Business Services Industry

A Note on Average Hourly Earnings in Aircraft and Guided Missiles and Space Vehicles Manufacturing - Sic 3721 - Sic 3761 - includes average hourly earnings of manufacturing production workers, nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm payrolls by major industry, manufacturing production workers in states and selected areas, labor force status by census region and division, labor force status by state, and by metropolitan area - Statistical Data Included

Employment and Earnings, August, 2000

                                           Average weekly hours

           State and area                June      May      June
                                         1999     2000      2000(p)

Alabama                                  42.1     41.9       42.1
  Birmingham                             42.4     41.7       41.9
  Mobile                                 45.2     42.5       42.8

Alaska                                   45.0     36.1       36.6

Arizona                                  40.3     40.4       40.3

Arkansas                                 42.0     41.3       41.3
  Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers         42.0     41.5       41.7
  Fort Smith                             41.4     41.2       42.1
  Little Rock-North Little Rock          43.0     41.3       40.9
  Pine Bluff                             39.3     40.7       40.7

California                               41.9     41.4       41.5
  Bakersfield                            41.9     41.5       41.6
  Fresno                                 41.1     40.9       41.4
  Los Angeles-Long Beach                 42.4     42.2       42.4
  Modesto                                41.9     40.5       40.6
  Oakland                                42.7     42.7       42.9
  Orange County                          43.2     43.7       43.5
  Riverside-San Bernardino               42.7     42.3       43.0
  Sacramento                             41.2     41.0       40.6
  Salinas                                43.1     43.1       43.2
  San Diego                              40.5     39.5       39.9
  San Francisco                          40.0     40.1       40.1
  San Jose                               42.5     42.6       42.8
  Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Lompoc       40.8     41.0       41.0
  Santa Rosa                             39.5     39.5       39.4
  Stockton-Lodi                          40.6     41.7       41.6
  Vallejo-Fairfield-Nape                 42.0     41.1       41.7
  Ventura                                42.1     41.8       42.1

Colorado                                 42.1     44.3       44.4
  Denver                                 43.0     42.4       42.6

Connecticut                              42.5     42.1       42.1
  Bridgeport                             41.5     41.6       41.7
  Danbury                                41.9     40.7       40.3
  Hartford                               42.8     43.2       43.3
  New Haven-Meriden                      42.9     42.5       43.0
  New London-Norwich                     42.5     41.9       42.2
  Stamford-Norwalk                       39.4     40.3       39.7
  Waterbury                              44.0     44.2       44.1

Delaware                                 42.8     43.4       43.7
  Dover                                  41.8     39.8       39.9
  Wilmington-Newark                      43.3     45.2       45.1

District of Columbia:
  Washington PMSA                        39.3     39.8       39.5

Florida                                  42.3     42.1       42.3

Georgia                                  42.2     40.7       41.0
  Atlanta                                41.0     40.0       39.6
  Savannah                               46.7     46.7       50.3

Hawaii                                   37.6     37.1       38.1
  Honolulu                               39.4     40.1       40.2

Idaho                                    39.6     38.8       39.0

Illinois                                 41.9     41.4       41.8
  Bloomington-Normal                     41.9     42.1       46.7
  Champaign-Urbana                       40.9     41.9       41.1
  Chicago                                42.2     41.6       42.0
  Davenport-Moline-Rock Island           41.6     40.1       39.1
  Decatur                                42.7     41.8       42.4
  Kankakee                               41.3     41.2       42.2
  Peoria-Pekin                           40.9     40.6       41.3
  Rockford                               44.0     42.5       42.3
  Springfield                            40.9     40.5       39.7

Indiana                                  42.9     42.1       42.1
  Bloomington                            40.5     40.1       40.0
  Elkhart-Geahen                         40.7     39.4       39.3
  Evansvill-Henderson                    44.1     44.0       43.0
  Fort Wayne                             40.5     40.7       40.8
  Gary                                   43.1     42.8       42.4
  Indianapolis                           44.1     44.1       44.0
  Kokomo                                 47.7     46.4       46.4
  Lafayette                              42.3     43.4       43.3
  Muncie                                 44.9     44.1       44.1
  South Band                             41.1     40.8       40.5
  Tere Haute                             45.3     44.4       44.2

Iowa                                     41.9     41.4       42.1
  Cedar Rapids                           41.9     42.3       43.0
  Dee Moines                             38.2     40.1       40.9
  Dubuque                                41.5     40.5       39.6
  Sioux City                             39.6     36.5       39.5

Kansas                                   41.1     40.5       40.5
  Topeka                                 39.1     37.8       38.1
  Wichita                                41.0     41.0       41.3

Kentucky                                 41.6     42.3       42.3
  Lexington                              42.2     42.4       41.9
  Louisville                             42.9     44.1       44.1

