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Table 7. Employment Cost Index for wages and salaries for private industry workers by bargaining status,

region, and area
(Not seasonally adjusted data)
Indexes (June 1989=100) Percent changes for—
-_ i 3 months ended— 12 months ended—
Bargaining status, region, and area dun, Mar. Jun,
2000 2001 2001 Jun. Mar. Jun. Jun. Mar. Jun.
2000 2001 2001 2000 2001 2001
Bargaining status
Union .... 138.5 | 142.1 143.7 0.9 0.6 Ww 28 3.6 38
Blue-collar occupations 136.5 140.3 | 141.8 1.0 8 1 3.0 3.8 3.9
Goods-producing industries? 138.4 | 142.4 | 144.2 3 8 1.3 3.4 38 42
Service-producing industries? .. 138.9 | 142.2 | 143.7 a9 5 Ww 23 3.3 3.5
139.7 | 143.9 | 145.5 & 9 11 37 37 42
138.7 | 143.0 | 144.3 7 9 9 3.4 38 4.0
137.8 | 141.1 142.7 1.0 5 14 24 34 3.6
Nonunion .... 146.7 | 150.8 | 152.2 11 1.2 a) 43 3.9 37
Blue-collar occupations 142.9 | 147.1 148.2 1 15 7 3.9 40 3.7
Goods-producing industries? 144.7 | 148.8 | 150.3 1.3 1.4 1.0 43 41 3.9
Service-producing industries? 147.3 | 151.4 | 152.7 1.0 12 9 42 38 37
146.1 150.1 151.6 1.2 14 1.0 4.0 3.9 3.8
144.2 | 148.7 | 150.1 1.0 14 a9 3.6 44 41
146.6 | 150.7 | 152.0 14 12 9g 43 3.9 3.7
143.7 | 147.3 | 149.2 1.0 9 1.3 40 3.5 3.8
144.6 | 148.3 | 149.3 11 14 7 3.7 37 3.3
147.4 150.9 | 152.3 12 9 9 43 3.9 3.5
146.3 | 151.3 | 152.9 11 1.4 11 44 46 45
145.7 | 149.8 | 151.2 Ww 12 9 41 4.0 3.8
143.7 | 147.4 | 148.8 Ww 1.0 a 38 37 35

3 Includes mining, construction, and manufacturing.
2 Includes transportation, communication, and public utilities;
wholesale and retail trade; finance, insurance, and real estate; and service

industries.

$ ‘The regional coverage is as follows: Northeast:
New i

Delaware, District

Arkansas,
of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi,
North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia,

and West Virginia; Midwest: Iinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan,
Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota,
Wisconsin; and West. Alaska, Atzona, Caifomiay Colorado, Hs Hwa
Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and
Wyoming.

NOTE: The indexes for these series are not strictly comparable to those
for the aggregate, occupation, and industry series.


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Table 1. Employment Cost Index for total compensation’, wages and salaries, and benefit costs by industry and
occupational group

(Seasonally adjusted data)
Indexes (June
1989=100) Percent changes for 3-months ended—
Industry and occupational group
Mar. Jun. Sep. Dec. Mar. Jun. Sep. Dec. Mar. Jun.
2001 2001 1999 1999 2000 2000 2000 2000 2001 2001
‘TOTAL COMPENSATION

153.7 09 1.0 13 1.0 0g 0.9 14 09
151.8 8 11 8&8 8 6 8 1.0 11
154.2 8 11 14 1.2 g Ww 1.0
152.1 a9 14 16 12 1.0 7 14 a
150.0 8 a) 1.4 14 14 1.4 1.0 14
152.4 9 1.3 1.4 1.0 1.0 5 11 8
153.0 2 14 16 12 7 7 1.0 8
151.5 a 11 nl 8 11 3 14 a
155.2 9 1.0 1.4 1.0 1.0 1.0 Wa 1.0
152.4 & & 1.0 1.3 1.0 9 1.3 1.3
157.7 1.3 1.4 1.0 V1 4 1.3 5 17
149.5 & 11 14 1.0 a a) 1.0 5
159.5 1.2 5 25 7 1.4 3 14 1.0
157.8 1.0 11 1.3 Ww Ww a) 1.6 8
154.6 1.0 1.0 14 11 1 1.0 1 1.0
157.3 1.0 1.2 14 1.2 e:) 1.0 1 Bi
149.4 a 1.0 1.4 8&8 1.0 8 12 5
150.8 3 11 8 11 8 Ww 12 8
150.9 9 2 Wa 1.0 9 8 1.0 1.0
151.0 a 1.0 9 8 38 8 1.0 11
150.9 a 1.0 ini 1.0 3 8&8 Wa a
148.6 9 e:) Ww 12 e:) 6 12 11
143.6 8 1.0 16 11 1.0 14 9 e:)
150.0 9 a 1.0 1.0 9 5 1.4 1.0
150.5, a) 1.0 8 12 1.0 8&8 12 1.0
148.9 8 1.0 1.0 9 8 4 12 14
Service producing3 " x. 150.5 | 151.9 cS) 1.0 11 1.0 a) 8&8 1.0 2g
Transportation and public utilities .........) 143.8 | 145.8 3 A 5 11 7 a Ww 14
154.4 15 14 1.0 41 3 14 4 1.6
147.6 A 1 1.4 & 8 8 8 5
154.6 15 5 24 5 15 0 15 5
155.0 8 12 g 12 a 9 1.3 38
150.9 2 2 12 11 9 8&8 1.0 9

‘See footnotes at end of table.


