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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--SEPTEMBER 1995
 
The Employment Cost Index (ECI) increased 0.8 percent before seasonal
adjustment in the 3 months ended in September 1995, the U.S. Department
of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.  The September
1995 ECI level of 126.6 (June 1989=100) was 2.7 percent higher than the
index in September 1994.  The ECI measures changes in compensation
costs, including wages, salaries, and employer costs for employee
benefits.
 
Quarterly changes, seasonally adjusted
 
On a seasonally adjusted basis, the ECI rose 0.6 percent in the
June-September 1995 period, compared with a 0.7 percent gain in the
March-June 1995 period.  This matches the December 1994-March 1995
period for the smallest compensation cost increase since the series
began in 1982.  Wage and salary gains, 0.7 percent in June-September
1995, have stayed within a relatively narrow range over the past 3
years.  Benefit costs rose 0.4 percent in June-September 1995, down from
the 0.7 percent increase for the March-June 1995 period.
	
Table A.  Percent changes in Employment Cost Index for civilian workers
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                            Seasonally adjusted 3-months ended            Unadj.
  Compensation         -----------------------------------------------   12-mos.
   component          Dec.   Mar.  June  Sep.  Dec.   Mar.  June  Sep.    ended
                      1993   1994  1994  1994  1994   1995  1995  1995  Sep. 1995
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 Compensation costs..  0.8    0.7   0.8   0.8   0.7    0.6   0.7   0.6     2.7
  Wages and salaries.  0.7    0.7   0.8   0.8   0.6    0.8   0.7   0.7     2.8
  Benefit costs......  1.0    0.9   0.9   0.9   0.7    0.2   0.7   0.4     2.2
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Private industry workers showed a pattern similar to civilian workers.
(See table 1.) Compensation costs rose 0.6 percent in the June-September
1995 period.  Wages and salaries increased 0.7 percent, in line with
gains over the past year.  Benefit costs increased 0.5 percent for the
June-September 1995 period, the same as for the March-June 1995 period.
Benefit cost increases were held down by declining health insurance
costs to employers.
 
Compensation cost increases for state and local government workers
slowed to 0.5 percent in the June-September 1995 period, down from 1.0
percent in the preceding period.  This slowdown was due primarily to
smaller gains in benefits (0.1 percent in June-September 1995, down from
1.4 percent in the March-June 1995 period).
 
Over-the-year changes, unadjusted
 
Compensation costs (not seasonally adjusted) increased 2.7 percent for
the year ended in September 1995, down from 3.2 percent for the 12-month
period ended September 1994.  This is the smallest over-the-year
increase since the series began in 1981.  The increase for private
industry workers was also the smallest on record at 2.6 percent,
compared with 3.3 percent for the year ended September 1994.  State and
local government increases were 3.0 percent, the same as in the period
ended September 1994.  Increases in state and local government have
ranged between 2.8 and 3.1 percent for the last 2 years.
 
Private industry wages and salaries increased 2.8 percent in September
1994-95, about the same as the 2.9 percent gain for September 1993-94.
Wage and salary increases have ranged between 2.7 and 3.1 percent for
the last 3 years.
 
For the year ended September 1995, compensation cost gains in private
industry were higher in service-producing industries (2.9 percent) than
in goods-producing industries (2.1 percent).  For the year ended
September 1994, increases in the two sectors had been about the same
(3.2 percent and 3.3 percent, respectively).  Among the goods-producing
industries, the September 1994-95 increases ranged from 1.4 percent in
construction to 2.5 percent in durable goods manufacturing.  In the
service-producing industries, gains ranged from 1.2 percent for food
stores to 4.7 percent for colleges and universities.  Other
service-producing industries with relatively large increases were
transportation (4.2 percent) and wholesale trade (4.6 percent).
 
Over-the-year compensation cost increases in private industry were
higher for white-collar workers (2.8 percent) than for blue-collar
workers (2.3 percent) and service occupations (2.4 percent).  Among
occupational groups, increases ranged from 1.8 percent for machine
operators, assemblers, and inspectors to 3.4 percent for sales
occupations.
 
Compensation cost increases were slightly higher for nonunion workers
(2.7 percent) than for union workers (2.4 percent).  This pattern also
held in the goods-producing industries (2.3 percent and 1.8 percent,
respectively), but not in the service-producing industries (3.2 percent
for union and 2.8 percent for nonunion).
 
 
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                           EXPLANATORY NOTE
 
The Employment Cost Index (ECI) is a measure of the change in the cost
of labor, free from the influence of employment shifts among occupa 
tions and industries.  The compensation series includes changes in
wages and salaries and employer costs for employee benefits.  The wage
and salary series and the benefit cost series provide the change for
the two components of compensation.
 
 
Wages and salaries are defined as the hourly straight-time wage rate
or, for workers not paid on an hourly basis, straight-time earnings
divided by the corresponding hours.  Straight-time wage and salary
rates are total earnings before payroll deductions, excluding premium
pay for overtime and for work on weekends and holidays, shift dif 
ferentials, and nonproduction bonuses such as lump-sum payments
provided in lieu of wage increases.  Production bonuses, incentive
earnings, commission payments, and cost-of-living adjustments are
included in straight-time wage and salary rates.
 
 
Benefits covered by the ECI are:  Paid leave (vacations, holidays, sick
leave, and other leave); supplemental pay (premium pay for overtime,
shift differentials, and nonproduction bonuses such as lump-sum payments
provided in lieu of wage increases); insurance benefits (life, health,
sickness and accident, and long-term disability); retirement and savings
benefits (defined benefit and defined contribution); legally required
benefits (social security, Federal and State unemployment insurance,
workers' compensation, and other legally required benefits such as State
temporary disability); and other benefits (severance pay and
supplemental unemployment plans).
 
 
The ECI provides data for the civilian economy, which includes the
total private economy and the public sector--excluding farms,
households, and the Federal government.  The private industry series
and the State and local government series provide data for the two
sectors separately.
 
Each quarter, straight-time average hourly wage and salary rates and
benefit cost data (cents-per-hour-worked) are collected from a prob 
ability sample of nearly 21,000 occupations within about 4,100 sample
establishments in private industry and nearly 6,000 occupations within
about 900 sample establishments in State and local governments.  Data are
collected for the pay period including the 12th day of the survey
months of March, June, September, and December.
 
The sample establishments are classified in industry categories based
on the 1987 Standard Industrial Classification (SIC), as defined by
the U.S. Office of Management and Budget.
 
Within an establishment, specific job categories are selected to
represent broader occupational definitions.  From June 1986 through
December 1994, the jobs were classified according to definitions used
in the 1980 Census.  Prior to June 1986, they were classified accord 
ing to the 1970 Census.  Differences between the two classification
systems are slight, as indicated in the article "Introducing new
weights for the Employment Cost Index," in the June 1985 issue of the
Monthly Labor Review.  Beginning with March 1995, the jobs are class 
ified according to the 1990 Census, which differs little from the 1980
Census.
 
Fixed employment weights are used each quarter to calculate the most
aggregate indexes--civilian, private, and State and local governments.
These fixed weights are also used to derive all of the industry and
occupation series indexes.  Beginning in March 1995, 1990 employment
counts primarily from the Bureau's Occupational Employment Survey were
used.  A description of the reweighting is included in an article
"Introducing 1990 Weights for the Employment Cost Index," that was
published in the June 1995 issue of Compensation and Working Condi 
tions and that is available upon request.  From June 1986 through
December 1994, employment counts from the 1980 Census were used as
weights.  Prior to June 1986, employment counts from the 1970 Census
were used.
 
For the series based on bargaining status, region, or area size,
employment data are not available from the Census.  The employment
weights are reallocated within these series each quarter based on the
current ECI sample.  The indexes for these series, consequently, are
not strictly comparable to those for the aggregate, industry, and
occupation series.  A fuller explanation of the calculation of index
numbers appears in an article, "Estimation procedures for the Employ 
ment Cost Index," in the May 1982 issue of the Monthly Labor Review.
 
