ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

EARNINGS EARNINGS

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

B-11. Average hourly and weekly earnings of production and nonsupervisory employees1 on private nonfarm payrolls by major 

industry sector and selected industry detail, seasonally adjusted

Industry

Average hourly earnings

Average weekly earnings

Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.

2010 2011

Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July p Aug. p

Total private (in current dollars) .................... $19.13 $19.14 $19.23 $19.24 $19.23 $19.31 $19.32 $19.32 $19.37 $19.42 $19.43 $19.49 $19.47

Goods-producing .............................................. 20.33 20.33 20.41 20.45 20.49 20.55 20.57 20.59 20.60 20.64 20.63 20.71 20.74

Mining and logging ..................................................... 23.87 24.10 23.86 24.02 24.02 24.14 24.18 24.33 23.99 24.47 24.42 24.59 24.58

Construction ............................................................... 23.30 23.21 23.38 23.42 23.44 23.48 23.51 23.49 23.56 23.56 23.57 23.67 23.79

Manufacturing ............................................................ 18.63 18.65 18.71 18.75 18.80 18.91 18.89 18.91 18.91 18.94 18.91 18.98 18.96

Excluding overtime ...........................................

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........................................... 17.81 17.81 17.86 17.88 17.93 18.01 17.98 18.00 18.00 18.05 18.04 18.08 18.06

Durable goods ......................................................... 19.79 19.81 19.88 19.94 20.03 20.14 20.12 20.12 20.13 20.14 20.08 20.17 20.13

Nondurable goods ................................................... 16.88 16.89 16.92 16.91 16.91 16.99 16.98 17.01 17.01 17.04 17.06 17.09 17.10

Private service-providing .................................. 18.87 18.88 18.98 18.98 18.97 19.05 19.05 19.05 19.11 19.16 19.17 19.23 19.20

Trade, transportation, and utilities ............................... 16.84 16.90 16.99 16.96 16.97 17.04 17.05 17.07 17.11 17.13 17.14 17.18 17.16

Wholesale trade ...................................................... 21.55 21.64 21.82 21.73 21.79 21.90 21.86 21.84 21.94 21.98 21.99 22.12 22.02

Retail trade .............................................................. 13.25 13.29 13.38 13.37 13.36 13.37 13.39 13.41 13.43 13.41 13.44 13.46 13.44

Transportation and warehousing ............................. 19.19 19.18 19.22 19.22 19.28 19.47 19.36 19.31 19.37 19.48 19.46 19.54 19.57

Utilities .................................................................... 30.27 30.28 30.38 30.26 30.13 30.23 30.33 30.74 31.08 30.80 30.80 30.94 30.95

Information ................................................................. 25.91 26.01 26.22 26.13 26.09 26.23 26.35 26.51 26.68 26.57 26.33 26.38 26.31

Financial activities ...................................................... 21.57 21.45 21.68 21.69 21.63 21.74 21.62 21.71 21.79 21.74 21.67 21.75 21.68

Professional and business services ............................ 22.93 22.94 23.00 22.96 22.84 23.02 23.03 23.00 23.09 23.11 23.18 23.23 23.21

Education and health services .................................... 20.20 20.24 20.33 20.37 20.42 20.48 20.49 20.46 20.49 20.64 20.68 20.78 20.77

Leisure and hospitality ................................................ 11.35 11.27 11.30 11.30 11.31 11.32 11.36 11.40 11.43 11.50 11.47 11.50 11.49

Other services ............................................................ 17.08 17.13 17.19 17.26 17.24 17.22 17.24 17.14 17.20 17.21 17.23 17.27 17.27

Total private (in constant (82-84) dollars) ......

