Figure 6. Average hourly earnings of production workers in petroleum and coal products manufacturing and CPI-W, U.S. city average for gasoline (all types), 1990–2018, seasonally adjusted
Month	Average hourly earnings, petroleum and coal products manufacturing	CPI-W, U.S. city average for gasoline (all types)
Jan 1990	$16.61	93.3
Feb 1990	16.42	93.4
Mar 1990	16.59	92.7
Apr 1990	16.87	93.1
May 1990	16.87	91.6
Jun 1990	17.10	92.9
Jul 1990	17.14	93.3
Aug 1990	17.10	101.0
Sep 1990	17.20	109.5
Oct 1990	17.25	117.1
Nov 1990	17.35	117.3
Dec 1990	17.35	117.6
Jan 1991	17.45	110.9
Feb 1991	17.61	102.6
Mar 1991	17.64	97.9
Apr 1991	17.64	97.9
May 1991	17.83	99.3
Jun 1991	17.88	98.3
Jul 1991	17.90	96.6
Aug 1991	17.98	97.8
Sep 1991	18.10	97.8
Oct 1991	18.11	97.1
Nov 1991	18.26	98.1
Dec 1991	18.42	99.4
Jan 1992	18.36	97.2
Feb 1992	18.53	96.6
Mar 1992	18.62	96.9
Apr 1992	18.71	96.6
May 1992	18.76	97.5
Jun 1992	18.76	99.7
Jul 1992	18.86	100.4
Aug 1992	19.00	99.7
Sep 1992	18.98	99.5
Oct 1992	19.11	100.8
Nov 1992	19.18	101.2
Dec 1992	19.05	101.7
Jan 1993	19.24	101.3
Feb 1993	18.97	101.4
Mar 1993	19.24	100.6
Apr 1993	19.36	99.9
May 1993	19.51	97.8
Jun 1993	19.54	96.5
Jul 1993	19.54	95.2
Aug 1993	19.56	94.9
Sep 1993	19.56	93.8
Oct 1993	19.53	98.7
Nov 1993	19.50	97.2
Dec 1993	19.65	95.7
Jan 1994	19.69	94.6
Feb 1994	19.77	96.3
Mar 1994	19.90	95.7
Apr 1994	19.70	95.6
May 1994	19.69	93.7
Jun 1994	19.90	94.9
Jul 1994	19.95	97.8
Aug 1994	19.96	102.6
Sep 1994	20.28	101.9
Oct 1994	20.23	101.1
Nov 1994	20.16	101.9
Dec 1994	20.29	101.8
Jan 1995	20.04	100.9
Feb 1995	20.16	100.6
Mar 1995	19.87	100.0
Apr 1995	20.26	100.5
May 1995	20.15	101.6
Jun 1995	20.22	103.6
Jul 1995	20.31	101.1
Aug 1995	20.34	99.5
Sep 1995	20.29	98.1
Oct 1995	20.58	97.6
Nov 1995	20.28	95.7
Dec 1995	20.24	97.5
Jan 1996	20.26	101.4
Feb 1996	20.10	101.2
Mar 1996	19.65	104.2
Apr 1996	19.97	108.7
May 1996	19.99	109.4
Jun 1996	20.00	107.8
Jul 1996	20.05	106.0
Aug 1996	20.13	104.3
Sep 1996	20.27	104.5
Oct 1996	20.26	105.2
Nov 1996	20.47	107.5
Dec 1996	21.12	110.7
Jan 1997	20.99	111.4
Feb 1997	20.99	110.7
Mar 1997	21.04	108.1
Apr 1997	20.63	105.0
May 1997	21.06	101.0
Jun 1997	21.11	103.0
Jul 1997	21.09	101.3
Aug 1997	21.16	106.3
Sep 1997	21.19	108.5
Oct 1997	21.25	106.9
Nov 1997	21.32	104.5
Dec 1997	21.37	103.5
Jan 1998	21.46	99.3
Feb 1998	21.47	95.8
Mar 1998	21.70	91.9
Apr 1998	21.74	89.6
May 1998	21.83	91.4
Jun 1998	21.83	92.7
Jul 1998	21.86	92.7
Aug 1998	21.93	90.4
Sep 1998	21.68	89.8
Oct 1998	21.91	90.8
Nov 1998	21.74	89.4
Dec 1998	21.96	87.3
