2005					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					$13.17	$13.20	$13.29	$13.35	$13.27	$13.39	$13.43	$13.47	$13.72	$13.77	$13.70	$13.81	$13.47
Goods Producing					17.37	17.54	17.72	17.77	17.69	17.83	17.80	17.98	18.20	18.14	18.16	18.31	17.89
	Natural Resources and Mining				18.66	18.94	19.06	19.18	18.99	19.40	19.61	19.88	20.13	20.18	20.05	20.01	19.53
	Construction				17.26	17.53	17.70	17.60	17.64	17.59	17.55	17.63	17.82	17.89	17.82	18.03	17.68
	Manufacturing				16.78	16.83	17.02	17.13	17.04	17.17	17.05	17.20	17.40	17.21	17.31	17.52	17.14
		Durable Goods			16.11	16.39	16.66	16.66	16.59	16.80	16.66	16.76	16.96	16.81	16.95	17.12	16.71
		Nondurable Goods			18.08	17.69	17.73	18.02	17.90	17.87	17.79	18.03	18.24	17.92	18.02	18.28	17.97
Private Service-Providing					11.83	11.82	11.88	11.92	11.82	11.95	12.00	11.98	12.18	12.25	12.19	12.35	12.02
	Trade, Transportation, and Utilities				11.96	12.09	12.10	12.23	12.10	12.35	12.42	12.23	12.37	12.29	12.02	12.10	12.19
		Wholesale Trade			15.65	15.87	15.51	15.86	15.63	15.73	15.70	15.70	15.82	15.74	15.96	15.92	15.76
		Retail Trade			9.45	9.68	9.67	9.68	9.63	9.91	10.04	9.82	10.10	10.03	9.56	9.76	9.78
	Financial Activities				11.55	11.10	11.25	11.47	11.08	10.94	10.87	10.75	10.94	11.11	11.31	11.77	11.17
		Finance and Insurance			11.94	11.49	11.60	11.77	11.42	11.21	11.03	11.00	11.18	11.44	11.62	12.05	11.47
		Real Estate and Rental and Leasing			10.06	9.59	9.87	10.33	9.89	10.02	10.29	9.88	10.07	10.01	10.28	10.87	10.10
	Professional and Business Services				12.44	12.27	12.43	12.59	12.61	12.69	12.83	13.09	13.18	13.15	13.44	13.68	12.88
		Health Care and Social Assistance			14.10	14.08	14.23	14.16	14.18	14.40	14.52	14.49	14.80	14.98	14.67	14.89	14.46
	Leisure and Hospitality				6.97	6.91	6.94	6.93	6.96	6.84	7.00	7.00	7.11	7.14	7.19	7.29	7.02
		Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation			7.23	7.14	7.36	7.47	7.48	7.05	7.39	7.54	7.75	8.02	8.06	8.18	7.55
		Accommodation and Food Service			6.91	6.85	6.84	6.79	6.81	6.78	6.87	6.84	6.91	6.90	6.97	7.07	6.88
Benchmark March 2006