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                         Mar.     Nov.     Dec.     Jan.    Feb.     Mar.  change from:
                                                   2008     2008     2008     2009    2009p    2009p  Feb. 2009-
                                                                                                      Mar. 2009p
        Total private:
         Current dollars........................ $17.90   $18.34   $18.40   $18.43   $18.47   $18.50      0.2
         Constant (1982) dollars(2).............   8.28     8.54     8.65     8.64     8.62     N.A.     (3)

    Goods-producing.............................  19.17    19.63    19.69    19.72    19.78    19.84       .3

Mining and logging..............................  22.28    23.28    23.23    23.14    23.12    23.30       .8

Construction....................................  21.58    22.28    22.41    22.43    22.44    22.61       .8

Manufacturing...................................  17.64    17.94    17.96    17.99    18.06    18.08       .1
   Excluding overtime(4)........................  16.82    17.25    17.33    17.36    17.46    17.48       .1

 Durable goods..................................  18.58    18.91    18.94    18.99    19.07    19.16       .5

 Nondurable goods...............................  16.05    16.37    16.39    16.43    16.50    16.44      -.4

     Private service-providing..................  17.58    18.03    18.10    18.14    18.17    18.20       .2

Trade, transportation, and utilities............  16.07    16.29    16.31    16.36    16.38    16.38       .0

 Wholesale trade................................  20.04    20.29    20.31    20.41    20.49    20.56       .3

 Retail trade...................................  12.83    12.93    12.94    12.97    12.96    12.98       .2

 Transportation and warehousing.................  18.25    18.66    18.66    18.72    18.72    18.69      -.2

 Utilities......................................  28.79    28.91    29.16    29.22    29.67    29.25     -1.4

Information.....................................  24.58    24.94    24.91    24.98    25.07    25.19       .5

Financial activities............................  20.12    20.41    20.53    20.53    20.56    20.64       .4

Professional and business services..............  20.78    21.78    21.97    22.04    22.20    22.33       .6

Education and health services...................  18.69    19.13    19.20    19.18    19.23    19.21      -.1

Leisure and hospitality.........................  10.75    10.90    10.94    10.97    10.98    10.98       .0

Other services..................................  15.94    16.29    16.29    16.30    16.25    16.24      -.1


   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.
Change was -.2 percent from Jan. 2009 to Feb. 2009, 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.