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Table 1.  SEASONALLY ADJUSTED COMPENSATION: Employment Cost Index for total compensation, by industry and occupational
Table 1.  SEASONALLY ADJUSTED COMPENSATION: Employment Cost Index for total compensation, 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--March 1994
 
     The Employment Cost Index (ECI) increased 0.9 percent before seasonal
adjustment in the 3 months ended March 1994, the U.S. Department of Labor's
Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.  The March 1994 level of 121.3 (June
1989=100) was 3.2 percent higher than in March 1993.  The ECI measures changes
in compensation costs, including wages, salaries, and employer costs for
employee benefits.
 
Quarterly changes, seasonally adjusted
 
     On a seasonally adjusted basis, ECI compensation costs rose 0.7 percent in
the December 1993-March 1994 period, about the same as the 0.8 percent increase
in September-December 1993.  These cost increases have, however, declined
fairly steadily since December 1992.  ECI wages and salaries also rose 0.7
percent in December 1993-March 1994, the same as in the September-December 1993
period.  Benefit cost increases in December 1993-March 1994 were about the same
as in the preceding period (0.9 percent and 1.0 percent, respectively).  (See
Table A.)
 
Table A.  Percent changes in Employment Cost Index for civilian workers
 
                             Seasonally adjusted                  Unadjusted
 Compensation                   3-months ended                    12-months
  component               1992            1993            1994      ended
                      June Sep. Dec. Mar. June Sep. Dec.  Mar.    March 1994
 
Compensation costs... 0.8  0.8  1.0  0.9  0.9  0.8  0.8    0.7       3.2
 
  Wages and salaries. 0.6  0.4  0.8  0.8  0.7  0.8  0.7    0.7       2.9
 
  Benefits costs..... 1.2  1.5  1.3  1.3  1.3  0.9  1.0    0.9       4.1
 
 
     For private industry workers, both wage and salary and benefit cost
increases slowed.  Wages and salaries rose 0.5 percent in the December 1993-
March 1994 period, down from 0.8 percent in September-December 1993.  Benefit
cost gains were 0.9 percent and 1.1 percent in the corresponding periods.  (See
table 1.)
 
     For state and local government workers, wage and salary increases were
higher in December 1993-March 1994 than in the preceding period (0.8 percent,
up from 0.6 percent), while benefit cost gains were about the same in the two
periods (0.7 percent and 0.8 percent, respectively).
 
 
Over-the-year changes, unadjusted
 
     Compensation costs (not seasonally adjusted) increased 3.2 percent for the
year ended March 1994, down from the 3.5 percent gain for the year ended
December 1993.  This pattern held for private industry workers (3.3 percent,
down from 3.6 percent) but not for state and local government workers (2.8
percent in both periods).  (See tables 2 and 3.)
 
     For private industry workers, both wage and salary and benefit cost
increases slowed.  Wages and salaries rose 2.9 percent, down from 3.1 percent
in the December 1992-93 period.  Benefit cost increases slowed to 4.4 percent
from 5.0 percent.  The moderation in benefit cost gains reflected a continuing
slowdown in the rate of increase in insurance costs for health and for workers'
compensation (which still are rising more rapidly than other benefit costs) and
in paid leave and supplemental unemployment benefits costs; smaller increases
for these benefits more than offset an acceleration in the costs for
nonproduction bonuses and payments into pension funds.
 
     For the year ended in March 1994, compensation cost increases in private
industry were higher for service-producing than for goods-producing industries
(3.4 percent compared with 3.2 percent).  Compensation cost gains in goods-
producing industries were all in the 3.2 - 3.3 percent range.  Within the
service-producing industries, compensation cost increases varied from 1.1
percent in general merchandise stores to 4.9 percent in the insurance industry.
 
     Over the year, compensation cost increases in private industry were higher
for white-collar occupations (3.5 percent) than for blue-collar occupations
(3.2 percent) or service occupations (2.9 percent).  White-collar gains ranged
from 3.3 percent for executive, administrative, and managerial occupations to
3.8 percent for sales occupations.  Blue-collar compensation cost increases
ranged from 2.9 percent for handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
to 4.0 percent for transportation and material moving occupations.
 
     Compensation cost gains over the year ended March 1994 were higher for
union (3.5 percent) than for nonunion workers (3.3 percent).  This pattern held
for service-producing industries but not for goods-producing industries, where
both union and nonunion workers showed the same 3.2 percent increase.
 
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Table 1.  SEASONALLY ADJUSTED COMPENSATION: Employment Cost Index for total compensation, by industry and occupational
          group
 
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                                            | Indexes (June |              Percent changes for 3-months ended
                                            |  1989=100)    |---------------------------------------------------------------
                   Series                   |---------------| June  | Sep.  | Dec.  | Mar.  | June  | Sep.  | Dec.  | Mar.
                                            | Dec.  | Mar.  | 1992  | 1992  | 1992  | 1993  | 1993  | 1993  | 1993  | 1994
                                            | 1993  | 1994  |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
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                                                                   COMPENSATION
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                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
Civilian workers............................| 120.2 | 121.0 |  0.8  |  0.8  |  1.0  |  0.9  |  0.9  |  0.8  |  0.8  |  0.7
                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
  State and local government................| 121.6 | 122.6 |  1.1  |   .8  |   .9  |   .7  |   .8  |   .5  |   .7  |   .8
                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
  Private industry workers..................| 119.9 | 120.7 |   .8  |   .8  |   .9  |  1.0  |   .9  |   .8  |   .8  |   .7
    White-collar occupations ...............| 120.4 | 121.4 |   .7  |   .8  |  1.0  |  1.0  |   .9  |   .9  |   .8  |   .8
    Blue-collar occupations ................| 119.6 | 120.2 |   .8  |   .9  |   .9  |  1.0  |   .9  |   .9  |   .8  |   .5
    Service occupations.....................| 119.6 | 120.6 |   .6  |  1.0  |   .6  |  1.0  |   .8  |   .6  |   .7  |   .8
                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
    Goods-producing industries 1/...........| 120.7 | 121.5 |   .7  |  1.0  |  1.0  |  1.2  |   .9  |   .8  |   .8  |   .7
      Construction .........................| 116.7 | 118.7 |   .8  |  1.2  |  1.0  |   .9  |   .8  |   .6  |   .1  |  1.7
      Manufacturing.........................| 121.7 | 122.1 |   .9  |   .9  |  1.0  |  1.2  |  1.1  |   .8  |   .9  |   .3
        Durables............................| 122.4 | 122.5 |   .9  |  1.0  |  1.0  |  1.3  |  1.1  |  1.0  |  1.1  |   .1
        Nondurables.........................| 120.6 | 121.5 |   .7  |   .9  |  1.0  |   .9  |   .9  |   .8  |   .7  |   .7
                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
    Service-producing industries 2/.........| 119.4 | 120.2 |   .7  |   .7  |   .9  |   .8  |   .9  |   .9  |   .9  |   .7
      Transportation and public utilities...| 117.8 | 119.2 |   .5  |  1.0  |   .9  |   .9  |   .9  |   .8  |   .9  |  1.2
      Wholesale trade.......................| 118.0 | 117.9 |   .5  |   .1  |  1.1  |   .6  |   .7  |   .5  |  1.1  |  -.1
      Retail trade..........................| 117.0 | 117.7 |   .7  |   .8  |   .8  |  1.0  |   .5  |   .7  |   .8  |   .6
      Finance, insurance, and real estate 3/| 116.4 | 117.7 |  -.8  |   .3  |   .2  |  1.2  |   .4  |  2.3  |   .6  |  1.1
      Services..............................| 123.1 | 124.3 |  1.2  |   .9  |  1.1  |   .9  |   .9  |   .9  |   .7  |  1.0
                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
    Nonmanufacturing industries ............| 119.2 | 120.2 |   .8  |   .7  |   .9  |   .8  |   .9  |   .9  |   .8  |   .8
                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
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                                                                WAGES AND SALARIES
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Civilian workers............................| 117.0 | 117.8 |  0.6  |  0.4  |  0.8  |  0.8  |  0.7  |  0.8  |  0.7  |  0.7
                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
  State and local government................| 119.5 | 120.4 |  1.0  |   .4  |   .9  |   .7  |   .8  |   .6  |   .6  |   .8
                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
  Private industry workers..................| 116.5 | 117.1 |   .6  |   .4  |   .8  |   .8  |   .6  |   .9  |   .8  |   .5
    White-collar occupations ...............| 117.6 | 118.2 |   .5  |   .4  |   .9  |   .8  |   .7  |  1.0  |   .9  |   .5
    Blue-collar occupations 3/..............| 114.8 | 115.6 |   .6  |   .6  |   .5  |   .8  |   .6  |   .8  |   .6  |   .7
    Service occupations.....................| 115.3 | 116.4 |   .4  |   .6  |   .4  |   .6  |   .5  |   .5  |   .4  |  1.0
                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
    Goods-producing industries 1/3/.........| 116.1 | 116.9 |   .6  |   .6  |   .6  |   .9  |   .6  |   .7  |   .7  |   .7
      Construction .........................| 111.2 | 112.4 |   .4  |   .6  |   .5  |   .6  |   .5  |   .7  |   .1  |  1.1
      Manufacturing 3/......................| 117.3 | 118.0 |   .6  |   .6  |   .7  |   .9  |   .7  |   .7  |   .9  |   .6
        Durables 3/.........................| 117.2 | 117.8 |   .5  |   .8  |   .6  |   .9  |   .6  |   .7  |  1.1  |   .5
        Nondurables ........................| 117.7 | 118.2 |   .9  |   .5  |  1.1  |   .8  |   .7  |   .7  |   .6  |   .4
Table 1.  SEASONALLY ADJUSTED COMPENSATION: Employment Cost Index for total compensation, by industry and occupational
          group--Continued
 