Louisiana                                43.4     42.4       42.4
  Baton Rouge                            41.7     42.6       42.4
  New Orleans                            43.8     42.4       43.4
  Shreveport-Bossier City                43.0     42.0       41.8

Maine                                    40.7     41.4       41.4
  Lewiston-Auburn                        41.5     41.6       41.6
  Portland                               42.9     43.3       42.0

Maryland                                 41.7     40.8       41.0
  Baltimore PMSA                         41.9     41.0       41.1

Massachusetts                            42.0     41.9       42.1
  Boston                                 40.9     41.5       41.6
  Springfield                            41.4     40.5       40.9
  Worcester                              41.8     42.4       42.5

Michigan                                 44.4     44.2       44.6
  Ann Arbor                              45.1     44.7       45.6
  Detroit                                46.2     45.6       46.5
  Flint                                  43.6     47.4       47.4
  Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland          41.5     42.1       42.4
  Jackson                                41.4     42.0       42.2
  Kalamazoo-Battle Creek                 42.1     41.7       41.6
  Lansing East Lansing                   43.8     42.5       42.6
  Saginaw-Bay City-Midland               45.6     46.3       45.9

Minnesota                                41.0     40.4       40.4
  Duluth-Superior                        38.4     37.5       35.2
  Minneapolis-St. Paul                   41.5     41.1       40.9
  St. Cloud                              43.1     42.2       43.5

Mississippi                              41.1     40.2       40.8
  Jackson                                41.4     39.6       38.6

Missouri                                 41.8     41.0       41.8
  Kansas City                            43.0     40.4       42.0
  St. Louis                              42.7     42.3       43.6
  Springfield                            40.9     41.8       42.0

Montane                                  39.7     38.7       38.9

Nebraska                                 41.7     41.6       41.6
  Lincoln                                45.9     43.9       43.9
  Omaha                                  43.4     41.3       41.5

Nevada                                   41.3     42.1       42.2
  Las Vegas                              39.0     43.2       43.4

New Hampshire                            41.2     40.9       41.1
  Manchester                             40.6     38.7       40.2
  Nashua                                 41.0     40.6       41.4
  Portsmouth-Rochester                   40.6     42.5       41.6

New Jersey                               41.6     41.5       41.6

New Mexico                               39.0     37.8       37.9
  Albuquerque                            38.4     38.5       38.8

New York                                 41.2     41.1       41.1
  Albany-Schenectady-Troy                42.5     41.7       41.8
  Binghamton                             41.8     41.6       41.5
  Buffalo-Niagara Falls                  42.8     43.2       43.4
  Dutchess County                        38.7     40.8       40.5
  Elmira                                 40.7     40.9       40.3
  Nassau-Suffolk                         40.3     39.5       39.7
  New York PMSA                          39.5     39.8       39.6
  New York City                          39.0     38.9       39.0
  Newburgh                               42.1     41.1       41.5
  Rochester                              42.6     41.9       42.3
  Rockland County                        44.0     44.6       43.6
  Syracuse                               41.4     41.2       41.6
  Utica-Rome                             40.7     40.7       40.7
  Westchester County                     41.5     42.9       42.9

North Carolina                           41.1     41.3       41.7
  Asheville                              42.2     42.2       43.0
  Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill           41.0     42.1       42.8
  Greensboro--Winston-Salem-High
    Point                                39.9     40.0       40.5
  Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill             42.3     42.7       43.0

North Dakota                             39.0     41.0       40.4
  Fargo-Moorhead                         41.0     40.3       38.7

Ohio                                     42.9     43.0       43.3
  Akron                                  42.6     41.6       41.7
  Canton-Massillon                       40.8     40.2       40.3
  Cincinnati                             43.5     42.9       43.2
  Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria                43.8     43.2       43.6
  Columbus                               41.9     42.2       42.2
  Dayton-Springfield                     43.5     43.9       45.0
  Hamilton-Middletown                    46.6     45.8       45.8
  Lima                                   42.6     43.9       43.6
  Mansfield                              44.1     44.6       45.1
  Steubenville-Weirton                   40.5     41.9       41.9
  Toledo                                 44.9     44.1       43.4
  Youngstown-Warren                      41.3     43.0       43.3

Oklahoma                                 41.4     41.2       42.0
  Oklahoma City                          40.6     41.6       42.0
  Tulsa                                  42.1     42.6       42.8

Oregon                                   40.4     40.0       40.0
  Eugene-Springfield                     41.5     40.0       41.2
  Medford-Ashland                        39.2     39.2       38.6
  Portland-Vancouver                     40.3     40.4       41.0
  Salem                                  39.8     38.0       37.0