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Table 4. Employment Cost Index for total compensation’ for private industry workers, by bargaining status,

region, and area
(Not seasonally adjusted data)
Indexes (June 1989=100) Percent changes for—
a 5 3 months ended— 12 months ended-
Bargaining status, region, and area Jun. Mar. Jun.
2000 2001 2001 Jun, Mar. Jun. Jun. Mar. Jun.
2000 2001 2001 2000 2001 2001
Bargaining status
Union . 144.4 | 147.9 | 149.5 1.0 07 Wa 3.9 3.4 3.5
Blue-collar occupations 142.5 145.9 | 147.2 1.0 & a 42 3.4 3.3
Goods-producing industries? 144.8 147.9 | 149.3 1.0 A 9 48 3.2 3.1
‘Service-producing industries$ 143.9 | 147.6 | 149.5 1.0 8& 1.3 3.0 3.6 39
Manufacturing 145.4 147.9 | 148.8 6 3 6 5.3 24 23
Blue-collar occupations 144.8 147.3 | 148.1 & 2 5 5.3 24 23
Nonmanufacturing ..... 143.4 147.3 | 149.4 12 8 14 3.0 4.0 42
Nonunion .... 149.1 183.8 | 155.3 1.2 15 1.0 46 43 42
Blue-collar occupations 144.9 149.4 | 150.3 1.0 15 6 42 42 37
Goods-producing industries? 147.2 | 151.6 | 153.1 12 15 1.0 48 43 4.0
Service-producing industries? .. 149.6 | 154.4 | 155.9 ary 14 1.0 46 43 42
152.4 | 153.7 1.2 Ww 9 46 40 37
145.8 | 149.9 | 150.8 1.0 1.3 6 4.0 3.8 3.4
149.1 153.9 | 155.4 12 14 1.0 47 44 42
147.6 | 151.6 | 153.7 9 2 14 43 3.6 41
146.7 | 151.1 162.3 1.2 Ww 8 43 42 3.8
150.7 | 154.8 | 156.0 12 1.0 8& 49 40 35
148.8 154.3 | 156.0 1.2 16 Ww 47 5.0 48
148.6 | 153.1 154.6 12 14 “1.0 46 42 4.0
147.7 152.1 153.7 1.2 12 11 42 42 41

2} Includes wages, salaries, and employer costs for employee benefits.

2 Includes mining, construction, and manufacturing.
3 Includes transportation, communication, and public 7
wholesale and retail trade; finance, insurance, and real estate; and service

industries.
4 The regional coverage is as follows: Northeast

Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsyivania,
Rhode Island, and Vermont, South: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District

of Columbia, Florida, Georaia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi,

Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia,

i Midwest Iinois, Indiana, lowa, Kansas, Michigan,
Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and
Wisconsin; and West Alaska, Arizona, Califomia, Colorado, Hawaii,
Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and
Wyoming.

NOTE: The indexes for these series are not strictly comparable to those
for the aggregate, occupation, and industry series.


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Table 2. Employment Cost Index for total compensation’ for civilian and State and local government workers by
industry and occupational group

(Not seasonally adjusted data)
Indexes (June 1989=100) Percent changes for—
3 months ended— 12 months ended—
Industry and occupational group Jun. Mar, Jun.
2000 | 2001 2001 Jun. Mar. Jun, Jun. Mar. Jun.
2000 2001 2001 2000 2001 2001
Civilian workers ...... 148.0 | 152.5 | 153.8 1.0 13 09 44 41 3.9
Excluding sales occupations .. 147.7 | 152.5 | 153.8 1.0 13 9 42 42 41
Industry

Goods Producing? 150.7 | 152.2 12 13 1.0 47 40 3.8
151.3 | 152.6 1.0 13 a) 47 3.6 35
153.0 | 154.4 a 13 a 42 4.0 4.0
154.3 | 155.4 9a 12 7 43 43 41
152.5 | 154.6 11 12 14 43 45 48
153.2 | 155.6 1.0 13 1.6 3.9 47 5.3
151.7 | 152.2 2 7 3 3.6 35 37
150.6 | 151.9 3 1.6 BS 33 3.4 4.0

152.6 | 154.0 1

8
ie
o
&
ba
=

149.9 | 154.4 | 156.0 1.0 12 1.0 46 40 41
149.8 | 154.7 | 156.2 10 14 1.0 45 43 43
148.3 | 153.2 | 154.3 WA 13 7 43 44 4.0
Executive, administrative, and managerial ...| 151.9 | 156.6 | 158.6 2 1.3 1.3 45 41 44
Administrative support, including clerical ......)/ 150.1 155.3 | 156.8 1.0 1.6 1.0 47 45 45
Blue collar | 144.1 148.2 | 149.3 1.0 12 7 42 3.9 3.6
Service | 147.1 152.0 | 153.3 8 1.3 a) 33 41 42
145.9 | 150.3 | 151.2 3 e:) 6 35 33 3.6
145.5 | 149.9 | 150.6 2 7 5 3.6 32 3.5
145.8 | 150.1 151.9 4 9 1.2 3.9 34 42
147.9 | 152.1 154.4 4 3 15 42 33 44
148.4 | 152.2 | 154.7 3 a 1.6 40 29 42
145.2 | 149.6 | 150.1 A & 3 35 32 3.4
145.5 | 149.9 | 150.5 A 6 4 35 32 34
144.7 | 148.5 | 149.0 a 3 3 3.4 28 3.0
1476 | 183.7 | 154.3 A 13 4 3.9 43 45
146.1 150.6 |. 151.9 3 16 a) 3.3 3.4 4.0
145.3 | 149.5 | 150.4 3 8 & 3.6 32 3.5
144.5 | 148.4 | 149.2 3 7 5 37 3.0 3.3
1472 | 152.4 | 153.7 A V1 9 34 37 44
146.5 | 150.7 | 151.6 4 a 6 37 33 35
1442 | 1486 | 149.0 3 1.0 3 34 34 3.3
149.7 | 155.3 | 156.5 a 16 8 3.0 3.9 45
2 cludes wages, salaries, and employer costs for employee benefits. Public administration.
2 Includes mining, construction, and manufacturing. Includes executive, legislative, judicial, administrative, and regulatory

