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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 1995
 
The Employment Cost Index (ECI) increased 0.6 percent before seasonal
adjustment in the 3 months ended in December 1995, the U.S. Department
of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.  The December 1995
ECI level of 127.4 (June 1989=100) was 2.9 percent higher than the index
in December 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 0.9 percent in the
September-December 1995 period, compared with a 0.6 percent gain in the
June-September 1995 period.  The acceleration was due to benefits.
Wages and salaries rose 0.7 percent, the same as in the June-September
period, and in line with increases over the past 3 years.  Benefit
costs, in contrast, rose 1.3 percent, the largest gain since March 1993.
A reversal in the trend of declining increases in health insurance
costs, as well as gains in nonproduction bonuses, contributed to the
faster rate of benefit-cost increase.
 
Table A.  Percent changes in Employment Cost Index for civilian workers
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                            Seasonally adjusted 3-months ended      Unadjusted
  Compensation      ------------------------------------------------- 12-months
    component         Mar.  June  Sep.  Dec.   Mar.  June  Sep.  Dec.   ended
                      1994  1994  1994  1994   1995  1995  1995  1995 Dec. 1995
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Compensation costs...  0.7   0.8   0.8   0.7    0.6   0.7   0.6   0.9    2.9
 Wages and salaries..  0.7   0.8   0.8   0.6    0.8   0.7   0.7   0.7    2.9
 Benefit costs.......  0.9   0.9   0.9   0.7    0.2   0.7   0.4   1.3    2.8
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     * The recent shutdown of many federal agencies, including    *
     * the Bureau of Labor Statistics, forced a delay in the      *
     * updating of seasonal factors to be used in 1996 and the    *
     * annual revisions in the seasonally adjusted ECI data.      *
     * The new seasonal factors, and the revised seasonally       *
     * adjusted data for the past 5 years, will be introduced in  *
     * the March 1996 ECI release.                                *
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Over-the-year changes, unadjusted
 
Compensation costs (not seasonally adjusted) increased 2.9 percent for
the year ended in December 1995, about the same as the gain for the year
ended in December 1994.  (See table 2.) Wage and salary increases also
were about the same in the two periods (2.9 and 2.8 percent,
respectively), while benefit cost gains slowed (2.8 percent, down from
3.4 percent).  The following table shows the pattern of annual changes
since 1987.
 
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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                               1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995
 
Compensation costs
 Civilian workers.............  3.6  4.9  5.0  4.9  4.3  3.5  3.5  3.0  2.9
  Private industry............  3.3  4.8  4.8  4.6  4.4  3.5  3.6  3.1  2.8
  State and local government..  4.5  5.6  6.2  5.8  3.6  3.7  2.8  3.0  3.0
 
Wages and salaries
 Civilian workers.............  3.5  4.3  4.4  4.3  3.6  2.7  3.1  2.8  2.9
  Private industry............  3.3  4.1  4.1  4.0  3.7  2.6  3.1  2.8  2.8
  State and local government..  4.2  4.9  5.3  5.3  3.5  3.0  2.7  3.1  3.2
 
Benefits
 Civilian workers.............  3.7  7.0  6.6  6.7  5.6  5.3  4.6  3.4  2.8
  Private industry............  3.4  6.9  6.1  6.6  6.2  5.2  5.0  3.7  2.7
  State and local government..   -    -    -   7.0  3.9  5.4  2.9  2.8  3.0
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A slowdown in compensation cost increases was evident for private
industry (2.8 percent for December 1994-95, down from 3.1 percent for
December 1993-94), but not for state and local governments (3.0 percent
for both periods).  For private industry workers, wage and salary gains
were the same for the two periods (2.8 percent), but benefit cost
increases declined (2.7 percent in December 1994-95, down from 3.7
percent).
 
For the year ended December 1995, compensation cost gains in private
industry were higher in service-producing industries (3.0 percent) than
in goods-producing industries (2.5 percent).  For the previous year
ended December 1994, increases in the goods-producing sector had been
the higher of the two (3.1 percent compared with 2.9 percent).  Among
the goods-producing industries, the December 1994-95 increases ranged
from 2.2 percent in construction to 2.6 percent in manufacturing.  In
the service-producing industries, gains ranged from 2.0 percent for
general merchandise stores to 5.4 percent for colleges and universities.
Other service-producing industries with relatively large increases were
transportation (4.5 percent) and wholesale trade (4.4 percent).
 
Over-the-year compensation cost increases in private industry were
higher for white-collar workers (3.1 percent) than for blue-collar
workers (2.5 percent) and service occupations (2.0 percent).  Among
white-collar occupations, increases ranged from 2.8 percent for profes 
sional specialty and technical workers to 3.3 percent for administrative
support including clerical occupations.  Among blue-collar occupations,
the gains ranged from 2.3 percent for machine operators, assemblers, and
inspectors to 3.3 percent for handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and
laborers.
 
Compensation cost increases were slightly higher for union workers (3.0
percent) than for nonunion workers (2.8 percent).  This pattern also
held in the service-producing industries (3.7 percent and 2.9 percent,
respectively), but not in the goods-producing industries (2.6 percent
for nonunion and 2.2 percent for union).
 
 
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1996, at 8:30 A.M. (EDT).
 
                            EXPLANATORY NOTE
 
The Employment Cost Index (ECI) is a measure of the change in the cost
of labor, free from the influence of employment shifts among occupations
and industries.  The compensation series includes changes in wages and
salaries and employer costs for employee benefits.  The wage and salary
series and the benefit cost series provide the change for the two
components of compensation.
 
Wages and salaries are defined as the hourly straight-time wage rate or,
for workers not paid on an hourly basis, straight-time earnings divided
by the corresponding hours.  Straight-time wage and salary rates are
total earnings before payroll deductions, excluding premium pay for
overtime and for work on weekends and holidays, shift differentials, and
nonproduction bonuses such as lump-sum payments provided in lieu of wage
increases.  Production bonuses, incentive earnings, commission payments,
and cost-of-living adjustments are included in straight-time wage and
salary rates.
 
Benefits covered by the ECI are:  Paid leave (vacations, holidays, sick
leave, and other leave); supplemental pay (premium pay for overtime,
shift differentials, and nonproduction bonuses such as lump-sum payments
provided in lieu of wage increases); insurance benefits (life, health,
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 supplemen 
tal 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 probabil 
ity sample of nearly 21,000 occupations within about 4,100 sample
establishments in private industry and nearly 6,000 occupations within
about 900 sample establishments in State and local governments.  Data
are collected for the pay period including the 12th day of the survey
months of March, June, September, and December.
 
The sample establishments are classified in industry categories based on
the 1987 Standard Industrial Classification (SIC), as defined by the
U.S. Office of Management and Budget.
 
Within an establishment, specific job categories are selected to
represent broader occupational definitions.  From June 1986 through
December 1994, the jobs were classified according to definitions used in
the 1980 Census.  Prior to June 1986, they were classified according to
the 1970 Census.  Differences between the two classification systems are
slight, as indicated in the article "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 classified according to
the 1990 Census, which differs little from the 1980 Census.
 
Fixed employment weights are used each quarter to calculate the most
aggregate indexes--civilian, private, and State and local governments.
These fixed weights are also used to derive all of the industry and
occupation series indexes.  Beginning in March 1995, 1990 employment
counts primarily from the Bureau's Occupational Employment Survey were
used.  A description of the reweighting is included in an article
"Introducing 1990 Weights for the Employment Cost Index," that was
published in the June 1995 issue of Compensation and Working Conditions
and that is available upon request.  From June 1986 through December
1994, employment counts from the 1980 Census were used as weights.
Prior to June 1986, employment counts from the 1970 Census were used.
 
For the series based on bargaining status, region, or area size,
employment data are not available from the Census.  The employment
weights are reallocated within these series each quarter based on the
current ECI sample.  The indexes for these series, consequently, are not
strictly comparable to those for the aggregate, industry, and occupation
series.  A fuller explanation of the calculation of index numbers
appears in an article, "Estimation procedures for the Employment Cost
Index," in the May 1982 issue of the Monthly Labor Review.
 
