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 Dec.

2009

Jan.

2010

Nov.

2010

Dec.

2010 p

Jan.

2011 p

Dec.

2009

Jan.

2010

Nov.

2010

Dec.

2010 p

Jan.

2011 p

Total private:

Current dollars ............................................. $18.86 $18.98 $19.23 $19.24 $19.51 $624.27 $624.44 $644.21 $644.54 $649.68

Constant (1982-1984) dollars ................... 8.91 8.93 8.95 8.94 2 ( ) 294.88 293.76 299.98 299.42 2 ( )

Goods-producing:

Current dollars ............................................. 20.08 20.02 20.48 20.51 20.49 799.18 794.79 835.58 836.81 811.40

Constant (1982-1984) dollars ................... 9.48 9.42 9.54 9.53 2 ( ) 377.50 373.90 389.09 388.74 2 ( )

Mining and logging:

Current dollars ............................................. 23.72 23.41 23.91 24.24 24.56 1,027.08 1,025.36 1,075.95 1,093.22 1,122.39

Constant (1982-1984) dollars ................... 11.20 11.01 11.13 11.26 2 ( ) 485.15 482.37 501.02 507.86 2 ( )

Construction:

Current dollars ............................................. 23.01 22.98 23.47 23.51 23.41 849.07 854.86 910.64 900.43 856.81

Constant (1982-1984) dollars ................... 10.87 10.81 10.93 10.92 2 ( ) 401.07 402.16 424.05 418.29 2 ( )

Manufacturing:

Current dollars ............................................. 18.48 18.49 18.74 18.86 18.96 759.53 750.69 779.58 788.35 771.67

Constant (1982-1984) dollars ................... 8.73 8.70 8.73 8.76 2 ( ) 358.77 353.15 363.02 366.23 2 ( )

Private service-providing:

Current dollars ............................................. 18.60 18.77 18.97 18.98 19.31 595.20 596.89 610.83 613.05 623.71

Constant (1982-1984) dollars ................... 8.79 8.83 8.83 8.82 2 ( ) 281.15 280.80 284.44 284.79 2 ( )

Trade, transportation, and utilities:

Current dollars ............................................. 16.54 16.79 16.89 16.79 17.13 545.82 545.68 562.44 565.82 570.43

Constant (1982-1984) dollars ................... 7.81 7.90 7.86 7.80 2 ( ) 257.82 256.71 261.90 262.85 2 ( )

Wholesale trade:

Current dollars ............................................. 21.39 21.54 21.74 21.86 22.01 802.13 805.60 826.12 832.87 849.59

Constant (1982-1984) dollars ................... 10.10 10.13 10.12 10.16 2 ( ) 378.89 378.98 384.69 386.91 2 ( )

Retail trade:

Current dollars ............................................. 12.98 13.18 13.27 13.19 13.45 392.00 388.81 399.43 404.93 403.50

Constant (1982-1984) dollars ................... 6.13 6.20 6.18 6.13 2 ( ) 185.17 182.91 186.00 188.11 2 ( )

Transportation and warehousing:

Current dollars ............................................. 18.99 19.15 19.23 19.13 19.42 691.24 689.40 728.82 721.20 718.54

Constant (1982-1984) dollars ................... 8.97 9.01 8.95 8.89 2 ( ) 326.51 324.32 339.38 335.03 2 ( )

Utilities:

Current dollars ............................................. 29.97 29.61 30.37 30.18 30.26 1,240.76 1,214.01 1,293.76 1,273.60 1,280.00

Constant (1982-1984) dollars ................... 14.16 13.93 14.14 14.02 2 ( ) 586.09 571.12 602.45 591.65 2 ( )

Information:

Current dollars ............................................. 25.51 25.61 26.13 25.94 26.47 928.56 929.64 951.13 933.84 966.16

Constant (1982-1984) dollars ................... 12.05 12.05 12.17 12.05 2 ( ) 438.61 437.34 442.90 433.82 2 ( )

Financial activities:

Current dollars ............................................. 21.14 21.41 21.65 21.62 21.92 756.81 770.76 779.40 778.32 815.42

Constant (1982-1984) dollars ................... 9.99 10.07 10.08 10.04 2 ( ) 357.49 362.59 362.93 361.57 2 ( )

Professional and business services:

Current dollars ............................................. 22.63 22.77 22.87 22.85 23.56 783.00 785.57 802.74 802.04 826.96

Constant (1982-1984) dollars ................... 10.69 10.71 10.65 10.61 2 ( ) 369.86 369.56 373.80 372.59 2 ( )

Education and health services:

Current dollars ............................................. 19.79 19.83 20.35 20.51 20.55 637.24 638.53 653.24 658.37 665.82

Constant (1982-1984) dollars ................... 9.35 9.33 9.48 9.53 2 ( ) 301.01 300.39 304.19 305.85 2 ( )

Leisure and hospitality:

Current dollars ............................................. 11.42 11.35 11.34 11.43 11.41 278.65 272.40 278.96 277.75 274.98

Constant (1982-1984) dollars ................... 5.39 5.34 5.28 5.31 2 ( ) 131.62 128.15 129.90 129.03 2 ( )

Other services:

Current dollars ............................................. 16.87 16.89 17.23 17.27 17.36 512.85 515.15 525.52 526.74 534.69

Constant (1982-1984) dollars ................... 7.97 7.95 8.02 8.02 2 ( ) 242.25 242.35 244.71 244.70 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 have

been revised to reflect March 2010 benchmark levels. Unadjusted

data from April 2009 were subject to revision. See

http://www.bls.gov/ces/cesbmart10.pdf for additional information.

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