TEXT Table 1A. SEASONALLY ADJUSTED COMPENSATION: Employment Cost Index for total compensation, by industry and occupational Table 1B. SEASONALLY ADJUSTED WAGES AND SALARIES: Employment Cost Index for wages and salaries, by industry and Table 1C. SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BENEFIT COSTS: Employment Cost Index for benefit costs, by industry and occupational Table 2. COMPENSATION (NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED): Employment Cost Index for total compensation, civilian and state Table 3. COMPENSATION (NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED): Employment Cost Index for total compensation, private industry Table 3. COMPENSATION (NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED): Employment Cost Index for total compensation, private industry Table 4. COMPENSATION (NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED): Employment Cost Index for total compensation, private industry Table 5. WAGES AND SALARIES (NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED): Employment Cost Index for wages and salaries only, civilian Table 6. WAGES AND SALARIES (NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED): Employment Cost Index for wages and salaries only, private Table 6. WAGES AND SALARIES (NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED): Employment Cost Index for wages and salaries only, private Table 7. WAGES AND SALARIES (NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED): Employment Cost Index for wages and salaries only, private Table 8. BENEFITS (NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED): Employment Cost Index for benefits only, civilian, state and local, Table 9. AEROSPACE (NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED): Employment Cost Index for workers in aerospace manufacturing, by Technical, historical contact: USDL: 95-138 Wayne Shelly 202/606-6199 TRANSMISSION OF MATERIAL IN Media contact: THIS RELEASE IS EMBARGOED UNTIL Kathryn Hoyle 202/606-5902 8:30 A.M. (EDT), TUESDAY, APRIL 25, 1995 EMPLOYMENT COST INDEX --MARCH 1995 The Employment Cost Index (ECI) increased 0.8 percent before seasonal adjustment in the 3 months ended in March 1995, the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The March 1995 ECI level of 124.8 (June 1989=100) was 2.9 percent higher than in March 1994. The ECI measures changes in compensation costs, including wages, salaries, and employer costs for employee benefits. Quarterly changes, seasonally adjusted On a seasonally adjusted basis, ECI compensation costs rose 0.6 percent in the December 1994-March 1995 period, compared with 0.7 percent in the September-December 1994 period. (See table A below.) ECI wages and salaries rose 0.8 percent in the December 1994-March 1995 period, up from the 0.6 percent increase for the September- December 1994 period, but in line with gains of the past two years. Benefit costs rose 0.2 percent, down from 0.7 percent in September- December 1994 and the lowest quarterly increase since March 1987. Table A. Percent changes in Employment Cost Index for civilian workers Seasonally adjusted Unadjusted Compensation 3-months ended 12-months component June Sep. Dec. Mar. June Sep. Dec. Mar. ended 1993 1993 1993 1994 1994 1994 1994 1995 Mar. 1995 Compensation costs..... 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.6 2.9 Wages and salaries... 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.6 0.8 3.0 Benefit costs....... 1.2 0.9 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.7 0.2 2.8 **************************************************************** * Beginning with this release, Employment Cost Index measures * * are based on 1990 fixed employment counts, rather than 1980 * * counts. The new employment counts were obtained primarily * * from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment * * Statistics survey. A report describing the reweighting, * * "Introducing 1990 weights for the Employment Cost Index," is * * available upon request. * **************************************************************** Over-the-year changes, unadjusted Compensation costs for civilian workers (not seasonally adjusted) increased 2.9 percent for the year ended in March 1995, the lowest increase since the series began in 1981. Compensation costs for private industry workers also rose 2.9 percent, the lowest 12-month increase since that series began in 1979. For private industry workers, both wages and salaries and benefit costs rose 2.9 percent over the year ended in March 1995. Wage and salary gains were about the same as for the year ended in December 1994, but benefit cost increases were substantially lower (2.9 per cent, down from 3.7 percent). This moderation in benefit cost gains reflected a continuing slowdown in the rate of increase in health, workers' compensation, and state unemployment insurance costs, as well as in employers' payments to retirement funds. For the year ended in March 1995, compensation cost increases in private industry were the same for goods-producing industries as for service-producing industries (both 2.9 percent). Among goods- producing industries, the gains ranged from 2.1 percent in construc tion to 3.3 percent in durable goods manufacturing. In the service- producing industries, the gains ranged from 1.0 percent in food stores to 4.5 percent in wholesale trade. (See table 3.) Compensation cost increases in private industry were higher for white-collar occupations (3.1 percent) than for blue-collar (2.7 percent) or service occupations (2.3 percent). White-collar gains ranged from 2.5 percent for professional specialty and technical occupations to 3.8 percent for executive, administrative, and managerial occupations. Blue-collar gains ranged from 2.4 percent for machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors to 3.2 percent for handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers. Compensation cost gains over the year ended in March 1995 were higher for nonunion workers (3.0 percent) than for union workers (2.6 per cent). Goods- and service-producing industries showed very different patterns, however. For goods-producing industries, compensation costs rose 3.0 percent for nonunion workers and 2.2 percent for union workers. Corresponding figures for service-producing industries were 2.9 percent and 3.1 percent. BLS Data Now Available on the INTERNET LABSTAT, the Bureau of Labor Statistics public database, pro- vides current and historical data for many surveys as well as numerous news releases. LABSTAT on the Internet is composed of individual databases (in flat file format) corresponding to each of the surveys. Internet users should use Anonymous FTP to access BLS data: stats.bls.gov. Non-Internet users should use the limited dial-in service through a Bulletin Board Service to access BLS data; phone number (202)606-7060. The Employment Cost Index and Employer Costs for Employee Compensation are identified by the two-character survey name EC. For each news release published by the BLS, the two most current issues are stored in the pub/news.release directory. If you have questions or comments regarding the LABSTAT system on the Internet, address e-mail to labstat.helpdesk@bls.gov. ______________________________________________________ ECI data for June 1995 will be released on Tuesday, July 25, 1995, at 8:30 A.M. (EDT). EXPLANATORY NOTE The Employment Cost Index (ECI) is a measure of the change in the cost of labor, free from the influence of employment shifts among occupa tions and industries. The compensation series includes changes in wages and salaries and employer costs for employee benefits. The wage and salary series and the benefit cost series provide the change for the two components of compensation. Wages and salaries are defined as the hourly straight-time wage rate or, for workers not paid on an hourly basis, straight-time earnings divided by the corresponding hours. Straight-time