[Economic Report of the President (1999)]
[Administration of William J. Clinton]
[Online through the Government Printing Office, www.gpo.gov]



POPULATION, EMPLOYMENT, WAGES, AND PRODUCTIVITY


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Table B-47.--Hours and earnings in private nonagricultural industries, 1959-98\1\
[Monthly data seasonally adjusted, except as noted]
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Average weekly hours       Average hourly earnings       Average weekly earnings, total private
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Level            Percent change
-- Manufacturing------Total private----   Manu-  ----------------------      from year
Year or month                                                                       fac-                               earlier\3\
Total                     Current               turing                        --------------------
private   Total    Over-               1982     (current   Current     1982     Current
time   dollars  dollars\2\             dollars  dollars\2\              1982
dollars)                        dollars  dollars\2\
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1959...............................................     39.0     40.3      2.7    $2.02      $6.69      $2.19    $78.78    $260.86       4.9        4.2

1960...............................................     38.6     39.7      2.5     2.09       6.79       2.26     80.67     261.92       2.4         .4
1961...............................................     38.6     39.8      2.4     2.14       6.88       2.32     82.60     265.59       2.4        1.4
1962...............................................     38.7     40.4      2.8     2.22       7.07       2.39     85.91     273.60       4.0        3.0
1963...............................................     38.8     40.5      2.8     2.28       7.17       2.45     88.46     278.18       3.0        1.7
1964...............................................     38.7     40.7      3.1     2.36       7.33       2.53     91.33     283.63       3.2        2.0
1965...............................................     38.8     41.2      3.6     2.46       7.52       2.61     95.45     291.90       4.5        2.9
1966...............................................     38.6     41.4      3.9     2.56       7.62       2.71     98.82     294.11       3.5         .8
1967...............................................     38.0     40.6      3.4     2.68       7.72       2.82    101.84     293.49       3.1        -.2
1968...............................................     37.8     40.7      3.6     2.85       7.89       3.01    107.73     298.42       5.8        1.7
1969...............................................     37.7     40.6      3.6     3.04       7.98       3.19    114.61     300.81       6.4         .8

1970...............................................     37.1     39.8      3.0     3.23       8.03       3.35    119.83     298.08       4.6        -.9
1971...............................................     36.9     39.9      2.9     3.45       8.21       3.57    127.31     303.12       6.2        1.7
1972...............................................     37.0     40.5      3.5     3.70       8.53       3.82    136.90     315.44       7.5        4.1
1973...............................................     36.9     40.7      3.8     3.94       8.55       4.09    145.39     315.38       6.2        -.0
1974...............................................     36.5     40.0      3.3     4.24       8.28       4.42    154.76     302.27       6.4       -4.2
1975...............................................     36.1     39.5      2.6     4.53       8.12       4.83    163.53     293.06       5.7       -3.0
1976...............................................     36.1     40.1      3.1     4.86       8.24       5.22    175.45     297.37       7.3        1.5
1977...............................................     36.0     40.3      3.5     5.25       8.36       5.68    189.00     300.96       7.7        1.2
1978...............................................     35.8     40.4      3.6     5.69       8.40       6.17    203.70     300.89       7.8        -.0
1979...............................................     35.7     40.2      3.3     6.16       8.17       6.70    219.91     291.66       8.0       -3.1

1980...............................................     35.3     39.7      2.8     6.66       7.78       7.27    235.10     274.65       6.9       -5.8
1981...............................................     35.2     39.8      2.8     7.25       7.69       7.99    255.20     270.63       8.5       -1.5
1982...............................................     34.8     38.9      2.3     7.68       7.68       8.49    267.26     267.26       4.7       -1.2
1983...............................................     35.0     40.1      3.0     8.02       7.79       8.83    280.70     272.52       5.0        2.0
1984...............................................     35.2     40.7      3.4     8.32       7.80       9.19    292.86     274.73       4.3         .8
1985...............................................     34.9     40.5      3.3     8.57       7.77       9.54    299.09     271.16       2.1       -1.3
1986...............................................     34.8     40.7      3.4     8.76       7.81       9.73    304.85     271.94       1.9         .3
1987...............................................     34.8     41.0      3.7     8.98       7.73       9.91    312.50     269.16       2.5       -1.0
1988...............................................     34.7     41.1      3.9     9.28       7.69      10.19    322.02     266.79       3.0        -.9
1989...............................................     34.6     41.0      3.8     9.66       7.64      10.48    334.24     264.22       3.8       -1.0

