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US Data: Employment - Average Hourly Earnings>

Release for:  September 2017
Source:  U.S. Department of Labor
U.S. dollars, seasonally adjusted
                                     yr-ago
Industry                             Sep-16 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17
Total private:                         25.81  26.27  26.39  26.43  26.55
Goods producing                        27.09  27.53  27.69  27.61  27.75
 Mining and logging                    32.12  32.42  32.95  32.57  32.58
 Construction                          28.33  28.83  28.94  29.00  29.19
 Manufacturing                         26.16  26.54  26.69  26.56  26.68
  Durable goods                        27.46  27.79  27.95  27.81  27.95
  Nondurable goods                     23.95  24.39  24.56  24.42  24.49
Private service providing              25.52  25.98  26.09  26.15  26.27
 Trade, transportation, and utilities  22.45  22.80  22.86  22.89  22.95
  Wholesale trade                      29.73  30.09  30.15  30.14  30.25
  Retail trade                         17.91  18.15  18.20  18.27  18.27
  Transportation and warehousing       23.41  23.89  23.94  23.97  24.03
  Utilities                            38.35  39.01  39.27  38.87  39.38
 Information                           36.98  38.37  38.56  38.48  38.90
 Financial activities                  32.55  33.00  33.22  33.31  33.44
 Professional and business services    30.97  31.56  31.69  31.79  32.00
 Education and health services         25.87  26.26  26.39  26.44  26.50
 Leisure and hospitality               15.01  15.41  15.45  15.49  15.55
 Other services                        23.17  23.59  23.71  23.79  23.91
-- Percent change from prev. month:
Total private:                           0.3    0.2    0.5    0.2    0.5
Goods producing                          0.4    0.2    0.6   -0.3    0.5
 Natural resources and mining            1.0    0.5    1.6   -1.2    0.0
 Construction                            0.4    0.5    0.4    0.2    0.7
 Manufacturing                           0.3    0.1    0.6   -0.5    0.5
  Durable goods                          0.2    0.2    0.6   -0.5    0.5
  Nondurable goods                       0.7    0.0    0.7   -0.6    0.3
Private service providing                0.3    0.2    0.4    0.2    0.5
 Trade, transportation, and utilities    0.0    0.3    0.3    0.1    0.3
  Wholesale trade                        0.1    0.2    0.2    0.0    0.4
  Retail trade                          -0.1    0.2    0.3    0.4    0.0
  Transportation and warehousing         0.2    0.4    0.2    0.1    0.3
  Utilities                              0.1    0.4    0.7   -1.0    1.3
 Information                             0.4    0.8    0.5   -0.2    1.1
 Financial activities                    0.2    0.3    0.7    0.3    0.4
 Professional and business services      0.2    0.1    0.4    0.3    0.7
 Education and health services           0.4    0.2    0.5    0.2    0.2
 Leisure and hospitality                 0.5    0.0    0.3    0.3    0.4
 Other services                          0.3    0.0    0.5    0.3    0.5
-- Percent change from year ago:
Total private:                           2.7    2.5    2.6    2.7    2.9
Goods producing                          3.0    2.3    2.6    2.3    2.4
 Natural resources and mining            1.7    0.9    2.6    2.4    1.4
 Construction                            3.5    2.5    2.6    2.8    3.0
 Manufacturing                           3.0    2.2    2.5    1.9    2.0
  Durable goods                          2.8    1.8    2.2    1.5    1.8
  Nondurable goods                       3.5    2.9    3.3    2.6    2.3
Private service providing                2.7    2.6    2.7    2.8    2.9
 Trade, transportation, and utilities    2.5    2.0    2.1    2.0    2.2
  Wholesale trade                        3.3    2.0    1.5    1.5    1.7
  Retail trade                           1.4    1.3    1.7    1.9    2.0
  Transportation and warehousing         2.5    2.7    2.8    2.6    2.6
  Utilities                              2.8    1.4    2.0    1.4    2.7
 Information                             4.5    5.0    5.2    4.5    5.2
 Financial activities                    2.8    2.7    2.6    2.6    2.7
 Professional and business services      2.3    2.4    2.5    2.8    3.3
 Education and health services           2.2    2.2    2.5    2.6    2.4
 Leisure and hospitality                 4.5    3.8    3.7    3.7    3.6
 Other services                          2.5    2.7    2.9    2.9    3.2
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