wage and salary rates are total earnings before payroll deductions, excluding premium pay for overtime and for work on weekends and holidays, shift dif ferentials, and nonproduction bonuses such as lump-sum payments provided in lieu of wage increases. Production bonuses, incentive earnings, commission payments, and cost-of-living adjustments are included in straight-time wage and salary rates. Benefits covered by the ECI are: Paid leave (vacations, holidays, sick leave, and other leave); supplemental pay (premium pay for overtime, shift differentials, and nonproduction bonuses such as lump-sum payments provided in lieu of wage increases); insurance benefits (life, health, and sickness and accident); retirement and savings benefits (pension and other retirement plans and savings and thrift plans); legally required benefits (social security, railroad retirement and supplemental retirement, railroad unemployment in surance, Federal and State unemployment insurance, workers' compensa tion, and other legally required benefits such as State temporary disability); and other benefits (severance pay and supplemental unemployment plans). The ECI provides data for the civilian economy, which includes the total private economy and the public sector--excluding farms, households, and the Federal government. The private industry series and the State and local government series provide data for the two sectors separately. Each quarter, straight-time average hourly wage and salary rates and benefit cost data (cents-per-hour-worked) are collected from a prob ability sample of nearly 22,000 occupations within over 4,200 sample establishments in private industry and nearly 6,000 occupations within about 900 sample establishments in State and local governments. Data are collected for the pay period including the 12th day of the survey months of March, June, September, and December. The sample establishments are classified in industry categories based on the 1987 Standard Industrial Classification (SIC), as defined by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget. Within an establishment, specific job categories are selected to represent broader occupational definitions. From June 1986 through December 1994, the jobs were classified according to definitions used in the 1980 Census. Prior to June 1986, they were classified accord ing to the 1970 Census. Differences between the two classification systems are slight, as indicated in the article "Introducing new weights for the Employment Cost Index," in the June 1985 issue of the Monthly Labor Review. Beginning with March 1995, the jobs are class ified according to the 1990 Census, which differs little from the 1980 Census. Fixed employment weights are used each quarter to calculate the most aggregate indexes--civilian, private, and State and local governments. These fixed weights are also used to derive all of the industry and occupation series indexes. Beginning in March 1995, 1990 employment counts primarily from the Bureau's Occupational Employment Survey were used. A description of the reweighting is included in an article "Introducing 1990 Weights for the Employment Cost Index," that will be published in the June 1995 issue of Compensation and Working Condi tions and that is available upon request. From June 1986 through December 1994, employment counts from the 1980 Census were used as weights. Prior to June 1986, employment counts from the 1970 Census were used. For the series based on bargaining status, region, or area size, employment data are not available from the Census. The employment weights are reallocated within these series each quarter based on the current ECI sample. The indexes for these series, consequently, are not strictly comparable to those for the aggregate, industry, and occupation series. A fuller explanation of the calculation of index numbers appears in an article, "Estimation procedures for the Employ ment Cost Index," in the May 1982 issue of the Monthly Labor Review. Beginning with the March 1990 ECI release, indexes were rebased to June 1989=100. A description of the rebasing is included in the article "Employment Cost Index Rebased to June 1989," in the April 1990 issue of the Monthly Labor Review. Beginning with the December 1990 ECI release, seasonally adjusted data are available for selected ECI series. Seasonal adjustment removes the effects of events that follow a more or less regular pattern each year. These adjustments make nonseasonal patterns easier to spot. ECI series are seasonally adjusted using either direct or composite seasonally adjusted estimates. Industry and occupational series, such as construction and service occupations, are adjusted directly. More aggregate series, such as civilian or private industry workers, use composite estimates. The composite estimates could be obtained by aggregating either the industry or the occupational components, and the results may differ depending on which method is used. The ag gregate seasonally adjusted ECI series are estimated by aggregating the component seasonally adjusted industry series, so they are not necessarily a weighted average of the component occupation series. The costs per hour worked of compensation components, based on March 1994 data from the ECI, are published in a separate news release titled "Employer Costs for Employee Compensation - March 1994." A description of the cost levels is provided in the article "Analyzing employers' costs for wages, salaries, and benefits" in the October 1987 issue of the Monthly Labor Review. The cost levels, which are published annually in mid-June, are calculated with current employment weights, rather than the fixed 1990 Census weights used in computing the ECI. Therefore, year-to-year changes in the cost levels will usually differ from those in the ECI. More detailed information on the ECI is available in several sources. These include an annual bulletin, Employment Cost Indexes and Levels, 1975-94, (Bulletin 2447); a chapter in the BLS Handbook of Methods (Bulletin 2414), "The Employment Cost Index;" and several articles published in the Monthly Labor Review. The annual bulletin is avail able from the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402, or Bureau of Labor Statistics, Publi cations Sales Center, P.O. Box 2145, Chicago, Illinois 60690. Reprints of the articles plus other descriptive pieces and a complete historical listing are available upon request. ECI historical data are also available on data diskettes. Information in this release will be made available to sensory impaired individuals upon request. Voice phone: 202-606-7828, Telecommunica tions Device for the Deaf (TDD) phone: 202-606-5897, TDD Message Referral Phone Number: 1-800-326-2577. Table 1A. SEASONALLY ADJUSTED COMPENSATION: Employment Cost Index for total compensation, by industry and occupational group ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Indexes (June | Series | 1989=100) | Percent changes for 3-months ended ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Dec. | Mar. | June | Sep. | Dec. | Mar. | June | Sep. | Dec. | Mar. | 1994 | 1995 | 1993 | 1993 | 1993 | 1994 | 1994 | 1994 | 1994 | 1995 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | | | | | | | Civilian workers............................| 123.8 | 124.6 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | State and local government................| 125.4 | 126.3 | .8 | .5 | .7 | .9 | .8 | .6 | .6 | .7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Private industry workers..................| 123.6 | 124.3 | .9 | .8 | .8 | .8 | .8 | .8 | .7 | .6 White-collar occupations ...............| 124.3 | 125.2 | .8 | .9 | .9 | .8 | .9 | .7 | .7 | .7 Blue-collar occupations ................| 122.9 | 123.4 | .9 | .9 | .8 | .5 | .7 | .9 | .6 | .4 Service occupations.....................| 123.0 | 123.3 | .9 | .7 | .6 | .8 | .5 | .7 | .9 | .2 | | | | | | | | | | Goods-producing industries 1/...........