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Table 1a.  SEASONALLY ADJUSTED COMPENSATION: Employment Cost Index for total compensation, by industry and occupational
Table 1b.  SEASONALLY ADJUSTED WAGES AND SALARIES: Employment Cost Index for wages and salaries, by industry and
Table 1c.  SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BENEFIT COSTS: Employment Cost Index for benefit costs, by industry and occupational
Table 2.  COMPENSATION (NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED): Employment Cost Index for total compensation, civilian and state
Table 3.  COMPENSATION (NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED): Employment Cost Index for total compensation, private industry
Table 3.  COMPENSATION (NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED): Employment Cost Index for total compensation, private industry
Table 4.  COMPENSATION (NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED): Employment Cost Index for total compensation, private industry
Table 5.  WAGES AND SALARIES (NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED): Employment Cost Index for wages and salaries only, civilian
Table 6.  WAGES AND SALARIES (NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED): Employment Cost Index for wages and salaries only, private
Table 6.  WAGES AND SALARIES (NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED): Employment Cost Index for wages and salaries only, private
Table 7.  WAGES AND SALARIES (NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED): Employment Cost Index for wages and salaries only, private
Table 8.  BENEFITS (NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED): Employment Cost Index for benefits only, civilian, state and local,
Table 9.  AEROSPACE (NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED): Employment Cost Index for workers in aerospace manufacturing, by

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                 EMPLOYMENT COST INDEX -- DECEMBER 1994
 
     The Employment Cost Index (ECI) increased 0.4 percent before
seasonal adjustment in the 3 months ended in December 1994, the U.S.
Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.  The
December 1994 ECI level of 123.8 (June 1989=100) was 3.0 percent higher
than in December 1993.  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 0.7
percent in the September-December 1994 period, compared with 0.8 percent
in the June-September 1994 period.  (See table A below.) ECI wages and
salaries rose 0.6 percent in the September-December 1994 period, down
from the 0.8 percent increase for the June-September 1994 period.
Benefit costs rose 0.7 percent, down from 0.9 percent in June-September
1994 and the lowest quarterly increase since March 1987.
 
Table A.  Percent changes in Employment Cost Index for civilian workers
 
                                 Seasonally adjusted               Unadjusted
     Compensation                   3-months ended                 12-months
      component         Mar. June Sep. Dec.  Mar. June Sep. Dec.     ended
                        1993 1993 1993 1993  1994 1994 1994 1994   Dec. 1994
 
 Compensation costs..... 0.9  0.9  0.8  0.8   0.7  0.8  0.8  0.7       3.0
 
   Wages and salaries... 0.8  0.7  0.8  0.7   0.7  0.8  0.8  0.6       2.8
 
   Benefit costs.......  1.5  1.2  0.9  1.0   0.9  0.9  0.9  0.7       3.4
 
     This release includes annual revisions in seasonally
     adjusted Employment Cost Indexes for compensation costs,
     wages and salaries, and benefit costs.  Seasonally
     adjusted indexes for 1990-94 were revised to reflect
     updated seasonal factors and are available upon request.
     The seasonal factors for 1995 will be published in the
     March 1995 issue of the BLS periodical, Compensation and
     Working Conditions.
 
 
Over-the-year changes, unadjusted
 
     Compensation costs (not seasonally adjusted) increased 3.0 percent
for the year ended in December 1994, down from the 3.5 percent gain for
the year ended in December 1993.  (See table 2.) That increase is the
lowest since the series began in 1981.  Rates of increase in compensa 
tion costs and its components--wages and salaries and benefits--have
generally been declining since 1989, as the following table shows:
 
Table B.  Percent changes in Employment Cost Index, by component
 
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                      Percent change, 12 months ended in December
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                      1986  1987  1988  1989  1990  1991  1992  1993  1994
Compensation costs
 Civilian workers..    3.6   3.6   4.9   5.0   4.9   4.3   3.5   3.5   3.0
  Private industry.    3.2   3.3   4.8   4.8   4.6   4.4   3.5   3.6   3.1
  State and local..    5.2   4.5   5.6   6.2   5.8   3.6   3.7   2.8   3.0
 
Wages and salaries
 Civilian workers..    3.5   3.5   4.3   4.4   4.3   3.6   2.7   3.1   2.8
  Private industry.    3.2   3.3   4.1   4.1   4.0   3.7   2.6   3.1   2.8
  State and local..    5.4   4.2   4.9   5.3   5.3   3.5   3.0   2.7   3.1
 
Benefit costs
 Civilian workers..    3.8   3.7   7.0   6.6   6.7   5.6   5.3   4.6   3.4
  Private industry.    3.4   3.4   6.9   6.1   6.6   6.2   5.2   5.0   3.7
  State and local..     -     -     -     -    7.0   3.9   5.4   2.9   2.8
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     A slowdown in compensation cost increases for private industry
workers (3.1 percent in 1994, compared with 3.6 percent in 1993) was
evident in both wages and salaries and benefit costs.  Wages and
salaries rose 2.8 percent, down from 3.1 percent for the year ended in
December 1993, while benefit costs increased 3.7 percent, down from 5.0
percent.  This moderation in benefit cost gains reflected a continuing
slowdown in the rate of increase in health and workers' compensation
insurance costs.
 
     Compensation costs for state and local government rose 3.0 percent,
up from 2.8 percent in the year ended December 1993.  Wages and salaries
rose 3.1 percent, up from 2.7 percent in 1993.  Benefit costs increased
2.8 percent, about the same as the 2.9 percent gain in 1993.  Benefit
cost increases were held down by decreases or temporary suspensions of
payments into retirement funds by several jurisdictions.
 
     For the year ended in December 1994, compensation cost increases in
private industry were higher for goods-producing industries than for
service-producing industries (3.1 percent compared with 2.9 percent).
Among goods-producing industries, the gains ranged from 2.9 percent in
nondurable goods manufacturing to 3.7 percent in construction.  In the
service-producing industries, the gains ranged from 1.4 percent for food
stores to 4.0 percent in both transportation and communications.  (See
table 3.)
 
     Compensation cost increases in private industry were higher for
white-collar occupations (3.2 percent) than for blue-collar or service
occupations (both 2.8 percent).  White-collar gains ranged from 2.7
percent for sales occupations to 3.7 percent for executive, administra 
tive, and managerial occupations.  Blue-collar gains ranged from 2.2
percent for machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors to 3.2 percent
for handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers.
 
     Compensation cost gains over the year ended in December 1994 were
higher for nonunion workers (3.1 percent) than for union workers (2.7
percent).  Goods- and service-producing industries showed very different
patterns, however.  For goods-producing industries, compensation costs
rose 3.5 percent for nonunion workers and 2.3 percent for union workers.
Corresponding figures for service-producing industries were 2.9 percent
and 3.3 percent.
 
 
     Beginning with the March 1995 news release, ECI estimates
     will be based on 1990 counts of occupational employment
     by industry, rather than on 1980 employment counts.
 
 
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                                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 over 
time, shift differentials, and nonproduction bonuses such as lump-sum
payments provided in lieu of wage increases); insurance benefits (life,
health, and sickness and accident); retirement and savings benefits
(pension and other retirement plans and savings and thrift plans);
legally required benefits (social security, railroad retirement and
supplemental retirement, railroad unemployment 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 nearly 22,000 occupations within over 4,200 sample
establishments in private industry and about 7,000 occupations 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 govern 
ments.  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, employ 
ment 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.  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 estimate 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 com 
ponent seasonally adjusted industry series, so they are not necessarily
a weighted average of the component occupation series.
 
