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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 -- MARCH 1996
 
     The Employment Cost Index (ECI) increased 0.9 percent before seasonal
adjustment in the 3 months ended in March 1996, the U.S. Department of
Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.  The March 1996 ECI
level of 128.5 (June 1989=100) was 3.0 percent higher than in March 1995.
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 1995-March 1996 period, compared with 0.8 percent
in the September-December 1995 period.  (See table A below.)  ECI wages and
salaries rose 1.0 percent in the December 1995-March 1996 period, up from
0.7 percent in the September-December 1995 period.  Benefit costs decreased
0.1 percent for the quarter compared with an increase of 1.0 percent for
the September-December 1995 quarter.
 
Table A.  Percent changes in Employment Cost Index for civilian workers
                                                                 Unadjusted
   Compensation         Seasonally adjusted 3-months ended        12-months
   component      June  Sep.  Dec.  Mar.  June  Sep.  Dec.  Mar.    ended
                  1994  1994  1994  1995  1995  1995  1995  1996  Mar. 1996
 
Compensation
   costs........  0.8   0.8   0.7   0.7   0.8   0.6   0.8   0.7      3.0
 
  Wages and
    salaries...   0.8   0.8   0.7   0.7   0.7   0.7   0.7   1.0      3.2
 
  Benefit costs   0.9   1.0   0.5   0.3   0.7   0.6   1.0  -0.1      2.2
 
  ***********************************************************************
  This release includes annual revisions in seasonally adjusted
  Employment Cost Indexes for compensation costs, wages and salaries, and
  benefit costs.  Seasonally adjusted indexes for 1991-95 were revised to
  reflect updated seasonal factors and are available upon request.  The
  seasonal factors for 1996 will be published in the June 1996 issue of
  the BLS periodical, Compensation and Working Conditions.
  ***********************************************************************
 
Over the year changes, unadjusted
 
     Compensation costs for civilian workers (not seasonally adjusted)
increased 3.0 percent for the year ended in March 1996, about the same as
the 2.9 percent increase for the year ended in March 1995.  Compensation
costs for private industry workers rose 3.0 percent, while state and local
government rose 2.8 percent.
 
     For private industry workers, wages and salaries increased 3.3
percent, the largest increase in 4 years.  Benefit costs increased 2.0
percent, the lowest 12-month increase since the series began in 1980.  This
moderation in benefit cost increases reflects a slowdown in nonproduction
bonuses, health benefits, unemployment insurance, and workers'
compensation.
 
     For the year ended in March 1996, compensation costs in service-
producing industries increased 3.4 percent compared with 2.2 percent for
goods-producing industries.  This pattern held for both wages and salaries
and benefits.  Wages and salaries increased 3.5 percent in service-
producing industries, compared with 2.8 percent in good-producing
industries; benefits increased 2.6 and 1.0 percent, respectively.
 
     Compensation costs for white-collar workers increased 3.4 percent
compared with 2.2 percent for blue-collar workers and service occupations.
This continued a trend of larger increases for white-collar workers, which
has occurred over most of the last 15 years.  (See table B.)
 
Table B.  12-month percent changes in Employment Cost Index for private
industry workers
 
                      Compensation             Wages and salaries
 
 Industry       White-   Blue-   Service    White-   Blue-   Service
 sector         collar   collar  workers    collar   collar  workers
 
 All industries.. 3.4      2.2     2.2       3.7      2.7      2.3
 
 Goods-producing
   industries.... 1.9      2.3     2.5       2.4      3.0      3.2
 
  Service-
    producing
    industries... 3.8      2.0     2.1       4.0      2.2      2.3
 
     Compensation cost gains over the year ended in March 1996 were higher
for nonunion workers (3.1 percent) compared with union workers (2.7
percent).  This pattern held for the goods-producing industries (2.3
percent for nonunion and 2.0 percent for union), but not for service-
producing industries (3.3 percent for nonunion and 3.4 percent for union).
 
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ECI data for June 1996 is scheduled to be released Tuesday, July 30, 1996,
at 8:30 A.M. (EDT).
 
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                           EXPLANATORY NOTE
 
The Employment Cost Index (ECI) is a measure of the change in the cost
of labor, free from the influence of employment shifts among occupations
and industries.  The compensation series includes changes in wages and
salaries and employer costs for employee benefits.  The wage and salary
series and the benefit cost series provide the change for the two
components of compensation.
 
Wages and salaries are defined as the hourly straight-time wage rate or,
for workers not paid on an hourly basis, straight-time earnings divided
by the corresponding hours.  Straight-time wage and salary rates are
total earnings before payroll deductions, excluding premium pay for
overtime and for work on weekends and holidays, shift differentials, and
nonproduction bonuses such as lump-sum payments provided in lieu of wage
increases.  Production bonuses, incentive earnings, commission payments,
and cost-of-living adjustments are included in straight-time wage and
salary rates.
 
