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Table 3.  Employment Cost Index for benefits, by ownership, occupational group, and industry


                                            Indexes (Dec.           Percent changes for 3-months ended-
                                             2005 = 100)
      Occupational group and industry

                                             Mar.   June   Sep.   Dec.   Mar.   June   Sep.   Dec.   Mar.   June
                                             2008   2008   2006   2006   2007   2007   2007   2007   2008   2008


             Civilian workers

All workers(1).............................  107.5  108.1    1.0    1.0    0.2    1.3    0.8    0.8    0.6    0.6

         Private industry workers

All workers................................  106.4  106.9     .9     .9    -.3    1.1     .8     .8     .6     .5

            Occupational group

  Management, professional, and related....  106.9  107.7    1.2    1.1    -.4    1.3     .8     .9     .4     .7

  Sales and office.........................  106.5  106.9     .7    1.0     .2     .9    1.0    1.0     .3     .4

  Natural resources, construction, and
   maintenance.............................  106.8  106.7    1.0     .8    -.6     .9     .7     .8     .8    -.1

  Production, transportation, and material
   moving..................................  104.5  104.5     .7     .6    -.9    1.1     .4    1.0     .8     .0

  Service occupations......................  107.4  108.4     .9     .9     .1    1.0    1.0     .8     .4    1.0

                 Industry

  Goods-producing industries(2)............  104.1  104.4     .8     .6    -.8    1.2     .1    1.0     .8     .3
    Manufacturing..........................  102.3  102.2     .8     .4   -1.3    1.4    -.3    1.0     .6    -.1
      Aircraft manufacturing(3)............   70.5   72.9    5.5   -4.0  -11.9    4.2   -8.0   -3.2    5.5    3.4

  Service-providing industries(4)..........  107.4  108.0     .9    1.0     .0    1.0    1.0     .8     .6     .6

    State and local government workers

All workers................................  111.3  112.5    1.6    1.5    1.7    1.6     .9    1.2     .3    1.1

  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 Includes mining, construction, and manufacturing.
  3 Seasonally adjusted indexes and 3-month percent changes for these series are being published for the first
time with the 2008 seasonal adjustment revisions.  Historical data for these series are published beginning with
March 2003.
  4 Includes the following industries:  wholesale trade; retail trade; transportation and warehousing; utilities;
information; finance and insurance; real estate and rental and leasing; professional, scientific, and technical
services; management of companies and enterprises; administrative and support and waste management and
remediation services; education services; health care and social assistance; arts, entertainment, and recreation;
accommodation and food services; and other services, except public administration.