Total private
Mining and logging
Construction
Durable goods
Nondurable goods
Wholesale trade
Retail trade
Transportation and warehousing
Utilities
Information
Financial activities
Professional and business services
Education and health services
Leisure and hospitality
Other services
Note: Data are adjusted for inflation using the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U). All data are seasonally adjusted. The vertical dotted line represents the average employment change (1.5 million) across all industries from June 2009 to December 2019; the horizontal dotted line is the total private real hourly earnings level ($10.98) in December 2019. Quadrant I = above-average earnings and below-average employment gains, quadrant II = above-average earnings and above-average employment gains, quadrant III = below-average earnings and above-average employment gains, and quadrant IV = below-average earnings and below-average employment gains.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.