Average Hourly Earnings
September – At $19.40(p) per hour, Nebraska’s manufacturing sector production workers
average hourly earnings were down 0.01 percent compared to August 2017, but were up 8.3
percent compared to the previous year. At $22.40(p) per hour, average hourly earnings in the
Professional and Business Services sector were unchanged compared to the previous month,
and were up 5.0 percent compared to September 2016.
Average Hourly Earnings by Month, Manufacturing, Nebraska
$20.00
$19.48 $19.50
$19.32
$19.40
$19.50
$18.82 $18.94
$19.00
$18.46
$18.26 $18.34
$18.50
$18.00
$17.50
$17.00
$16.50
$16.00
$15.50
$15.00
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May Jun
Jul
Aug Sep
Oct
Nov Dec
2014
2015
2016
2017
Change in Average Hourly Earnings in Manufacturing by Month, Nebraska
Change from Same Month of
Change from Previous Month
Previous Year
Month
2014
2015
2016
2017
2014
2015
2016
2017
Jan
0.2%
0.4%
1.3%
1.1%
2.0%
3.7%
1.5%
2.2%
Feb
-0.9%
-0.1%
-2.1%
0.4%
1.6%
4.5%
-0.6%
5.0%
Mar
-0.4%
0.9%
2.3%
0.7%
1.0%
5.8%
0.8%
3.2%
Apr
1.1%
-0.4%
0.7%
2.0%
1.9%
4.2%
2.0%
4.5%
May
0.4%
1.1%
-2.4%
0.6%
2.2%
4.9%
-1.6%
7.9%
Jun
-0.4%
-1.2%
0.9%
2.0%
2.0%
4.1%
0.3%
9.1%
Jul
2.8%
-0.4%
-0.5%
0.8%
3.3%
0.9%
0.2%
10.6%
Aug
-1.1%
0.7%
0.1%
0.1%
2.1%
2.8%
-0.4%
-1.3%
Sep
1.3%
2.5%
1.5%
0.1%
3.4%
4.0%
-1.3%
8.3%
Oct
1.1%
-1.5%
0.1%
5.4%
1.2%
0.2%
Nov
-1.0%
-0.6%
-0.4%
3.1%
1.7%
0.3%
Dec
0.2%
-0.8%
1.3%
3.5%
0.6%
2.5%
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, November 2017
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