| 124.5 | 125.1 | .9 | .8 | .8 | .7 | 1.0 | .8 | .6 | .5 Construction .........................| 121.1 | 121.2 | .7 | .7 | .2 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 1.0 | -.1 | .1 Manufacturing.........................| 125.4 | 126.0 | 1.0 | .8 | .8 | .6 | .9 | .9 | .7 | .5 Durables............................| 126.0 | 126.8 | 1.0 | .8 | .9 | .5 | .9 | 1.1 | .7 | .6 Nondurables.........................| 124.1 | 124.5 | .9 | .8 | .7 | .7 | .9 | .6 | .6 | .3 | | | | | | | | | | Service-producing industries 2/.........| 122.9 | 123.8 | .8 | .9 | .9 | .7 | .7 | .8 | .7 | .7 Transportation and public utilities...| 122.4 | 123.8 | 1.0 | .7 | .9 | 1.1 | .5 | 1.3 | .9 | 1.1 Wholesale trade.......................| 121.4 | 123.4 | .5 | .5 | .9 | .3 | 1.1 | 1.2 | .5 | 1.6 Retail trade..........................| 120.3 | 121.2 | .4 | .6 | .9 | .7 | .9 | 1.1 | .1 | .7 Finance, insurance, and real estate 3/| 118.9 | 120.2 | .4 | 2.3 | .6 | 1.1 | .0 | .7 | .3 | 1.1 Services..............................| 126.7 | 127.3 | .9 | .9 | .8 | .8 | .7 | .6 | .7 | .5 | | | | | | | | | | Nonmanufacturing industries ............| 122.8 | 123.6 | .9 | .9 | .8 | .8 | .8 | .8 | .5 | .7 | | | | | | | | | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NOTE: See footnotes at end of table 3. Table 1B. SEASONALLY ADJUSTED WAGES AND SALARIES: Employment Cost Index for wages and salaries, by industry and occupational group ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Indexes (June | Series | 1989=100) | Percent changes for 3-months ended ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Dec. | Mar. | June | Sep. | Dec. | Mar. | June | Sep. | Dec. | Mar. | 1994 | 1995 | 1993 | 1993 | 1993 | 1994 | 1994 | 1994 | 1994 | 1995 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | | | | | | | Civilian workers............................| 120.3 | 121.3 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.8 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | State and local government................| 123.2 | 124.4 | .7 | .5 | .7 | .8 | .7 | .7 | .8 | 1.0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Private industry workers..................| 119.8 | 120.6 | .6 | .9 | .7 | .8 | .9 | .7 | .6 | .7 White-collar occupations ...............| 120.9 | 121.7 | .7 | 1.0 | .9 | .6 | .8 | .7 | .7 | .7 Blue-collar occupations 3/..............| 118.0 | 119.0 | .6 | .8 | .6 | .7 | .8 | .9 | .4 | .8 Service occupations.....................| 118.8 | 119.4 | .6 | .5 | .4 | .9 | .5 | .6 | 1.0 | .5 | | | | | | | | | | Goods-producing industries 1/3/.........| 119.6 | 120.4 | .6 | .7 | .7 | .7 | .9 | .8 | .6 | .7 - - Construction .........................| 114.9 | 115.0 | .5 | .6 | .3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | .7 | .5 | .1 Manufacturing 3/......................| 120.8 | 121.9 | .7 | .7 | .9 | .6 | .8 | .8 | .7 | .9 Durables 3/.........................| 120.8 | 121.9 | .6 | .7 | 1.1 | .5 | .8 | .9 | .8 | .9 Nondurables ........................| 121.0 | 121.9 | .7 | .6 | .7 | .4 | .9 | .9 | .5 | .7 | | | | | | | | | | Service-producing industries 2/.........| 119.7 | 120.8 | .7 | 1.0 | .8 | .6 | .7 | .8 | .5 | .9 Transportation and public utilities...| 119.7 | 121.2 | .9 | .6 | .8 | .8 | .7 | 1.4 | .8 | 1.3 Wholesale trade.......................| 119.8 | 121.3 | .5 | .3 | 1.0 | .1 | 1.2 | .9 | .7 | 1.3 Retail trade..........................| 118.0 | 119.1 | .5 | .6 | .9 | .3 | 1.0 | .9 | .3 | .9 Finance, insurance, and real estate 3/| 114.2 | 115.0 | .0 | 2.7 | .5 | .7 | -.4 | .5 | .4 | .7 Services..............................| 123.0 | 123.8 | .8 | .8 | .7 | .9 | .7 | .5 | .7 | .7 | | | | | | | | | | Nonmanufacturing industries ............| 119.2 | 120.0 | .7 | 1.0 | .7 | .6 | .8 | .8 | .5 | .7 | | | | | | | | | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NOTE: See footnotes at end of table 3. Table 1C. SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BENEFIT COSTS: Employment Cost Index for benefit costs, by industry and occupational group ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Indexes (June | Series | 1989=100) | Percent changes for 3-months ended ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Dec. | Mar. | June | Sep. | Dec. | Mar. | June | Sep. | Dec. | Mar. | 1994 | 1995 | 1993 | 1993 | 1993 | 1994 | 1994 | 1994 | 1994 | 1995 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | | | | | | | Civilian workers ...........................| 133.1 | 133.4 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | State and local government ...............| 130.3 | 131.1 | 1.0 | .3 | .9 | .8 | 1.2 | .4 | .4 | .6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Private industry workers..................| 133.8 | 134.0 | 1.4 | .9 | 1.1 | .9 | 1.0 | 1.0 | .8 | .1 White-collar occupations................| 134.0 | 134.7 | 1.1 | .9 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 1.1 | .9 | .5 Blue-collar occupations ................| 133.2 | 133.0 | 1.5 | .9 | 1.1 | .5 | .8 | .9 | .5 | -.2 Service occupations.....................| 135.0 | 134.7 | 1.5 | .9 | 1.0 | .6 | .4 | .8 | .6 | -.2 | | | | | | | | | | Goods-producing industries 1/...........| 135.8 | 135.4 | 1.5 | .9 | 1.0 | .8 | 1.0 | .9 | .8 | -.3 Manufacturing.........................| 135.3 | 134.7 | 1.7 | 1.1 | 1.0 | .2 | 1.1 | .9 | 1.0 | -.4 | | | | | | | | | | Service-producing industries 2/.........| 132.0 | 132.8 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.0 | .9 | 1.2 | .6 | .6 | | | | | | | | | | Nonmanufacturing industries.............| 132.9 | 133.5 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.3 | .9 | 1.1 | .5 | .5 | | | | | | | | | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Includes mining, construction, and manufacturing. 2/ Includes transportation, public utilities, trade, finance, insurance, and real estate, and services. 3/ No identifiable seasonality was found for this series. Table 2. COMPENSATION (NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED): Employment Cost Index for total compensation, civilian and state and local government workers, by industry and occupational group -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Percent Changes for | Indexes |----------------------------------------------- Series | (June 1989=100) | 3 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended ----------------------- ----------------------- ----------------------- | Mar. | Dec. | Mar. | Mar. | Dec. | Mar. | Mar. | Dec. | Mar. | 1994 | 1994 | 1995 | 1994 | 1994 | 1995 | 1994 | 1994 | 1995 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | | | | | | Civilian workers .................................| 121.3 | 123.8 | 124.8 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 3.2 | 3.0 | 2.9 Excluding sales...........................| 121.6 | 124.2 | 125.2 | .9 | .4 | .8 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.0 | | | | | | | | | Workers, by occupational group | | | | | | | | | White-collar occupations....................| 121.8 | 124.4 | 125.5 | 1.0 | .4 | .9 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 3.0 Excluding sales.........................| 122.4 | 125.1 | 126.3 | 1.0 | .5 | 1.0 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.2 Professional specialty and technical......| 123.7 | 126.2 | 127.0 | 1.0 | .4 | .6 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 2.7 Executive, administrative, and managerial.| 120.6 | 123.6 | 125.2 | 1.0 | .6 | 1.3 | 3.2 | 3.5 | 3.8 Administrative support, including clerical| 122.6 | 125.2 | 126.5 | 1.1 | .5 | 1.0 | 3.6 | 3.2 | 3.2 Blue-collar occupations.....................| 120.4 | 122.7 | 123.6 | .8 | .2 | .7 | 3.2 | 2.8 | 2.7 Service occupations.........................| 121.6 | 124.3 | 125.0 | .9 | .6 | .6 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 2.8 | | | | | | | | | Workers, by industry division | | | | | | | | | Goods-producing 1/..........................