Pennsylvania                             41.9     41.9       42.1
  Allentown-Bethlem-Easton               40.9     41.2       41.3
  Altoona                                40.2     39.2       39.3
  Erie                                   44.3     43.5       43.8
  Harrisburg-Lebanon-Carlisle            40.2     39.9       39.9
  Johnstown                              39.4     38.3       38.0
  Lancaster                              41.0     41.3       41.6
  Philadelphia PMSA                      41.7     41.8       42.2
  Pittsburgh                             42.5     42.6       42.3
  Reading                                42.6     42.4       42.8
  Scranton-Wilkes-Barre-Hazleton         40.8     41.1       41.7
  Sharon                                 41.2     42.4       42.0
  State College                          41.5     40.8       41.1
  Williamsport                           39.8     41.1       40.9
  York                                   43.5     42.5       43.0

Rhode Island                             40.0     40.5       40.7
  Providence-Fall River-Warwick          40.9     40.7       41.0

South Carolina                           42.6     42.5       42.6

South Dakota                             42.9     43.1       42.9
  Rapid City                             40.2     40.4       40.3
  Sioux Falls                            44.2     44.6       44.5

Tennessee                                40.8     40.5       40.4
  Chattanooga                            41.8     42.9       41.0
  Johnson City-Kingsport-Bristol         38.9     40.1       40.5
  Knoxville                              41.2     40.0       40.1
  Memphis                                39.4     40.5       40.6
  Nashville                              40.3     39.2       39.7

Texas                                    43.7     43.0       43.4
  Dallas                                 42.6     41.7       41.9
  Ft. Worth-Arlington                    43.5     43.3       43.0
  Houston                                44.5     44.6       44.8
  San Antonio                            42.5     43.8       43.6

Utah                                     40.5     39.4       40.3
  Salt Lake City-Ogden                   40.6     38.9       40.0

Vermont                                  39.1     40.5       41.0
  Burlington                             41.6     44.9       44.5

Virginia                                 42.8     42.1       42.4
  Bristol                                50.9     51.6       53.4
  Charlottesville                        41.9     42.4       43.8
  Danville                               43.2     43.9       43.1
  Lynchburg                              46.1     42.5       44.5
  Northern Virginia                      41.4     39.4       39.5
  Richmond-Petersburg                    43.7     41.8       43.1
  Roanoke                                40.6     38.8       38.9

Washington                               41.2     41.3       41.2

West Virginia                            41.1     41.3       40.9
  Charleston                             47.3     49.0       47.1
  Huntington-Ashland                     38.8     42.0       43.0
  Parkersburg-Marietta                   41.3     42.7       42.0
  Wheeling                               40.2     38.7       38.1

Wisconsin                                41.8     41.8       41.5
  Appleton-Oshkosh-Neenah                43.7     44.0       44.3
  Eau Claire                             40.8     45.0       43.9
  Green Bay                              42.1     41.7       42.5
  Janesville-Beloit                      42.4     45.1       40.6
  Kenosha                                39.6     38.8       40.9
  La Crosse                              41.6     40.3       41.0
  Madison                                39.6     39.0       38.9
  Milwaukee-Waukesha                     41.0     41.4       41.2
  Racine                                 43.5     40.5       40.6
  Sheboygan                              43.6     41.6       42.7
  Wausau                                 43.2     42.9       42.1

Wyoming                                  39.0     39.1       39.6

Puerto Rico                              41.0     40.3       41.3

Virgin Islands                           43.2     (1)        (1)

                                              Average hourly
                                                 earnings

           State and area                June       May       June
                                         1999      2000     2000(p)

Alabama                                 $12.60    $12.85     $12.95
  Birmingham                             13.15     13.22      13.29
  Mobile                                 14.54     14.00      14.56

Alaska                                   12.99     14.04      14.30

Arizona                                  12.64     1,287      12.81

Arkansas                                 11.47     11.94      11.89
  Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers         11.01     11.75      11.73
  Fort Smith                             11.63     11.88      12.03
  Little Rock-North Little Rock          12.23     12.71      12.67
  Pine Bluff                             13.55     13.66      13.58

California                               13.91     14.13      14.19
  Bakersfield                            13.88     13.96      13.97
  Fresno                                 12.06     12.29      12.23
  Los Angeles-Long Beach                 13.02     13.20      13.21
  Modesto                                13.96     14.14      14.17
  Oakland                                15.63     15.98      16.02
  Orange County                          13.41     13.61      13.65
  Riverside-San Bernardino               12.39     12.60      12.73
  Sacramento                             15.06     15.02      15.01
  Salinas                                13.63     13.61      13.86
  San Diego                              13.66     13.68      13.65
  San Francisco                          14.84     14.79      14.78
  San Jose                               17.20     17.47      17.52
  Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Lompoc       14.29     14.42      14.40
  Santa Rosa                             14.93     14.94      14.99
  Stockton-Lodi                          13.41     13.58      13.62
  Vallejo-Fairfield-Nape                 15.97     16.24      16.34
  Ventura                                12.81     12.96      12.95