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...... 8.94 8.93 8.94 8.94 8.89 8.88 8.83 8.78 8.76 8.77 8.80 8.78 4( )

Goods-producing .............................................. 9.50 9.48 9.49 9.50 9.47 9.46 9.41 9.35 9.31 9.32 9.34 9.33 4( )

Private service-providing .................................. 8.82 8.81 8.83 8.82 8.77 8.76 8.71 8.65 8.64 8.65 8.68 8.66 4( )

Total private (in current dollars) .................... $640.86 $641.19 $644.21 $644.54 $644.21 $644.95 $649.15 $649.15 $650.83 $652.51 $652.85 $654.86 $652.25

Goods-producing .............................................. 823.37 827.43 828.65 828.23 829.85 826.11 837.20 838.01 840.48 844.18 843.77 847.04 846.19

Mining and logging ..................................................... 1,086.09 1,074.86 1,064.16 1,073.69 1,078.50 1,115.27 1,109.86 1,119.18 1,117.93 1,137.86 1,155.07 1,143.44 1,145.43

Construction ............................................................... 899.38 905.19 909.48 906.35 904.78 882.85 909.84 906.71 914.13 921.20 919.23 925.50 927.81

Manufacturing ............................................................ 765.69 770.25 770.85 772.50 776.44 777.20 780.16 782.87 782.87 784.12 782.87 785.77 783.05

Durable goods ......................................................... 817.33 820.13 823.03 829.50 833.25 835.81 839.00 843.03 839.42 841.85 839.34 843.11 841.43

Nondurable goods ................................................... 690.39 692.49 692.03 686.55 688.24 688.10 692.78 692.31 695.71 696.94 694.34 697.27 694.26

Private service-providing .................................. 609.50 609.82 613.05 613.05 612.73 615.32 617.22 617.22 619.16 618.87 621.11 623.05 620.16

Trade, transportation, and utilities ............................ 562.46 562.77 567.47 568.16 570.19 570.84 572.88 573.55 576.61 575.57 577.62 578.97 574.86

Wholesale trade ...................................................... 821.06 826.65 833.52 827.91 832.38 838.77 839.42 840.84 844.69 846.23 846.62 851.62 843.37

Retail trade .............................................................. 401.48 400.03 404.08 405.11 407.48 406.45 405.72 406.32 409.62 406.32 408.58 410.53 407.23

Transportation and warehousing ............................. 715.79 713.50 718.83 722.67 726.86 728.18 735.68 733.78 736.06 736.34 737.53 736.66 737.79

Utilities .................................................................... 1,280.42 1,274.79 1,294.19 1,280.00 1,271.49 1,281.75 1,282.96 1,312.60 1,330.22 1,305.92 1,293.60 1,293.29 1,290.62

Information ................................................................. 943.12 938.96 951.79 951.13 941.85 952.15 959.14 962.31 971.15 967.15 955.78 954.96 944.53

Financial activities ...................................................... 785.15 778.64 786.98 785.18 785.17 789.16 784.81 785.90 790.98 786.99 786.62 789.53 784.82

Professional and business services ............................ 804.84 807.49 811.90 808.19 806.25 808.00 810.66 807.30 812.77 811.16 815.94 815.37 814.67

Education and health services .................................... 650.44 651.73 656.66 653.88 655.48 657.41 659.78 658.81 659.78 666.67 667.96 673.27 668.79

Leisure and hospitality ................................................ 282.62 279.50 281.37 281.37 279.36 279.60 281.73 283.86 284.61 285.20 283.31 285.20 283.80

Other services ............................................................ 526.06 527.60 529.45 528.16 529.27 528.65 530.99 527.91 528.04 528.35 530.68 530.19 531.92

Total private (in constant (82-84) dollars) ......

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...... 299.57 299.12 299.62 299.46 297.74 296.74 296.82 294.90 294.21 294.55 295.72 294.88 4( )

Goods-producing .............................................. 384.89 386.00 385.40 384.80 383.54 380.09 382.80 380.70 379.94 381.07 382.20 381.42 4( )

Private service-providing .................................. 284.91 284.48 285.13 284.83 283.19 283.11 282.22 280.40 279.89 279.36 281.34 280.56 4( )

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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 Derived by assuming that overtime hours are paid at the rate of

time and one-half. 3 The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers

(CPI-W) is used to deflate these series.

4 Data not available.

p = preliminary.

NOTE: Data are currently projected from March 2010 benchmark

levels. When more recent benchmark data are introduced with

the release of January 2012 estimates, all seasonally adjusted

data from January 2007 forward are subject to revision.