Beginning with the March 1990 ECI release, indexes were rebased to June
1989=100.  A description of the rebasing is included in the article
"Employment Cost Index Rebased to September 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 construc 
tion and service occupations, are adjusted directly.  More aggregate
series, such as civilian or private industry workers, use composite
estimates.  The composite estimates could be obtained by aggregating
either the industry or the occupational components, and the results may
differ depending on which method is used.  The aggregate seasonally
adjusted ECI series are estimated by aggregating the component
seasonally adjusted industry series, so they are not necessarily a
weighted average of the component occupation series.
 
The costs per hour worked of compensation components, based on March
1995 data from the ECI, are published in a separate news release titled
"Employer Costs for Employee Compensation - March 1995."  A description
of the cost levels is provided in the article "Analyzing employers'
costs for wages, salaries, and benefits" in the October 1987 issue of
the Monthly Labor Review.  The cost levels, which are published annually
in mid-June, are calculated with current employment weights, rather than
the fixed 1990 Census weights used in computing the ECI.  Therefore,
year-to-year changes in the cost levels will usually differ from those
in the ECI.
 
More detailed information on the ECI is available in several sources.
These include an annual bulletin, Employment Cost Indexes and Levels,
1975-95, (Bulletin 2466); a chapter in the BLS Handbook of Methods
(Bulletin 2414), "The Employment Cost Index;" and several articles
published in the Monthly Labor Review.  The annual bulletin is available
from the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office,
Washington, D.C. 20402, or Bureau of Labor Statistics, Publications
Sales Center, P.O. Box 2145, Chicago, Illinois 60690.  Reprints of the
articles plus other descriptive pieces and a complete historical listing
are available upon request.  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)   |              Percent changes for 3-months ended
                    Series                  |---------------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------
                                            | Sep.  | Dec.  | Mar.  | June  | Sep.  | Dec.  | Mar.  | June  | Sep.  | Dec.
                                            | 1995  | 1995  | 1994  | 1994  | 1994  | 1994  | 1995  | 1995  | 1995  | 1995
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                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
Civilian workers............................| 126.2 | 127.3 |  0.7  |  0.8  |  0.8  |  0.7  |  0.6  |  0.7  |  0.6  |  0.9
                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
  State and local government................| 128.1 | 129.1 |   .9  |   .8  |   .6  |   .6  |   .7  |  1.0  |   .5  |   .8
                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
  Private industry workers..................| 125.9 | 127.0 |   .8  |   .8  |   .8  |   .7  |   .6  |   .7  |   .6  |   .9
    White-collar occupations ...............| 126.9 | 128.1 |   .8  |   .9  |   .7  |   .7  |   .7  |   .8  |   .6  |   .9
    Blue-collar occupations ................| 125.0 | 126.0 |   .5  |   .7  |   .9  |   .6  |   .4  |   .7  |   .6  |   .8
    Service occupations.....................| 124.7 | 125.4 |   .8  |   .5  |   .7  |   .9  |   .2  |   .6  |   .5  |   .6
                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
    Goods-producing industries 1/...........| 126.5 | 127.7 |   .7  |  1.0  |   .8  |   .6  |   .5  |   .6  |   .6  |   .9
      Construction .........................| 122.8 | 123.7 |  1.6  |  1.1  |  1.0  |  -.1  |   .1  |   .5  |   .8  |   .7
      Manufacturing.........................| 127.4 | 128.6 |   .6  |   .9  |   .9  |   .7  |   .5  |   .7  |   .4  |   .9
        Durables............................| 128.2 | 129.3 |   .5  |   .9  |  1.1  |   .7  |   .6  |   .7  |   .4  |   .9
        Nondurables.........................| 125.8 | 127.3 |   .7  |   .9  |   .6  |   .6  |   .3  |   .6  |   .5  |  1.2
                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
    Service-producing industries 2/.........| 125.6 | 126.6 |   .7  |   .7  |   .8  |   .7  |   .7  |   .8  |   .6  |   .8
      Transportation and public utilities...| 125.9 | 127.3 |  1.1  |   .5  |  1.3  |   .9  |  1.1  |   .7  |  1.0  |  1.1
      Wholesale trade.......................| 126.3 | 126.7 |   .3  |  1.1  |  1.2  |   .5  |  1.6  |   .9  |  1.4  |   .3
      Retail trade..........................| 122.4 | 123.0 |   .7  |   .9  |  1.1  |   .1  |   .7  |   .2  |   .7  |   .5
      Finance, insurance, and real estate 3/| 122.7 | 123.5 |  1.1  |   .0  |   .7  |   .3  |  1.1  |  1.3  |   .7  |   .7
      Services..............................| 128.8 | 129.8 |   .8  |   .7  |   .6  |   .7  |   .5  |   .9  |   .3  |   .8
                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
    Nonmanufacturing industries ............| 125.3 | 126.4 |   .8  |   .8  |   .8  |   .5  |   .7  |   .8  |   .6  |   .9
                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
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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 |
                                            |   1989=100)   |              Percent changes for 3-months ended
                    Series                  |---------------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------
                                            | Sep.  | Dec.  | Mar.  | June  | Sep.  | Dec.  | Mar.  | June  | Sep.  | Dec.
                                            | 1995  | 1995  | 1994  | 1994  | 1994  | 1994  | 1995  | 1995  | 1995  | 1995
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                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
Civilian workers............................| 123.0 | 123.9 |  0.7  |  0.8  |  0.8  |  0.6  |  0.8  |  0.7  |  0.7  |  0.7
                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
  State and local government................| 126.0 | 127.1 |   .8  |   .7  |   .7  |   .8  |  1.0  |   .7  |   .6  |   .9
                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
  Private industry workers..................| 122.3 | 123.1 |   .8  |   .9  |   .7  |   .6  |   .7  |   .7  |   .7  |   .7
    White-collar occupations ...............| 123.5 | 124.5 |   .6  |   .8  |   .7  |   .7  |   .7  |   .8  |   .7  |   .8
    Blue-collar occupations 3/..............| 120.8 | 121.3 |   .7  |   .8  |   .9  |   .4  |   .8  |   .9  |   .6  |   .4
    Service occupations.....................| 120.8 | 121.4 |   .9  |   .5  |   .6  |  1.0  |   .5  |   .6  |   .6  |   .5
                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
    Goods-producing industries 1/3/.........| 122.1 | 122.8 |   .7  |   .9  |   .8  |   .6  |   .7  |   .8  |   .6  |   .6
      Construction .........................| 116.5 | 117.5 |  1.0  |  1.0  |   .7  |   .5  |   .1  |   .4  |   .9  |   .9
      Manufacturing 3/......................| 123.5 | 124.3 |   .6  |   .8  |   .8  |   .7  |   .9  |   .8  |   .5  |   .6
        Durables 3/.........................| 123.6 | 124.2 |   .5  |   .8  |   .9  |   .8  |   .9  |   .8  |   .6  |   .5
        Nondurables ........................| 123.4 | 124.5 |   .4  |   .9  |   .9  |   .5  |   .7  |   .7  |   .6  |   .9
                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
    Service-producing industries 2/.........| 122.4 | 123.3 |   .6  |   .7  |   .8  |   .5  |   .9  |   .7  |   .7  |   .7
      Transportation and public utilities...| 122.8 | 123.8 |   .8  |   .7  |  1.4  |   .8  |  1.3  |   .7  |   .7  |   .8
      Wholesale trade.......................| 124.0 | 125.0 |   .1  |  1.2  |   .9  |   .7  |  1.3  |   .8  |  1.4  |   .8
      Retail trade..........................| 120.2 | 120.8 |   .3  |  1.0  |   .9  |   .3  |   .9  |   .2  |   .8  |   .5
      Finance, insurance, and real estate 3/| 118.0 | 118.8 |   .7  |  -.4  |   .5  |   .4  |   .7  |  1.7  |   .9  |   .7