Colorado                                 14.20     14.55      14.66
  Denver                                 13.72     13.62      13.82

Connecticut                              15.23     15.70      15.65
  Bridgeport                             15.27     15.86      15.73
  Danbury                                14.81     15.48      15.35
  Hartford                               16.23     16.85      16.95
  New Haven-Meriden                      14.73     15.28      15.44
  New London-Norwich                     15.75     16.65      16.69
  Stamford-Norwalk                       13.29     13.24      12.91
  Waterbury                              14.36     14.59      14.52

Delaware                                 15.94     16.49      16.59
  Dover                                  14.29     14.74      14.74
  Wilmington-Newark                      19.36     19.75      19.95

District of Columbia:
  Washington PMSA                        15.20     15.50      15.55

Florida                                  11.75     12.23      12.08

Georgia                                  12.45     12.75      12.80
  Atlanta                                13.26     13.52      13.54
  Savannah                               16.53     16.56      16.78

Hawaii                                   13.40     13.26      13.27
  Honolulu                               13.17     1,283      12.88

Idaho                                    13.33     13.73      13.74

Illinois                                 14.02     14.31      14.40
  Bloomington-Normal                     19.38     19.82      21.11
  Champaign-Urbana                       11.74     12.53      12.56
  Chicago                                13.76     14.07      14.15
  Davenport-Moline-Rock Island           15.41     15.87      15.83
  Decatur                                16.75     16.77      16.76
  Kankakee                               15.23     15.75      15.80
  Peoria-Pekin                           16.66     16.72      16.80
  Rockford                               16.80     16.57      16.60
  Springfield                            12.40     12.95      13.12

Indiana                                 $15.27    $15.80     $15.81
  Bloomington                            12.57     13.89      13.84
  Elkhart-Geahen                         13.09     14.03      14.10
  Evansvill-Henderson                    15.02     15.22      15.19
  Fort Wayne                             15.87     16.30      16.33
  Gary                                   19.98     20.40      20.71
  Indianapolis                           15.53     15.43      15.44
  Kokomo                                 23.26     22.72      23.15
  Lafayette                              16.10     16.84      16.91
  Muncie                                 14.42     13.80      13.76
  South Band                             12.43     12.43      12.43
  Tere Haute                             13.51     14.05      14.02

Iowa                                     14.09     14.57      14.74
  Cedar Rapids                           17.36     18.77      20.26
  Dee Moines                             14.67     16.08      15.85
  Dubuque                                14.80     15.61      15.51
  Sioux City                             12.18     12.17      12.42

Kansas                                   14.27     14.91      14.91
  Topeka                                 16.81     17.78      17.62
  Wichita                                16.45     17.23      17.23

Kentucky                                 14.22     14.55      14.71
  Lexington                              14.33     15.14      15.18
  Louisville                             15.86     16.72      16.77

Louisiana                                15.16     15.42      15.51
  Baton Rouge                            17.15     16.93      17.33
  New Orleans                            15.06     14.82      15.02
  Shreveport-Bossier City                14.79     15.20      15.28

Maine                                    13.63     14.22      14.27
  Lewiston-Auburn                        12.51     12.63      12.61
  Portland                               11.62     11.99      11.99

Maryland                                 14.68     14.94      14.93
  Baltimore PMSA                         15.47     15.69      15.73

Massachusetts                            14.25     14.60      14.60
  Boston                                 15.63     15.92      15.97
  Springfield                            13.81     13.98      14.07
  Worcester                              14.49     14.83      14.82

Michigan                                 18.48     18.98      19.19
  Ann Arbor                              19.97     20.92      21.01
  Detroit                                20.71     20.57      20.94
  Flint                                  25.99     25.71      25.99
  Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland          15.10     15.37      15.41
  Jackson                                13.14     13.60      13.82
  Kalamazoo-Battle Creek                 15.30     14.80      14.79
  Lansing East Lansing                   19.48     20.47      20.58
  Saginaw-Bay City-Midland               22.25     21.82      21.48

Minnesota                                14.39     14.80      14.86
  Duluth-Superior                        12.74     13.45      13.81
  Minneapolis-St. Paul                   15.36     15.93      15.97
  St. Cloud                              13.13     13.79      13.55

Mississippi                              11.15     11.54      11.61
  Jackson                                13.03     13.22      13.28

Missouri                                 14.00     14.27      14.46
  Kansas City                            14.50     14.98      15.31
  St. Louis                              15.89     16.39      16.50
  Springfield                            11.79     12.23      12.22

