2003					West Virginia Gross Hours and Earnings of Production Workers, by Industry
Average Hourly Earnings					Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Ann Avg
PRIVATE SECTOR					$12.36	$12.36	$12.37	$12.40	$12.37	$12.43	$12.46	$12.51	$12.66	$12.62	$12.71	$12.68	$12.50
Goods Producing					$16.49	$16.38	$16.46	$16.54	$16.45	$16.53	$16.55	$16.61	$16.60	$16.52	$16.61	$16.74	$16.54
	Natural Resources and Mining				18.16	18.02	18.28	18.18	18.17	18.09	18.10	18.15	18.03	17.76	17.69	18.28	18.08
	Construction				15.83	15.79	15.71	15.82	16.01	16.08	16.31	16.40	16.60	16.54	16.64	16.81	16.25
	Manufacturing				16.07	15.93	16.02	16.19	15.96	16.12	16.06	16.08	16.02	15.99	16.14	16.04	16.05
		Durable Goods			15.81	15.52	15.48	15.71	15.31	15.44	15.42	15.33	15.32	15.31	15.45	15.33	15.45
			Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing		13.41	13.57	13.73	13.71	13.81	13.67	13.96	14.10	13.98	14.05	14.09	14.30	13.87
		Nondurable Goods			16.52	16.67	17.01	17.06	17.12	17.33	17.21	17.48	17.29	17.24	17.42	17.33	17.14
Private Service-Providing					11.07	11.14	11.10	11.11	11.09	11.13	11.17	11.20	11.37	11.37	11.46	11.42	11.22
	Trade, Transportation, and Utilities				10.85	11.03	11.07	11.08	11.09	11.22	11.24	11.32	11.45	11.46	11.40	11.24	11.21
		Wholesale Trade			13.89	14.04	14.09	14.12	14.27	14.39	14.50	14.70	14.92	14.80	14.78	14.92	14.46
			Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods		13.53	13.75	13.82	13.90	14.10	14.27	14.42	14.53	14.75	14.53	14.68	14.80	14.25
			Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods		16.29	16.21	16.04	15.99	15.90	15.85	15.64	15.72	16.25	16.13	15.94	15.97	15.99
		Retail Trade			8.82	8.98	9.01	8.93	8.92	9.06	9.01	8.99	8.98	9.07	9.02	8.93	8.98
			Motor Vehicle and Parts Dealers		12.60	12.82	13.17	13.02	12.75	13.31	12.96	13.11	13.00	12.78	12.75	12.85	12.93
			Food and Beverage Stores		7.89	8.03	8.08	8.05	8.26	8.41	8.21	7.86	7.94	8.25	8.08	7.76	8.07
	Financial Activities				10.59	10.62	10.42	10.61	10.63	10.49	10.66	10.75	10.83	11.01	11.17	11.02	10.73
		Finance and Insurance			10.90	11.01	10.81	10.99	11.06	10.86	10.99	11.12	11.13	11.42	11.59	11.57	11.12
		Real Estate and Rental and Leasing			9.35	9.13	8.99	9.32	9.21	9.24	9.56	9.51	9.86	9.70	9.79	9.23	9.41
	Professional and Business Services				12.05	12.08	11.86	12.16	12.13	12.01	12.07	11.90	12.13	11.99	12.01	12.24	12.05
		Health Care and Social Assistance			13.11	13.23	13.06	13.07	13.03	13.15	13.33	13.38	13.63	13.58	13.79	13.75	13.34
	Leisure and Hospitality				6.87	6.85	6.91	6.84	6.89	6.95	6.93	6.98	6.98	6.99	6.88	6.96	6.92
		Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation			6.68	6.83	6.94	7.14	7.24	7.41	7.43	7.53	7.59	7.47	7.21	7.19	7.26
		Accommodation and Food Service			6.90	6.85	6.90	6.77	6.81	6.84	6.79	6.83	6.83	6.88	6.82	6.91	6.84
Benchmark March 2004