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Table 1.  SEASONALLY ADJUSTED: Employment Cost Index for total compensation, by industry and occupational group
Table 1.  SEASONALLY ADJUSTED: Employment Cost Index for total compensation, by industry and occupational group--Continued
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

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                  EMPLOYMENT COST INDEX -- DECEMBER 1993
 
     The Employment Cost Index (ECI) increased 0.6 percent before seasonal
adjustment in the 3 months ended in December 1993, the U.S. Department of
Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.  The December 1993 ECI
level of 120.2 (June 1989=100) was 3.5 percent higher than in December
1992.  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 0.8
percent in the September-December 1993 period, the same as in the June-
September 1993 period.  (See box below.)  ECI wages and salaries rose 0.7
percent in the September-December 1993 period, about the same as the 0.8
percent increase for the June-September 1993 period and in line with the
quarterly increases for the last 2 years.  Benefit costs rose 1.0 percent,
about the same as the 0.9 percent increase for the June-September 1993
quarter, but lower than the quarterly increases over the last several
years.  (See tables A and 1.)
 
 
Table A.  Percent changes in Employment Cost Index for civilian workers
 
                                 Seasonally adjusted            Unadjusted
Compensation                        3-months ended              12-months
 component                     1992                1993           ended
                       Mar. June Sep. Dec.  Mar. June Sep. Dec. Dec. 1993
 
Compensation costs..... 0.8  0.8  0.8  1.0  0.9  0.9  0.8  0.8      3.5
 
 Wages and salaries.... 0.8  0.6  0.4  0.8  0.8  0.7  0.8  0.7      3.1
 
 Benefits.............. 1.2  1.2  1.5  1.3  1.3  1.3  0.9  1.0      4.6
 
 
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 * Employment Cost Indexes for compensation costs, wages and salaries,     *
 * and benefit costs. Seasonally adjusted indexes for 1989-93 were revised *
 * to reflect updated seasonal factors and are available upon request.     *
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Over-the-year changes, unadjusted
     Compensation costs (not seasonally adjusted) increased 3.5 percent
for the year ended in December 1993, the same as the gain for the year
ended in December 1992.  (See table 2.)  This pattern held for private
industry workers (3.6 percent in 1993, compared with 3.5 percent in 1992)
but not for state and local government  workers (2.8 percent,  down from
3.7 percent).  (See table 3.)
 
     For private industry workers in the year ended in December 1993,
wages and salaries rose 3.1 percent, up from 2.6 percent for the year
ended in December 1992.  Benefit cost increases moderated slightly to 5.0
percent, from 5.2 percent.  (See chart on page 3.)  This moderation in
benefit cost gains reflected a continuing slowdown in the rate of gain in
health and workers' compensation insurance costs (which continued to rise
more rapidly than other benefit costs) and pension costs.
 
     Increases in wages and salaries and benefit costs for state and local
government workers in the year ended in December 1993 slowed from the
gains in 1992.  Wages rose 2.7 percent, compared with 3.0 percent in 1992.
Benefit costs increased 2.9 percent, down from 5.4 percent, due primarily
to a slowdown in the rate of gain in health insurance and pension costs.
 
     For the year ended in December 1993, compensation cost increases in
private industry were higher for goods-producing industries than for
service-producing industries (3.9 percent compared with 3.6 percent).
Compensation cost gains in goods-producing industries ranged from 2.4
percent for construction to 4.5 percent for durable goods manufacturing.
Within the service-producing industries, compensation cost increases
ranged from 2.3 percent for business services to 5.7 percent for banking,
savings and loan, and other credit agencies.
 
     Over the year 1993, compensation cost increases in private industry
were higher for white- and blue-collar occupations (both 3.7 percent) than
service occupations (3.1 percent).  White-collar gains ranged from 3.3
percent for professional specialty and technical occupations to 4.1
percent for administrative support, including clerical.  Blue-collar gains
ranged from 3.3 percent for handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and
laborers to 4.3 percent for machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors.
 
     Compensation cost gains over the year ended in December 1993 were
higher for union workers (4.3 percent) than for nonunion workers (3.5
percent).  This pattern held for both the goods-producing and service-
producing industries.
 
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   *   7-9, now appear in tables 5-7.  Benefit data, formerly in table       *
   *   10, now appear in table 8. Aerospace data, formerly in table 11,      *
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      ECI data for March 1994 will be released on Tuesday, April 26,
                         1994, 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
    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
    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 unemploy 
    ment insurance, 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 over 23,000 occupations within over 4,600
    sample establishments in private industry and about 7,000 occupa 
    tions within 1,000 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.  Since June 1986, the
    jobs have been 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 "Introducing new weights
    for the Employment Cost Index," in the June 1985 issue of the
    Monthly Labor Review.
 
    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.  Since June 1986,
    employment counts from the 1980 Census have been 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, conse 
    quently, 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.  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 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 1993 data from the ECI, are published in a separate news
    release titled "Employer Costs for Employee Compensation - March
    1993."  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 1980 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, 1975-93, (Bulletin 2434); 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.  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,
    Telecommunications Device for the Deaf (TDD) phone:  202-606-5897,
    TDD Message Referral Phone Number:  1-800-326-2577.
Table 1.  SEASONALLY ADJUSTED: Employment Cost Index for total compensation, by industry and occupational group
 