| 121.9 | 124.4 | 125.3 | 1.1 | .4 | .7 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 2.8 Manufacturing.............................| 122.5 | 125.1 | 126.2 | 1.0 | .6 | .9 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 3.0 Service-producing 2/........................| 121.0 | 123.6 | 124.6 | .8 | .4 | .8 | 3.2 | 3.0 | 3.0 Services..................................| 123.8 | 126.4 | 127.2 | .7 | .5 | .6 | 3.1 | 2.8 | 2.7 Health services.........................| 126.1 | 128.5 | 129.4 | .6 | .5 | .7 | 3.1 | 2.5 | 2.6 Hospitals.............................| 125.9 | 128.4 | 128.8 | .7 | .7 | .3 | 3.2 | 2.7 | 2.3 Educational services....................| 123.2 | 126.4 | 126.9 | .2 | .3 | .4 | 2.6 | 2.8 | 3.0 Public administration ....................| 121.5 | 124.2 | 125.4 | 1.3 | .4 | 1.0 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 3.2 | | | | | | | | | Nonmanufacturing............................| 120.9 | 123.4 | 124.4 | .9 | .3 | .8 | 3.2 | 3.0 | 2.9 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | State and local government workers..............| 122.6 | 125.6 | 126.4 | .6 | .5 | .6 | 2.8 | 3.0 | 3.1 | | | | | | | | | Workers, by occupational group | | | | | | | | | White-collar occupations....................| 122.6 | 125.5 | 126.2 | .6 | .5 | .6 | 2.6 | 3.0 | 2.9 Professional specialty and technical......| 122.5 | 125.5 | 126.0 | .4 | .4 | .4 | 2.4 | 2.9 | 2.9 Executive, administrative, and managerial.| 122.8 | 125.3 | 126.9 | 1.0 | .5 | 1.3 | 3.2 | 3.0 | 3.3 Administrative support, including clerical| 122.7 | 125.6 | 126.3 | .9 | .6 | .6 | 2.9 | 3.3 | 2.9 Blue-collar occupations.....................| 122.3 | 124.7 | 125.4 | .7 | .4 | .6 | 3.4 | 2.7 | 2.5 Service occupations.........................| 123.1 | 126.6 | 127.6 | .8 | .5 | .8 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 3.7 | | | | | | | | | Workers, by industry division | | | | | | | | | Services....................................| 123.1 | 126.1 | 126.7 | .4 | .4 | .5 | 2.6 | 2.9 | 2.9 Excluding schools 3/....................| 122.8 | 125.6 | 126.4 | .7 | .6 | .6 | 2.7 | 3.0 | 2.9 Health services...........................| 124.2 | 127.7 | 128.4 | .9 | .4 | .5 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 3.4 Hospitals...............................| 123.7 | 127.7 | 128.4 | .3 | .6 | .5 | 3.1 | 3.6 | 3.8 Educational services......................| 122.9 | 126.0 | 126.5 | .2 | .4 | .4 | 2.4 | 2.7 | 2.9 Schools.................................| 123.2 | 126.3 | 126.8 | .2 | .3 | .4 | 2.5 | 2.8 | 2.9 Elementary and secondary..............| 123.7 | 126.5 | 127.1 | .1 | .2 | .5 | 2.5 | 2.3 | 2.7 Colleges and universities.............| 121.5 | 125.5 | 126.0 | .7 | .8 | .4 | 2.6 | 4.0 | 3.7 Public administration ......................| 121.5 | 124.2 | 125.4 | 1.3 | .4 | 1.0 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 3.2 | | | | | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NOTE: See footnotes at end of table 10. Table 3. COMPENSATION (NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED): Employment Cost Index for total compensation, private industry workers, by industry and occupational group -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Percent Changes for | Indexes |----------------------------------------------- Series | (June 1989=100) | 3 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended ----------------------- ----------------------- ----------------------- | Mar. | Dec. | Mar. | Mar. | Dec. | Mar. | Mar. | Dec. | Mar. | 1994 | 1994 | 1995 | 1994 | 1994 | 1995 | 1994 | 1994 | 1995 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | | | | | | Private industry workers .........................| 121.0 | 123.5 | 124.5 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 2.9 Excluding sales...........................| 121.4 | 123.9 | 125.0 | 1.0 | .4 | .9 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 3.0 | | | | | | | | | White-collar occupations......................| 121.5 | 124.1 | 125.3 | 1.1 | .5 | 1.0 | 3.5 | 3.2 | 3.1 Excluding sales...........................| 122.4 | 125.1 | 126.3 | 1.2 | .6 | 1.0 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 3.2 Professional specialty and technical........| 124.6 | 126.8 | 127.7 | 1.4 | .4 | .7 | 3.5 | 3.2 | 2.5 Executive, administrative, and managerial...| 120.3 | 123.3 | 124.9 | 1.2 | .6 | 1.3 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 3.8 Sales.......................................| 117.2 | 119.6 | 120.2 | .6 | .3 | .5 | 3.8 | 2.7 | 2.6 Administrative support, including clerical..| 122.5 | 125.1 | 126.5 | 1.1 | .5 | 1.1 | 3.7 | 3.2 | 3.3 | | | | | | | | | Blue-collar occupations.......................| 120.3 | 122.6 | 123.5 | .8 | .2 | .7 | 3.2 | 2.8 | 2.7 Precision production, craft, and repair.....| 120.2 | 122.5 | 123.4 | 1.1 | .0 | .7 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 2.7 Machine operators, assemblers, | | | | | | | | | and inspectors..........................| 121.3 | 123.4 | 124.2 | .4 | .4 | .6 | 3.0 | 2.2 | 2.4 Transportation and material moving..........| 118.5 | 120.6 | 121.8 | 1.3 | .2 | 1.0 | 4.0 | 3.1 | 2.8 Handlers, equipment cleaners, | | | | | | | | | helpers, and laborers....................| 120.2 | 122.9 | 124.1 | .9 | .2 | 1.0 | 2.9 | 3.2 | 3.2 | | | | | | | | | Service occupations...........................| 120.6 | 122.9 | 123.4 | .9 | .9 | .4 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 2.3 | | | | | | | | | Production and nonsupervisory | | | | | | | | | occupations 4/.............................| 120.7 | 123.1 | 124.1 | .8 | .4 | .8 | 3.3 | 2.8 | 2.8 | | | | | | | | | Goods-producing industries 1/...................| 121.8 | 124.3 | 125.3 | 1.0 | .3 | .8 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 2.9 Excluding sales occupations...............| 121.4 | 124.0 | 124.9 | 1.1 | .4 | .7 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 2.9 White-collar occupations....................| 123.0 | 125.9 | 127.2 | 1.6 | .6 | 1.0 | 3.7 | 4.0 | 3.4 Excluding sales...........................| 121.9 | 125.0 | 126.2 | 1.7 | .7 | 1.0 | 3.2 | 4.3 | 3.5 Blue-collar occupations.....................| 121.1 | 123.4 | 124.1 | .7 | .2 | .6 | 3.0 | 2.7 | 2.5 Service occupations.........................| 123.5 | 126.3 | 127.3 | .9 | -.2 | .8 | 2.9 | 3.2 | 3.1 | | | | | | | | | Construction..................................| 118.6 | 120.8 | 121.1 | 1.8 | -.5 | .2 | 3.2 | 3.7 | 2.1 | | | | | | | | | Manufacturing.................................| 122.5 | 125.1 | 126.2 | 1.0 | .6 | .9 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 3.0 White-collar occupations..................| 122.7 | 126.0 | 127.4 | 1.2 | .9 | 1.1 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 3.8 Excluding sales.........................| 121.3 | 124.9 | 126.1 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 2.8 | 4.2 | 4.0 Blue-collar occupations...................| 122.3 | 124.5 | 125.3 | .8 | .4 | .6 | 3.2 | 2.6 | 2.5 Service occupations.......................| 123.8 | 127.0 | 128.0 | .9 | .0 | .8 | 2.9 | 3.5 | 3.4 Durables....................................| 122.9 | 125.8 | 127.0 | .8 | .6 | 1.0 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 3.3 Nondurables.................................| 121.7 | 123.8 | 124.7 | 1.2 | .5 | .7 | 3.2 | 2.9 | 2.5 | | | | | | | | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Table 3. COMPENSATION (NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED): Employment Cost Index for total compensation, private industry workers, by industry and occupational group-Continued -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Percent Changes for | Indexes |----------------------------------------------- Series | (June 1989=100) | 3 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended ----------------------- ----------------------- ----------------------- | Mar. | Dec. | Mar. | Mar. | Dec. | Mar. | Mar. | Dec. | Mar. | 1994 | 1994 | 1995 | 1994 | 1994 | 1995 | 1994 | 1994 | 1995 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | | | | | | Service-producing industries 2/.................