Average Hours and Earnings, West Virginia
Production and Nonsupervisory Workers
Average Weekly Earnings Average Weekly Hours Average Hourly Earnings
Jun-10 May-10 Jun-09 Jun-10 May-10 Jun-09 Jun-10 May-10 Jun-09
PRIVATE SECTOR $561.32 $558.19 $535.79 34.8 34.8 34.5 $16.13 $16.04 $15.53
Goods Producing 908.12 898.76 886.16 43.1 42.9 42.4 21.07 20.95 20.90
Mining and Logging 1,169.76 1,161.50 1,102.59 48.0 47.7 46.7 24.37 24.35 23.61
Construction 923.41 910.68 879.69 42.3 42.2 41.3 21.83 21.58 21.30
Manufacturing 743.97 732.65 760.84 40.9 40.5 40.6 18.19 18.09 18.74
Durable Goods 703.70 696.28 713.60 41.2 41.2 40.0 17.08 16.90 17.84
Nondurable Goods 809.63 789.93 838.24 40.3 39.3 41.6 20.09 20.10 20.15
Private Service-Providing 482.97 482.13 456.17 32.9 33.0 32.7 14.68 14.61 13.95
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities 488.18 480.54 462.49 34.5 34.3 34.8 14.15 14.01 13.29
Wholesale Trade 723.17 708.49 684.43 39.8 39.1 38.8 18.17 18.12 17.64
Retail Trade 352.47 350.61 340.46 31.0 31.0 31.7 11.37 11.31 10.74
Financial Activities 520.26 513.03 476.08 35.2 34.9 34.7 14.78 14.70 13.72
Finance & Insurance 557.64 553.68 505.14 36.0 36.0 35.8 15.49 15.38 14.11
Real Estate & Rental & Leasing 410.26 397.12 385.62 32.9 32.0 31.3 12.47 12.41 12.32
Professional & Business Services 638.30 642.90 591.09 36.6 36.8 36.6 17.44 17.47 16.15
Health Care
Health Care & Social Assistance 571.04 566.49 545.42 34.4 34.5 33.4 16.60 16.42 16.33
Leisure & Hospitality
Accommodation & Food Service 237.78 238.50 236.56 27.3 27.7 27.7 8.71 8.61 8.54
Benchmark March 2009
Average Hours and Earnings, West Virginia
All Employees
Average Weekly Earnings Average Weekly Hours Average Hourly Earnings
Jun-10 May-10 Jun-09 Jun-10 May-10 Jun-09 Jun-10 May-10 Jun-09
PRIVATE SECTOR $666.46 $669.29 $612.60 35.3 35.3 34.3 $18.88 $18.96 $17.86
Goods Producing 957.60 937.10 932.93 42.0 41.3 40.9 22.80 22.69 22.81
Mining and Logging 1,241.74 1,237.60 1,202.71 47.0 46.3 45.8 26.42 26.73 26.26
Construction 916.97 867.47 865.87 40.7 38.9 38.5 22.53 22.30 22.49
Manufacturing 824.86 810.40 822.19 40.1 40.0 39.7 20.57 20.26 20.71
Private Service-Providing 597.16 606.13 535.95 33.7 33.9 32.7 17.72 17.88 16.39
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities 662.72 656.29 522.81 36.9 36.4 34.6 17.96 18.03 15.11
Financial Activities 623.32 634.52 612.81 35.7 36.3 35.9 17.46 17.48 17.07
Professional & Business Services 726.51 748.68 702.47 36.6 37.1 35.3 19.85 20.18 19.90
Education & Health Care 655.48 661.50 628.25 34.7 35.0 34.2 18.89 18.90 18.37
Leisure & Hospitality 290.08 287.43 296.38 27.6 27.4 28.2 10.51 10.49 10.51
Other Services 530.61 541.03 522.66 32.1 32.3 31.6 16.53 16.75 16.54
Metropolitan Statistical Areas - Total Private
Charleston MSA 746.59 762.20 707.22 35.2 35.7 34.6 21.21 21.35 20.44
Huntington-Ashland-Ironton MSA 636.17 641.16 638.32 35.6 35.6 35.7 17.87 18.01 17.88
Morgantown MSA 703.61 698.29 689.41 35.5 35.5 35.5 19.82 19.67 19.42
Parkersburg-Marietta MSA 568.62 563.52 543.58 32.4 32.0 31.9 17.55 17.61 17.04
Wheeling-Bridgeport MSA 587.31 581.79 559.02 33.2 33.0 33.0 17.69 17.63 16.94
Benchmark March 2009