      Services..............................| 125.2 | 126.1 |   .9  |   .7  |   .5  |   .7  |   .7  |   .6  |   .5  |   .7
                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
    Nonmanufacturing industries ............| 121.8 | 122.7 |   .6  |   .8  |   .8  |   .5  |   .7  |   .8  |   .7  |   .7
                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
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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 |
                                            |   1989=100)   |              Percent changes for 3-months ended
                    Series                  |---------------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------
                                            | Sep.  | Dec.  | Mar.  | June  | Sep.  | Dec.  | Mar.  | June  | Sep.  | Dec.
                                            | 1995  | 1995  | 1994  | 1994  | 1994  | 1994  | 1995  | 1995  | 1995  | 1995
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                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
Civilian workers ...........................| 134.9 | 136.6 |  0.9  |  0.9  |  0.9  |  0.7  |  0.2  |  0.7  |  0.4  |  1.3
                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
  State and local government ...............| 133.1 | 134.2 |   .8  |  1.2  |   .4  |   .4  |   .6  |  1.4  |   .1  |   .8
                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
  Private industry workers..................| 135.4 | 137.2 |  1.0  |   .9  |  1.0  |   .7  |   .2  |   .5  |   .5  |  1.3
    White-collar occupations................| 136.6 | 138.2 |  1.4  |  1.1  |  1.1  |   .9  |   .5  |   .8  |   .6  |  1.2
    Blue-collar occupations ................| 133.9 | 135.9 |   .5  |   .8  |   .9  |   .5  |  -.2  |   .3  |   .4  |  1.5
    Service occupations.....................| 135.7 | 136.8 |   .6  |   .4  |   .8  |   .6  |  -.2  |   .7  |   .1  |   .8
                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
    Goods-producing industries 1/...........| 136.1 | 138.5 |   .8  |  1.0  |   .9  |   .8  |  -.3  |   .1  |   .4  |  1.8
      Manufacturing.........................| 135.5 | 138.0 |   .2  |  1.1  |   .9  |  1.0  |  -.4  |   .1  |   .4  |  1.8
                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
    Service-producing industries 2/.........| 134.7 | 136.1 |  1.0  |   .9  |  1.2  |   .6  |   .6  |  1.0  |   .4  |  1.0
                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
    Nonmanufacturing industries.............| 135.4 | 136.8 |  1.3  |   .9  |  1.1  |   .5  |   .5  |   .8  |   .6  |  1.0
                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
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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.
                                                   | 1994  | 1995  | 1995  | 1994  | 1995  | 1995  | 1994  | 1995  | 1995
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Civilian workers .................................| 123.8 | 126.6 | 127.4 |   0.4 |   0.8 |   0.6 |   3.0 |   2.7 |   2.9
         Excluding sales...........................| 124.2 | 126.9 | 127.8 |    .4 |    .8 |    .7 |   3.1 |   2.6 |   2.9
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Workers, by occupational group                |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
       White-collar occupations....................| 124.4 | 127.4 | 128.2 |    .4 |    .9 |    .6 |   3.2 |   2.8 |   3.1
           Excluding sales.........................| 125.1 | 128.0 | 128.9 |    .5 |    .9 |    .7 |   3.2 |   2.8 |   3.0
         Professional specialty and technical......| 126.2 | 128.9 | 129.8 |    .4 |   1.1 |    .7 |   3.0 |   2.5 |   2.9
         Executive, administrative, and managerial.| 123.6 | 126.7 | 127.7 |    .6 |    .8 |    .8 |   3.5 |   3.1 |   3.3
         Administrative support, including clerical| 125.2 | 128.1 | 129.2 |    .5 |    .6 |    .9 |   3.2 |   2.8 |   3.2
       Blue-collar occupations.....................| 122.7 | 125.2 | 125.9 |    .2 |    .6 |    .6 |   2.8 |   2.3 |   2.6
       Service occupations.........................| 124.3 | 126.7 | 127.5 |    .6 |    .7 |    .6 |   3.2 |   2.6 |   2.6
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Workers, by industry division                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
       Goods-producing 1/..........................| 124.4 | 126.5 | 127.4 |    .4 |    .4 |    .7 |   3.2 |   2.1 |   2.4
         Manufacturing.............................| 125.1 | 127.3 | 128.4 |    .6 |    .3 |    .9 |   3.1 |   2.3 |   2.6
       Service-producing 2/........................| 123.6 | 126.6 | 127.3 |    .4 |    .9 |    .6 |   3.0 |   2.8 |   3.0
         Services..................................| 126.4 | 128.9 | 129.7 |    .5 |    .9 |    .6 |   2.8 |   2.5 |   2.6
           Health services.........................| 128.5 | 131.1 | 132.1 |    .5 |    .7 |    .8 |   2.5 |   2.6 |   2.8
             Hospitals.............................| 128.4 | 130.4 | 131.5 |    .7 |    .5 |    .8 |   2.7 |   2.3 |   2.4
           Educational services....................| 126.4 | 129.8 | 130.4 |    .3 |   1.9 |    .5 |   2.8 |   3.0 |   3.2
         Public administration ....................| 124.2 | 127.4 | 128.5 |    .4 |   1.0 |    .9 |   3.5 |   3.0 |   3.5
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
       Nonmanufacturing............................| 123.4 | 126.3 | 127.0 |    .3 |    .9 |    .6 |   3.0 |   2.7 |   2.9
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   State and local government workers..............| 125.6 | 128.7 | 129.4 |    .5 |   1.4 |    .5 |   3.0 |   3.0 |   3.0
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Workers, by occupational group                |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
       White-collar occupations....................| 125.5 | 128.6 | 129.3 |    .5 |   1.6 |    .5 |   3.0 |   3.0 |   3.0
         Professional specialty and technical......| 125.5 | 128.4 | 129.0 |    .4 |   1.7 |    .5 |   2.9 |   2.7 |   2.8
         Executive, administrative, and managerial.| 125.3 | 129.1 | 130.3 |    .5 |   1.3 |    .9 |   3.0 |   3.5 |   4.0
         Administrative support, including clerical| 125.6 | 128.4 | 129.2 |    .6 |   1.2 |    .6 |   3.3 |   2.8 |   2.9
       Blue-collar occupations.....................| 124.7 | 127.2 | 128.1 |    .4 |    .7 |    .7 |   2.7 |   2.4 |   2.7
       Service occupations.........................| 126.6 | 130.1 | 131.1 |    .5 |   1.0 |    .8 |   3.7 |   3.3 |   3.6
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Workers, by industry division                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
       Services....................................| 126.1 | 129.2 | 129.8 |    .4 |   1.7 |    .5 |   2.9 |   2.9 |   2.9
           Excluding schools 3/....................| 125.6 | 128.9 | 129.3 |    .6 |    .9 |    .3 |   3.0 |   3.2 |   2.9
         Health services...........................| 127.7 | 131.0 | 131.5 |    .4 |    .9 |    .4 |   3.7 |   3.0 |   3.0
           Hospitals...............................| 127.7 | 131.1 | 131.7 |    .6 |    .9 |    .5 |   3.6 |   3.2 |   3.1
         Educational services......................| 126.0 | 129.0 | 129.6 |    .4 |   1.7 |    .5 |   2.7 |   2.8 |   2.9
           Schools.................................| 126.3 | 129.4 | 129.9 |    .3 |   1.8 |    .4 |   2.8 |   2.8 |   2.9
             Elementary and secondary..............| 126.5 | 129.8 | 130.3 |    .2 |   1.9 |    .4 |   2.3 |   2.8 |   3.0
             Colleges and universities.............| 125.5 | 128.0 | 129.0 |    .8 |   1.5 |    .8 |   4.0 |   2.8 |   2.8
       Public administration ......................| 124.2 | 127.4 | 128.5 |    .4 |   1.0 |    .9 |   3.5 |   3.0 |   3.5
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    NOTE:  See footnotes at end of table 8.
Table 3.  COMPENSATION (NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED): Employment Cost Index for total compensation, private industry
           workers, by industry and occupational group
 
