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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
Sept.
2018		 July
2019		 Aug.
2019(p)		 Sept.
2019(p)		 Sept.
2018		 July
2019		 Aug.
2019(p)		 Sept.
2019(p)

Total private

 $22.86 $23.51 $23.61 $23.65 $770.38 $787.59 $793.30 $794.64

Goods-producing

 24.13 24.74 24.82 24.86 998.98 1,014.34 1,022.58 1,024.23

Mining and logging

 28.87 29.84 30.24 30.45 1,339.57 1,411.43 1,427.33 1,431.15

Construction

 27.94 28.43 28.55 28.58 1,106.42 1,125.83 1,142.00 1,148.92

Manufacturing

 21.62 22.19 22.21 22.24 910.20 920.89 921.72 922.96

Durable goods

 22.61 23.09 23.09 23.14 958.66 967.47 967.47 971.88

Nondurable goods

 20.00 20.69 20.74 20.72 834.00 846.22 848.27 845.38

Private service-providing

 22.58 23.25 23.36 23.40 731.59 750.98 756.86 755.82

Trade, transportation, and utilities

 20.06 20.68 20.80 20.80 680.03 696.92 703.04 705.12

Wholesale trade

 25.48 26.07 26.33 26.21 991.17 1,006.30 1,018.97 1,014.33

Retail trade

 16.02 16.63 16.72 16.79 487.01 502.23 506.62 510.42

Transportation and warehousing

 21.93 22.60 22.60 22.61 839.92 852.02 854.28 856.92

Utilities

 37.02 36.78 37.02 36.95 1,580.75 1,544.76 1,580.75 1,555.60

Information

 32.27 33.64 34.00 34.16 1,152.04 1,180.76 1,196.80 1,212.68

Financial activities

 26.98 27.73 27.81 27.82 998.26 1,017.69 1,023.41 1,023.78

Professional and business services

 26.96 27.81 27.94 28.02 951.69 984.47 994.66 991.91

Education and health services

 23.75 24.34 24.39 24.45 764.75 783.75 785.36 784.85

Leisure and hospitality

 13.99 14.48 14.55 14.61 345.55 356.21 357.93 359.41

Other services

 20.89 21.17 21.27 21.31 643.41 649.92 655.12 652.09

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 2018 benchmark levels and updated seasonal adjustment factors.

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Last Modified Date: October 04, 2019