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                                            | Indexes (June |              Percent changes for 3-months ended
                                            |  1989=100)    |---------------------------------------------------------------
                   Series                   |---------------| June  | Sep.  | Dec.  | Mar.  | June  | Sep.  | Dec.  | Mar.
                                            | Dec.  | Mar.  | 1992  | 1992  | 1992  | 1993  | 1993  | 1993  | 1993  | 1994
                                            | 1993  | 1994  |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
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                                                                WAGES AND SALARIES
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                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
    Service-producing industries 2/.........| 116.7 | 117.3 |   .5  |   .4  |   .9  |   .7  |   .7  |  1.0  |   .8  |   .5
      Transportation and public utilities...| 115.6 | 116.4 |   .7  |   .5  |   .8  |   .8  |   .9  |   .7  |   .8  |   .7
      Wholesale trade.......................| 116.4 | 116.4 |   .5  |  -.2  |  1.3  |   .5  |   .6  |   .3  |  1.0  |   .0
      Retail trade..........................| 115.2 | 115.5 |   .6  |   .7  |   .8  |   .8  |   .5  |   .7  |   .8  |   .3
      Finance, insurance, and real estate 3/| 112.9 | 113.7 | -1.2  |   .0  |   .1  |   .9  |   .0  |  2.7  |   .5  |   .7
      Services..............................| 119.6 | 120.7 |  1.1  |   .6  |  1.0  |   .7  |   .9  |   .7  |   .8  |   .9
                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
    Nonmanufacturing industries ............| 116.1 | 116.8 |   .5  |   .4  |   .8  |   .6  |   .7  |  1.0  |   .7  |   .6
                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
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                                                                   BENEFIT COSTS
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                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
Civilian workers ...........................| 128.6 | 129.7 |  1.2  |  1.5  |  1.3  |  1.3  |  1.3  |  0.9  |  1.0  |  0.9
                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
  State and local government ...............| 126.8 | 127.7 |  1.5  |  1.5  |  1.1  |   .6  |  1.0  |   .4  |   .8  |   .7
                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
  Private industry workers..................| 129.1 | 130.2 |  1.1  |  1.5  |  1.3  |  1.5  |  1.4  |  1.0  |  1.1  |   .9
    White-collar occupations................| 128.1 | 130.1 |  1.0  |  1.5  |  1.2  |  1.5  |  1.1  |   .9  |  1.0  |  1.6
    Blue-collar occupations ................| 129.7 | 130.0 |  1.0  |  1.3  |  1.6  |  1.7  |  1.5  |  1.0  |  1.1  |   .2
    Service occupations.....................| 132.0 | 132.6 |  1.5  |  1.8  |  1.1  |  1.8  |  1.3  |  1.1  |  1.1  |   .5
                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
    Goods-producing industries 1/...........| 131.3 | 132.0 |  1.1  |  1.6  |  1.6  |  1.9  |  1.6  |  1.0  |  1.0  |   .5
      Manufacturing.........................| 131.1 | 131.2 |  1.0  |  1.4  |  1.8  |  1.9  |  1.8  |  1.1  |  1.1  |   .1
                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
    Service-producing industries 2/.........| 127.2 | 128.6 |  1.1  |  1.4  |  1.1  |  1.2  |  1.1  |  1.0  |  1.2  |  1.1
                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
    Nonmanufacturing industries.............| 127.9 | 129.6 |  1.1  |  1.5  |  1.2  |  1.1  |  1.1  |  1.0  |  1.1  |  1.3
                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
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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
                                                    -----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------
                                                   | Mar.  | Dec.  | Mar.  | Mar.  | Dec.  | Mar.  | Mar.  | Dec.  | Mar.
                                                   | 1993  | 1993  | 1994  | 1993  | 1993  | 1994  | 1993  | 1993  | 1994
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Civilian workers .................................| 117.5 | 120.2 | 121.3 |   1.2 |   0.6 |   0.9 |   3.5 |   3.5 |   3.2
         Excluding sales...........................| 117.9 | 120.5 | 121.6 |   1.3 |    .6 |    .9 |   3.8 |   3.5 |   3.1
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Workers, by occupational group                |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
       White-collar occupations....................| 117.9 | 120.6 | 121.8 |   1.1 |    .6 |   1.0 |   3.5 |   3.4 |   3.3
           Excluding sales.........................| 118.6 | 121.2 | 122.4 |   1.2 |    .6 |   1.0 |   3.9 |   3.4 |   3.2
         Professional specialty and technical......| 120.1 | 122.5 | 123.7 |    .8 |    .4 |   1.0 |   4.1 |   2.9 |   3.0
         Executive, administrative, and managerial.| 116.9 | 119.4 | 120.6 |   1.7 |    .7 |   1.0 |   3.5 |   3.8 |   3.2
         Administrative support, including clerical| 118.3 | 121.3 | 122.6 |   1.3 |    .7 |   1.1 |   3.9 |   3.9 |   3.6
       Blue-collar occupations.....................| 116.7 | 119.4 | 120.4 |   1.3 |    .5 |    .8 |   3.6 |   3.6 |   3.2
       Service occupations.........................| 117.9 | 120.5 | 121.6 |   1.0 |    .5 |    .9 |   3.3 |   3.3 |   3.1
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Workers, by industry division                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
       Goods-producing 1/..........................| 118.0 | 120.6 | 121.9 |   1.5 |    .5 |   1.1 |   4.0 |   3.8 |   3.3
         Manufacturing.............................| 118.6 | 121.3 | 122.5 |   1.8 |    .6 |   1.0 |   4.0 |   4.1 |   3.3
       Service-producing 2/........................| 117.2 | 120.0 | 121.0 |    .9 |    .6 |    .8 |   3.3 |   3.3 |   3.2
         Services..................................| 120.1 | 122.9 | 123.8 |    .8 |    .6 |    .7 |   4.0 |   3.1 |   3.1
           Health services.........................| 122.3 | 125.4 | 126.1 |    .8 |    .8 |    .6 |   4.1 |   3.4 |   3.1
             Hospitals.............................| 122.0 | 125.0 | 125.9 |    .8 |    .9 |    .7 |   4.0 |   3.3 |   3.2
           Educational services....................| 120.1 | 122.9 | 123.2 |    .3 |    .2 |    .2 |   3.8 |   2.7 |   2.6
         Public administration ....................| 117.6 | 120.0 | 121.5 |   1.1 |    .6 |   1.3 |   3.2 |   3.2 |   3.3
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
       Nonmanufacturing............................| 117.1 | 119.8 | 120.9 |    .9 |    .5 |    .9 |   3.4 |   3.3 |   3.2
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   State and local government workers..............| 119.3 | 121.9 | 122.6 |    .6 |    .4 |    .6 |   3.6 |   2.8 |   2.8
