Table B-8. Average hourly and weekly earnings of production and nonsupervisory employees on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector, seasonally adjusted(1)

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
Table B-8. Average hourly and weekly earnings of production and nonsupervisory employees on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector, seasonally adjusted(1)
Industry Average hourly earnings Average weekly earnings
Jan.
2014		 Nov.
2014		 Dec.
2014(p)		 Jan.
2015(p)		 Jan.
2014		 Nov.
2014		 Dec.
2014(p)		 Jan.
2015(p)

Total private

 $20.40 $20.77 $20.73 $20.80 $683.40 $702.03 $702.75 $703.04

Goods-producing

 21.39 21.71 21.66 21.68 872.71 903.14 901.06 897.55

Mining and logging

 26.80 27.13 26.66 26.56 1,243.52 1,291.39 1,271.68 1,245.66

Construction

 24.40 24.83 24.79 24.91 939.40 985.75 986.64 978.96

Manufacturing

 19.44 19.64 19.61 19.62 808.70 828.81 825.58 826.00

Durable goods

 20.53 20.71 20.67 20.67 862.26 880.18 876.41 878.48

Nondurable goods

 17.66 17.86 17.85 17.87 724.06 742.98 740.78 739.82

Private service-providing

 20.19 20.57 20.53 20.61 652.14 668.53 669.28 669.83

Trade, transportation, and utilities

 18.03 18.45 18.38 18.52 604.01 621.77 623.08 622.27

Wholesale trade

 22.99 23.47 23.42 23.52 885.12 905.94 904.01 907.87

Retail trade

 14.20 14.55 14.43 14.65 423.16 437.96 437.23 439.50

Transportation and warehousing

 20.12 20.70 20.74 20.66 776.63 796.95 808.86 799.54

Utilities

 32.78 33.03 33.14 33.16 1,380.04 1,407.08 1,398.51 1,409.30

Information

 28.45 28.57 28.46 28.38 1,018.51 1,028.52 1,018.87 1,024.52

Financial activities

 24.29 25.03 25.01 25.08 889.01 921.10 920.37 922.94

Professional and business services

 24.10 24.37 24.31 24.37 853.14 870.01 867.87 870.01

Education and health services

 21.53 21.83 21.83 21.88 686.81 698.56 700.74 702.35

Leisure and hospitality

 11.88 12.26 12.28 12.29 297.00 307.73 309.46 308.48

Other services

 18.33 18.71 18.71 18.78 562.73 574.40 576.27 576.55

Footnotes
 (1) Data relate to production employees in mining and logging and manufacturing, construction employees in construction, and nonsupervisory employees in the service-providing industries. These groups account for approximately four-fifths of the total employment on private nonfarm payrolls.
(p) Preliminary

NOTE: Data have been revised to reflect March 2014 benchmark levels and updated seasonal adjustment factors.

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