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                   |                       |              Percent Changes for
                                                   |        Indexes        |-----------------------------------------------
                       Series                      |    (June 1989=100)    |    3 Months Ended     |    12 Months Ended
                                                   |-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------
                                                   | Dec.  | Sep.  | Dec.  | Dec.  | Sep.  | Dec.  | Dec.  | Sep.  | Dec.
                                                   | 1994  | 1995  | 1995  | 1994  | 1995  | 1995  | 1994  | 1995  | 1995
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Private industry workers .........................| 123.5 | 126.2 | 126.9 |   0.4 |   0.6 |   0.6 |   3.1 |   2.6 |   2.8
         Excluding sales...........................| 123.9 | 126.5 | 127.4 |    .4 |    .6 |    .7 |   3.1 |   2.5 |   2.8
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     White-collar occupations......................| 124.1 | 127.0 | 127.9 |    .5 |    .6 |    .7 |   3.2 |   2.8 |   3.1
         Excluding sales...........................| 125.1 | 127.8 | 128.9 |    .6 |    .6 |    .9 |   3.4 |   2.7 |   3.0
       Professional specialty and technical........| 126.8 | 129.3 | 130.4 |    .4 |    .7 |    .9 |   3.2 |   2.4 |   2.8
       Executive, administrative, and managerial...| 123.3 | 126.2 | 127.2 |    .6 |    .6 |    .8 |   3.7 |   2.9 |   3.2
       Sales.......................................| 119.6 | 123.2 | 123.1 |    .3 |    .7 |   -.1 |   2.7 |   3.4 |   2.9
       Administrative support, including clerical..| 125.1 | 128.1 | 129.2 |    .5 |    .6 |    .9 |   3.2 |   2.9 |   3.3
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Blue-collar occupations.......................| 122.6 | 125.1 | 125.7 |    .2 |    .6 |    .5 |   2.8 |   2.3 |   2.5
       Precision production, craft, and repair.....| 122.5 | 125.4 | 125.7 |    .0 |    .8 |    .2 |   3.0 |   2.4 |   2.6
       Machine operators, assemblers,              |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           and inspectors..........................| 123.4 | 125.1 | 126.2 |    .4 |    .2 |    .9 |   2.2 |   1.8 |   2.3
       Transportation and material moving..........| 120.6 | 122.9 | 123.5 |    .2 |    .4 |    .5 |   3.1 |   2.2 |   2.4
       Handlers, equipment cleaners,               |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
          helpers, and laborers....................| 122.9 | 125.9 | 127.0 |    .2 |    .5 |    .9 |   3.2 |   2.6 |   3.3
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Service occupations...........................| 122.9 | 124.7 | 125.3 |    .9 |    .6 |    .5 |   2.8 |   2.4 |   2.0
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Production and nonsupervisory                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
        occupations 4/.............................| 123.1 | 125.8 | 126.5 |    .4 |    .6 |    .6 |   2.8 |   2.6 |   2.8
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Goods-producing industries 1/...................| 124.3 | 126.5 | 127.4 |    .3 |    .5 |    .7 |   3.1 |   2.1 |   2.5
         Excluding sales occupations...............| 124.0 | 126.1 | 127.1 |    .4 |    .4 |    .8 |   3.2 |   2.1 |   2.5
       White-collar occupations....................| 125.9 | 128.1 | 129.0 |    .6 |    .4 |    .7 |   4.0 |   2.4 |   2.5
         Excluding sales...........................| 125.0 | 127.2 | 128.3 |    .7 |    .4 |    .9 |   4.3 |   2.5 |   2.6
       Blue-collar occupations.....................| 123.4 | 125.5 | 126.4 |    .2 |    .5 |    .7 |   2.7 |   1.9 |   2.4
       Service occupations.........................| 126.3 | 128.8 | 129.6 |   -.2 |    .7 |    .6 |   3.2 |   1.8 |   2.6
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Construction..................................| 120.8 | 123.1 | 123.4 |   -.5 |    .9 |    .2 |   3.7 |   1.4 |   2.2
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Manufacturing.................................| 125.1 | 127.3 | 128.4 |    .6 |    .3 |    .9 |   3.1 |   2.3 |   2.6
         White-collar occupations..................| 126.0 | 128.7 | 129.5 |    .9 |    .5 |    .6 |   3.9 |   3.0 |   2.8
           Excluding sales.........................| 124.9 | 127.4 | 128.4 |   1.1 |    .6 |    .8 |   4.2 |   3.1 |   2.8
         Blue-collar occupations...................| 124.5 | 126.3 | 127.5 |    .4 |    .2 |   1.0 |   2.6 |   1.9 |   2.4
         Service occupations.......................| 127.0 | 129.5 | 130.2 |    .0 |    .7 |    .5 |   3.5 |   2.0 |   2.5
       Durables....................................| 125.8 | 128.2 | 129.1 |    .6 |    .4 |    .7 |   3.2 |   2.5 |   2.6
       Nondurables.................................| 123.8 | 125.7 | 127.0 |    .5 |    .2 |   1.0 |   2.9 |   2.0 |   2.6
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                    -----------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 Table 3.  COMPENSATION (NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED): Employment Cost Index for total compensation, private industry
           workers, by industry and occupational group-Continued
 
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                   |                       |              Percent Changes for
                                                   |        Indexes        |-----------------------------------------------
                       Series                      |    (June 1989=100)    |    3 Months Ended     |    12 Months Ended
                                                   |-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------
                                                   | Dec.  | Sep.  | Dec.  | Dec.  | Sep.  | Dec.  | Dec.  | Sep.  | Dec.
                                                   | 1994  | 1995  | 1995  | 1994  | 1995  | 1995  | 1994  | 1995  | 1995
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Service-producing industries 2/.................| 122.8 | 125.8 | 126.5 |   0.4 |   0.7 |   0.6 |   2.9 |   2.9 |   3.0
         Excluding sales occupations...............| 123.8 | 126.6 | 127.5 |    .4 |    .6 |    .7 |   3.0 |   2.7 |   3.0
       White-collar occupations....................| 123.4 | 126.5 | 127.4 |    .4 |    .7 |    .7 |   3.0 |   2.9 |   3.2
         Excluding sales...........................| 125.1 | 128.0 | 129.1 |    .4 |    .7 |    .9 |   3.0 |   2.7 |   3.2
       Blue-collar occupations.....................| 120.7 | 123.9 | 124.2 |    .1 |    .6 |    .2 |   3.0 |   2.7 |   2.9
       Service occupations.........................| 122.5 | 124.2 | 124.9 |   1.0 |    .5 |    .6 |   2.9 |   2.4 |   2.0
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Transportation and public utilities...........| 122.1 | 126.0 | 127.0 |    .6 |   1.0 |    .8 |   3.9 |   3.8 |   4.0
         Transportation............................| 120.3 | 124.7 | 125.7 |    .5 |   1.4 |    .8 |   4.0 |   4.2 |   4.5
         Public utilities..........................| 124.4 | 127.5 | 128.5 |    .6 |    .6 |    .8 |   3.8 |   3.2 |   3.3
           Communications..........................| 124.0 | 127.4 | 128.3 |    .9 |    .6 |    .7 |   4.0 |   3.7 |   3.5
           Electric, gas, and sanitary services....| 124.8 | 127.7 | 128.7 |    .3 |    .6 |    .8 |   3.3 |   2.7 |   3.1
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Wholesale and retail trade....................| 120.6 | 123.8 | 124.2 |    .1 |    .8 |    .3 |   3.0 |   2.7 |   3.0
          Excluding sales occupations..............| 120.9 | 124.1 | 125.2 |    .0 |    .8 |    .9 |   2.5 |   2.6 |   3.6
       Wholesale trade.............................| 121.5 | 126.1 | 126.8 |    .7 |   1.0 |    .6 |   3.1 |   4.6 |   4.4
          Excluding sales occupations..............| 122.0 | 126.2 | 127.3 |    .6 |    .9 |    .9 |   2.8 |   4.0 |   4.3
       Retail trade................................| 120.1 | 122.6 | 122.8 |   -.2 |    .7 |    .2 |   2.8 |   1.8 |   2.2
         General merchandise stores................| 119.3 | 121.0 | 121.7 |    .5 |    .2 |    .6 |   2.6 |   1.9 |   2.0
         Food stores...............................| 120.0 | 121.8 | 122.5 |   -.2 |    .9 |    .6 |   1.4 |   1.2 |   2.1
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Finance, insurance, and real estate...........| 118.9 | 122.7 | 123.5 |    .3 |    .7 |    .7 |   2.1 |   3.5 |   3.9
         Excluding sales occupations...............| 121.8 | 125.4 | 126.1 |    .2 |    .6 |    .6 |   3.0 |   3.2 |   3.5
       Banking, savings and loan, and other        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
          credit agencies..........................| 120.5 | 124.8 | 125.4 |   -.2 |    .6 |    .5 |   2.3 |   3.3 |   4.1
       Insurance...................................| 122.3 | 124.9 | 126.0 |    .7 |    .2 |    .9 |   2.2 |   2.8 |   3.0
         Excluding sales occupations...............| 126.5 | 129.6 | 130.3 |    .4 |    .5 |    .5 |   3.1 |   2.9 |   3.0
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Services......................................| 126.6 | 128.9 | 129.7 |    .6 |    .5 |    .6 |   2.8 |   2.4 |   2.4
       Business services...........................| 123.0 | 125.7 | 126.5 |    .5 |    .3 |    .6 |   3.7 |   2.7 |   2.8
       Health services.............................| 128.7 | 131.3 | 132.3 |    .6 |    .8 |    .8 |   2.1 |   2.7 |   2.8
         Hospitals.................................| 128.6 | 130.3 | 131.4 |    .7 |    .5 |    .8 |   2.4 |   2.0 |   2.2
         Nursing homes.............................|   -   |   -   |   -   |    .5 |    .5 |   1.1 |   3.3 |   2.9 |   3.5
       Educational services........................| 128.4 | 133.2 | 134.0 |    .2 |   2.2 |    .6 |   3.5 |   3.9 |   4.4
         Colleges and universities.................| 128.8 | 134.6 | 135.7 |    .2 |   2.5 |    .8 |   2.8 |   4.7 |   5.4
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Nonmanufacturing industries.......................| 122.6 | 125.5 | 126.2 |    .2 |    .7 |    .6 |   3.0 |   2.6 |   2.9
     White-collar occupations......................| 123.5 | 126.5 | 127.3 |    .3 |    .7 |    .6 |   3.0 |   2.8 |   3.1
        Excluding sales............................| 125.1 | 128.0 | 129.0 |    .3 |    .7 |    .8 |   3.0 |   2.6 |   3.1
     Blue-collar occupations.......................| 120.5 | 123.5 | 123.8 |    .0 |    .8 |    .2 |   2.9 |   2.5 |   2.7
     Service occupations...........................| 122.4 | 124.2 | 124.8 |    .9 |    .6 |    .5 |   2.8 |   2.4 |   2.0
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
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    -  Data not available.
    NOTE:  See footnotes at end of table 8.
 