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Workers, by occupational group                |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
       White-collar occupations....................| 119.5 | 121.9 | 122.6 |    .5 |    .3 |    .6 |   3.6 |   2.5 |   2.6
         Professional specialty and technical......| 119.6 | 122.0 | 122.5 |    .3 |    .2 |    .4 |   3.5 |   2.3 |   2.4
         Executive, administrative, and managerial.| 119.0 | 121.6 | 122.8 |   1.0 |    .5 |   1.0 |   3.5 |   3.2 |   3.2
         Administrative support, including clerical| 119.2 | 121.6 | 122.7 |    .6 |    .5 |    .9 |   3.3 |   2.6 |   2.9
       Blue-collar occupations.....................| 118.3 | 121.4 | 122.3 |    .4 |    .7 |    .7 |   3.6 |   3.1 |   3.4
       Service occupations.........................| 119.1 | 122.1 | 123.1 |    .9 |    .6 |    .8 |   3.6 |   3.5 |   3.4
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Workers, by industry division                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
       Services....................................| 120.0 | 122.6 | 123.1 |    .3 |    .3 |    .4 |   3.6 |   2.5 |   2.6
           Excluding schools 3/....................| 119.6 | 121.9 | 122.8 |    .8 |    .4 |    .7 |   3.9 |   2.8 |   2.7
         Health services...........................| 120.2 | 123.1 | 124.2 |    .7 |    .7 |    .9 |   3.7 |   3.1 |   3.3
           Hospitals...............................| 120.0 | 123.3 | 123.7 |    .5 |   1.1 |    .3 |   3.5 |   3.3 |   3.1
         Educational services......................| 120.0 | 122.7 | 122.9 |    .3 |    .3 |    .2 |   3.7 |   2.5 |   2.4
           Schools.................................| 120.2 | 122.9 | 123.2 |    .3 |    .3 |    .2 |   3.6 |   2.5 |   2.5
             Elementary and secondary..............| 120.7 | 123.6 | 123.7 |    .0 |    .5 |    .1 |   3.5 |   2.4 |   2.5
             Colleges and universities.............| 118.4 | 120.7 | 121.5 |   1.0 |   -.1 |    .7 |   3.9 |   3.0 |   2.6
       Public administration ......................| 117.6 | 120.0 | 121.5 |   1.1 |    .6 |   1.3 |   3.2 |   3.2 |   3.3
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
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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
                                                    -----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------
                                                   | Mar.  | Dec.  | Mar.  | Mar.  | Dec.  | Mar.  | Mar.  | Dec.  | Mar.
                                                   | 1993  | 1993  | 1994  | 1993  | 1993  | 1994  | 1993  | 1993  | 1994
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Private industry workers .........................| 117.1 | 119.8 | 121.0 |   1.3 |   0.6 |   1.0 |   3.5 |   3.6 |   3.3
         Excluding sales...........................| 117.5 | 120.2 | 121.4 |   1.4 |    .6 |   1.0 |   3.7 |   3.7 |   3.3
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     White-collar occupations......................| 117.4 | 120.2 | 121.5 |   1.3 |    .7 |   1.1 |   3.5 |   3.7 |   3.5
         Excluding sales...........................| 118.3 | 121.0 | 122.4 |   1.5 |    .7 |   1.2 |   4.0 |   3.8 |   3.5
       Professional specialty and technical........| 120.4 | 122.9 | 124.6 |   1.2 |    .6 |   1.4 |   4.4 |   3.3 |   3.5
       Executive, administrative, and managerial...| 116.5 | 118.9 | 120.3 |   1.7 |    .7 |   1.2 |   3.4 |   3.8 |   3.3
       Sales.......................................| 112.9 | 116.5 | 117.2 |    .3 |    .8 |    .6 |   1.2 |   3.5 |   3.8
       Administrative support, including clerical..| 118.1 | 121.2 | 122.5 |   1.5 |    .7 |   1.1 |   4.0 |   4.1 |   3.7
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Blue-collar occupations.......................| 116.6 | 119.3 | 120.3 |   1.4 |    .5 |    .8 |   3.6 |   3.7 |   3.2
       Precision production, craft, and repair.....| 116.6 | 118.9 | 120.2 |   1.4 |    .2 |   1.1 |   3.9 |   3.4 |   3.1
       Machine operators, assemblers,              |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           and inspectors..........................| 117.8 | 120.8 | 121.3 |   1.7 |    .7 |    .4 |   3.4 |   4.3 |   3.0
       Transportation and material moving..........| 113.9 | 117.0 | 118.5 |    .8 |    .9 |   1.3 |   3.2 |   3.5 |   4.0
       Handlers, equipment cleaners,               |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
          helpers, and laborers....................| 116.8 | 119.1 | 120.2 |   1.3 |    .6 |    .9 |   3.7 |   3.3 |   2.9
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Service occupations...........................| 117.2 | 119.5 | 120.6 |   1.1 |    .5 |    .9 |   3.3 |   3.1 |   2.9
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Production and nonsupervisory                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
        occupations 4/.............................| 116.9 | 119.7 | 120.7 |   1.2 |    .6 |    .8 |   3.5 |   3.6 |   3.3
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Goods-producing industries 1/...................| 118.0 | 120.6 | 121.8 |   1.6 |    .6 |   1.0 |   4.0 |   3.9 |   3.2
         Excluding sales occupations...............| 117.8 | 120.1 | 121.4 |   1.6 |    .4 |   1.1 |   3.9 |   3.6 |   3.1
       White-collar occupations....................| 118.6 | 121.1 | 123.0 |   1.6 |    .5 |   1.6 |   4.4 |   3.8 |   3.7
         Excluding sales...........................| 118.1 | 119.9 | 121.9 |   1.6 |    .2 |   1.7 |   4.3 |   3.2 |   3.2
       Blue-collar occupations.....................| 117.6 | 120.2 | 121.1 |   1.6 |    .5 |    .7 |   3.7 |   3.8 |   3.0
       Service occupations.........................| 120.0 | 122.4 | 123.5 |   2.1 |    .7 |    .9 |   5.4 |   4.2 |   2.9
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Construction..................................| 114.9 | 116.5 | 118.6 |   1.0 |   -.3 |   1.8 |   3.9 |   2.4 |   3.2
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Manufacturing.................................| 118.6 | 121.3 | 122.5 |   1.8 |    .6 |   1.0 |   4.0 |   4.1 |   3.3
         White-collar occupations..................| 118.7 | 121.3 | 122.7 |   1.8 |    .7 |   1.2 |   4.5 |   4.0 |   3.4
           Excluding sales.........................| 118.0 | 119.9 | 121.3 |   1.8 |    .3 |   1.2 |   4.4 |   3.5 |   2.8
         Blue-collar occupations...................| 118.5 | 121.3 | 122.3 |   1.8 |    .7 |    .8 |   3.8 |   4.2 |   3.2
         Service occupations.......................| 120.3 | 122.7 | 123.8 |   2.3 |    .8 |    .9 |   5.6 |   4.3 |   2.9
       Durables....................................| 119.0 | 121.9 | 122.9 |   2.0 |    .7 |    .8 |   4.3 |   4.5 |   3.3
       Nondurables.................................| 117.9 | 120.3 | 121.7 |   1.4 |    .5 |   1.2 |   3.6 |   3.4 |   3.2
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                    -----------------------------------------------------------------------
 
