2008					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					$15.00	$15.04	$15.07	$15.21	$15.21	$15.29	$15.37	$15.44	$15.56	$15.64	$15.64	$15.63	$15.35
Goods Producing					19.86	19.93	20.03	20.06	20.18	20.32	20.33	20.30	20.43	20.55	20.64	20.61	20.28
	Mining and Logging				21.48	21.60	21.86	21.71	21.94	22.27	21.99	22.19	22.37	22.51	22.62	22.58	22.13
	Construction				20.05	20.20	20.04	20.13	20.39	20.47	20.57	20.54	20.66	20.73	20.81	20.69	20.46
	Manufacturing				18.91	18.87	18.97	19.04	18.98	19.01	19.17	18.93	18.98	19.08	19.17	19.12	19.02
		Durable Goods			18.23	18.17	18.29	18.31	18.25	18.32	18.48	18.24	18.31	18.31	18.46	18.38	18.31
		Nondurable Goods			20.21	20.17	20.21	20.32	20.28	20.27	20.40	20.14	20.15	20.38	20.42	20.47	20.29
Private Service-Providing					13.48	13.52	13.52	13.64	13.58	13.65	13.75	13.81	13.91	13.94	13.94	13.98	13.73
	Trade, Transportation, and Utilities				13.12	13.16	13.26	13.33	13.33	13.34	13.44	13.43	13.45	13.45	13.41	13.44	13.35
		Wholesale Trade			16.49	16.72	16.74	17.05	17.18	17.17	17.23	17.18	17.29	17.48	17.54	17.48	17.13
		Retail Trade			10.87	10.96	11.03	10.99	10.95	10.98	11.04	11.02	10.97	10.86	10.86	10.92	10.95
	Financial Activities				12.70	12.75	12.74	12.86	12.94	12.97	13.13	12.98	12.97	13.01	13.12	13.20	12.95
		Finance and Insurance			12.93	12.94	12.97	13.15	13.18	13.18	13.39	13.16	13.15	13.20	13.34	13.46	13.17
		Real Estate and Rental and Leasing			11.93	12.10	11.97	12.00	12.20	12.27	12.29	12.43	12.35	12.34	12.37	12.29	12.21
	Professional and Business Services				15.71	15.83	15.61	15.75	15.78	15.77	15.91	16.05	16.21	16.23	16.37	16.34	15.97
		Health Care and Social Assistance			15.52	15.45	15.55	15.69	15.56	15.67	15.80	15.95	16.12	16.23	16.12	16.18	15.82
	Leisure and Hospitality
		Accommodation and Food Service			7.68	7.74	7.57	7.60	7.65	7.65	7.75	7.94	8.04	8.14	8.13	8.22	7.84
					West Virginia Gross Hours and Earnings of All Workers, by Industry
					Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Ann Avg
PRIVATE SECTOR					$17.43	$17.55	$17.59	$17.63	$17.57	$17.60	$17.64	$17.69	$17.90	$17.84	$18.09	$17.91	$17.70
Goods Producing					21.85	22.15	22.05	21.97	21.90	22.27	22.04	22.12	22.65	22.64	23.24	22.97	22.33
	Mining and Logging				23.57	23.85	24.21	24.19	24.52	25.27	24.79	25.06	25.93	26.12	26.96	26.43	25.13
	Construction				20.63	21.69	20.61	20.96	20.99	20.95	21.25	21.40	22.20	22.03	22.08	22.07	21.44
	Manufacturing				21.56	21.42	21.60	21.26	20.87	21.31	20.95	20.83	20.85	20.71	21.48	21.16	21.17
Private Service-Providing					16.08	16.18	16.25	16.26	16.23	16.11	16.22	16.24	16.33	16.24	16.38	16.28	16.23
	Trade, Transportation, and Utilities				14.28	14.93	15.12	14.94	15.40	15.12	15.09	15.04	15.26	15.90	15.37	15.31	15.15
	Financial Activities				16.66	16.69	16.68	17.07	16.82	16.62	17.23	16.86	16.71	16.35	16.72	16.92	16.78
	Professional and Business Services				21.12	21.00	21.25	20.92	20.48	20.18	20.00	20.01	19.76	20.40	20.42	20.09	20.46
	Educational and Health Service				17.62	17.39	17.28	17.50	17.42	17.48	17.80	17.90	18.11	17.41	18.38	18.12	17.70
	Leisure and Hospitality				9.63	9.67	9.72	9.59	9.56	9.45	9.52	9.65	9.88	10.02	10.12	10.30	9.75
	Other Services				15.44	15.78	15.68	15.20	15.07	15.72	15.51	15.67	15.92	15.90	16.97	17.28	15.85
Metropolitan Statistical Areas
	Charleston MSA Total Private				$20.55	$20.49	$20.52	$20.61	$20.50	$19.32	$20.57	$20.65	$20.73	$20.76	$20.86	$20.98	$20.54
	Huntington - Ashland MSA Total Private				18.12	18.27	18.35	18.62	18.84	18.84	18.97	18.77	18.60	18.64	18.88	18.98	18.66
	Morgantown MSA Total Private				18.05	18.57	18.22	18.35	17.74	17.98	18.79	18.59	19.00	18.62	18.92	19.06	18.50
	Parkersburg - Marietta MSA Total Private				15.08	15.29	15.64	15.38	15.21	15.47	15.54	15.50	15.63	16.00	15.65	15.81	15.51
	Wheeling MSA Total Private				16.02	16.09	16.13	16.42	16.32	16.37	16.43	16.69	16.86	16.79	16.82	16.73	16.48
Benchmark March 2009