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
Feb.
2013		 Dec.
2013		 Jan.
2014(p)		 Feb.
2014(p)		 Feb.
2013		 Dec.
2013		 Jan.
2014(p)		 Feb.
2014(p)

Total private

 $20.00 $20.35 $20.41 $20.50 $676.00 $681.73 $683.74 $682.65

Goods-producing

 21.13 21.38 21.39 21.44 872.67 880.86 874.85 870.46

Mining and logging

 26.34 26.87 26.84 26.83 1,201.10 1,260.20 1,240.01 1,263.69

Construction

 24.17 24.35 24.40 24.57 957.13 949.65 949.16 941.03

Manufacturing

 19.22 19.45 19.43 19.43 805.32 814.96 806.35 804.40

Durable goods

 20.21 20.50 20.48 20.47 854.88 867.15 858.11 855.65

Nondurable goods

 17.59 17.72 17.72 17.73 726.47 730.06 726.52 723.38

Private service-providing

 19.76 20.13 20.20 20.30 642.20 650.20 652.46 651.63

Trade, transportation, and utilities

 17.59 17.94 18.04 18.15 594.54 600.99 602.54 602.58

Wholesale trade

 22.38 22.84 23.05 23.31 868.34 881.62 887.43 897.44

Retail trade

 13.93 14.14 14.18 14.22 422.08 424.20 421.15 420.91

Transportation and warehousing

 19.58 20.13 20.11 20.19 751.87 772.99 774.24 765.20

Utilities

 32.07 32.78 32.77 32.90 1,350.15 1,366.93 1,376.34 1,385.09

Information

 27.85 28.35 28.48 28.77 997.03 1,023.44 1,025.28 1,044.35

Financial activities

 23.52 24.24 24.31 24.46 863.18 887.18 889.75 895.24

Professional and business services

 23.60 23.93 24.03 24.13 835.44 842.34 848.26 849.38

Education and health services

 21.20 21.52 21.57 21.60 684.76 686.49 690.24 686.88

Leisure and hospitality

 11.71 11.92 11.89 11.96 292.75 295.62 296.06 295.41

Other services

 17.88 18.27 18.34 18.45 550.70 559.06 561.20 562.73

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

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