Montane                                  14.06     14.11      14.39

Nebraska                                 12.72     12.79      12.88
  Lincoln                                14.66     14.91      15.31
  Omaha                                  13.86     14.18      14.69

Nevada                                   13.90     13.73      13.73
  Las Vegas                              13.85     12.42      12.61

New Hampshire                           $13.02    $13.24     $13.31
  Manchester                             13.93     14.80      14.96
  Nashua                                 14.16     13.79      13.62
  Portsmouth-Rochester                   13.01     13.52      13.75

New Jersey                               15.07     15.28      15.41

New Mexico                               12.35     12.90      13.04
  Albuquerque                            13.96     15.47      15.73

New York                                 13.85     14.07      14.08
  Albany-Schenectady-Troy                15.10     15.19      14.99
  Binghamton                             11.00     11.33      11.46
  Buffalo-Niagara Falls                  17.16     17.56      17.62
  Dutchess County                        11.97     12.48      12.62
  Elmira                                 12.75     12.70      12.79
  Nassau-Suffolk                         13.01     13.19      13.27
  New York PMSA                          12.83     13.04      13.10
  New York City                          12.60     12.86      12.95
  Newburgh                               11.63     11.55      11.65
  Rochester                              15.70     16.27      16.28
  Rockland County                        15.87     16.07      15.88
  Syracuse                               14.99     15.57      15.56
  Utica-Rome                             12.23     12.80      12.92
  Westchester County                     13.23     13.08      12.99

North Carolina                           12.28     12.70      12.70
  Asheville                              11.83     11.84      11.97
  Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill           13.37     13.73      13.77
  Greensboro-Winston-Salem-High Point    12.49     12.79      12.79
  Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill             13.28     13.79      13.64

North Dakota                             11.69     12.66      12.45
  Fargo-Moorhead                         11.32     12.64      12.67

Ohio                                     16.31     16.59      16.72
  Akron                                  13.76     14.25      14.19
  Canton-Massillon                       14.39     14.12      14.15
  Cincinnati                             15.95     16.17      16.25
  Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria                16.26     16.24      16.44
  Columbus                               15.17     15.31      15.29
  Dayton-Springfield                     17.51     17.26      17.71
  Hamilton-Middletown                    17.68     18.02      18.14
  Lima                                   16.56     17.51      17.50
  Mansfield                              16.81     17.06      17.37
  Steubenville-Weirton                   18.45     18.20      18.70
  Toledo                                 18.53     18.78      18.72
  Youngstown-Warren                      18.65     17.99      18.40


Oklahoma                                 12.71     13.01      12.89
  Oklahoma City                          14.43     14.43      14.35
  Tulsa                                  13.30     13.89      13.98

Oregon                                   14.56     15.00      14.98
  Eugene-Springfield                     14.32     14.30      14.31
  Medford-Ashland                        13.76     13.93      14.06
  Portland-Vancouver                     15.07     15.40      15.46
  Salem                                  13.11     13.27      13.12

Pennsylvania                             14.15     14.44      14.42
  Allentown-Bethlem-Easton               13.81     14.80      14.70
  Altoona                                12.88     13.37      13.03
  Erie                                   14.63     14.98      14.94
  Harrisburg-Lebanon-Carlisle            14.10     14.65      14.86
  Johnstown                              11.91     11.82      11.60
  Lancaster                              13.26     13.65      13.60
  Philadelphia PMSA                      15.75     15.98      16.02
  Pittsburgh                             15.40     15.73      15.65
  Reading                                14.75     15.09      15.07
  Scranton-Wilkes-Barre-Hazleton         12.78     13.05      12.96
  Sharon                                 14.22     14.70      14.50
  State College                          12.42     12.54      12.69
  Williamsport                           11.64     12.12      12.03
  York                                   14.68     15.16      15.26

Rhode Island                            $11.96    $12.18     $12.19
  Providence-Fall River-Warwick          12.24     12.33      12.38

South Carolina                           10.66     10.91      10.94

South Dakota                             10.56     10.70      10.70
  Rapid City                             10.68     10.70      10.72
  Sioux Falls                            11.04     11.23      11.25

Tennessee                                12.54     12.77      12.88
  Chattanooga                            11.60     12.04      12.02
  Johnson City-Kingsport-Bristol         13.23     12.85      12.79
  Knoxville                              12.32     12.60      12.81
  Memphis                                13.29     13.38      13.43
  Nashville                              13.54     13.92      14.12

Texas                                    12.25     12.34      12.34
  Dallas                                 12.38     12.41      12.44
  Ft. Worth-Arlington                    13.38     13.38      13.41
  Houston                                14.22     14.47      14.45
  San Antonio                             9.95     10.15      10.15