Beginning with the March 1990 ECI release, indexes were rebased to
June 1989=100.  A description of the rebasing is included in the
article "Employment Cost Index Rebased to June 1989," in the April
1990 issue of the Monthly Labor Review.
 
Beginning with the December 1990 ECI release, seasonally adjusted data
are available for selected ECI series.  Seasonal adjustment removes
the effects of events that follow a more or less regular pattern each
year.  These adjustments make nonseasonal patterns easier to spot.
ECI series are seasonally adjusted using either direct or composite
seasonally adjusted estimates.  Industry and occupational series, such
as construction and service occupations, are adjusted directly.  More
aggregate series, such as civilian or private industry workers, use
composite estimates.  The composite estimates could be obtained by
aggregating either the industry or the occupational components, and
the results may differ depending on which method is used.  The ag 
gregate seasonally adjusted ECI series are estimated by aggregating
the component seasonally adjusted industry series, so they are not
necessarily a weighted average of the component occupation series.
 
The costs per hour worked of compensation components, based on March
1995 data from the ECI, are published in a separate news release
titled "Employer Costs for Employee Compensation - March 1995."  A
description of the cost levels is provided in the article "Analyzing
employers' costs for wages, salaries, and benefits" in the October
1987 issue of the Monthly Labor Review.  The cost levels, which are
published annually in mid-June, are calculated with current employment
weights, rather than the fixed 1990 Census weights used in computing
the ECI.  Therefore, year-to-year changes in the cost levels will
usually differ from those in the ECI.
 
More detailed information on the ECI is available in several sources.
These include an annual bulletin, Employment Cost Indexes and Levels,
1975-95, (Bulletin 2466); a chapter in the BLS Handbook of Methods
(Bulletin 2414), "The Employment Cost Index;" and several articles
published in the Monthly Labor Review.  The annual bulletin is avail 
able from the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing
Office, Washington, D.C. 20402, or Bureau of Labor Statistics, Publi 
cations Sales Center, P.O. Box 2145, Chicago, Illinois 60690.
Reprints of the articles plus other descriptive pieces and a complete
historical listing are available upon request.  ECI historical data
are also available on data diskettes.
 
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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 |
                                            |  (1989=100    |             Per cent changes for 3-months ended
                   Series                   |---------------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------
                                            | Jun.  | Sep.  | Dec.  | Mar.  | June  | Sep.  | Dec.  | Mar.  | June  | Sep.
                                            | 1995  | 1995  | 1993  | 1994  | 1994  | 1994  | 1994  | 1995  | 1995  | 1995
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                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
Civilian workers............................| 125.5 | 126.2 |  0.8  |  0.7  |  0.8  |  0.8  |  0.7  |  0.6  |  0.7  |  0.6
                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
  State and local government................| 127.5 | 128.1 |   .7  |   .9  |   .8  |   .6  |   .6  |   .7  |  1.0  |   .5
                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
  Private industry workers..................| 125.2 | 125.9 |   .8  |   .8  |   .8  |   .8  |   .7  |   .6  |   .7  |   .6
    White-collar occupations ...............| 126.2 | 126.9 |   .9  |   .8  |   .9  |   .7  |   .7  |   .7  |   .8  |   .6
    Blue-collar occupations ................| 124.3 | 125.0 |   .8  |   .5  |   .7  |   .9  |   .6  |   .4  |   .7  |   .6
    Service occupations.....................| 124.1 | 124.7 |   .6  |   .8  |   .5  |   .7  |   .9  |   .2  |   .6  |   .5
                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
    Goods-producing industries 1/...........| 125.8 | 126.5 |   .8  |   .7  |  1.0  |   .8  |   .6  |   .5  |   .6  |   .6
      Construction .........................| 121.8 | 122.8 |   .2  |  1.6  |  1.1  |  1.0  |  -.1  |   .1  |   .5  |   .8
      Manufacturing.........................| 126.9 | 127.4 |   .8  |   .6  |   .9  |   .9  |   .7  |   .5  |   .7  |   .4
        Durables............................| 127.7 | 128.2 |   .9  |   .5  |   .9  |  1.1  |   .7  |   .6  |   .7  |   .4
        Nondurables.........................| 125.2 | 125.8 |   .7  |   .7  |   .9  |   .6  |   .6  |   .3  |   .6  |   .5
                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
    Service-producing industries 2/.........| 124.8 | 125.6 |   .9  |   .7  |   .7  |   .8  |   .7  |   .7  |   .8  |   .6
      Transportation and public utilities...| 124.7 | 125.9 |   .9  |  1.1  |   .5  |  1.3  |   .9  |  1.1  |   .7  |  1.0
      Wholesale trade.......................| 124.5 | 126.3 |   .9  |   .3  |  1.1  |  1.2  |   .5  |  1.6  |   .9  |  1.4
      Retail trade..........................| 121.5 | 122.4 |   .9  |   .7  |   .9  |  1.1  |   .1  |   .7  |   .2  |   .7
      Finance, insurance, and real estate 3/| 121.8 | 122.7 |   .6  |  1.1  |   .0  |   .7  |   .3  |  1.1  |  1.3  |   .7
      Services..............................| 128.4 | 128.8 |   .8  |   .8  |   .7  |   .6  |   .7  |   .5  |   .9  |   .3
                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
    Nonmanufacturing industries ............| 124.6 | 125.3 |   .8  |   .8  |   .8  |   .8  |   .5  |   .7  |   .8  |   .6
                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
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   NOTE:  See footnotes at end of table 3.
 
 
Table 1B.  SEASONALLY ADJUSTED WAGES AND SALARIES: Employment Cost Index for wages and salaries, by industry and
          occupational group
 
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                                            | Indexes (June |
                                            |  (1989=100    |             Per cent changes for 3-months ended
                   Series                   |---------------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------
                                            | Jun.  | Sep.  | Dec.  | Mar.  | June  | Sep.  | Dec.  | Mar.  | June  | Sep.
                                            | 1995  | 1995  | 1993  | 1994  | 1994  | 1994  | 1994  | 1995  | 1995  | 1995
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                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
Civilian workers............................| 122.2 | 123.0 |  0.7  |  0.7  |  0.8  |  0.8  |  0.6  |  0.8  |  0.7  |  0.7
                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
  State and local government................| 125.3 | 126.0 |   .7  |   .8  |   .7  |   .7  |   .8  |  1.0  |   .7  |   .6
                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
  Private industry workers..................| 121.5 | 122.3 |   .7  |   .8  |   .9  |   .7  |   .6  |   .7  |   .7  |   .7
    White-collar occupations ...............| 122.7 | 123.5 |   .9  |   .6  |   .8  |   .7  |   .7  |   .7  |   .8  |   .7
    Blue-collar occupations 3/..............| 120.1 | 120.8 |   .6  |   .7  |   .8  |   .9  |   .4  |   .8  |   .9  |   .6
    Service occupations.....................| 120.1 | 120.8 |   .4  |   .9  |   .5  |   .6  |  1.0  |   .5  |   .6  |   .6
                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
    Goods-producing industries 1/3/.........| 121.4 | 122.1 |   .7  |   .7  |   .9  |   .8  |   .6  |   .7  |   .8  |   .6
                               - -
      Construction .........................| 115.5 | 116.5 |   .3  |  1.0  |  1.0  |   .7  |   .5  |   .1  |   .4  |   .9
      Manufacturing 3/......................| 122.9 | 123.5 |   .9  |   .6  |   .8  |   .8  |   .7  |   .9  |   .8  |   .5
        Durables 3/.........................| 122.9 | 123.6 |  1.1  |   .5  |   .8  |   .9  |   .8  |   .9  |   .8  |   .6
        Nondurables ........................| 122.7 | 123.4 |   .7  |   .4  |   .9  |   .9  |   .5  |   .7  |   .7  |   .6
                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
    Service-producing industries 2/.........| 121.6 | 122.4 |   .8  |   .6  |   .7  |   .8  |   .5  |   .9  |   .7  |   .7
      Transportation and public utilities...| 122.0 | 122.8 |   .8  |   .8  |   .7  |  1.4  |   .8  |  1.3  |   .7  |   .7
      Wholesale trade.......................| 122.3 | 124.0 |  1.0  |   .1  |  1.2  |   .9  |   .7  |  1.3  |   .8  |  1.4
      Retail trade..........................| 119.3 | 120.2 |   .9  |   .3  |  1.0  |   .9  |   .3  |   .9  |   .2  |   .8
      Finance, insurance, and real estate 3/| 117.0 | 118.0 |   .5  |   .7  |  -.4  |   .5  |   .4  |   .7  |  1.7  |   .9
      Services..............................| 124.6 | 125.2 |   .7  |   .9  |   .7  |   .5  |   .7  |   .7  |   .6  |   .5
                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
    Nonmanufacturing industries ............| 120.9 | 121.8 |   .7  |   .6  |   .8  |   .8  |   .5  |   .7  |   .8  |   .7
                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
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   NOTE:  See footnotes at end of table 3.
 