| 120.4 | 122.8 | 123.9 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 3.4 | 2.9 | 2.9 Excluding sales occupations...............| 121.4 | 123.8 | 125.0 | 1.0 | .4 | 1.0 | 3.5 | 3.0 | 3.0 White-collar occupations....................| 121.0 | 123.4 | 124.6 | 1.0 | .4 | 1.0 | 3.5 | 3.0 | 3.0 Excluding sales...........................| 122.7 | 125.1 | 126.4 | 1.1 | .4 | 1.0 | 3.6 | 3.0 | 3.0 Blue-collar occupations.....................| 118.4 | 120.7 | 122.1 | 1.0 | .1 | 1.2 | 3.6 | 3.0 | 3.1 Service occupations.........................| 120.2 | 122.5 | 123.0 | .9 | 1.0 | .4 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 2.3 | | | | | | | | | Transportation and public utilities...........| 119.2 | 122.1 | 124.0 | 1.4 | .6 | 1.6 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 4.0 Transportation............................| 117.1 | 120.3 | 122.3 | 1.2 | .5 | 1.7 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 4.4 Public utilities..........................| 121.7 | 124.4 | 126.1 | 1.5 | .6 | 1.4 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 3.6 Communications..........................| 121.0 | 124.0 | 126.3 | 1.5 | .9 | 1.9 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 4.4 Electric, gas, and sanitary services....| 122.7 | 124.8 | 125.9 | 1.6 | .3 | .9 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 2.6 | | | | | | | | | Wholesale and retail trade....................| 117.6 | 120.6 | 121.7 | .4 | .1 | .9 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 3.5 Excluding sales occupations..............| 118.6 | 120.9 | 122.4 | .5 | .0 | 1.2 | 2.8 | 2.5 | 3.2 Wholesale trade.............................| 117.9 | 121.5 | 123.2 | .1 | .7 | 1.4 | 2.3 | 3.1 | 4.5 Excluding sales occupations..............| 119.3 | 122.0 | 124.4 | .5 | .6 | 2.0 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 4.3 Retail trade................................| 117.5 | 120.1 | 120.9 | .6 | -.2 | .7 | 2.6 | 2.8 | 2.9 General merchandise stores................| 115.3 | 119.3 | 120.1 | -.9 | .5 | .7 | 1.1 | 2.6 | 4.2 Food stores...............................| 119.6 | 120.0 | 120.8 | 1.1 | -.2 | .7 | 3.2 | 1.4 | 1.0 | | | | | | | | | Finance, insurance, and real estate...........| 117.7 | 118.9 | 120.2 | 1.1 | .3 | 1.1 | 4.5 | 2.1 | 2.1 Excluding sales occupations...............| 119.7 | 121.8 | 123.7 | 1.3 | .2 | 1.6 | 4.2 | 3.0 | 3.3 Banking, savings and loan, and other | | | | | | | | | credit agencies..........................| 118.7 | 120.5 | 123.5 | .8 | -.2 | 2.5 | 3.6 | 2.3 | 4.0 Insurance...................................| 119.9 | 122.3 | 123.5 | .2 | .7 | 1.0 | 4.9 | 2.2 | 3.0 Excluding sales occupations...............| 124.4 | 126.5 | 127.6 | 1.4 | .4 | .9 | 4.9 | 3.1 | 2.6 | | | | | | | | | Services......................................| 124.4 | 126.6 | 127.5 | 1.1 | .6 | .7 | 3.6 | 2.8 | 2.5 Business services...........................| 121.3 | 123.0 | 124.5 | 2.3 | .5 | 1.2 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 2.6 Health services.............................| 126.7 | 128.7 | 129.7 | .6 | .6 | .8 | 3.0 | 2.1 | 2.4 Hospitals.................................| 126.7 | 128.6 | 128.9 | .9 | .7 | .2 | 3.3 | 2.4 | 1.7 Nursing homes.............................| - | - | - | 1.2 | .5 | 1.1 | 3.9 | 3.3 | 3.1 Educational services........................| 124.5 | 128.4 | 128.8 | .3 | .2 | .3 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 3.5 Colleges and universities.................| 125.7 | 128.8 | 129.3 | .3 | .2 | .4 | 3.5 | 2.8 | 2.9 | | | | | | | | | Nonmanufacturing industries.......................| 120.3 | 122.6 | 123.7 | 1.1 | .2 | .9 | 3.4 | 3.0 | 2.8 White-collar occupations......................| 121.1 | 123.5 | 124.7 | 1.0 | .3 | 1.0 | 3.5 | 3.0 | 3.0 Excluding sales............................| 122.8 | 125.1 | 126.4 | 1.2 | .3 | 1.0 | 3.6 | 3.0 | 2.9 Blue-collar occupations.......................| 118.2 | 120.5 | 121.5 | .9 | .0 | .8 | 3.1 | 2.9 | 2.8 Service occupations...........................| 120.2 | 122.4 | 123.0 | .9 | .9 | .5 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 2.3 | | | | | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Data not available. NOTE: See footnotes at end of table 10. Table 4. COMPENSATION (NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED): Employment Cost Index for total compensation, private industry workers, by bargaining status, region, and area size -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Percent Changes for | Indexes |----------------------------------------------- Series | (June 1989=100) | 3 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended ----------------------- ----------------------- ----------------------- | Mar. | Dec. | Mar. | Mar. | Dec. | Mar. | Mar. | Dec. | Mar. | 1994 | 1994 | 1995 | 1994 | 1994 | 1995 | 1994 | 1994 | 1995 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | | | | | | Workers, by bargaining status | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Union...........................................| 121.9 | 124.2 | 125.1 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 3.5 | 2.7 | 2.6 Blue-collar occupations.....................| 121.2 | 123.4 | 124.0 | .5 | .2 | .5 | 3.2 | 2.3 | 2.3 | | | | | | | | | Goods-producing industries 1/.................| 122.5 | 124.7 | 125.2 | .5 | .2 | .4 | 3.2 | 2.3 | 2.2 Service-producing industries 2/...............| 121.0 | 123.6 | 124.8 | 1.2 | .6 | 1.0 | 3.7 | 3.3 | 3.1 | | | | | | | | | Manufacturing.................................| 123.6 | 125.8 | 126.3 | .5 | .4 | .4 | 3.2 | 2.3 | 2.2 Blue-collar occupations...................| 123.5 | 125.6 | 126.1 | .5 | .4 | .4 | 3.3 | 2.2 | 2.1 Nonmanufacturing..............................| 120.5 | 123.0 | 124.0 | 1.0 | .3 | .8 | 3.6 | 3.1 | 2.9 | | | | | | | | | Nonunion........................................| 120.7 | 123.2 | 124.3 | 1.0 | .4 | .9 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 3.0 Blue-collar occupations.....................| 119.6 | 121.9 | 123.0 | 1.2 | .2 | .9 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 2.8 | | | | | | | | | Goods-producing industries 1/.................| 121.5 | 124.1 | 125.2 | 1.3 | .4 | .9 | 3.2 | 3.5 | 3.0 Service-producing industries 2/...............| 120.3 | 122.7 | 123.8 | .9 | .4 | .9 | 3.4 | 2.9 | 2.9 | | | | | | | | | Manufacturing ................................| 122.0 | 124.8 | 126.1 | 1.2 | .6 | 1.0 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 3.4 Blue-collar occupations...................| 121.2 | 123.5 | 124.5 | 1.1 | .4 | .8 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 2.7 Nonmanufacturing .............................| 120.2 | 122.5 | 123.6 | 1.0 | .2 | .9 | 3.4 | 2.9 | 2.8 | | | | | | | | | Workers, by region 5/ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Northeast.......................................| 121.6 | 124.3 | 125.6 | .7 | .2 | 1.0 | 3.2 | 3.0 | 3.3 South...........................................| 120.0 | 122.5 | 123.7 | 1.0 | .6 | 1.0 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 3.1 Midwest ........................................| 122.8 | 125.0 | 125.8 | 1.3 | .3 | .6 | 4.2 | 3.1 | 2.4 West............................................| 119.4 | 121.7 | 122.6 | 1.1 | .3 | .7 | 2.8 | 3.0 | 2.7 | | | | | | | | | Workers, by area size | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Metropolitan areas..............................| 120.9 | 123.4 | 124.5 | .9 | .4 | .9 | 3.2 | 3.0 | 3.0 Other areas.....................................