Utah                                     13.42     13.58      13.65
  Salt Lake City-Ogden                   13.13     13.36      13.44

Vermont                                  13.46     14.22      14.35
  Burlington                             14.49     14.98      15.48

Virginia                                 13.33     13.67      13.77
  Bristol                                12.48     12.70      12.73
  Charlottesville                        10.65     11.13      11.72
  Danville                               13.85     14.02      14.08
  Lynchburg                              13.03     13.11      13.14
  Northern Virginia                      13.96     14.20      14.27
  Richmond-Petersburg                    16.79     16.31      16.43
  Roanoke                                14.21     14.27      14.65

Washington                               15.91     16.34      16.47

West Virginia                            14.00     14.50      14.61
  Charleston                             16.15     16.71      1,692
  Huntington-Ashland                     15.25     15.16      15.01
  Parkersburg-Marietta                   17.43     18.80      18.61
  Wheeling                               16.90     17.85      18.93

Wisconsin                                14.54     14.87      14.78
  Appleton-Oshkosh-Neenah                15.93     16.10      16.14
  Eau Claire                             12.75     13.39      13.75
  Green Bay                              15.25     15.34      15.61
  Janesville-Beloit                      18.89     19.75      18.97
  Kenosha                                16.39     17.37      17.43
  La Crosse                              13.01     12.73      12.58
  Madison                                13.52     14.00      14.28
  Milwaukee-Waukesha                     15.46     15.54      1,544
  Racine                                 15.24     15.30      15.32
  Sheboygan                              14.60     14.92      14.90
  Wausau                                 14.19     14.53      14.62

Wyoming                                  14.93     15.74      15.66

Puerto Rico                               8.89      9.16       9.11

Virgin Islands                           19.00      (1)        (1)

                                             Average hourly
                                               earnings

           State and area              June        May       June
                                       1999       2000      2000(p)

Alabama                               $530.46    $538.41    $545.19
  Birmingham                           557.56     551.27     556.85
  Mobile                               657.21     595.00     623.16

Alaska                                 584.55     506.84     523.38

Arizona                                509.39     519.95     516.24

Arkansas                               481.74     493.12     491.06
  Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers       462.42     487.63     489.14
  Fort Smith                           481.48     489.46     506.46
  Little Rock-North Little Rock        525.89     524.92     518.20
  Pine Bluff                           532.52     555.96     552.71

California                             582.83     564.98     588.88
  Bakersfield                          581.57     579.34     581.15
  Fresno                               495.67     502.66     506.32
  Los Angeles-Long Beach               552.05     557.04     560.10
  Modesto                              584.92     572.67     575.30
  Oakland                              667.40     682.34     687.25
  Orange County                        579.31     594.75     593.77
  Riverside-San Bernardino             529.05     532.98     547.39
  Sacramento                           620.47     615.82     609.40
  Salinas                              587.45     595.21     599.61
  San Diego                            553.23     540.36     544.63
  San Francisco                        593.60     593.07     592.67
  San Jose                             731.00     744.22     749.85
  Santa Barbara-Santa
    Maria-Lompoc                       583.03     591.22     590.40
  Santa Rosa                           589.74     590.13     590.60
  Stockton-Lodi                        544.45     566.28     566.59
  Vallejo-Fairfield-Nape               670.74     667.46     681.37
  Ventura                              539.30     541.72     545.19

Colorado                               597.82     644.57     650.90
  Denver                               589.96     577.49     588.73

Connecticut                            647.28     660.97      658.87
  Bridgeport                           633.71     659.78      655.94
  Danbury                              620.54     630.04      618.61
  Hartford                             694.64     727.92      733.94
  New Haven-Meriden                    631.92     649.40      663.92
  New London-Norwich                   669.38     697.64      704.32
  Stamford-Norwalk                     523.63     533.57      512.53
  Waterbury                            631.84     644.88      640.33

Delaware                               682.23     715.67      724.98
  Dover                                597.32     586.65      588.13
  Wilmington-Newark                    838.29     892.70      899.75

District of Columbia:
  Washington PMSA                      597.36     616.90      614.23

Florida                                497.03     514.88      510.98

Georgia                                525.39     518.93      524.80
  Atlanta                              543.66     540.80      536.18
  Savannah                             771.95     773.35      844.03

Hawaii                                 503.64     491.95      505.59
  Honolulu                             518.90     514.48      517.78

Idaho                                  527.87     532.72      535.86

Illinois                               587.44     592.43      601.92
  Bloomington-Normal                   812.02     834.42      985.84
  Champaign-Urbana                     480.17     525.01      516.22
  Chicago                              580.67     585.31      594.30
  Davenport-Moline-Rock Island         641.06     636.39      618.95
  Decatur                              715.23     700.99      710.62
  Kankakee                             629.00     648.90      666.76
  Peoria-Pekin                         681.39     678.83      693.64
  Rockford                             739.20     704.23      702.18
  Springfield                          507.16     524.48      520.86

