Table 1. Employment Cost Index: 12-month percent changes in employer costs per hour worked and the standard error, all benefits in private industry, 1996-2002

Table 1. Employment Cost Index: 12-month percent changes in employer costs per hour worked and the standard error, all benefits in private industry, 1996-2002
Year	Percent changes and standard errors for 12 months ended--
	March		June		September		December
	Percent change	Standard error	Percent change	Standard error	Percent change	Standard error	Percent change	Standard error
1996	1.6	0.3448	1.7	0.3595	1.8	0.4503	2.0	0.6084
1997	2.0	0.3336	2.0	0.3135	2.0	0.3111	2.3	0.3258
1998	2.3	0.3288	2.6	0.3659	2.6	0.3475	2.4	0.2819
1999	2.2	0.4679	2.5	0.5033	2.8	0.4735	3.4	0.4872
2000	5.5	0.4354	5.7	0.3984	6.0	0.3544	5.6	0.3340
2001	5.0	0.3925	4.8	0.3948	4.9	0.3804	5.1	0.3907
2002	4.8	0.3334	5.1	0.3460	4.8	0.3239	4.7	0.3396