[Economic Report of the President (2004)]
[Administration of George W. Bush]
[Online through the Government Printing Office, www.gpo.gov]


 
Table B-47.--Hours and earnings in private nonagricultural industries, 1959-2003 \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...............................................  .......     40.3      2.7  .......  ..........     $2.08  ........  ..........  .......  ..........

1960...............................................  .......     39.8      2.5  .......  ..........      2.15  ........  ..........  .......  ..........
1961...............................................  .......     39.9      2.4  .......  ..........      2.20  ........  ..........  .......  ..........
1962...............................................  .......     40.5      2.8  .......  ..........      2.27  ........  ..........  .......  ..........
1963...............................................  .......     40.6      2.8  .......  ..........      2.34  ........  ..........  .......  ..........
1964...............................................     38.5     40.8      3.1    $2.53      $7.86       2.41    $97.41    $302.52   .......  ..........
1965...............................................     38.6     41.2      3.6     2.63       8.04       2.49    101.52     310.46       4.2        2.6
1966...............................................     38.5     41.4      3.9     2.73       8.13       2.60    105.11     312.83       3.5         .8
1967...............................................     37.9     40.6      3.3     2.85       8.21       2.71    108.02     311.30       2.8        -.5
1968...............................................     37.7     40.7      3.5     3.02       8.37       2.89    113.85     315.37       5.4        1.3
1969...............................................     37.5     40.6      3.6     3.22       8.45       3.07    120.75     316.93       6.1         .5

1970...............................................     37.0     39.8      2.9     3.40       8.46       3.23    125.80     312.94       4.2       -1.3
1971...............................................     36.8     39.9      2.9     3.63       8.64       3.45    133.58     318.05       6.2        1.6
1972...............................................     36.9     40.6      3.4     3.90       8.99       3.70    143.91     331.59       7.7        4.3
1973...............................................     36.9     40.7      3.8     4.14       8.98       3.97    152.77     331.39       6.2        -.1
1974...............................................     36.4     40.0      3.2     4.43       8.65       4.31    161.25     314.94       5.6       -5.0
1975...............................................     36.0     39.5      2.6     4.73       8.48       4.71    170.28     305.16       5.6       -3.1
1976...............................................     36.1     40.1      3.1     5.06       8.58       5.09    182.67     309.61       7.3        1.5
1977...............................................     35.9     40.3      3.4     5.44       8.66       5.55    195.30     310.99       6.9         .4
1978...............................................     35.8     40.4      3.6     5.87       8.67       6.05    210.15     310.41       7.6        -.2
1979...............................................     35.6     40.2      3.3     6.33       8.40       6.57    225.35     298.87       7.2       -3.7

1980...............................................     35.2     39.7      2.8     6.84       7.99       7.15    240.77     281.27       6.8       -5.9
1981...............................................     35.2     39.8      2.8     7.43       7.88       7.86    261.54     277.35       8.6       -1.4
1982...............................................     34.7     38.9      2.3     7.86       7.86       8.36    272.74     272.74       4.3       -1.7
1983...............................................     34.9     40.1      2.9     8.19       7.95       8.70    285.83     277.50       4.8        1.7
1984...............................................     35.1     40.7      3.4     8.48       7.95       9.05    297.65     279.22       4.1         .6
1985...............................................     34.9     40.5      3.3     8.73       7.91       9.40    304.68     276.23       2.4       -1.1
1986...............................................     34.7     40.7      3.4     8.92       7.96       9.59    309.52     276.11       1.6        -.0
1987...............................................     34.7     40.9      3.7     9.13       7.86       9.77    316.81     272.88       2.4       -1.2
1988...............................................     34.6     41.0      3.8     9.43       7.81      10.05    326.28     270.32       3.0        -.9
1989...............................................     34.5     40.9      3.8     9.80       7.75      10.35    338.10     267.27       3.6       -1.1