Indiana                               $655.68    $665.18     $665.60
  Bloomington                          509.09     556.99      553.60
  Elkhart-Geahen                       532.76     552.78      554.13
  Evansvill-Henderson                  662.38     669.58      653.17
  Fort Wayne                           642.74     663.41      66,626
  Gary                                 861.14     873.12      878.10
  Indianapolis                         684.87     680.46      679.36
  Kokomo                             1,109.50   1,054.21    1,074.16
  Lafayette                            681.03     730.86      732.20
  Muncie                               647.46     608.58      606.82
  South Band                           510.87     507.14      503.42
  Tere Haute                           612.00     623.82      619.58

Iowa                                   590.37     603.20      820.55
  Cedar Rapids                         727.38     793.97      871.18
  Dee Moines                           560.39     644.81      648.27
  Dubuque                              614.20     632.21      614.20
  Sioux City                           481.64     444.21      490.59

Kansas                                 586.50     603.86      603.86
  Topeka                               657.27     672.08      671.32
  Wichita                              674.45     706.43      711.60

Kentucky                               591.55     615.47      622.23
  Lexington                            604.73     641.94      636.04
  Louisville                           680.39     737.35      739.58

Louisiana                              657.94     653.81      657.62
  Baton Rouge                          715.16     721.22      734.79
  New Orleans                          659.63     628.37      651.87
  Shreveport-Bossier City              635.97     638.40      638.70

Maine                                  562.88     588.71      590.78
  Lewiston-Auburn                      519.17     533.73      524.58
  Portland                             498.50     519.17      503.58

Maryland                               612.16     609.55      612.13
  Baltimore PMSA                       648.19     643.29      646.50

Massachusetts                          598.50     611.74      614.66
  Boston                               639.27     660.58      664.35
  Springfield                          571.73     566.19      575.46
  Worcester                            605.58     628.79      629.65

Michigan                               820.51     838.92      855.87
  Ann Arbor                            900.65     935.12      958.06
  Detroit                              958.80     937.99      973.71
  Flint                              1,133.16   1,218.65    1,231.93
  Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland        626.65     647.08      653.38
  Jackson                              544.00     571.20      583.20
  Kalamazoo-Battle Creek               644.13     617.16      615.26
  Lansing East Lansing                 853.22     869.98      876.71
  Saginaw-Bay City-Midland           1,014.60   1,010.27      965.93

Minnesota                              589.99     597.92      600.34
  Duluth-Superior                     489.22      504.38      527.64
  Minneapolis-St. Paul                637.44      654.72      653.17
  St. Cloud                            565.90     581.94      589.86

Mississippi                            458.27     463.90      473.68
  Jackson                              539.44     523.51      512.60

Missouri                               585.20     585.07      604.43
  Kansas City                          623.50     605.19      643.02
  St. Louis                            678.50     693.30      719.40
  Springfield                          482.21     511.21      513.24

Montane                                558.18     546.06      559.77

Nebraska                               530.42     532.06      535.81
  Lincoln                              672.89     664.55      672.11
  Omaha                                501.52     565.63      609.64

Nevada                                 574.07     578.03      579.41
  Las Vegas                            540.15     538.54      647.27

New Hampshire                         $536.42    $541.52     $547.14
  Manchester                           565.56     572.76      601.39
  Nashua                               580.56     559.87      563.87
  Portsmouth-Rochester                 528.21     574.60      572.00

New Jersey                             626.91     634.12      641.06

New Mexico                             481.65     487.62      494.22
  Albuquerque                          536.06     595.60      610.32

New York                               570.62     578.28      578.69
  Albany-Schenectady-Troy              641.75     633.42      626.58
  Binghamton                           459.80     471.33      475.59
  Buffalo-Niagara Falls                734.45     758.59      764.71
  Dutchess County                      463.24     509.18      511.11
  Elmira                               518.93     519.43      515.44
  Nassau-Suffolk                       524.30     521.01      526.82
  New York PMSA                        506.79     516.38      518.76
  New York City                        491.40     500.25      505.05
  Newburgh                             489.62     474.71      483.48
  Rochester                            668.82     681.71      688.84
  Rockland County                      698.28     716.72      692.37
  Syracuse                             620.59     641.48      647.30
  Utica-Rome                           497.76     520.96      525.84
  Westchester County                   549.05     561.13      557.27

North Carolina                         504.71     524.51      529.59
  Asheville                            499.23     499.65      514.71
  Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill         548.17     578.03      589.36
  Greensboro-Winston-Salem-
    High Point                         498.35     511.60      518.00
  Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill           561.74     588.83      586.52

