Average weekly hours, hourly earnings, and weekly earnings: private nonagricultural industries.
AVERAGE WEEKLY HOURS, HOURLY EARNINGS, AND WEEKLY EARNINGS
PRIVATE NONAGRICULTURAL INDUSTRIES
[For production or nonsupervisory workers; monthly data
seasonally adjusted]
Average weekly hours
Total private Manufacturing
nonagricultural
Period (1) Total Overtime
1999 34.3 41.4 4.9
2000 34.3 41.3 4.7
2001 34.0 40.3 4.0
2002 33.9 40.5 4.2
2003 33.7 40.4 4.2
2004 33.7 40.8 4.6
2005 33.8 40.7 4.6
2006 33.9 41.1 4.4
2007 33.9 41.2 4.2
2008 33.6 40.8 3.7
2008: Mar 33.8 41.2 4.0
Apr 33.8 41.0 4.0
May 33.7 40.9 3.9
June 33.6 40.9 3.8
July 33.6 41.0 3.7
Aug 33.7 40.8 3.7
Sept 33.6 40.5 3.5
Oct 33.5 40.4 3.5
Nov 33.4 40.2 3.2
Dec 33.3 39.9 2.9
2009: Jan 33.3 39.8 2.9
Feb (r) 33.3 39.5 2.7
Mar (r) 33.2 39.4 2.6
Apr (p) 33.2 39.6 2.7
Average gross hourly earnings
Total private
nonagricultural (1)
Current 1982
Period dollars dollars (2) Manufacturing
1999 $13.49 $8.01 $13.85
2000 14.02 8.04 14.32
2001 14.54 8.12 14.76
2002 14.97 8.25 15.29
2003 15.37 8.28 15.74
2004 15.69 8.24 16.14
2005 16.13 8.18 16.56
2006 16.76 8.24 16.81
2007 17.43 8.33 17.26
2008 18.08 8.30 17.74
2008: Mar 17.90 8.28 17.64
Apr 17.94 8.29 17.64
May 17.99 8.27 17.68
June 18.04 8.20 17.73
July 18.10 8.16 17.80
Aug 18.18 8.20 17.78
Sept 18.21 8.21 17.81
Oct 18.28 8.33 17.89
Nov 18.34 8.54 17.94
Dec 18.40 8.65 17.96
2009: Jan 18.43 8.64 17.99
Feb (r) 18.46 8.61 18.07
Mar (r) 18.50 8.64 18.11
Apr (p) 18.51 ... 18.13
Total private nonagricultural (1)
Period Current dollars 1982 dollars (2)
1999 $463.15 $275.03
2000 481.01 275.97
2001 493.79 275.71
2002 506.75 279.20
2003 518.06 279.13
2004 529.09 277.88
2005 544.33 276.17
2006 567.87 279.19
2007 590.04 281.97
2008 607.99 279.14
2008: Mar 605.02 279.82
Apr 606.37 280.03
May 606.26 278.56
June 606.14 275.59
July 608.16 274.31
Aug 612.67 276.47
Sept 611.86 275.99
Oct 612.38 279.11
Nov 612.56 285.23
Dec 612.72 288.12
2009: Jan 613.72 287.60
Feb (r) 614.72 286.80
Mar (r) 614.20 286.96
Apr (p) 614.53 ...
Average gross weekly earnings
Current dollars
Retail
Period Manufacturing Construction trade
1999 $573.14 $655.11 $321.63
2000 590.77 685.78 333.38
2001 595.19 695.89 346.16
2002 618.75 711.82 360.81
2003 635.99 726.83 367.15
2004 658.49 735.55 371.13
2005 673.30 750.22 377.58
2006 691.02 781.21 383.02
2007 711.56 816.66 385.11
2008 724.23 842.36 386.39
2008: Mar 726.77 839.46 387.47
Apr 723.24 841.02 387.77
May 723.11 836.22 387.39
June 725.16 842.50 386.10
July 729.80 845.60 386.40
Aug 725.42 849.97 387.60
Sept 721.31 846.05 388.59
Oct 722.76 849.11 385.41
Nov 721.19 839.96 385.31
Dec 716.60 851.58 384.32
2009: Jan 716.00 850.10 385.21
Feb (r) 713.77 851.96 386.21
Mar (r) 713.53 852.02 386.51
Apr (p) 717.95 848.63 386.80
Percent change from
a year earlier, total
private nonagricultural
Current 1982
Period dollars dollars
1999 3.3 1.0
2000 3.9 .3
2001 2.7 -.1
2002 2.6 1.3
2003 2.2 .0
2004 2.1 -.4
2005 2.9 -.6
2006 4.3 1.1
2007 3.9 1.0
2008 3.0 -1.0
2008: Mar 3.6 -.7
Apr 3.8 -.4
May 3.1 -1.1
June 2.6 -2.5
July 2.9 -2.9
Aug 3.5 -2.2
Sept 3.0 -2.3
Oct 2.9 -.9
Nov 2.6 2.0
Dec 2.4 3.1
2009: Jan 2.5 3.2
Feb (r) 2.0 2.5
Mar (r) 1.5 2.6
Apr (p) 1.3 ...
(1) Also includes other private industry groups shown on p. 14.
(2) Current dollar earnings divided by the consumer price index
for urban wage earners and clerical workers (CPI-W)
(on a 1982=100 base).
Source: Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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