Jan 1999	21.95	86.8
Feb 1999	21.98	84.9
Mar 1999	22.03	87.8
Apr 1999	22.32	98.0
May 1999	22.23	97.5
Jun 1999	22.25	96.7
Jul 1999	22.28	101.1
Aug 1999	22.30	106.3
Sep 1999	22.38	110.3
Oct 1999	22.36	110.0
Nov 1999	22.39	108.8
Dec 1999	22.32	114.5
Jan 2000	22.32	116.4
Feb 2000	22.74	120.1
Mar 2000	22.81	133.4
Apr 2000	22.71	124.8
May 2000	22.70	123.8
Jun 2000	22.84	136.3
Jul 2000	22.88	134.1
Aug 2000	22.74	126.0
Sep 2000	22.78	134.6
Oct 2000	22.90	132.9
Nov 2000	23.00	132.1
Dec 2000	23.08	130.6
Jan 2001	23.01	130.9
Feb 2001	22.96	129.3
Mar 2001	22.43	125.6
Apr 2001	22.88	128.5
May 2001	22.92	140.7
Jun 2001	22.90	137.1
Jul 2001	23.03	122.5
Aug 2001	23.10	120.5
Sep 2001	23.03	131.8
Oct 2001	22.99	116.9
Nov 2001	22.87	104.1
Dec 2001	22.71	99.7
Jan 2002	22.69	100.9
Feb 2002	22.77	99.9
Mar 2002	22.68	108.1
Apr 2002	22.77	116.2
May 2002	22.81	116.8
Jun 2002	22.98	117.3
Jul 2002	23.09	119.0
Aug 2002	23.32	120.1
Sep 2002	23.37	121.0
Oct 2002	23.42	126.5
Nov 2002	23.19	125.6
Dec 2002	23.48	125.1
Jan 2003	23.51	137.4
Feb 2003	23.98	149.1
Mar 2003	23.73	147.6
Apr 2003	23.61	133.8
May 2003	23.62	119.4
Jun 2003	23.61	120.0
Jul 2003	23.38	125.6
Aug 2003	23.36	137.2
Sep 2003	23.55	146.9
Oct 2003	23.58	137.3
Nov 2003	23.80	136.4
Dec 2003	23.89	140.0
Jan 2004	24.14	148.8
Feb 2004	24.05	151.5
Mar 2004	24.47	151.6
Apr 2004	24.28	147.5
May 2004	24.48	155.2
Jun 2004	24.42	160.9
Jul 2004	24.56	158.8
Aug 2004	24.60	158.1
Sep 2004	24.62	161.6
Oct 2004	24.32	173.4
Nov 2004	24.54	179.7
Dec 2004	24.43	176.7
Jan 2005	24.53	167.5
Feb 2005	24.44	174.7
Mar 2005	24.42	178.1
Apr 2005	24.11	181.5
May 2005	24.63	172.6
Jun 2005	24.78	173.7
Jul 2005	24.73	191.3
Aug 2005	24.55	211.9
Sep 2005	24.40	251.4
Oct 2005	24.49	239.7
Nov 2005	24.35	202.8
Dec 2005	24.54	201.4
Jan 2006	24.22	214.0
Feb 2006	24.29	210.9
Mar 2006	24.19	209.1
Apr 2006	24.25	224.9
May 2006	24.15	228.0
Jun 2006	24.07	228.7
Jul 2006	23.63	246.2
Aug 2006	23.78	253.7
Sep 2006	24.00	222.0
Oct 2006	24.22	197.7
Nov 2006	24.45	195.5
Dec 2006	24.30	212.0
Jan 2007	24.58	205.9
Feb 2007	24.57	209.0
Mar 2007	24.37	223.3
Apr 2007	24.80	230.0
May 2007	24.85	241.4
Jun 2007	24.80	242.1
Jul 2007	25.15	243.3
Aug 2007	25.66	237.5
Sep 2007	25.79	245.8
Oct 2007	24.94	247.4
Nov 2007	26.96	269.0
Dec 2007	25.71	272.9
Jan 2008	26.03	274.7
Feb 2008	26.13	278.5
Mar 2008	26.73	280.5
Apr 2008	26.69	277.9
May 2008	27.13	291.3
Jun 2008	27.34	323.0
Jul 2008	27.66	335.6
Aug 2008	28.03	320.6
Sep 2008	28.23	323.3
Oct 2008	28.40	279.7
Nov 2008	28.22	192.3
Dec 2008	28.39	155.0