Benefits covered by the ECI are:  Paid leave (vacations, holidays, sick
leave, and other leave); supplemental pay (premium pay for 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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Referral Phone Number:  1-800-326-2577.
 
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                   |---------------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|--------
                                            | Dec.  | Mar.  | June  | Sep.  | Dec.  | Mar.  | June  | Sep.  | Dec.  | Mar.
                                            | 1995  | 1996  | 1994  | 1994  | 1994  | 1995  | 1995  | 1995  | 1995  | 1996
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                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
Civilian workers............................| 127.5 | 128.4 |  0.8  |  0.8  |  0.7  |  0.7  |  0.8  |  0.6  |  0.8  |  0.7
                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
  State and local government................| 129.3 | 130.0 |   .8  |   .7  |   .6  |   .8  |  1.0  |   .5  |   .9  |   .5
                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
  Private industry workers..................| 127.1 | 128.0 |   .8  |   .8  |   .6  |   .7  |   .7  |   .6  |   .8  |   .7
    White-collar occupations ...............| 128.1 | 129.4 |   .8  |   .9  |   .6  |   .7  |   .7  |   .7  |   .9  |  1.0
    Blue-collar occupations ................| 125.9 | 126.1 |   .7  |   .9  |   .5  |   .5  |   .7  |   .6  |   .7  |   .2
    Service occupations.....................| 125.6 | 126.0 |   .5  |   .7  |   .9  |   .6  |   .6  |   .5  |   .5  |   .3
                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
    Goods-producing industries 1/...........| 127.8 | 128.0 |  1.1  |   .7  |   .6  |   .7  |   .6  |   .6  |   .9  |   .2
      Construction .........................| 123.7 | 124.6 |  1.1  |   .8  |   .0  |   .2  |   .5  |   .7  |   .7  |   .7
      Manufacturing.........................| 128.5 | 128.7 |   .9  |   .9  |   .6  |   .6  |   .6  |   .6  |   .9  |   .2
        Durables............................| 129.3 | 129.3 |   .9  |  1.1  |   .7  |   .6  |   .7  |   .4  |   .9  |   .0
        Nondurables.........................| 127.2 | 127.7 |   .9  |   .7  |   .5  |   .4  |   .6  |   .6  |  1.0  |   .4
                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
    Service-producing industries 2/.........| 127.0 | 128.0 |   .7  |   .9  |   .6  |   .9  |   .7  |   .7  |  1.0  |   .8
      Transportation and public utilities...| 127.3 | 127.7 |   .7  |  1.3  |   .9  |  1.1  |   .8  |  1.0  |  1.0  |   .3
      Wholesale trade.......................| 127.0 | 127.7 |  1.2  |  1.0  |   .9  |  1.4  |   .9  |  1.3  |   .7  |   .6
      Retail trade..........................| 123.1 | 125.0 |   .9  |  1.0  |   .2  |   .7  |   .2  |   .7  |   .7  |  1.5
      Finance, insurance, and real estate 3/| 123.5 | 124.7 |   .0  |   .7  |   .3  |  1.1  |  1.3  |   .7  |   .7  |  1.0
      Services..............................| 129.8 | 131.5 |   .6  |   .7  |   .6  |   .6  |   .7  |   .5  |   .7  |  1.3
                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
    Nonmanufacturing industries ............| 126.4 | 127.5 |   .8  |   .8  |   .5  |   .7  |   .8  |   .6  |   .8  |   .9
                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
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   NOTE:  See footnotes at end of table 3.
 
 
Table 1B.  SEASONALLY ADJUSTED WAGES AND SALARIES: Employment Cost Index for wages and salaries, by industry and
          occupational group
 
