United States Average Weekly Hours

Description			Oct 09	Sep 09	Oct 08	Percent Changes
Description			Oct 09	Sep 09	Oct 08	Oct 09/ Sep 09	Oct 09/ Oct 08
Total Private Non-farm			33.0	33.0	33.5	0.0	-1.5
Manufacturing			40.0	39.9	40.4	0.3	-1.0
	Durable Goods		40.1	40.0	40.6	0.3	-1.2
		Wood Products	37.7	37.8	38.1	-0.3	-1.0
		Furniture and Related Products	37.9	37.9	37.4	0.0	1.3
		Nonmetallic Mineral Products	40.8	40.9	41.8	-0.2	-2.4
		Primary Metals	40.3	40.4	41.4	-0.2	-2.7
		Fabricated Metal Products	39.5	39.4	40.8	0.3	-3.2
		Machinery	40.1	39.9	41.8	0.5	-4.1
		Electrical Equipment and Appliances	39.4	39.3	40.4	0.3	-2.5
		Transportation Equipment	42.2	42.0	41.3	0.5	2.2
		Miscellaneous Manufacturing	38.6	38.6	38.9	0.0	-0.8
	Non-durable Goods		39.9	39.9	40.2	0.0	-0.7
		Food Manufacturing	39.9	39.8	40.3	0.3	-1.0
		Textile Product Mills	38.0	38.3	37.9	-0.8	0.3
		Apparel	36.2	36.0	36.3	0.6	-0.3
		Paper and Paper Products	42.2	42.3	42.2	-0.2	0.0
		Printing and Related Support Activities	38.2	38.3	38.3	-0.3	-0.3
		Chemicals	41.3	41.4	41.5	-0.2	-0.5
		Petroleum and Coal	42.7	43.2	45.2	-1.2	-5.5
		Plastics and Rubber Products	40.6	40.6	40.6	0.0	0.0
		Leather and Allied Products	34.4	33.6	36.9	2.4	-6.8
Services Producing			32.0	32.0	32.3	0.0	-0.9
	Trade, Transportation, and Utilities		32.8	32.8	33.1	0.0	-0.9
		Wholesale Trade	37.4	37.3	38.2	0.3	-2.1
		Retail Trade	29.8	29.8	29.9	0.0	-0.3
		Transportation and Warehousing	36.5	36.5	36.3	0.0	0.6
		Utilities	41.7	41.5	42.5	0.5	-1.9
	Information		36.4	36.3	36.9	0.3	-1.4
	Financial Activities		36.0	35.9	35.9	0.3	0.3
	Professional and Business Services		34.6	34.7	34.9	-0.3	-0.9
	Education and Health Services		32.3	32.2	32.5	0.3	-0.6
	Leisure and Hospitality Services		24.5	24.6	25.1	-0.4	-2.4
	Other Services		30.5	30.5	30.7	0.0	-0.7