In March, food services employment continued to trend upward (23,000). Employment in the industry has increased by 288,000 over the past 12 months. Employment in mining rose by 6,000 in March. Support activities for mining, particularly those related to oil and gas extraction, accounted for about two-thirds of the increase.

Weekly Hours (Establishment Survey Data)

In March, the average workweek for production and nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm payrolls rose by 0.1 hour to 33.8 hours, seasonally adjusted. Both the manufacturing workweek, at 41.3 hours, and factory overtime, at 4.1 hours, rose by 0.1 hour over the month.

The index of aggregate weekly hours of production and nonsupervisory workers on nonfarm payrolls rose by 0.2 percent in March to 107.5 (2002=100). The manufacturing index was unchanged at 93.4.

Hourly and Weekly Earnings (Establishment Survey Data)

In March, average hourly earnings of production and nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm payrolls rose by 5 cents, or 0.3 percent, to $17.86, seasonally adjusted.This followed gains of 5 cents in January and 6 cents in February. Average weekly earnings rose by 0.6 percent in March to $603.67. Over the past 12 months, average hourly earnings increased by 3.6 percent and average weekly earnings rose by 3.3 percent.


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