     The costs per hour worked of compensation components, based on
March 1994 data from the ECI, are published in a separate news release
titled "Employer Costs for Employee Compensation - March 1994."  A
description of the cost levels is provided in the article "Analyzing
employers' costs for wages, salaries, and benefits" in the October 1987
issue of the Monthly Labor Review.  The cost levels, which are published
annually in mid-June, are calculated with current employment weights,
rather than the fixed 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, 1975-94, (Bulletin 2447); a chapter in the BLS Handbook of
Methods (Bulletin 2414), "The Employment Cost Index;" and several
articles published in the Monthly Labor Review.  The annual bulletin is
available from the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing
Office, Washington, D.C. 20402, or Bureau of Labor Statistics, Publica 
tions 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.
 
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Table 1a.  SEASONALLY ADJUSTED COMPENSATION: 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.
                                            | 1994  | 1994  | 1993  | 1993  | 1993  | 1993  | 1994  | 1994  | 1994  | 1994
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                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
Civilian workers............................| 123.0 | 123.8 |  0.9  |  0.9  |  0.8  |  0.8  |  0.7  |  0.8  |  0.8  |  0.7
                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
  State and local government................| 124.6 | 125.4 |   .7  |   .8  |   .5  |   .7  |   .9  |   .8  |   .6  |   .6
                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
  Private industry workers..................| 122.8 | 123.6 |  1.0  |   .9  |   .8  |   .8  |   .8  |   .8  |   .8  |   .7
    White-collar occupations ...............| 123.4 | 124.3 |  1.0  |   .8  |   .9  |   .9  |   .8  |   .9  |   .7  |   .7
    Blue-collar occupations ................| 122.2 | 122.9 |  1.0  |   .9  |   .9  |   .8  |   .5  |   .7  |   .9  |   .6
    Service occupations.....................| 121.9 | 123.0 |   .9  |   .9  |   .7  |   .6  |   .8  |   .5  |   .7  |   .9
                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
    Goods-producing industries 1/...........| 123.7 | 124.5 |  1.2  |   .9  |   .8  |   .8  |   .7  |  1.0  |   .8  |   .6
      Construction .........................| 121.2 | 121.1 |   .8  |   .7  |   .7  |   .2  |  1.6  |  1.1  |  1.0  |  -.1
      Manufacturing.........................| 124.5 | 125.4 |  1.4  |  1.0  |   .8  |   .8  |   .6  |   .9  |   .9  |   .7
        Durables............................| 125.1 | 126.0 |  1.5  |  1.0  |   .8  |  0.9  |   .3  |  0.9  |  1.1  |   .8
        Nondurables.........................| 123.3 | 124.1 |   .9  |   .9  |   .8  |   .7  |   .7  |   .9  |   .6  |   .6
                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
    Service-producing industries 2/.........| 122.1 | 122.9 |   .9  |   .8  |   .9  |   .9  |   .7  |   .7  |   .8  |   .7
      Transportation and public utilities...| 121.3 | 122.4 |   .8  |  1.0  |   .7  |   .9  |  1.1  |   .5  |  1.3  |   .9
      Wholesale trade.......................| 120.8 | 121.4 |  1.0  |   .5  |   .5  |   .9  |   .3  |  1.1  |  1.2  |   .5
      Retail trade..........................| 120.2 | 120.3 |  1.1  |   .4  |   .6  |   .9  |   .7  |   .9  |  1.1  |   .1
      Finance, insurance, and real estate 3/| 118.5 | 118.9 |  1.2  |   .4  |  2.3  |   .6  |  1.1  |   .0  |   .7  |   .3
      Services..............................| 125.8 | 126.7 |   .8  |   .9  |   .9  |   .8  |   .8  |   .7  |   .6  |   .7
                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
    Nonmanufacturing........................| 122.2 | 122.8 |   .8  |   .9  |   .9  |   .8  |   .8  |   .8  |   .8  |   .5
                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
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   NOTE:  See footnotes at end of table 1c.
 
 
Table 1b.  SEASONALLY ADJUSTED WAGES AND SALARIES: Employment Cost Index for wages and salaries, 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.
                                            | 1994  | 1994  | 1993  | 1993  | 1993  | 1993  | 1994  | 1994  | 1994  | 1994
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                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
Civilian workers............................| 119.6 | 120.3 |  0.8  |  0.7  |  0.8  |  0.7  |  0.7  |  0.8  |  0.8  |  0.6
                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
  State and local government................| 122.2 | 123.2 |   .7  |   .7  |   .5  |   .7  |   .8  |   .7  |   .7  |   .8
                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
  Private industry workers..................| 119.1 | 119.8 |   .8  |   .6  |   .9  |   .7  |   .8  |   .9  |   .7  |   .6
    White-collar occupations ...............| 120.1 | 120.9 |   .8  |   .7  |  1.0  |   .9  |   .6  |   .8  |   .7  |   .7
    Blue-collar occupations 3/..............| 117.5 | 118.0 |   .8  |   .6  |   .8  |   .6  |   .7  |   .8  |   .9  |   .4
    Service occupations.....................| 117.6 | 118.8 |   .5  |   .6  |   .5  |   .4  |   .9  |   .5  |   .6  |  1.0
                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
    Goods-producing industries 1/3/.........| 118.9 | 119.6 |   .9  |   .6  |   .7  |   .7  |   .7  |   .9  |   .8  |   .6
                               - -
      Construction .........................| 114.3 | 114.9 |   .5  |   .5  |   .6  |   .3  |  1.0  |  1.0  |   .7  |   .5
      Manufacturing 3/......................| 120.0 | 120.8 |   .9  |   .7  |   .7  |   .9  |   .6  |   .8  |   .8  |   .7
        Durables 3/.........................| 119.8 | 120.8 |   .9  |   .6  |   .7  |  1.1  |   .5  |   .8  |   .9  |   .8
        Nondurables ........................| 120.4 | 121.0 |   .8  |   .7  |   .6  |   .7  |   .4  |   .9  |   .9  |   .5
                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
    Service-producing industries 2/.........| 119.1 | 119.7 |   .7  |   .7  |  1.0  |   .8  |   .6  |   .7  |   .8  |   .5
      Transportation and public utilities...| 118.8 | 119.7 |   .9  |   .9  |   .6  |   .8  |   .8  |   .7  |  1.4  |   .8
      Wholesale trade.......................| 119.0 | 119.8 |   .6  |   .5  |   .3  |  1.0  |   .1  |  1.2  |   .9  |   .7
      Retail trade..........................| 117.7 | 118.0 |   .8  |   .5  |   .6  |   .9  |   .3  |  1.0  |   .9  |   .3
      Finance, insurance, and real estate 3/| 113.8 | 114.2 |   .9  |   .0  |  2.7  |   .5  |   .7  |  -.4  |   .5  |   .4
      Services..............................| 122.1 | 123.0 |   .7  |   .8  |   .8  |   .7  |   .9  |   .7  |   .5  |   .7
                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
    Nonmanufacturing........................| 118.6 | 119.2 |   .6  |   .7  |  1.0  |   .7  |   .6  |   .8  |   .8  |   .5
                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
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   NOTE:  See footnotes at end of table 1c.
 
