3-month percent changes in Employment Cost Index, private industry 
workers, seasonally adjusted, December 2005-September 2007 



	                               Percent change 			
				
	 	Compensation costs 	Wages and salaries	Benefit costs	

Dec. 2005		0.6			0.7		     0.7	
Mar. 2006		0.7			0.7	             0.5	
June 2006		0.8			0.8	             0.7	
Sep. 2006		0.9			0.8	             1.0	
Dec. 2006		0.8			0.8	             0.9	
Mar. 2007		0.6			1.1	            -0.3	
June 2007		0.9			0.8	             1.1	
Sep. 2007		0.8			0.8	             0.8