Table 3. SEASONALLY ADJUSTED: Employment Cost Index for benefits, by ownership, occupational group, and industry
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 June Sept. Dec. Mar. June Sep. Dec. Mar. June Sep. 2008 2008 2006 2007 2007 2007 2007 2008 2008 2008 Civilian workers All workers(1)............................. 108.1 108.8 1.0 0.2 1.3 0.8 0.8 0.6 0.6 0.6 Private industry workers All workers................................ 106.9 107.5 .9 -.3 1.1 .8 .8 .6 .5 .6 Occupational group Management, professional, and related.... 107.7 108.5 1.1 -.4 1.3 .8 .9 .4 .7 .7 Sales and office......................... 106.9 107.5 1.0 .2 .9 1.0 1.0 .3 .4 .6 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance............................. 106.7 107.4 .8 -.6 .9 .7 .8 .8 -.1 .7 Production, transportation, and material moving.................................. 104.5 104.8 .6 -.9 1.1 .4 1.0 .8 .0 .3 Service occupations...................... 108.4 108.7 .9 .1 1.0 1.0 .8 .4 1.0 .3 Industry Goods-producing industries(2)............ 104.4 104.5 .6 -.8 1.2 .1 1.0 .8 .3 .1 Manufacturing.......................... 102.2 102.3 .4 -1.3 1.4 -.3 1.0 .6 -.1 .1 Aircraft manufacturing(3)............ 72.9 73.7 -4.0 -11.9 4.2 -8.0 -3.2 5.5 3.4 1.0 Service-providing industries(4).......... 108.0 108.7 1.0 .0 1.0 1.0 .8 .6 .6 .6 State and local government workers All workers................................ 112.5 113.3 1.5 1.7 1.6 .9 1.2 .3 1.1 .7 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.
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