3 includes ‘transportation, communication, and public utilities; wholesale activities of State and local governments, SICs 91 through 96.
and retail trade; finance, insurance, and real estate; service industries; and


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Table 1. Employment Cost Index for total compensation’, wages and salaries, and benefit costs by industry and

occupational group — Continued

(Seasonally adjusted data)
Indexes (June
1989=100) Percent changes for 3-months ended—
Industry and occupational group
Mar. Jun. Sep. Dec. Mar. Jun. Sep. Dec. Mar. Jun.
2001 2001 1999 1999 2000 2000 2000 2000 2001 2001
WAGES AND SALARIES-Continued
Occupational group
White collar 152.4 | 153.7 1.0 1.0 1.2 1.0 0.9 08 Ww 09
Blue collar4 144.6 | 145.9 9 7 1.0 1.0 1.0 & 13 9
Serviced ... 146.4 147.5 a 1.2 1.0 11 7 1.0 1.0 &
BENEFIT COSTS
Civilian workers .... 159.2 160.8 1.0 1.3 18 11 1.0 1.0 13 1.0
‘State and local government 152.0 | 153.7 6 1.2 8 5 3 7 12 11
Private industry ... 161.0 162.5 1.0 13 2.0 1.2 1.2 WA 14 a
Industry
Goods producing? .. 159.3. 1.0 16 23 12 12 7 1.0 6
Manufacturing 157.5 1.0 1.8 26 a] 9 3 1.0 4
Service producing .... 164.4 14 1.2 19] 12 13 13 17 12
Nonmanufacturing .. 164.7 1.0 1.2 19 1.3 1.3 1.3 17 1.2
165.0 167.2 1 14 2.0 14 1.3 14 1.9 1.3
155.9 155.9 a 12 26 7 an) 8 1.6 oO
159.5 161.0 6 1 5 12 12 14 19 a
1 Includes wages, salaries, and employer costs for employee benefits. retail trade; finance, insurance, and real estate; and service industries.
2 Includes mining, construction, and manufacturing. 4 No identifiable seasonality was found for this series.

3 Includes transportation, communication, and public utilities; wholesale and


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Table 3. Employment Cost Index for total compensation’ for private industry workers, by industry and occupational
group — Continued

(Not seasonally adjusted data)
Indexes (June 1989=100) Percent changes for—
, 3 months ended— 12 months ended—
Industry and occupational group Jun. Mar. Jun.
2000 2001 2001 Jun. Mar. Jun. Jun. Mar. Jun.
2000 2001 2001 2000 2001 2001
148.4 | 153.1 154.7 12 13 1.0 45 44 42
151.0 | 155.8 | 157.5 12 14 11 48 44 43
152.0 | 157.5 | 159.1 12 15 1.0 46 49 47
142.3 | 146.9 | 148.1 12 15 8 4.0 45 41
145.1 149.5 | 150.7 Wa 12 8 3.3 42 3.9
Occupational group
151.1 155.7 | 157.4 12 14 VA 49 43 42
151.3 | 156.5 | 158.1 13 16 1.0 47 48 45
150.7 | 156.3 | 157.5 15 WZ 38 46 5.3 45
152.7 | 157.3 | 159.4 11 1.3 1.3 47 41 44
150.3 | 152.3 | 154.5 9 6 14 5.4 23 28
150.6 | 156.1 157.7 1A 18 1.0 48 48 47
144.1 148.2 | 149.3 14 12 7 43 3.9 3.6
Precision production, craft, and repair 144.1 148.7 | 149.7 13 1.4 7 41 45 3.9
Machine operators, assemblers, and
is 145.0 | 148.3 | 149.1 7 1.0 5 48 3.0 28
ing 138.6 | 1426 | 143.9 8 14 3 37 37 3.8
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers,
and laborers .. 148.1 152.2 | 153.4 12 1.2 8 41 4.0 3.6
145.4 | 150.0 | 151.3 1.0 13 2 3.4 42 44
146.9 | 151.4 | 152.7 14 13 3 43 42 3.9
1 includes wages, salaries, and employer costs for employee benefits. 4 This series has the same industry and occupational coverage as the
2 includes mining, construction, and manufacturing, ‘Hourly Eamings Index, which was. discontinued in January 1989.

3 Includes transportation, communication, and pubis utilities; wholesale
and retail trade; finance, insurance, and real estate; and service industries. NOTE: Dashes indicate data not available,


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EMPLOYMENT COST INDEX—JUNE 2001

The Employment Cost Index (not seasonally adjusted) for June 2001 was 153.8 (June 1989=100), an
increase of 3.9 percent from June 2000, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics reported
today. The Employment Cost Index (ECI) measures changes in compensation costs, which include wages,

salaries, and employer costs for employee benefits.
Quarterly changes. seasonally adjusted

. On a seasonally adjusted basis, the 3-month increase in compensation costs for civilian workers
(nonfarm private industry plus State and local government) was 0.9 percent during the March-June 2001
period, following a gain of 1.1 percent in December 2000-March 2001. Wages and salaries increased 1.0
percent during the March-June 2001 period, identical to the change in the previous 3-month period. Benefit
costs rose 1.0 percent during the June 2001 quarter, following a 1.3 percent increase in the March 2001
quarter.

