12-month percent change in compensation costs, private industry workers, 1999 - 2004 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Union workers 2.7 4.0 4.2 4.2 4.6 5.6 Nonunion workers 3.6 4.4 4.1 3.2 3.9 3.4 12-month percent changes are calculated for the 12 months ending in December each year.