Table B-7. Average weekly hours and overtime of production and nonsupervisory employees on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector, seasonally adjusted(1)
| Industry | Sept. 2011 |
July 2012 |
Aug. 2012(p) |
Sept. 2012(p) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
AVERAGE WEEKLY HOURS |
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Total private |
33.6 | 33.7 | 33.7 | 33.7 |
Goods-producing |
40.8 | 41.1 | 41.0 | 41.0 |
Mining and logging |
46.7 | 46.8 | 45.9 | 46.2 |
Construction |
39.0 | 39.1 | 39.0 | 39.2 |
Manufacturing |
41.3 | 41.7 | 41.5 | 41.5 |
Durable goods |
41.8 | 42.1 | 41.9 | 41.8 |
Nondurable goods |
40.7 | 41.0 | 41.0 | 41.0 |
Private service-providing |
32.4 | 32.4 | 32.4 | 32.4 |
Trade, transportation, and utilities |
33.7 | 33.7 | 33.7 | 33.7 |
Wholesale trade |
38.6 | 38.6 | 38.5 | 38.7 |
Retail trade |
30.5 | 30.5 | 30.5 | 30.4 |
Transportation and warehousing |
37.7 | 37.8 | 37.8 | 37.8 |
Utilities |
42.3 | 41.4 | 41.0 | 41.2 |
Information |
36.1 | 35.8 | 35.8 | 35.9 |
Financial activities |
36.6 | 36.7 | 36.8 | 36.8 |
Professional and business services |
35.2 | 35.3 | 35.3 | 35.3 |
Education and health services |
32.4 | 32.2 | 32.3 | 32.3 |
Leisure and hospitality |
24.7 | 24.9 | 24.8 | 24.8 |
Other services |
30.8 | 30.6 | 30.5 | 30.6 |
AVERAGE OVERTIME HOURS |
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Manufacturing |
4.0 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.2 |
Durable goods |
4.1 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.2 |
Nondurable goods |
3.9 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 4.1 |
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Footnotes |
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