Originally Posted: June 29, 2005
NOTE: The year 1981 is the first year data are available for four quarters of 12-month percent changes both in wages and salaries and in benefits. For more information, see the Employment Cost Index website at http://www.bls.gov/ncs/ect/home.htm.
1 See Employment Cost Indexes, 1975-99, Bulletin 2532 (Bureau of Labor Statistics, September 2000), p. 4.
Year/Qtr | Wages and Salaries | Benefits |
---|---|---|
81 - Q1 |
9.4 | 14.4 |
Q2 |
9.3 | 12.7 |
Q3 |
9 | 12.2 |
Q4 |
8.8 | 12.1 |
82 - Q1 |
8.1 | 7 |
Q2 |
7.1 | 7.4 |
Q3 |
7 | 8 |
Q4 |
6.3 | 7.2 |
83 - Q1 |
5.4 | 9.1 |
Q2 |
5.4 | 8.6 |
Q3 |
5 | 7.5 |
Q4 |
4.9 | 7.4 |
84 - Q1 |
5 | 7.5 |
Q2 |
4.7 | 7.2 |
Q3 |
4.1 | 6.5 |
Q4 |
4.2 | 6.5 |
85 - Q1 |
4.1 | 5.3 |
Q2 |
4.3 | 4.1 |
Q3 |
4.8 | 4.5 |
Q4 |
4.1 | 3.5 |
86 - Q1 |
4 | 3.2 |
Q2 |
3.7 | 3.5 |
Q3 |
3.2 | 3.3 |
Q4 |
3.2 | 3.4 |
87 - Q1 |
3.1 | 2.8 |
Q2 |
3 | 3.4 |
Q3 |
3.2 | 3 |
Q4 |
3.3 | 3.4 |
88 - Q1 |
3.3 | 5.9 |
Q2 |
3.8 | 6.4 |
Q3 |
3.7 | 6.8 |
Q4 |
4.1 | 6.9 |
89 - Q1 |
4.2 | 5.4 |
Q2 |
4.1 | 5.6 |
Q3 |
4.3 | 6 |
Q4 |
4.1 | 6.1 |
90 - Q1 |
4.2 | 7.2 |
Q2 |
4.5 | 6.9 |
Q3 |
4.2 | 6.8 |
Q4 |
4 | 6.6 |
91 - Q1 |
4 | 5.8 |
Q2 |
3.7 | 6.2 |
Q3 |
3.7 | 6.4 |
Q4 |
3.7 | 6.2 |
92 - Q1 |
3.4 | 6.3 |
Q2 |
3 | 5.5 |
Q3 |
2.7 | 5.2 |
Q4 |
2.6 | 5.2 |
93 - Q1 |
2.7 | 5.6 |
Q2 |
2.7 | 5.8 |
Q3 |
3.1 | 5.4 |
Q4 |
3.1 | 5 |
94 - Q1 |
2.9 | 4.4 |
Q2 |
3.1 | 3.9 |
Q3 |
2.9 | 4 |
Q4 |
2.8 | 3.7 |
95 - Q1 |
2.9 | 2.9 |
Q2 |
2.9 | 2.6 |
Q3 |
2.8 | 2.1 |
Q4 |
2.8 | 2.2 |
96 - Q1 |
3.2 | 1.6 |
Q2 |
3.4 | 1.7 |
Q3 |
3.3 | 1.8 |
Q4 |
3.4 | 2 |
97 - Q1 |
3.4 | 2 |
Q2 |
3.3 | 2 |
Q3 |
3.6 | 2 |
Q4 |
3.9 | 2.3 |
98 - Q1 |
4 | 2.3 |
Q2 |
4 | 2.6 |
Q3 |
4.3 | 2.6 |
Q4 |
3.9 | 2.4 |
99 - Q1 |
3.3 | 2.2 |
Q2 |
3.6 | 2.5 |
Q3 |
3.2 | 2.8 |
Q4 |
3.5 | 3.4 |
00 - Q1 |
4.2 | 5.5 |
Q2 |
4.1 | 5.7 |
Q3 |
4.1 | 6 |
Q4 |
3.9 | 5.6 |
01 - Q1 |
3.8 | 5 |
Q2 |
3.8 | 4.8 |
Q3 |
3.6 | 4.9 |
Q4 |
3.8 | 5.1 |
02 - Q1 |
3.5 | 4.8 |
Q2 |
3.6 | 5.1 |
Q3 |
3.2 | 4.8 |
Q4 |
2.7 | 4.7 |
03 - Q1 |
3 | 6.1 |
Q2 |
2.6 | 6.1 |
Q3 |
3 | 6.5 |
Q4 |
3 | 6.4 |
04 - Q1 |
2.6 | 7 |
Q2 |
2.6 | 7.3 |
Q3 |
2.6 | 6.8 |
Q4 |
2.4 | 6.9 |
05 - Q1 |
2.4 | 5.8 |