Table A. 3-month percent changes in Employment Cost Index, seasonally adjusted
Sep. Dec. Mar. June Sep. Dec. Mar. June

Compensation Component 1999 1999 2000 ~=—-2000~=— 2000 = 2000 = 2001_~Ss« 2001
Civilian workers
Compensation costs 0.9 1.0 13 1.0 09 0.9 11 0.9
Wages and salaries 0.9 09 1.1 1.0 0.9 0.8 1.0 1.0
Benefit costs . 1.0 13 18 1.1 1.0 1.0 13 10
Private industry .
Compensation costs 0.8 1.1 14 1.2 0.9 0.9 11 10
Wages and salaries 0.9 1.0 11 1.0 0.9 0.8 11 0.9
Benefit costs 10 13° 20 12 1.2 11 14 0.9
State and local government :
Compensation costs 0.8 1.1 0.8 0.8 0.6 0.8 1.0 11
Wages and salaries 0.9 1.0 0: 0.8 0.8 0.8 10 11
Benefit costs 0.6 1.2 0.8 05-03 0.7 12 11

The 3-month increase in compensation costs for private industry workers was 1.0 percent during the
March-June 2001 period. The gain in wages and salaries was 0.9 in the quarter ended in June; in the March
quarter, it was 1.1. Benefit costs showed a 3-month rise of 0.9 percent during the June 2001 quarter, falling
from the 1.4 percent gain during the March 2001 quarter. (See tables A and 1.)


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Table 6. Employment Cost Index for wages and salaries for private industry workers by industry and occupational

group
(Not seasonally adjusted data)
Indexes (June 1989=100) Percent changes for—
Industry and occupational group Jun. Mar. Jun. 8 months ended: 12 months ended
2000 2001 2001 Jun. Mar. Jun, Jun. Mar. Jun.
2000 2001 2001 2000 2001 2001
Private industry workers 145.4 149.4 | 150.9 1.0 12 1.0 41 38 3.8
Excluding sales occuy 145.1 149.5 | 150.8 11 1.3 a) 3.9 42 3.9
Industry
Goods producing! .. 143.0 147.0 | 148.6 12 12 14 42 40 3.9
146.3 | 147.8 Wd 12 1.0 4.0 41 4.0
150.5 | 152.3 12 12 12 45 3.8 37
148.9 | 150.5 1.2 12 V4 44 4.0 3.9
144.7 | 146.1 11 14 1.0 3.8 44 4.0
142.1 143.9 15 1.0 1.3 46 45 43
148.5 | 150.0 1.0 14 1.0 3.9 3.9 3.9
151.1 152.7 13 13 Wi 45 3.6 34
149.1 150.5 1.3 11 a 43 38 3.4
146.4 | 147.8 9 12 1.0 3.5 40 41
149.0 | 150.5 12 12 1.0 4.0 42 4.0
154.3 | 155.1 16 18 5 5.0 55 44
149.8 | 150.1 22 25 2 5.2 5.4 34
160.3 | 162.1 2 & Wa 45 56 66
147.5 | 149.0 8&8 14 1.0 3.7 34 35
150.5 | 151.9 1.0 Wi a 4.0 38 37
151.3 | 152.6 11 13 a 3.9 4a 3.9
152.5 | 154.0 Wi Wa 1.0 44 38 3.7
154.3 | 155.6 12 1.3 8 41 44 4.0
144.3 | 145.3 9 15 7 3.2 37 3.67
146.1 147.2 1.0 9 8 34 35 33
143.7 | 145.7 1 1.0 14 23 38 44
139.8 | 141.6 1.0 9 13 1.9 3.6 4.0
148.7 | 151.0 12 11 15 3.1 38 42
149.2 | 151.8 Ws 12 17 28 40 47
148.1 149.9 12 1.0 1.2 34 3.6 3.6
148.4 | 150.1 12 7 14 42 32 3.2
150.7 | 151.9 1 14 8 4.0 38 3.5
151.6 | 154.5 14 0 1.9 5.0 28 3.4
154.9 | 156.5 12 11 1.0 47 47 45
146.9 | 147.8 1.0 12 6 38 34 3.0
143.8 | 145.5 5 11 12 341 44 54
143.3 | 144.5 2.0 12 8 5.0 48 3.6
153.9 | 154.6 5 15 5 5.0 35 34
156.6 | 157.6 3 16 & 46 43 40
169.4 | 170.8 8 22 8&8 57 46 46
152.4 | 153.3 8 Wa & 49 47 46
148.3 | 149.6 & 12 9 3.0 3.6 3.8
153.8 | 155.0 12 13 8 41 43 4.0
158.2 | 160.8 14 14 16 53 4A 43
149.8 | 151.8 1.3 Wa 1.3 41 44 45
148.5 | 151.0 Ww 12 17 3.6 47 5.4
- - 15 17 7 49 62 5.3
155.4 | 156.1 5 7 5 3.7 44 4.3
154.1 155.0 3 8 6 35 35 37



“

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Table 5. Employment Cost Index for wages and salaries for civilian and State and local government workers, by
industry and occupational group