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                                            | Indexes (June |
                   Series                   |   1989=100)   |              Percent changes for 3-months ended
                                            |---------------|---------------------------------------------------------------
                                            | Sep.  | Dec.  | Mar.  | June  | Sep.  | Dec.  | Mar.  | June  | Sep.  | Dec.
                                            | 1993  | 1993  | 1992  | 1992  | 1992  | 1992  | 1993  | 1993  | 1993  | 1993
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                                                                   COMPENSATION
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                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
Civilian workers............................| 119.2 | 120.2 |  0.8  |  0.8  |  0.8  |  1.0  |  0.9  |  0.9  |  0.8  |  0.8
                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
  State and local government................| 120.8 | 121.6 |   .8  |  1.1  |   .8  |   .9  |   .7  |   .8  |   .5  |   .7
                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
  Private industry workers..................| 118.9 | 119.9 |   .9  |   .8  |   .8  |   .9  |  1.0  |   .9  |   .8  |   .8
    White-collar occupations ...............| 119.4 | 120.4 |   .8  |   .7  |   .8  |  1.0  |  1.0  |   .9  |   .9  |   .8
    Blue-collar occupations ................| 118.6 | 119.6 |  1.0  |   .8  |   .9  |   .9  |  1.0  |   .9  |   .9  |   .8
    Service occupations.....................| 118.8 | 119.6 |   .9  |   .6  |  1.0  |   .6  |  1.0  |   .8  |   .6  |   .7
                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
    Goods-producing industries 1/...........| 119.8 | 120.7 |  1.1  |   .7  |  1.0  |  1.0  |  1.2  |   .9  |   .8  |   .8
      Construction .........................| 116.6 | 116.7 |   .5  |   .8  |  1.2  |  1.0  |   .9  |   .8  |   .6  |   .1
      Manufacturing.........................| 120.6 | 121.7 |  1.1  |   .9  |   .9  |  1.0  |  1.2  |  1.1  |   .8  |   .9
        Durables............................| 121.1 | 122.4 |  1.1  |   .9  |  1.0  |  1.0  |  1.3  |  1.1  |  1.0  |  1.1
        Nondurables.........................| 119.8 | 120.6 |  1.1  |   .7  |   .9  |  1.0  |   .9  |   .9  |   .8  |   .7
                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
    Service-producing industries 2/.........| 118.3 | 119.4 |   .8  |   .7  |   .7  |   .9  |   .8  |   .9  |   .9  |   .9
      Transportation and public utilities...| 116.7 | 117.8 |  1.0  |   .5  |  1.0  |   .9  |   .9  |   .9  |   .8  |   .9
      Wholesale trade.......................| 116.7 | 118.0 |  1.2  |   .5  |   .1  |  1.1  |   .6  |   .7  |   .5  |  1.1
      Retail trade..........................| 116.1 | 117.0 |   .2  |   .7  |   .8  |   .8  |  1.0  |   .5  |   .7  |   .8
      Finance, insurance, and real estate 3/| 115.7 | 116.4 |  1.5  |  -.8  |   .3  |   .2  |  1.2  |   .4  |  2.3  |   .6
      Services..............................| 122.2 | 123.1 |  1.0  |  1.2  |   .9  |  1.1  |   .9  |   .9  |   .9  |   .7
                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
    Nonmanufacturing industries ............| 118.3 | 119.2 |   .8  |   .8  |   .7  |   .9  |   .8  |   .9  |   .9  |   .8
                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
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                                                                WAGES AND SALARIES
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                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
Civilian workers............................| 116.2 | 117.0 |  0.8  |  0.6  |  0.4  |  0.8  |  0.8  |  0.7  |  0.8  |  0.7
                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
  State and local government................| 118.8 | 119.5 |   .6  |  1.0  |   .4  |   .9  |   .7  |   .8  |   .6  |   .6
                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
  Private industry workers..................| 115.6 | 116.5 |   .7  |   .6  |   .4  |   .8  |   .8  |   .6  |   .9  |   .8
    White-collar occupations ...............| 116.6 | 117.6 |   .8  |   .5  |   .4  |   .9  |   .8  |   .7  |  1.0  |   .9
    Blue-collar occupations 3/..............| 114.1 | 114.8 |   .8  |   .6  |   .6  |   .5  |   .8  |   .6  |   .8  |   .6
    Service occupations.....................| 114.8 | 115.3 |   .7  |   .4  |   .6  |   .4  |   .6  |   .5  |   .5  |   .4
                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
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Table 1.  SEASONALLY ADJUSTED: Employment Cost Index for total compensation, by industry and occupational group--Continued
 
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                                            | Indexes (June |
                   Series                   |   1989=100)   |              Percent changes for 3-months ended
                                            |---------------|---------------------------------------------------------------
                                            | Sep.  | Dec.  | Mar.  | June  | Sep.  | Dec.  | Mar.  | June  | Sep.  | Dec.
                                            | 1993  | 1993  | 1992  | 1992  | 1992  | 1992  | 1993  | 1993  | 1993  | 1993
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                                                                WAGES AND SALARIES
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    Goods-producing industries 1/3/.........| 115.3 | 116.1 |   .9  |   .6  |   .6  |   .6  |   .9  |   .6  |   .7  |   .7
      Construction .........................| 111.1 | 111.2 |   .5  |   .4  |   .6  |   .5  |   .6  |   .5  |   .7  |   .1
      Manufacturing 3/......................| 116.3 | 117.3 |  1.1  |   .6  |   .6  |   .7  |   .9  |   .7  |   .7  |   .9
        Durables 3/.........................| 115.9 | 117.2 |   .9  |   .5  |   .8  |   .6  |   .9  |   .6  |   .7  |  1.1
        Nondurables ........................| 117.0 | 117.7 |   .8  |   .9  |   .5  |  1.1  |   .8  |   .7  |   .7  |   .6
                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
    Service-producing industries 2/.........| 115.8 | 116.7 |   .7  |   .5  |   .4  |   .9  |   .7  |   .7  |  1.0  |   .8
      Transportation and public utilities...| 114.7 | 115.6 |   .7  |   .7  |   .5  |   .8  |   .8  |   .9  |   .7  |   .8
      Wholesale trade.......................| 115.2 | 116.4 |  1.1  |   .5  |  -.2  |  1.3  |   .5  |   .6  |   .3  |  1.0
      Retail trade..........................| 114.3 | 115.2 |   .2  |   .6  |   .7  |   .8  |   .8  |   .5  |   .7  |   .8
      Finance, insurance, and real estate 3/| 112.3 | 112.9 |  1.0  | -1.2  |   .0  |   .1  |   .9  |   .0  |  2.7  |   .5
      Services..............................| 118.7 | 119.6 |   .8  |  1.1  |   .6  |  1.0  |   .7  |   .9  |   .7  |   .8
                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
    Nonmanufacturing industries ............| 115.3 | 116.1 |   .7  |   .5  |   .4  |   .8  |   .6  |   .7  |  1.0  |   .7
                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
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                                                                   BENEFIT COSTS
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                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
Civilian workers ...........................| 127.3 | 128.6 |  1.2  |  1.2  |  1.5  |  1.3  |  1.3  |  1.3  |  0.9  |  1.0
                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
  State and local government ...............| 125.8 | 126.8 |  1.1  |  1.5  |  1.5  |  1.1  |   .6  |  1.0  |   .4  |   .8
                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
  Private industry workers..................| 127.7 | 129.1 |  1.2  |  1.1  |  1.5  |  1.3  |  1.5  |  1.4  |  1.0  |  1.1
    White-collar occupations................| 126.8 | 128.1 |   .9  |  1.0  |  1.5  |  1.2  |  1.5  |  1.1  |   .9  |  1.0
    Blue-collar occupations ................| 128.3 | 129.7 |  1.7  |  1.0  |  1.3  |  1.6  |  1.7  |  1.5  |  1.0  |  1.1
    Service occupations.....................| 130.5 | 132.0 |  1.3  |  1.5  |  1.8  |  1.1  |  1.8  |  1.3  |  1.1  |  1.1
                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
    Goods-producing industries 1/...........| 130.0 | 131.3 |  1.4  |  1.1  |  1.6  |  1.6  |  1.9  |  1.6  |  1.0  |  1.0
      Manufacturing.........................| 129.7 | 131.1 |  1.3  |  1.0  |  1.4  |  1.8  |  1.9  |  1.8  |  1.1  |  1.1
                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
    Service-producing industries 2/.........| 125.7 | 127.2 |  1.1  |  1.1  |  1.4  |  1.1  |  1.2  |  1.1  |  1.0  |  1.2
                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
    Nonmanufacturing industries.............| 126.5 | 127.9 |  1.0  |  1.1  |  1.5  |  1.2  |  1.1  |  1.1  |  1.0  |  1.1
                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
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   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
 