 
Table 1c.  SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BENEFIT COSTS: Employment Cost Index for benefit costs, 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.
                                            | 1994  | 1994  | 1993  | 1993  | 1993  | 1993  | 1994  | 1994  | 1994  | 1994
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                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
Civilian workers ...........................| 132.2 | 133.1 |  1.5  |  1.2  |  0.9  |  1.0  |  0.9  |  0.9  |  0.9  |  0.7
                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
  State and local government ...............| 129.8 | 130.3 |   .6  |  1.0  |   .3  |   .9  |   .8  |  1.2  |   .4  |   .4
                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
  Private industry workers..................| 132.8 | 133.8 |  1.5  |  1.4  |   .9  |  1.1  |   .9  |  1.0  |  1.0  |   .8
    White-collar occupations................| 132.8 | 134.0 |  1.4  |  1.1  |   .9  |  1.1  |  1.4  |  1.1  |  1.1  |   .9
    Blue-collar occupations ................| 132.5 | 133.2 |  2.0  |  1.5  |   .9  |  1.1  |   .5  |   .8  |   .9  |   .5
    Service occupations.....................| 134.2 | 135.0 |  2.0  |  1.5  |   .9  |  1.0  |   .6  |   .4  |   .8  |   .6
                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
    Goods-producing industries 1/...........| 134.7 | 135.8 |  2.1  |  1.5  |   .9  |  1.0  |   .8  |  1.0  |   .9  |   .8
      Manufacturing.........................| 133.9 | 135.3 |  2.1  |  1.7  |  1.1  |  1.0  |   .2  |  1.1  |   .9  |  1.0
                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
    Service-producing industries 2/.........| 131.2 | 132.0 |  1.2  |  1.1  |  1.0  |  1.2  |  1.0  |   .9  |  1.2  |   .6
                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
    Nonmanufacturing........................| 132.2 | 132.9 |  1.1  |  1.2  |  1.0  |  1.1  |  1.3  |   .9  |  1.1  |   .5
                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
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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.
                                                  | 1993  | 1994  | 1994  | 1993  | 1994  | 1994  | 1993  | 1994  | 1994
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                  |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
Civilian workers .................................| 120.2 | 123.3 | 123.8 |   0.6 |   1.0 |   0.4 |   3.5 |   3.2 |   3.0
        Excluding sales...........................| 120.5 | 123.7 | 124.2 |    .6 |   1.1 |    .4 |   3.5 |   3.3 |   3.1
                                                  |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
    Workers, by occupational group                |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      White-collar occupations....................| 120.6 | 123.9 | 124.4 |    .6 |   1.1 |    .4 |   3.4 |   3.3 |   3.2
          Excluding sales.........................| 121.2 | 124.5 | 125.1 |    .6 |   1.1 |    .5 |   3.4 |   3.3 |   3.2
        Professional specialty and technical......| 122.5 | 125.7 | 126.2 |    .4 |   1.2 |    .4 |   2.9 |   3.0 |   3.0
        Executive, administrative, and managerial.| 119.4 | 122.9 | 123.6 |    .7 |   1.1 |    .6 |   3.8 |   3.6 |   3.5
        Administrative support, including clerical| 121.3 | 124.6 | 125.2 |    .7 |    .9 |    .5 |   3.9 |   3.5 |   3.2
      Blue-collar occupations.....................| 119.4 | 122.4 | 122.7 |    .5 |    .9 |    .2 |   3.6 |   3.0 |   2.8
      Service occupations.........................| 120.5 | 123.5 | 124.3 |    .5 |   1.1 |    .6 |   3.3 |   3.0 |   3.2
                                                  |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
    Workers, by industry division                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Goods-producing 1/..........................| 120.6 | 123.9 | 124.4 |    .5 |    .7 |    .4 |   3.8 |   3.3 |   3.2
        Manufacturing.............................| 121.3 | 124.4 | 125.1 |    .6 |    .7 |    .6 |   4.1 |   3.2 |   3.1
      Service-producing 2/........................| 120.0 | 123.1 | 123.6 |    .6 |   1.2 |    .4 |   3.3 |   3.2 |   3.0
        Services..................................| 122.9 | 125.8 | 126.4 |    .6 |   1.3 |    .5 |   3.1 |   2.9 |   2.8
          Health services.........................| 125.4 | 127.8 | 128.5 |    .8 |    .9 |    .5 |   3.4 |   2.7 |   2.5
            Hospitals.............................| 125.0 | 127.5 | 128.4 |    .9 |    .9 |    .7 |   3.3 |   2.9 |   2.7
          Educational services....................| 122.9 | 126.0 | 126.4 |    .2 |   1.9 |    .3 |   2.7 |   2.8 |   2.8
        Public administration ....................| 120.0 | 123.7 | 124.2 |    .6 |   1.2 |    .4 |   3.2 |   3.7 |   3.5
                                                  |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Nonmanufacturing............................| 119.8 | 123.0 | 123.4 |    .5 |   1.1 |    .3 |   3.3 |   3.2 |   3.0
                                                  |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                  |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
  State and local government workers..............| 121.9 | 125.0 | 125.6 |    .4 |   1.5 |    .5 |   2.8 |   3.0 |   3.0
                                                  |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
    Workers, by occupational group                |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      White-collar occupations....................| 121.9 | 124.9 | 125.5 |    .3 |   1.6 |    .5 |   2.5 |   2.8 |   3.0
        Professional specialty and technical......| 122.0 | 125.0 | 125.5 |    .2 |   1.9 |    .4 |   2.3 |   2.7 |   2.9
        Executive, administrative, and managerial.| 121.6 | 124.7 | 125.3 |    .5 |   1.1 |    .5 |   3.2 |   3.1 |   3.0
        Administrative support, including clerical| 121.6 | 124.9 | 125.6 |    .5 |   1.3 |    .6 |   2.6 |   3.2 |   3.3
      Blue-collar occupations.....................| 121.4 | 124.2 | 124.7 |    .7 |   1.2 |    .4 |   3.1 |   3.1 |   2.7
      Service occupations.........................| 122.1 | 126.0 | 126.6 |    .6 |   1.7 |    .5 |   3.5 |   3.8 |   3.7
                                                  |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
    Workers, by industry division                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Services....................................| 122.6 | 125.6 | 126.1 |    .3 |   1.8 |    .4 |   2.5 |   2.8 |   2.9
          Excluding schools 3/....................| 121.9 | 124.9 | 125.6 |    .4 |   1.3 |    .6 |   2.8 |   2.9 |   3.0
        Health services...........................| 123.1 | 127.2 | 127.7 |    .7 |   1.6 |    .4 |   3.1 |   4.1 |   3.7
          Hospitals...............................| 123.3 | 127.0 | 127.7 |   1.1 |   2.0 |    .6 |   3.3 |   4.1 |   3.6
        Educational services......................| 122.7 | 125.5 | 126.0 |    .3 |   1.9 |    .4 |   2.5 |   2.6 |   2.7
          Schools.................................| 122.9 | 125.9 | 126.3 |    .3 |   2.0 |    .3 |   2.5 |   2.8 |   2.8
            Elementary and secondary..............| 123.6 | 126.3 | 126.5 |    .5 |   2.0 |    .2 |   2.4 |   2.7 |   2.3
            Colleges and universities.............| 120.7 | 124.5 | 125.5 |   -.1 |   2.0 |    .8 |   3.0 |   3.1 |   4.0
      Public administration ......................| 120.0 | 123.7 | 124.2 |    .6 |   1.2 |    .4 |   3.2 |   3.7 |   3.5
                                                  |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
   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
 
