Table B-4. Average hourly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and selected industry detail, seasonally adjusted

ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                             ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-4.  Average hourly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers(1) on private nonfarm payrolls
by industry sector and selected industry detail, seasonally adjusted


                                                                                                       Percent
                  Industry                        Sept.    May      June     July     Aug.     Sept. change from:
                                                  2003     2004     2004     2004     2004p    2004p  Aug. 2004-
                                                                                                      Sept. 2004p
        Total private:
         Current dollars........................ $15.41   $15.63   $15.66   $15.71   $15.75   $15.78      0.2
         Constant (1982) dollars(2).............   8.25     8.21     8.20     8.23     8.25     N.A.     (3)

    Goods-producing.............................  16.91    17.13    17.16    17.19    17.25    17.31       .3

Natural resources and mining....................  17.66    18.10    18.24    18.15    18.18    18.19       .1

Construction....................................  19.05    19.20    19.19    19.22    19.24    19.26       .1

Manufacturing...................................  15.84    16.08    16.13    16.16    16.25    16.31       .4
   Excluding overtime(4)........................  15.06    15.23    15.27    15.30    15.38    15.44       .4

 Durable goods..................................  16.57    16.75    16.78    16.81    16.91    16.97       .4

 Nondurable goods...............................  14.70    15.02    15.08    15.12    15.18    15.25       .5

     Private service-providing..................  15.01    15.23    15.26    15.31    15.35    15.37       .1

Trade, transportation, and utilities............  14.38    14.61    14.65    14.70    14.72    14.73       .1

 Wholesale trade................................  17.44    17.63    17.67    17.71    17.68    17.69       .1

 Retail trade...................................  11.94    12.06    12.10    12.12    12.15    12.15       .0

 Transportation and warehousing.................  16.31    16.75    16.82    16.89    16.98    17.03       .3

 Utilities......................................  24.96    25.46    25.44    25.57    25.54    25.74       .8

Information.....................................  21.21    21.42    21.30    21.45    21.57    21.68       .5

Financial activities............................  17.27    17.49    17.50    17.55    17.56    17.62       .3

Professional and business services..............  17.19    17.36    17.42    17.44    17.56    17.51      -.3

Education and health services...................  15.70    16.06    16.12    16.18    16.19    16.23       .2

Leisure and hospitality.........................   8.78     8.86     8.85     8.87     8.89     8.91       .2

Other services..................................  13.81    13.85    13.88    13.90    13.92    13.97       .4


  1 See footnote 1, table B-2.
  2 The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) is used to deflate this series.
  3 Change was 0.2 percent from July 2004 to Aug. 2004, the latest month available.
  4 Derived by assuming that overtime hours are paid at the rate of time and one-half.
  N.A. = not available.
  p = preliminary.