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                                                   |                       |              Percent Changes for
                                                   |       Indexes         |-----------------------------------------------
                       Series                      |    (June 1989=100)    |    3 Months Ended     |    12 Months Ended
                                                   |-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------
                                                   | Dec.  | Sep.  | Dec.  | Dec.  | Sep.  | Dec.  | Dec.  | Sep.  | Dec.
                                                   | 1992  | 1993  | 1993  | 1992  | 1993  | 1993  | 1992  | 1993  | 1993
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                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Civilian workers .................................| 116.1 | 119.5 | 120.2 |   0.6 |   1.0 |   0.6 |   3.5 |   3.6 |   3.5
         Excluding sales...........................| 116.4 | 119.8 | 120.5 |    .6 |    .9 |    .6 |   3.6 |   3.5 |   3.5
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Workers, by occupational group                |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
       White-collar occupations....................| 116.6 | 119.9 | 120.6 |    .7 |   1.1 |    .6 |   3.4 |   3.5 |   3.4
           Excluding sales.........................| 117.2 | 120.5 | 121.2 |    .7 |   1.0 |    .6 |   3.5 |   3.5 |   3.4
         Professional specialty and technical......| 119.1 | 122.0 | 122.5 |    .8 |   1.2 |    .4 |   4.1 |   3.2 |   2.9
         Executive, administrative, and managerial.| 115.0 | 118.6 | 119.4 |    .6 |    .9 |    .7 |   2.2 |   3.8 |   3.8
         Administrative support, including clerical| 116.8 | 120.4 | 121.3 |    .8 |    .9 |    .7 |   4.1 |   3.9 |   3.9
       Blue-collar occupations.....................| 115.2 | 118.8 | 119.4 |    .7 |    .8 |    .5 |   3.7 |   3.8 |   3.6
       Service occupations.........................| 116.7 | 119.9 | 120.5 |    .4 |   1.0 |    .5 |   3.2 |   3.2 |   3.3
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Workers, by industry division                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
       Goods-producing 1/..........................| 116.2 | 120.0 | 120.6 |    .8 |    .8 |    .5 |   3.8 |   4.1 |   3.8
         Manufacturing.............................| 116.5 | 120.6 | 121.3 |    .7 |    .8 |    .6 |   3.8 |   4.2 |   4.1
       Service-producing 2/........................| 116.2 | 119.3 | 120.0 |    .7 |   1.1 |    .6 |   3.4 |   3.4 |   3.3
         Services..................................| 119.2 | 122.2 | 122.9 |    .8 |   1.3 |    .6 |   4.0 |   3.4 |   3.1
           Health services.........................| 121.3 | 124.4 | 125.4 |    .9 |   1.0 |    .8 |   4.5 |   3.5 |   3.4
             Hospitals.............................| 121.0 | 123.9 | 125.0 |   1.0 |   1.1 |    .9 |   4.4 |   3.4 |   3.3
           Educational services....................| 119.7 | 122.6 | 122.9 |    .7 |   2.0 |    .2 |   3.7 |   3.1 |   2.7
         Public administration ....................| 116.3 | 119.3 | 120.0 |    .4 |   1.1 |    .6 |   3.3 |   3.0 |   3.2
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
       Nonmanufacturing............................| 116.0 | 119.2 | 119.8 |    .6 |   1.1 |    .5 |   3.3 |   3.4 |   3.3
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   State and local government workers..............| 118.6 | 121.4 | 121.9 |    .6 |   1.5 |    .4 |   3.7 |   3.0 |   2.8
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Workers, by occupational group                |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
       White-collar occupations....................| 118.9 | 121.5 | 121.9 |    .7 |   1.6 |    .3 |   3.8 |   2.9 |   2.5
         Professional specialty and technical......| 119.2 | 121.7 | 122.0 |    .6 |   1.7 |    .2 |   3.7 |   2.7 |   2.3
         Executive, administrative, and managerial.| 117.8 | 121.0 | 121.6 |    .9 |   1.5 |    .5 |   3.6 |   3.6 |   3.2
         Administrative support, including clerical| 118.5 | 121.0 | 121.6 |    .9 |   1.2 |    .5 |   3.9 |   3.0 |   2.6
       Blue-collar occupations.....................| 117.8 | 120.5 | 121.4 |    .8 |   1.5 |    .7 |   4.3 |   3.1 |   3.1
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Workers, by industry division                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
       Services....................................| 119.6 | 122.2 | 122.6 |    .7 |   1.7 |    .3 |   3.7 |   2.9 |   2.5
           Excluding schools 3/....................| 118.6 | 121.4 | 121.9 |    .9 |   1.2 |    .4 |   3.7 |   3.3 |   2.8
         Health services...........................| 119.4 | 122.2 | 123.1 |    .7 |   1.2 |    .7 |   3.9 |   3.0 |   3.1
           Hospitals...............................| 119.4 | 122.0 | 123.3 |    .7 |   1.3 |   1.1 |   3.6 |   2.9 |   3.3
         Educational services......................| 119.7 | 122.3 | 122.7 |    .7 |   1.8 |    .3 |   3.8 |   2.9 |   2.5
           Schools.................................| 119.9 | 122.5 | 122.9 |    .6 |   1.8 |    .3 |   3.7 |   2.8 |   2.5
             Elementary and secondary..............| 120.7 | 123.0 | 123.6 |    .7 |   1.8 |    .5 |   3.9 |   2.6 |   2.4
             Colleges and universities.............| 117.2 | 120.8 | 120.7 |    .3 |   1.9 |   -.1 |   3.3 |   3.3 |   3.0
       Public administration ......................| 116.3 | 119.3 | 120.0 |    .4 |   1.1 |    .6 |   3.3 |   3.0 |   3.2
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
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    NOTE:  See footnotes at end of table 8.
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
                                                   |-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------
                                                   | Dec.  | Sep.  | Dec.  | Dec.  | Sep.  | Dec.  | Dec.  | Sep.  | Dec.
                                                   | 1992  | 1993  | 1993  | 1992  | 1993  | 1993  | 1992  | 1993  | 1993
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Private industry workers .........................| 115.6 | 119.1 | 119.8 |   0.7 |   0.9 |   0.6 |   3.5 |   3.7 |   3.6
         Excluding sales...........................| 115.9 | 119.5 | 120.2 |    .7 |    .8 |    .6 |   3.5 |   3.8 |   3.7
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     White-collar occupations......................| 115.9 | 119.4 | 120.2 |    .7 |    .9 |    .7 |   3.3 |   3.7 |   3.7
         Excluding sales...........................| 116.6 | 120.2 | 121.0 |    .7 |    .8 |    .7 |   3.5 |   3.8 |   3.8
       Professional specialty and technical........| 119.0 | 122.2 | 122.9 |    .8 |    .7 |    .6 |   4.5 |   3.6 |   3.3
       Executive, administrative, and managerial...| 114.5 | 118.1 | 118.9 |    .5 |    .8 |    .7 |   2.0 |   3.7 |   3.8
       Sales.......................................| 112.6 | 115.6 | 116.5 |    .7 |   1.6 |    .8 |   2.7 |   3.4 |   3.5
       Administrative support, including clerical..| 116.4 | 120.3 | 121.2 |    .8 |    .9 |    .7 |   4.0 |   4.2 |   4.1
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Blue-collar occupations.......................| 115.0 | 118.7 | 119.3 |    .6 |    .8 |    .5 |   3.6 |   3.8 |   3.7
       Precision production, craft, and repair.....| 115.0 | 118.7 | 118.9 |    .6 |    .9 |    .2 |   3.6 |   3.8 |   3.4
       Machine operators, assemblers,              |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           and inspectors..........................| 115.8 | 120.0 | 120.8 |    .7 |    .8 |    .7 |   3.8 |   4.3 |   4.3
       Transportation and material moving..........| 113.0 | 115.9 | 117.0 |    .4 |    .6 |    .9 |   3.7 |   3.0 |   3.5
       Handlers, equipment cleaners,               |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
          helpers, and laborers....................| 115.3 | 118.4 | 119.1 |    .6 |    .7 |    .6 |   3.5 |   3.3 |   3.3
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Service occupations...........................| 115.9 | 118.9 | 119.5 |    .4 |    .8 |    .5 |   3.1 |   3.0 |   3.1