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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.
                                                  | 1993  | 1994  | 1994  | 1993  | 1994  | 1994  | 1993  | 1994  | 1994
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                                                  |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
Private industry workers .........................| 119.8 | 123.0 | 123.5 |   0.6 |   0.8 |   0.4 |   3.6 |   3.3 |   3.1
        Excluding sales...........................| 120.2 | 123.4 | 123.9 |    .6 |    .9 |    .4 |   3.7 |   3.3 |   3.1
                                                  |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
    White-collar occupations......................| 120.2 | 123.5 | 124.1 |    .7 |    .8 |    .5 |   3.7 |   3.4 |   3.2
        Excluding sales...........................| 121.0 | 124.4 | 125.1 |    .7 |    .9 |    .6 |   3.8 |   3.5 |   3.4
      Professional specialty and technical........| 122.9 | 126.3 | 126.8 |    .6 |    .8 |    .4 |   3.3 |   3.4 |   3.2
      Executive, administrative, and managerial...| 118.9 | 122.6 | 123.3 |    .7 |   1.1 |    .6 |   3.8 |   3.8 |   3.7
      Sales.......................................| 116.5 | 119.2 | 119.6 |    .8 |    .3 |    .3 |   3.5 |   3.1 |   2.7
      Administrative support, including clerical..| 121.2 | 124.5 | 125.1 |    .7 |    .8 |    .5 |   4.1 |   3.5 |   3.2
                                                  |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
    Blue-collar occupations.......................| 119.3 | 122.3 | 122.6 |    .5 |    .9 |    .2 |   3.7 |   3.0 |   2.8
      Precision production, craft, and repair.....| 118.9 | 122.5 | 122.5 |    .2 |   1.1 |    .0 |   3.4 |   3.2 |   3.0
      Machine operators, assemblers,              |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
          and inspectors..........................| 120.8 | 122.9 | 123.4 |    .7 |    .6 |    .4 |   4.3 |   2.4 |   2.2
      Transportation and material moving..........| 117.0 | 120.3 | 120.6 |    .9 |   1.0 |    .2 |   3.5 |   3.8 |   3.1
      Handlers, equipment cleaners,               |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
         helpers, and laborers....................| 119.1 | 122.7 | 122.9 |    .6 |   1.1 |    .2 |   3.3 |   3.6 |   3.2
                                                  |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
    Service occupations...........................| 119.5 | 121.8 | 122.9 |    .5 |    .7 |    .9 |   3.1 |   2.4 |   2.8
                                                  |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
    Production and nonsupervisory                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
       occupations 4/.............................| 119.7 | 122.6 | 123.1 |    .6 |    .8 |    .4 |   3.6 |   3.0 |   2.8
                                                  |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
  Goods-producing industries 1/...................| 120.6 | 123.9 | 124.3 |    .6 |    .7 |    .3 |   3.9 |   3.3 |   3.1
        Excluding sales occupations...............| 120.1 | 123.5 | 124.0 |    .4 |    .8 |    .4 |   3.6 |   3.3 |   3.2
      White-collar occupations....................| 121.1 | 125.1 | 125.9 |    .5 |    .6 |    .6 |   3.8 |   3.8 |   4.0
        Excluding sales...........................| 119.9 | 124.1 | 125.0 |    .2 |    .7 |    .7 |   3.2 |   3.7 |   4.3
      Blue-collar occupations.....................| 120.2 | 123.1 | 123.4 |    .5 |    .7 |    .2 |   3.8 |   2.9 |   2.7
      Service occupations.........................| 122.4 | 126.5 | 126.3 |    .7 |   2.2 |   -.2 |   4.2 |   4.1 |   3.2
                                                  |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
    Construction..................................| 116.5 | 121.4 | 120.8 |   -.3 |   1.0 |   -.5 |   2.4 |   3.9 |   3.7
                                                  |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
    Manufacturing.................................| 121.3 | 124.4 | 125.1 |    .6 |    .7 |    .6 |   4.1 |   3.2 |   3.1
        White-collar occupations..................| 121.3 | 124.9 | 126.0 |    .7 |    .8 |    .9 |   4.0 |   3.7 |   3.9
          Excluding sales.........................| 119.9 | 123.6 | 124.9 |    .3 |    .9 |   1.1 |   3.5 |   3.4 |   4.2
        Blue-collar occupations...................| 121.3 | 124.0 | 124.5 |    .7 |    .6 |    .4 |   4.2 |   2.9 |   2.6
        Service occupations.......................| 122.7 | 127.0 | 127.0 |    .8 |   2.3 |    .0 |   4.3 |   4.4 |   3.5
      Durables....................................| 121.9 | 125.1 | 125.8 |    .7 |   1.1 |    .6 |   4.5 |   3.4 |   3.2
      Nondurables.................................| 120.3 | 123.2 | 123.8 |    .5 |    .3 |    .5 |   3.4 |   2.9 |   2.9
                                                  |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                   _______________________________________________________________________
 
Table 3.  COMPENSATION (NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED): Employment Cost Index for total compensation, private industry
          workers, by industry and occupational group-Continued
 
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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.
                                                  | 1993  | 1994  | 1994  | 1993  | 1994  | 1994  | 1993  | 1994  | 1994
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                  |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
  Service-producing industries 2/.................| 119.3 | 122.3 | 122.8 |   0.7 |   0.9 |   0.4 |   3.6 |   3.2 |   2.9
        Excluding sales occupations...............| 120.2 | 123.3 | 123.8 |    .8 |   1.0 |    .4 |   3.7 |   3.4 |   3.0
      White-collar occupations....................| 119.8 | 122.9 | 123.4 |    .7 |    .8 |    .4 |   3.5 |   3.3 |   3.0
        Excluding sales...........................| 121.4 | 124.6 | 125.1 |    .8 |   1.0 |    .4 |   3.9 |   3.5 |   3.0
      Blue-collar occupations.....................| 117.2 | 120.6 | 120.7 |    .5 |   1.3 |    .1 |   3.5 |   3.4 |   3.0
      Service occupations.........................| 119.1 | 121.3 | 122.5 |    .4 |    .5 |   1.0 |   2.9 |   2.3 |   2.9
                                                  |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
    Transportation and public utilities...........| 117.5 | 121.4 | 122.1 |    .6 |   1.3 |    .6 |   3.5 |   3.9 |   3.9
        Transportation............................| 115.7 | 119.7 | 120.3 |    .8 |   1.7 |    .5 |   3.5 |   4.3 |   4.0
        Public utilities..........................| 119.9 | 123.6 | 124.4 |    .6 |    .8 |    .6 |   3.7 |   3.7 |   3.8
          Communications..........................| 119.2 | 122.9 | 124.0 |    .6 |    .7 |    .9 |   3.9 |   3.7 |   4.0
          Electric, gas, and sanitary services....| 120.8 | 124.4 | 124.8 |    .5 |   1.0 |    .3 |   3.5 |   3.5 |   3.3
                                                  |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
    Wholesale and retail trade....................| 117.1 | 120.5 | 120.6 |    .6 |    .9 |    .1 |   3.0 |   3.5 |   3.0
         Excluding sales occupations..............| 118.0 | 120.9 | 120.9 |    .9 |    .9 |    .0 |   3.4 |   3.3 |   2.5
      Wholesale trade.............................| 117.8 | 120.6 | 121.5 |   1.0 |    .8 |    .7 |   3.0 |   3.4 |   3.1
         Excluding sales occupations..............| 118.7 | 121.3 | 122.0 |    .9 |    .8 |    .6 |   3.3 |   3.1 |   2.8
      Retail trade................................| 116.8 | 120.4 | 120.1 |    .5 |   1.0 |   -.2 |   3.0 |   3.6 |   2.8
        General merchandise stores................| 116.3 | 118.7 | 119.3 |    .7 |    .6 |    .5 |   2.6 |   2.8 |   2.6
        Food stores...............................| 118.3 | 120.3 | 120.0 |   1.0 |   -.2 |   -.2 |   2.8 |   2.7 |   1.4
                                                  |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
    Finance, insurance, and real estate...........| 116.4 | 118.5 | 118.9 |    .6 |    .7 |    .3 |   4.6 |   2.4 |   2.1
        Excluding sales occupations...............| 118.2 | 121.5 | 121.8 |    .6 |   1.0 |    .2 |   4.6 |   3.4 |   3.0
      Banking, savings and loan, and other        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
         credit agencies..........................| 117.8 | 120.8 | 120.5 |    .8 |   1.2 |   -.2 |   5.7 |   3.3 |   2.3
      Insurance...................................| 119.7 | 121.5 | 122.3 |   2.0 |    .8 |    .7 |   3.9 |   3.5 |   2.2
        Excluding sales occupations...............| 122.7 | 126.0 | 126.5 |    .7 |    .8 |    .4 |   4.7 |   3.4 |   3.1
                                                  |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
    Services......................................| 123.1 | 125.9 | 126.6 |    .7 |    .8 |    .6 |   3.5 |   2.9 |   2.8
      Business services...........................| 118.6 | 122.4 | 123.0 |    .4 |    .2 |    .5 |   2.3 |   3.6 |   3.7
      Health services.............................| 126.0 | 127.9 | 128.7 |    .8 |    .6 |    .6 |   3.4 |   2.3 |   2.1
        Hospitals.................................| 125.6 | 127.7 | 128.6 |    .9 |    .5 |    .7 |   3.3 |   2.6 |   2.4
        Nursing homes.............................|   -   |   -   |   -   |    .9 |    .6 |    .5 |   3.9 |   3.7 |   3.3
      Educational services........................| 124.1 | 128.2 | 128.4 |    .2 |   2.2 |    .2 |   3.4 |   3.6 |   3.5
        Colleges and universities.................| 125.3 | 128.5 | 128.8 |    .2 |   2.0 |    .2 |   3.7 |   2.8 |   2.8
                                                  |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
Nonmanufacturing industries.......................| 119.0 | 122.3 | 122.6 |    .5 |    .9 |    .2 |   3.4 |   3.3 |   3.0
    White-collar occupations......................| 119.9 | 123.1 | 123.5 |    .8 |    .8 |    .3 |   3.6 |   3.4 |   3.0
       Excluding sales............................| 121.4 | 124.7 | 125.1 |    .8 |    .9 |    .3 |   3.8 |   3.6 |   3.0
    Blue-collar occupations.......................| 117.1 | 120.5 | 120.5 |    .4 |   1.2 |    .0 |   3.3 |   3.3 |   2.9
    Service occupations...........................| 119.1 | 121.3 | 122.4 |    .4 |    .5 |    .9 |   2.9 |   2.3 |   2.8
                                                  |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
   -  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
 
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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.
                                                  | 1993  | 1994  | 1994  | 1993  | 1994  | 1994  | 1993  | 1994  | 1994
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                  |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
Workers, by bargaining status                     |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                  |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
  Union...........................................| 120.9 | 123.8 | 124.2 |   0.8 |   0.7 |   0.3 |   4.3 |   3.2 |   2.7
      Blue-collar occupations.....................| 120.6 | 123.1 | 123.4 |    .8 |    .6 |    .2 |   4.4 |   2.8 |   2.3
                                                  |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
    Goods-producing industries 1/.................| 121.9 | 124.4 | 124.7 |    .7 |    .5 |    .2 |   4.7 |   2.8 |   2.3
    Service-producing industries 2/...............| 119.6 | 122.9 | 123.6 |    .8 |    .9 |    .6 |   3.8 |   3.6 |   3.3
                                                  |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
    Manufacturing.................................| 123.0 | 125.3 | 125.8 |    .9 |    .4 |    .4 |   5.2 |   2.8 |   2.3
        Blue-collar occupations...................| 122.9 | 125.1 | 125.6 |    .9 |    .4 |    .4 |   5.2 |   2.7 |   2.2
    Nonmanufacturing..............................| 119.3 | 122.6 | 123.0 |    .7 |    .9 |    .3 |   3.6 |   3.5 |   3.1
                                                  |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
  Nonunion........................................| 119.5 | 122.7 | 123.2 |    .6 |    .8 |    .4 |   3.5 |   3.3 |   3.1
      Blue-collar occupations.....................| 118.2 | 121.7 | 121.9 |    .3 |   1.1 |    .2 |   3.1 |   3.3 |   3.1
                                                  |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
    Goods-producing industries 1/.................| 119.9 | 123.6 | 124.1 |    .4 |    .8 |    .4 |   3.4 |   3.5 |   3.5
    Service-producing industries 2/...............| 119.2 | 122.2 | 122.7 |    .7 |    .9 |    .4 |   3.5 |   3.2 |   2.9
                                                  |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
    Manufacturing ................................| 120.6 | 124.0 | 124.8 |    .5 |    .9 |    .6 |   3.6 |   3.3 |   3.5
        Blue-collar occupations...................| 119.9 | 123.0 | 123.5 |    .4 |    .9 |    .4 |   3.2 |   3.0 |   3.0
    Nonmanufacturing .............................| 119.0 | 122.2 | 122.5 |    .6 |    .9 |    .2 |   3.4 |   3.3 |   2.9
                                                  |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
Workers, by region 5/                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                  |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
  Northeast.......................................| 120.7 | 124.0 | 124.3 |    .4 |   1.0 |    .2 |   3.7 |   3.2 |   3.0
  South...........................................| 118.8 | 121.8 | 122.5 |    .6 |    .8 |    .6 |   3.5 |   3.1 |   3.1
  Midwest ........................................| 121.2 | 124.6 | 125.0 |    .9 |    .8 |    .3 |   4.4 |   3.7 |   3.1
  West............................................| 118.1 | 121.3 | 121.7 |    .3 |    .7 |    .3 |   2.8 |   3.0 |   3.0
                                                  |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
Workers, by area size                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                  |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
  Metropolitan areas..............................| 119.8 | 122.9 | 123.4 |    .6 |    .8 |    .4 |   3.6 |   3.2 |   3.0
  Other areas.....................................| 119.7 | 123.2 | 123.5 |    .8 |    .6 |    .2 |   3.5 |   3.8 |   3.2
                                                  |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
   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
 
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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.
                                                  | 1993  | 1994  | 1994  | 1993  | 1994  | 1994  | 1993  | 1994  | 1994
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                  |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
Civilian workers .................................| 117.1 | 119.8 | 120.4 |   0.6 |   1.0 |   0.5 |   3.1 |   2.9 |   2.8
        Excluding sales...........................| 117.2 | 120.1 | 120.7 |    .5 |   1.1 |    .5 |   2.9 |   3.0 |   3.0
                                                  |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
    Workers, by occupational group                |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      White-collar occupations....................| 118.1 | 120.8 | 121.5 |    .6 |    .9 |    .6 |   3.1 |   2.9 |   2.9
          Excluding sales.........................| 118.7 | 121.5 | 122.2 |    .6 |   1.1 |    .6 |   3.1 |   3.0 |   2.9
        Professional specialty and technical......| 120.0 | 122.8 | 123.5 |    .4 |   1.2 |    .6 |   2.8 |   2.8 |   2.9
        Executive, administrative, and managerial.| 117.3 | 120.2 | 120.8 |    .7 |   1.0 |    .5 |   3.3 |   3.2 |   3.0
        Administrative support, including clerical| 118.0 | 120.9 | 121.6 |    .8 |    .9 |    .6 |   3.3 |   3.2 |   3.1
      Blue-collar occupations.....................| 115.0 | 117.8 | 118.2 |    .5 |    .9 |    .3 |   2.8 |   3.0 |   2.8
      Service occupations.........................| 116.6 | 119.4 | 120.4 |    .4 |   1.1 |    .8 |   2.5 |   2.8 |   3.3
                                                  |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
    Workers, by industry division                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Goods-producing 1/..........................| 116.2 | 119.0 | 119.6 |    .7 |    .8 |    .5 |   2.9 |   3.1 |   2.9
        Manufacturing.............................| 117.3 | 120.0 | 120.8 |    .9 |    .8 |    .7 |   3.2 |   3.2 |   3.0
      Service-producing 2/........................| 117.5 | 120.2 | 120.7 |    .6 |   1.1 |    .4 |   3.1 |   2.9 |   2.7
        Services..................................| 120.0 | 122.8 | 123.5 |    .4 |   1.2 |    .6 |   2.8 |   2.8 |   2.9
          Health services.........................| 122.2 | 124.4 | 125.4 |    .7 |    .8 |    .8 |   3.0 |   2.5 |   2.6
            Hospitals.............................| 121.7 | 124.0 | 124.9 |    .8 |    .8 |    .7 |   3.1 |   2.7 |   2.6
          Educational services....................| 120.7 | 123.8 | 124.3 |    .2 |   2.1 |    .4 |   2.7 |   2.8 |   3.0
        Public administration ....................| 116.6 | 119.9 | 120.6 |    .6 |   1.2 |    .6 |   2.6 |   3.5 |   3.4
                                                  |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Nonmanufacturing............................| 117.0 | 119.7 | 120.2 |    .5 |   1.0 |    .4 |   3.0 |   2.8 |   2.7
                                                  |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                  |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
  State and local government workers..............| 119.7 | 122.8 | 123.4 |    .3 |   1.7 |    .5 |   2.7 |   2.9 |   3.1
                                                  |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
    Workers, by occupational group                |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      White-collar occupations....................| 119.9 | 122.9 | 123.6 |    .3 |   1.7 |    .6 |   2.6 |   2.8 |   3.1
        Professional specialty and technical......| 120.7 | 123.6 | 124.2 |    .2 |   1.9 |    .5 |   2.6 |   2.7 |   2.9
        Executive, administrative, and managerial.| 118.8 | 121.6 | 122.4 |    .5 |   1.1 |    .7 |   2.9 |   2.9 |   3.0
        Administrative support, including clerical| 117.8 | 120.9 | 121.7 |    .5 |   1.3 |    .7 |   2.5 |   3.2 |   3.3
      Blue-collar occupations.....................| 119.0 | 121.8 | 122.5 |    .5 |   1.4 |    .6 |   2.9 |   2.9 |   2.9
      Service occupations.........................| 118.9 | 122.7 | 123.3 |    .5 |   1.9 |    .5 |   2.9 |   3.7 |   3.7
                                                  |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
    Workers, by industry division                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Services....................................| 120.6 | 123.6 | 124.2 |    .2 |   1.9 |    .5 |   2.6 |   2.7 |   3.0
          Excluding schools 3/....................| 120.4 | 123.2 | 124.0 |    .2 |   1.1 |    .6 |   2.6 |   2.6 |   3.0
        Health services...........................| 121.0 | 124.7 | 125.3 |    .5 |   1.5 |    .5 |   3.1 |   3.6 |   3.6
          Hospitals...............................| 120.7 | 124.2 | 125.1 |    .7 |   1.8 |    .7 |   3.1 |   3.6 |   3.6
        Educational services......................| 120.6 | 123.6 | 124.2 |    .2 |   2.1 |    .5 |   2.6 |   2.7 |   3.0
          Schools.................................| 120.7 | 123.8 | 124.3 |    .3 |   2.1 |    .4 |   2.7 |   2.9 |   3.0
            Elementary and secondary..............| 121.6 | 124.5 | 124.9 |    .4 |   2.2 |    .3 |   2.6 |   2.8 |   2.7
            Colleges and universities.............| 117.7 | 121.5 | 122.5 |   -.1 |   1.9 |    .8 |   3.0 |   3.1 |   4.1
      Public administration ......................| 116.6 | 119.9 | 120.6 |    .6 |   1.2 |    .6 |   2.6 |   3.5 |   3.4
                                                  |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
   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.
                                                  | 1993  | 1994  | 1994  | 1993  | 1994  | 1994  | 1993  | 1994  | 1994
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                                                  |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
Private industry workers .........................| 116.4 | 119.1 | 119.7 |   0.6 |   0.8 |   0.5 |   3.1 |   2.9 |   2.8
        Excluding sales...........................| 116.6 | 119.4 | 120.0 |    .6 |    .9 |    .5 |   3.0 |   3.0 |   2.9
                                                  |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
    White-collar occupations......................| 117.5 | 120.2 | 120.8 |    .7 |    .8 |    .5 |   3.3 |   3.0 |   2.8
        Excluding sales...........................| 118.2 | 121.0 | 121.7 |    .7 |    .9 |    .6 |   3.3 |   3.1 |   3.0
      Professional specialty and technical........| 119.5 | 122.2 | 123.0 |    .5 |    .7 |    .7 |   3.0 |   2.8 |   2.9
      Executive, administrative, and managerial...| 117.0 | 120.0 | 120.5 |    .7 |   1.0 |    .4 |   3.4 |   3.3 |   3.0
      Sales.......................................| 114.7 | 116.5 | 116.7 |    .8 |    .3 |    .2 |   3.6 |   2.4 |   1.7
      Administrative support, including clerical..| 118.0 | 120.9 | 121.6 |    .8 |    .8 |    .6 |   3.5 |   3.2 |   3.1
                                                  |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
    Blue-collar occupations.......................| 114.8 | 117.5 | 118.0 |    .6 |    .9 |    .4 |   2.9 |   3.0 |   2.8
      Precision production, craft, and repair.....| 114.7 | 117.8 | 117.9 |    .4 |   1.1 |    .1 |   2.9 |   3.2 |   2.8
      Machine operators, assemblers,              |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
          and inspectors..........................| 115.6 | 118.0 | 118.8 |    .8 |    .7 |    .7 |   2.8 |   2.9 |   2.8
      Transportation and material moving..........| 112.6 | 115.2 | 115.6 |    .8 |   1.1 |    .3 |   2.6 |   3.1 |   2.7
      Handlers, equipment cleaners,               |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
         helpers, and laborers....................| 115.7 | 117.9 | 118.9 |    .7 |    .5 |    .8 |   2.8 |   2.6 |   2.8
                                                  |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
    Service occupations...........................| 115.3 | 117.6 | 118.8 |    .3 |    .7 |   1.0 |   2.1 |   2.3 |   3.0
                                                  |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
    Production and nonsupervisory                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
       occupations 4/.............................| 115.9 | 118.5 | 119.1 |    .5 |    .9 |    .5 |   2.9 |   2.8 |   2.8
                                                  |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
  Goods-producing industries 1/...................| 116.1 | 118.9 | 119.6 |    .7 |    .8 |    .6 |   2.9 |   3.1 |   3.0
        Excluding sales occupations...............| 115.6 | 118.4 | 119.1 |    .6 |    .9 |    .6 |   2.7 |   3.0 |   3.0
      White-collar occupations....................| 118.2 | 121.1 | 122.0 |    .8 |    .7 |    .7 |   3.5 |   3.2 |   3.2
        Excluding sales...........................| 116.8 | 119.8 | 120.8 |    .3 |    .8 |    .8 |   2.7 |   2.9 |   3.4
      Blue-collar occupations.....................| 114.9 | 117.5 | 118.1 |    .7 |    .8 |    .5 |   2.7 |   3.0 |   2.8
      Service occupations.........................| 116.9 | 120.1 | 119.7 |   1.0 |   2.0 |   -.3 |   3.4 |   3.8 |   2.4
                                                  |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
    Construction..................................| 111.1 | 114.6 | 114.7 |   -.2 |    .9 |    .1 |   2.0 |   3.0 |   3.2
                                                  |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
    Manufacturing.................................| 117.3 | 120.0 | 120.8 |    .9 |    .8 |    .7 |   3.2 |   3.2 |   3.0
        White-collar occupations..................| 118.8 | 121.7 | 122.7 |    .9 |    .9 |    .8 |   3.7 |   3.4 |   3.3
          Excluding sales.........................| 117.2 | 120.2 | 121.4 |    .4 |    .9 |   1.0 |   2.8 |   3.0 |   3.6
        Blue-collar occupations...................| 116.2 | 118.7 | 119.5 |    .9 |    .8 |    .7 |   2.7 |   3.0 |   2.8
        Service occupations.......................| 117.3 | 120.6 | 120.6 |   1.1 |   2.0 |    .0 |   3.4 |   4.0 |   2.8
      Durables....................................| 117.2 | 119.8 | 120.8 |   1.1 |    .9 |    .8 |   3.4 |   3.4 |   3.1
      Nondurables.................................| 117.5 | 120.3 | 120.8 |    .5 |    .7 |    .4 |   2.8 |   2.9 |   2.8
                                                  |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                   _______________________________________________________________________
 
Table 6.  WAGES AND SALARIES (NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED): Employment Cost Index for wages and salaries only, private
          industry workers, by industry and occupational group-Continued
 
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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.
                                                  | 1993  | 1994  | 1994  | 1993  | 1994  | 1994  | 1993  | 1994  | 1994
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                  |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
  Service-producing industries 2/.................| 116.6 | 119.2 | 119.7 |   0.6 |   0.8 |   0.4 |   3.2 |   2.8 |   2.7
        Excluding sales occupations...............| 117.4 | 120.2 | 120.7 |    .7 |   1.0 |    .4 |   3.3 |   3.1 |   2.8
      White-collar occupations....................| 117.3 | 119.9 | 120.4 |    .7 |    .8 |    .4 |   3.3 |   2.9 |   2.6
        Excluding sales...........................| 118.7 | 121.5 | 122.1 |    .8 |    .9 |    .5 |   3.5 |   3.1 |   2.9
      Blue-collar occupations.....................| 114.6 | 117.5 | 117.6 |    .4 |   1.1 |    .1 |   3.2 |   3.0 |   2.6
      Service occupations.........................| 115.2 | 117.3 | 118.7 |    .3 |    .5 |   1.2 |   2.0 |   2.1 |   3.0
                                                  |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
    Transportation and public utilities...........| 115.4 | 118.9 | 119.6 |    .6 |   1.5 |    .6 |   3.2 |   3.7 |   3.6
        Transportation............................| 113.4 | 116.7 | 117.5 |    .7 |   1.7 |    .7 |   3.2 |   3.6 |   3.6
        Public utilities..........................| 117.9 | 121.4 | 122.3 |    .6 |   1.1 |    .7 |   3.3 |   3.6 |   3.7
          Communications..........................| 117.1 | 121.0 | 122.1 |    .5 |   1.3 |    .9 |   3.2 |   3.9 |   4.3
          Electric, gas, and sanitary services....| 118.8 | 121.9 | 122.4 |    .5 |    .8 |    .4 |   3.5 |   3.1 |   3.0
                                                  |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
    Wholesale and retail trade....................| 115.4 | 118.3 | 118.4 |    .6 |    .8 |    .1 |   2.8 |   3.1 |   2.6
         Excluding sales occupations..............| 116.1 | 118.7 | 118.8 |    .8 |    .8 |    .1 |   3.1 |   3.0 |   2.3
      Wholesale trade.............................| 116.4 | 118.9 | 119.9 |   1.1 |    .5 |    .8 |   2.6 |   3.3 |   3.0
         Excluding sales occupations..............| 117.5 | 119.6 | 120.2 |   1.0 |    .7 |    .5 |   3.0 |   2.8 |   2.3
      Retail trade................................| 115.0 | 118.0 | 117.8 |    .4 |    .9 |   -.2 |   2.9 |   3.1 |   2.4
        General merchandise stores................| 115.0 | 116.5 | 117.5 |    .4 |    .1 |    .9 |   2.9 |   1.7 |   2.2
        Food stores...............................| 115.9 | 117.4 | 117.3 |    .9 |   -.3 |   -.1 |   1.9 |   2.2 |   1.2
                                                  |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
    Finance, insurance, and real estate...........| 112.9 | 113.8 | 114.2 |    .5 |    .5 |    .4 |   4.2 |   1.3 |   1.2
        Excluding sales occupations...............| 114.6 | 117.2 | 117.4 |    .5 |   1.0 |    .2 |   4.0 |   2.8 |   2.4
      Banking, savings and loan, and other        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
         credit agencies..........................| 114.5 | 116.5 | 116.2 |    .7 |   1.3 |   -.3 |   5.0 |   2.5 |   1.5
      Insurance...................................| 116.6 | 117.7 | 118.6 |   2.4 |    .8 |    .8 |   3.5 |   3.3 |   1.7
        Excluding sales occupations...............| 119.2 | 122.3 | 122.7 |    .8 |    .7 |    .3 |   3.7 |   3.4 |   2.9
                                                  |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
    Services......................................| 119.6 | 122.2 | 123.0 |    .6 |    .7 |    .7 |   3.0 |   2.8 |   2.8
      Business services...........................| 115.7 | 119.9 | 120.4 |    .3 |    .4 |    .4 |   1.6 |   4.0 |   4.1
      Health services.............................| 122.6 | 124.3 | 125.4 |    .7 |    .6 |    .9 |   3.1 |   2.1 |   2.3
        Hospitals.................................| 122.0 | 123.9 | 124.8 |    .8 |    .5 |    .7 |   3.1 |   2.4 |   2.3
        Nursing homes.............................|   -   |   -   |   -   |    .8 |    .8 |    .6 |   3.7 |   3.8 |   3.6
      Educational services........................| 120.9 | 124.9 | 125.1 |    .2 |   2.2 |    .2 |   3.2 |   3.5 |   3.5
        Colleges and universities.................| 121.6 | 124.5 | 124.9 |    .2 |   1.9 |    .3 |   3.4 |   2.6 |   2.7
                                                  |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
Nonmanufacturing industries.......................| 116.0 | 118.7 | 119.1 |    .5 |    .8 |    .3 |   3.0 |   2.9 |   2.7
    White-collar occupations......................| 117.2 | 119.7 | 120.2 |    .7 |    .7 |    .4 |   3.3 |   2.8 |   2.6
       Excluding sales............................| 118.5 | 121.3 | 121.8 |    .8 |    .9 |    .4 |   3.4 |   3.1 |   2.8
    Blue-collar occupations.......................| 113.4 | 116.4 | 116.4 |    .4 |   1.1 |    .0 |   2.9 |   3.0 |   2.6
    Service occupations...........................| 115.1 | 117.3 | 118.6 |    .3 |    .5 |   1.1 |   1.9 |   2.2 |   3.0
                                                  |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
   -  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
 
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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.
                                                  | 1993  | 1994  | 1994  | 1993  | 1994  | 1994  | 1993  | 1994  | 1994
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                  |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
Workers, by bargaining status                     |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                  |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
  Union...........................................| 115.7 | 118.6 | 119.1 |   0.8 |   0.9 |   0.4 |   3.0 |   3.3 |   2.9
      Blue-collar occupations.....................| 114.5 | 117.3 | 117.6 |    .7 |    .9 |    .3 |   2.9 |   3.2 |   2.7
                                                  |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
    Goods-producing industries 1/.................| 114.8 | 117.5 | 117.9 |    .9 |    .7 |    .3 |   2.8 |   3.3 |   2.7
    Service-producing industries 2/...............| 116.8 | 120.1 | 120.6 |    .7 |   1.2 |    .4 |   3.3 |   3.5 |   3.3
                                                  |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
    Manufacturing.................................| 115.9 | 118.5 | 119.2 |   1.1 |    .6 |    .6 |   3.0 |   3.4 |   2.8
        Blue-collar occupations...................| 115.7 | 118.3 | 118.9 |   1.1 |    .6 |    .5 |   2.9 |   3.4 |   2.8
    Nonmanufacturing..............................| 115.5 | 118.6 | 119.0 |    .5 |   1.1 |    .3 |   2.9 |   3.2 |   3.0
                                                  |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
  Nonunion........................................| 116.6 | 119.2 | 119.8 |    .6 |    .8 |    .5 |   3.1 |   2.8 |   2.7
      Blue-collar occupations.....................| 115.0 | 117.7 | 118.3 |    .5 |    .9 |    .5 |   2.8 |   2.9 |   2.9
                                                  |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
    Goods-producing industries 1/.................| 116.7 | 119.5 | 120.3 |    .6 |    .8 |    .7 |   3.0 |   3.0 |   3.1
    Service-producing industries 2/...............| 116.6 | 119.0 | 119.5 |    .6 |    .8 |    .4 |   3.2 |   2.7 |   2.5
                                                  |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
    Manufacturing ................................| 117.9 | 120.5 | 121.5 |    .8 |    .8 |    .8 |   3.2 |   3.0 |   3.1
        Blue-collar occupations...................| 116.7 | 119.1 | 120.0 |    .6 |    .8 |    .8 |   2.6 |   2.7 |   2.8
    Nonmanufacturing .............................| 116.1 | 118.7 | 119.1 |    .5 |    .8 |    .3 |   3.0 |   2.8 |   2.6
                                                  |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
Workers, by region 5/                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                  |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
  Northeast.......................................| 117.3 | 120.0 | 120.2 |    .4 |   1.0 |    .2 |   3.2 |   2.7 |   2.5
  South...........................................| 116.0 | 118.5 | 119.1 |    .6 |    .9 |    .5 |   2.9 |   2.8 |   2.7
  Midwest ........................................| 116.5 | 119.5 | 120.1 |   1.1 |   1.0 |    .5 |   3.6 |   3.7 |   3.1
  West............................................| 115.7 | 118.1 | 119.0 |    .3 |    .2 |    .8 |   2.6 |   2.4 |   2.9
                                                  |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
Workers, by area size                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                  |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
  Metropolitan areas..............................| 116.5 | 119.1 | 119.7 |    .6 |    .8 |    .5 |   3.2 |   2.8 |   2.7
  Other areas.....................................| 115.8 | 118.6 | 119.0 |    .7 |    .4 |    .3 |   2.7 |   3.1 |   2.8
                                                  |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
   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.
                                                  | 1993  | 1994  | 1994  | 1993  | 1994  | 1994  | 1993  | 1994  | 1994
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                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Civilian workers..................................| 128.1 | 132.3 | 132.5 |   0.5 |   1.0 |   0.2 |   4.6 |   3.8 |   3.4
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   State and local government workers..............| 127.0 | 130.3 | 130.5 |    .6 |   1.4 |    .2 |   2.9 |   3.2 |   2.8
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Private industry workers........................| 128.3 | 132.8 | 133.0 |    .5 |    .8 |    .2 |   5.0 |   4.0 |   3.7
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Workers, by occupational group                |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
       White-collar occupations....................| 127.6 | 132.8 | 133.3 |    .6 |    .9 |    .4 |   4.6 |   4.7 |   4.5
       Blue-collar occupations.....................| 128.9 | 132.7 | 132.5 |    .4 |    .9 |   -.2 |   5.5 |   3.3 |   2.8
       Service occupations.........................| 131.5 | 134.2 | 134.7 |    .8 |    .8 |    .4 |   5.5 |   2.8 |   2.4
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Workers, by industry division                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
       Goods-producing industries 1/...............| 130.3 | 134.8 | 134.8 |    .2 |    .7 |    .0 |   5.6 |   3.7 |   3.5
       Service-producing industries 2/.............| 126.7 | 131.2 | 131.5 |    .8 |   1.2 |    .2 |   4.5 |   4.4 |   3.8
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
       Manufacturing ..............................| 130.0 | 133.9 | 134.3 |    .2 |    .7 |    .3 |   6.0 |   3.2 |   3.3
       Nonmanufacturing............................| 127.4 | 132.2 | 132.3 |    .7 |   1.1 |    .1 |   4.4 |   4.5 |   3.8
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Workers, by bargaining status                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
       Union workers...............................| 130.6 | 133.3 | 133.7 |    .7 |    .3 |    .3 |   6.6 |   2.8 |   2.4
       Nonunion workers............................| 127.4 | 132.6 | 132.7 |    .4 |   1.1 |    .1 |   4.3 |   4.5 |   4.2
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
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    1/  Includes mining, construction, and manufacturing.             5/  The regional coverage is as follows: Northeast--
    2/  Includes transportation, public utilities, trade,          Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New
        finance, insurance, real estate, services,                 Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and
        and, where applicable, public administration in            Vermont;South--Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of
        State and local governments.                               Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana,
    3/  Formerly called 'Hospitals and other services.'            Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South
    4/  This series has the same industry and occupational         Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia;
 coverage as the Hourly Earnings Index, which was                  Midwest--Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan,
 discontinued in January 1989                                      Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South
    NOTE:  The indexes for these series are not strictly           Dakota, and Wisconsin; and West--Alaska, Arizona,
           comparable to those for the aggregate,                  California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New
           occupation, and industry series.  See                   Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.
           explanatory note.
 
Table 9.  AEROSPACE (NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED): Employment Cost Index for workers in aerospace manufacturing, by
           industry and occupation 1/
 
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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.
                                                  | 1993  | 1994  | 1994  | 1993  | 1994  | 1994  | 1993  | 1994  | 1994
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                                                  |                             COMPENSATION
                                                   _______________________________________________________________________
                                                  |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
Aircraft manufacturing (SIC 3721).................| 125.2 | 128.7 | 129.2 |  -1.2 |   1.3 |   0.4 |   1.9 |   1.6 |   3.2
    White-collar occupations......................| 121.8 | 125.3 | 125.3 |  -1.1 |   1.2 |    .0 |   2.4 |   1.7 |   2.9
    Blue-collar occupations.......................| 129.8 | 133.2 | 134.2 |  -1.3 |   1.3 |    .8 |   1.2 |   1.3 |   3.4
                                                  |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
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                                                  |                          WAGES AND SALARIES
                                                   _______________________________________________________________________
                                                  |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
Aircraft manufacturing (SIC 3721).................| 121.6 | 124.0 | 124.8 |   0.9 |   0.6 |   0.6 |   3.8 |   2.9 |   2.6
    White-collar occupations......................| 117.3 | 119.8 | 120.2 |    .5 |    .6 |    .3 |   3.7 |   2.7 |   2.5
    Blue-collar occupations.......................| 127.9 | 130.2 | 131.7 |   1.4 |    .6 |   1.2 |   3.7 |   3.3 |   3.0
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                                                   _______________________________________________________________________
                                                  |                             BENEFIT COSTS
                                                   _______________________________________________________________________
                                                  |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
Aircraft manufacturing (SIC 3721).................| 133.1 | 138.7 | 138.4 |  -5.0 |   2.5 |  -0.2 |  -1.5 |  -1.0 |   4.0
    White-collar occupations......................| 132.5 | 138.0 | 137.3 |  -4.5 |   2.4 |   -.5 |   -.4 |   -.5 |   3.6
    Blue-collar occupations.......................| 133.5 | 139.0 | 139.2 |  -5.9 |   2.5 |    .1 |  -3.1 |  -2.0 |   4.3
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    1/  Funds for the development and maintenance of these          NOTE:  SIC refers to the 1987 Standard Industrial
 series are provided by the Aerospace Industries                 Classification System code as defined by the U.S. Office
 Association (AIA).  The series are published in this            of Management and Budget.
 release for the convenience of all users.