ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

EARNINGS EARNINGS

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

B-18. Average hourly and weekly earnings of production and nonsupervisory employees1 on private nonfarm payrolls by major 

industry sector and selected industry detail, in current and constant (1982-1984) dollars

Average hourly earnings Average weekly earnings

Industry Apr.

2011

May

2011

Mar.

2012

Apr.

2012 p

May

2012 p

Apr.

2011

May

2011

Mar.

2012

Apr.

2012 p

May

2012 p

Total private:

Current dollars ............................................. $19.42 $19.46 $19.67 $19.81 $19.64 $650.57 $659.69 $658.95 $669.58 $657.94

Constant (1982-1984) dollars ................... 8.76 8.73 8.69 8.73 2 ( ) 293.39 295.89 291.18 294.95 2 ( )

Goods-producing:

Current dollars ............................................. 20.56 20.61 20.80 20.89 20.88 836.79 847.07 850.72 858.58 858.17

Constant (1982-1984) dollars ................... 9.27 9.24 9.19 9.20 2 ( ) 377.37 379.93 375.92 378.21 2 ( )

Mining and logging:

Current dollars ............................................. 24.09 24.30 26.05 26.15 25.52 1,115.37 1,132.38 1,216.54 1,244.74 1,194.34

Constant (1982-1984) dollars ................... 10.86 10.90 11.51 11.52 2 ( ) 503.00 507.90 537.57 548.31 2 ( )

Construction:

Current dollars ............................................. 23.49 23.48 23.82 23.72 23.89 911.41 927.46 924.22 922.71 938.88

Constant (1982-1984) dollars ................... 10.59 10.53 10.53 10.45 2 ( ) 411.02 415.99 408.40 406.46 2 ( )

Manufacturing:

Current dollars ............................................. 18.92 18.92 19.04 19.17 19.07 781.40 785.18 790.16 797.47 791.41

Constant (1982-1984) dollars ................... 8.53 8.49 8.41 8.44 2 ( ) 352.39 352.17 349.16 351.29 2 ( )

Private service-providing:

Current dollars ............................................. 19.18 19.22 19.44 19.59 19.37 619.51 626.57 627.91 638.63 625.65

Constant (1982-1984) dollars ................... 8.65 8.62 8.59 8.63 2 ( ) 279.38 281.03 277.46 281.32 2 ( )

Trade, transportation, and utilities:

Current dollars ............................................. 17.16 17.16 17.34 17.54 17.37 576.58 581.72 580.89 592.85 585.37

Constant (1982-1984) dollars ................... 7.74 7.70 7.66 7.73 2 ( ) 260.02 260.91 256.69 261.15 2 ( )

Wholesale trade:

Current dollars ............................................. 21.96 21.98 21.98 22.33 22.09 843.26 857.22 841.83 870.87 848.26

Constant (1982-1984) dollars ................... 9.90 9.86 9.71 9.84 2 ( ) 380.29 384.48 371.99 383.62 2 ( )

Retail trade:

Current dollars ............................................. 13.52 13.44 13.80 13.90 13.83 411.01 409.92 419.52 425.34 421.82

Constant (1982-1984) dollars ................... 6.10 6.03 6.10 6.12 2 ( ) 185.35 183.86 185.38 187.36 2 ( )

Transportation and warehousing:

Current dollars ............................................. 19.37 19.50 19.54 19.71 19.36 730.25 741.00 726.89 741.10 733.74

Constant (1982-1984) dollars ................... 8.74 8.75 8.63 8.68 2 ( ) 329.32 332.36 321.20 326.46 2 ( )

Utilities:

Current dollars ............................................. 31.28 30.98 31.16 31.84 31.41 1,345.04 1,316.65 1,252.63 1,308.62 1,300.37

Constant (1982-1984) dollars ................... 14.11 13.90 13.77 14.03 2 ( ) 606.58 590.55 553.52 576.45 2 ( )

Information:

Current dollars ............................................. 26.71 26.83 26.72 27.15 26.61 966.90 981.98 953.90 982.83 939.33

Constant (1982-1984) dollars ................... 12.05 12.03 11.81 11.96 2 ( ) 436.05 440.44 421.51 432.94 2 ( )

Financial activities:

Current dollars ............................................. 21.89 21.93 22.48 22.75 22.53 790.23 811.41 816.02 846.30 815.59

Constant (1982-1984) dollars ................... 9.87 9.84 9.93 10.02 2 ( ) 356.37 363.94 360.59 372.80 2 ( )

Professional and business services:

Current dollars ............................................. 23.08 23.24 23.26 23.44 23.15 814.72 829.67 811.77 834.46 814.88

Constant (1982-1984) dollars ................... 10.41 10.42 10.28 10.33 2 ( ) 367.42 372.13 358.71 367.58 2 ( )

Education and health services:

Current dollars ............................................. 20.60 20.67 20.98 21.02 20.92 661.26 669.71 675.56 681.05 671.53

Constant (1982-1984) dollars ................... 9.29 9.27 9.27 9.26 2 ( ) 298.21 300.38 298.52 300.01 2 ( )

Leisure and hospitality:

Current dollars ............................................. 11.42 11.51 11.62 11.66 11.60 282.07 287.75 289.34 291.50 287.68

Constant (1982-1984) dollars ................... 5.15 5.16 5.13 5.14 2 ( ) 127.21 129.06 127.85 128.41 2 ( )

Other services:

Current dollars ............................................. 17.37 17.38 17.45 17.51 17.46 533.26 537.04 532.23 537.56 530.78

Constant (1982-1984) dollars ................... 7.83 7.80 7.71 7.71 2 ( ) 240.49 240.87 235.18 236.80 2 ( )

1 Data relate to production employees in mining and logging and

manufacturing, construction employees in construction, and nonsupervisory

employees in the service-providing industries.

2 Data not available.

p = preliminary.

NOTE: The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical

Workers (CPI-W) is used to deflate these series. Data are currently

projected from March 2011 benchmark levels. When more recent

benchmark data are introduced with the release of January 2013

estimates, all unadjusted data from April 2011 forward are subject

to revision.

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