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Production and nonsupervisory                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
        occupations 4/.............................| 115.5 | 119.0 | 119.7 |    .6 |    .9 |    .6 |   3.6 |   3.7 |   3.6
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Goods-producing industries 1/...................| 116.1 | 119.9 | 120.6 |    .7 |    .7 |    .6 |   3.8 |   4.0 |   3.9
         Excluding sales occupations...............| 115.9 | 119.6 | 120.1 |    .6 |    .7 |    .4 |   3.7 |   3.8 |   3.6
       White-collar occupations....................| 116.7 | 120.5 | 121.1 |   1.0 |    .8 |    .5 |   3.9 |   4.3 |   3.8
         Excluding sales...........................| 116.2 | 119.7 | 119.9 |   1.0 |    .6 |    .2 |   3.6 |   4.0 |   3.2
       Blue-collar occupations.....................| 115.8 | 119.6 | 120.2 |    .6 |    .8 |    .5 |   3.8 |   3.9 |   3.8
       Service occupations.........................| 117.5 | 121.5 | 122.4 |    .5 |    .7 |    .7 |   4.8 |   3.9 |   4.2
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Construction..................................| 113.8 | 116.8 | 116.5 |    .6 |    .7 |   -.3 |   3.5 |   3.3 |   2.4
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Manufacturing.................................| 116.5 | 120.6 | 121.3 |    .7 |    .8 |    .6 |   3.8 |   4.2 |   4.1
         White-collar occupations..................| 116.6 | 120.5 | 121.3 |   1.0 |    .7 |    .7 |   3.7 |   4.3 |   4.0
           Excluding sales.........................| 115.9 | 119.5 | 119.9 |    .8 |    .6 |    .3 |   3.3 |   3.9 |   3.5
         Blue-collar occupations...................| 116.4 | 120.5 | 121.3 |    .6 |    .8 |    .7 |   3.9 |   4.1 |   4.2
         Service occupations.......................| 117.6 | 121.7 | 122.7 |    .5 |    .8 |    .8 |   4.9 |   4.0 |   4.3
       Durables....................................| 116.7 | 121.0 | 121.9 |    .8 |    .8 |    .7 |   4.1 |   4.5 |   4.5
       Nondurables.................................| 116.3 | 119.7 | 120.3 |    .8 |    .6 |    .5 |   3.6 |   3.7 |   3.4
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
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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
                                                   |-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------
                                                   | Dec.  | Sep.  | Dec.  | Dec.  | Sep.  | Dec.  | Dec.  | Sep.  | Dec.
                                                   | 1992  | 1993  | 1993  | 1992  | 1993  | 1993  | 1992  | 1993  | 1993
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Service-producing industries 2/.................| 115.2 | 118.5 | 119.3 |   0.7 |   1.0 |   0.7 |   3.2 |   3.6 |   3.6
         Excluding sales occupations...............| 115.9 | 119.3 | 120.2 |    .7 |    .8 |    .8 |   3.4 |   3.6 |   3.7
       White-collar occupations....................| 115.7 | 119.0 | 119.8 |    .7 |   1.0 |    .7 |   3.2 |   3.6 |   3.5
         Excluding sales...........................| 116.8 | 120.4 | 121.4 |    .6 |    .9 |    .8 |   3.4 |   3.7 |   3.9
       Blue-collar occupations.....................| 113.2 | 116.6 | 117.2 |    .7 |   1.0 |    .5 |   3.5 |   3.7 |   3.5
       Service occupations.........................| 115.7 | 118.6 | 119.1 |    .4 |    .8 |    .4 |   2.8 |   3.0 |   2.9
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Transportation and public utilities...........| 113.5 | 116.8 | 117.5 |    .5 |    .7 |    .6 |   3.5 |   3.5 |   3.5
         Transportation............................| 111.8 | 114.8 | 115.7 |    .1 |    .6 |    .8 |   2.9 |   2.8 |   3.5
         Public utilities..........................| 115.6 | 119.2 | 119.9 |   1.0 |    .8 |    .6 |   4.0 |   4.2 |   3.7
           Communications..........................| 114.7 | 118.5 | 119.2 |   1.1 |    .9 |    .6 |   3.6 |   4.5 |   3.9
           Electric, gas, and sanitary services....| 116.7 | 120.2 | 120.8 |    .7 |    .7 |    .5 |   4.5 |   3.7 |   3.5
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Wholesale and retail trade....................| 113.7 | 116.4 | 117.1 |    .6 |    .4 |    .6 |   2.7 |   3.0 |   3.0
          Excluding sales occupations..............| 114.1 | 117.0 | 118.0 |    .5 |    .7 |    .9 |   3.0 |   3.1 |   3.4
       Wholesale trade.............................| 114.4 | 116.6 | 117.8 |   1.1 |    .2 |   1.0 |   3.0 |   3.0 |   3.0
          Excluding sales occupations..............| 114.9 | 117.6 | 118.7 |    .7 |    .7 |    .9 |   3.3 |   3.1 |   3.3
       Retail trade................................| 113.4 | 116.2 | 116.8 |    .4 |    .5 |    .5 |   2.6 |   2.9 |   3.0
         General merchandise stores................| 113.3 | 115.5 | 116.3 |    .0 |    .7 |    .7 |   2.0 |   1.9 |   2.6
         Food stores...............................| 115.1 | 117.1 | 118.3 |    .8 |   -.1 |   1.0 |   3.0 |   2.5 |   2.8
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Finance, insurance, and real estate...........| 111.3 | 115.7 | 116.4 |    .2 |   2.3 |    .6 |   1.2 |   4.1 |   4.6
         Excluding sales occupations...............| 113.0 | 117.5 | 118.2 |    .4 |    .9 |    .6 |   1.4 |   4.4 |   4.6
       Banking, savings and loan, and other        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
          credit agencies..........................| 111.4 | 116.9 | 117.8 |    .4 |    .8 |    .8 |   3.7 |   5.3 |   5.7
       Insurance...................................| 115.2 | 117.4 | 119.7 |    .3 |   1.1 |   2.0 |   4.1 |   2.2 |   3.9
         Excluding sales occupations...............| 117.2 | 121.8 | 122.7 |    .9 |   1.0 |    .7 |   4.2 |   4.9 |   4.7
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Services......................................| 118.9 | 122.3 | 123.1 |    .9 |   1.2 |    .7 |   4.3 |   3.8 |   3.5
       Business services...........................| 115.9 | 118.1 | 118.6 |    .6 |    .6 |    .4 |   4.3 |   2.5 |   2.3
       Health services.............................| 121.8 | 125.0 | 126.0 |   1.0 |    .8 |    .8 |   4.5 |   3.6 |   3.4
         Hospitals.................................| 121.6 | 124.5 | 125.6 |   1.2 |    .9 |    .9 |   4.7 |   3.6 |   3.3
         Nursing homes.............................|   -   |   -   |   -   |    .9 |    .8 |    .9 |   -   |   3.9 |   3.9
       Educational services........................| 120.0 | 123.8 | 124.1 |    .6 |   2.7 |    .2 |   3.7 |   3.8 |   3.4
         Colleges and universities.................| 120.8 | 125.0 | 125.3 |    .4 |   2.9 |    .2 |   3.9 |   3.9 |   3.7
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Nonmanufacturing industries.......................| 115.1 | 118.4 | 119.0 |    .6 |   1.0 |    .5 |   3.2 |   3.5 |   3.4
     White-collar occupations......................| 115.7 | 119.0 | 119.9 |    .7 |    .9 |    .8 |   3.2 |   3.6 |   3.6
        Excluding sales............................| 116.9 | 120.4 | 121.4 |    .8 |    .8 |    .8 |   3.5 |   3.8 |   3.8
     Blue-collar occupations.......................| 113.4 | 116.6 | 117.1 |    .5 |    .9 |    .4 |   3.3 |   3.4 |   3.3
     Service occupations...........................| 115.7 | 118.6 | 119.1 |    .4 |    .8 |    .4 |   2.8 |   3.0 |   2.9
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
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    -  Data not available.
    NOTE:  See footnotes at end of table 8.
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
                                                   |-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------
                                                   | Dec.  | Sep.  | Dec.  | Dec.  | Sep.  | Dec.  | Dec.  | Sep.  | Dec.
                                                   | 1992  | 1993  | 1993  | 1992  | 1993  | 1993  | 1992  | 1993  | 1993
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Workers, by bargaining status                     |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Union...........................................| 115.9 | 120.0 | 120.9 |   0.6 |   0.8 |   0.8 |   4.3 |   4.2 |   4.3
       Blue-collar occupations.....................| 115.5 | 119.7 | 120.6 |    .6 |    .8 |    .8 |   4.3 |   4.3 |   4.4
