Table B-8. Average hourly and weekly earnings of production and nonsupervisory employees on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector, seasonally adjusted(1)

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Table B-8. Average hourly and weekly earnings of production and nonsupervisory employees on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector, seasonally adjusted(1)
Industry	Average hourly earnings				Average weekly earnings
Industry	Apr. 2012	Feb. 2013	Mar. 2013(p)	Apr. 2013(p)	Apr. 2012	Feb. 2013	Mar. 2013(p)	Apr. 2013(p)
Total private	$19.72	$20.03	$20.04	$20.06	$664.56	$677.01	$677.35	$676.02
Goods-producing	20.94	21.16	21.19	21.21	862.73	873.91	875.15	875.97
Mining and logging	25.92	26.30	26.29	26.43	1,226.02	1,196.65	1,196.20	1,205.21
Construction	23.90	24.22	24.26	24.30	939.27	961.53	963.12	964.71
Manufacturing	19.08	19.23	19.24	19.24	795.64	805.74	804.23	802.31
Durable goods	20.18	20.24	20.28	20.31	849.58	856.15	855.82	855.05
Nondurable goods	17.30	17.59	17.55	17.51	709.30	726.47	723.06	721.41
Private service-providing	19.46	19.79	19.80	19.82	632.45	643.18	643.50	642.17
Trade, transportation, and utilities	17.40	17.58	17.59	17.62	588.12	592.45	594.54	592.03
Wholesale trade	22.17	22.39	22.44	22.50	855.76	868.73	868.43	868.50
Retail trade	13.78	13.92	13.95	13.93	421.67	420.38	422.69	417.90
Transportation and warehousing	19.66	19.56	19.49	19.56	743.15	751.10	756.21	756.97
Utilities	31.53	32.09	32.07	32.14	1,292.73	1,347.78	1,346.94	1,343.45
Information	26.93	27.78	27.76	27.90	966.79	991.75	991.03	996.03
Financial activities	22.60	23.55	23.66	23.72	827.16	864.29	868.32	870.52
Professional and business services	23.22	23.57	23.58	23.56	819.67	834.38	837.09	831.67
Education and health services	21.05	21.34	21.32	21.34	679.92	691.42	690.77	689.28
Leisure and hospitality	11.62	11.71	11.73	11.74	289.34	292.75	293.25	293.50
Other services	17.50	17.87	17.79	17.86	537.25	550.40	546.15	548.30
Footnotes (1) Data relate to production employees in mining and logging and manufacturing, construction employees in construction, and nonsupervisory employees in the service-providing industries. These groups account for approximately four-fifths of the total employment on private nonfarm payrolls. (p) Preliminary

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Table B-8. Average hourly and weekly earnings of production and nonsupervisory employees on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector, seasonally adjusted(1)

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