Table 2. SEASONALLY ADJUSTED: Employment Cost Index for wages and salaries, by ownership, occupational group, and industry



Table 2.  Employment Cost Index for wages and salaries, by ownership, occupational group, and industry


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

                                             Dec.   Mar.   June   Sep.   Dec.   Mar.   June   Sep.   Dec.   Mar.
                                             2008   2009   2007   2007   2007   2008   2008   2008   2008   2009


             Civilian workers

All workers(1).............................  109.7  110.0    0.7    0.9    0.8    0.7    0.7    0.7    0.5    0.3

                 Industry

  Goods-producing industries(2)............  109.2  109.3     .7     .8     .8     .8     .7     .6     .6     .1
    Manufacturing..........................  107.9  108.1     .6     .6     .7     .8     .7     .7     .6     .2

  Service-providing industries(3)..........  109.8  110.2     .7     .9     .8     .7     .8     .6     .5     .4
    Education and health services..........  110.4  111.1     .8     .9     .8     .8     .9     .7     .5     .6
      Education services...................  109.9  110.7     .7    1.0     .9     .8     .9     .9     .4     .7
        Elementary and secondary schools...  109.8  110.5     .7     .9     .8     .9    1.0     .8     .5     .6
        Junior colleges, colleges,
         universities, and professional
         schools...........................  110.1  110.9     .8    1.1    1.2     .7     .8     .7     .3     .7
      Health care and social assistance(4)   110.9  111.7     .9     .9     .8     .9     .6     .6     .5     .7
        Hospitals..........................  111.3  112.0     .9     .9     .8     .8    1.0     .8     .8     .6
        Nursing and residential care
         facilities........................  109.7  110.3     .6    1.1     .6     .9     .7     .8     .6     .5
    Public administration..................  110.3  111.2    1.0     .9     .8     .7     .6    1.0     .4     .8

         Private industry workers

All workers................................  109.6  109.8     .7     .9     .8     .8     .7     .6     .5     .2

            Occupational group

  Management, professional, and related....  110.8  110.9     .8     .9     .8     .9     .7     .7     .7     .1
    Management, business, and financial....  110.5  110.1     .7     .9     .7     .9     .7     .7     .8    -.3
    Professional and related...............  111.1  111.6     .9     .8     .7     .9     .7     .7     .7     .4

  Sales and office.........................  108.1  108.1     .7     .6    1.0     .5     .7     .4     .2     .0
    Sales and related......................  105.7  104.8     .5     .3    1.3     .3     .5    -.1    -.5    -.9
    Office and administrative support......  109.9  110.5     .9     .7     .8     .7     .7     .7     .6     .6

  Natural resources, construction, and
   maintenance.............................  110.6  110.7     .7    1.0     .9    1.0     .6     .7     .8     .1
    Construction, extraction, farming,
     fishing, and forestry.................  111.6  111.5     .9     .9    1.2    1.3     .6     .7     .7    -.1
    Installation, maintenance, and repair..  109.3  109.8     .4    1.2     .7     .8     .7     .7     .9     .5

  Production, transportation, and material
   moving..................................  107.9  108.3     .6     .6     .7     .9     .7     .7     .5     .4
    Production(5)..........................  107.6  108.1     .4     .6     .7     .8     .7     .8     .5     .4
    Transportation and material moving.....  108.4  108.6     .8     .8     .6    1.0     .7     .6     .5     .2

                 Industry

  Goods-producing industries(2)............  109.2  109.3     .7     .8     .8     .8     .7     .6     .6     .1
    Construction...........................  111.3  111.3     .9     .9     .9    1.1     .7     .5     .7     .0
    Manufacturing..........................  107.9  108.1     .6     .6     .7     .8     .7     .7     .6     .2
      Aircraft manufacturing...............  108.9  109.8     .3     .2     .8     .9     .7     .8     .9     .8

  Service-providing industries(6)..........  109.7  110.0     .8     .9     .8     .7     .7     .6     .5     .3
    Trade, transportation, and utilities...  107.5  107.9     .9     .2    1.0     .5    1.1     .2     .1     .4
      Retail trade.........................  108.0  108.5     .9     .8    1.0     .6     .9     .4     .0     .5
      Transportation and warehousing.......  107.0  107.4     .9     .2     .5     .9     .7     .6     .5     .4
      Utilities............................  109.9  111.1     .8     .9     .9     .9     .8     .3     .5    1.1
    Information............................  107.8  107.8     .9     .4     .4    -.2     .8    1.0     .6     .0
    Financial activities...................  107.7  106.6     .0    1.2     .5     .7     .3     .3     .0   -1.0
      Finance and insurance................  108.2  106.9    -.2    1.3     .7     .5     .3     .2     .0   -1.2
        Credit intermediation and related
         activities........................  106.4  105.9   -1.8    1.1    1.2     .2     .5     .5     .4    -.5
        Insurance carriers and related
         activities(5).....................  109.2  109.5    1.2    1.5    -.4    1.2     .2     .6     .3     .2
    Professional and business services.....  112.1  112.2     .9     .9     .9    1.2     .8    1.0    1.0     .1
      Professional, scientific, and
       technical services..................  114.2  114.2    1.1    1.0     .9    1.5     .8    1.2    1.2     .0
      Administrative and support and waste
       management and remediation services   109.9  110.3     .7    1.0    1.0     .7     .6    1.1     .5     .4
    Education and health services..........  110.6  111.4     .9     .9     .9     .8     .7     .6     .5     .7
      Education services...................  110.6  111.3     .7     .7    1.3     .7    1.0    1.1     .3     .6
        Junior colleges, colleges,
         universities, and professional
         schools...........................  110.5  111.4    1.0     .8    1.1     .7     .9    1.2     .2     .8
      Health care and social assistance(4)   110.6  111.5     .9    1.0     .8     .8     .6     .5     .5     .8
        Hospitals..........................  111.1  111.8     .9     .9     .8     .9    1.0     .8     .8     .6
    Leisure and hospitality................  112.3  113.1     .9    1.5     .6     .7     .4    1.3     .8     .7
      Accommodation and food services......  112.8  113.6     .8    1.6     .6     .8     .6    1.2     .8     .7
    Other services, except public
     administration........................  110.8  111.3     .2    1.2    1.0     .7     .5     .5     .5     .5

    State and local government workers

All workers................................  110.2  111.0     .8    1.0     .8     .8     .8     .9     .5     .7

                 Industry

    Education and health services..........  110.2  110.8     .7    1.0     .9     .8     .9     .8     .5     .5
      Education services...................  109.8  110.5     .7    1.1     .9     .8     .9     .8     .5     .6
        Schools............................  109.8  110.5     .7    1.1     .9     .8     .9     .8     .5     .6
        Elementary and secondary schools...  109.7  110.5     .7     .9     .9     .8    1.0     .9     .5     .7
      Health care and social assistance(4)   113.5  113.1     .8     .6    1.1     .7    1.1    1.3     .8    -.4
        Hospitals..........................  112.1  112.7    1.1     .7    1.0    1.0     .7     .7     .7     .5
    Public administration..................  110.3  111.2    1.0     .9     .8     .7     .6    1.0     .4     .8

  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 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.
  4 Includes ambulatory health care services and social assistance, not shown separately.
  5 Seasonally adjusted indexes and 3-month percent changes for these series are being published for the first
time with the 2009 seasonal adjustment  revisions.  Historical data for these series are published beginning with
March 2004.
  6 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.

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