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Goods-producing industries 1/.................| 116.4 | 121.0 | 121.9 |    .6 |    .8 |    .7 |   4.6 |   4.6 |   4.7
     Service-producing industries 2/...............| 115.2 | 118.6 | 119.6 |    .5 |    .8 |    .8 |   3.9 |   3.5 |   3.8
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Manufacturing.................................| 116.9 | 121.9 | 123.0 |    .7 |    .7 |    .9 |   4.7 |   5.0 |   5.2
         Blue-collar occupations...................| 116.8 | 121.8 | 122.9 |    .7 |    .7 |    .9 |   4.7 |   5.0 |   5.2
     Nonmanufacturing..............................| 115.1 | 118.5 | 119.3 |    .5 |    .9 |    .7 |   4.1 |   3.5 |   3.6
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Nonunion........................................| 115.5 | 118.8 | 119.5 |    .7 |    .9 |    .6 |   3.2 |   3.6 |   3.5
       Blue-collar occupations.....................| 114.6 | 117.8 | 118.2 |    .6 |    .8 |    .3 |   3.1 |   3.4 |   3.1
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Goods-producing industries 1/.................| 116.0 | 119.4 | 119.9 |    .8 |    .7 |    .4 |   3.4 |   3.7 |   3.4
     Service-producing industries 2/...............| 115.2 | 118.4 | 119.2 |    .7 |   1.0 |    .7 |   3.0 |   3.5 |   3.5
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Manufacturing ................................| 116.4 | 120.0 | 120.6 |    .8 |    .8 |    .5 |   3.6 |   3.9 |   3.6
         Blue-collar occupations...................| 116.2 | 119.4 | 119.9 |    .6 |    .8 |    .4 |   3.3 |   3.4 |   3.2
     Nonmanufacturing .............................| 115.1 | 118.3 | 119.0 |    .7 |    .9 |    .6 |   3.0 |   3.5 |   3.4
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Workers, by region 5/                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Northeast.......................................| 116.4 | 120.2 | 120.7 |    .8 |    .9 |    .4 |   3.5 |   4.1 |   3.7
   South...........................................| 114.8 | 118.1 | 118.8 |    .6 |    .9 |    .6 |   3.2 |   3.5 |   3.5
   Midwest ........................................| 116.1 | 120.1 | 121.2 |    .7 |    .7 |    .9 |   3.5 |   4.2 |   4.4
   West............................................| 114.9 | 117.8 | 118.1 |    .7 |   1.2 |    .3 |   3.6 |   3.2 |   2.8
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Workers, by area size                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Metropolitan areas..............................| 115.6 | 119.1 | 119.8 |    .7 |    .8 |    .6 |   3.4 |   3.7 |   3.6
   Other areas.....................................| 115.6 | 118.7 | 119.7 |    .7 |    .8 |    .8 |   4.0 |   3.4 |   3.5
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    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 8.
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
                                                   |-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------
                                                   | Dec.  | Sep.  | Dec.  | Dec.  | Sep.  | Dec.  | Dec.  | Sep.  | Dec.
                                                   | 1992  | 1993  | 1993  | 1992  | 1993  | 1993  | 1992  | 1993  | 1993
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Civilian workers .................................| 113.6 | 116.4 | 117.1 |   0.5 |   1.0 |   0.6 |   2.7 |   3.0 |   3.1
         Excluding sales...........................| 113.9 | 116.6 | 117.2 |    .6 |   1.0 |    .5 |   2.8 |   3.0 |   2.9
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Workers, by occupational group                |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
       White-collar occupations....................| 114.5 | 117.4 | 118.1 |    .7 |   1.2 |    .6 |   2.9 |   3.3 |   3.1
           Excluding sales.........................| 115.1 | 118.0 | 118.7 |    .6 |   1.0 |    .6 |   2.9 |   3.1 |   3.1
         Professional specialty and technical......| 116.7 | 119.5 | 120.0 |    .6 |   1.3 |    .4 |   3.3 |   3.0 |   2.8
         Executive, administrative, and managerial.| 113.5 | 116.5 | 117.3 |    .6 |    .9 |    .7 |   1.8 |   3.3 |   3.3
         Administrative support, including clerical| 114.2 | 117.1 | 118.0 |    .7 |    .9 |    .8 |   3.3 |   3.3 |   3.3
       Blue-collar occupations.....................| 111.9 | 114.4 | 115.0 |    .5 |    .9 |    .5 |   2.8 |   2.8 |   2.8
       Service occupations.........................| 113.8 | 116.1 | 116.6 |    .4 |    .8 |    .4 |   2.2 |   2.4 |   2.5
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Workers, by industry division                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
       Goods-producing 1/..........................| 112.9 | 115.4 | 116.2 |    .6 |    .7 |    .7 |   2.9 |   2.9 |   2.9
         Manufacturing.............................| 113.7 | 116.3 | 117.3 |    .7 |    .7 |    .9 |   3.1 |   3.0 |   3.2
       Service-producing 2/........................| 114.0 | 116.8 | 117.5 |    .6 |   1.1 |    .6 |   2.7 |   3.1 |   3.1
         Services..................................| 116.7 | 119.5 | 120.0 |    .7 |   1.4 |    .4 |   3.3 |   3.1 |   2.8
           Health services.........................| 118.6 | 121.4 | 122.2 |    .8 |    .9 |    .7 |   3.6 |   3.1 |   3.0
             Hospitals.............................| 118.0 | 120.7 | 121.7 |    .8 |   1.0 |    .8 |   3.2 |   3.1 |   3.1
           Educational services....................| 117.5 | 120.4 | 120.7 |    .5 |   2.0 |    .2 |   3.1 |   3.0 |   2.7
         Public administration ....................| 113.6 | 115.9 | 116.6 |    .4 |    .9 |    .6 |   2.4 |   2.5 |   2.6
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
       Nonmanufacturing............................| 113.6 | 116.4 | 117.0 |    .5 |   1.1 |    .5 |   2.6 |   3.0 |   3.0
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   State and local government workers..............| 116.6 | 119.3 | 119.7 |    .6 |   1.6 |    .3 |   3.0 |   2.9 |   2.7
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Workers, by occupational group                |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
       White-collar occupations....................| 116.9 | 119.6 | 119.9 |    .6 |   1.7 |    .3 |   3.0 |   2.9 |   2.6
         Professional specialty and technical......| 117.6 | 120.4 | 120.7 |    .5 |   1.9 |    .2 |   3.0 |   2.9 |   2.6
         Executive, administrative, and managerial.| 115.5 | 118.2 | 118.8 |    .7 |   1.4 |    .5 |   2.8 |   3.1 |   2.9
         Administrative support, including clerical| 114.9 | 117.2 | 117.8 |    .7 |   1.1 |    .5 |   2.8 |   2.7 |   2.5
       Blue-collar occupations.....................| 115.6 | 118.4 | 119.0 |    .5 |   1.6 |    .5 |   3.6 |   3.0 |   2.9
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Workers, by industry division                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
       Services....................................| 117.5 | 120.3 | 120.6 |    .5 |   1.8 |    .2 |   3.0 |   2.9 |   2.6
           Excluding schools 3/....................| 117.4 | 120.1 | 120.4 |    .9 |   1.2 |    .2 |   2.8 |   3.2 |   2.6
         Health services...........................| 117.4 | 120.4 | 121.0 |    .6 |   1.3 |    .5 |   3.0 |   3.2 |   3.1
           Hospitals...............................| 117.1 | 119.9 | 120.7 |    .5 |   1.4 |    .7 |   2.6 |   2.9 |   3.1
         Educational services......................| 117.6 | 120.3 | 120.6 |    .6 |   1.9 |    .2 |   3.1 |   2.9 |   2.6
           Schools.................................| 117.5 | 120.3 | 120.7 |    .4 |   1.9 |    .3 |   3.1 |   2.8 |   2.7
             Elementary and secondary..............| 118.5 | 121.1 | 121.6 |    .5 |   1.9 |    .4 |   3.3 |   2.7 |   2.6
             Colleges and universities.............| 114.3 | 117.8 | 117.7 |    .2 |   1.9 |   -.1 |   2.1 |   3.2 |   3.0
       Public administration ......................| 113.6 | 115.9 | 116.6 |    .4 |    .9 |    .6 |   2.4 |   2.5 |   2.6
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
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    NOTE:  See footnotes at end of table 8.
Table 6.  WAGES AND SALARIES (NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED): Employment Cost Index for wages and salaries only, private
           industry workers, by industry and occupational group
 