| 121.3 | 123.5 | 124.8 | 1.3 | .2 | 1.1 | 3.7 | 3.2 | 2.9 | | | | | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NOTE: The indexes for these series are not strictly comparable to those for the aggregate, occupation, and industry series. See explanatory note. See footnotes at end of table 10. Table 5. WAGES AND SALARIES (NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED): Employment Cost Index for wages and salaries only, civilian and state and local government workers, by industry and occupational group -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Percent Changes for | Indexes |----------------------------------------------- Series | (June 1989=100) | 3 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended ----------------------- ----------------------- ----------------------- | Mar. | Dec. | Mar. | Mar. | Dec. | Mar. | Mar. | Dec. | Mar. | 1994 | 1994 | 1995 | 1994 | 1994 | 1995 | 1994 | 1994 | 1995 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | | | | | | Civilian workers .................................| 117.8 | 120.4 | 121.3 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 3.0 Excluding sales...........................| 118.0 | 120.7 | 121.7 | .7 | .5 | .8 | 2.8 | 3.0 | 3.1 | | | | | | | | | Workers, by occupational group | | | | | | | | | White-collar occupations....................| 118.8 | 121.5 | 122.4 | .6 | .6 | .7 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 3.0 Excluding sales.........................| 119.5 | 122.2 | 123.2 | .7 | .6 | .8 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 3.1 Professional specialty and technical......| 120.7 | 123.5 | 124.2 | .6 | .6 | .6 | 2.7 | 2.9 | 2.9 Executive, administrative, and managerial.| 118.1 | 120.8 | 122.2 | .7 | .5 | 1.2 | 2.7 | 3.0 | 3.5 Administrative support, including clerical| 118.9 | 121.6 | 122.8 | .8 | .6 | 1.0 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.3 Blue-collar occupations.....................| 115.8 | 118.2 | 119.2 | .7 | .3 | .8 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.9 Service occupations.........................| 117.5 | 120.4 | 121.2 | .8 | .8 | .7 | 2.6 | 3.3 | 3.1 | | | | | | | | | Workers, by industry division | | | | | | | | | Goods-producing 1/..........................| 117.0 | 119.6 | 120.5 | .7 | .5 | .8 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 3.0 Manufacturing.............................| 118.0 | 120.8 | 121.9 | .6 | .7 | .9 | 2.9 | 3.0 | 3.3 Service-producing 2/........................| 118.2 | 120.7 | 121.7 | .6 | .4 | .8 | 3.0 | 2.7 | 3.0 Services..................................| 120.9 | 123.5 | 124.4 | .8 | .6 | .7 | 3.0 | 2.9 | 2.9 Health services.........................| 122.8 | 125.4 | 126.1 | .5 | .8 | .6 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 2.7 Hospitals.............................| 122.4 | 124.9 | 125.5 | .6 | .7 | .5 | 2.9 | 2.6 | 2.5 Educational services....................| 121.0 | 124.3 | 125.0 | .2 | .4 | .6 | 2.6 | 3.0 | 3.3 Public administration ....................| 117.9 | 120.6 | 121.9 | 1.1 | .6 | 1.1 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 3.4 | | | | | | | | | Nonmanufacturing............................| 117.7 | 120.2 | 121.1 | .6 | .4 | .7 | 2.9 | 2.7 | 2.9 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | State and local government workers..............| 120.4 | 123.4 | 124.3 | .6 | .5 | .7 | 2.7 | 3.1 | 3.2 | | | | | | | | | Workers, by occupational group | | | | | | | | | White-collar occupations....................| 120.6 | 123.6 | 124.4 | .6 | .6 | .6 | 2.6 | 3.1 | 3.2 Professional specialty and technical......| 121.1 | 124.2 | 124.8 | .3 | .5 | .5 | 2.5 | 2.9 | 3.1 Executive, administrative, and managerial.| 119.8 | 122.4 | 124.1 | .8 | .7 | 1.4 | 2.8 | 3.0 | 3.6 Administrative support, including clerical| 118.9 | 121.7 | 122.5 | .9 | .7 | .7 | 3.0 | 3.3 | 3.0 Blue-collar occupations.....................| 119.7 | 122.5 | 123.1 | .6 | .6 | .5 | 3.0 | 2.9 | 2.8 Service occupations.........................| 119.7 | 123.3 | 124.6 | .7 | .5 | 1.1 | 2.9 | 3.7 | 4.1 | | | | | | | | | Workers, by industry division | | | | | | | | | Services....................................| 121.1 | 124.2 | 124.9 | .4 | .5 | .6 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 3.1 Excluding schools 3/....................| 121.3 | 124.0 | 125.0 | .7 | .6 | .8 | 2.4 | 3.0 | 3.1 Health services...........................| 121.9 | 125.3 | 126.0 | .7 | .5 | .6 | 3.2 | 3.6 | 3.4 Hospitals...............................| 121.2 | 125.1 | 125.8 | .4 | .7 | .6 | 3.1 | 3.6 | 3.8 Educational services......................| 120.9 | 124.2 | 124.8 | .2 | .5 | .5 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 3.2 Schools.................................| 121.0 | 124.3 | 125.0 | .2 | .4 | .6 | 2.6 | 3.0 | 3.3 Elementary and secondary..............| 121.7 | 124.9 | 125.5 | .1 | .3 | .5 | 2.5 | 2.7 | 3.1 Colleges and universities.............| 118.6 | 122.5 | 123.2 | .8 | .8 | .6 | 2.7 | 4.1 | 3.9 Public administration ......................| 117.9 | 120.6 | 121.9 | 1.1 | .6 | 1.1 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 3.4 | | | | | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NOTE: See footnotes at end of table 10. Table 6. WAGES AND SALARIES (NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED): Employment Cost Index for wages and salaries only, private industry workers, by industry and occupational group -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Percent Changes for | Indexes |----------------------------------------------- Series | (June 1989=100) | 3 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended ----------------------- ----------------------- ----------------------- | Mar. | Dec. | Mar. | Mar. | Dec. | Mar. | Mar. | Dec. | Mar. | 1994 | 1994 | 1995 | 1994 | 1994 | 1995 | 1994 | 1994 | 1995 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | | | | | | Private industry workers .........................| 117.2 | 119.7 | 120.6 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 2.9 Excluding sales...........................| 117.5 | 120.0 | 121.0 | .8 | .5 | .8 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 3.0 | | | | | | | | | White-collar occupations......................| 118.3 | 120.8 | 121.7 | .7 | .5 | .7 | 3.1 | 2.8 | 2.9 Excluding sales...........................| 119.0 | 121.7 | 122.8 | .7 | .6 | .9 | 2.9 | 3.0 | 3.2 Professional specialty and technical........| 120.4 | 123.0 | 123.7 | .8 | .7 | .6 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 2.7 Executive, administrative, and managerial...| 117.8 | 120.5 | 121.9 | .7 | .4 | 1.2 | 2.7 | 3.0 | 3.5 Sales.......................................| 114.8 | 116.7 | 116.9 | .1 | .2 | .2 | 3.9 | 1.7 | 1.8 Administrative support, including clerical..| 119.0 | 121.6 | 122.9 | .8 | .6 | 1.1 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 3.3 | | | | | | | | | Blue-collar occupations.......................| 115.6 | 118.0 | 119.0 | .7 | .4 | .8 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.9 Precision production, craft, and repair.....| 115.5 | 117.9 | 118.8 | .7 | .1 | .8 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.9 Machine operators, assemblers, | | | | | | | | | and inspectors..........................| 116.2 | 118.8 | 119.6 | .5 | .7 | .7 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 2.9 Transportation and material moving..........| 113.5 | 115.6 | 117.0 | .8 | .3 | 1.2 | 3.2 | 2.7 | 3.1 Handlers, equipment cleaners, | | | | | | | | | helpers, and laborers....................| 116.6 | 118.9 | 120.1 | .8 | .8 | 1.0 | 2.6 | 2.8 | 3.0 | | | | | | | | | Service occupations...........................| 116.3 | 118.8 | 119.4 | .9 | 1.0 | .5 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 2.7 | | | | | | | | | Production and nonsupervisory | | | | | | | | | occupations 4/.............................| 116.6 | 119.1 | 119.9 | .6 | .5 | .7 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.8 | | | | | | | | | Goods-producing industries 1/...................| 116.9 | 119.6 | 120.4 | .7 | .6 | .7 | 2.7 | 3.0 | 3.0 Excluding sales occupations...............| 116.4 | 119.1 | 119.9 | .7 | .6 | .7 | 2.6 | 3.0 | 3.0 White-collar occupations....................| 119.1 | 122.0 | 123.0 | .8 | .7 | .8 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.3 Excluding sales...........................