Table 4.  COMPENSATION (NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED): Employment Cost Index for total compensation, private industry
           workers, by bargaining status, region, and area size
 
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                   |                       |              Percent Changes for
                                                   |        Indexes        |-----------------------------------------------
                       Series                      |    (June 1989=100)    |    3 Months Ended     |    12 Months Ended
                                                   |-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------
                                                   | Dec.  | Sep.  | Dec.  | Dec.  | Sep.  | Dec.  | Dec.  | Sep.  | Dec.
                                                   | 1994  | 1995  | 1995  | 1994  | 1995  | 1995  | 1994  | 1995  | 1995
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Workers, by bargaining status                     |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Union...........................................| 124.2 | 126.8 | 127.9 |   0.3 |   0.8 |   0.9 |   2.7 |   2.4 |   3.0
       Blue-collar occupations.....................| 123.4 | 125.7 | 126.5 |    .2 |    .7 |    .6 |   2.3 |   2.1 |   2.5
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Goods-producing industries 1/.................| 124.7 | 126.7 | 127.5 |    .2 |    .6 |    .6 |   2.3 |   1.8 |   2.2
     Service-producing industries 2/...............| 123.6 | 126.8 | 128.2 |    .6 |   1.0 |   1.1 |   3.3 |   3.2 |   3.7
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Manufacturing.................................| 125.8 | 127.1 | 128.2 |    .4 |    .4 |    .9 |   2.3 |   1.4 |   1.9
         Blue-collar occupations...................| 125.6 | 126.8 | 127.9 |    .4 |    .3 |    .9 |   2.2 |   1.4 |   1.8
     Nonmanufacturing..............................| 123.0 | 126.2 | 127.4 |    .3 |   1.0 |   1.0 |   3.1 |   2.9 |   3.6
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Nonunion........................................| 123.2 | 126.0 | 126.7 |    .4 |    .6 |    .6 |   3.1 |   2.7 |   2.8
       Blue-collar occupations.....................| 121.9 | 124.5 | 125.1 |    .2 |    .5 |    .5 |   3.1 |   2.3 |   2.6
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Goods-producing industries 1/.................| 124.1 | 126.4 | 127.3 |    .4 |    .4 |    .7 |   3.5 |   2.3 |   2.6
     Service-producing industries 2/...............| 122.7 | 125.6 | 126.2 |    .4 |    .6 |    .5 |   2.9 |   2.8 |   2.9
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Manufacturing ................................| 124.8 | 127.3 | 128.3 |    .6 |    .3 |    .8 |   3.5 |   2.7 |   2.8
         Blue-collar occupations...................| 123.5 | 125.7 | 127.0 |    .4 |    .2 |   1.0 |   3.0 |   2.2 |   2.8
     Nonmanufacturing .............................| 122.5 | 125.3 | 126.0 |    .2 |    .6 |    .6 |   2.9 |   2.5 |   2.9
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Workers, by region 5/                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Northeast.......................................| 124.3 | 127.4 | 127.9 |    .2 |    .6 |    .4 |   3.0 |   2.7 |   2.9
   South...........................................| 122.5 | 125.2 | 126.0 |    .6 |    .7 |    .6 |   3.1 |   2.8 |   2.9
   Midwest ........................................| 125.0 | 127.7 | 128.4 |    .3 |    .6 |    .5 |   3.1 |   2.5 |   2.7
   West............................................| 121.7 | 123.9 | 125.1 |    .3 |    .4 |   1.0 |   3.0 |   2.1 |   2.8
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Workers, by area size                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Metropolitan areas..............................| 123.4 | 126.2 | 127.0 |    .4 |    .6 |    .6 |   3.0 |   2.7 |   2.9
   Other areas.....................................| 123.5 | 126.1 | 126.6 |    .2 |    .6 |    .4 |   3.2 |   2.4 |   2.5
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    NOTE:  The indexes for these series are not strictly
           comparable to those for the aggregate,
           occupation, and industry series.  See
           explanatory note.
           See footnotes at end of table 8.
 
Table 5.  WAGES AND SALARIES (NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED): Employment Cost Index for wages and salaries only, civilian
           and state and local government workers, by industry and occupational group
 