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                                                   |                       |              Percent Changes for
                                                   |       Indexes         |-----------------------------------------------
                       Series                      |    (June 1989=100)    |    3 Months Ended     |    12 Months Ended
                                                   |-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------
                                                   | Dec.  | Sep.  | Dec.  | Dec.  | Sep.  | Dec.  | Dec.  | Sep.  | Dec.
                                                   | 1992  | 1993  | 1993  | 1992  | 1993  | 1993  | 1992  | 1993  | 1993
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Private industry workers .........................| 112.9 | 115.7 | 116.4 |   0.6 |   1.0 |   0.6 |   2.6 |   3.1 |   3.1
         Excluding sales...........................| 113.2 | 115.9 | 116.6 |    .6 |    .8 |    .6 |   2.7 |   3.0 |   3.0
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     White-collar occupations......................| 113.7 | 116.7 | 117.5 |    .7 |   1.0 |    .7 |   2.7 |   3.4 |   3.3
         Excluding sales...........................| 114.4 | 117.4 | 118.2 |    .6 |    .9 |    .7 |   2.8 |   3.3 |   3.3
       Professional specialty and technical........| 116.0 | 118.9 | 119.5 |    .6 |    .8 |    .5 |   3.6 |   3.1 |   3.0
       Executive, administrative, and managerial...| 113.2 | 116.2 | 117.0 |    .6 |    .8 |    .7 |   1.6 |   3.3 |   3.4
       Sales.......................................| 110.7 | 113.8 | 114.7 |    .9 |   2.0 |    .8 |   2.6 |   3.7 |   3.6
       Administrative support, including clerical..| 114.0 | 117.1 | 118.0 |    .7 |    .9 |    .8 |   3.3 |   3.4 |   3.5
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Blue-collar occupations.......................| 111.6 | 114.1 | 114.8 |    .5 |    .8 |    .6 |   2.6 |   2.7 |   2.9
       Precision production, craft, and repair.....| 111.5 | 114.2 | 114.7 |    .5 |    .9 |    .4 |   2.9 |   2.9 |   2.9
       Machine operators, assemblers,              |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           and inspectors..........................| 112.4 | 114.7 | 115.6 |    .6 |    .8 |    .8 |   2.4 |   2.7 |   2.8
       Transportation and material moving..........| 109.7 | 111.7 | 112.6 |    .4 |    .4 |    .8 |   2.8 |   2.2 |   2.6
       Handlers, equipment cleaners,               |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
          helpers, and laborers....................| 112.6 | 114.9 | 115.7 |    .4 |    .5 |    .7 |   2.5 |   2.5 |   2.8
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Service occupations...........................| 112.9 | 114.9 | 115.3 |    .4 |    .7 |    .3 |   2.1 |   2.1 |   2.1
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Production and nonsupervisory                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
        occupations 4/.............................| 112.6 | 115.3 | 115.9 |    .5 |   1.0 |    .5 |   2.7 |   2.9 |   2.9
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Goods-producing industries 1/...................| 112.8 | 115.3 | 116.1 |    .6 |    .7 |    .7 |   2.8 |   2.9 |   2.9
         Excluding sales occupations...............| 112.6 | 114.9 | 115.6 |    .5 |    .6 |    .6 |   2.6 |   2.6 |   2.7
       White-collar occupations....................| 114.2 | 117.3 | 118.2 |    .9 |    .8 |    .8 |   3.4 |   3.6 |   3.5
         Excluding sales...........................| 113.7 | 116.4 | 116.8 |    .7 |    .7 |    .3 |   2.9 |   3.1 |   2.7
       Blue-collar occupations.....................| 111.9 | 114.1 | 114.9 |    .4 |    .6 |    .7 |   2.5 |   2.4 |   2.7
       Service occupations.........................| 113.1 | 115.7 | 116.9 |    .8 |   1.1 |   1.0 |   3.4 |   3.1 |   3.4
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Construction..................................| 108.9 | 111.3 | 111.1 |    .2 |    .8 |   -.2 |   2.0 |   2.4 |   2.0
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Manufacturing.................................| 113.7 | 116.3 | 117.3 |    .7 |    .7 |    .9 |   3.1 |   3.0 |   3.2
         White-collar occupations..................| 114.6 | 117.7 | 118.8 |    .9 |    .7 |    .9 |   3.5 |   3.6 |   3.7
           Excluding sales.........................| 114.0 | 116.7 | 117.2 |    .9 |    .7 |    .4 |   3.0 |   3.3 |   2.8
         Blue-collar occupations...................| 113.1 | 115.2 | 116.2 |    .6 |    .6 |    .9 |   2.8 |   2.5 |   2.7
         Service occupations.......................| 113.4 | 116.0 | 117.3 |   1.0 |   1.3 |   1.1 |   3.8 |   3.3 |   3.4
       Durables....................................| 113.4 | 115.9 | 117.2 |    .6 |    .7 |   1.1 |   2.9 |   2.8 |   3.4
       Nondurables.................................| 114.3 | 116.9 | 117.5 |   1.0 |    .5 |    .5 |   3.3 |   3.3 |   2.8
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
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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
                                                   |-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------
                                                   | Dec.  | Sep.  | Dec.  | Dec.  | Sep.  | Dec.  | Dec.  | Sep.  | Dec.
                                                   | 1992  | 1993  | 1993  | 1992  | 1993  | 1993  | 1992  | 1993  | 1993
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Service-producing industries 2/.................| 113.0 | 115.9 | 116.6 |   0.6 |   1.0 |   0.6 |   2.5 |   3.2 |   3.2
         Excluding sales occupations...............| 113.7 | 116.6 | 117.4 |    .6 |    .9 |    .7 |   2.7 |   3.2 |   3.3
       White-collar occupations....................| 113.6 | 116.5 | 117.3 |    .7 |   1.1 |    .7 |   2.6 |   3.3 |   3.3
         Excluding sales...........................| 114.7 | 117.8 | 118.7 |    .6 |    .9 |    .8 |   2.8 |   3.3 |   3.5
       Blue-collar occupations.....................| 111.0 | 114.1 | 114.6 |    .6 |   1.1 |    .4 |   3.0 |   3.4 |   3.2
       Service occupations.........................| 112.9 | 114.9 | 115.2 |    .3 |    .7 |    .3 |   2.0 |   2.0 |   2.0
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Transportation and public utilities...........| 111.8 | 114.7 | 115.4 |    .5 |    .6 |    .6 |   3.1 |   3.1 |   3.2
         Transportation............................| 109.9 | 112.6 | 113.4 |    .1 |    .5 |    .7 |   2.7 |   2.6 |   3.2
         Public utilities..........................| 114.1 | 117.2 | 117.9 |   1.0 |    .7 |    .6 |   3.7 |   3.7 |   3.3
           Communications..........................| 113.5 | 116.5 | 117.1 |   1.2 |    .8 |    .5 |   3.6 |   3.8 |   3.2
           Electric, gas, and sanitary services....| 114.8 | 118.2 | 118.8 |    .5 |    .7 |    .5 |   3.9 |   3.5 |   3.5
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Wholesale and retail trade....................| 112.3 | 114.7 | 115.4 |    .7 |    .4 |    .6 |   2.5 |   2.9 |   2.8
          Excluding sales occupations..............| 112.6 | 115.2 | 116.1 |    .4 |    .7 |    .8 |   2.7 |   2.8 |   3.1
       Wholesale trade.............................| 113.5 | 115.1 | 116.4 |   1.4 |    .0 |   1.1 |   2.9 |   2.9 |   2.6
          Excluding sales occupations..............| 114.1 | 116.3 | 117.5 |    .7 |    .7 |   1.0 |   3.3 |   2.6 |   3.0
       Retail trade................................| 111.8 | 114.5 | 115.0 |    .4 |    .6 |    .4 |   2.4 |   2.9 |   2.9
         General merchandise stores................| 111.8 | 114.5 | 115.0 |    .1 |   1.0 |    .4 |   1.1 |   2.5 |   2.9
         Food stores...............................| 113.7 | 114.9 | 115.9 |    .7 |   -.4 |    .9 |   3.0 |   1.8 |   1.9
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Finance, insurance, and real estate...........| 108.3 | 112.3 | 112.9 |    .1 |   2.7 |    .5 |   -.1 |   3.8 |   4.2
         Excluding sales occupations...............| 110.2 | 114.0 | 114.6 |    .3 |    .8 |    .5 |   -.2 |   3.7 |   4.0
       Banking, savings and loan, and other        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
          credit agencies..........................| 109.0 | 113.7 | 114.5 |    .4 |    .7 |    .7 |   2.5 |   4.7 |   5.0
       Insurance...................................| 112.7 | 113.9 | 116.6 |    .0 |    .9 |   2.4 |   3.8 |   1.1 |   3.5
         Excluding sales occupations...............| 114.9 | 118.3 | 119.2 |   1.0 |    .6 |    .8 |   4.0 |   4.0 |   3.7
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Services......................................| 116.1 | 118.9 | 119.6 |    .8 |   1.1 |    .6 |   3.5 |   3.2 |   3.0
       Business services...........................| 113.9 | 115.3 | 115.7 |    .5 |    .6 |    .3 |   3.5 |   1.8 |   1.6
       Health services.............................| 118.9 | 121.7 | 122.6 |    .8 |    .8 |    .7 |   3.8 |   3.2 |   3.1
         Hospitals.................................| 118.3 | 121.0 | 122.0 |    .9 |    .9 |    .8 |   3.4 |   3.2 |   3.1
         Nursing homes.............................|   -   |   -   |   -   |    .9 |    .9 |    .8 |   -   |   3.8 |   3.7
       Educational services........................| 117.1 | 120.7 | 120.9 |    .5 |   2.8 |    .2 |   3.0 |   3.6 |   3.2
         Colleges and universities.................| 117.6 | 121.3 | 121.6 |    .3 |   3.1 |    .2 |   3.0 |   3.4 |   3.4
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Nonmanufacturing industries.......................| 112.6 | 115.4 | 116.0 |    .6 |   1.1 |    .5 |   2.6 |   3.1 |   3.0
     White-collar occupations......................| 113.5 | 116.4 | 117.2 |    .6 |   1.0 |    .7 |   2.6 |   3.2 |   3.3
        Excluding sales............................| 114.6 | 117.6 | 118.5 |    .6 |    .9 |    .8 |   2.8 |   3.2 |   3.4
     Blue-collar occupations.......................| 110.2 | 113.0 | 113.4 |    .5 |   1.0 |    .4 |   2.5 |   3.0 |   2.9
     Service occupations...........................| 112.9 | 114.8 | 115.1 |    .3 |    .6 |    .3 |   2.0 |   2.0 |   1.9
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    -  Data not available.
    NOTE:  See footnotes at end of table 8.
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
                                                   |-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------
                                                   | Dec.  | Sep.  | Dec.  | Dec.  | Sep.  | Dec.  | Dec.  | Sep.  | Dec.
                                                   | 1992  | 1993  | 1993  | 1992  | 1993  | 1993  | 1992  | 1993  | 1993
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Workers, by bargaining status                     |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Union...........................................| 112.3 | 114.8 | 115.7 |   0.5 |   0.8 |   0.8 |   3.1 |   2.8 |   3.0
       Blue-collar occupations.....................| 111.3 | 113.7 | 114.5 |    .5 |    .8 |    .7 |   2.9 |   2.6 |   2.9
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Goods-producing industries 1/.................| 111.7 | 113.8 | 114.8 |    .5 |    .7 |    .9 |   2.8 |   2.4 |   2.8
     Service-producing industries 2/...............| 113.1 | 116.0 | 116.8 |    .5 |    .8 |    .7 |   3.6 |   3.1 |   3.3
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Manufacturing.................................| 112.5 | 114.6 | 115.9 |    .7 |    .6 |   1.1 |   2.8 |   2.6 |   3.0
         Blue-collar occupations...................| 112.4 | 114.4 | 115.7 |    .7 |    .5 |   1.1 |   2.8 |   2.5 |   2.9
     Nonmanufacturing..............................| 112.2 | 114.9 | 115.5 |    .4 |    .9 |    .5 |   3.3 |   2.9 |   2.9
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Nonunion........................................| 113.1 | 115.9 | 116.6 |    .6 |   1.0 |    .6 |   2.5 |   3.1 |   3.1
       Blue-collar occupations.....................| 111.9 | 114.4 | 115.0 |    .5 |    .7 |    .5 |   2.5 |   2.8 |   2.8
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Goods-producing industries 1/.................| 113.3 | 116.0 | 116.7 |    .6 |    .7 |    .6 |   2.9 |   3.0 |   3.0
     Service-producing industries 2/...............| 113.0 | 115.9 | 116.6 |    .6 |   1.1 |    .6 |   2.4 |   3.2 |   3.2
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Manufacturing ................................| 114.2 | 117.0 | 117.9 |    .7 |    .8 |    .8 |   3.2 |   3.2 |   3.2
         Blue-collar occupations...................| 113.7 | 116.0 | 116.7 |    .5 |    .7 |    .6 |   2.7 |   2.6 |   2.6
     Nonmanufacturing .............................| 112.7 | 115.5 | 116.1 |    .6 |   1.0 |    .5 |   2.4 |   3.1 |   3.0
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Workers, by region 5/                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Northeast.......................................| 113.7 | 116.8 | 117.3 |    .6 |   1.0 |    .4 |   2.5 |   3.4 |   3.2
   South...........................................| 112.7 | 115.3 | 116.0 |    .6 |    .9 |    .6 |   2.8 |   2.9 |   2.9
   Midwest ........................................| 112.5 | 115.2 | 116.5 |    .6 |    .5 |   1.1 |   2.4 |   3.0 |   3.6
   West............................................| 112.8 | 115.3 | 115.7 |    .5 |   1.4 |    .3 |   3.1 |   2.8 |   2.6
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Workers, by area size                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Metropolitan areas..............................| 112.9 | 115.8 | 116.5 |    .5 |   1.0 |    .6 |   2.5 |   3.1 |   3.2
   Other areas.....................................| 112.8 | 115.0 | 115.8 |    .7 |    .5 |    .7 |   3.1 |   2.7 |   2.7
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
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    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 8.
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
 