1990...............................................     34.3     40.5      3.8    10.19       7.66      10.78    349.29     262.43       3.3       -1.8
1991...............................................     34.1     40.4      3.8    10.50       7.58      11.13    358.06     258.34       2.5       -1.6
1992...............................................     34.2     40.7      4.0    10.76       7.55      11.40    367.83     257.95       2.7        -.2
1993...............................................     34.3     41.1      4.4    11.03       7.52      11.70    378.40     258.12       2.9         .1
1994...............................................     34.5     41.7      5.0    11.32       7.53      12.04    390.73     259.97       3.3         .7
1995...............................................     34.3     41.3      4.7    11.64       7.53      12.34    399.53     258.43       2.3        -.6
1996...............................................     34.3     41.3      4.8    12.03       7.57      12.75    412.74     259.58       3.3         .4
1997...............................................     34.5     41.7      5.1    12.49       7.68      13.14    431.25     265.22       4.5        2.2
1998...............................................     34.5     41.4      4.8    13.00       7.89      13.45    448.04     271.87       3.9        2.5
1999 ..............................................     34.3     41.4      4.8    13.47       8.00      13.85    462.49     274.64       3.2        1.0

2000 ..............................................     34.3     41.3      4.7    14.00       8.03      14.32    480.41     275.62       3.9         .4
2001 ..............................................     34.0     40.3      4.0    14.53       8.11      14.76    493.20     275.38       2.7        -.1
2002 ..............................................     33.9     40.5      4.2    14.95       8.24      15.29    506.22     278.91       2.6        1.3
2003 p.............................................     33.8     40.4      4.2    15.38       8.29      15.74    519.56     279.94       2.6         .4

2002: Jan..........................................     33.8     40.2      3.9    14.74       8.23      15.05    498.21     278.17       2.0        1.2
Feb..........................................     33.9     40.3      4.0    14.77       8.23      15.12    500.70     278.94       2.3        1.5
Mar..........................................     33.9     40.6      4.1    14.80       8.22      15.15    501.72     278.58       2.2        1.0
Apr..........................................     33.9     40.5      4.1    14.81       8.18      15.17    502.06     277.38       2.3         .9
May..........................................     33.9     40.6      4.2    14.86       8.21      15.23    503.75     278.16       2.3        1.5
June.........................................     34.0     40.7      4.2    14.93       8.23      15.27    507.62     279.83       2.8        2.0

July.........................................     33.8     40.4      4.2    14.97       8.23      15.27    505.99     278.32       2.3        1.0
Aug..........................................     33.9     40.5      4.2    15.02       8.24      15.34    509.18     279.46       3.0        1.4
Sept.........................................     33.9     40.5      4.2    15.05       8.24      15.38    510.20     279.41       3.2        1.9
Oct..........................................     33.8     40.3      4.2    15.10       8.26      15.45    510.38     279.05       3.4        1.5
Nov..........................................     33.8     40.4      4.3    15.14       8.27      15.48    511.73     279.63       3.0         .9
Dec..........................................     33.8     40.5      4.3    15.20       8.30      15.55    513.76     280.44       2.9         .4

2003: Jan..........................................     33.8     40.4      4.4    15.22       8.28      15.59    514.44     279.89       3.3         .6
Feb..........................................     33.7     40.4      4.3    15.29       8.26      15.63    515.27     278.52       2.9        -.2
Mar..........................................     33.8     40.4      4.1    15.29       8.22      15.64    516.80     277.85       3.0        -.3
Apr..........................................     33.7     40.1      4.0    15.30       8.27      15.63    515.61     278.56       2.7         .4
May..........................................     33.7     40.2      4.1    15.35       8.31      15.68    517.30     279.92       2.7         .6
June.........................................     33.7     40.3      4.0    15.38       8.30      15.72    518.31     279.87       2.1         .0

July.........................................     33.6     40.1      4.1    15.43       8.32      15.73    518.45     279.64       2.5         .5
Aug..........................................     33.7     40.2      4.1    15.45       8.30      15.79    520.67     279.63       2.3         .1
Sept.........................................     33.7     40.5      4.2    15.44       8.27      15.83    520.33     278.70       2.0        -.3
Oct .........................................     33.8     40.6      4.3    15.46       8.29      15.83    522.55     280.34       2.4         .5
Nov p........................................     33.9     40.8      4.5    15.47       8.32      15.85    524.43     282.10       2.5         .9
Dec p........................................     33.7     40.7      4.6    15.50       8.32      15.90    522.35     280.53       1.7         .0
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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.