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,    Accommodat-    Other   
                                                                                        on         ing                  Wholesale     Retail       tion                              Finance   Real estate             Educational     and                 entertainm-     ion       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...........................................................      –           –         $21.24      $17.14        –         $13.68      $19.96      $31.23        –           –           –         $20.72      $27.92      $19.85       $9.84      $14.27       $9.16      $17.48  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
  Management, professional, and related...............................      –           –          38.31       34.95        –          32.05       34.99       40.12        –           –           –          28.72       33.70       27.87       25.50       27.79       23.74       29.44  
    Management, business, and financial...............................      –           –          42.04       37.09        –          34.17       35.29       44.00        –           –           –          31.50       34.38       30.61       26.36       27.92       25.66       33.65  
    Professional and related..........................................      –           –          35.55       32.42        –          30.40       33.61       37.23        –           –           –          28.33       33.54       27.53       23.92       27.68        –          24.21  
  Service.............................................................      –           –          14.18       12.51        –          10.54       22.33       19.99        –           –           –          11.66       13.93       11.58        8.54       10.99        8.27       12.35  
  Sales and office....................................................      –           –          19.08       14.54        –          12.40       16.62       21.89        –           –           –          15.09       16.99       14.82       11.66       13.15       11.23       14.91  
    Sales and related.................................................      –           –          26.67       14.58        –          12.41       23.91       29.37        –           –           –          18.29       19.46       17.83       11.10       11.65       10.96       14.49  
    Office and administrative support.................................      –           –          17.09       14.47        –          12.33       16.18       21.35        –           –           –          15.00       16.83       14.75       12.10       14.16       11.46       15.05  
  Natural resources, construction, and maintenance....................      –           –          21.25       20.49        –          18.17       22.18       29.79        –           –           –          19.64       21.78       18.90       16.23       17.32       15.81       18.99  
    Installation, maintenance, and repair.............................      –           –          21.90       20.50        –          18.37       22.22       30.33        –           –           –          18.96       20.79       18.57       15.77       15.91       15.73       19.01  
  Production, transportation, and material moving.....................      –           –          16.05       15.93        –          11.54       19.36       29.34        –           –           –          13.18       16.29       13.04        9.85       13.44        9.58       12.19  
    Production........................................................      –           –          16.37       15.68        –          13.83       20.90       30.33        –           –           –          13.23       18.25       13.08       12.57        –          12.19       12.48  
    Transportation and material moving................................      –           –          14.38       15.97        –          10.93       19.32       25.44        –           –           –          13.14       15.53       13.01        8.30       11.39        7.98       11.84  

  1 Industry sectors are determined by the 2007 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.