AVERAGE HOURS AND EARNINGS OF PRODUCTION WORKERS BY INDUSTRY
Nebraska - 1995 to 2004
	Weekly	Weekly	Hourly		Weekly	Weekly	Hourly
Industry Title	Earnings	Hours	Earnings		Earnings	Hours	Earnings
	2003*				2004*
Manufacturing	$618.18	41.6	$14.86		$631.90	41.6	$15.19
Durable Goods	592.24	41.3	14.34		622.22	41.9	14.85
Nondurable Goods	638.70	41.80	15.28		640.04	41.4	15.46
Food & Kindred Products	674.71	41.70	16.18		665.25	41.5	16.03
	2001*				2002*
Manufacturing	$561.97	41.2	$13.64		$588.70	41.9	$14.05
Durable Goods	538.33	41.0	13.13		561.14	41.2	13.62
Industrial Machinery	604.85	41.4	14.61		631.34	42.4	14.89
Nondurable Goods	586.40	41.5	14.13		614.72	42.6	14.43
Food & Kindred Products	616.04	42.9	14.36		642.98	43.8	14.68
	1999				2000
Manufacturing	$535.06	41.9	$12.77		$535.30	41.4	$12.93
Durable Goods	552.47	42.4	13.03		558.87	41.8	13.37
Furniture and Fixtures	541.42	40.8	13.27		554.07	43.8	12.65
Stone, Clay, Glass	572.49	45.4	12.61		600.77	44.8	13.41
Fabricated Metals	507.94	40.7	12.48		520.90	40.6	12.83
Industrial Machinery	631.72	44.3	14.26		633.31	43.2	14.66
Electronic Equipment	525.84	40.7	12.93		497.04	39.7	12.52
Transportation Equipment	523.33	41.9	12.49		550.20	42.0	13.10
Nondurable Goods	517.91	41.4	12.51		511.27	41.0	12.47
Food & Kindred Products	506.24	41.7	12.14		493.99	41.2	11.99
Meat	473.47	41.1	11.52		460.22	40.8	11.28
Grain Mill	774.30	43.5	17.80		782.00	43.3	18.06
Paper and Allied Products	584.36	41.8	13.98		559.37	41.1	13.61
Printing & Publishing	467.38	36.6	12.77		477.36	36.0	13.26
Chemicals & Allied Products	630.24	41.3	15.26		605.71	40.3	15.03
Petroleum, Coal & Plastic	611.73	44.2	13.84		617.38	43.6	14.16
	1997				1998
Manufacturing	$499.32	41.3	$12.09		$516.37	41.9	$12.32
Durable Goods	541.30	43.2	12.53		543.70	42.3	12.85
Furniture and Fixtures	476.43	42.5	11.21		520.46	42.1	12.34
Stone, Clay, Glass	541.46	46.2	11.72		539.87	44.9	12.03
Fabricated Metals	469.04	40.4	11.61		479.44	40.3	11.89
Industrial Machinery	608.52	44.0	13.83		602.78	43.3	13.91
Electronic Equipment	618.32	45.7	13.53		581.62	42.5	13.68
Transportation Equipment	479.45	41.8	11.47		510.75	41.7	12.25
Nondurable Goods	455.88	39.3	11.60		488.31	41.5	11.77
Food & Kindred Products	426.69	38.2	11.17		475.77	41.8	11.37
Meat	368.94	36.1	10.22		419.74	40.2	10.40
Grain Mill	753.06	46.6	16.16		779.85	46.6	16.72
Paper and Allied Products	543.95	43.0	12.65		555.95	42.5	13.07
Printing & Publishing	431.97	37.4	11.55		447.36	37.1	12.07
Chemicals & Allied Products	579.47	39.5	14.67		559.71	40.2	13.92
Petroleum, Coal & Plastic	605.68	46.2	13.11		579.64	43.7	13.28
	1995				1996
Manufacturing	$464.39	41.5	$11.19		$478.82	41.6	$11.51
Durable Goods	498.07	42.9	11.61		513.54	43.3	11.86
Furniture and Fixtures	429.84	42.1	10.21		442.39	41.5	10.66
Stone, Clay, Glass	451.31	42.1	10.72		479.39	43.7	10.97
Fabricated Metals	455.03	40.7	11.18		459.49	40.2	11.43
Industrial Machinery	572.03	43.6	13.12		599.35	44.2	13.56
Electronic Equipment	546.43	44.9	12.17		553.29	46.3	11.95
Transportation Equipment	440.79	41.9	10.52		467.32	42.6	10.97
Nondurable Goods	431.88	40.1	10.77		446.71	40.1	11.14
Food & Kindred Products	412.17	39.9	10.33		423.84	39.5	10.73
Meat	373.46	38.7	9.65		373.74	37.6	9.94
Grain Mill	722.22	48.7	14.83		767.51	48.7	15.76
Paper and Allied Products	474.97	40.7	11.67		484.30	40.8	11.87
Printing & Publishing	436.21	38.5	11.33		429.79	37.9	11.34
Chemicals & Allied Products	489.57	39.9	12.27		540.29	40.2	13.44
Petroleum, Coal & Plastic	518.74	41.8	12.41		574.72	44.9	12.80
Source:  Nebraska Department of Labor, Nebraska Labor Market Information, Internet Data, March 2005.
*2001 to 2004 numbers based on NAICS code; other years based on SIC code.
Last Updated:	3/21/2005
by Nebraska Databook
email:	mlundeen@neded.org