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Table 8.  Employment Cost Index for wages and salaries, for civilian workers, by occupational group and
industry


                                              Indexes (Dec. 2005 =             Percent changes for-
                                                      100)


      Occupational group and industry                                  3-months ended-     12-months ended-
                                              June    Mar.    June
                                              2007    2008    2008
                                                                     June   Mar.   June   June   Mar.   June
                                                                     2007   2008   2008   2007   2008   2008


             Civilian workers

All workers(1).............................  105.0   107.6   108.4     0.7    0.8    0.7    3.4    3.2    3.2
    Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)  105.1   107.8   108.6      .9     .9     .7    3.5    3.5    3.3

            Occupational group

  Management, professional, and related....  105.4   108.2   109.0      .7    1.0     .7    3.7    3.3    3.4
    Management, business, and financial....  105.4   108.2   109.0      .7    1.4     .7    3.3    3.3    3.4
    Professional and related...............  105.3   108.3   109.0      .6     .8     .6    3.8    3.4    3.5

  Sales and office.........................  104.8   106.7   107.7     1.0     .5     .9    3.1    2.8    2.8
    Sales and related......................  103.9   105.2   106.6     1.2    -.3    1.3    2.6    2.4    2.6
    Office and administrative support......  105.3   107.8   108.5      .8     .9     .6    3.4    3.2    3.0

  Natural resources, construction, and
   maintenance.............................  105.1   108.1   109.0      .8     .9     .8    3.2    3.6    3.7
    Construction, extraction, farming,
     fishing, and forestry.................  105.7   109.0   109.9     1.1    1.2     .8    3.7    4.2    4.0
    Installation, maintenance, and repair..  104.4   107.0   107.8      .6     .6     .7    2.8    3.1    3.3

  Production, transportation, and material
   moving..................................  103.9   106.1   106.9      .7    1.0     .8    2.7    2.8    2.9
    Production.............................  103.6   105.7   106.5      .4    1.0     .8    2.4    2.4    2.8
    Transportation and material moving.....  104.2   106.6   107.3      .9    1.0     .7    3.0    3.2    3.0

  Service occupations......................  105.3   108.0   108.7      .7     .7     .6    4.1    3.3    3.2

                 Industry

  Goods-producing industries(3)............  104.7   107.1   108.0      .8    1.0     .8    2.8    3.1    3.2
    Manufacturing..........................  103.9   105.9   106.7      .6    1.0     .8    2.2    2.5    2.7

  Service-providing industries(4)..........  105.1   107.7   108.5      .8     .8     .7    3.5    3.3    3.2
    Education and health services..........  104.9   108.0   108.7      .5     .6     .6    3.8    3.4    3.6
      Education services...................  104.0   107.3   107.9      .3     .4     .6    3.5    3.5    3.8
        Elementary and secondary schools...  103.8   107.0   107.5      .2     .4     .5    3.5    3.3    3.6
        Junior colleges, colleges,
         universities, and professional
         schools...........................  104.3   107.9   108.4      .4     .4     .5    3.4    3.8    3.9
      Health care and social assistance(5)   105.9   108.9   109.6      .8     .9     .6    4.0    3.6    3.5
        Hospitals..........................  105.6   108.4   109.4      .8     .9     .9    3.8    3.4    3.6
        Nursing and residential care
         facilities........................  104.7   107.4   108.1      .6     .9     .7    3.5    3.2    3.2
    Public administration..................  105.2   108.2   108.6      .7     .7     .4    4.1    3.5    3.2

  1 Includes workers in the private nonfarm economy except those in private households, and workers in the
public sector, except the federal government.  See "Technical note" for further explanation.
  2 The index for this series is not strictly comparable with other series in this table.  See "Technical
note" for further explanation.
  3 Includes mining, construction, and manufacturing.
  4 Includes the following industries: wholesale trade; retail trade; transportation and warehousing;
utilities; information; finance and insurance; real estate and rental and leasing; professional and technical
services; management of companies and enterprises; administrative and waste services; educational services;
health care and social assistance; arts, entertainment and recreation; accommodation and food services; other
services, except public administration; and public administration.
  5 Includes ambulatory health care services and social assistance, not shown separately.