Average Hours and Earnings, West Virginia
Production and Nonsupervisory Workers
				Average Weekly Earnings			Average Weekly Hours			Average Hourly Earnings
				Sep-09	Aug-09	Sep-08	Sep-09	Aug-09	Sep-08	Sep-09	Aug-09	Sep-08
PRIVATE SECTOR				$549.10	$547.91	$539.59	34.6	34.7	34.7	$15.87	$15.79	$15.55
Goods Producing				896.33	903.94	864.19	42.5	42.8	42.3	21.09	21.12	20.43
	Mining and Logging			1,156.31	1,148.61	1,062.58	47.9	48.2	47.5	24.14	23.83	22.37
	Construction			900.30	928.98	816.07	41.7	42.4	39.5	21.59	21.91	20.66
	Manufacturing			742.00	743.60	787.67	40.0	40.0	41.5	18.55	18.59	18.98
		Durable Goods		698.22	701.87	754.37	40.5	40.5	41.2	17.24	17.33	18.31
		Nondurable Goods		816.41	815.36	846.30	39.1	39.2	42.0	20.88	20.80	20.15
Private Service-Providing				470.02	467.18	456.25	32.8	32.9	32.8	14.33	14.20	13.91
	Trade, Transportation, & Utilities			469.45	466.37	483.21	34.8	34.7	35.9	13.49	13.44	13.46
		Wholesale Trade		703.44	697.57	691.60	39.9	39.5	40.0	17.63	17.66	17.29
		Retail Trade		337.74	335.27	358.72	30.9	30.9	32.7	10.93	10.85	10.97
	Financial Activities			478.17	480.59	439.68	34.7	34.8	33.9	13.78	13.81	12.97
		Finance & Insurance		509.43	512.65	458.94	35.5	35.7	34.9	14.35	14.36	13.15
		Real Estate & Rental & Leasing		382.11	384.15	381.62	32.3	32.2	30.9	11.83	11.93	12.35
	Professional & Business Services			615.12	627.75	581.94	37.1	37.5	35.9	16.58	16.74	16.21
	Health Care
		Health Care & Social Assistance		556.01	549.36	538.41	33.8	33.6	33.4	16.45	16.35	16.12
	Leisure & Hospitality
		Accommodation & Food Service		231.34	237.78	210.65	26.9	27.3	26.2	8.60	8.71	8.04
Benchmark March 2008