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
                                                    -----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------
                                                   | Mar.  | Dec.  | Mar.  | Mar.  | Dec.  | Mar.  | Mar.  | Dec.  | Mar.
                                                   | 1993  | 1993  | 1994  | 1993  | 1993  | 1994  | 1993  | 1993  | 1994
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Service-producing industries 2/.................| 116.4 | 119.3 | 120.4 |   1.0 |   0.7 |   0.9 |   3.2 |   3.6 |   3.4
         Excluding sales occupations...............| 117.3 | 120.2 | 121.4 |   1.2 |    .8 |   1.0 |   3.6 |   3.7 |   3.5
       White-collar occupations....................| 116.9 | 119.8 | 121.0 |   1.0 |    .7 |   1.0 |   3.1 |   3.5 |   3.5
         Excluding sales...........................| 118.4 | 121.4 | 122.7 |   1.4 |    .8 |   1.1 |   3.8 |   3.9 |   3.6
       Blue-collar occupations.....................| 114.3 | 117.2 | 118.4 |   1.0 |    .5 |   1.0 |   3.5 |   3.5 |   3.6
       Service occupations.........................| 116.8 | 119.1 | 120.2 |   1.0 |    .4 |    .9 |   3.0 |   2.9 |   2.9
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Transportation and public utilities...........| 114.8 | 117.5 | 119.2 |   1.1 |    .6 |   1.4 |   3.3 |   3.5 |   3.8
         Transportation............................| 112.8 | 115.7 | 117.1 |    .9 |    .8 |   1.2 |   2.6 |   3.5 |   3.8
         Public utilities..........................| 117.4 | 119.9 | 121.7 |   1.6 |    .6 |   1.5 |   4.3 |   3.7 |   3.7
           Communications..........................| 116.5 | 119.2 | 121.0 |   1.6 |    .6 |   1.5 |   4.2 |   3.9 |   3.9
           Electric, gas, and sanitary services....| 118.6 | 120.8 | 122.7 |   1.6 |    .5 |   1.6 |   4.3 |   3.5 |   3.5
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Wholesale and retail trade....................| 114.7 | 117.1 | 117.6 |    .9 |    .6 |    .4 |   3.0 |   3.0 |   2.5
          Excluding sales occupations..............| 115.4 | 118.0 | 118.6 |   1.1 |    .9 |    .5 |   3.5 |   3.4 |   2.8
       Wholesale trade.............................| 115.3 | 117.8 | 117.9 |    .8 |   1.0 |    .1 |   2.5 |   3.0 |   2.3
          Excluding sales occupations..............| 116.0 | 118.7 | 119.3 |   1.0 |    .9 |    .5 |   3.1 |   3.3 |   2.8
       Retail trade................................| 114.5 | 116.8 | 117.5 |   1.0 |    .5 |    .6 |   3.3 |   3.0 |   2.6
         General merchandise stores................| 114.1 | 116.3 | 115.3 |    .7 |    .7 |   -.9 |   2.1 |   2.6 |   1.1
         Food stores...............................| 115.9 | 118.3 | 119.6 |    .7 |   1.0 |   1.1 |   2.9 |   2.8 |   3.2
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Finance, insurance, and real estate...........| 112.6 | 116.4 | 117.7 |   1.2 |    .6 |   1.1 |    .8 |   4.6 |   4.5
         Excluding sales occupations...............| 114.9 | 118.2 | 119.7 |   1.7 |    .6 |   1.3 |   2.1 |   4.6 |   4.2
       Banking, savings and loan, and other        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
          credit agencies..........................| 114.6 | 117.8 | 118.7 |   2.9 |    .8 |    .8 |   4.0 |   5.7 |   3.6
       Insurance...................................| 114.3 | 119.7 | 119.9 |   -.8 |   2.0 |    .2 |   1.0 |   3.9 |   4.9
         Excluding sales occupations...............| 118.6 | 122.7 | 124.4 |   1.2 |    .7 |   1.4 |   4.1 |   4.7 |   4.9
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Services......................................| 120.1 | 123.1 | 124.4 |   1.0 |    .7 |   1.1 |   4.2 |   3.5 |   3.6
       Business services...........................| 116.5 | 118.6 | 121.3 |    .5 |    .4 |   2.3 |   3.6 |   2.3 |   4.1
       Health services.............................| 123.0 | 126.0 | 126.7 |   1.0 |    .8 |    .6 |   4.3 |   3.4 |   3.0
         Hospitals.................................| 122.7 | 125.6 | 126.7 |    .9 |    .9 |    .9 |   4.2 |   3.3 |   3.3
         Nursing homes.............................|   -   |   -   |   -   |   1.3 |    .9 |   1.2 |   4.3 |   3.9 |   3.9
       Educational services........................| 120.5 | 124.1 | 124.5 |    .4 |    .2 |    .3 |   4.1 |   3.4 |   3.3
         Colleges and universities.................| 121.5 | 125.3 | 125.7 |    .6 |    .2 |    .3 |   4.0 |   3.7 |   3.5
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Nonmanufacturing industries.......................| 116.3 | 119.0 | 120.3 |   1.0 |    .5 |   1.1 |   3.2 |   3.4 |   3.4
     White-collar occupations......................| 117.0 | 119.9 | 121.1 |   1.1 |    .8 |   1.0 |   3.2 |   3.6 |   3.5
        Excluding sales............................| 118.5 | 121.4 | 122.8 |   1.4 |    .8 |   1.2 |   3.9 |   3.8 |   3.6
     Blue-collar occupations.......................| 114.6 | 117.1 | 118.2 |   1.1 |    .4 |    .9 |   3.5 |   3.3 |   3.1
     Service occupations...........................| 116.8 | 119.1 | 120.2 |   1.0 |    .4 |    .9 |   3.0 |   2.9 |   2.9
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    -  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
                                                    -----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------
                                                   | Mar.  | Dec.  | Mar.  | Mar.  | Dec.  | Mar.  | Mar.  | Dec.  | Mar.
                                                   | 1993  | 1993  | 1994  | 1993  | 1993  | 1994  | 1993  | 1993  | 1994
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Workers, by bargaining status                     |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Union...........................................| 117.8 | 120.9 | 121.9 |   1.6 |   0.8 |   0.8 |   4.2 |   4.3 |   3.5
       Blue-collar occupations.....................| 117.4 | 120.6 | 121.2 |   1.6 |    .8 |    .5 |   4.0 |   4.4 |   3.2
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Goods-producing industries 1/.................| 118.7 | 121.9 | 122.5 |   2.0 |    .7 |    .5 |   4.1 |   4.7 |   3.2
     Service-producing industries 2/...............| 116.7 | 119.6 | 121.0 |   1.3 |    .8 |   1.2 |   4.3 |   3.8 |   3.7
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Manufacturing.................................| 119.8 | 123.0 | 123.6 |   2.5 |    .9 |    .5 |   4.4 |   5.2 |   3.2
