Vermont Average Hourly Earnings
Productions Workers & Nonsupervisory Employees
2005 - 2007
Industry	Annual Average Hourly Earnings			Change		Percent Change
	20051	20062	20072	'05 - '06	'06 - '07	'05 - '06	'06 - '07
Goods Producing
Construction	$16.05	$16.73	$17.69	0.68	0.96	4.2%	5.7%
Manufacturing	$15.06	$15.79	$16.49	0.73	0.70	4.8%	4.4%
Durable Goods	$15.45	$16.37	$17.06	0.92	0.69	6.0%	4.2%
Non-Durable Goods	$13.83	$14.04	$14.69	0.21	0.65	1.5%	4.6%
Service Providing
Wholesale Trade	$17.19	$16.56	$16.75	-0.63	0.19	-3.7%	1.1%
Retail Trade	$12.27	$12.74	$13.14	0.47	0.40	3.8%	3.1%
Health Care & Social Assistance	$18.55	$19.47	$20.47	0.92	1.00	5.0%	5.1%
Source: Current Employment Statistics
Vermont Department of Labor and U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
1  -  Benchmark 3/06
2  -  Benchmark 3/07
Last Update on 2/2/09
by Richard Willey