Table 14.—Current-Dollar Cost Per Unit of Real Gross Product Originating by Private Industry Group, 1987–98

[Dollars]

	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998
Total	0.783	0.808	0.838	0.871	0.899	0.922	0.946	0.966	0.985	1.000	1.013	1.020
Compensation of employees	0.422	0.433	0.447	0.468	0.481	0.496	0.509	0.515	0.522	0.525	0.532	0.543
Indirect business tax and nontax liability	0.071	0.071	0.075	0.078	0.085	0.088	0.090	0.092	0.092	0.092	0.090	0.090
Property-type income	0.290	0.304	0.316	0.324	0.333	0.339	0.347	0.359	0.371	0.383	0.391	0.387
Agriculture, forestry and fishing	0.806	0.880	0.916	0.913	0.848	0.854	0.884	0.873	0.892	1.000	0.906	0.876
Compensation of employees	0.195	0.240	0.236	0.252	0.250	0.234	0.267	0.256	0.300	0.305	0.299	0.324
Indirect business tax and nontax liability	0.044	0.048	0.046	0.047	0.047	0.045	0.047	0.046	0.053	0.051	0.049	0.050
Property-type income	0.567	0.592	0.634	0.614	0.552	0.575	0.569	0.571	0.538	0.644	0.559	0.502
Mining	0.935	0.866	0.944	1.057	0.956	0.916	0.874	0.835	0.847	1.000	1.014	0.838
Compensation of employees	0.301	0.267	0.292	0.304	0.325	0.338	0.317	0.300	0.288	0.295	0.297	0.287
Indirect business tax and nontax liability	0.104	0.091	0.103	0.110	0.116	0.120	0.113	0.105	0.100	0.108	0.101	0.094
Property-type income	0.530	0.508	0.549	0.643	0.515	0.458	0.444	0.429	0.459	0.597	0.616	0.457
Construction	0.788	0.806	0.830	0.856	0.866	0.863	0.892	0.926	0.969	1.000	1.042	1.088
Compensation of employees	0.523	0.537	0.556	0.587	0.596	0.586	0.594	0.614	0.645	0.658	0.690	0.726
Indirect business tax and nontax liability	0.015	0.016	0.016	0.017	0.019	0.020	0.021	0.022	0.023	0.023	0.024	0.025
Property-type income	0.250	0.254	0.257	0.252	0.251	0.257	0.276	0.290	0.301	0.319	0.328	0.338
Manufacturing	0.849	0.875	0.916	0.944	0.979	0.997	1.008	1.014	1.003	1.000	0.994	0.989
Compensation of employees	0.583	0.581	0.606	0.626	0.653	0.669	0.672	0.658	0.633	0.625	0.626	0.632
Indirect business tax and nontax liability	0.029	0.029	0.031	0.033	0.038	0.040	0.040	0.038	0.037	0.038	0.036	0.037
Property-type income	0.237	0.265	0.279	0.285	0.287	0.288	0.296	0.318	0.333	0.338	0.332	0.320
Durable goods	0.955	0.956	0.988	1.002	1.029	1.044	1.054	1.057	1.021	1.000	0.974	0.929
Compensation of employees	0.709	0.693	0.718	0.732	0.761	0.776	0.767	0.744	0.705	0.679	0.659	0.633
Indirect business tax and nontax liability	0.021	0.021	0.022	0.023	0.026	0.027	0.026	0.026	0.024	0.025	0.024	0.022
Property-type income	0.225	0.242	0.249	0.247	0.242	0.242	0.260	0.287	0.292	0.296	0.292	0.274
Nondurable goods	0.726	0.778	0.828	0.873	0.916	0.938	0.949	0.960	0.980	1.000	1.022	1.080
Compensation of employees	0.441	0.451	0.477	0.504	0.529	0.547	0.560	0.553	0.542	0.554	0.579	0.624
Indirect business tax and nontax liability	0.038	0.038	0.040	0.043	0.052	0.054	0.055	0.053	0.053	0.054	0.055	0.062
Property-type income	0.247	0.289	0.311	0.326	0.335	0.337	0.335	0.354	0.385	0.392	0.389	0.394
Transportation and public utilities	0.926	0.937	0.937	0.935	0.954	0.969	0.995	1.009	1.013	1.000	1.019	1.046
Compensation of employees	0.417	0.418	0.417	0.422	0.422	0.431	0.434	0.441	0.434	0.428	0.431	0.444
Indirect business tax and nontax liability	0.088	0.090	0.092	0.094	0.099	0.102	0.103	0.103	0.103	0.098	0.098	0.101
Property-type income	0.421	0.429	0.428	0.419	0.433	0.436	0.457	0.464	0.476	0.474	0.490	0.500
Wholesale trade	0.874	0.914	0.914	0.952	0.950	0.932	0.956	0.995	1.036	1.000	0.971	0.924
Compensation of employees	0.513	0.524	0.534	0.564	0.545	0.537	0.541	0.541	0.571	0.545	0.526	0.505
Indirect business tax and nontax liability	0.190	0.197	0.197	0.207	0.217	0.213	0.223	0.236	0.240	0.224	0.208	0.191
Property-type income	0.171	0.192	0.182	0.182	0.187	0.181	0.192	0.218	0.225	0.230	0.237	0.228
Retail trade	0.848	0.847	0.876	0.908	0.944	0.968	0.993	1.005	1.008	1.000	0.993	0.983
Compensation of employees	0.513	0.516	0.525	0.551	0.569	0.584	0.590	0.589	0.596	0.580	0.568	0.561
Indirect business tax and nontax liability	0.146	0.144	0.149	0.158	0.165	0.172	0.179	0.183	0.188	0.185	0.181	0.178
Property-type income	0.189	0.187	0.201	0.198	0.210	0.213	0.224	0.234	0.225	0.235	0.244	0.244
Finance, insurance and real estate	0.710	0.739	0.773	0.808	0.844	0.879	0.907	0.931	0.967	1.000	1.034	1.042
Compensation of employees	0.175	0.183	0.186	0.195	0.199	0.212	0.226	0.231	0.232	0.245	0.253	0.265
Indirect business tax and nontax liability	0.099	0.100	0.106	0.112	0.120	0.124	0.128	0.130	0.127	0.129	0.128	0.124
Property-type income	0.436	0.456	0.481	0.501	0.524	0.543	0.553	0.570	0.609	0.626	0.653	0.652
Services	0.669	0.707	0.743	0.787	0.831	0.876	0.908	0.936	0.968	1.000	1.035	1.078
Compensation of employees	0.467	0.488	0.515	0.552	0.585	0.618	0.646	0.666	0.696	0.718	0.744	0.779
Indirect business tax and nontax liability	0.018	0.019	0.020	0.021	0.023	0.024	0.026	0.028	0.029	0.030	0.031	0.031
Property-type income	0.184	0.200	0.208	0.214	0.224	0.234	0.235	0.242	0.243	0.252	0.260	0.268

NOTE.—Current-dollar cost per unit of real gross product originating equals the GPO price index divided by 100.