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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
Aug.
2019		 June
2020		 July
2020(p)		 Aug.
2020(p)		 Aug.
2019		 June
2020		 July
2020(p)		 Aug.
2020(p)

Total private

 $23.64 $24.73 $24.63 $24.81 $794.30 $840.82 $837.42 $843.54

Goods-producing

 24.83 25.38 25.45 25.49 1,020.51 1,012.66 1,025.64 1,029.80

Mining and logging

 30.17 30.74 30.61 30.62 1,424.02 1,355.63 1,349.90 1,365.65

Construction

 28.58 29.32 29.31 29.43 1,140.34 1,155.21 1,154.81 1,156.60

Manufacturing

 22.22 22.61 22.82 22.82 922.13 902.14 928.77 933.34

Durable goods

 23.11 23.47 23.78 23.79 968.31 936.45 974.98 980.15

Nondurable goods

 20.74 21.25 21.27 21.27 848.27 850.00 857.18 861.44

Private service-providing

 23.39 24.60 24.45 24.67 757.84 809.34 804.41 811.64

Trade, transportation, and utilities

 20.78 21.66 21.29 21.77 702.36 738.61 725.99 740.18

Wholesale trade

 26.28 26.87 26.90 27.00 1,017.04 1,018.37 1,024.89 1,028.70

Retail trade

 16.72 18.10 17.47 18.03 506.62 561.10 539.82 555.32

Transportation and warehousing

 22.54 22.73 22.57 23.33 854.27 866.01 868.95 893.54

Utilities

 36.98 38.61 38.59 38.94 1,575.35 1,633.20 1,643.93 1,670.53

Information

 34.16 35.74 35.97 36.21 1,202.43 1,293.79 1,291.32 1,336.15

Financial activities

 27.82 29.03 29.15 29.33 1,023.78 1,071.21 1,078.55 1,079.34

Professional and business services

 27.96 29.27 29.20 29.39 995.38 1,044.94 1,045.36 1,055.10

Education and health services

 24.45 25.25 25.26 25.35 787.29 820.63 826.00 828.95

Leisure and hospitality

 14.55 14.53 14.53 14.68 357.93 351.63 348.72 358.19

Other services

 21.47 22.48 22.43 22.41 661.28 710.37 699.82 699.19

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 2019 benchmark levels and updated seasonal adjustment factors.

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Last Modified Date: September 23, 2020