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                   |                       |              Percent Changes for
                                                   |        Indexes        |-----------------------------------------------
                       Series                      |    (June 1989=100)    |    3 Months Ended     |    12 Months Ended
                                                   |-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------
                                                   | Dec.  | Sep.  | Dec.  | Dec.  | Sep.  | Dec.  | Dec.  | Sep.  | Dec.
                                                   | 1994  | 1995  | 1995  | 1994  | 1995  | 1995  | 1994  | 1995  | 1995
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Civilian workers .................................| 120.4 | 123.2 | 123.9 |   0.5 |   0.8 |   0.6 |   2.8 |   2.8 |   2.9
         Excluding sales...........................| 120.7 | 123.4 | 124.2 |    .5 |    .8 |    .6 |   3.0 |   2.7 |   2.9
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Workers, by occupational group                |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
       White-collar occupations....................| 121.5 | 124.3 | 125.1 |    .6 |   1.0 |    .6 |   2.9 |   2.9 |   3.0
           Excluding sales.........................| 122.2 | 125.0 | 125.9 |    .6 |   1.0 |    .7 |   2.9 |   2.9 |   3.0
         Professional specialty and technical......| 123.5 | 126.1 | 127.0 |    .6 |   1.1 |    .7 |   2.9 |   2.7 |   2.8
         Executive, administrative, and managerial.| 120.8 | 123.8 | 124.9 |    .5 |    .8 |    .9 |   3.0 |   3.0 |   3.4
         Administrative support, including clerical| 121.6 | 124.3 | 125.3 |    .6 |    .7 |    .8 |   3.1 |   2.8 |   3.0
       Blue-collar occupations.....................| 118.2 | 121.1 | 121.5 |    .3 |    .7 |    .3 |   2.8 |   2.8 |   2.8
       Service occupations.........................| 120.4 | 122.8 | 123.4 |    .8 |    .8 |    .5 |   3.3 |   2.8 |   2.5
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Workers, by industry division                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
       Goods-producing 1/..........................| 119.6 | 122.1 | 122.8 |    .5 |    .6 |    .6 |   2.9 |   2.6 |   2.7
         Manufacturing.............................| 120.8 | 123.5 | 124.3 |    .7 |    .5 |    .6 |   3.0 |   2.9 |   2.9
       Service-producing 2/........................| 120.7 | 123.7 | 124.4 |    .4 |   1.0 |    .6 |   2.7 |   2.9 |   3.1
         Services..................................| 123.5 | 126.2 | 126.9 |    .6 |   1.1 |    .6 |   2.9 |   2.8 |   2.8
           Health services.........................| 125.4 | 127.5 | 128.4 |    .8 |    .7 |    .7 |   2.6 |   2.5 |   2.4
             Hospitals.............................| 124.9 | 126.8 | 127.8 |    .7 |    .6 |    .8 |   2.6 |   2.3 |   2.3
           Educational services....................| 124.3 | 127.8 | 128.5 |    .4 |   2.2 |    .5 |   3.0 |   3.2 |   3.4
         Public administration ....................| 120.6 | 123.2 | 124.2 |    .6 |    .7 |    .8 |   3.4 |   2.8 |   3.0
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
       Nonmanufacturing............................| 120.2 | 123.1 | 123.8 |    .4 |   1.0 |    .6 |   2.7 |   2.8 |   3.0
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   State and local government workers..............| 123.4 | 126.6 | 127.3 |    .5 |   1.6 |    .6 |   3.1 |   3.1 |   3.2
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Workers, by occupational group                |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
       White-collar occupations....................| 123.6 | 126.8 | 127.5 |    .6 |   1.8 |    .6 |   3.1 |   3.2 |   3.2
         Professional specialty and technical......| 124.2 | 127.4 | 128.0 |    .5 |   1.9 |    .5 |   2.9 |   3.1 |   3.1
         Executive, administrative, and managerial.| 122.4 | 126.0 | 127.2 |    .7 |   1.4 |   1.0 |   3.0 |   3.6 |   3.9
         Administrative support, including clerical| 121.7 | 124.4 | 125.1 |    .7 |   1.2 |    .6 |   3.3 |   2.9 |   2.8
       Blue-collar occupations.....................| 122.5 | 124.8 | 125.7 |    .6 |    .8 |    .7 |   2.9 |   2.5 |   2.6
       Service occupations.........................| 123.3 | 126.6 | 127.3 |    .5 |   1.1 |    .6 |   3.7 |   3.2 |   3.2
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Workers, by industry division                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
       Services....................................| 124.2 | 127.6 | 128.2 |    .5 |   2.0 |    .5 |   3.0 |   3.2 |   3.2
           Excluding schools 3/....................| 124.0 | 126.9 | 127.3 |    .6 |   1.1 |    .3 |   3.0 |   3.0 |   2.7
         Health services...........................| 125.3 | 127.9 | 128.5 |    .5 |   1.0 |    .5 |   3.6 |   2.6 |   2.6
           Hospitals...............................| 125.1 | 127.6 | 128.3 |    .7 |   1.0 |    .5 |   3.6 |   2.7 |   2.6
         Educational services......................| 124.2 | 127.7 | 128.3 |    .5 |   2.2 |    .5 |   3.0 |   3.3 |   3.3
           Schools.................................| 124.3 | 127.8 | 128.4 |    .4 |   2.2 |    .5 |   3.0 |   3.2 |   3.3
             Elementary and secondary..............| 124.9 | 128.7 | 129.2 |    .3 |   2.3 |    .4 |   2.7 |   3.4 |   3.4
             Colleges and universities.............| 122.5 | 125.0 | 126.0 |    .8 |   1.7 |    .8 |   4.1 |   2.9 |   2.9
       Public administration ......................| 120.6 | 123.2 | 124.2 |    .6 |    .7 |    .8 |   3.4 |   2.8 |   3.0
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
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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
 
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                   |                       |              Percent Changes for
                                                   |        Indexes        |-----------------------------------------------
                       Series                      |    (June 1989=100)    |    3 Months Ended     |    12 Months Ended
                                                   |-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------
                                                   | Dec.  | Sep.  | Dec.  | Dec.  | Sep.  | Dec.  | Dec.  | Sep.  | Dec.
                                                   | 1994  | 1995  | 1995  | 1994  | 1995  | 1995  | 1994  | 1995  | 1995
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Private industry workers .........................| 119.7 | 122.4 | 123.1 |   0.5 |   0.7 |   0.6 |   2.8 |   2.8 |   2.8
         Excluding sales...........................| 120.0 | 122.6 | 123.4 |    .5 |    .7 |    .7 |   2.9 |   2.7 |   2.8
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     White-collar occupations......................| 120.8 | 123.6 | 124.4 |    .5 |    .7 |    .6 |   2.8 |   2.8 |   3.0
         Excluding sales...........................| 121.7 | 124.3 | 125.4 |    .6 |    .7 |    .9 |   3.0 |   2.7 |   3.0
       Professional specialty and technical........| 123.0 | 125.3 | 126.4 |    .7 |    .7 |    .9 |   2.9 |   2.5 |   2.8
       Executive, administrative, and managerial...| 120.5 | 123.4 | 124.5 |    .4 |    .7 |    .9 |   3.0 |   2.8 |   3.3
       Sales.......................................| 116.7 | 120.5 | 120.2 |    .2 |   1.0 |   -.2 |   1.7 |   3.4 |   3.0
       Administrative support, including clerical..| 121.6 | 124.3 | 125.3 |    .6 |    .6 |    .8 |   3.1 |   2.8 |   3.0
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Blue-collar occupations.......................| 118.0 | 120.8 | 121.3 |    .4 |    .6 |    .4 |   2.8 |   2.8 |   2.8
       Precision production, craft, and repair.....| 117.9 | 121.0 | 121.1 |    .1 |    .9 |    .1 |   2.8 |   2.7 |   2.7
       Machine operators, assemblers,              |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           and inspectors..........................| 118.8 | 121.4 | 122.3 |    .7 |    .4 |    .7 |   2.8 |   2.9 |   2.9
       Transportation and material moving..........| 115.6 | 118.5 | 118.6 |    .3 |    .6 |    .1 |   2.7 |   2.9 |   2.6
       Handlers, equipment cleaners,               |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
          helpers, and laborers....................| 118.9 | 121.5 | 122.8 |    .8 |    .2 |   1.1 |   2.8 |   3.1 |   3.3
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Service occupations...........................| 118.8 | 120.8 | 121.4 |   1.0 |    .7 |    .5 |   3.0 |   2.7 |   2.2
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Production and nonsupervisory                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
        occupations 4/.............................| 119.1 | 121.8 | 122.4 |    .5 |    .7 |    .5 |   2.8 |   2.8 |   2.8
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Goods-producing industries 1/...................| 119.6 | 122.1 | 122.8 |    .6 |    .6 |    .6 |   3.0 |   2.7 |   2.7
         Excluding sales occupations...............| 119.1 | 121.6 | 122.3 |    .6 |    .6 |    .6 |   3.0 |   2.7 |   2.7
       White-collar occupations....................| 122.0 | 124.4 | 125.1 |    .7 |    .5 |    .6 |   3.2 |   2.7 |   2.5
         Excluding sales...........................| 120.8 | 123.2 | 124.1 |    .8 |    .6 |    .7 |   3.4 |   2.8 |   2.7
       Blue-collar occupations.....................| 118.1 | 120.7 | 121.4 |    .5 |    .7 |    .6 |   2.8 |   2.7 |   2.8
       Service occupations.........................| 119.7 | 122.8 | 123.5 |   -.3 |    .7 |    .6 |   2.4 |   2.2 |   3.2
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Construction..................................| 114.7 | 116.8 | 117.2 |    .1 |   1.0 |    .3 |   3.2 |   1.9 |   2.2
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Manufacturing.................................| 120.8 | 123.5 | 124.3 |    .7 |    .5 |    .6 |   3.0 |   2.9 |   2.9
         White-collar occupations..................| 122.7 | 125.3 | 125.9 |    .8 |    .5 |    .5 |   3.3 |   3.0 |   2.6
           Excluding sales.........................| 121.4 | 123.9 | 124.7 |   1.0 |    .6 |    .6 |   3.6 |   3.1 |   2.7
         Blue-collar occupations...................| 119.5 | 122.2 | 123.1 |    .7 |    .5 |    .7 |   2.8 |   2.9 |   3.0
         Service occupations.......................| 120.6 | 123.7 | 124.3 |    .0 |    .7 |    .5 |   2.8 |   2.6 |   3.1
       Durables....................................| 120.8 | 123.6 | 124.2 |    .8 |    .6 |    .5 |   3.1 |   3.2 |   2.8
       Nondurables.................................| 120.8 | 123.3 | 124.4 |    .4 |    .3 |    .9 |   2.8 |   2.5 |   3.0
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                    -----------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 Table 6.  WAGES AND SALARIES (NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED): Employment Cost Index for wages and salaries only, private
           industry workers, by industry and occupational group-Continued
 
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                   |                       |              Percent Changes for
                                                   |        Indexes        |-----------------------------------------------
                       Series                      |    (June 1989=100)    |    3 Months Ended     |    12 Months Ended
                                                   |-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------
                                                   | Dec.  | Sep.  | Dec.  | Dec.  | Sep.  | Dec.  | Dec.  | Sep.  | Dec.
                                                   | 1994  | 1995  | 1995  | 1994  | 1995  | 1995  | 1994  | 1995  | 1995
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Service-producing industries 2/.................| 119.7 | 122.6 | 123.3 |   0.4 |   0.8 |   0.6 |   2.7 |   2.9 |   3.0
         Excluding sales occupations...............| 120.7 | 123.4 | 124.3 |    .4 |    .7 |    .7 |   2.8 |   2.7 |   3.0
       White-collar occupations....................| 120.4 | 123.2 | 124.1 |    .4 |    .7 |    .7 |   2.6 |   2.8 |   3.1
         Excluding sales...........................| 122.1 | 124.7 | 125.8 |    .5 |    .7 |    .9 |   2.9 |   2.6 |   3.0
       Blue-collar occupations.....................| 117.6 | 121.1 | 121.1 |    .1 |    .7 |    .0 |   2.6 |   3.1 |   3.0
       Service occupations.........................| 118.7 | 120.7 | 121.3 |   1.2 |    .8 |    .5 |   3.0 |   2.9 |   2.2
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Transportation and public utilities...........| 119.6 | 122.9 | 123.7 |    .6 |    .7 |    .7 |   3.6 |   3.4 |   3.4
         Transportation............................| 117.5 | 121.0 | 121.6 |    .7 |   1.0 |    .5 |   3.6 |   3.7 |   3.5
         Public utilities..........................| 122.3 | 125.2 | 126.1 |    .7 |    .6 |    .7 |   3.7 |   3.1 |   3.1
           Communications..........................| 122.1 | 125.3 | 126.2 |    .9 |    .6 |    .7 |   4.3 |   3.6 |   3.4
           Electric, gas, and sanitary services....| 122.4 | 125.2 | 125.9 |    .4 |    .6 |    .6 |   3.0 |   2.7 |   2.9
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Wholesale and retail trade....................| 118.4 | 121.6 | 122.1 |    .1 |    .8 |    .4 |   2.6 |   2.8 |   3.1
          Excluding sales occupations..............| 118.8 | 121.9 | 123.2 |    .1 |    .8 |   1.1 |   2.3 |   2.7 |   3.7
       Wholesale trade.............................| 119.9 | 123.9 | 125.1 |    .8 |   1.0 |   1.0 |   3.0 |   4.2 |   4.3
          Excluding sales occupations..............| 120.2 | 123.7 | 125.6 |    .5 |    .7 |   1.5 |   2.3 |   3.4 |   4.5
       Retail trade................................| 117.8 | 120.5 | 120.6 |   -.2 |    .8 |    .1 |   2.4 |   2.1 |   2.4
         General merchandise stores................| 117.5 | 119.0 | 120.0 |    .9 |    .3 |    .8 |   2.2 |   2.1 |   2.1
         Food stores...............................| 117.3 | 118.6 | 119.0 |   -.1 |    .9 |    .3 |   1.2 |   1.0 |   1.4
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Finance, insurance, and real estate...........| 114.2 | 118.0 | 118.8 |    .4 |    .9 |    .7 |   1.2 |   3.7 |   4.0
         Excluding sales occupations...............| 117.4 | 121.1 | 121.7 |    .2 |    .7 |    .5 |   2.4 |   3.3 |   3.7
       Banking, savings and loan, and other        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
          credit agencies..........................| 116.2 | 120.4 | 121.2 |   -.3 |    .6 |    .7 |   1.5 |   3.3 |   4.3
       Insurance...................................| 118.6 | 121.1 | 122.2 |    .8 |    .2 |    .9 |   1.7 |   2.9 |   3.0
         Excluding sales occupations...............| 122.7 | 125.7 | 126.3 |    .3 |    .4 |    .5 |   2.9 |   2.8 |   2.9
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Services......................................| 123.0 | 125.3 | 126.1 |    .7 |    .7 |    .6 |   2.8 |   2.5 |   2.5
       Business services...........................| 120.4 | 123.6 | 124.3 |    .4 |    .6 |    .6 |   4.1 |   3.1 |   3.2
       Health services.............................| 125.4 | 127.5 | 128.4 |    .9 |    .6 |    .7 |   2.3 |   2.6 |   2.4
         Hospitals.................................| 124.8 | 126.6 | 127.7 |    .7 |    .6 |    .9 |   2.3 |   2.2 |   2.3
         Nursing homes.............................|   -   |   -   |   -   |    .6 |    .5 |   1.0 |   3.6 |   3.0 |   3.4
       Educational services........................| 125.1 | 128.6 | 129.3 |    .2 |   2.1 |    .5 |   3.5 |   3.0 |   3.4
         Colleges and universities.................| 124.9 | 129.0 | 130.1 |    .3 |   2.5 |    .9 |   2.7 |   3.6 |   4.2
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Nonmanufacturing industries.......................| 119.1 | 121.9 | 122.6 |    .3 |    .8 |    .6 |   2.7 |   2.7 |   2.9
     White-collar occupations......................| 120.2 | 123.1 | 123.9 |    .4 |    .8 |    .6 |   2.6 |   2.8 |   3.1
        Excluding sales............................| 121.8 | 124.4 | 125.5 |    .4 |    .7 |    .9 |   2.8 |   2.6 |   3.0
     Blue-collar occupations.......................| 116.4 | 119.4 | 119.5 |    .0 |    .8 |    .1 |   2.6 |   2.6 |   2.7
     Service occupations...........................| 118.6 | 120.6 | 121.2 |   1.1 |    .7 |    .5 |   3.0 |   2.8 |   2.2
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    -  Data not available.
    NOTE:  See footnotes at end of table 8.
 