 
Table 1C.  SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BENEFIT COSTS: Employment Cost Index for benefit costs, by industry and occupational
          group
 
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                                            | Indexes (June |
                                            |  (1989=100    |             Per cent changes for 3-months ended
                   Series                   |---------------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------
                                            | Jun.  | Sep.  | Dec.  | Mar.  | June  | Sep.  | Dec.  | Mar.  | June  | Sep.
                                            | 1995  | 1995  | 1993  | 1994  | 1994  | 1994  | 1994  | 1995  | 1995  | 1995
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                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
Civilian workers ...........................| 134.4 | 134.9 |  1.0  |  0.9  |  0.9  |  0.9  |  0.7  |  0.2  |  0.7  |  0.4
                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
  State and local government ...............| 133.0 | 133.1 |   .9  |   .8  |  1.2  |   .4  |   .4  |   .6  |  1.4  |   .1
                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
  Private industry workers..................| 134.7 | 135.4 |  1.1  |   .9  |  1.0  |  1.0  |   .8  |   .1  |   .5  |   .5
    White-collar occupations................| 135.8 | 136.6 |  1.1  |  1.4  |  1.1  |  1.1  |   .9  |   .5  |   .8  |   .6
    Blue-collar occupations ................| 133.4 | 133.9 |  1.1  |   .5  |   .8  |   .9  |   .5  |  -.2  |   .3  |   .4
    Service occupations.....................| 135.6 | 135.7 |  1.0  |   .6  |   .4  |   .8  |   .6  |  -.2  |   .7  |   .1
                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
    Goods-producing industries 1/...........| 135.5 | 136.1 |  1.0  |   .8  |  1.0  |   .9  |   .8  |  -.3  |   .1  |   .4
      Manufacturing.........................| 134.9 | 135.5 |  1.0  |   .2  |  1.1  |   .9  |  1.0  |  -.4  |   .1  |   .4
                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
    Service-producing industries 2/.........| 134.1 | 134.7 |  1.2  |  1.0  |   .9  |  1.2  |   .6  |   .6  |  1.0  |   .4
                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
    Nonmanufacturing industries.............| 134.6 | 135.4 |  1.1  |  1.3  |   .9  |  1.1  |   .5  |   .5  |   .8  |   .6
                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
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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
                                                   |-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------
                                                   | Sep.  | June  | Sep.  | Sep.  | June  | Sep.  | Sep.  | June  | Sep.
                                                   | 1994  | 1995  | 1995  | 1994  | 1995  | 1995  | 1994  | 1995  | 1995
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                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Civilian workers .................................| 123.3 | 125.6 | 126.6 |   1.0 |   0.6 |   0.8 |   3.2 |   2.9 |   2.7
         Excluding sales...........................| 123.7 | 125.9 | 126.9 |   1.1 |    .6 |    .8 |   3.3 |   2.9 |   2.6
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Workers, by occupational group                |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
       White-collar occupations....................| 123.9 | 126.3 | 127.4 |   1.1 |    .6 |    .9 |   3.3 |   3.0 |   2.8
           Excluding sales.........................| 124.5 | 126.9 | 128.0 |   1.1 |    .5 |    .9 |   3.3 |   3.0 |   2.8
         Professional specialty and technical......| 125.7 | 127.5 | 128.9 |   1.2 |    .4 |   1.1 |   3.0 |   2.7 |   2.5
         Executive, administrative, and managerial.| 122.9 | 125.7 | 126.7 |   1.1 |    .4 |    .8 |   3.6 |   3.4 |   3.1
         Administrative support, including clerical| 124.6 | 127.3 | 128.1 |    .9 |    .6 |    .6 |   3.5 |   3.1 |   2.8
       Blue-collar occupations.....................| 122.4 | 124.5 | 125.2 |    .9 |    .7 |    .6 |   3.0 |   2.6 |   2.3
       Service occupations.........................| 123.5 | 125.8 | 126.7 |   1.1 |    .6 |    .7 |   3.0 |   3.0 |   2.6
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Workers, by industry division                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
       Goods-producing 1/..........................| 123.9 | 126.0 | 126.5 |    .7 |    .6 |    .4 |   3.3 |   2.4 |   2.1
         Manufacturing.............................| 124.4 | 126.9 | 127.3 |    .7 |    .6 |    .3 |   3.2 |   2.8 |   2.3
       Service-producing 2/........................| 123.1 | 125.5 | 126.6 |   1.2 |    .7 |    .9 |   3.2 |   3.1 |   2.8
         Services..................................| 125.8 | 127.8 | 128.9 |   1.3 |    .5 |    .9 |   2.9 |   2.9 |   2.5
           Health services.........................| 127.8 | 130.2 | 131.1 |    .9 |    .6 |    .7 |   2.7 |   2.8 |   2.6
             Hospitals.............................| 127.5 | 129.7 | 130.4 |    .9 |    .7 |    .5 |   2.9 |   2.6 |   2.3
           Educational services....................| 126.0 | 127.4 | 129.8 |   1.9 |    .4 |   1.9 |   2.8 |   3.1 |   3.0
         Public administration ....................| 123.7 | 126.1 | 127.4 |   1.2 |    .6 |   1.0 |   3.7 |   3.2 |   3.0
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
       Nonmanufacturing............................| 123.0 | 125.2 | 126.3 |   1.1 |    .6 |    .9 |   3.2 |   2.9 |   2.7
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   State and local government workers..............| 125.0 | 126.9 | 128.7 |   1.5 |    .4 |   1.4 |   3.0 |   3.1 |   3.0
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Workers, by occupational group                |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
       White-collar occupations....................| 124.9 | 126.6 | 128.6 |   1.6 |    .3 |   1.6 |   2.8 |   3.0 |   3.0
         Professional specialty and technical......| 125.0 | 126.3 | 128.4 |   1.9 |    .2 |   1.7 |   2.7 |   2.9 |   2.7
         Executive, administrative, and managerial.| 124.7 | 127.4 | 129.1 |   1.1 |    .4 |   1.3 |   3.1 |   3.2 |   3.5
         Administrative support, including clerical| 124.9 | 126.9 | 128.4 |   1.3 |    .5 |   1.2 |   3.2 |   2.9 |   2.8
       Blue-collar occupations.....................| 124.2 | 126.3 | 127.2 |   1.2 |    .7 |    .7 |   3.1 |   2.9 |   2.4
       Service occupations.........................| 126.0 | 128.8 | 130.1 |   1.7 |    .9 |   1.0 |   3.8 |   4.0 |   3.3
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Workers, by industry division                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
       Services....................................| 125.6 | 127.1 | 129.2 |   1.8 |    .3 |   1.7 |   2.8 |   3.0 |   2.9
           Excluding schools 3/....................| 124.9 | 127.7 | 128.9 |   1.3 |   1.0 |    .9 |   2.9 |   3.6 |   3.2
         Health services...........................| 127.2 | 129.8 | 131.0 |   1.6 |   1.1 |    .9 |   4.1 |   3.7 |   3.0
           Hospitals...............................| 127.0 | 129.9 | 131.1 |   2.0 |   1.2 |    .9 |   4.1 |   4.3 |   3.2
         Educational services......................| 125.5 | 126.8 | 129.0 |   1.9 |    .2 |   1.7 |   2.6 |   3.0 |   2.8
           Schools.................................| 125.9 | 127.1 | 129.4 |   2.0 |    .2 |   1.8 |   2.8 |   3.0 |   2.8
             Elementary and secondary..............| 126.3 | 127.4 | 129.8 |   2.0 |    .2 |   1.9 |   2.7 |   2.9 |   2.8
             Colleges and universities.............| 124.5 | 126.1 | 128.0 |   2.0 |    .1 |   1.5 |   3.1 |   3.4 |   2.8
       Public administration ......................| 123.7 | 126.1 | 127.4 |   1.2 |    .6 |   1.0 |   3.7 |   3.2 |   3.0
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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
 
