United States Average Weekly Hours

Description			Oct 08	Sep 08	Oct 07	Percent Changes
Description			Oct 08	Sep 08	Oct 07	Oct 08/ Sep 08	Oct 08/ Oct 07
Total Private Non-farm			33.6	33.6	33.8	0.0	-0.6
Manufacturing			40.6	40.6	41.2	0.0	-1.5
	Durable Goods		40.8	40.8	41.5	0.0	-1.7
		Wood Products	37.9	38.4	39.5	-1.3	-4.1
		Furniture and Related Products	37.7	37.7	39.1	0.0	-3.6
		Nonmetallic Mineral Products	42.0	42.0	42.6	0.0	-1.4
		Primary Metals	42.2	42.3	42.6	-0.2	-0.9
		Fabricated Metal Products	41.1	41.2	41.7	-0.2	-1.4
		Machinery	42.2	42.3	42.9	-0.2	-1.6
		Electrical Equipment and Appliances	40.8	41.1	40.7	-0.7	0.2
		Transportation Equipment	41.5	40.9	42.7	1.5	-2.8
		Miscellaneous Manufacturing	38.9	38.9	39.0	0.0	-0.3
	Non-durable Goods		40.3	40.3	40.8	0.0	-1.2
		Food Manufacturing	40.6	40.4	40.8	0.5	-0.5
		Textile Product Mills	38.3	38.4	39.2	-0.3	-2.3
		Apparel	35.9	36.0	36.6	-0.3	-1.9
		Paper and Paper Products	42.7	42.6	43.3	0.2	-1.4
		Printing and Related Support Activities	38.3	38.3	38.8	0.0	-1.3
		Chemicals	41.6	41.4	41.7	0.5	-0.2
		Petroleum and Coal	45.8	45.5	42.9	0.7	6.8
		Plastics and Rubber Products	40.6	40.8	41.7	-0.5	-2.6
		Leather and Allied Products	37.7	37.9	37.7	-0.5	0.0
Services Producing			32.3	32.3	32.4	0.0	-0.3
	Trade, Transportation, and Utilities		33.1	33.2	33.2	-0.3	-0.3
		Wholesale Trade	38.3	38.1	38.1	0.5	0.5
		Retail Trade	29.9	30.1	30.1	-0.7	-0.7
		Transportation and Warehousing	36.5	36.4	36.7	0.3	-0.5
		Utilities	42.6	42.5	42.2	0.2	0.9
	Information		36.8	36.8	36.2	0.0	1.7
	Financial Activities		35.9	36.0	35.7	-0.3	0.6
	Professional and Business Services		34.9	34.8	34.8	0.3	0.3
	Education and Health Services		32.5	32.5	32.6	0.0	-0.3
	Leisure and Hospitality Services		25.2	25.2	25.4	0.0	-0.8
	Other Services		30.9	30.8	30.8	0.3	0.3