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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
Industry Average hourly
earnings
Total private:

     Current dollars

     Constant (1982) dollars(2)

Goods-producing

Natural resources and mining

Construction

Manufacturing

     Excluding overtime(3)

Durable goods

Nondurable goods

Private service-providing

Trade, transportation, and utilities

Wholesale trade

Retail trade

Transportation and warehousing

Utilities

Information

Financial activities

Professional and business services

Education and health services

Leisure and hospitality

Other services

Footnotes:
(1) Data relate to production workers in natural resources and mining and manufacturing, construction workers in construction, and nonsupervisory workers in the service-providing industries. These groups account for approximately four-fifths of the total employment on private nonfarm payrolls.
(2) The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) is used to deflate this series.
(3) Derived by assuming that overtime hours are paid at the rate of time and one-half.

 

Last Modified Date: June 6, 2003

 

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