 
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                                                   |                       |              Percent Changes for
                                                   |        Indexes        |-----------------------------------------------
                       Series                      |    (June 1989=100)    |    3 Months Ended     |    12 Months Ended
                                                   |-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------
                                                   | Sep.  | June  | Sep.  | Sep.  | June  | Sep.  | Sep.  | June  | Sep.
                                                   | 1994  | 1995  | 1995  | 1994  | 1995  | 1995  | 1994  | 1995  | 1995
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Private industry workers .........................| 123.0 | 125.4 | 126.2 |   0.8 |   0.7 |   0.6 |   3.3 |   2.8 |   2.6
         Excluding sales...........................| 123.4 | 125.7 | 126.5 |    .9 |    .6 |    .6 |   3.3 |   2.8 |   2.5
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     White-collar occupations......................| 123.5 | 126.2 | 127.0 |    .8 |    .7 |    .6 |   3.4 |   3.0 |   2.8
         Excluding sales...........................| 124.4 | 127.0 | 127.8 |    .9 |    .6 |    .6 |   3.5 |   3.0 |   2.7
       Professional specialty and technical........| 126.3 | 128.4 | 129.3 |    .8 |    .5 |    .7 |   3.4 |   2.5 |   2.4
       Executive, administrative, and managerial...| 122.6 | 125.4 | 126.2 |   1.1 |    .4 |    .6 |   3.8 |   3.4 |   2.9
       Sales.......................................| 119.2 | 122.4 | 123.2 |    .3 |   1.8 |    .7 |   3.1 |   3.0 |   3.4
       Administrative support, including clerical..| 124.5 | 127.3 | 128.1 |    .8 |    .6 |    .6 |   3.5 |   3.1 |   2.9
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Blue-collar occupations.......................| 122.3 | 124.4 | 125.1 |    .9 |    .7 |    .6 |   3.0 |   2.6 |   2.3
       Precision production, craft, and repair.....| 122.5 | 124.4 | 125.4 |   1.1 |    .8 |    .8 |   3.2 |   2.6 |   2.4
       Machine operators, assemblers,              |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           and inspectors..........................| 122.9 | 124.8 | 125.1 |    .6 |    .5 |    .2 |   2.4 |   2.1 |   1.8
       Transportation and material moving..........| 120.3 | 122.4 | 122.9 |   1.0 |    .5 |    .4 |   3.8 |   2.8 |   2.2
       Handlers, equipment cleaners,               |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
          helpers, and laborers....................| 122.7 | 125.3 | 125.9 |   1.1 |   1.0 |    .5 |   3.6 |   3.2 |   2.6
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Service occupations...........................| 121.8 | 124.0 | 124.7 |    .7 |    .5 |    .6 |   2.4 |   2.5 |   2.4
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Production and nonsupervisory                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
        occupations 4/.............................| 122.6 | 125.0 | 125.8 |    .8 |    .7 |    .6 |   3.0 |   2.8 |   2.6
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Goods-producing industries 1/...................| 123.9 | 125.9 | 126.5 |    .7 |    .5 |    .5 |   3.3 |   2.4 |   2.1
         Excluding sales occupations...............| 123.5 | 125.6 | 126.1 |    .8 |    .6 |    .4 |   3.3 |   2.5 |   2.1
       White-collar occupations....................| 125.1 | 127.6 | 128.1 |    .6 |    .3 |    .4 |   3.8 |   2.7 |   2.4
         Excluding sales...........................| 124.1 | 126.7 | 127.2 |    .7 |    .4 |    .4 |   3.7 |   2.8 |   2.5
       Blue-collar occupations.....................| 123.1 | 124.9 | 125.5 |    .7 |    .6 |    .5 |   2.9 |   2.2 |   1.9
       Service occupations.........................| 126.5 | 127.9 | 128.8 |   2.2 |    .5 |    .7 |   4.1 |   3.3 |   1.8
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Construction..................................| 121.4 | 122.0 | 123.1 |   1.0 |    .7 |    .9 |   3.9 |   1.5 |   1.4
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Manufacturing.................................| 124.4 | 126.9 | 127.3 |    .7 |    .6 |    .3 |   3.2 |   2.8 |   2.3
         White-collar occupations..................| 124.9 | 128.0 | 128.7 |    .8 |    .5 |    .5 |   3.7 |   3.3 |   3.0
           Excluding sales.........................| 123.6 | 126.6 | 127.4 |    .9 |    .4 |    .6 |   3.4 |   3.3 |   3.1
         Blue-collar occupations...................| 124.0 | 126.0 | 126.3 |    .6 |    .6 |    .2 |   2.9 |   2.3 |   1.9
         Service occupations.......................| 127.0 | 128.6 | 129.5 |   2.3 |    .5 |    .7 |   4.4 |   3.6 |   2.0
       Durables....................................| 125.1 | 127.7 | 128.2 |   1.1 |    .6 |    .4 |   3.4 |   3.2 |   2.5
       Nondurables.................................| 123.2 | 125.4 | 125.7 |    .3 |    .6 |    .2 |   2.9 |   2.1 |   2.0
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                    -----------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 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
                                                   |-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------
                                                   | Sep.  | June  | Sep.  | Sep.  | June  | Sep.  | Sep.  | June  | Sep.
                                                   | 1994  | 1995  | 1995  | 1994  | 1995  | 1995  | 1994  | 1995  | 1995
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Service-producing industries 2/.................| 122.3 | 124.9 | 125.8 |   0.9 |   0.8 |   0.7 |   3.2 |   3.1 |   2.9
         Excluding sales occupations...............| 123.3 | 125.8 | 126.6 |   1.0 |    .6 |    .6 |   3.4 |   3.0 |   2.7
       White-collar occupations....................| 122.9 | 125.6 | 126.5 |    .8 |    .8 |    .7 |   3.3 |   3.0 |   2.9
         Excluding sales...........................| 124.6 | 127.1 | 128.0 |   1.0 |    .6 |    .7 |   3.5 |   3.0 |   2.7
       Blue-collar occupations.....................| 120.6 | 123.1 | 123.9 |   1.3 |    .8 |    .6 |   3.4 |   3.4 |   2.7
       Service occupations.........................| 121.3 | 123.6 | 124.2 |    .5 |    .5 |    .5 |   2.3 |   2.4 |   2.4
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Transportation and public utilities...........| 121.4 | 124.7 | 126.0 |   1.3 |    .6 |   1.0 |   3.9 |   4.1 |   3.8
         Transportation............................| 119.7 | 123.0 | 124.7 |   1.7 |    .6 |   1.4 |   4.3 |   4.5 |   4.2
         Public utilities..........................| 123.6 | 126.8 | 127.5 |    .8 |    .6 |    .6 |   3.7 |   3.4 |   3.2
           Communications..........................| 122.9 | 126.6 | 127.4 |    .7 |    .2 |    .6 |   3.7 |   3.7 |   3.7
           Electric, gas, and sanitary services....| 124.4 | 127.0 | 127.7 |   1.0 |    .9 |    .6 |   3.5 |   3.1 |   2.7
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Wholesale and retail trade....................| 120.5 | 122.8 | 123.8 |    .9 |    .9 |    .8 |   3.5 |   2.8 |   2.7
          Excluding sales occupations..............| 120.9 | 123.1 | 124.1 |    .9 |    .6 |    .8 |   3.3 |   2.8 |   2.6
       Wholesale trade.............................| 120.6 | 124.8 | 126.1 |    .8 |   1.3 |   1.0 |   3.4 |   4.3 |   4.6
          Excluding sales occupations..............| 121.3 | 125.1 | 126.2 |    .8 |    .6 |    .9 |   3.1 |   4.0 |   4.0
       Retail trade................................| 120.4 | 121.8 | 122.6 |   1.0 |    .7 |    .7 |   3.6 |   2.2 |   1.8
         General merchandise stores................| 118.7 | 120.7 | 121.0 |    .6 |    .5 |    .2 |   2.8 |   2.3 |   1.9
         Food stores...............................| 120.3 | 120.7 | 121.8 |   -.2 |   -.1 |    .9 |   2.7 |    .1 |   1.2
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Finance, insurance, and real estate...........| 118.5 | 121.8 | 122.7 |    .7 |   1.3 |    .7 |   2.4 |   3.5 |   3.5
         Excluding sales occupations...............| 121.5 | 124.6 | 125.4 |   1.0 |    .7 |    .6 |   3.4 |   3.6 |   3.2
       Banking, savings and loan, and other        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
          credit agencies..........................| 120.8 | 124.1 | 124.8 |   1.2 |    .5 |    .6 |   3.3 |   3.9 |   3.3
       Insurance...................................| 121.5 | 124.6 | 124.9 |    .8 |    .9 |    .2 |   3.5 |   3.4 |   2.8
         Excluding sales occupations...............| 126.0 | 129.0 | 129.6 |    .8 |   1.1 |    .5 |   3.4 |   3.2 |   2.9
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Services......................................| 125.9 | 128.2 | 128.9 |    .8 |    .5 |    .5 |   2.9 |   2.6 |   2.4
       Business services...........................| 122.4 | 125.3 | 125.7 |    .2 |    .6 |    .3 |   3.6 |   2.6 |   2.7
       Health services.............................| 127.9 | 130.3 | 131.3 |    .6 |    .5 |    .8 |   2.3 |   2.5 |   2.7
         Hospitals.................................| 127.7 | 129.7 | 130.3 |    .5 |    .6 |    .5 |   2.6 |   2.0 |   2.0
         Nursing homes.............................|   -   |   -   |   -   |    .6 |    .7 |    .5 |   3.7 |   3.0 |   2.9
       Educational services........................| 128.2 | 130.3 | 133.2 |   2.2 |   1.2 |   2.2 |   3.6 |   3.9 |   3.9
         Colleges and universities.................| 128.5 | 131.3 | 134.6 |   2.0 |   1.5 |   2.5 |   2.8 |   4.2 |   4.7
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Nonmanufacturing industries.......................| 122.3 | 124.6 | 125.5 |    .9 |    .7 |    .7 |   3.3 |   2.8 |   2.6
     White-collar occupations......................| 123.1 | 125.6 | 126.5 |    .8 |    .7 |    .7 |   3.4 |   2.9 |   2.8
        Excluding sales............................| 124.7 | 127.1 | 128.0 |    .9 |    .6 |    .7 |   3.6 |   2.8 |   2.6
     Blue-collar occupations.......................| 120.5 | 122.5 | 123.5 |   1.2 |    .8 |    .8 |   3.3 |   2.9 |   2.5
     Service occupations...........................| 121.3 | 123.5 | 124.2 |    .5 |    .4 |    .6 |   2.3 |   2.3 |   2.4
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
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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
 