North Dakota                           455.91     519.06      502.98
  Fargo-Moorhead                       464.12     509.39      490.33

Ohio                                   699.70     713.37      723.98
  Akron                                586.18     592.80      591.72
  Canton-Massillon                     587.11     567.62      570.25
  Cincinnati                           693.83     693.69      702.00
  Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria              712.19     701.57      716.78
  Columbus                             635.62     646.08      645.24
  Dayton-Springfield                   761.69     757.71      796.95
  Hamilton-Middletown                  823.89     825.32      830.81
  Lima                                 705.46     768.69      763.00
  Mansfield                            741.32     760.88      783.39
  Steubenville-Weirton                 747.23     762.58      783.53
  Toledo                               832.00     828.20      812.45
  Youngstown-Warren                    770.25     773.57      796.72

Oklahoma                               526.19     536.01      541.38
  Oklahoma City                        585.86     600.29      602.70
  Tulsa                                559.93     591.71      595.55

Oregon                                 588.22     600.00      599.20
  Eugene-Springfield                   594.28     572.00      589.57
  Medford-Ashland                      539.39     546.06      542.72
  Portland-Vancouver                   607.32     622.16      633.88
  Salem                                521.78     504.26      485.44

Pennsylvania                           592.89     605.04      607.08
  Allentown-Bethlem-Easton             564.83     609.76      607.11
  Altoona                              517.78     524.10      512.08
  Erie                                 648.11     651.63      664.37
  Harrisburg-Lebanon-Carlisle          566.82     564.54      592.91
  Johnstown                            469.25     452.71      440.80
  Lancaster                            543.66     563.75      565.76
  Philadelphia PMSA                    656.78     667.96      676.04
  Pittsburgh                           654.50     670.10      662.00
  Reading                              628.35     639.82      645.00
  Scranton-Wilkes-
    Barre-Hazleton                     521.42     536.36      540.43
  Sharon                               585.86     623.28      609.00
  State College                        515.43     511.63      521.56
  Williamsport                         463.27     498.13      492.03
  York                                 638.58     644.30      656.18

Rhode Island                          $478.40    $493.29     $496.13
  Providence-Fall River-Warwick        500.62     501.83      507.58

South Carolina                         454.12     463.68      466.04

South Dakota                           453.02     461.17      459.03
  Rapid City                           429.34     432.28      432.02
  Sioux Falls                          48,797     500.86      500.63

Tennessee                              511.63     517.19      520.35
  Chattanooga                          484.88     516.52      492.82
  Johnson City-
   Kingsport-Bristol                   514.65     515.29      518.00
  Knoxville                            507.58     504.00      513.68
  Memphis                              523.63     541.89      545.26
  Nashville                            545.66     545.66      560.56

Texas                                  535.33     530.62      535.55
  Dallas                               527.39     517.49      521.23
  Ft. Worth-Arlington                  582.03     579.35      576.63
  Houston                              632.79     645.36      647.36
  San Antonio                          422.88     444.57      442.54

Utah                                   543.51     535.05      550.10
  Salt Lake City-Ogden                 533.08     519.70      537.60

Vermont                                526.29     575.91      588.35
  Burlington                           602.78     672.60      688.86

Virginia                               570.52     575.51      583.85
  Bristol                              635.23     655.32      679.78
  Charlottesville                      446.24     471.91      513.34
  Danville                             598.32     615.48      606.85
  Lynchburg                            599.30     557.18      564.73
  Northern Virginia                    577.94     559.48      563.67
  Richmond-Petersburg                  733.72     681.76      708.13
  Roanoke                              576.93     553.68      569.89

Washington                             655.49     674.64      678.56

West Virginia                          575.40     598.85      597.54
  Charleston                           763.90     818.79      796.93
  Huntington-Ashland                   591.70     636.72      645.43
  Parkersburg-Marietta                 719.86     802.76      781.62
  Wheeling                             679.38     690.79      721.23

Wisconsin                              607.77     621.57      613.37
  Appleton-Oshkosh-Neenah              696.14     708.40      715.00
  Eau Claire                           520.20     602.55      603.63
  Green Bay                            642.03     639.68      663.43
  Janesville-Beloit                    800.94     890.73      770.18
  Kenosha                              649.04     673.96      712.89
  La Crosse                            541.22     513.02      515.78
  Madison                              535.39     546.00      555.49
  Milwaukee-Waukesha                   633.86     643.36      636.13
  Racine                               662.94     619.65      621.99
  Sheboygan                            636.68     620.67      636.23
  Wausau                               613.01     623.34      615.50

Wyoming                                582.27     615.43      620.14

Puerto Rico                            364.49     369.15      376.24

Virgin Islands                         820.80       (1)          (1)

 

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