| 117.7 | 120.8 | 121.8 | .8 | .8 | .8 | 2.4 | 3.4 | 3.5 Blue-collar occupations.....................| 115.6 | 118.1 | 118.8 | .6 | .5 | .6 | 2.5 | 2.8 | 2.8 Service occupations.........................| 116.4 | 119.7 | 120.6 | -.4 | -.3 | .8 | 2.2 | 2.4 | 3.6 | | | | | | | | | Construction..................................| 112.2 | 114.7 | 114.8 | 1.0 | .1 | .1 | 2.5 | 3.2 | 2.3 | | | | | | | | | Manufacturing.................................| 118.0 | 120.8 | 121.9 | .6 | .7 | .9 | 2.9 | 3.0 | 3.3 White-collar occupations..................| 119.5 | 122.7 | 123.9 | .6 | .8 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 3.3 | 3.7 Excluding sales.........................| 118.0 | 121.4 | 122.4 | .7 | 1.0 | .8 | 2.3 | 3.6 | 3.7 Blue-collar occupations...................| 116.9 | 119.5 | 120.4 | .6 | .7 | .8 | 2.6 | 2.8 | 3.0 Service occupations.......................| 116.8 | 120.6 | 121.5 | -.4 | .0 | .7 | 2.2 | 2.8 | 4.0 Durables....................................| 117.8 | 120.8 | 121.9 | .5 | .8 | .9 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 3.5 Nondurables.................................| 118.3 | 120.8 | 121.9 | .7 | .4 | .9 | 2.4 | 2.8 | 3.0 | | | | | | | | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Table 6. WAGES AND SALARIES (NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED): Employment Cost Index for wages and salaries only, private industry workers, by industry and occupational group-Continued -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Percent Changes for | Indexes |----------------------------------------------- Series | (June 1989=100) | 3 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended ----------------------- ----------------------- ----------------------- | Mar. | Dec. | Mar. | Mar. | Dec. | Mar. | Mar. | Dec. | Mar. | 1994 | 1994 | 1995 | 1994 | 1994 | 1995 | 1994 | 1994 | 1995 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | | | | | | Service-producing industries 2/.................| 117.3 | 119.7 | 120.7 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 3.0 | 2.7 | 2.9 Excluding sales occupations...............| 118.3 | 120.7 | 121.8 | .8 | .4 | .9 | 3.0 | 2.8 | 3.0 White-collar occupations....................| 118.0 | 120.4 | 121.3 | .6 | .4 | .7 | 3.1 | 2.6 | 2.8 Excluding sales...........................| 119.6 | 122.1 | 123.2 | .8 | .5 | .9 | 3.1 | 2.9 | 3.0 Blue-collar occupations.....................| 115.5 | 117.6 | 119.2 | .8 | .1 | 1.4 | 3.2 | 2.6 | 3.2 Service occupations.........................| 116.3 | 118.7 | 119.3 | 1.0 | 1.2 | .5 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 2.6 | | | | | | | | | Transportation and public utilities...........| 116.4 | 119.6 | 121.2 | .9 | .6 | 1.3 | 3.1 | 3.6 | 4.1 Transportation............................| 114.2 | 117.5 | 119.0 | .7 | .7 | 1.3 | 3.1 | 3.6 | 4.2 Public utilities..........................| 119.1 | 122.3 | 123.9 | 1.0 | .7 | 1.3 | 3.2 | 3.7 | 4.0 Communications..........................| 118.4 | 122.1 | 124.3 | 1.1 | .9 | 1.8 | 3.2 | 4.3 | 5.0 Electric, gas, and sanitary services....| 119.9 | 122.4 | 123.4 | .9 | .4 | .8 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 2.9 | | | | | | | | | Wholesale and retail trade....................| 115.5 | 118.4 | 119.4 | .1 | .1 | .8 | 2.2 | 2.6 | 3.4 Excluding sales occupations..............| 116.5 | 118.8 | 120.2 | .3 | .1 | 1.2 | 2.6 | 2.3 | 3.2 Wholesale trade.............................| 116.2 | 119.9 | 120.9 | -.2 | .8 | .8 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 Excluding sales occupations..............| 117.8 | 120.2 | 122.2 | .3 | .5 | 1.7 | 2.7 | 2.3 | 3.7 Retail trade................................| 115.2 | 117.8 | 118.7 | .2 | -.2 | .8 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 3.0 General merchandise stores................| 114.0 | 117.5 | 117.9 | -.9 | .9 | .3 | 1.4 | 2.2 | 3.4 Food stores...............................| 117.0 | 117.3 | 117.8 | .9 | -.1 | .4 | 2.1 | 1.2 | .7 | | | | | | | | | Finance, insurance, and real estate...........| 113.7 | 114.2 | 115.0 | .7 | .4 | .7 | 4.0 | 1.2 | 1.1 Excluding sales occupations...............| 115.5 | 117.4 | 119.3 | .8 | .2 | 1.6 | 3.1 | 2.4 | 3.3 Banking, savings and loan, and other | | | | | | | | | credit agencies..........................| 114.7 | 116.2 | 119.2 | .2 | -.3 | 2.6 | 2.3 | 1.5 | 3.9 Insurance...................................| 116.0 | 118.6 | 119.8 | -.5 | .8 | 1.0 | 4.3 | 1.7 | 3.3 Excluding sales occupations...............| 120.6 | 122.7 | 123.8 | 1.2 | .3 | .9 | 4.1 | 2.9 | 2.7 | | | | | | | | | Services......................................| 120.8 | 123.0 | 123.9 | 1.0 | .7 | .7 | 3.2 | 2.8 | 2.6 Business services...........................| 118.8 | 120.4 | 122.1 | 2.7 | .4 | 1.4 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 2.8 Health services.............................| 123.1 | 125.4 | 126.2 | .4 | .9 | .6 | 2.8 | 2.3 | 2.5 Hospitals.................................| 122.8 | 124.8 | 125.4 | .7 | .7 | .5 | 2.9 | 2.3 | 2.1 Nursing homes.............................| - | - | - | 1.4 | .6 | 1.1 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 3.3 Educational services........................| 121.2 | 125.1 | 125.6 | .2 | .2 | .4 | 3.1 | 3.5 | 3.6 Colleges and universities.................| 122.0 | 124.9 | 125.5 | .3 | .3 | .5 | 3.4 | 2.7 | 2.9 | | | | | | | | | Nonmanufacturing industries.......................| 116.8 | 119.1 | 120.0 | .7 | .3 | .8 | 3.0 | 2.7 | 2.7 White-collar occupations......................| 117.9 | 120.2 | 121.1 | .6 | .4 | .7 | 3.1 | 2.6 | 2.7 Excluding sales............................| 119.4 | 121.8 | 122.9 | .8 | .4 | .9 | 3.1 | 2.8 | 2.9 Blue-collar occupations.......................| 114.2 | 116.4 | 117.5 | .7 | .0 | .9 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 2.9 Service occupations...........................| 116.3 | 118.6 | 119.2 | 1.0 | 1.1 | .5 | 2.6 | 3.0 | 2.5 | | | | | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Data not available. NOTE: See footnotes at end of table 10. Table 7. WAGES AND SALARIES (NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED): Employment Cost Index for wages and salaries only, private industry workers, by bargaining status, region, and area size -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Percent Changes for | Indexes |----------------------------------------------- Series | (June 1989=100) | 3 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended ----------------------- ----------------------- ----------------------- | Mar. | Dec. | Mar. | Mar. | Dec. | Mar. | Mar. | Dec. | Mar. | 1994 | 1994 | 1995 | 1994 | 1994 | 1995 | 1994 | 1994 | 1995 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | | | | | | Workers, by bargaining status | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Union...........................................| 116.5 | 119.1 | 119.8 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 3.0 | 2.9 | 2.8 Blue-collar occupations.....................| 115.1 | 117.6 | 118.2 | .5 | .3 | .5 | 2.8 | 2.7 | 2.7 | | | | | | | | | Goods-producing industries 1/.................| 115.4 | 117.9 | 118.4 | .5 | .3 | .4 | 2.9 | 2.7 | 2.6 Service-producing industries 2/...............| 118.0 | 120.6 | 121.6 | 1.0 | .4 | .8 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.1 | | | | | | | | | Manufacturing.................................| 116.6 | 119.2 | 119.8 | .6 | .6 | .5 | 3.0 | 2.8 | 2.7 Blue-collar occupations...................| 116.4 | 118.9 | 119.5 | .6 | .5 | .5 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 2.7 Nonmanufacturing..............................| 116.4 | 119.0 | 119.8 | .8 | .3 | .7 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 2.9 | | | | | | | | | Nonunion........................................| 117.4 | 119.8 | 120.8 | .7 | .5 | .8 | 2.9 | 2.7 | 2.9 Blue-collar occupations.....................