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                                                   |                       |              Percent Changes for
                                                   |       Indexes         |-----------------------------------------------
                       Series                      |    (June 1989=100)    |    3 Months Ended     |    12 Months Ended
                                                   |-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------
                                                   | Dec.  | Sep.  | Dec.  | Dec.  | Sep.  | Dec.  | Dec.  | Sep.  | Dec.
                                                   | 1992  | 1993  | 1993  | 1992  | 1993  | 1993  | 1992  | 1993  | 1993
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Civilian workers..................................| 122.5 | 127.4 | 128.1 |   0.9 |   1.0 |   0.5 |   5.3 |   4.9 |   4.6
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   State and local government workers..............| 123.4 | 126.2 | 127.0 |    .9 |   1.4 |    .6 |   5.4 |   3.2 |   2.9
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Private industry workers........................| 122.2 | 127.7 | 128.3 |    .8 |    .8 |    .5 |   5.2 |   5.4 |   5.0
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Workers, by occupational group                |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
       White-collar occupations....................| 122.0 | 126.8 | 127.6 |    .8 |    .7 |    .6 |   4.8 |   4.8 |   4.6
       Blue-collar occupations.....................| 122.2 | 128.4 | 128.9 |    .8 |    .9 |    .4 |   5.6 |   5.9 |   5.5
       Service occupations.........................| 124.6 | 130.5 | 131.5 |    .7 |    .9 |    .8 |   5.8 |   5.5 |   5.5
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Workers, by industry division                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
       Goods-producing industries 1/...............| 123.4 | 130.0 | 130.3 |    .9 |    .8 |    .2 |   5.7 |   6.3 |   5.6
       Service-producing industries 2/.............| 121.2 | 125.7 | 126.7 |    .7 |    .9 |    .8 |   4.8 |   4.4 |   4.5
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
       Manufacturing ..............................| 122.6 | 129.7 | 130.0 |    .9 |    .9 |    .2 |   5.6 |   6.7 |   6.0
       Nonmanufacturing............................| 122.0 | 126.5 | 127.4 |    .8 |    .8 |    .7 |   5.0 |   4.5 |   4.4
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Workers, by bargaining status                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
       Union workers...............................| 122.5 | 129.7 | 130.6 |    .7 |    .9 |    .7 |   6.3 |   6.6 |   6.6
       Nonunion workers............................| 122.1 | 126.9 | 127.4 |    .9 |    .8 |    .4 |   4.7 |   4.9 |   4.3
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
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    1/  Includes mining, construction, and manufacturing.
    2/  Includes transportation, public utilities, trade,
        finance, insurance, real estate, services,
        and, where applicable, public administration in
        State and local governments.
    3/  Formerly called 'Hospitals and other services.'
    4/  This series has the same industry and occupational
 coverage as the Hourly Earnings Index, which was
 discontinued in January 1989
    NOTE:  The indexes for these series are not strictly
           comparable to those for the aggregate,
           occupation, and industry series.  See
           explanatory note.
Table 9.  AEROSPACE (NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED): Employment Cost Index for workers in aerospace manufacturing, by
            industry and occupation 1/
 