(Not seasonally adjusted data)
Indexes (June 1989=100) Percent changes for—
. 3 months ended— 12 months ended~
Industry and occupational group Jun. Mar. Jun.
2000 | 2001 | 2001 Jun. Mar. Jun. Jun. Mar. Jun.
2000 2001 2001 2000 2001 2001
Civilian workers ... 149.5 | 150.8 1.0 Wa 0.9 40 3.8 3.7
i 149.4 | 150.7 a] 1.2 B:) 3.9 4.0 3.9
147.0 | 148.6 1.2 12 V1 41 4.0 3.9
148.5 | 150.0 1.0 14 1.0 3.9 3.9 3.9
150.5 | 151.7 9 11 8 40 3.8 3.7
152.6 | 153.6 9 14 7 3.9 41 3.9
149.8 | 151.8 1.0 1.0 13 4.0 42 45
148.8 | 151.2 8 1.0 1.6 3.6 43 5.1
150.5 | 151.0 2 6 3 3.6 3.6 3.7
Public administration3 7 147.6 | 148.7 3 1.0 7 3.7 3.6 41
Nonmanufacturing 145.5 | 149.7 | 150.9 9 Ww 8 4.0 3.8 3.7
Occupational group
White collar .. 147.6 | 151.7 | 153.1 1.0 1.0 a) 42 3.8 37
Excluding sales 147.6 | 152.1 153.3 1.0 1 8 41 40 3.9
Professional! specialty 146.4 | 151.1 | 152.0 1.0 10 6 3.8 43 3.8
Executive, administrative, and managerial 149.9 | 154.0 | 155.8 9 1.0 12 42 3.6 3.9
Administrative support, including clerical 146.9 | 151.6 | 152.8. 1.0 13 38 43 42 4.0
Blue collar e 144.7 | 146.0 1.0 1.3 ) 3.5 40 3.8
Senice ..... 144.0 | 148.6 | 149.7 7 1.0 7 33 3.9 40
State and local govemment 149.3 | 150.1 3 7 5 3.7 35 37
144.9 | 149.5 | 150.2 2 5 5 3.6 3.4 3.7
144.8 | 149.1 | 150.7 3 8 11 3.7 3.3 41
145.7. | 149.9 | 151.9 3 4 1.3 3.8 32 43
145.6 | 149.5 | 151.8 2 2 3.6 29 43
144.8 | 149.5 | 150.0 2 5 3 3.6 35 3.6
144.9 | 149.7 | 150.2 a 5 3 35 35 37
144.6 | 149.0 | 149.5 A 3 3 3.4 34 3.4
145.6 | 151.4 | 151.8 5 13 3 41 45 43
1429 | 147.6 | 148.7 3 1.0 7 37 3.6 41
1445 | 149.0 | 149.8 3 7 5 3.7 34 37
144.7 | 149.1 | 149.8 3 6 5 38 3.3 3.5
145.1 150.1 | 151.5 a 9 a) 3.3 3.6 44
143.0 | 147.0 | 147.6 4 5 4 4.0 32 32
142.1 | 146.0 | 146.5 A 6 3 3.3 32 31
146.6 | 152.8 | 153.7 A Ww 6 3.2 44 48
7 includes mining, construction, and manufacturing. Public administration.
2 Includes transportation, communication, and public utilities; wholesale 3 Includes executive, legislative, judicial, administrative, and regulatory

and retail trade; finance, insurance, and real estate; service industries; and activities of State and local govemments, SICs 91 through 96.


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Table 3. Employment Cost Index for total compensation’ for private industry workers, by industry and occupational
group

(Not seasonally adjusted data)
Indexes (June 1989=100) Percent changes for—
Industry and occupational group un. Mer. dun 3 months ended— 12 months ended—
2000 | 2001 | 2001 Jun. Mar. Jun. Jun. Mar. Jun.
2000 2001 2001 2000 2001 2001
Private industry workers ... 153.0 | 154.5 1.2 14 1.0 46 42 4.0
Excluding sales occupations .. 153.0 | 154.4 1.2 14 3 44 44 42
Industry :
Goods producing? 146.6 | 150.7 | 152.1 12 13 9 48 41 3.8
Excluding sales 145.9 | 150.1 151.5 12 1.3 9 47 41 3.8
White collar .... 150.1 154.5 | 156.5 14 WZ 1.3 5.2 43 43
Excluding sales .. 148.4 | 153.0 | 155.0 13 17 1.3 5.0 44 44
Blue collar ... 144.4 | 148.2 | 149.3 V1 1.0 7 44 3.8 3.4
148.2 | 150.3 17 1.0 14 46 5.3 5.0
151.3 | 152.6 1.0 1.3 a 47 3.6 35
154.2 | 156.0 13 1.8 1.2 5.0 40 3.9
152.2 | 154.0 14 17 1.2 49 4a] 3.9
149.1 150.0 8 9 & 44 3.3 3.0
151.8 | 153.1 12 At a 5.2 3.6 3.2
159.8 | 160.4 24 29 4 84 57 4.0
157.3 | 157.3 28 40 0 8.0 73 44
161.9 | 163.6 4 e:) ww 88 26 3.2
150.4 | 151.6 8 1.8 8 4.0 38 3.8

Service producing? 149.1 153.8 | 155.3 12 1.4 1.0 44 43 42
Excluding sales .. 149.4 | 154.6 | 156.0 1.2 1.6 9 43 47 44
White collar .... 151.0 | 155.8 | 157.4 11 14 1.0 46 44 42
Excluding sales .. 182.1 157.5 | 159.1 12 15 1.0 45 48 46
Blue collar 143.1 147.7 | 148.7 2 17 7 3.8 42 3.9
Service 145.1 149.6 | 150.8 1.0 14 8 3.3 42 3.9
Transportation and public utilities 145.7 | 150.5 | 152.4 13 15 13 3.4 46 46
Tr ic 141.8 | 145.4 | 146.9 1.0 10 1.0 27 3.6 3.6
150.9 | 157.3 | 159.8 15 24 1.6 44 5.9 5.9

