US Data: Employment - Average Hourly Earnings>

Release for:  December 2018

Source:  U.S. Department of Labor

U.S. dollars, seasonally adjusted

                                     yr-ago

Industry                             Dec-17 Sep-18 Oct-18 Nov-18 Dec-18

Total private:                         26.64  27.25  27.31  27.37  27.48

Goods producing                        27.84  28.39  28.41  28.50  28.61

 Mining and logging                    32.24  33.05  32.87  33.07  33.07

 Construction                          29.31  30.17  30.23  30.29  30.44

 Manufacturing                         26.77  27.11  27.12  27.23  27.30

  Durable goods                        28.05  28.52  28.53  28.71  28.76

  Nondurable goods                     24.58  24.71  24.71  24.70  24.79

Private service providing              26.36  26.98  27.05  27.11  27.21

 Trade, transportation, and utilities  23.04  23.55  23.63  23.64  23.80

  Wholesale trade                      30.30  30.77  30.83  30.87  31.04

  Retail trade                         18.34  18.90  19.03  19.05  19.26

  Transportation and warehousing       24.22  24.43  24.44  24.40  24.40

  Utilities                            39.52  41.06  41.13  41.30  41.44

 Information                           38.80  40.32  40.57  40.73  41.02

 Financial activities                  34.04  35.04  35.02  35.31  35.45

 Professional and business services    31.96  32.69  32.73  32.80  32.86

 Education and health services         26.65  27.10  27.18  27.24  27.27

 Leisure and hospitality               15.69  16.08  16.14  16.20  16.27

 Other services                        24.22  24.50  24.56  24.58  24.65

-- Percent change from prev. month:

Total private:                           0.4    0.3    0.2    0.2    0.4

Goods producing                          0.3    0.4    0.1    0.3    0.4

 Natural resources and mining            0.0    0.9   -0.5    0.6    0.0

 Construction                            0.4    0.6    0.2    0.2    0.5

 Manufacturing                           0.2    0.1    0.0    0.4    0.3

  Durable goods                          0.1    0.2    0.0    0.6    0.2

  Nondurable goods                       0.2    0.1    0.0    0.0    0.4

Private service providing                0.4    0.3    0.3    0.2    0.4

 Trade, transportation, and utilities    0.5    0.3    0.3    0.0    0.7

  Wholesale trade                        0.4    0.4    0.2    0.1    0.6

  Retail trade                           0.5    0.3    0.7    0.1    1.1

  Transportation and warehousing         0.4   -0.1    0.0   -0.2    0.0

  Utilities                             -0.1    0.7    0.2    0.4    0.3

 Information                             0.6    1.2    0.6    0.4    0.7

 Financial activities                    0.9    0.3   -0.1    0.8    0.4

 Professional and business services      0.3    0.1    0.1    0.2    0.2

 Education and health services           0.3    0.0    0.3    0.2    0.1

 Leisure and hospitality                 0.4    0.3    0.4    0.4    0.4

 Other services                          0.2    0.3    0.2    0.1    0.3

-- Percent change from year ago:

Total private:                           2.7    2.8    3.2    3.1    3.2

Goods producing                          2.3    2.2    2.5    2.6    2.8

 Natural resources and mining            0.6    3.1    2.3    2.6    2.6

 Construction                            3.1    3.1    3.9    3.7    3.9

 Manufacturing                           1.7    1.5    1.5    1.9    2.0

  Durable goods                          1.6    1.9    1.9    2.5    2.5

  Nondurable goods                       1.9    0.7    0.5    0.7    0.9

Private service providing                2.7    2.9    3.3    3.3    3.2

 Trade, transportation, and utilities    2.3    2.7    3.4    3.1    3.3

  Wholesale trade                        1.4    1.8    2.8    2.3    2.4

  Retail trade                           2.1    3.6    4.3    4.4    5.0

  Transportation and warehousing         3.2    1.8    1.8    1.2    0.7

  Utilities                              2.1    4.2    3.8    4.4    4.9

 Information                             3.3    4.8    5.7    5.6    5.7

 Financial activities                    4.1    4.7    4.0    4.7    4.1

 Professional and business services      2.4    2.7    3.0    2.9    2.8

 Education and health services           2.6    2.2    2.7    2.5    2.3

 Leisure and hospitality                 3.4    3.0    3.6    3.6    3.7

 Other services                          3.6    1.7    1.9    1.7    1.8

  ** MNI Washington Bureau (202) 371-2121 **

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