       .5

Education and health services...................  18.29    18.71    18.75    18.81    18.85    18.89       .2

Leisure and hospitality.........................  10.55    10.81    10.85    10.86    10.90    10.91       .1

Other services..................................  15.55    15.81    15.85    15.90    15.93    15.97       .3


  1 See footnote 1, table B-2.
  2 The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) is used to deflate this series.
  3 Change was .6 percent from July 2008 to Aug. 2008, the latest month available.
  4 Derived by assuming that overtime hours are paid at the rate of time and one-half.
  N.A. = not available.
  p = preliminary.
  NOTE:  Data reflect the conversion to the 2007 version of the North American Industry Classification System 
(NAICS) as the basis for the assignment and tabulation of economic data by industry, replacing NAICS 2002.
See http://www.bls.gov/ces/cesnaics07.htm for more details.