150.9 | 158.3 | 161.1 17 23 18 41 67 6.8

151.0 | 156.0 } 158.1 14 17 13 47 48 47

147.3 | 151.0 | 152.6 12 AB!
148.1 152.6 | 153.9 12 13

151.8 | 155.1 187.8 12 5 1

151.1 156.9 | 158.5 1.0 13 A 49 49 49
144.8 | 148.7 | 149.7 11 14 a 41 3.8 3.4
141.0 | 147.3 | 149.4 a 2.0 14 4.0 54 6.0
142.5 | 146.1 148.2 Ww Wa 14 5.0 43 40
153.1 157.9 | 159.5 7 14 1.0 5.0 3.9 42
155.5 | 161.2 | 163.1 8 18 12 45 45 49
164.2 | 170.8 | 172.7 a 26 1. 5.7 5.0 52
151.3 | 157.6 | 159.3 9 15 1. 5.1 51 5.3
150.5 | 155.6 | 157.6 7 1.6 1. 3.5 4A 47

46 48 44
5.1 41 43
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151.2 | 156.5 | 157.8 12 1.6
156.3 | 160.5 | 163.0 14 13
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Employment Cost Index

Chart A. Changes in wages and salaries
and benefit costs, private industry

Wages & salaries Benefits

12-month percent change

Chart B. Changes in compensation,
seasonally adjusted and not seasonally
adjusted, private industry

Seasonally adjusted Not seasonally adjusted

3-month percent change
3.5
3
25
2
15
1
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Chart C. Changes in compensation by
occupational group, private industry,
goods-producing industries

White-collar Blue-collar

12-month percent change

Chart D. Changes in compensation by
occupational group, private industry,
service-producing industries

White-collar Blue-collar

12-month percent change

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Table 8. Employment Cost index for benefits for civilian, State and local government, and private industry
workers by industry, occupational group, and bargaining status

(Not seasonally adjusted data)
Indexes (June 1989=100) Percent changes for—
Industry, occupational group, and 3 months ended- 12 months ended—
bargaining status Jun. Mar. Jun.
2000 | 2001 2001 Jun. Mar. Jun. Jun. Mar. Jun.
2000 2001 2001 2000 2001 2001
Civilian workers .... 154.3 | 159.7 | 161.3 11 18 1.0 5.3 47 45
State and local govemment 148.5 | 1523 | 153.5 2 14 8 34 28 34
Private industry ..... 155.7 | 161.5 | 163.2 1.2 18 VA 5.7 5.0 48
154.2 | 158.5 | 159.6 1.2 15 7 62 41 35
156.0 | 162.6 | 164.6 1.3 2.0 12 5.5 5.6 55
153.9 | 157.1 157.9 1 15 5 65 32 26
166.6 | 171.4 | 171.7 2.9 51 2 15.5 5.9 31
163.6 | 175.0 | 174.2 4.3 75 +5 14.6 11.6 65
170.5 | 165.0 | 166.7 8&8 14 1.0 16.5 25 22
156.1 162.9 | 164.9 1.4 2.0 12 55 58 56
Occupational group

White collar 158.5 | 165.2 | 167.4 1.4 23 13 641 57 5.6
Blue collar ... 151.6 | 155.7 | 156.2 11 1.0 3 5.6 3.8 3.0
Service .... 152.7 | 159.5 | 161.1 13 2.0 1.0 3.5 5.8 5.5

Bargaining status

155.5 | 158.5 | 160.1 1.2 6 1.0 5.9 3.1 3.0
155.5 | 162.0 | 163.7 12 24 1.0 5.7 55 53

Union ..
Nonunion

7 Includes mining, construction, and manufacturing. wholesale and retail trade; finance, insurance, and real estate; and service
2 Includes transportation, communication, and Pubiic utilities; industries.


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newly updated seasonal adjustment factors. The historical data for the last five years are then revised based on
the newly estimated factors. The new seasonal factors for 2001 and revised seasonally adjusted indexes for the
past five years are available on the Internet site (http://www.bls.gov/ecthome.htm) or upon request. The
factors are also published in the summer issue of Compensation and Working Conditions.

The ECI sample is rotated over approximately five years, which makes the sample more representative
and reduces respondent burden. The sample is replaced on a cross-area, cross-industry basis and is now
integrated with the Bureau’s National Compensation Survey (NCS).

Because the ECT is a sample survey, it is subject to sampling errors. Sampling errors are differences that
occur between the results computed from a sample of observations and those computed from all observations
in the population. The estimates derived from different samples selected using the same sample design may
differ from each other. A measure of the variation among these differing estimates is the standard error. It can
be used to measure the precision with which an estimate from a particular sample approximates the expected
result of all possible samples. The chances are about 68 out of 100 that an estimate from the survey differs
from a complete population figure by less than the standard error. The chances are about 90 out of 100 that
this difference would be less than 1.6 times the standard error. The statements of comparisons appearing in
this publication are significant at a 1.6 standard error level or better, unless otherwise indicated. This means
that for differences cited, the estimated difference is greater than 1.6 times the standard error of the difference.

Because standard errors vary from quarter to quarter, the ECI uses a five-year moving average of
standard errors to evaluate published series. To assist users in ascertaining the reliability of series, the five-
year moving average of standard errors for all estimates (excluding seasonally adjusted series) will be
available on the Internet site (http://www.bls.gov/ecthome.htm) shortly after publication of the news release.

