Table B-42: Hours and earnings in private nonagricultural												
"     industries and hourly compensation in the total economy, 1959-92"												

"(Monthly data seasonally adjusted, except as noted)"												
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	|--------------- Private nonagricultural industries (1) ---------------					-	-	-	-	-	|     Total economy	
Year or	------ Average weekly hours --------			 ------ Average hourly earnings ------			"|---- Average weekly earnings, total private -------"				|         hourly	
month	Total	---- Manufacturing -----		|---- Total private ----		| Manufacturing	|--------- Level ---------		   Percent change from a		|   compensation (4)	
	private (1)	Total	Overtime	Current	1982	Current	Current	1982	    year earlier (3)		|  Current	|   1982
				dollars	dollars (2)	dollars	dollars	dollars (2)	Current	1982	|  dollars	|  CPI-U-X1
									dollars	dollars	|	| dollars (5)
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1959	39.0 	40.3 	2.7 	$2.02 	$6.69 	$2.19 	$78.78 	$260.86 	4.9 	4.2 	$2.32 	$7.02 
											      	
1960	38.6 	39.7 	2.5 	2.09 	6.79 	2.26 	80.67 	261.92 	2.4 	0.4 	2.43 	7.20 
1961	38.6 	39.8 	2.4 	2.14 	6.88 	2.32 	82.60 	265.59 	2.4 	1.4 	2.52 	7.40 
1962	38.7 	40.4 	2.8 	2.22 	7.07 	2.39 	85.91 	273.60 	4.0 	3.0 	2.62 	7.64 
1963	38.8 	40.5 	2.8 	2.28 	7.17 	2.45 	88.46 	278.18 	3.0 	1.7 	2.73 	7.84 
1964	38.7 	40.7 	3.1 	2.36 	7.33 	2.53 	91.33 	283.63 	3.2 	2.0 	2.87 	8.14 
1965	38.8 	41.2 	3.6 	2.46 	7.52 	2.61 	95.45 	291.90 	4.5 	2.9 	2.99 	8.35 
1966	38.6 	41.4 	3.9 	2.56 	7.62 	2.71 	98.82 	294.11 	3.5 	0.8 	3.18 	8.65 
1967	38.0 	40.6 	3.4 	2.68 	7.72 	2.82 	101.84 	293.49 	3.1 	-0.2 	3.35 	8.82 
1968	37.8 	40.7 	3.6 	2.85 	7.89 	3.01 	107.73 	298.42 	5.8 	1.7 	3.64 	9.23 
1969	37.7 	40.6 	3.6 	3.04 	7.98 	3.19 	114.61 	300.81 	6.4 	0.8 	3.91 	9.48 
											      	
1970	37.1 	39.8 	3.0 	3.23 	8.03 	3.35 	119.83 	298.08 	4.6 	-0.9 	4.25 	9.83 
1971	36.9 	39.9 	2.9 	3.45 	8.21 	3.57 	127.31 	303.12 	6.2 	1.7 	4.54 	10.07 
1972	37.0 	40.5 	3.5 	3.70 	8.53 	3.82 	136.90 	315.44 	7.5 	4.1 	4.85 	10.45 
1973	36.9 	40.7 	3.8 	3.94 	8.55 	4.09 	145.39 	315.38 	6.2 	-.0	5.27 	10.66 
1974	36.5 	40.0 	3.3 	4.24 	8.28 	4.42 	154.76 	302.27 	6.4 	-4.2 	5.77 	10.62 
1975	36.1 	39.5 	2.6 	4.53 	8.12 	4.83 	163.53 	293.06 	5.7 	-3.0 	6.32 	10.74 
1976	36.1 	40.1 	3.1 	4.86 	8.24 	5.22 	175.45 	297.37 	7.3 	1.5 	6.87 	11.07 
1977	36.0 	40.3 	3.5 	5.25 	8.36 	5.68 	189.00 	300.96 	7.7 	1.2 	7.40 	11.20 
1978	35.8 	40.4 	3.6 	5.69 	8.40 	6.17 	203.70 	300.89 	7.8 	-.0	8.02 	11.36 
1979	35.7 	40.2 	3.3 	6.16 	8.17 	6.70 	219.91 	291.66 	8.0 	-3.1 	8.79 	11.36 
											      	    
1980	35.3 	39.7 	2.8 	6.66 	7.78 	7.27 	235.10 	274.65 	6.9 	-5.8 	9.70 	11.27 
1981	35.2 	39.8 	2.8 	7.25 	7.69 	7.99 	255.20 	270.63 	8.5 	-1.5 	10.67 	11.33 
1982	34.8 	38.9 	2.3 	7.68 	7.68 	8.49 	267.26 	267.26 	4.7 	-1.2 	11.49 	11.49 
1983	35.0 	40.1 	3.0 	8.02 	7.79 	8.83 	280.70 	272.52 	5.0 	2.0 	11.95 	11.47 
1984	35.2 	40.7 	3.4 	8.32 	7.80 	9.19 	292.86 	274.73 	4.3 	0.8 	12.49 	11.49 
1985	34.9 	40.5 	3.3 	8.57 	7.77 	9.54 	299.09 	271.16 	2.1 	-1.3 	13.07 	11.60 
1986	34.8 	40.7 	3.4 	8.76 	7.81 	9.73 	304.85 	271.94 	1.9 	0.3 	13.69 	11.95 
1987	34.8 	41.0 	3.7 	8.98 	7.73 	9.91 	312.50 	269.16 	2.5 	-1.0 	14.25 	11.99 
1988	34.7 	41.1 	3.9 	9.28 	7.69 	10.19 	322.02 	266.79 	3.0 	-0.9 	14.86 	12.02 
1989	34.6 	41.0 	3.8 	9.66 	7.64 	10.48 	334.24 	264.22 	3.8 	-1.0 	15.42 	11.89 

1990	34.5 	40.8 	3.6 	10.01 	7.52 	10.83 	345.35 	259.47 	3.3 	-1.8 	16.29 	11.91 
1991	34.3 	40.7 	3.6 	10.33 	7.45 	11.18 	354.32 	255.64 	2.6 	-1.5 	17.12 	12.01 
1992 p	34.4 	41.0 	3.8 	10.59 		11.45 	364.30 		2.8 			

1991: Jan	34.2 	40.5 	3.4 	10.18 	7.43 	11.02 	348.16 	254.13 	2.4 	-2.9 		
   Feb	34.3 	40.4 	3.4 	10.20 	7.44 	11.03 	349.86 	255.19 	2.2 	-2.7 		
   Mar	34.2 	40.3 	3.3 	10.23 	7.45 	11.07 	349.87 	254.64 	1.9 	-2.6 		
   Apr	34.1 	40.4 	3.4 	10.26 	7.45 	11.12 	349.87 	253.90 	2.3 	-2.3 		
    May	34.3 	40.5 	3.4 	10.30 	7.46 	11.14 	353.29 	255.82 	2.4 	-2.4 		
    June	34.5 	40.7 	3.6 	10.35 	7.48 	11.17 	357.08 	258.01 	3.0 	-1.5 		

    July	34.2 	40.7 	3.6 	10.34 	7.46 	11.21 	353.63 	255.14 	1.8 	-2.4 		
   Aug	34.3 	40.9 	3.7 	10.38 	7.47 	11.24 	356.03 	256.32 	2.8 	-0.7 		
    Sept	34.4 	40.9 	3.7 	10.39 	7.46 	11.25 	357.42 	256.58 	2.7 	-0.4 		
   Oct	34.3 	40.9 	3.7 	10.40 	7.45 	11.27 	356.72 	255.53 	3.2 	0.5 		
   Nov	34.4 	40.9 	3.7 	10.43 	7.44 	11.30 	358.45 	255.85 	3.0 	0.2 		
   Dec	34.5 	41.0 	3.7 	10.46 	7.45 	11.32 	360.87 	257.03 	3.1 	0.4 		

1992: Jan	34.3 	40.9 	3.6 	10.46 	7.44 	11.27 	358.78 	255.36 	3.0 	0.6 
   Feb	34.6 	41.1 	3.7 	10.51 	7.46 	11.34 	363.65 	258.27 	3.9 	1.1 
   Mar	34.5 	41.1 	3.8 	10.55 	7.46 	11.37 	363.98 	257.23 	4.2 	1.2 
   Apr	34.3 	41.1 	3.9 	10.52 	7.42 	11.42 	360.84 	254.47 	3.1 	0.1 
   May	34.6 	41.3 	4.1 	10.56 	7.44 	11.44 	365.38 	257.31 	3.4 	0.6 
    June	34.3 	41.0 	3.8 	10.58 	7.43 	11.44 	362.89 	254.84 	1.9 	-1.0 
										
    July	34.3 	41.0 	3.8 	10.58 	7.41 	11.45 	362.89 	254.40 	2.6 	-0.4 
   Aug	34.6 	41.0 	3.7 	10.66 	7.44 	11.51 	368.84 	257.57 	3.5 	0.4 
    Sept	34.3 	40.9 	3.5 	10.63 	7.41 	11.51 	364.61 	254.08 	1.2 	-1.7 
   Oct	34.5 	41.1 	3.8 	10.65 	7.40 	11.51 	367.43 	255.16 	2.8 	-0.3 
     Nov p	34.6 	41.2 	3.9 	10.71 	7.42 	11.55 	370.57 	256.81 	3.5 	0.5 
     Dec p	34.3 	41.3 	3.9 	10.70 		11.57 	367.01 		1.6 	

(1) For production or nonsupervisory workers;										
    total includes other private industry groups shown in Table B-41.

(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 not seasonally adjusted.

(4) Compensation (wages and salaries of employees plus employer
    contributions for social insurance and private benefit
"    plans, and all other fringe benefits, as well as"
"    an estimate of the wages and salaries, and supplemental"
    payments of the self-employed) divided by hours of all persons.

(5) See Table B-58.

"Note.--See Note, Table B-41."

"Source: Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics."