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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

Indexes (June 1989=100) Percent changes for__
Series 3 months ended 12 months ended
Sep. 1994 | June 1995 | Sep. 1995
Sep. 1994 | June 1995 | Sep. 1995 | Sep. 1994 | June 1995 | Sep. 1995
Civilian workers 1323 | 1945 | 1952 1.0 05 0s 38, 27 22
State and local goverment workers ......., 130.3 | 1322 | 1936 14 8 1 32 29 25
Private Industry workersTM. 1928 | 1351 | 135. 8 4 4 40 26 24
Workers, by occupational group ~
_»__ White-collar occupations 1328 | 1360 | 1966 2 6 4 47 33 29
Blue-collar occupations ... 132.7 | 1936 | 1941 rc) 2 4 33 16 1
Service occupations ... 1342 | 1356 | 135.7 8. 4 a 28 1.9 4
Workers, by industry division
Goods-producing industries 4 1948 | 1359 | 1362 7 0 2 37 18 1.0
Service-producing industries 2 1312 | 1341 | 1348 12 7 5 44 34 27
Manufacturing... to39 |. 1052 | 1355 7 “A 2 a2) 47 12
Nonmanufacturing 4322 |. 1347 | 135.4 14 6 s 45 3.0 24
Workers, by bargaining status
1333 | 1355 | 1366 8 5 8 28 2.0 25
1326 | 1348 | 1352 14 4 3 45 28 20

1 Includes mining, construction, and
2 Includes transportation, communication,
trade; finance, insurance, and real estate; and service

NOTE: The Indexes for these series are not strictly comparable to those for the

and public utilities; wholesale and retall aggregate,
industries.

and industry series.


Table 1. SEASONALLY ADJUSTED: Employment Cost Index for total compensation, wages and salaries, and benefit costs, by
Industry and occupational group — Continued . tate ets

Indexes (June .
sores pecan . Percent changes for 3-months ended
June 1995 | Sep. 1995 | Dec: 1993 | Mar. 1994 | June 1994 | Sep. 1994 | Dec. 1994 | Mar. 1995 | June 1995 | Sep. 1995
: BENEFIT COSTS
Civilian workers 1344 | 1349, 1.0 09 oo | 09 07 02 07 04
* State and local goverment... 1330 | 133.1 9 8 12 4 4 6 14 A
A
Private industry workers 134.7 | 135.4 1 2 1.0 1.0 8 s 5
White-collar occupations 1358 | 1366 us 14 1 14 2 8 6
Blue-collar occupations 1334 | 1339 1A 5 8 9 5 3 4
Service occupations 1356 | 135.7 1.0 6 4 8 ‘6 7 4
Goods-producing industries 1...) 135.5 | 136.1 0 8 1.0 2 8 -3 A 4
Manufacturing «a... | 134.9 195.5 ho 2 11 9 4.0 -4 4 4
Service-producing industries? | 1341 | 194.7 42 1.0 9 1.2 6 s 1.0 4
Nonmanufacturing Industries ....) 1346 | 195.4 14 13 9 141 5 5 8 6

2 Includes mining, construction, and manufacturing. .
Includes transportation, communication, and public utlities; wholesale and retail

; finance, Insurance, and real estate; and service industries.
‘No identifiable seasonality was found for this series.



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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 a .

Indexes (June 1989=100) . Percent changes for
Series 3 months ended 12 months ended
Sep. 1994 | June 1995 | Sep. 1995
Sep. 1994 | June 1995 | Sep. 1995 | Sep. 1994 | June 1995 | Sep. 1995
119.8 122.2 123.2 1.0 07 0.8 29 3.0 28
120.1 122.4 123.4 4 6 8 3.0 3.0 27
120.8 123.1 124.3 9 6 1.0 29 28 29
121.5 123.8 125.0 Ad 5 1.0 3.0 3.0 29
122.8 124.7 126.1 12 4A Ww 28 28 27
120.2 122.8 123.8 1.0 5 8 3.2 3.2 3.0
120.9 123.4 124.3 a) 5 7 3.2 3.0 28
117.8 120.3 121.1 9 a) 7 3.0 34 28
119.4 121.8 122.8 an! 5 8 28 34 28
119.0 121.4 122.1 8&8 7 & 34 29 26
120.0 122.9 123.5 8 8 5 3.2 3.3 29
120.2 122.5 123.7 1D) 7 1.0 29 3.0 29
122.8 124.8 126.2 1.2 3 Ww 28 29 28
124.4 126.6 127.5 8 A 7 25 26 ,25
124.0 126.0 126.8 8 4 6 27 24 23
123.8 125.1 127.8 24 v 22 28 34 3.2
119.9 122.3 123.2 1.2 3 7 35 82 2.8
119.7 121.9 123.1 1.0 7 1.0 28 29 28
State and local goverment workers 122.8 124.6 126.6 17 2) 16 29 3.2 3.1
Workers, by cosupational g group
White-collar 122.9 124.6 126.8 17 2 18 28 34 J 82.
123.6 125.0 127.4 1.9 2 19 27 34 “34
Executive, administrative, and :
managerial ..... 121.6 124.3 126.0 Ww 2 1.4 29 33 . 3.6
Administrative support, including . so oo
clerical .... 120.9 122.9" 124.4 “13 3 12 3.2 29 "29
Blue-collar occupations 121.8 123.8 124.8 1.4 & 28 29 , 31: 25
Service occupations. seerseseene| 122.7 125.2 126.6 19 5 wld 3.7 AO cers oe 8.2
Workers, by industry division : :
Services 123.6 125.1 127.6 719 2. 2.0 “27 “34 3.2
123.2 "125.5 126.9 1 Ap ta 26 3.0 “3.0
124.7 126.6 127.9 15 5 1.0 3.6 3.0 26
124.2 126.3 127.6 18 4 1.0 3.6 35 27
123.6 124.9 127.7 24 A 22 27 3.1 3.3
IS sss... 123.8 125.1 127.8 24 A 22 29 3.2 3.2
Elementary and secondary 124.5 125.8 128.7 2.2 2 23 28 3.3 3.4
Colleges and universities ... 121.5 122.9 125.0 1.9 72 17 3.1 34 29
Public administration ...... 119.9 122.3 123.2 1.2 3 7 3.5 3.2 2.8

2 Includes mining, construction, and manufactur

ring. finance, Insurance, and real estate; service industries; and public administration.
2 Includes transportation, communication, and public utilities; wholesale and retall

ormerty called hospitals and other services.



Table 3. COMPENSATION (NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED): Employment Cost Index for total compensation, private industry
workers, by industry and occupational group

Indexes (June 1989=100) Percent changes for
Series 3 months ended 12 months ended
. Sep. 1994 | June 1995 | Sep. 1995
Sep. 1994 | June 1995 | Sep. 1995 | Sep. 1994 | June 1995 | Sep. 1995
Private industry workers 123.0 125.4 126.2 0. 07 0.6 33 28 2.6
Excluding sales .. | 123.4 125.7_ | 1265 | 9 6. é 33. | 28 25
White-collar occupations .. 123.5 126.2 127.0 8 a 6 3.4 3.0 28
Excluding sales .. 124.4 127.0 127.8 a 6 6 3.5 3.0 27
Professional speci: 126.3 128.4 129.3 8 5 7 3.4 25 24
Executive, administrative, and
i 122.6 125.4 126.2 Ww 4 6 3.8 34 29
119.2 122.4 123.2 3 1.8 7 34 3.0 3.4
124.5 127.3 128.1 8 6 6 35 34 29
Blue-collar occupations .... 122.3 124.4 125.1 9 7 6 3.0 26 23
Precision production, craft, and repail 122.5 124.4 125.4 Ww 8 8 3.2 26 24
Machine operators, assemblers,
122.9 124.8 125.1 6 5 2 24 24 18
120.3 122.4 122.9 1.0 5 A 3.8 28 22
Haridlers, equipment cleaners,
helpers, and laborers ... 122.7 125.3 125.9 11 1.0 5 36 3.2 26
Service occupations ...... 121.8 124.0 124.7 7 5 & 24 25 24
Production and nonsupervisory .
‘occupations 1 .. 122.6 125.0 125.8 8 7 & 3.0 28 2.6
Goods-producing industries 2 123.9 125.9 126.5 7 5 5 3.3 24 24
~ Excluding sales occupatior 123.5 125.6 126.1 8 6 4 3.3 25 24
‘White-collar occupations 125.1 127.6 128.1 6 3 4 3.8 27 24
Excluding sales ..... woe 124.1 126.7 127.2 7 4 4 3.7 ~ 28 25
Blue-collar occupations . we] 123.1 124.9 125.5 7 6 5 29 22 19
Service occupations. ... 126.5 127.9 128.8 22 5 7 41 33 18
121.4 122.0 123.1 1.0 7 a) 3.9 15 1.4
i 124.4 126.9 127.3 7 6 3 32 28 23
White-collar occupations 124.9 128.0 128.7 8 5 5 3.7 3.3 3.0
Excluding sales 123.6 126.6 127.4 a A 6 34 3.3 34
Blue-collar occupat 124.0 126.0 126.3 6 6 2 29 23 1.9
ic 127.0 128.6 129.5 23 5 a7 44 3.6 2.0
Durables .. 125.1 127.7 128.2 qa 6 4 3.4 3.2 25
Nondurables 123.2 125.4 125.7 3 6 2 29 24 2.0
Service-producing industries 3 . 122.3 124.9 125.8 a) 8 7 3.2 34 29
Excluding sales occupations 123.3 125.8 126.6 1.0 6 6 3.4 3.0 27
White-collar occupations 122.9 125.6 126.5 8 8 7 3.3 3.0 29
Excluding sales 124.6 127.1 128.0 1.0 6 7 3.5 3.0 27
Blue-collar occupé 120.6 123.1 123.9 1.3 8 6 3.4 3.4 27
Service occupations ... 121.3 123.6 124.2 5 5 5 23 24 24
Transportation and public utilities 121.4 124.7 126.0 1.3 6 1.0 3.9 41 3.8
Transportation .. 119.7 123.0 124.7 17 6 14 43 45 42
Public utilities 123.6 126.8 127.5 8 6 6 37 3.4 3.2
Communications 122.9 126.6 127.4 7 2 6 37 3.7 3.7
Electric, gas, and sanitary services . 124.4 127.0 127.7 1.0 9 6 35 3.41 27
Wholesale and retail trade 120.5 122.8 123.8 ze) 9g 8 35 28 27
Excluding sales occup: 120.9 123.1 124.1 2 6 8 3.3 28 26

‘See footnotes at end of table,



Table 2. COMPENSATION (NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED): Employment Cost Index for total compensation, civilian and state and
local government workers, by industry and occupational group .

Indexes (June 1989=100) Percent changes for
Series 3 months ended 12 months ended
Sep. 1994 | June 1995 | Sep. 1995
Sep. 1994 | June 1995 | Sep. 1995 | Sep. 1994 | June 1995 | Sep. 1995
123.3 125.6 126.6 1.0 06 08 3.2 29 27
1237 | 1259 | 1269 14 6 8 35 29 26
Workers, by occupational group
White-collar occupations 123.9 126.3 127.4 1 6 9 3.3 3.0 28
124.5 126.9 128.0 Ww 5 9 3.3 3.0 28
125.7 127.5 128.9 1.2 A 11 3.0 27 25
122.9 125.7 126.7 1 4 8 3.6 34 3.4
124.6 127.3 128.1 9 & 6 35 34 28
122.4 124.5 125.2 9 7 6 3.0 26 2.3
Service occupations -} 123.5 125.8 126.7 Ww 6 7 3.0 3.0 2.6
Workers, by industry division
Goods-producing 1 126.0 126.5 7z 6 4 3.3 24 24
126.9 127.3 7 6 3 3.2 28 2.3
125.5 126.6 12 7 3 3.2 34 2.8
127.8 128.9 13 5 a) 29 29 25
130.2 131.1 a & 7 27 28 26
129.7 130.4 c) 7 5 29 26 23
127.4 129.8 19 4 1.9 28 34 3.0
Public ‘administration ~ 123.7 126.1 127.4 1.2 & 1.0 3.7 3.2- 3.0
Nonmanufacturing 123.0 125.2 126.3 Ww 6 ze) 3.2 29 27
State and local government workers ..... 125.0 126.9 128.7 15 4 14 3.0 3.4 3.0
Workers, by ‘occupational group :
White-collar occupations ......... | 124.9 126.6 128.6 1.6 3 1.6 28 3.0 3.0
Professional specialty and technical...} 125.0 126.3 128.4 19 z 17 2.7 29 27
Executive, administrative, and
managerial sees 124.7 127.4 129.1 14 A 13 34 3.2 3.5
Administrative support, Inc!
clerical ...... eee wee] — 124.9 126.9 128.4 1.3 5 12 3.2 29 28
Blue-collar occupations 124.2 126.3 127.2 12 7 7 3.1 29 2.4
Service occupations .. 126.0 128.8 130.1 17 a 1.0 3.8 4.0 33
Workers. ‘ars, By industry division
125.6 127.1 129.2 18 3 1.7 28 3.0 29
124.9 127.7 128.9 1.3 1.0. 9 29 3.6 3.2
127.2 129.8 131.0 16 AD! 9 44 37 3.0
127.0 129.9 131.1 2.0 12 e) 44 43 3.2
125.5 126.8 129.0 1.9 2 17 2.6 3.0 28
125.9 127.1 129.4 2.0 2 1.8 2.8 3.0 28
Elementary and secondary 126.3 127.4 129.8 2.0 2 1.9 27 29 28
Colleges and universities ... 124.5 126.1 128.0 2.0 A 16 3.1 3.4 28
Public administration... 123.7 126.1 127.4 1.2 & 1.0 3.7 32 3.0
2 Includes mining, construction, and manufacturing trade; finance, insurance, and real estate; service industries; and public administration.

2 includes transportation, communication, and public utllities; wholesale and retail

Formerly called hospitals and other services:


Table.4. COMPENSATION (NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED): Employment Cost Index for total compensation, private Industry .
workers, by bargaining status, region, and area size.

Indexes (June 1989=100) Percent changes for
Series 3 months ended 12 months ended
Sep. 1994 | June 1995 | Sep. 1995
Sep. 1994 | June 1995 | Sep. 1995 | Sep. 1994 | June 1995 Sep. 1995
Workers, by bargaining status
123.8 125.8 126.8 07 06 0.8 3.2 23 24
123.1 124.8 125.7 6 & 7 28 2.0 24
Goods-producing industries 1 124.4 125.9 126.7 5 6 & 28° 17 18
Service-producing industries 2 122.9 125.6 126.8 re) & 1.0 3.6 34 3.2
Manufacturing ..... 125.3 126.6 127.1 4 2 40 28 1.4 1.4
Blue-collar occupations 125.1 126.4 126.8 4 2 3 27 14 1.4
Nonmanufacturing .. 122.6 125.0 126.2 ze) 8 1.0 35 29 29
Nonunion .. 122.7 125.2 126.0 8 7 6 33 1 29 27
Blue-collar occupations 121.7 123.9 124.5 WA 7 5 3.3 29 23
Goods-producing industries 1 123.6 125.9 126.4 8&8 6 4 35 27 23
Service-producing industries 2 122.2 124.8 125.6 r) & & 32 34 28
124.0 126.9 127.3 a 6 3 3.3 3.3 27
125.5, 125.7 a) 8 2 3.0 3.0 22
124.5 125.3 a 7 6 3.3 28 25
126.6 127.4 1.0 8 6 3.2 341 27
124.3 125.2 8 5 7 3.1 29 28
126.9 127.7 8 9g 6 37 27 25
123.4 123.9 7 7 4 3.0 24 a4
122.9 125.4 126.2 8 7 6 32 29 27
123.2 125.3 126.1 6 4 6 38 23 24
3 Includes mining, ‘and manufacturing Caroina, Tannssse0, Texas, Virginia, and West —“tlinols,; Indiana,
2 Includes trangporaton, comnunicauce and publle uaiies; wholesale and retail lowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Noes Now ba ‘Dakota, Ohio, South
tage france, nsursnce, andrea estat; ‘and service Indu Dakota, and Wisconsin; and West—Alaska, Arizona, Gallfomia, Colorado, Hawall,
Tegional, coverage is as folows Northeast-Connecteut, Mai Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming:

Massachuset N lew Hampshire, New Jersey, ‘New York, Penneyivania, Rhode Island,
and Vermont; South—Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, NOTE: The indexes for these series are not strictly comparable to those for the
Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South ‘aggregate, occupation, and Industry series.


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EMPLOYMENT COST INDEX--SEPTEMBER 1995

The Employment Cost Index (ECI) increased 0.8 percent before seasonal adjustment in the 3 months
ended in September 1995, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The
September 1995 ECI level of 126.6 (June 1989=100) was 2.7 percent higher than the index in September 1994,
The ECI measures changes in compensation costs, including wages, salaries, and employer costs for employee
benefits. :

Quarterly changes, seasonally adjusted

On aseasonally adjusted basis, the ECI rose 0.6 percent in the June-September 1995 period, compared
with a 0.7 percent gain in the March-June 1995 period. This matches the December 1994-March 1995 period
for the smallest compensation cost increase since the series began in 1982. Wage and salary gains, 0.7 percent
in June-September 1995, have stayed within a relatively narrow range over the past 3 years. Benefit costs rose
0.4 percent in June-September 1995, down from the 0.7 percent increase for the March-June 1995 period.

Table A. Percent changes in Employment Cost Index for civilian workers

. Unadjusted
Compensation : Seasonally adjusted 3-months ended . 12-months
component Dec..|.Mar. June Sept Dec. | Mar. June — Sept. ended
: 1993 | 1994 1994 1994-1994 | 1995 1995 1995 _| Sept. 1995
Compensation costs... | 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.6 2.7
Wages and salaries... } 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.6 0.8 0.7 0.7 2.8
Benefit costs ........ss+ 1.0 0.9 09 0.9 0.7 0.2 0.7 0.4 2.2

Private industry workers showed a pattern similar to civilian workers. (See table 1.) Compensation
costs rose 0.6 percent in the June-September 1995 period. Wages and salaries increased 0.7 percent, in line with
gains over the past year. Benefit costs increased 0.5 percent for the June-September 1995 period, the same as
for the March-June 1995 period. Benefit cost increases were held down by declining health insurance costs to
employers.

Compensation cost increases for state and local government workers slowed to 0.5 percent in the June-
September 1995 period, down from 1.0 percent in the preceding period. This slowdown was due primarily to
smaller gains in benefits (0.1 percent in June-September 1995, down from 1.4 percent in the March-June 1995
period). .


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

Indexes (June 1989=100) . Percent changes for
Series 3 months ended 12 months ended
Sep. 1994 | June 1995 | Sep. 1995 -
Sep. 1994 | June 1995 | Sep. 1995 | Sep. 1994 | June 1995 | Sep. 1995
Wholesale trade... 118.9 122.7 123.9 0.5 15 1.0 33 37 42
Excluding sales occupations ... 119.6 122.9 123.7 7 & 7 28 35 34
Petal trad@ .ssssssssssssssssscsssnssesonssseen 118.0 119.6 120.5 ce 8 8 31 22 24
General merchandise stores 116.5 118.6 119.0 a 6 3 17 19 24
Food stores ... 117.4 117.6 118.6 +3 +2 3g 22 2 1.0
Finance, insurance, and real estate 113.8 117.0 118.0 5 17 9 1.3 34 | 3.7
Excluding sales occupations .......000| 117.2 120.2 121.4 1.0 8& a7 28 3.6 3.3
Banking, savings and loan, and other .

116.5 119.7 120.4 1.3 4 6 25 41 3.3
117.7 120.8 121.4 8 8 2 3.3 3.4 2.9
122.3 125.2 125.7 7 Ww 4 3.4 34 28
122.2 124.4 125.3 7 A 7 28 26 25
119.9 122.9 123.6 4 a7 6 4.0 29 34
124.3 126.7 127.5 6 4 6 24 26 26
123.9 125.9 126.6 5 A 6 24 24 2.2
- - - 8 8 5 38 3.4 3.0
124.9 - 125.9 128.6 22 2 24 35 3.0 3.0
Colleges and universities .. 124.5 125.9 129.0 1.9 3 25 26 3.0 3.6
Nonmanufacturing Industries 118.7 120.9 121.9 | 8 8 8 29 27 27
White-collar occupations .. 119.7 122.1 123.1 7 8 & 28 27 28
Excluding sales ...... 121.3 123.5 124.4 a 5 7 3.1 27 26
Blue-collar occupations 116.4 118.5 119.4 Ww a 8 3.0 3.0 26
Service occupations 117.3 119.8 120.6 5 5 7 2.2 27 28

1 This series has the sama industry and occupational coverage as the Hourly 3 Includes transportation, communication, and public utltles; wholesale and retall

- Eampings index, which was discontinued in January 1969. trade; finance, insurance, and real estate; and service industries,

Includes mining, construction, and manufacturing. ~ Data not available.


abl

Table 6. WAGES AND SALARIES (NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED): Employment Cost Index fo: wages a and salaries only, private
industry workers, by Industry and occupational group .

Indexes (June 1989=100) Percent changes for
Series . 3 months ended 12 months ended
Sep. 1994 | June 1995 | Sep. 1995
Sep. 1994 | June 1995 | Sep. 1995 | Sep. 1994 | June 1995 | Sep. 1995

Private industry workers 119.1 121.5 122.4 0.8 07 07 29 29 28
Excluding sales ......... 119.4 121.8 122.6 3a 7 7 3.0 3.0 27
120.2 122.7 123.6 8 8 7 3.0" 28 28
121.0 123.4 124.3 9 5 7 34 29 27
Professional specialty and technical 122.2 124.4 125.3 7 x) 7 28 26 25

Executive, administrative, and . .
resect — 120.0 1225 | 123.4 1.0 5 7 3.3 34 28
116.5 119.3 120.5 3 21. 1.0 2.4 27 3.4
Administrative support, including clerical | 120.9 123.5 124.3 8 5 6 3.2 3.0 28
Blue-collar occupations .... 117.5 120.1 120.8 a) a 6 3.0 34 2.8
Precision production, craft, repait 117.8 119.9 121.0 1 a) a 3.2 29 27

Machine operators, assemblers,

AN INSPACHOLS -eresssccrsssescerssee 118.0 120.9 121.4 7 11 A 29 32 2.9
Transportation and material moving 115.2 117.8 118.5 M1 7 6 3.4 3.3 29
Handlers, equipment cleaners,

helpers, and laborers ......... 117.9 121.2 121.5 5 a) 2 2.6 3.3 34

Service occupations ..... 117.6 120.0 120.8 7 5 7 23 27 27
Production and onsupervisory :

occupations 1 118.5 121.0 121.8 a a 7 28 3.0 28
Goods-producing industries 2 .... 118.9 121.4 1224 8 8 6 3.1 29 27
Excluding sales occupations 118.4 120.9 -) 121.6 9 8 6 3.0 3.0 27
occupations 120.1 123.8 * 124.4 7 7 so 32° 29 27
119.8 122.5 123.2 8 6 6. 29 3.4 28
117.5 |. 119.9 120.7 8 3 JZ 3.0 28 27
120.1 121.9 122.8 2.0 Wd 7 - 3.8 3.6 22
114.6 115.7 116.8 3a 8 1.0 3.0 18 1.9
120.0 122.9 123.5 8 8 5 3.2 3.3 29
121.7 124.7 125.3. 9 6 5 3.4 34 3.0
120.2 123.2 123.9 a 7 & 3.0 3.4 34
118.7 121.6 122.2 8 10 5 3.0 3.2 2.9

120.6 122.8 123.7 2.0 11 7 4.0 3.9 26°
119.8 122.9 123.6 a 8 6 3.4 3.5 32
120.3 122.9 123.3 7 8 3 29 28 25
119.2 121.6 122.6 8 7 8 28 29 2.9
120.2 122.5 123.4 1.0 6 7 3.1 29 27
119.9 122.3 123.2 8 8 7 29 29 28
121.5 123.8 124.7, 39 5 7 3.1 2.8 2.6
Blue-collar occupations V7.5 120.3 124.1 1 ce) 7 3.0 3.5 3.4
Service occupations .. 117.3 119.8 120.7 5 4 8 24 27 29
Transportation and public utilities 118.9 122.0 122.9 15 7 7 3.7 44 3.4
Transportation .. wressssernenree| — 116.7 119.8 121.0 WW 7 1.0 3.6 44 3.7
Public utilities | 121.4 124.5 125.2 Ww 5 6 3.6 37 34
Communications .... 121.0 124.6 125.3 1.3 2 & 3.9 43 3.6
Electric, gas, and sat 121.9 124.4 125.2 8 8 6 34 29 27
- Wholesale and retail trade .. 118.3 120.6 121.6 8 1.0 8 34 27 2.8
Excluding sales occupations 118.7 120.9 121.9 & 6 8 3.0 2.6 27

‘See footnotes at end of table.



Table 3. COMPENSATION (NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED): Employment Cost Index for total compensation, private industry
workers, by Industry and occupational group — Continued

Indexes (June 1989=100) Percent changes for
Series 3 months ended 12 months ended
Sep. 1994 | June 1995 | Sep. 1995
_ Sep. 1994 | June 1995 | Sep. 1995 | Sep. 1994 | June 1995 | Sep. 1995
Wholesale trade ..s.sssssssssseeers "124.8 126.1 0.8 13 1.0 3.4 43 46
Excluding sales occupations 125.1 126.2 B& 6 9 34 + 40 40
Retall trade wees. 121.8 122.6 1.0 7 7 3.6 22 1.8
mer 120.7 121.0 & 5 2 28 23 1.9
Food stores .. 120.7 121.8 2 1 9 27 a 1.2
Finance, insurance, and real estate 121.8 122.7 7 13 7 2.4 3.5 3.5
Excluding sales occupations .... 124.6 125.4 1.0 7 ba 3.4 3.6. 3.2
Banking, savings and loan, and other

credit agencies 120.8 124.1 124.8 1.2 5 6 33 3.9 3.3
Insurance ... 121.5 124.6 124.9 8 a 2 35 3.4 28
Excluding sales occupations 126.0 129.0 129.6 8 1 5 34 32 29
Services ... 125.9 128.2 128.9 8 5 5 29 26 24
Business services 122.4 125.3 125.7 2 6 3 3.6 2.6 27
Health services 130.3 131.3 6 5 8 23 25 27
129.7 130.3 5 6 5 26 2.0 2.0
- - 6 7 5 3.7 3.0 29
130.3 133.2 22 1.2 22 3.6 3.9 3.9
131.3 134.6 2.0 15 25 28 42 47
124.6 125.5 ag 7 a7 3.3 28 2.6
White-collar occupations 125.6 126.5 8 7 7 3.4 29 28
Excluding sales 124.7 127.1 128.0 9 6 7 3.6 28 26
Blue-collar occupat 120.5 122.5 123.5 1.2 8 8 3.3 29 25
Service occupations .. 121.3 123.5 124.2 5 A 6 23 23 24

1 This series has the same industry and occupational coverage as the Hourly 3 Inctudes transportation, communication, and public utilities; wholesale and retall

Eapings index, which was discontinued in January 1889. trade; finance, insurance, and real estate; and service industries.

Includes mining, construction, and manufacturing. ~ Data not available.



Table 1. SEASONALLY ADJUSTED: Employment Cost Index for total compensation, v wages and salaries, and benefit costs, s by

industry and occupational group ,
2+ Indexes (June 5
Percent changes for 3-months ended
Series 1989=100)
dune 1995 | Sep. 1995 } Dec. 1993 | Mar. 1994 | June 1994'] Sep. 1994 | Dec. 1994 | Mar.-1995 | June 1995 | Sep. 1995
COMPENSATION
Civilian WOrKOTS ...--ccsvessnsessnecesneeen 125.5 126.2 0.8. 0.7 0.8 0.8 07 06 07 06
State and focal government ......... 127.5 128.1 7 9 8 a) 6 7 1.0 5
Private industry workers .... 125.2 125.9 8 8 8 8 7 6 7 6
‘White-collar occupations 126.2 126.9 9 8 9 7 7 7 8 6
Blue-collar occupations ...... 124.3 125.0 & 5 7 a 6 4 7 &
Service occupations ........ 124.1 ¢ 124.7 6 8 5 7 9 2 6 5
Goods-producing industries 1 125.8 126.5 8 7 1.0 & 6 5 6 6
121.8 - 122.8 2 1.6 1 1.0 oA a 5 8
126.9 127.4 8 6 9 9 7 5 7 A
127.7 128.2 a) 5 9 Ww 7 6 7 4
125.2 125.8 a 7 9 6 6 3 6 5
Service-producing industries 2 124.8 125.6 a “7 7 8 7 a 8&8 6
Transportation and public .
124.7 125.9 9 Wa 5 1.3 ) Ww 7 1.0
124.5 . 126.3 3 3 ani 12 5 16 9 14
11215 122.4 a 7 a 11 a 7 2 7
121.8 122.7 6 Ww ae) 7 3 1 13 7
128.4, 128.8 8 8 7 & 7 5 9 3
124.6 125.3. |. 8 8 8, 5 8 6
WAGES AND SALARIES
122.2 123.0 07 07 08 0.8 0.6 08 07 0.7
State and local government 125.3 |. 126.0 7 8 7 7 8 1.0 7 6
Private industry workers .. i215 122.3 van 8 9 7 & 7 7 7
White-collar: - 122.7 123.5 ) & 8 7 a7 7 8&8 7
Blue-collar occupations 3.........) 120.1 120.8 & 7 8 a A & 9 6
Service occupations wwe 120.1 120.8 4 9 5 6 1.0 5 & 6
Goods-producing industries 13] 121.4 122.1 7 7 r) 8 6 7 8 6
Construction 116.5 3 1.0 1.0 7 5 a 4 9
123.5 9 6 8 8 7 ag 8 5
123.6 an 5 8 sc) 8 3 8 6
123.4 a 4 a x) 5. 7 7 6
Service-producing industries 2 121.6 122.4 8 6 7 8 5 a 7 7
Trensoon and public
122.0 122.8 & 8 7 1.4 8 13 7 7
122.3 124.0 1.0 A 12 “9g 7 13 8 1.4
119.3 120.2 a 3 1,0 a) 3 a) 2 8
Finance, Insurance, and real :

estate 3 117.0 118.0 5 7 a4 5 4 7 1.7 a
Services 124.6 125.2 7 a 7 5 7 7 6 5
Nonmanufacturing industries ..] 120.9 121.8 7 6 8 8 5 7 8 7

‘See footnotes at end of table.



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Table 9. AEROSPACE (NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED): Employment Cost Index for workers in aerospace manufacturing, by

industry and occupation
Indexes (June 1989=100) Percent changes for
Series 3 months ended 12 months ended
. ‘Sep. 1994 | June 1995 | Sep. 1995
: Sep. 1994 | June 1995 | Sep. 1995 | Sep. 1994 | June 1995 | Sep. 1995
COMPENSATION
Aircraft manufacturing (SIC 3721) .. 128.7 131.0 131.5 13 03 04 1.6 34 22
125.3 - 127.2 127.8 1.2 4 5 W7 27 2.0
133.2 136.1 136.3 13 3 1 1.3 35 23
WAGES AND SALARIES:

Aircraft manufacturing (SIC 3721) 124.0 126.5 127.4 06 0.6 07 29 26 27
White-collar occupations 119.8 121.6 122.7 6 5 9 27 24 24
Blue-collar occupations... 130.2 133.6 134.1 & 7 4 3.3 3.2 3.0

BENEFIT COSTS
Aircraft manufacturing (SIC 3721) 138.7 140.8 140.5 25 0.4 0.2 1.0 44 13
8 138.0 140.2 139.9 24 A 2 5 44 14
139.0 140.9 140.6 25 5 2 2.0 3.9 1.2

NOTE: SIC refers to the 1987 Standard Industrial Classification System code as defined by tha U.S. Office of Management and Budget.


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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 Employment 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. ECT 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. Mote
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 aggregate
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.1995 data from
the ECI, are published in a separate news release titled "Employer Costs for Employee
Compensation - March 1995." 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, 1975-95, (Bulletin 2466); 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 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, Illinois 60690. Reprints of the
articles plus other descriptive pieces and a complete historical listing are available upon request.
ECT 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, Telecommunications Device for the Deaf (TDD) phone: 202-
606-5897, TDD Message Referral Phone Number: 1-800-326-2577.


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

Wages & salaries _ Benefits

12-month percent change
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Chart B. Changes in compensation, seasonally
adjusted and not seasonally adjusted, state
and local government

Seasonally adjusted Not seasonally adjusted

3-month percent change
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Chart C. Changes in compensation, state and
local government, by occupational category

White- Blue- Service
collar collar occupations

Chart D. Changes in compensation, state and
local government, by industry category
Service Public

industries administration

12-month percent change 12-month percent change
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Bureau of Labor Statistics, Division of Employment Cost Trends October 1995 dectinfo@bls.gov 202/606-6199


Over-the-year changes, unadjusted

Compensation costs (not seasonally adjusted) increased 2.7 percent for the year ended in September
1995, down from 3.2 percent for the 12-month period ended September 1994. This is the smallest over-the-year
increase since the series began in 1981. The increase for private industry workers was also the smallest on
record at 2.6 percent, compared with 3.3 percent for the year ended September 1994. State and local
government increases were 3.0 percent, the same as in the period ended September 1994. Increases i in state and
local government have ranged between 2.8 and 3.1 percent for the last 2 years.

Private industry wage and salaries increased 2.8 percent in September 1994-95, about the same as the 2.9
percent gain for September 1993-94. Wage and salary increases have ranged between 2.7 and 3.1 percent for
the last 3 years.

For the year ended September 1995, compensation cost gains in private industry were higher in service-
producing industries (2.9 percent) than in goods-producing industries (2.1 percent). For the year ended
September 1994, increases in the two sectors had been about the same (3.2 percent and 3.3 percent,
respectively). Among the goods-producing industries, the September 1994-95 increases ranged from 1.4
percent in construction to 2.5 percent in durable goods manufacturing. In the service-producing industries,
gains ranged from 1.2 percent for food stores to 4.7 percent for colleges and universities. Other service-
producing industries with relatively large increases were transportation (4.2 percent) and wholesale trade (4.6
percent).

Over-the-year compensation cost increases in private industry were higher for white-collar workers (2.8
percent) than for blue-collar workers (2.3 percent) and service occupations (2.4 percent). Among occupational
groups, increases ranged from 1.8 percent for machine operators, assemblers, and i inspectors to 3.4 percent for
sales occupations.

Compensation cost increases were slightly higher for nonunion workers (2.7 percent) than for union
workers (2.4 percent). This pattern also held in the goods-producing industries (2.3 percent and 1.8 percent,
respectively), but not in the service-producing industries (3.2 percent for union and 2.8 percent for nonunion).

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BLS Data Now Available on the World Wide Web

ECI data, as well as other data produced by BLS, are now.available on the Worldwide Web. To access ECI data
use'the address: http://stats.bls.gov/ecthome.htm. To access the BLS Home Page use:  http://stats.bls.gov.
There is no charge from BLS for using this service; however, there may be a charge from your Internet service
provider. To access data using GOPHER or Anonymous FTP, use the Internet address: stats.bls.gov.

For technical assistance in using the BLS Internet site, send email to: labstat.helpdesk@bls.gov. For ECI data
requests, send e-mail to: dectinfo @bls.gov.

ECI data for December 1995 is scheduled for-release on Tuesday, January 30, 1996, at 8:30 A.M. (EST)



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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

Indexes (June 19892100) Percent changes for
Series - 3 months ended | 12 months ended
Sep. 1994 | June 1995 | Sep. 1995
Sep. 1994 | June 1995 | Sep. 1995 } Sep. 1994 | June 1995 | Sep. 1995
Workers, by bargaining status
Union 118.6 | 1206 1215 09 0.7 07 33 26 24
Blue-collar occupations 1173 | 119.1 120.0 2 8 8 32 25 23
Goods-producing industries 1 175 | 1193 | 1202 4 8 8 33 22 4 23
Service-producing industries 2 ..... 120.1 1223 | 1232 12 8 7 35 3.0 26
Manufacturing ... 1105 | 1205 1213 6 6 7 34 23 | 24
Blue-collar occupations 118.3 1202 121.0 8 6 7 34 22 23
Nonmanufacturing ..... 1186 | 1206 121.6 11 7 8 32 28 25
1192 | 1218 122.6 8 8 z 28 3.0 29
1177 | 1207 121.4 rc) 1.0 6 29 34 31
‘Goods-producing industries 1 119.5 122.2 1229 8 7 6 3.0 3.0 28
Service-producing industries 2 .. 119.0 | 1215 122.4 | 8 8 7 27 29 29
Manufacturing .... 1205 | 1238 | 1243 8 r) 4 3.0 36 32
119.1 122.6 1231 | 8 12 4 27 38 34
118.7 |. 121.0 121.9 8 8 7 28 27 27
120.0 | 1221 123.4 1.0 7 8 27 28 26
1185 | 1208 aig |: 9 7 8 28 29 28
1195 | 1222 123.0 1.0 a] 7 37 33 29
118.4 120.9 121.4 2 8 4 24 25 28
419.4 121.6 122.4 8 8 z 28 3.0 28
1186 | 121.3 122.4 4 7 7 34 27 3.0
1 includes mi lining, construction, and manufacturing, Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia; Midwest—illinols, Indiana,
2 eludes taneeoraton in, communication, and public utilities; wholesale and retail fowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South
tap; hance, insurance, and realestate; and core Indust. Dakota, and Wisconsin; and West—Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii,
The fedional coverage is as folows: Northeast Connecticut, Maing, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.
Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsyivania, Rhode island,

-and Vermont; South—Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, NOTE: The indexes for these series are not strictly comparable to those for the
Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South . aggregate, occupation, and industry series.


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EXPLANATORY NOTE

: 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. . ‘

Bénefits 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,
sickness and accident, and long-term disability); retirement and savings benefits (defined benefit
and defined contribution); legally required benefits (social security, Federal and State
unemployment insurance, workers' compensation, 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 probability sample of nearly 21,000 occupations within about
4,100 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 according
to the 1970 Census. Differences between the two classification systems are slight, as indicated in
the article "Introdticing new weights for the Employment Cost Index," in the June 1985 issue of the
Monthly Labor Review. Beginning with March 1995, the jobs are classified 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 was published in the June 1995 issue of Compensation and Working Conditions and that is
available upon request. From June 1986 through December 1994, employment counts from the