Figure 3. Change in employment, June 2009 to December 2019, and real average hourly earnings, by industry, for all employees, December 2019
Industry Employment, June 2009 Employment, December 2019 Employment change, June 2009 to December 2019 Real average hourly earnings, June 2009 Real average hourly earnings, December 2019

Total private

108,432,000 129,319,000 20,887,000 $10.30 $10.98

Mining and logging

686,000 715,000 29,000 12.75 13.38

Construction

6,010,000 7,555,000 1,545,000 11.57 12.05

Durable goods

7,182,000 8,064,000 882,000 11.42 11.46

Nondurable goods

4,544,000 4,802,000 258,000 9.60 9.90

Wholesale trade

5,514,000 5,933,000 420,000 11.76 12.23

Retail trade

14,541,000 15,672,000 1,131,000 7.15 7.75

Transportation and warehousing

4,220,000 5,656,000 1,436,000 9.45 9.64

Utilities

560,000 548,000 12,000 15.26 16.31

Information

2,796,000 2,883,000 87,000 13.68 16.47

Financial activities

7,820,000 8,814,000 994,000 12.33 14.13

Professional and business services

16,497,000 21,503,000 5,006,000 12.60 13.24

Education and health services

19,614,000 24,465,000 4,851,000 10.30 10.78

Leisure and hospitality

13,076,000 16,784,000 3,708,000 6.02 6.49

Other services

5,372,000 5,925,000 553,000 9.12 9.89

Note: Data are adjusted for inflation using the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U). All data are seasonally adjusted. The vertical dotted line represents the average employment change (1.5 million) across all industries from June 2009 to December 2019; the horizontal dotted line is the total private real hourly earnings level ($10.98) in December 2019. Quadrant I = above-average earnings and below-average employment gains, quadrant II = above-average earnings and above-average employment gains, quadrant III = below-average earnings and above-average employment gains, and quadrant IV = below-average earnings and below-average employment gains.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.