 
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                                                   |                       |              Percent Changes for
                                                   |        Indexes        |-----------------------------------------------
                       Series                      |    (June 1989=100)    |    3 Months Ended     |    12 Months Ended
                                                   |-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------
                                                   | Sep.  | June  | Sep.  | Sep.  | June  | Sep.  | Sep.  | June  | Sep.
                                                   | 1994  | 1995  | 1995  | 1994  | 1995  | 1995  | 1994  | 1995  | 1995
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Workers, by bargaining status                     |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Union...........................................| 123.8 | 125.8 | 126.8 |   0.7 |   0.6 |   0.8 |   3.2 |   2.3 |   2.4
       Blue-collar occupations.....................| 123.1 | 124.8 | 125.7 |    .6 |    .6 |    .7 |   2.8 |   2.0 |   2.1
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Goods-producing industries 1/.................| 124.4 | 125.9 | 126.7 |    .5 |    .6 |    .6 |   2.8 |   1.7 |   1.8
     Service-producing industries 2/...............| 122.9 | 125.6 | 126.8 |    .9 |    .6 |   1.0 |   3.6 |   3.1 |   3.2
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Manufacturing.................................| 125.3 | 126.6 | 127.1 |    .4 |    .2 |    .4 |   2.8 |   1.4 |   1.4
         Blue-collar occupations...................| 125.1 | 126.4 | 126.8 |    .4 |    .2 |    .3 |   2.7 |   1.4 |   1.4
     Nonmanufacturing..............................| 122.6 | 125.0 | 126.2 |    .9 |    .8 |   1.0 |   3.5 |   2.9 |   2.9
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Nonunion........................................| 122.7 | 125.2 | 126.0 |    .8 |    .7 |    .6 |   3.3 |   2.9 |   2.7
       Blue-collar occupations.....................| 121.7 | 123.9 | 124.5 |   1.1 |    .7 |    .5 |   3.3 |   2.9 |   2.3
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Goods-producing industries 1/.................| 123.6 | 125.9 | 126.4 |    .8 |    .6 |    .4 |   3.5 |   2.7 |   2.3
     Service-producing industries 2/...............| 122.2 | 124.8 | 125.6 |    .9 |    .8 |    .6 |   3.2 |   3.1 |   2.8
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Manufacturing ................................| 124.0 | 126.9 | 127.3 |    .9 |    .6 |    .3 |   3.3 |   3.3 |   2.7
         Blue-collar occupations...................| 123.0 | 125.5 | 125.7 |    .9 |    .8 |    .2 |   3.0 |   3.0 |   2.2
     Nonmanufacturing .............................| 122.2 | 124.5 | 125.3 |    .9 |    .7 |    .6 |   3.3 |   2.8 |   2.5
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Workers, by region 5/                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Northeast.......................................| 124.0 | 126.6 | 127.4 |   1.0 |    .8 |    .6 |   3.2 |   3.1 |   2.7
   South...........................................| 121.8 | 124.3 | 125.2 |    .8 |    .5 |    .7 |   3.1 |   2.9 |   2.8
   Midwest ........................................| 124.6 | 126.9 | 127.7 |    .8 |    .9 |    .6 |   3.7 |   2.7 |   2.5
   West............................................| 121.3 | 123.4 | 123.9 |    .7 |    .7 |    .4 |   3.0 |   2.4 |   2.1
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Workers, by area size                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Metropolitan areas..............................| 122.9 | 125.4 | 126.2 |    .8 |    .7 |    .6 |   3.2 |   2.9 |   2.7
   Other areas.....................................| 123.2 | 125.3 | 126.1 |    .6 |    .4 |    .6 |   3.8 |   2.3 |   2.4
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    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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                                                   |        Indexes        |              Percent Changes for
                                                                            -----------------------------------------------
                       Series                      |    (June 1989=100)    |    3 Months Ended     |    12 Months Ended
                                                    ----------------------- ----------------------- -----------------------
                                                   | June  | June  | SEP.  | June  | June  | SEP.  | June  | June  | SEP.
                                                   | 1994  | 1995  | 1995  | 1994  | 1995  | 1995  | 1994  | 1995  | 1995
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Civilian workers .................................| 119.8 | 122.2 | 123.2 |   1.0 |   0.7 |   0.8 |   2.9 |   3.0 |   2.8
         Excluding sales...........................| 120.1 | 122.4 | 123.4 |   1.1 |    .6 |    .8 |   3.0 |   3.0 |   2.7
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Workers, by occupational group                |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
       White-collar occupations....................| 120.8 | 123.1 | 124.3 |    .9 |    .6 |   1.0 |   2.9 |   2.8 |   2.9
           Excluding sales.........................| 121.5 | 123.8 | 125.0 |   1.1 |    .5 |   1.0 |   3.0 |   3.0 |   2.9
         Professional specialty and technical......| 122.8 | 124.7 | 126.1 |   1.2 |    .4 |   1.1 |   2.8 |   2.8 |   2.7
         Executive, administrative, and managerial.| 120.2 | 122.8 | 123.8 |   1.0 |    .5 |    .8 |   3.2 |   3.2 |   3.0
         Administrative support, including clerical| 120.9 | 123.4 | 124.3 |    .9 |    .5 |    .7 |   3.2 |   3.0 |   2.8
       Blue-collar occupations.....................| 117.8 | 120.3 | 121.1 |    .9 |    .9 |    .7 |   3.0 |   3.1 |   2.8
       Service occupations.........................| 119.4 | 121.8 | 122.8 |   1.1 |    .5 |    .8 |   2.8 |   3.1 |   2.8
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Workers, by industry division                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
       Goods-producing 1/..........................| 119.0 | 121.4 | 122.1 |    .8 |    .7 |    .6 |   3.1 |   2.9 |   2.6
         Manufacturing.............................| 120.0 | 122.9 | 123.5 |    .8 |    .8 |    .5 |   3.2 |   3.3 |   2.9
       Service-producing 2/........................| 120.2 | 122.5 | 123.7 |   1.1 |    .7 |   1.0 |   2.9 |   3.0 |   2.9
         Services..................................| 122.8 | 124.8 | 126.2 |   1.2 |    .3 |   1.1 |   2.8 |   2.9 |   2.8
           Health services.........................| 124.4 | 126.6 | 127.5 |    .8 |    .4 |    .7 |   2.5 |   2.6 |   2.5
             Hospitals.............................| 124.0 | 126.0 | 126.8 |    .8 |    .4 |    .6 |   2.7 |   2.4 |   2.3
           Educational services....................| 123.8 | 125.1 | 127.8 |   2.1 |    .1 |   2.2 |   2.8 |   3.1 |   3.2
         Public administration ....................| 119.9 | 122.3 | 123.2 |   1.2 |    .3 |    .7 |   3.5 |   3.2 |   2.8
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
       Nonmanufacturing............................| 119.7 | 121.9 | 123.1 |   1.0 |    .7 |   1.0 |   2.8 |   2.9 |   2.8
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   State and local government workers..............| 122.8 | 124.6 | 126.6 |   1.7 |    .2 |   1.6 |   2.9 |   3.2 |   3.1
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Workers, by occupational group                |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
       White-collar occupations....................| 122.9 | 124.6 | 126.8 |   1.7 |    .2 |   1.8 |   2.8 |   3.1 |   3.2
         Professional specialty and technical......| 123.6 | 125.0 | 127.4 |   1.9 |    .2 |   1.9 |   2.7 |   3.1 |   3.1
         Executive, administrative, and managerial.| 121.6 | 124.3 | 126.0 |   1.1 |    .2 |   1.4 |   2.9 |   3.3 |   3.6
         Administrative support, including clerical| 120.9 | 122.9 | 124.4 |   1.3 |    .3 |   1.2 |   3.2 |   2.9 |   2.9
       Blue-collar occupations.....................| 121.8 | 123.8 | 124.8 |   1.4 |    .6 |    .8 |   2.9 |   3.1 |   2.5
       Service occupations.........................| 122.7 | 125.2 | 126.6 |   1.9 |    .5 |   1.1 |   3.7 |   4.0 |   3.2
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Workers, by industry division                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
       Services....................................| 123.6 | 125.1 | 127.6 |   1.9 |    .2 |   2.0 |   2.7 |   3.1 |   3.2
           Excluding schools 3/....................| 123.2 | 125.5 | 126.9 |   1.1 |    .4 |   1.1 |   2.6 |   3.0 |   3.0
         Health services...........................| 124.7 | 126.6 | 127.9 |   1.5 |    .5 |   1.0 |   3.6 |   3.0 |   2.6
           Hospitals...............................| 124.2 | 126.3 | 127.6 |   1.8 |    .4 |   1.0 |   3.6 |   3.5 |   2.7
         Educational services......................| 123.6 | 124.9 | 127.7 |   2.1 |    .1 |   2.2 |   2.7 |   3.1 |   3.3
           Schools.................................| 123.8 | 125.1 | 127.8 |   2.1 |    .1 |   2.2 |   2.9 |   3.2 |   3.2
             Elementary and secondary..............| 124.5 | 125.8 | 128.7 |   2.2 |    .2 |   2.3 |   2.8 |   3.3 |   3.4
             Colleges and universities.............| 121.5 | 122.9 | 125.0 |   1.9 |   -.2 |   1.7 |   3.1 |   3.1 |   2.9
       Public administration ......................| 119.9 | 122.3 | 123.2 |   1.2 |    .3 |    .7 |   3.5 |   3.2 |   2.8
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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
                                                   |-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------
                                                   | Sep.  | June  | Sep.  | Sep.  | June  | Sep.  | Sep.  | June  | Sep.
                                                   | 1994  | 1995  | 1995  | 1994  | 1995  | 1995  | 1994  | 1995  | 1995
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Private industry workers .........................| 119.1 | 121.5 | 122.4 |   0.8 |   0.7 |   0.7 |   2.9 |   2.9 |   2.8
         Excluding sales...........................| 119.4 | 121.8 | 122.6 |    .9 |    .7 |    .7 |   3.0 |   3.0 |   2.7
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     White-collar occupations......................| 120.2 | 122.7 | 123.6 |    .8 |    .8 |    .7 |   3.0 |   2.8 |   2.8
         Excluding sales...........................| 121.0 | 123.4 | 124.3 |    .9 |    .5 |    .7 |   3.1 |   2.9 |   2.7
       Professional specialty and technical........| 122.2 | 124.4 | 125.3 |    .7 |    .6 |    .7 |   2.8 |   2.6 |   2.5
       Executive, administrative, and managerial...| 120.0 | 122.5 | 123.4 |   1.0 |    .5 |    .7 |   3.3 |   3.1 |   2.8
       Sales.......................................| 116.5 | 119.3 | 120.5 |    .3 |   2.1 |   1.0 |   2.4 |   2.7 |   3.4
       Administrative support, including clerical..| 120.9 | 123.5 | 124.3 |    .8 |    .5 |    .6 |   3.2 |   3.0 |   2.8
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Blue-collar occupations.......................| 117.5 | 120.1 | 120.8 |    .9 |    .9 |    .6 |   3.0 |   3.1 |   2.8
       Precision production, craft, and repair.....| 117.8 | 119.9 | 121.0 |   1.1 |    .9 |    .9 |   3.2 |   2.9 |   2.7
       Machine operators, assemblers,              |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           and inspectors..........................| 118.0 | 120.9 | 121.4 |    .7 |   1.1 |    .4 |   2.9 |   3.2 |   2.9
       Transportation and material moving..........| 115.2 | 117.8 | 118.5 |   1.1 |    .7 |    .6 |   3.1 |   3.3 |   2.9
       Handlers, equipment cleaners,               |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
          helpers, and laborers....................| 117.9 | 121.2 | 121.5 |    .5 |    .9 |    .2 |   2.6 |   3.3 |   3.1
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Service occupations...........................| 117.6 | 120.0 | 120.8 |    .7 |    .5 |    .7 |   2.3 |   2.7 |   2.7
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Production and nonsupervisory                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
        occupations 4/.............................| 118.5 | 121.0 | 121.8 |    .9 |    .9 |    .7 |   2.8 |   3.0 |   2.8
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Goods-producing industries 1/...................| 118.9 | 121.4 | 122.1 |    .8 |    .8 |    .6 |   3.1 |   2.9 |   2.7
         Excluding sales occupations...............| 118.4 | 120.9 | 121.6 |    .9 |    .8 |    .6 |   3.0 |   3.0 |   2.7
       White-collar occupations....................| 121.1 | 123.8 | 124.4 |    .7 |    .7 |    .5 |   3.2 |   2.9 |   2.7
         Excluding sales...........................| 119.8 | 122.5 | 123.2 |    .8 |    .6 |    .6 |   2.9 |   3.1 |   2.8
       Blue-collar occupations.....................| 117.5 | 119.9 | 120.7 |    .8 |    .9 |    .7 |   3.0 |   2.8 |   2.7
       Service occupations.........................| 120.1 | 121.9 | 122.8 |   2.0 |   1.1 |    .7 |   3.8 |   3.6 |   2.2
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Construction..................................| 114.6 | 115.7 | 116.8 |    .9 |    .8 |   1.0 |   3.0 |   1.8 |   1.9
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Manufacturing.................................| 120.0 | 122.9 | 123.5 |    .8 |    .8 |    .5 |   3.2 |   3.3 |   2.9
         White-collar occupations..................| 121.7 | 124.7 | 125.3 |    .9 |    .6 |    .5 |   3.4 |   3.4 |   3.0
           Excluding sales.........................| 120.2 | 123.2 | 123.9 |    .9 |    .7 |    .6 |   3.0 |   3.4 |   3.1
         Blue-collar occupations...................| 118.7 | 121.6 | 122.2 |    .8 |   1.0 |    .5 |   3.0 |   3.2 |   2.9
         Service occupations.......................| 120.6 | 122.8 | 123.7 |   2.0 |   1.1 |    .7 |   4.0 |   3.9 |   2.6
       Durables....................................| 119.8 | 122.9 | 123.6 |    .9 |    .8 |    .6 |   3.4 |   3.5 |   3.2
