Table B-7. Average weekly hours and overtime of production and nonsupervisory employees on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector, seasonally adjusted(1)

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
Table B-7. Average weekly hours and overtime of production and nonsupervisory employees on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector, seasonally adjusted(1)
Industry	Nov. 2017	Sept. 2018	Oct. 2018(p)	Nov. 2018(p)
AVERAGE WEEKLY HOURS
Total private	33.7	33.7	33.7	33.7
Goods-producing	41.3	41.3	41.3	41.1
Mining and logging	46.6	46.2	46.3	45.7
Construction	39.6	39.6	39.5	39.3
Manufacturing	41.9	42.1	42.0	41.9
Durable goods	42.3	42.4	42.4	42.2
Nondurable goods	41.4	41.6	41.4	41.5
Private service-providing	32.5	32.4	32.4	32.5
Trade, transportation, and utilities	34.0	33.9	33.9	33.9
Wholesale trade	39.2	38.8	38.8	38.9
Retail trade	30.4	30.4	30.3	30.4
Transportation and warehousing	38.4	38.2	38.2	38.2
Utilities	42.5	42.7	42.6	42.9
Information	35.6	35.6	35.5	35.5
Financial activities	36.9	37.0	37.1	37.1
Professional and business services	35.4	35.2	35.3	35.3
Education and health services	32.3	32.2	32.2	32.2
Leisure and hospitality	24.9	24.8	24.9	24.9
Other services	30.7	30.8	30.9	31.0

AVERAGE OVERTIME HOURS
Manufacturing	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5
Durable goods	4.5	4.6	4.7	4.7
Nondurable goods	4.5	4.3	4.3	4.3
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 2017 benchmark levels and updated seasonal adjustment factors.

Last Modified Date: December 07, 2018

Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey