Question 39 - Graphic Literacy Practice Test for the WorkKeys

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
Table B-8. Average hourly and weekly earnings of production and nonsupervisory employees on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector, seasonally adjusted 1

Industry	Average hourly earnings				Average weekly earnings
	July 2020	May 2021	June 2021(p)	July 2021(p)	July 2020	May 2021	June 2021(p)	July 2021(p)
Total private	$24.67	$25.60	$25.72	$25.83	$838.78	$878.08	$879.62	$883.39
Goods-producing	25.48	26.32	26.50	26.59	1,026.84	1,079.12	1,078.55	1,087.53
Mining and logging	30.54	30.94	31.01	31.25	1,352.92	1,447.99	1,460.57	1,443.75
Construction	29.30	30.32	30.51	30.60	1,151.49	1,197.64	1,195.99	1,205.64
Manufacturing	22.84	23.60	23.78	23.86	929.59	981.76	984.49	990.19
Durable goods	23.82	24.62	24.83	24.87	976.62	1,024.19	1,025.48	1,032.11
Nondurable goods	21.28	22.00	22.14	22.28	859.71	913.00	921.02	926.85
Private service-providing	24.50	25.45	25.56	25.68	806.05	844.94	846.04	850.01
Trade, transportation, and utilities	21.29	22.20	22.34	22.48	728.12	765.90	766.26	773.31
Wholesale trade	26.86	27.51	27.57	27.81	1,023.37	1,067.39	1,069.72	1,087.37
Retail trade	17.50	18.42	18.58	18.62	540.75	571.02	572.26	573.50
Transportation and warehousing	22.50	23.60	23.75	23.96	868.50	918.04	919.13	924.86
Utilities	38.62	39.70	39.69	39.78	1,641.35	1,691.22	1,702.70	1,698.61
Information	36.03	36.83	37.13	37.18	1,293.48	1,373.76	1,366.38	1,360.79
Financial activities	29.17	30.44	30.35	30.50	1,082.21	1,138.46	1,135.09	1,140.70
Professional and business services	29.30	30.40	30.49	30.61	1,051.87	1,106.56	1,106.79	1,114.20
Education and health services	25.37	26.56	26.71	26.89	827.06	865.86	870.75	879.30
Leisure and hospitality	14.58	15.84	16.24	16.47	349.92	397.58	407.62	416.69
Other services	22.61	23.13	23.17	23.20	705.43	723.97	725.22	723.84
Footnotes (1)Data relate to production employees in mining and logging and manufacturing, construction employees in construction, and nonsupervisory employees in the service-providing industries. These groups account for approximately four-fifths of the total employment on private nonfarm payrolls. (p)Preliminary
NOTE: Data have been revised to reflect March 2020 benchmark levels and updated seasonal adjustment factors.