       Nondurables.................................| 120.3 | 122.9 | 123.3 |    .7 |    .8 |    .3 |   2.9 |   2.8 |   2.5
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                    -----------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 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
                                                   |-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------
                                                   | Sep.  | June  | Sep.  | Sep.  | June  | Sep.  | Sep.  | June  | Sep.
                                                   | 1994  | 1995  | 1995  | 1994  | 1995  | 1995  | 1994  | 1995  | 1995
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Service-producing industries 2/.................| 119.2 | 121.6 | 122.6 |   0.8 |   0.7 |   0.8 |   2.8 |   2.9 |   2.9
         Excluding sales occupations...............| 120.2 | 122.5 | 123.4 |   1.0 |    .6 |    .7 |   3.1 |   2.9 |   2.7
       White-collar occupations....................| 119.9 | 122.3 | 123.2 |    .8 |    .8 |    .7 |   2.9 |   2.9 |   2.8
         Excluding sales...........................| 121.5 | 123.8 | 124.7 |    .9 |    .5 |    .7 |   3.1 |   2.8 |   2.6
       Blue-collar occupations.....................| 117.5 | 120.3 | 121.1 |   1.1 |    .9 |    .7 |   3.0 |   3.5 |   3.1
       Service occupations.........................| 117.3 | 119.8 | 120.7 |    .5 |    .4 |    .8 |   2.1 |   2.7 |   2.9
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Transportation and public utilities...........| 118.9 | 122.0 | 122.9 |   1.5 |    .7 |    .7 |   3.7 |   4.1 |   3.4
         Transportation............................| 116.7 | 119.8 | 121.0 |   1.7 |    .7 |   1.0 |   3.6 |   4.4 |   3.7
         Public utilities..........................| 121.4 | 124.5 | 125.2 |   1.1 |    .5 |    .6 |   3.6 |   3.7 |   3.1
           Communications..........................| 121.0 | 124.6 | 125.3 |   1.3 |    .2 |    .6 |   3.9 |   4.3 |   3.6
           Electric, gas, and sanitary services....| 121.9 | 124.4 | 125.2 |    .8 |    .8 |    .6 |   3.1 |   2.9 |   2.7
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Wholesale and retail trade....................| 118.3 | 120.6 | 121.6 |    .8 |   1.0 |    .8 |   3.1 |   2.7 |   2.8
          Excluding sales occupations..............| 118.7 | 120.9 | 121.9 |    .8 |    .6 |    .8 |   3.0 |   2.6 |   2.7
       Wholesale trade.............................| 118.9 | 122.7 | 123.9 |    .5 |   1.5 |   1.0 |   3.3 |   3.7 |   4.2
          Excluding sales occupations..............| 119.6 | 122.9 | 123.7 |    .7 |    .6 |    .7 |   2.8 |   3.5 |   3.4
       Retail trade................................| 118.0 | 119.6 | 120.5 |    .9 |    .8 |    .8 |   3.1 |   2.2 |   2.1
         General merchandise stores................| 116.5 | 118.6 | 119.0 |    .1 |    .6 |    .3 |   1.7 |   1.9 |   2.1
         Food stores...............................| 117.4 | 117.6 | 118.6 |   -.3 |   -.2 |    .9 |   2.2 |   -.2 |   1.0
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Finance, insurance, and real estate...........| 113.8 | 117.0 | 118.0 |    .5 |   1.7 |    .9 |   1.3 |   3.4 |   3.7
         Excluding sales occupations...............| 117.2 | 120.2 | 121.1 |   1.0 |    .8 |    .7 |   2.8 |   3.6 |   3.3
       Banking, savings and loan, and other        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
          credit agencies..........................| 116.5 | 119.7 | 120.4 |   1.3 |    .4 |    .6 |   2.5 |   4.1 |   3.3
       Insurance...................................| 117.7 | 120.8 | 121.1 |    .8 |    .8 |    .2 |   3.3 |   3.4 |   2.9
         Excluding sales occupations...............| 122.3 | 125.2 | 125.7 |    .7 |   1.1 |    .4 |   3.4 |   3.1 |   2.8
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Services......................................| 122.2 | 124.4 | 125.3 |    .7 |    .4 |    .7 |   2.8 |   2.6 |   2.5
       Business services...........................| 119.9 | 122.9 | 123.6 |    .4 |    .7 |    .6 |   4.0 |   2.9 |   3.1
       Health services.............................| 124.3 | 126.7 | 127.5 |    .6 |    .4 |    .6 |   2.1 |   2.6 |   2.6
         Hospitals.................................| 123.9 | 125.9 | 126.6 |    .5 |    .4 |    .6 |   2.4 |   2.1 |   2.2
         Nursing homes.............................|   -   |   -   |   -   |    .8 |    .8 |    .5 |   3.8 |   3.4 |   3.0
       Educational services........................| 124.9 | 125.9 | 128.6 |   2.2 |    .2 |   2.1 |   3.5 |   3.0 |   3.0
         Colleges and universities.................| 124.5 | 125.9 | 129.0 |   1.9 |    .3 |   2.5 |   2.6 |   3.0 |   3.6
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Nonmanufacturing industries.......................| 118.7 | 120.9 | 121.9 |    .8 |    .8 |    .8 |   2.9 |   2.7 |   2.7
     White-collar occupations......................| 119.7 | 122.1 | 123.1 |    .7 |    .8 |    .8 |   2.8 |   2.7 |   2.8
        Excluding sales............................| 121.3 | 123.5 | 124.4 |    .9 |    .5 |    .7 |   3.1 |   2.7 |   2.6
     Blue-collar occupations.......................| 116.4 | 118.5 | 119.4 |   1.1 |    .9 |    .8 |   3.0 |   3.0 |   2.6
     Service occupations...........................| 117.3 | 119.8 | 120.6 |    .5 |    .5 |    .7 |   2.2 |   2.7 |   2.8
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
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    -  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
                                                   |-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------
                                                   | Sep.  | June  | Sep.  | Sep.  | June  | Sep.  | Sep.  | June  | Sep.
                                                   | 1994  | 1995  | 1995  | 1994  | 1995  | 1995  | 1994  | 1995  | 1995
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Workers, by bargaining status                     |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Union...........................................| 118.6 | 120.6 | 121.5 |   0.9 |   0.7 |   0.7 |   3.3 |   2.6 |   2.4
       Blue-collar occupations.....................| 117.3 | 119.1 | 120.0 |    .9 |    .8 |    .8 |   3.2 |   2.5 |   2.3
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Goods-producing industries 1/.................| 117.5 | 119.3 | 120.2 |    .7 |    .8 |    .8 |   3.3 |   2.2 |   2.3
     Service-producing industries 2/...............| 120.1 | 122.3 | 123.2 |   1.2 |    .6 |    .7 |   3.5 |   3.0 |   2.6
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Manufacturing.................................| 118.5 | 120.5 | 121.3 |    .6 |    .6 |    .7 |   3.4 |   2.3 |   2.4
         Blue-collar occupations...................| 118.3 | 120.2 | 121.0 |    .6 |    .6 |    .7 |   3.4 |   2.2 |   2.3
     Nonmanufacturing..............................| 118.6 | 120.6 | 121.6 |   1.1 |    .7 |    .8 |   3.2 |   2.8 |   2.5