| 115.9 | 118.3 | 119.5 | .8 | .5 | 1.0 | 2.7 | 2.9 | 3.1 | | | | | | | | | Goods-producing industries 1/.................| 117.6 | 120.3 | 121.3 | .8 | .7 | .8 | 2.8 | 3.1 | 3.1 Service-producing industries 2/...............| 117.2 | 119.5 | 120.5 | .5 | .4 | .8 | 3.0 | 2.5 | 2.8 | | | | | | | | | Manufacturing ................................| 118.6 | 121.5 | 122.7 | .6 | .8 | 1.0 | 2.8 | 3.1 | 3.5 Blue-collar occupations...................| 117.5 | 120.0 | 121.2 | .7 | .8 | 1.0 | 2.5 | 2.8 | 3.1 Nonmanufacturing .............................| 116.9 | 119.1 | 120.0 | .7 | .3 | .8 | 3.0 | 2.6 | 2.7 | | | | | | | | | Workers, by region 5/ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Northeast.......................................| 117.8 | 120.2 | 121.3 | .4 | .2 | .9 | 2.8 | 2.5 | 3.0 South...........................................| 116.6 | 119.1 | 120.0 | .5 | .5 | .8 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 2.9 Midwest ........................................| 117.5 | 120.1 | 120.9 | .9 | .5 | .7 | 3.5 | 3.1 | 2.9 West............................................| 116.6 | 119.0 | 119.9 | .8 | .8 | .8 | 2.6 | 2.9 | 2.8 | | | | | | | | | Workers, by area size | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Metropolitan areas..............................| 117.2 | 119.7 | 120.6 | .6 | .5 | .8 | 2.9 | 2.7 | 2.9 Other areas.....................................| 117.0 | 119.0 | 120.5 | 1.0 | .3 | 1.3 | 3.1 | 2.8 | 3.0 | | | | | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NOTE: The indexes for these series are not strictly comparable to those for the aggregate, occupation, and industry series. See explanatory note. See footnotes at end of table 10. Table 8. BENEFITS (NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED): Employment Cost Index for benefits only, civilian, state and local, and private industry workers, by industry and occupational group -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Percent Changes for | Indexes |----------------------------------------------- Series | (June 1989=100) | 3 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended ----------------------- ----------------------- ----------------------- | Mar. | Dec. | Mar. | Mar. | Dec. | Mar. | Mar. | Dec. | Mar. | 1994 | 1994 | 1995 | 1994 | 1994 | 1995 | 1994 | 1994 | 1995 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | | | | | | Civilian workers..................................| 130.1 | 132.5 | 133.8 | 1.6 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 2.8 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | State and local government workers..............| 127.9 | 130.5 | 131.1 | .7 | .2 | .5 | 3.0 | 2.8 | 2.5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Private industry workers........................| 130.7 | 133.0 | 134.5 | 1.9 | .2 | 1.1 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 2.9 | | | | | | | | | Workers, by occupational group | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | White-collar occupations....................| 130.5 | 133.3 | 135.2 | 2.3 | .4 | 1.4 | 4.7 | 4.5 | 3.6 Blue-collar occupations.....................| 130.5 | 132.5 | 133.3 | 1.2 | -.2 | .6 | 4.0 | 2.8 | 2.1 Service occupations.........................| 132.9 | 134.7 | 135.0 | 1.1 | .4 | .2 | 4.1 | 2.4 | 1.6 | | | | | | | | | Workers, by industry division | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Goods-producing industries 1/...............| 132.7 | 134.8 | 135.9 | 1.8 | .0 | .8 | 4.2 | 3.5 | 2.4 Service-producing industries 2/.............| 128.9 | 131.5 | 133.2 | 1.7 | .2 | 1.3 | 4.5 | 3.8 | 3.3 | | | | | | | | | Manufacturing ..............................| 132.0 | 134.3 | 135.4 | 1.5 | .3 | .8 | 4.1 | 3.3 | 2.6 Nonmanufacturing............................| 129.9 | 132.3 | 133.9 | 2.0 | .1 | 1.2 | 4.6 | 3.8 | 3.1 | | | | | | | | | Workers, by bargaining status | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Union workers...............................| 131.9 | 133.7 | 134.8 | 1.0 | .3 | .8 | 4.2 | 2.4 | 2.2 Nonunion workers............................| 130.1 | 132.7 | 134.2 | 2.1 | .1 | 1.1 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 3.2 | | | | | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Includes mining, construction, and manufacturing. 5/ The regional coverage is as follows: Northeast-- 2/ Includes transportation, public utilities, trade, Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New finance, insurance, real estate, services, Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and and, where applicable, public administration in Vermont;South--Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of State and local governments. Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, 3/ Formerly called 'Hospitals and other services.' Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South 4/ This series has the same industry and occupational Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia; coverage as the Hourly Earnings Index, which was Midwest--Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, discontinued in January 1989 Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South NOTE: The indexes for these series are not strictly Dakota, and Wisconsin; and West--Alaska, Arizona, comparable to those for the aggregate, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New occupation, and industry series. See Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming. explanatory note. Table 9. AEROSPACE (NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED): Employment Cost Index for workers in aerospace manufacturing, by industry and occupation 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Percent Changes for | Indexes |----------------------------------------------- Series | (June 1989=100) | 3 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended ----------------------- ----------------------- ----------------------- | Mar. | Dec. | Mar. | Mar. | Dec. | Mar. | Mar. | Dec. | Mar. | 1994 | 1994 | 1995 | 1994 | 1994 | 1995 | 1994 | 1994 | 1995 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | COMPENSATION ----------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | | | | | | Aircraft manufacturing (SIC 3721).................| 126.2 | 129.2 | 130.6 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 1.1 | 1.7 | 3.2 | 3.5 White-collar occupations......................| 122.7 | 125.3 | 126.7 | .7 | .0 | 1.1 | 1.8 | 2.9 | 3.3 Blue-collar occupations.......................| 130.9 | 134.2 | 135.7 | .8 | .8 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 3.4 | 3.7 | | | | | | | | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------- | WAGES AND SALARIES ----------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | | | | | | Aircraft manufacturing (SIC 3721).................| 122.4 | 124.8 | 125.7 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 3.8 | 2.6 | 2.7 White-collar occupations......................| 118.1 | 120.2 | 121.0 | .7 | .3 | .7 | 3.7 | 2.5 | 2.5 Blue-collar occupations.......................| 128.7 | 131.7 | 132.7 | .6 | 1.2 | .8 | 3.9 | 3.0 | 3.1 | | | | | | | | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------- | BENEFIT COSTS ----------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | | | | | | Aircraft manufacturing (SIC 3721).................| 134.4 | 138.4 | 141.0 | 1.0 | -0.2 | 1.9 | -2.3 | 4.0 | 4.9 White-collar occupations......................| 133.5 | 137.3 | 140.1 | .8 | -.5 | 2.0 | -2.0 | 3.6 | 4.9 Blue-collar occupations.......................| 135.0 | 139.2 | 141.6 | 1.1 | .1 | 1.7 | -3.1 | 4.3 | 4.9 | | | | | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Funds for the development and maintenance of these NOTE: SIC refers to the 1987 Standard Industrial series are provided by the Aerospace Industries Classification System code as defined by the U.S. Office Association (AIA). The series are published in this of Management and Budget. release for the convenience of all users.