Average weekly hours, hourly earnings, and weekly earnings.
AVERAGE WEEKLY HOURS, HOURLY EARNINGS, AND WEEKLY EARNINGS
PRIVATE NONAGRICULTURAL INDUSTRIES
[For production or nonsupervisory workers; monthly data
seasonally adjusted]
Average weekly hours
Manufacturing
Period Total
private
nonagri-
cultural
(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: Feb 33.8 41.2 4.1
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 (r) 33.3 39.8 2.9
Feb (r) 33.3 39.5 2.7
Mar (p) 33.2 39.3 2.7
Average gross hourly earnings
Total private
nonagricultural (1)
Period
1982
Current dollars Manufac-
dollars (2) turing
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: Feb 17.83 8.28 17.58
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 (r) 18.43 8.64 17.99
Feb (r) 18.47 8.62 18.06
Mar (p) 18.50 ... 18.08
Average gross weekly earnings
Total private Current
nonagricultural (1) dollars
Period
1982
Current dollars Manufac-
dollars (2) turing
1999 $463.15 $275.03 $573.14
2000 481.01 275.97 590.77
2001 493.79 275.71 595.19
2002 506.75 279.20 618.75
2003 518.06 279.13 635.99
2004 529.09 277.88 658.49
2005 544.33 276.17 673.30
2006 567.87 279.19 691.02
2007 590.04 281.97 711.56
2008 607.99 279.14 724.23
2008: Feb 602.65 279.85 724.30
Mar 605.02 279.82 726.77
Apr 606.37 280.03 723.24
May 606.26 278.56 723.11
June 606.14 275.59 725.16
July 608.16 274.31 729.80
Aug 612.67 276.47 725.42
Sept 611.86 275.99 721.31
Oct 612.38 279.11 722.76
Nov 612.56 285.23 721.19
Dec 612.72 288.12 716.60
2009: Jan (r) 613.72 287.60 716.00
Feb (r) 615.05 286.95 713.37
Mar (p) 614.20 ... 710.54
Average gross weekly earnings
Current dollars Percent change from a
year earlier, total private
Period nonagricultural
Construc- Retail Current 1982
tion trade dollars dollars
1999
2000 $655.11 $321.63 3.3 1.0
2001 685.78 333.38 3.9 0.3
2002 695.89 346.16 2.7 -.1
2003 711.82 360.81 2.6 1.3
2004 726.83 367.15 2.2 -.0
2005 735.55 371.13 2.1 -.4
2006 750.22 377.58 2.9 -.6
2007 781.21 383.02 4.3 1.1
2008 816.66 385.11 3.9 1.0
842.36 386.39 3.0 -1.0
2008: Feb
Mar 833.42 386.86 3.8 -.7
Apr 839.46 387.47 3.6 -.7
May 841.02 387.77 3.8 -.4
June 836.22 387.39 3.1 -1.1
July 842.50 386.10 2.6 -2.5
Aug 845.60 386.40 2.9 -2.9
Sept 849.97 387.60 3.5 -2.2
Oct 846.05 388.59 3.0 -2.3
Nov 849.11 385.41 2.9 -.9
Dec 839.96 385.31 2.6 2.0
851.58 384.32 2.4 3.1
2009: Jan (r)
Feb (r) 850.10 385.21 2.5 3.2
Mar (p) 854.96 386.21 2.1 2.5
854.66 385.51 1.5 ...
(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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