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Nonunion........................................| 119.2 | 121.8 | 122.6 |    .8 |    .8 |    .7 |   2.8 |   3.0 |   2.9
       Blue-collar occupations.....................| 117.7 | 120.7 | 121.4 |    .9 |   1.0 |    .6 |   2.9 |   3.4 |   3.1
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Goods-producing industries 1/.................| 119.5 | 122.2 | 122.9 |    .8 |    .7 |    .6 |   3.0 |   3.0 |   2.8
     Service-producing industries 2/...............| 119.0 | 121.5 | 122.4 |    .8 |    .8 |    .7 |   2.7 |   2.9 |   2.9
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Manufacturing ................................| 120.5 | 123.8 | 124.3 |    .8 |    .9 |    .4 |   3.0 |   3.6 |   3.2
         Blue-collar occupations...................| 119.1 | 122.6 | 123.1 |    .8 |   1.2 |    .4 |   2.7 |   3.8 |   3.4
     Nonmanufacturing .............................| 118.7 | 121.0 | 121.9 |    .8 |    .8 |    .7 |   2.8 |   2.7 |   2.7
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Workers, by region 5/                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Northeast.......................................| 120.0 | 122.1 | 123.1 |   1.0 |    .7 |    .8 |   2.7 |   2.8 |   2.6
   South...........................................| 118.5 | 120.8 | 121.8 |    .9 |    .7 |    .8 |   2.8 |   2.9 |   2.8
   Midwest ........................................| 119.5 | 122.2 | 123.0 |   1.0 |   1.1 |    .7 |   3.7 |   3.3 |   2.9
   West............................................| 118.1 | 120.9 | 121.4 |    .2 |    .8 |    .4 |   2.4 |   2.5 |   2.8
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Workers, by area size                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Metropolitan areas..............................| 119.1 | 121.6 | 122.4 |    .8 |    .8 |    .7 |   2.8 |   3.0 |   2.8
   Other areas.....................................| 118.6 | 121.3 | 122.1 |    .4 |    .7 |    .7 |   3.1 |   2.7 |   3.0
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
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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
                                                   |-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------
                                                   | Sep.  | June  | Sep.  | Sep.  | June  | Sep.  | Sep.  | June  | Sep.
                                                   | 1994  | 1995  | 1995  | 1994  | 1995  | 1995  | 1994  | 1995  | 1995
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Civilian workers..................................| 132.3 | 134.5 | 135.2 |   1.0 |   0.5 |   0.5 |   3.8 |   2.7 |   2.2
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   State and local government workers..............| 130.3 | 132.2 | 133.6 |   1.4 |    .8 |   1.1 |   3.2 |   2.9 |   2.5
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Private industry workers........................| 132.8 | 135.1 | 135.6 |    .8 |    .4 |    .4 |   4.0 |   2.6 |   2.1
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Workers, by occupational group                |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
       White-collar occupations....................| 132.8 | 136.0 | 136.6 |    .9 |    .6 |    .4 |   4.7 |   3.3 |   2.9
       Blue-collar occupations.....................| 132.7 | 133.6 | 134.1 |    .9 |    .2 |    .4 |   3.3 |   1.6 |   1.1
       Service occupations.........................| 134.2 | 135.6 | 135.7 |    .8 |    .4 |    .1 |   2.8 |   1.9 |   1.1
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Workers, by industry division                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
       Goods-producing industries 1/...............| 134.8 | 135.9 | 136.2 |    .7 |    .0 |    .2 |   3.7 |   1.5 |   1.0
       Service-producing industries 2/.............| 131.2 | 134.1 | 134.8 |   1.2 |    .7 |    .5 |   4.4 |   3.4 |   2.7
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
       Manufacturing ..............................| 133.9 | 135.2 | 135.5 |    .7 |   -.1 |    .2 |   3.2 |   1.7 |   1.2
       Nonmanufacturing............................| 132.2 | 134.7 | 135.4 |   1.1 |    .6 |    .5 |   4.5 |   3.0 |   2.4
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Workers, by bargaining status                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
       Union workers...............................| 133.3 | 135.5 | 136.6 |    .3 |    .5 |    .8 |   2.8 |   2.0 |   2.5
       Nonunion workers............................| 132.6 | 134.8 | 135.2 |   1.1 |    .4 |    .3 |   4.5 |   2.8 |   2.0
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
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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
                                                   |-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------
                                                   | Sep.  | June  | Sep.  | Sep.  | June  | Sep.  | Sep.  | June  | Sep.
                                                   | 1994  | 1995  | 1995  | 1994  | 1995  | 1995  | 1994  | 1995  | 1995
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                                                   |                             COMPENSATION
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                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Aircraft manufacturing (SIC 3721).................| 128.7 | 131.0 | 131.5 |   1.3 |   0.3 |   0.4 |   1.6 |   3.1 |   2.2
     White-collar occupations......................| 125.3 | 127.2 | 127.8 |   1.2 |    .4 |    .5 |   1.7 |   2.7 |   2.0
     Blue-collar occupations.......................| 133.2 | 136.1 | 136.3 |   1.3 |    .3 |    .1 |   1.3 |   3.5 |   2.3
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                                                   |                          WAGES AND SALARIES
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                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Aircraft manufacturing (SIC 3721).................| 124.0 | 126.5 | 127.4 |   0.6 |   0.6 |   0.7 |   2.9 |   2.6 |   2.7
     White-collar occupations......................| 119.8 | 121.6 | 122.7 |    .6 |    .5 |    .9 |   2.7 |   2.1 |   2.4
     Blue-collar occupations.......................| 130.2 | 133.6 | 134.1 |    .6 |    .7 |    .4 |   3.3 |   3.2 |   3.0
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                                                   |                             BENEFIT COSTS
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                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Aircraft manufacturing (SIC 3721).................| 138.7 | 140.8 | 140.5 |   2.5 |  -0.1 |  -0.2 |  -1.0 |   4.1 |   1.3
     White-collar occupations......................| 138.0 | 140.2 | 139.9 |   2.4 |    .1 |   -.2 |   -.5 |   4.1 |   1.4
     Blue-collar occupations.......................| 139.0 | 140.9 | 140.6 |   2.5 |   -.5 |   -.2 |  -2.0 |   3.9 |   1.2
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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.