1990...............................................     34.5     40.8      3.6    10.01       7.52      10.83    345.35     259.47       3.3       -1.8
1991...............................................     34.3     40.7      3.6    10.32       7.45      11.18    353.98     255.40       2.5       -1.6
1992...............................................     34.4     41.0      3.8    10.57       7.41      11.46    363.61     254.99       2.7        -.2
1993...............................................     34.5     41.4      4.1    10.83       7.39      11.74    373.64     254.87       2.8        -.0
1994...............................................     34.7     42.0      4.7    11.12       7.40      12.07    385.86     256.73       3.3         .7
1995...............................................     34.5     41.6      4.4    11.43       7.39      12.37    394.34     255.07       2.2        -.6
1996...............................................     34.4     41.6      4.5    11.82       7.43      12.77    406.61     255.73       3.1         .3
1997...............................................     34.6     42.0      4.8    12.28       7.55      13.17    424.89     261.31       4.5        2.2
1998p..............................................     34.6     41.7      4.6    12.77       7.75      13.49    441.84     268.11       4.0        2.6

1997:Jan...........................................     34.5     41.7      4.7    12.07       7.47      13.01    416.42     257.85       5.1        2.1
Feb............................................     34.6     41.9      4.8    12.10       7.48      13.02    418.66     258.75       5.2        2.2
Mar............................................     34.7     42.1      4.9    12.14       7.50      13.07    421.26     260.20       5.5        2.8
Apr............................................     34.6     42.1      4.9    12.17       7.51      13.07    421.08     259.93       4.7        2.3
May............................................     34.7     42.0      4.9    12.21       7.53      13.10    423.69     261.38       4.5        2.4
June...........................................     34.5     41.9      4.7    12.24       7.54      13.11    422.28     260.18       3.7        1.5

July...........................................     34.5     41.9      4.8    12.27       7.55      13.13    423.32     260.50       4.4        2.2
Aug............................................     34.7     41.9      4.8    12.34       7.58      13.20    428.20     262.86       4.5        2.3
Sept...........................................     34.6     41.9      4.7    12.37       7.58      13.22    428.00     262.09       3.4        1.3
Oct............................................     34.6     42.0      4.8    12.43       7.60      13.30    430.08     262.89       4.7        2.7
Nov............................................     34.7     42.1      4.9    12.47       7.62      13.34    432.71     264.33       5.2        3.5
Dec............................................     34.7     42.2      4.9    12.50       7.63      13.37    433.75     264.80       3.5        2.0

1998:Jan...........................................     34.8     42.1      4.9    12.54       7.66      13.38    436.39     266.42       4.9        3.5
Feb............................................     34.7     42.0      4.8    12.59       7.69      13.42    436.87     266.71       4.4        3.3
Mar............................................     34.6     41.8      4.8    12.63       7.72      13.46    437.00     266.95       3.8        2.7
Apr............................................     34.5     41.4      4.5    12.70       7.74      13.44    438.15     267.00       3.6        2.3
May............................................     34.7     41.8      4.6    12.73       7.73      13.47    441.73     268.37       4.6        3.0
June...........................................     34.6     41.8      4.6    12.76       7.75      13.47    441.50     268.06       3.3        1.8

July...........................................     34.6     41.7      4.6    12.79       7.75      13.42    442.53     268.20       4.0        2.5
Aug............................................     34.6     41.7      4.6    12.85       7.78      13.52    444.61     269.30       4.6        3.1
Sept...........................................     34.4     41.6      4.5    12.87       7.79      13.57    442.73     268.00       2.5        1.3
Oct............................................     34.6     41.7      4.5    12.90       7.79      13.57    446.34     269.37       3.5        2.2
Novp...........................................     34.5     41.6      4.5    12.93       7.79      13.58    446.09     268.89       3.4        2.0
Decp...........................................     34.6     41.8      4.5    12.98       7.81      13.58    449.11     270.22       3.4        1.8
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\1\For production or nonsupervisory workers; total includes private industry groups shown in Table B-46.
\2\Current dollars divided by the consumer price index for urban wage earners and clerical workers on a 1982=100 base.
\3\Percent changes are based on data that are not seasonally adjusted.

Note.--See Note, Table B-46.

Source: Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.