Wages rise for manufacturing workers

CRANSTON – Manufacturing workers in Rhode Island earned an average of $18.11 per hour in February, according to the R.I. Department of Labor and Training.

The average wage for Rhode Island’s manufacturing workers increased 38 cents from January and $3.15 from February 2011.

The Ocean State’s manufacturing employees worked an average of 40.1 hours per week in February, down four-tenths of an hour from January, but an hour and four-tenths more since February 2011.

Across the United State, the average manufacturing worker made $23.90 per hour and worked 41 hours per week in February, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor and Statistics.

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There were 41,000 manufacturing workers in Rhode Island in February, unchanged from January, but up 500 year-over-year from February 2011.

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