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
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.
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