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Table 12.  Employment Cost Index for benefits, by ownership, occupational group, industry, and bargaining
status


                                              Indexes (Dec. 2005 =             Percent changes for-
                                                      100)

     Occupational group, industry, and
             bargaining status                                         3-months ended-     12-months ended-
                                              Mar.    Dec.    Mar.
                                              2007    2007    2008
                                                                     Mar.   Dec.   Mar.   Mar.   Dec.   Mar.
                                                                     2007   2007   2008   2007   2007   2008


             Civilian workers

All workers(1).............................  104.0   106.8   107.6     0.4    0.7    0.7    3.1    3.1    3.5

         Private industry workers

All workers................................  103.2   105.6   106.5      .1     .6     .9    2.2    2.4    3.2

            Occupational group

  Management, professional, and related....  103.8   106.0   107.3      .4     .4    1.2    2.5    2.5    3.4

  Sales and office.........................  103.4   106.0   106.5      .5     .8     .5    2.6    3.0    3.0

  Natural resources, construction, and
   maintenance.............................  103.4   105.9   106.5     -.6     .6     .6    2.3    1.8    3.0

  Production, transportation, and material
   moving..................................  101.2   103.7   104.4     -.8    1.0     .7    1.1    1.7    3.2

  Service occupations......................  104.2   106.7   107.6      .6     .7     .8    2.7    3.0    3.3

                 Industry


  Goods-producing industries(2)............  100.9   103.2   104.0     -.8     .8     .8    1.3    1.5    3.1
    Manufacturing..........................   99.6   101.7   102.3    -1.2    1.0     .6     .6     .9    2.7
      Aircraft manufacturing...............   72.6    68.6    71.1   -12.7     .1    3.6   -8.2  -17.5   -2.1

  Service-providing industries(3)..........  104.1   106.6   107.6      .4     .6     .9    2.6    2.8    3.4

             Bargaining status

  Union....................................  102.4   105.8   106.6    -1.7    1.4     .8    1.6    1.5    4.1
  Nonunion.................................  103.4   105.6   106.5      .5     .5     .9    2.4    2.6    3.0

    State and local government workers

All workers................................  107.0   111.0   111.4     1.7     .6     .4    6.3    5.5    4.1

  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, 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.

  NOTE: Dashes indicate data not available.