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 Apr. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. change from:
2007 2007 2008 2008 2008p 2008p Mar. 2008-
Apr. 2008p
Total private:
Current dollars........................ $17.29 $17.70 $17.75 $17.81 $17.87 $17.88 0.1
Constant (1982) dollars (2)............ 8.33 8.27 8.26 8.29 8.28 N.A. (3)
Goods-producing............................. 18.56 18.90 18.98 19.04 19.12 19.08 -.2
Natural resources and mining.................... 20.78 21.54 21.75 21.69 22.01 21.51 -2.3
Construction.................................... 20.76 21.30 21.38 21.47 21.57 21.60 .1
Manufacturing................................... 17.20 17.41 17.49 17.55 17.61 17.57 -.2
Excluding overtime (4)....................... 16.36 16.60 16.68 16.74 16.79 16.77 -.1
Durable goods.................................. 18.13 18.33 18.41 18.49 18.54 18.52 -.1
Nondurable goods............................... 15.62 15.86 15.92 15.94 16.03 15.97 -.4
Private service-providing.................. 16.96 17.39 17.44 17.50 17.55 17.58 .2
Trade, transportation, and utilities............ 15.66 16.00 16.02 16.07 16.11 16.12 .1
Wholesale trade................................ 19.39 19.93 19.97 20.00 20.03 20.05 .1
Retail trade................................... 12.71 12.81 12.80 12.84 12.87 12.90 .2
Transportation and warehousing................. 17.57 18.07 18.10 18.21 18.22 18.18 -.2
Utilities...................................... 27.64 28.52 28.61 28.58 28.70 28.39 -1.1
Information..................................... 23.84 24.18 24.33 24.41 24.54 24.55 .0
Financial activities............................ 19.56 19.91 20.00 20.05 20.10 20.12 .1
Professional and business services.............. 19.96 20.46 20.53 20.63 20.75 20.82 .3
Education and health services................... 17.90 18.48 18.54 18.59 18.61 18.67 .3
Leisure and hospitality......................... 10.30 10.65 10.67 10.73 10.76 10.77 .1
Other services.................................. 15.29 15.71 15.74 15.76 15.78 15.78 .0
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 -.1 percent from Feb. 2008 to Mar. 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.