Jan 2009	28.69	161.6
Feb 2009	29.18	175.3
Mar 2009	29.31	167.5
Apr 2009	29.17	168.9
May 2009	29.04	177.8
Jun 2009	29.56	213.9
Jul 2009	29.76	212.4
Aug 2009	29.74	224.6
Sep 2009	29.77	226.9
Oct 2009	30.04	229.6
Nov 2009	30.62	239.1
Dec 2009	31.16	238.3
Jan 2010	31.21	243.1
Feb 2010	30.96	236.9
Mar 2010	31.20	234.2
Apr 2010	31.47	233.6
May 2010	31.30	228.8
Jun 2010	30.85	223.9
Jul 2010	30.91	230.0
Aug 2010	31.73	233.6
Sep 2010	31.51	236.8
Oct 2010	31.36	251.0
Nov 2010	31.74	257.2
Dec 2010	31.77	272.8
Jan 2011	31.85	277.0
Feb 2011	31.92	281.2
Mar 2011	31.47	296.3
Apr 2011	31.77	311.6
May 2011	31.98	316.3
Jun 2011	32.28	305.5
Jul 2011	32.14	306.4
Aug 2011	31.91	307.8
Sep 2011	31.66	310.7
Oct 2011	31.50	307.2
Nov 2011	31.47	310.0
Dec 2011	31.27	302.0
Jan 2012	31.31	307.7
Feb 2012	31.24	317.8
Mar 2012	31.18	320.8
Apr 2012	31.58	320.8
May 2012	31.99	304.8
Jun 2012	32.03	292.6
Jul 2012	32.39	288.7
Aug 2012	32.29	311.8
Sep 2012	32.78	328.5
Oct 2012	32.92	333.9
Nov 2012	32.59	316.5
Dec 2012	33.15	307.7
Jan 2013	33.48	308.1
Feb 2013	34.55	330.8
Mar 2013	34.18	311.8
Apr 2013	34.65	296.4
May 2013	34.47	294.6
Jun 2013	34.51	299.7
Jul 2013	34.35	300.1
Aug 2013	34.81	304.7
Sep 2013	34.79	298.7
Oct 2013	35.14	296.8
Nov 2013	35.10	298.6
Dec 2013	35.02	304.6
Jan 2014	35.00	308.9
Feb 2014	35.12	307.1
Mar 2014	35.26	302.2
Apr 2014	35.05	307.3
May 2014	35.20	302.8
Jun 2014	35.41	303.6
Jul 2014	35.26	300.9
Aug 2014	35.49	295.8
Sep 2014	35.50	287.6
Oct 2014	35.81	278.3
Nov 2014	35.98	264.7
Dec 2014	36.33	239.3
Jan 2015	37.27	198.1
Feb 2015	36.32	206.3
Mar 2015	36.79	217.2
Apr 2015	36.87	211.3
May 2015	36.72	226.8
Jun 2015	37.00	232.9
Jul 2015	37.33	234.7
Aug 2015	37.30	227.5
Sep 2015	38.85	202.9
Oct 2015	37.66	200.5
Nov 2015	37.80	199.2
Dec 2015	38.37	191.4
Jan 2016	37.96	182.8
Feb 2016	38.42	163.1
Mar 2016	37.59	173.6
Apr 2016	38.76	182.9
May 2016	38.73	188.3
Jun 2016	38.68	197.8
Jul 2016	38.92	189.0
Aug 2016	39.05	187.3
Sep 2016	39.39	189.8
Oct 2016	39.26	197.9
Nov 2016	39.66	198.4
Dec 2016	39.58	208.3
Jan 2017	39.84	218.8
Feb 2017	39.79	212.6
Mar 2017	39.71	209.9
Apr 2017	39.54	209.2
May 2017	39.17	199.1
Jun 2017	40.32	197.4
Jul 2017	40.46	196.1
Aug 2017	40.64	207.0
Sep 2017	40.50	225.8
Oct 2017	40.11	217.9
Nov 2017	39.56	229.0
Dec 2017	38.94	230.2
Jan 2018	39.47	236.4
Feb 2018	39.69	238.6
Mar 2018	40.22	233.4
Apr 2018	40.83	237.1
May 2018	40.26	243.5
Jun 2018	39.54	247.1
Jul 2018	39.54	247.9
Aug 2018	39.84	249.1
Sep 2018	40.64	246.0
Oct 2018	41.85	252.2
Nov 2018	41.44	238.4
Dec 2018	41.03	224.6