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
June
2017		 Apr.
2018		 May
2018(p)		 June
2018(p)		 June
2017		 Apr.
2018		 May
2018(p)		 June
2018(p)

Total private

 $22.02 $22.52 $22.58 $22.62 $742.07 $761.18 $763.20 $764.56

Goods-producing

 23.10 23.82 23.84 23.88 954.03 993.29 991.74 991.02

Mining and logging

 27.38 27.95 28.00 28.08 1,251.27 1,319.24 1,332.80 1,342.22

Construction

 26.63 27.49 27.51 27.56 1,054.55 1,105.10 1,108.65 1,099.64

Manufacturing

 20.85 21.44 21.42 21.48 875.70 906.91 899.64 902.16

Durable goods

 21.82 22.41 22.36 22.45 925.17 954.67 943.59 949.64

Nondurable goods

 19.31 19.90 19.92 19.93 797.50 833.81 828.67 827.10

Private service-providing

 21.80 22.24 22.31 22.35 708.50 722.80 725.08 726.38

Trade, transportation, and utilities

 19.35 19.75 19.84 19.86 654.03 669.53 674.56 675.24

Wholesale trade

 24.71 24.88 25.05 25.22 961.22 967.83 979.46 981.06

Retail trade

 15.29 15.80 15.91 15.87 461.76 478.74 483.66 484.04

Transportation and warehousing

 21.32 21.79 21.78 21.78 820.82 836.74 834.17 836.35

Utilities

 36.40 36.44 36.46 36.52 1,547.00 1,570.56 1,560.49 1,563.06

Information

 30.86 31.29 31.56 31.78 1,104.79 1,123.31 1,123.54 1,131.37

Financial activities

 26.56 26.89 26.89 26.90 982.72 994.93 992.24 992.61

Professional and business services

 25.94 26.54 26.62 26.67 920.87 936.86 939.69 944.12

Education and health services

 23.01 23.46 23.54 23.60 740.92 757.76 760.34 762.28

Leisure and hospitality

 13.38 13.74 13.79 13.82 333.16 342.13 343.37 345.50

Other services

 20.01 20.52 20.54 20.55 616.31 632.02 630.58 630.89

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.

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Last Modified Date: July 06, 2018