Table 7.  WAGES AND SALARIES (NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED): Employment Cost Index for wages and salaries only, private
           industry workers, by bargaining status, region, and area size
 
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                   |                       |              Percent Changes for
                                                   |        Indexes        |-----------------------------------------------
                       Series                      |    (June 1989=100)    |    3 Months Ended     |    12 Months Ended
                                                   |-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------
                                                   | Dec.  | Sep.  | Dec.  | Dec.  | Sep.  | Dec.  | Dec.  | Sep.  | Dec.
                                                   | 1994  | 1995  | 1995  | 1994  | 1995  | 1995  | 1994  | 1995  | 1995
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Workers, by bargaining status                     |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Union...........................................| 119.1 | 121.5 | 122.2 |   0.4 |   0.7 |   0.6 |   2.9 |   2.4 |   2.6
       Blue-collar occupations.....................| 117.6 | 120.0 | 120.4 |    .3 |    .8 |    .3 |   2.7 |   2.3 |   2.4
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Goods-producing industries 1/.................| 117.9 | 120.2 | 120.5 |    .3 |    .8 |    .2 |   2.7 |   2.3 |   2.2
     Service-producing industries 2/...............| 120.6 | 123.2 | 124.3 |    .4 |    .7 |    .9 |   3.3 |   2.6 |   3.1
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Manufacturing.................................| 119.2 | 121.3 | 121.9 |    .6 |    .7 |    .5 |   2.8 |   2.4 |   2.3
         Blue-collar occupations...................| 118.9 | 121.0 | 121.6 |    .5 |    .7 |    .5 |   2.8 |   2.3 |   2.3
     Nonmanufacturing..............................| 119.0 | 121.6 | 122.3 |    .3 |    .8 |    .6 |   3.0 |   2.5 |   2.8
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Nonunion........................................| 119.8 | 122.6 | 123.3 |    .5 |    .7 |    .6 |   2.7 |   2.9 |   2.9
       Blue-collar occupations.....................| 118.3 | 121.4 | 121.9 |    .5 |    .6 |    .4 |   2.9 |   3.1 |   3.0
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Goods-producing industries 1/.................| 120.3 | 122.9 | 123.7 |    .7 |    .6 |    .7 |   3.1 |   2.8 |   2.8
     Service-producing industries 2/...............| 119.5 | 122.4 | 123.1 |    .4 |    .7 |    .6 |   2.5 |   2.9 |   3.0
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Manufacturing ................................| 121.5 | 124.3 | 125.1 |    .8 |    .4 |    .6 |   3.1 |   3.2 |   3.0
         Blue-collar occupations...................| 120.0 | 123.1 | 124.2 |    .8 |    .4 |    .9 |   2.8 |   3.4 |   3.5
     Nonmanufacturing .............................| 119.1 | 121.9 | 122.6 |    .3 |    .7 |    .6 |   2.6 |   2.7 |   2.9
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Workers, by region 5/                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Northeast.......................................| 120.2 | 123.1 | 123.6 |    .2 |    .8 |    .4 |   2.5 |   2.6 |   2.8
   South...........................................| 119.1 | 121.8 | 122.5 |    .5 |    .8 |    .6 |   2.7 |   2.8 |   2.9
   Midwest ........................................| 120.1 | 123.0 | 123.5 |    .5 |    .7 |    .4 |   3.1 |   2.9 |   2.8
   West............................................| 119.0 | 121.4 | 122.7 |    .8 |    .4 |   1.1 |   2.9 |   2.8 |   3.1
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Workers, by area size                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Metropolitan areas..............................| 119.7 | 122.4 | 123.2 |    .5 |    .7 |    .7 |   2.7 |   2.8 |   2.9
   Other areas.....................................| 119.0 | 122.1 | 122.4 |    .3 |    .7 |    .2 |   2.8 |   3.0 |   2.9
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    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.
                                                   | 1994  | 1995  | 1995  | 1994  | 1995  | 1995  | 1994  | 1995  | 1995
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Civilian workers..................................| 132.5 | 135.2 | 136.2 |   0.2 |   0.5 |   0.7 |   3.4 |   2.2 |   2.8
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   State and local government workers..............| 130.5 | 133.6 | 134.4 |    .2 |   1.1 |    .6 |   2.8 |   2.5 |   3.0
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Private industry workers........................| 133.0 | 135.6 | 136.6 |    .2 |    .4 |    .7 |   3.7 |   2.1 |   2.7
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Workers, by occupational group                |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
       White-collar occupations....................| 133.3 | 136.6 | 137.5 |    .4 |    .4 |    .7 |   4.5 |   2.9 |   3.2
       Blue-collar occupations.....................| 132.5 | 134.1 | 135.2 |   -.2 |    .4 |    .8 |   2.8 |   1.1 |   2.0
       Service occupations.........................| 134.7 | 135.7 | 136.5 |    .4 |    .1 |    .6 |   2.4 |   1.1 |   1.3
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Workers, by industry division                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
       Goods-producing industries 1/...............| 134.8 | 136.2 | 137.5 |    .0 |    .2 |   1.0 |   3.5 |   1.0 |   2.0
       Service-producing industries 2/.............| 131.5 | 134.8 | 135.6 |    .2 |    .5 |    .6 |   3.8 |   2.7 |   3.1
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
       Manufacturing ..............................| 134.3 | 135.5 | 137.0 |    .3 |    .2 |   1.1 |   3.3 |   1.2 |   2.0
       Nonmanufacturing............................| 132.3 | 135.4 | 136.2 |    .1 |    .5 |    .6 |   3.8 |   2.4 |   2.9
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Workers, by bargaining status                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
       Union workers...............................| 133.7 | 136.6 | 138.5 |    .3 |    .8 |   1.4 |   2.4 |   2.5 |   3.6
       Nonunion workers............................| 132.7 | 135.2 | 135.9 |    .1 |    .3 |    .5 |   4.2 |   2.0 |   2.4
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
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    1/  Includes mining, construction, and manufacturing.
    2/  Includes transportation, public utilities, trade,
        finance, insurance, real estate, services,
        and, where applicable, public administration in
        State and local governments.
    3/  Formerly called 'Hospitals and other services.'
    4/  This series has the same industry and occupational
 coverage as the Hourly Earnings Index, which was
 discontinued in January 1989
    NOTE:  The indexes for these series are not strictly
           comparable to those for the aggregate,
           occupation, and industry series.  See
           explanatory note.
 
Table 9.  AEROSPACE (NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED): Employment Cost Index for workers in aerospace manufacturing, by
            industry and occupation 1/
 
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                                                   |                       |              Percent Changes for
                                                   |        Indexes        |-----------------------------------------------
                       Series                      |    (June 1989=100)    |    3 Months Ended     |    12 Months Ended
                                                   |-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------
                                                   | Dec.  | Sep.  | Dec.  | Dec.  | Sep.  | Dec.  | Dec.  | Sep.  | Dec.
                                                   | 1994  | 1995  | 1995  | 1994  | 1995  | 1995  | 1994  | 1995  | 1995
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                                                   |                             COMPENSATION
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                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Aircraft manufacturing (SIC 3721).................| 129.2 | 131.5 | 133.9 |   0.4 |   0.4 |   1.8 |   3.2 |   2.2 |   3.6
     White-collar occupations......................| 125.3 | 127.8 | 128.9 |    .0 |    .5 |    .9 |   2.9 |   2.0 |   2.9
     Blue-collar occupations.......................| 134.2 | 136.3 | 140.9 |    .8 |    .1 |   3.4 |   3.4 |   2.3 |   5.0
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
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                                                   |                          WAGES AND SALARIES
                                                    -----------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Aircraft manufacturing (SIC 3721).................| 124.8 | 127.4 | 128.0 |   0.6 |   0.7 |   0.5 |   2.6 |   2.7 |   2.6
     White-collar occupations......................| 120.2 | 122.7 | 123.1 |    .3 |    .9 |    .3 |   2.5 |   2.4 |   2.4
     Blue-collar occupations.......................| 131.7 | 134.1 | 135.1 |   1.2 |    .4 |    .7 |   3.0 |   3.0 |   2.6
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                                                   |                             BENEFIT COSTS
                                                    -----------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Aircraft manufacturing (SIC 3721).................| 138.4 | 140.5 | 146.6 |  -0.2 |  -0.2 |   4.3 |   4.0 |   1.3 |   5.9
     White-collar occupations......................| 137.3 | 139.9 | 142.5 |   -.5 |   -.2 |   1.9 |   3.6 |   1.4 |   3.8
     Blue-collar occupations.......................| 139.2 | 140.6 | 151.9 |    .1 |   -.2 |   8.0 |   4.3 |   1.2 |   9.1
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
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    1/  Funds for the development and maintenance of these
 series are provided by the Aerospace Industries
 Association (AIA).  The series are published in this
 release for the convenience of all users.
    NOTE:  SIC refers to the 1987 Standard Industrial
 Classification System code as defined by the U.S. Office
 of Management and Budget.