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
May
2016		 Mar.
2017		 Apr.
2017(p)		 May
2017(p)		 May
2016		 Mar.
2017		 Apr.
2017(p)		 May
2017(p)

Total private

 $21.48 $21.90 $21.97 $22.00 $721.73 $735.84 $740.39 $739.20

Goods-producing

 22.52 22.94 22.98 23.03 927.82 940.54 949.07 948.84

Mining and logging

 27.12 27.73 27.55 27.31 1,220.40 1,270.03 1,267.30 1,248.07

Construction

 25.86 26.40 26.37 26.50 1,024.06 1,037.52 1,052.16 1,057.35

Manufacturing

 20.41 20.70 20.77 20.79 855.18 865.26 868.19 869.02

Durable goods

 21.48 21.66 21.71 21.75 908.60 914.05 916.16 917.85

Nondurable goods

 18.68 19.14 19.27 19.25 767.75 784.74 793.92 791.18

Private service-providing

 21.26 21.69 21.75 21.79 686.70 702.76 704.70 706.00

Trade, transportation, and utilities

 18.95 19.22 19.26 19.30 634.83 645.79 650.99 650.41

Wholesale trade

 24.19 24.55 24.67 24.69 931.32 952.54 957.20 957.97

Retail trade

 15.03 15.20 15.23 15.24 446.39 457.52 461.47 460.25

Transportation and warehousing

 20.84 21.17 21.23 21.34 810.68 804.46 813.11 817.32

Utilities

 35.03 36.30 36.23 36.28 1,474.76 1,546.38 1,539.78 1,534.64

Information

 29.91 30.47 30.54 30.64 1,064.80 1,090.83 1,096.39 1,099.98

Financial activities

 26.04 26.36 26.45 26.48 960.88 972.68 976.01 979.76

Professional and business services

 25.34 25.92 26.01 26.02 897.04 914.98 920.75 918.51

Education and health services

 22.45 22.88 22.96 22.98 722.89 736.74 737.02 737.66

Leisure and hospitality

 12.80 13.24 13.30 13.35 318.72 328.35 329.84 329.75

Other services

 19.31 19.73 19.80 19.79 594.75 605.71 609.84 607.55

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 2016 benchmark levels and updated seasonal adjustment factors.

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