Percent Changes in Employment Cost Index for Wages
and Salaries and for Benefit Costs, Private Industry,
First Quarter 1981–First Quarter 2005	

	
      12-month percent change
		
Wages and Salaries   Benefits   Year	Quarter

	9.4	       14.4	 81	I
	9.3	       12.7		II
	9.0	       12.2		III
	8.8	       12.1		IV
	8.1		7.0	 82	I
	7.1		7.4		II
	7.0		8.0		III
	6.3		7.2		IV
	5.4		9.1	 83	I
	5.4		8.6		II
	5.0		7.5		III
	4.9		7.4		IV
	5.0		7.5	 84	I
	4.7		7.2		II
	4.1		6.5		III
	4.2		6.5		IV
	4.1		5.3	 85	I
	4.3		4.1		II
	4.8		4.5		III
	4.1		3.5		IV
	4.0		3.2	 86	I
	3.7		3.5		II
	3.2		3.3		III
	3.2		3.4		IV
	3.1		2.8	 87	I
	3.0		3.4		II
	3.2		3.0		III
	3.3		3.4		IV
	3.3		5.9	 88	I	
	3.8		6.4		II
	3.7		6.8		III
	4.1		6.9		IV
	4.2		5.4	 89	I
	4.1		5.6		II
	4.3		6.0		III
	4.1		6.1		IV
	4.2		7.2	 90	I
	4.5		6.9		II
	4.2		6.8		III
	4.0		6.6		IV
	4.0		5.8	 91	I
	3.7		6.2		II
	3.7		6.4		III
	3.7		6.2		IV
	3.4		6.3	 92	I
	3.0		5.5		II
	2.7		5.2		III
	2.6		5.2		IV
	2.7		5.6	 93	I
	2.7		5.8		II
	3.1		5.4		III
	3.1		5.0		IV
	2.9		4.4	 94	I
	3.1		3.9		II
	2.9		4.0		III
	2.8		3.7		IV
	2.9		2.9	 95	I	
	2.9		2.6		II
	2.8		2.1		III
	2.8		2.2		IV
	3.2		1.6	 96	I
	3.4		1.7		II
	3.3		1.8		III
	3.4		2.0		IV
	3.4		2.0	 97	I
	3.3		2.0		II
	3.6		2.0		III
	3.9		2.3		IV
	4.0		2.3	 98	I
	4.0		2.6		II
	4.3		2.6		III
	3.9		2.4		IV
	3.3		2.2	 99	I
	3.6		2.5		II
	3.2		2.8		III
	3.5		3.4		IV
	4.2		5.5	 00	I
	4.1		5.7		II
	4.1		6.0		III	
	3.9		5.6		IV
	3.8		5.0	 01	I
	3.8		4.8		II
	3.6		4.9		III
	3.8		5.1		IV
	3.5		4.8	 02	I
	3.6		5.1		II
	3.2		4.8		III
	2.7		4.7		IV
	3.0		6.1	 03	I
	2.6		6.1		II
	3.0		6.5		III
	3.0		6.4		IV
	2.6		7.0	 04	I
	2.6		7.3		II
	2.6		6.8		III
	2.4		6.9		IV
	2.4		5.8	 05	I