         Blue-collar occupations...................| 119.6 | 122.9 | 123.5 |   2.4 |    .9 |    .5 |   4.3 |   5.2 |   3.3
     Nonmanufacturing..............................| 116.3 | 119.3 | 120.5 |   1.0 |    .7 |   1.0 |   4.0 |   3.6 |   3.6
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Nonunion........................................| 116.8 | 119.5 | 120.7 |   1.1 |    .6 |   1.0 |   3.3 |   3.5 |   3.3
       Blue-collar occupations.....................| 115.9 | 118.2 | 119.6 |   1.1 |    .3 |   1.2 |   3.3 |   3.1 |   3.2
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Goods-producing industries 1/.................| 117.7 | 119.9 | 121.5 |   1.5 |    .4 |   1.3 |   3.9 |   3.4 |   3.2
     Service-producing industries 2/...............| 116.3 | 119.2 | 120.3 |   1.0 |    .7 |    .9 |   2.9 |   3.5 |   3.4
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Manufacturing ................................| 118.1 | 120.6 | 122.0 |   1.5 |    .5 |   1.2 |   4.0 |   3.6 |   3.3
         Blue-collar occupations...................| 117.5 | 119.9 | 121.2 |   1.1 |    .4 |   1.1 |   3.3 |   3.2 |   3.1
     Nonmanufacturing .............................| 116.3 | 119.0 | 120.2 |   1.0 |    .6 |   1.0 |   3.0 |   3.4 |   3.4
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Workers, by region 5/                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Northeast.......................................| 117.8 | 120.7 | 121.6 |   1.2 |    .4 |    .7 |   3.4 |   3.7 |   3.2
   South...........................................| 116.2 | 118.8 | 120.0 |   1.2 |    .6 |   1.0 |   3.3 |   3.5 |   3.3
   Midwest ........................................| 117.9 | 121.2 | 122.8 |   1.6 |    .9 |   1.3 |   3.6 |   4.4 |   4.2
   West............................................| 116.2 | 118.1 | 119.4 |   1.1 |    .3 |   1.1 |   3.8 |   2.8 |   2.8
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Workers, by area size                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Metropolitan areas..............................| 117.1 | 119.8 | 120.9 |   1.3 |    .6 |    .9 |   3.5 |   3.6 |   3.2
   Other areas.....................................| 117.0 | 119.7 | 121.3 |   1.2 |    .8 |   1.3 |   3.4 |   3.5 |   3.7
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    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
                                                    -----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------
                                                   | Mar.  | Dec.  | Mar.  | Mar.  | Dec.  | Mar.  | Mar.  | Dec.  | Mar.
                                                   | 1993  | 1993  | 1994  | 1993  | 1993  | 1994  | 1993  | 1993  | 1994
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Civilian workers .................................| 114.5 | 117.1 | 117.8 |   0.8 |   0.6 |   0.6 |   2.7 |   3.1 |   2.9
         Excluding sales...........................| 114.8 | 117.2 | 118.0 |    .8 |    .5 |    .7 |   2.9 |   2.9 |   2.8
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Workers, by occupational group                |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
       White-collar occupations....................| 115.4 | 118.1 | 118.8 |    .8 |    .6 |    .6 |   2.9 |   3.1 |   2.9
           Excluding sales.........................| 116.2 | 118.7 | 119.5 |   1.0 |    .6 |    .7 |   3.2 |   3.1 |   2.8
         Professional specialty and technical......| 117.5 | 120.0 | 120.7 |    .7 |    .4 |    .6 |   3.4 |   2.8 |   2.7
         Executive, administrative, and managerial.| 115.0 | 117.3 | 118.1 |   1.3 |    .7 |    .7 |   2.8 |   3.3 |   2.7
         Administrative support, including clerical| 115.3 | 118.0 | 118.9 |   1.0 |    .8 |    .8 |   3.1 |   3.3 |   3.1
       Blue-collar occupations.....................| 112.7 | 115.0 | 115.8 |    .7 |    .5 |    .7 |   2.6 |   2.8 |   2.8
       Service occupations.........................| 114.5 | 116.6 | 117.5 |    .6 |    .4 |    .8 |   2.3 |   2.5 |   2.6
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Workers, by industry division                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
       Goods-producing 1/..........................| 113.8 | 116.2 | 117.0 |    .8 |    .7 |    .7 |   2.8 |   2.9 |   2.8
         Manufacturing.............................| 114.7 | 117.3 | 118.0 |    .9 |    .9 |    .6 |   2.9 |   3.2 |   2.9
       Service-producing 2/........................| 114.8 | 117.5 | 118.2 |    .7 |    .6 |    .6 |   2.7 |   3.1 |   3.0
         Services..................................| 117.4 | 120.0 | 120.9 |    .6 |    .4 |    .8 |   3.3 |   2.8 |   3.0
           Health services.........................| 119.5 | 122.2 | 122.8 |    .8 |    .7 |    .5 |   3.6 |   3.0 |   2.8
             Hospitals.............................| 118.9 | 121.7 | 122.4 |    .8 |    .8 |    .6 |   3.2 |   3.1 |   2.9
           Educational services....................| 117.9 | 120.7 | 121.0 |    .3 |    .2 |    .2 |   3.3 |   2.7 |   2.6
         Public administration ....................| 114.4 | 116.6 | 117.9 |    .7 |    .6 |   1.1 |   2.2 |   2.6 |   3.1
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
       Nonmanufacturing............................| 114.4 | 117.0 | 117.7 |    .7 |    .5 |    .6 |   2.6 |   3.0 |   2.9
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   State and local government workers..............| 117.2 | 119.7 | 120.4 |    .5 |    .3 |    .6 |   3.0 |   2.7 |   2.7
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Workers, by occupational group                |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
       White-collar occupations....................| 117.5 | 119.9 | 120.6 |    .5 |    .3 |    .6 |   3.1 |   2.6 |   2.6
         Professional specialty and technical......| 118.1 | 120.7 | 121.1 |    .4 |    .2 |    .3 |   3.1 |   2.6 |   2.5
         Executive, administrative, and managerial.| 116.5 | 118.8 | 119.8 |    .9 |    .5 |    .8 |   2.8 |   2.9 |   2.8
         Administrative support, including clerical| 115.4 | 117.8 | 118.9 |    .4 |    .5 |    .9 |   2.4 |   2.5 |   3.0
       Blue-collar occupations.....................| 116.2 | 119.0 | 119.7 |    .5 |    .5 |    .6 |   3.3 |   2.9 |   3.0
       Service occupations.........................| 116.3 | 118.9 | 119.7 |    .7 |    .5 |    .7 |   2.7 |   2.9 |   2.9
