Table 32                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Private industry sector(1): Mean hourly earnings(2)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                for major occupational groups
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
                                                                                 Goods producing                                                                                            Service providing                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                       Trade, transportation, and utilities                    Financial activities           Education and health services           Leisure and hospitality                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
                        Occupational group(3)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                          Mining   Constructi- Manufactur-                                     Transporta-                                                                         Health care                Arts,    Accommodati-   Other  
                                                                                        on         ing                  Wholesale     Retail       tion                              Finance   Real estate             Educational     and                 entertainm-      on       services
                                                                                                               All        trade       trade        and      Utilities      All         and      and rental     All       services     social       All         ent,      and food            
                                                                                                                                               warehousing                          insurance  and leasing                          assistance                 and       services            
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            recreation                       
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
All workers...........................................................    $23.79        –         $19.94      $16.27        –         $13.07      $19.23      $28.76        –           –         $17.04      $19.07      $25.99      $18.23        –         $13.66         –        $15.73 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
  Management, professional, and related...............................     42.14        –          35.52       31.20        –          27.35       29.95       37.06        –           –          29.75       26.38       31.45       25.49        –          24.66         –         26.60 
    Management, business, and financial...............................     45.19        –          39.14       33.57        –          29.90       30.06       39.77        –           –          30.44       28.98       32.12       28.00        –          23.29         –         29.64 
    Professional and related..........................................     39.63        –          32.87       28.53        –          25.29       29.46       35.20        –           –          26.24       25.96       31.26       25.14        –          26.08         –         23.42 
  Service.............................................................     19.96        –          12.55       12.01        –          10.06       23.02       16.24        –           –          13.13       10.96       12.92       10.89        –          10.88         –         11.28 
  Sales and office....................................................     19.99        –          18.04       13.98        –          11.89       16.01       20.70        –           –          14.56       14.09       15.65       13.87        –          12.48         –         13.61 
    Sales and related.................................................     30.90        –          24.96       13.99        –          11.83       22.76       26.81        –           –          14.85       14.63       19.19       12.37        –          10.78         –         12.92 
    Office and administrative support.................................     18.53        –          16.21       13.94        –          12.16       15.44       20.37        –           –          14.31       14.08       15.42       13.89        –          13.49         –         13.89 
  Natural resources, construction, and maintenance....................     20.16        –          20.04       19.81        –          17.79       22.10       28.03        –           –          18.04       18.68       19.37       18.45        –          16.59         –         16.77 
    Installation, maintenance, and repair.............................     20.49        –          20.53       19.90        –          17.85       22.19       28.56        –           –          16.98       17.89       16.96       18.07        –          15.71         –         16.70 
  Production, transportation, and material moving.....................     18.81        –          15.26       15.21        –          11.06       18.89       26.48        –           –          12.09       12.29       16.78       12.09        –          11.68         –         11.13 
    Production........................................................     20.44        –          15.57       14.83        –          13.67       20.09       28.28        –           –          16.61       12.47       17.24       12.33        –          19.03         –         11.47 
    Transportation and material moving................................     17.23        –          13.60       15.28        –          10.42       18.86       20.63        –           –          11.18       12.17       16.60       11.93        –          10.31         –         10.69 

  1 Industry sectors are determined by the 2002 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS).
  2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the
pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighed by hours.
  3 A classification system including about 800 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information.

NOTE: Dashes indicate that data did not meet publication criteria.

SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.