When determining data to be used in contract negotiations, it is important to note that differences by
bargaining status may be due to factors other than union status, such as occupational and industry mix. For
example, union occupations tend to be concentrated in blue-collar occupations within manufacturing
industries. Thus, differences between blue-collar and white-collar pay or differences in manufacturing versus
nonmanufacturing industries could explain such differences. An important consideration when choosing a
series for escalation is the number of workers covered. Series with smaller number of workers may have
larger sampling errors or be dominated by a smaller number of employers.

More detailed information on the ECT is available from several sources. These include an annual
bulletin-Employment Cost Indexes, 1975-99, (Bulletin 2532), a chapter, “National Compensation Measures,”
in the BLS Handbook of Methods (Bulletin 2490), and several articles published in the Monthly Labor Review
and Compensation and Working Conditions. The bulletin is available from the Superintendent of Documents,
U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402, or Bureau of Labor Statistics, Publications Sales
Center, P.O. Box 2145, Chicago, Ilinois 60690, (312) 353-1880. Reprints of the articles and other descriptive
pieces are available upon request by calling (202) 691-6199 or sending e-mail to (ocltinfo@bis. gov). Current
and historical data are available at the web site: (http://www.bls.gov/ecthome.htm).

The costs per hour worked of compensation components, based on March data from the ECI, are
published in a separate news release titled "Employer Costs for Employee Compensation - March 2001.”
Historical data and related articles are included in the bulletin, Employer Costs for lovee Cor ation.
1986-99, (Bulletin 2526). An historical summary from 1986 through 2001 is also being prepared and will be
available in the future on the Intemet site (http://www.bls.gov/ecthome.htm) or upon request. The cost levels
are calculated with current employment weights, rather than the fixed 1990 weights used in computing the
ECL. Therefore, year-to-year changes in the cost levels usually differ from those in the ECL.

Information in this release will be made available to sensory impaired individuals upon request. Voice
phone: (202) 691-5200; Federal Relay Service Number: 1-800-877-8339.


State and local government

In State and local government, the June 2001 over-the-year increase in wages and salaries was 3.7
percent, identical with that recorded for June 2000. The 12-month gain in benefit costs for June 2001 was 3.4
percent; in June 2000, the gain was 3.1 percent. (See tables B, 5, and 8.)

NOTES:

The ECI for September 2001 is scheduled to be released Thursday, October 25, 2001, at 8:30 a.m.
(EDT).

ECI data are available on the ECI home page http://www.bls.gov/ecthome.htm. To access data using
Anonymous FTP, use the Internet address ftp://ftp.bls.gov.

For technical assistance in using the BLS Internet site, send e-mail to labstat.helpdesk@bls.gov. For
EC] data requests, send e-mail to ocltinfo@bls.gov.

The ECI news release is available through an e-mail subscription service. See the subscription link on

http://www.bls.gov/ecthome.htm or http://www.bls.gov/newsrels.htm.

News releases and other information are available from the BLS fax-on-demand service. To Tequest a
document fax, call (202) 691-6325. To request a catalog of available documents, select option 2 at the initial
voice prompt. To request data found in this news release, enter the following codes:

Text 4110
Tables 1-4 4115
Tables 5-7 4120
Table 8 4125

Explanatory notes 4190



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The 3-month increases in compensation costs and wages and salaries for State and local government
workers were 1.1 percent during the March-June 2001 period. In the December 2000-March 2001 period,
comparable increases for compensation costs and wages and salaries were 1.0 percent. Benefit costs rose 1.1
percent during the June 2001 quarter; in the March 2001 quarter, the increase was 1.2 percent.

Over-the-year changes, not seasonally adjusted

Compensation costs for civilian workers (not seasonally adjusted) increased 3.9 percent for the 12
months ended in June 2001. This compares with over-the-year increases of 4.4 percent in June 2000 and 3.2
percent in June 1999. Compensation costs in private industry rose 4.0 percent in the year ended June 2001,
compared with increases of 4.6 percent in June 2000 and 3.3 percent in June 1999. In State and local
‘government, compensation costs increased 3.6 percent for the year ended June 2001; over-the-year increases
were 3.5 percent in June 2000 and 3.0 percent in June 1999. (See tables B, 2, and 3.)

Nonfarm private industry

In private industry, wages and salaries rose 3.8 percent for the year ended June 2001, after increasing 4.1
percent in the year ended June 2000. (See tables B and 6.) Benefit costs for private industry workers
increased 4.8 percent for the year ended in June 2001, moderating from the increase of 5.7 percent in June
2000. (See chart A and tables B and 8.)

In private industry, over-the-year compensation cost increases were 4.2 percent for white-collar
occupations, 3.6 percent for blue-collar occupations, and 4.1 percent for service occupations. Among the
occupational groups, increases in compensation costs ranged from 2.8 percent each for sales workers and for
machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors to 4.7 percent for administrative support, including clerical
occupations. (See table 3.)

Table B. 12-month percent changes in Employment Cost Index, not seasonally adjusted

June June June June June June

Compensation Component 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000_~—.2001
Civilian workers
Compensation costs 2.9 2.8 3.5 3.2 44 3.9
Wages and salaries 3.2 3.2 3.8 36 4.0 3.7
Benefit costs 1.8 2.0 2.4 25 53 45
Private industry
Compensation costs 2.9 29 3.5 3.3 46 4.0
Wages and salaries 3.4 3.3 4.0 3.6 4.1 3.8
Benefit costs 17 2.0 2.6 2.5 5.7 48
State and local government
Compensation costs 2.6 24 2.7 3.0 3.5 3.6
Wages and salaries 2.8 27 3.0 3.1 3.7 3.7
Benefit costs 2.2 17 2.1 2.6 3.1 3.4

For the year ended June 2001, the compensation cost increase was 3.8 percent for goods-producing
industries, compared with a 4.8 percent increase for the year ended June 2000. The over-the-year increase in
compensation for service-producing industries was 4.2 percent, compared with a 4.4 percent increase for the
year ended June 2000. Among service-producing industry divisions, June 2000-to-June 2001 increases ranged
from 3.4 percent in retail trade to 6.8 percent in communications. (See table 3.)

Compensation costs for nonunion workers rose 4.2 percent over the year, compared with 3.5 percent for
union workers. In service-producing industries, nonunion compensation increased 4.2 percent, compared with
a 3.9 percent increase for union workers. In goods-producing industries, the increase for nonunion workers
was 4.0 percent, greater than the 3.1 percent gain for union workers. Among the four geographic regions,
increases in compensation costs ranged from 3.5 percent in the Midwest to 4.8 percent in the West. (See table
4)


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Table 6. Employment Cost Index for wages and salaries for private industry workers by industry and occupational
group — Continued

(Not seasonally adjusted data)
Indexes (June 1989=100) Percent changes for—
Ind and occupational group dun. Mar. un. 3 months ended— 12 months ended-
2000 | 2001 2001 Jun. Mar. Jun. Jun. Mar. Jun.
2000 2001 2001 2000 2001 2001
Industry~Continued

0.9 42 3.9 37
1.0 44 40 3.8
44 42

149.5 | 150.9 Wa
152.3 |} 153.8 12
153.9 | 155.3 12
142.8 | 143.9 in!
146.0 | 147.1 ni ‘

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152.3 | 153.8 12 14 1.0 44 3.9 3.7
153.0 | 154.4 1.2 13 a) 42 43 4.0
152.1 153.2 15 13 7 3.9 48 40
Executive, administrative, and managerial ...} 150.7 | 154.7 | 156.5 1.0 14 1.2 44 37 38
Sales .. 149.2 | 151.5 8 3 15 53 WwW 24
Administrative support, including
clerical 152.3 | 153.6 1.0 15 9 43 43 44
Blue collar ... 144.6 | 145.9 1.0 1.3 3 3.6 40 38
Precision production, craft, and repair .. 144.6 | 145.7 1.2 13 8 37 41 3.6
Machine operators, assemblers, and
- . 145.6 | 146.9 6 13 eS) 3.6 35 37
‘Transportation and material moving .. 135.2 139.5 | 140.7 8&8 14 a9 3.2 4.0 44
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers,
and laborers 148.0 | 149.8 13 12 1.2 3.8 44 43
Service .. 146.4 | 147.5 VW 1.0 8 34 3.8 35
Production and nonsupervisory
occupations3 147.7 | 149.0 Ww 12 a) 4.0 3.9 3.7
1 Includes mining, construction, and manufacturing. Hourly Eamings index, which was discontinued in January 1989,

2 includes transportation, communication, and public utilities; wholesale
ang retail trade; finance, insurance, and real estate; and service industries.
This series has the same industry and occupational coverage as the NOTE: Dashes indicate data not available.


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EXPLANATORY NOTES

The Employment Cost Index (ECT) is a measure of the change in the cost of labor, free from the
influence of employment shifts among occupations 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 differentials, 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 work in addition to the regular work schedule (such as overtime,
weekends, and holidays), shift differentials, and nonproduction bonuses (such as referral bonuses and lump-
sum payments provided in lieu of wage increases); insurance benefits-life, health, short-term disability, and
long-term disability; retirement and savings benefits--defined benefit and defined contribution plans; legally
required benefits--social security, Federal and State unemployment insurance, and workers' compensation; and
other benefits--severance pay and supplemental unemployment plans.

The ECI provides data for the civilian economy, which includes the total private nonfarm economy
excluding households and the public sector excluding the Federal government. The private industry series and
the State and local government series provide data for the two sectors separately.

Data for this quarter were collected from a probability sample of approximately 31,100 occupational
observations within about 7,400 sample establishments in private industry and approximately 3,800
occupations within about 800 sample establishments in State and local governments. Data are collected for
the pay period including the 12" day of the survey months of March, June, September, and December.

The sampled establishments are classified by industry categories based on the 1987 Standard Industrial
Classification (SIC), as defined by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget. Details on the sample design
are included in the bulletin, Employment Cost Indexes, 1975-99, (Bulletin 2532). Within an establishment,
specific job categories are selected and classified into about 500 occupational classifications according to the
1990 Census of Population. Individual occupations are combined into broader occupational groups. Fixed
employment weights are used each quarter to calculate the most aggregate series — civilian, private, and State
and local government. These fixed weights are also used to derive all of the industry and occupation series
indexes. Since March 1995, 1990 employment counts, primarily from the Bureau’s Occupational Employment
Statistics survey, have been used. For more information on these topics, see the articles, “Introducing New
Weights for the Employment Cost Index,” in the June 1985 issue of the Monthly Labor Review and
“Introducing 1990 Weights for the Employment Cost Index” in the June 1995 issue of Compensation and

Working Conditions.

For the series based on bargaining status, region, and area size, employment data are not available. 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 Employment Cost Index," in the May 1982 issue of the Monthly Labor Review. Beginning
with the March 1990 ECT 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 identify. For more information on the methodology
used to seasonally adjust ECI series, see the bulletin, Employment Cost Indexes, 1975-99, (Bulletin 2532).
The seasonal adjustment factors are recalculated once a year. The March release contains data reflecting the