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Workers, by industry division                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
       Services....................................| 118.1 | 120.6 | 121.1 |    .5 |    .2 |    .4 |   3.2 |   2.6 |   2.5
           Excluding schools 3/....................| 118.4 | 120.4 | 121.3 |    .9 |    .2 |    .7 |   3.1 |   2.6 |   2.4
         Health services...........................| 118.1 | 121.0 | 121.9 |    .6 |    .5 |    .7 |   2.8 |   3.1 |   3.2
           Hospitals...............................| 117.6 | 120.7 | 121.2 |    .4 |    .7 |    .4 |   2.7 |   3.1 |   3.1
         Educational services......................| 118.0 | 120.6 | 120.9 |    .3 |    .2 |    .2 |   3.2 |   2.6 |   2.5
           Schools.................................| 117.9 | 120.7 | 121.0 |    .3 |    .3 |    .2 |   3.1 |   2.7 |   2.6
             Elementary and secondary..............| 118.7 | 121.6 | 121.7 |    .2 |    .4 |    .1 |   3.3 |   2.6 |   2.5
             Colleges and universities.............| 115.5 | 117.7 | 118.6 |   1.0 |   -.1 |    .8 |   2.8 |   3.0 |   2.7
       Public administration ......................| 114.4 | 116.6 | 117.9 |    .7 |    .6 |   1.1 |   2.2 |   2.6 |   3.1
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    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
                                                    -----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------
                                                   | Mar.  | Dec.  | Mar.  | Mar.  | Dec.  | Mar.  | Mar.  | Dec.  | Mar.
                                                   | 1993  | 1993  | 1994  | 1993  | 1993  | 1994  | 1993  | 1993  | 1994
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                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Private industry workers .........................| 113.9 | 116.4 | 117.2 |   0.9 |   0.6 |   0.7 |   2.7 |   3.1 |   2.9
         Excluding sales...........................| 114.2 | 116.6 | 117.5 |    .9 |    .6 |    .8 |   2.8 |   3.0 |   2.9
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     White-collar occupations......................| 114.7 | 117.5 | 118.3 |    .9 |    .7 |    .7 |   2.7 |   3.3 |   3.1
         Excluding sales...........................| 115.7 | 118.2 | 119.0 |   1.1 |    .7 |    .7 |   3.2 |   3.3 |   2.9
       Professional specialty and technical........| 117.1 | 119.5 | 120.4 |    .9 |    .5 |    .8 |   3.6 |   3.0 |   2.8
       Executive, administrative, and managerial...| 114.7 | 117.0 | 117.8 |   1.3 |    .7 |    .7 |   2.8 |   3.4 |   2.7
       Sales.......................................| 110.5 | 114.7 | 114.8 |   -.2 |    .8 |    .1 |    .7 |   3.6 |   3.9
       Administrative support, including clerical..| 115.2 | 118.0 | 119.0 |   1.1 |    .8 |    .8 |   3.2 |   3.5 |   3.3
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Blue-collar occupations.......................| 112.5 | 114.8 | 115.6 |    .8 |    .6 |    .7 |   2.6 |   2.9 |   2.8
       Precision production, craft, and repair.....| 112.4 | 114.7 | 115.5 |    .8 |    .4 |    .7 |   2.8 |   2.9 |   2.8
       Machine operators, assemblers,              |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           and inspectors..........................| 113.2 | 115.6 | 116.2 |    .7 |    .8 |    .5 |   2.1 |   2.8 |   2.7
       Transportation and material moving..........| 110.0 | 112.6 | 113.5 |    .3 |    .8 |    .8 |   2.4 |   2.6 |   3.2
       Handlers, equipment cleaners,               |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
          helpers, and laborers....................| 113.6 | 115.7 | 116.6 |    .9 |    .7 |    .8 |   2.7 |   2.8 |   2.6
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Service occupations...........................| 113.5 | 115.3 | 116.3 |    .5 |    .3 |    .9 |   2.1 |   2.1 |   2.5
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Production and nonsupervisory                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
        occupations 4/.............................| 113.4 | 115.9 | 116.6 |    .7 |    .5 |    .6 |   2.5 |   2.9 |   2.8
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Goods-producing industries 1/...................| 113.8 | 116.1 | 116.9 |    .9 |    .7 |    .7 |   2.8 |   2.9 |   2.7
         Excluding sales occupations...............| 113.5 | 115.6 | 116.4 |    .8 |    .6 |    .7 |   2.7 |   2.7 |   2.6
       White-collar occupations....................| 115.4 | 118.2 | 119.1 |   1.1 |    .8 |    .8 |   3.3 |   3.5 |   3.2
         Excluding sales...........................| 114.9 | 116.8 | 117.7 |   1.1 |    .3 |    .8 |   3.2 |   2.7 |   2.4
       Blue-collar occupations.....................| 112.8 | 114.9 | 115.6 |    .8 |    .7 |    .6 |   2.5 |   2.7 |   2.5
       Service occupations.........................| 113.9 | 116.9 | 116.4 |    .7 |   1.0 |   -.4 |   3.5 |   3.4 |   2.2
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Construction..................................| 109.5 | 111.1 | 112.2 |    .6 |   -.2 |   1.0 |   2.1 |   2.0 |   2.5
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Manufacturing.................................| 114.7 | 117.3 | 118.0 |    .9 |    .9 |    .6 |   2.9 |   3.2 |   2.9
         White-collar occupations..................| 116.0 | 118.8 | 119.5 |   1.2 |    .9 |    .6 |   3.7 |   3.7 |   3.0
           Excluding sales.........................| 115.3 | 117.2 | 118.0 |   1.1 |    .4 |    .7 |   3.5 |   2.8 |   2.3
         Blue-collar occupations...................| 113.9 | 116.2 | 116.9 |    .7 |    .9 |    .6 |   2.5 |   2.7 |   2.6
         Service occupations.......................| 114.3 | 117.3 | 116.8 |    .8 |   1.1 |   -.4 |   3.8 |   3.4 |   2.2
       Durables....................................| 114.4 | 117.2 | 117.8 |    .9 |   1.1 |    .5 |   2.9 |   3.4 |   3.0
       Nondurables.................................| 115.5 | 117.5 | 118.3 |   1.0 |    .5 |    .7 |   3.3 |   2.8 |   2.4
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
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Table 6.  WAGES AND SALARIES (NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED): Employment Cost Index for wages and salaries only, private
           industry workers, by industry and occupational group-Continued
 
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                                                   |                       |              Percent Changes for
                                                   |        Indexes        |-----------------------------------------------
                       Series                      |    (June 1989=100)    |    3 Months Ended     |    12 Months Ended
                                                    -----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------
                                                   | Mar.  | Dec.  | Mar.  | Mar.  | Dec.  | Mar.  | Mar.  | Dec.  | Mar.
                                                   | 1993  | 1993  | 1994  | 1993  | 1993  | 1994  | 1993  | 1993  | 1994
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Service-producing industries 2/.................| 113.9 | 116.6 | 117.3 |   0.8 |   0.6 |   0.6 |   2.5 |   3.2 |   3.0
         Excluding sales occupations...............| 114.8 | 117.4 | 118.3 |   1.0 |    .7 |    .8 |   3.0 |   3.3 |   3.0
       White-collar occupations....................| 114.5 | 117.3 | 118.0 |    .8 |    .7 |    .6 |   2.5 |   3.3 |   3.1
         Excluding sales...........................| 116.0 | 118.7 | 119.6 |   1.1 |    .8 |    .8 |   3.2 |   3.5 |   3.1
       Blue-collar occupations.....................| 111.9 | 114.6 | 115.5 |    .8 |    .4 |    .8 |   2.9 |   3.2 |   3.2
       Service occupations.........................| 113.5 | 115.2 | 116.3 |    .5 |    .3 |   1.0 |   2.0 |   2.0 |   2.5
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Transportation and public utilities...........| 112.9 | 115.4 | 116.4 |   1.0 |    .6 |    .9 |   2.9 |   3.2 |   3.1
         Transportation............................| 110.8 | 113.4 | 114.2 |    .8 |    .7 |    .7 |   2.3 |   3.2 |   3.1
         Public utilities..........................| 115.4 | 117.9 | 119.1 |   1.1 |    .6 |   1.0 |   3.6 |   3.3 |   3.2
           Communications..........................| 114.7 | 117.1 | 118.4 |   1.1 |    .5 |   1.1 |   3.5 |   3.2 |   3.2
           Electric, gas, and sanitary services....| 116.3 | 118.8 | 119.9 |   1.3 |    .5 |    .9 |   3.7 |   3.5 |   3.1
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Wholesale and retail trade....................| 113.0 | 115.4 | 115.5 |    .6 |    .6 |    .1 |   2.8 |   2.8 |   2.2
          Excluding sales occupations..............| 113.6 | 116.1 | 116.5 |    .9 |    .8 |    .3 |   3.2 |   3.1 |   2.6
       Wholesale trade.............................| 113.9 | 116.4 | 116.2 |    .4 |   1.1 |   -.2 |   2.2 |   2.6 |   2.0
          Excluding sales occupations..............| 114.7 | 117.5 | 117.8 |    .5 |   1.0 |    .3 |   2.9 |   3.0 |   2.7
       Retail trade................................| 112.6 | 115.0 | 115.2 |    .7 |    .4 |    .2 |   3.0 |   2.9 |   2.3
         General merchandise stores................| 112.4 | 115.0 | 114.0 |    .5 |    .4 |   -.9 |   1.2 |   2.9 |   1.4
         Food stores...............................| 114.6 | 115.9 | 117.0 |    .8 |    .9 |    .9 |   3.3 |   1.9 |   2.1
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Finance, insurance, and real estate...........| 109.3 | 112.9 | 113.7 |    .9 |    .5 |    .7 |   -.2 |   4.2 |   4.0
         Excluding sales occupations...............| 112.0 | 114.6 | 115.5 |   1.6 |    .5 |    .8 |   1.3 |   4.0 |   3.1
       Banking, savings and loan, and other        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
          credit agencies..........................| 112.1 | 114.5 | 114.7 |   2.8 |    .7 |    .2 |   3.6 |   5.0 |   2.3
       Insurance...................................| 111.2 | 116.6 | 116.0 |  -1.3 |   2.4 |   -.5 |    .0 |   3.5 |   4.3
         Excluding sales occupations...............| 115.8 | 119.2 | 120.6 |    .8 |    .8 |   1.2 |   3.7 |   3.7 |   4.1
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Services......................................| 117.0 | 119.6 | 120.8 |    .8 |    .6 |   1.0 |   3.4 |   3.0 |   3.2
       Business services...........................| 114.2 | 115.7 | 118.8 |    .3 |    .3 |   2.7 |   2.9 |   1.6 |   4.0
       Health services.............................| 119.8 | 122.6 | 123.1 |    .8 |    .7 |    .4 |   3.6 |   3.1 |   2.8
         Hospitals.................................| 119.3 | 122.0 | 122.8 |    .8 |    .8 |    .7 |   3.4 |   3.1 |   2.9
         Nursing homes.............................|   -   |   -   |   -   |   1.1 |    .8 |   1.4 |   4.0 |   3.7 |   4.0
       Educational services........................| 117.5 | 120.9 | 121.2 |    .3 |    .2 |    .2 |   3.6 |   3.2 |   3.1
         Colleges and universities.................| 118.0 | 121.6 | 122.0 |    .3 |    .2 |    .3 |   3.3 |   3.4 |   3.4
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Nonmanufacturing industries.......................| 113.4 | 116.0 | 116.8 |    .7 |    .5 |    .7 |   2.4 |   3.0 |   3.0
     White-collar occupations......................| 114.4 | 117.2 | 117.9 |    .8 |    .7 |    .6 |   2.5 |   3.3 |   3.1
        Excluding sales............................| 115.8 | 118.5 | 119.4 |   1.0 |    .8 |    .8 |   3.1 |   3.4 |   3.1
     Blue-collar occupations.......................| 111.1 | 113.4 | 114.2 |    .8 |    .4 |    .7 |   2.7 |   2.9 |   2.8
     Service occupations...........................| 113.4 | 115.1 | 116.3 |    .4 |    .3 |   1.0 |   1.9 |   1.9 |   2.6
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
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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
                                                    -----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------
                                                   | Mar.  | Dec.  | Mar.  | Mar.  | Dec.  | Mar.  | Mar.  | Dec.  | Mar.
                                                   | 1993  | 1993  | 1994  | 1993  | 1993  | 1994  | 1993  | 1993  | 1994
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Workers, by bargaining status                     |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Union...........................................| 113.1 | 115.7 | 116.5 |   0.7 |   0.8 |   0.7 |   3.0 |   3.0 |   3.0
       Blue-collar occupations.....................| 112.0 | 114.5 | 115.1 |    .6 |    .7 |    .5 |   2.7 |   2.9 |   2.8
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Goods-producing industries 1/.................| 112.2 | 114.8 | 115.4 |    .4 |    .9 |    .5 |   2.4 |   2.8 |   2.9
     Service-producing industries 2/...............| 114.2 | 116.8 | 118.0 |   1.0 |    .7 |   1.0 |   3.7 |   3.3 |   3.3
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Manufacturing.................................| 113.2 | 115.9 | 116.6 |    .6 |   1.1 |    .6 |   2.5 |   3.0 |   3.0
         Blue-collar occupations...................| 113.1 | 115.7 | 116.4 |    .6 |   1.1 |    .6 |   2.5 |   2.9 |   2.9
     Nonmanufacturing..............................| 113.0 | 115.5 | 116.4 |    .7 |    .5 |    .8 |   3.3 |   2.9 |   3.0
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Nonunion........................................| 114.1 | 116.6 | 117.4 |    .9 |    .6 |    .7 |   2.6 |   3.1 |   2.9
       Blue-collar occupations.....................| 112.8 | 115.0 | 115.9 |    .8 |    .5 |    .8 |   2.5 |   2.8 |   2.7
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Goods-producing industries 1/.................| 114.4 | 116.7 | 117.6 |   1.0 |    .6 |    .8 |   2.9 |   3.0 |   2.8
     Service-producing industries 2/...............| 113.8 | 116.6 | 117.2 |    .7 |    .6 |    .5 |   2.3 |   3.2 |   3.0
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Manufacturing ................................| 115.4 | 117.9 | 118.6 |   1.1 |    .8 |    .6 |   3.1 |   3.2 |   2.8
         Blue-collar occupations...................| 114.6 | 116.7 | 117.5 |    .8 |    .6 |    .7 |   2.4 |   2.6 |   2.5
     Nonmanufacturing .............................| 113.5 | 116.1 | 116.9 |    .7 |    .5 |    .7 |   2.3 |   3.0 |   3.0
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Workers, by region 5/                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Northeast.......................................| 114.6 | 117.3 | 117.8 |    .8 |    .4 |    .4 |   2.6 |   3.2 |   2.8
   South...........................................| 113.6 | 116.0 | 116.6 |    .8 |    .6 |    .5 |   2.5 |   2.9 |   2.6
   Midwest ........................................| 113.5 | 116.5 | 117.5 |    .9 |   1.1 |    .9 |   2.5 |   3.6 |   3.5
   West............................................| 113.6 | 115.7 | 116.6 |    .7 |    .3 |    .8 |   3.1 |   2.6 |   2.6
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Workers, by area size                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Metropolitan areas..............................| 113.9 | 116.5 | 117.2 |    .9 |    .6 |    .6 |   2.7 |   3.2 |   2.9
   Other areas.....................................| 113.5 | 115.8 | 117.0 |    .6 |    .7 |   1.0 |   2.5 |   2.7 |   3.1
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
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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
                                                    -----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------
                                                   | Mar.  | Dec.  | Mar.  | Mar.  | Dec.  | Mar.  | Mar.  | Dec.  | Mar.
                                                   | 1993  | 1993  | 1994  | 1993  | 1993  | 1994  | 1993  | 1993  | 1994
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Civilian workers..................................| 125.0 | 128.1 | 130.1 |   2.0 |   0.5 |   1.6 |   5.4 |   4.6 |   4.1
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   State and local government workers..............| 124.2 | 127.0 | 127.9 |    .6 |    .6 |    .7 |   4.8 |   2.9 |   3.0
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Private industry workers........................| 125.2 | 128.3 | 130.7 |   2.5 |    .5 |   1.9 |   5.6 |   5.0 |   4.4
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Workers, by occupational group                |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
       White-collar occupations....................| 124.7 | 127.6 | 130.5 |   2.2 |    .6 |   2.3 |   5.3 |   4.6 |   4.7
       Blue-collar occupations.....................| 125.5 | 128.9 | 130.5 |   2.7 |    .4 |   1.2 |   5.7 |   5.5 |   4.0
       Service occupations.........................| 127.7 | 131.5 | 132.9 |   2.5 |    .8 |   1.1 |   6.4 |   5.5 |   4.1
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Workers, by industry division                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
       Goods-producing industries 1/...............| 127.3 | 130.3 | 132.7 |   3.2 |    .2 |   1.8 |   6.3 |   5.6 |   4.2
       Service-producing industries 2/.............| 123.4 | 126.7 | 128.9 |   1.8 |    .8 |   1.7 |   4.8 |   4.5 |   4.5
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
       Manufacturing ..............................| 126.8 | 130.0 | 132.0 |   3.4 |    .2 |   1.5 |   6.3 |   6.0 |   4.1
       Nonmanufacturing............................| 124.2 | 127.4 | 129.9 |   1.8 |    .7 |   2.0 |   5.1 |   4.4 |   4.6
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Workers, by bargaining status                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
       Union workers...............................| 126.6 | 130.6 | 131.9 |   3.3 |    .7 |   1.0 |   6.2 |   6.6 |   4.2
       Nonunion workers............................| 124.6 | 127.4 | 130.1 |   2.0 |    .4 |   2.1 |   5.2 |   4.3 |   4.4
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
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    1/  Includes mining, construction, and manufacturing.             5/  The regional coverage is as follows: Northeast--
    2/  Includes transportation, public utilities, trade,          Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New
        finance, insurance, real estate, services,                 Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and
        and, where applicable, public administration in            Vermont;South--Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of
        State and local governments.                               Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana,
    3/  Formerly called 'Hospitals and other services.'            Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South
    4/  This series has the same industry and occupational         Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia;
 coverage as the Hourly Earnings Index, which was                  Midwest--Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan,
 discontinued in January 1989                                      Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South
    NOTE:  The indexes for these series are not strictly           Dakota, and Wisconsin; and West--Alaska, Arizona,
           comparable to those for the aggregate,                  California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New
           occupation, and industry series.  See                   Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.
           explanatory note.
 
Table 9.  AEROSPACE (NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED): Employment Cost Index for workers in aerospace manufacturing, by
            industry and occupation 1/
 
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                                                   |                       |              Percent Changes for
                                                   |        Indexes        |-----------------------------------------------
                       Series                      |    (June 1989=100)    |    3 Months Ended     |    12 Months Ended
                                                    -----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------
                                                   | Mar.  | Dec.  | Mar.  | Mar.  | Dec.  | Mar.  | Mar.  | Dec.  | Mar.
                                                   | 1993  | 1993  | 1994  | 1993  | 1993  | 1994  | 1993  | 1993  | 1994
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                   |                             COMPENSATION
                                                    -----------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Aircraft manufacturing (SIC 3721).................| 124.1 | 125.2 | 126.2 |   1.0 |  -1.2 |   0.8 |   6.2 |   1.9 |   1.7
     White-collar occupations......................| 120.5 | 121.8 | 122.7 |   1.3 |  -1.1 |    .7 |   5.5 |   2.4 |   1.8
     Blue-collar occupations.......................| 129.2 | 129.8 | 130.9 |    .8 |  -1.3 |    .8 |   7.0 |   1.2 |   1.3
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                    -----------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                   |                          WAGES AND SALARIES
                                                    -----------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Aircraft manufacturing (SIC 3721).................| 117.9 | 121.6 | 122.4 |   0.6 |   0.9 |   0.7 |   3.8 |   3.8 |   3.8
     White-collar occupations......................| 113.9 | 117.3 | 118.1 |    .7 |    .5 |    .7 |   3.5 |   3.7 |   3.7
     Blue-collar occupations.......................| 123.9 | 127.9 | 128.7 |    .5 |   1.4 |    .6 |   4.1 |   3.7 |   3.9
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                    -----------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                   |                             BENEFIT COSTS
                                                    -----------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Aircraft manufacturing (SIC 3721).................| 137.6 | 133.1 | 134.4 |   1.9 |  -5.0 |   1.0 |  10.9 |  -1.5 |  -2.3
     White-collar occupations......................| 136.2 | 132.5 | 133.5 |   2.4 |  -4.5 |    .8 |   9.8 |   -.4 |  -2.0
     Blue-collar occupations.......................| 139.3 | 133.5 | 135.0 |   1.2 |  -5.9 |   1.1 |  12.2 |  -3.1 |  -3.1
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
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   1/  Funds for the development and maintenance of these          NOTE:  SIC refers to the 1987 Standard Industrial
series are provided by the Aerospace Industries                 Classification System code as defined by the U.S. Office
Association (AIA).  The series are published in this            of Management and Budget.
release for the convenience of all users.