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                                                   |                       |              Percent Changes for
                                                   |       Indexes         |-----------------------------------------------
                       Series                      |    (June 1989=100)    |    3 Months Ended     |    12 Months Ended
                                                   |-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------
                                                   | Dec.  | Sep.  | Dec.  | Dec.  | Sep.  | Dec.  | Dec.  | Sep.  | Dec.
                                                   | 1992  | 1993  | 1993  | 1992  | 1993  | 1993  | 1992  | 1993  | 1993
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                                                   |                             COMPENSATION
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                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Aircraft manufacturing (SIC 3721).................| 122.9 | 126.7 | 125.2 |   2.3 |   1.8 |  -1.2 |   7.1 |   5.5 |   1.9
     White-collar occupations......................| 119.0 | 123.2 | 121.8 |   1.7 |   1.7 |  -1.1 |   6.3 |   5.3 |   2.4
     Blue-collar occupations.......................| 128.2 | 131.5 | 129.8 |   3.2 |   1.8 |  -1.3 |   7.9 |   5.9 |   1.2
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
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                                                   |                          WAGES AND SALARIES
                                                    -----------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Aircraft manufacturing (SIC 3721).................| 117.2 | 120.5 | 121.6 |   1.0 |   1.4 |   0.9 |   4.1 |   3.9 |   3.8
     White-collar occupations......................| 113.1 | 116.7 | 117.3 |    .8 |   1.3 |    .5 |   3.9 |   4.0 |   3.7
     Blue-collar occupations.......................| 123.3 | 126.1 | 127.9 |   1.5 |   1.6 |   1.4 |   4.5 |   3.8 |   3.7
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                                                   |                             BENEFIT COSTS
                                                    -----------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Aircraft manufacturing (SIC 3721).................| 135.1 | 140.1 | 133.1 |   4.8 |   2.3 |  -5.0 |  12.9 |   8.7 |  -1.5
     White-collar occupations......................| 133.0 | 138.7 | 132.5 |   3.6 |   2.4 |  -4.5 |  11.6 |   8.0 |   -.4
     Blue-collar occupations.......................| 137.7 | 141.9 | 133.5 |   6.3 |   2.1 |  -5.9 |  14.4 |   9.6 |  -3.1
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
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    1/  Funds for the development and maintenance of these
 series are provided by the Aerospace Industries
 Association (AIA).  The series are published in this
 release for the convenience of all users.
    NOTE:  SIC refers to the 1987 Standard Industrial
 Classification System code as defined by the U.S. Office
 of Management and Budget.