Average Hourly Earnings in Oklahoma for Selected Sectors

 1980 - 2000

 

 

 

 

Durable

Non-durable

 

Retail Trade

Year

Oil & Gas

 

 

Goods

Goods

Wholesale

(Except Eating

 

Extraction

Construction

Manufacturing

Manufacturing

Manufacturing

Trade

 & Drinking)

1980

$8.48

$9.85

$7.36

$7.52

$7.05

$6.85

$5.55

1981

$9.49

$10.70

$8.20

$8.36

$7.88

$7.54

$5.98

1982

$10.46

$11.60

$8.69

$8.84

$8.41

$8.35

$6.28

1983

$10.40

$11.60

$9.21

$9.42

$8.84

$8.85

$6.51

1984

$10.51

$11.37

$9.64

$9.87

$9.21

$8.96

$6.18

1985

$10.76

$11.26

$9.86

$10.22

$9.13

$9.25

$6.26

1986

$11.12

$11.24

$9.80

$10.22

$9.03

$9.35

$6.09

1987

$11.18

$11.16

$10.14

$10.70

$9.13

$9.58

$6.25

1988

$11.54

$10.95

$10.35

$11.05

$9.05

$9.46

NA

1989

$12.07

$11.08

$10.48

$11.02

$9.39

$9.00

NA

1990

$11.83

$10.87

$10.73

$11.36

$9.43

$9.61

NA

1991

$12.19

$11.38

$11.09

$11.73

$9.76

$9.85

NA

1992

$12.24

$11.79

$11.38

$11.75

$10.67

$10.38

NA

1993

$11.90

$11.76

$11.42

$11.92

$10.46

$10.64

NA

1994

$11.80

$12.23

$11.42

$12.08

$10.15

$10.85

NA

1995

$11.88

$12.30

$11.52

$12.18

$10.22

$10.80

NA

1996

$12.34

$12.84

$11.78

$12.48

$10.38

$11.54

NA

1997

$13.12

$13.12

$12.36

$12.89

$11.33

$11.89

NA

1998

$13.17

$13.49

$12.61

$12.86

$12.12

$12.17

NA

1999

$14.78

$13.89

$12.70

$12.99

$12.13

$13.84

NA

2000

$14.84

$14.59

$13.17

$13.76

$12.04

$15.31

NA

% Change, 99 - 00

0.41%

5.04%

3.70%

5.93%

-0.74%

10.62%

NA

   Source: US Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics