[Economic Report of the President (2002)]
[Administration of George W. Bush]
[Online through the Government Printing Office, www.gpo.gov]


 
Table B-47.--Hours and earnings in private nonagricultural industries, 1959-2001 \1\
[Monthly data seasonally adjusted]
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Average weekly hours       Average hourly earnings       Average weekly earnings, total private
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Manu-           Level            Percent change
-- Manufacturing------Total private----   fac-   ----------------------  from year  earlier
Year or month                      Total                                           turing                        --------------------
private            Over-   Current     1982     (current   Current     1982     Current
Total     time              dollars              dollars    dollars               1982
dollars      \2\     dollars)                \2\     dollars    dollars
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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
1998...............................................     34.6     41.7      4.6    12.78       7.75      13.49    442.19     268.32       4.1        2.7
1999 ..............................................     34.5     41.7      4.6    13.24       7.86      13.90    456.78     271.25       3.3        1.1

2000 ..............................................     34.5     41.6      4.6    13.75       7.89      14.38    474.38     272.16       3.9         .3
2001 .............................................     34.2     40.7      3.9    14.33       8.00      14.84    490.09     273.64       3.3         .5

2000: Jan..........................................     34.5     41.7      4.7    13.50       7.88      14.17    465.75     271.89       3.5         .7
Feb..........................................     34.5     41.9      4.8    13.55       7.87      14.22    467.48     271.63       3.8         .4
Mar..........................................     34.5     41.8      4.6    13.59       7.84      14.23    468.86     270.55       4.0         .1
Apr..........................................     34.5     42.1      4.8    13.63       7.86      14.27    470.24     271.34       3.7         .4
May..........................................     34.4     41.6      4.6    13.67       7.89      14.28    470.25     271.35       3.4         .1
June.........................................     34.5     41.7      4.6    13.72       7.87      14.35    473.34     271.57       3.7        -.2

July.........................................     34.4     41.8      4.7    13.75       7.87      14.37    473.00     270.75       3.2        -.5
Aug..........................................     34.3     41.4      4.5    13.80       7.90      14.43    473.34     270.94       3.2        -.2
Sept.........................................     34.4     41.4      4.4    13.84       7.88      14.44    476.10     270.97       3.7         .2
Oct..........................................     34.4     41.4      4.5    13.90       7.90      14.54    478.16     271.68       3.6         .2
Nov..........................................     34.3     41.2      4.3    13.97       7.92      14.57    479.17     271.64       3.6         .1
Dec..........................................     34.2     40.6      4.1    14.03       7.94      14.58    479.83     271.55       3.4         .0

2001: Jan..........................................     34.4     41.0      4.2    14.03       7.90      14.54    482.63     271.60       3.6        -.1
Feb..........................................     34.3     40.9      3.9    14.11       7.92      14.63    483.97     271.59       3.5        -.0
Mar..........................................     34.3     41.0      4.1    14.17       7.95      14.66    486.03     272.74       3.7         .8
Apr..........................................     34.2     41.0      3.9    14.21       7.94      14.72    485.98     271.50       3.3         .1
May..........................................     34.2     40.7      3.9    14.24       7.93      14.78    487.01     271.16       3.6        -.1
June.........................................     34.2     40.7      3.9    14.31       7.95      14.81    489.40     272.04       3.4         .2

July.........................................     34.2     40.8      4.0    14.34       8.00      14.86    490.43     273.52       3.7        1.0
Aug..........................................     34.0     40.7      4.1    14.40       8.03      14.93    489.60     273.06       3.4         .8
Sept.........................................     34.1     40.6      3.9    14.45       8.02      14.96    492.75     273.45       3.5         .9
Oct .........................................     34.0     40.5      3.8    14.47       8.06      14.97    491.98     274.08       2.9         .9
Nov ........................................     34.1     40.3      3.7    14.54       8.11      15.05    495.81     276.53       3.5        1.8
Dec ........................................     34.2     40.7      3.9    14.61       8.17      15.11    499.66     279.45       4.1        2.9
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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.

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

Source: Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.