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                                            | Indexes (June |
                                            |   1989=100)   |              Percent changes for 3-months ended
                   Series                   |---------------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|--------
                                            | Dec.  | Mar.  | June  | Sep.  | Dec.  | Mar.  | June  | Sep.  | Dec.  | Mar.
                                            | 1995  | 1996  | 1994  | 1994  | 1994  | 1995  | 1995  | 1995  | 1995  | 1996
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                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
Civilian workers............................| 123.9 | 125.2 |  0.8  |  0.8  |  0.7  |  0.7  |  0.7  |  0.7  |  0.7  |  1.0
                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
  State and local government................| 127.1 | 127.8 |   .7  |   .8  |   .8  |   .8  |   .7  |   .7  |   .8  |   .6
                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
  Private industry workers..................| 123.2 | 124.6 |   .8  |   .8  |   .6  |   .8  |   .7  |   .7  |   .7  |  1.1
    White-collar occupations ...............| 124.5 | 126.3 |   .8  |   .7  |   .7  |   .7  |   .8  |   .7  |   .8  |  1.4
    Blue-collar occupations 3/..............| 121.3 | 122.2 |   .8  |   .9  |   .4  |   .8  |   .9  |   .6  |   .4  |   .7
    Service occupations.....................| 121.4 | 122.2 |   .5  |   .5  |  1.1  |   .5  |   .6  |   .6  |   .5  |   .7
                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
    Goods-producing industries 1/3/.........| 122.8 | 123.8 |   .9  |   .8  |   .6  |   .7  |   .8  |   .6  |   .6  |   .8
      Construction .........................| 117.3 | 118.5 |   .9  |   .7  |   .4  |   .3  |   .5  |   .6  |   .8  |  1.0
      Manufacturing 3/......................| 124.3 | 125.2 |   .8  |   .8  |   .7  |   .9  |   .8  |   .5  |   .6  |   .7
        Durables 3/.........................| 124.2 | 125.0 |   .8  |   .9  |   .8  |   .9  |   .8  |   .6  |   .5  |   .6
        Nondurables ........................| 124.5 | 125.7 |   .9  |   .9  |   .4  |   .7  |   .7  |   .6  |   .9  |  1.0
                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
    Service-producing industries 2/.........| 123.4 | 124.9 |   .8  |   .8  |   .6  |   .8  |   .7  |   .7  |   .7  |  1.2
      Transportation and public utilities...| 123.9 | 124.4 |   .6  |  1.5  |   .8  |  1.1  |   .7  |   .8  |   .8  |   .4
      Wholesale trade.......................| 125.0 | 126.5 |  1.3  |   .8  |   .7  |  1.2  |  1.0  |  1.3  |   .8  |  1.2
      Retail trade..........................| 120.8 | 123.3 |  1.0  |   .9  |   .3  |   .9  |   .3  |   .7  |   .5  |  2.1
      Finance, insurance, and real estate 3/| 118.8 | 119.7 |  -.4  |   .5  |   .4  |   .7  |  1.7  |   .9  |   .7  |   .8
      Services..............................| 126.1 | 128.1 |   .7  |   .5  |   .7  |   .7  |   .6  |   .6  |   .6  |  1.6
                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
    Nonmanufacturing industries ............| 122.7 | 124.2 |   .8  |   .8  |   .5  |   .7  |   .8  |   .7  |   .7  |  1.2
                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
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   NOTE:  See footnotes at end of table 3.
 
 
Table 1C.  SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BENEFIT COSTS: Employment Cost Index for benefit costs, by industry and occupational
          group
 
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                                            | Indexes (June |
                                            |   1989=100)   |              Percent changes for 3-months ended
                   Series                   |---------------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|--------
                                            | Dec.  | Mar.  | June  | Sep.  | Dec.  | Mar.  | June  | Sep.  | Dec.  | Mar.
                                            | 1995  | 1996  | 1994  | 1994  | 1994  | 1995  | 1995  | 1995  | 1995  | 1996
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                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
Civilian workers ...........................| 136.3 | 136.2 |  0.9  |  1.0  |  0.5  |  0.3  |  0.7  |  0.6  |  1.0  | -0.1
                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
  State and local government ...............| 134.3 | 135.1 |   .9  |   .6  |   .4  |   .6  |  1.1  |   .4  |   .8  |   .6
                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
  Private industry workers..................| 136.8 | 136.5 |   .9  |  1.1  |   .5  |   .1  |   .6  |   .6  |  1.0  |  -.2
    White-collar occupations................| 138.1 | 138.2 |  1.0  |  1.1  |   .8  |   .7  |   .7  |   .7  |  1.0  |   .1
    Blue-collar occupations ................| 135.6 | 134.6 |   .8  |  1.0  |   .2  |   .2  |   .3  |   .4  |  1.1  |  -.7
    Service occupations.....................| 136.6 | 136.8 |   .2  |  1.0  |   .4  |  -.1  |   .5  |   .2  |   .6  |   .1
                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
    Goods-producing industries 1/...........| 138.1 | 136.7 |  1.1  |   .9  |   .4  |   .0  |   .2  |   .4  |  1.3  | -1.0
      Manufacturing.........................| 137.4 | 136.2 |  1.1  |  1.0  |   .5  |   .0  |   .2  |   .4  |  1.3  |  -.9
                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
    Service-producing industries 2/.........| 136.1 | 136.3 |   .7  |  1.3  |   .6  |   .7  |   .8  |   .7  |  1.0  |   .1
                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
    Nonmanufacturing industries.............| 136.7 | 136.7 |   .8  |  1.2  |   .5  |   .5  |   .7  |   .7  |  1.0  |   .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
                                                    ----------------------- ----------------------- -----------------------
                                                   | Mar.  | Dec.  | Mar.  | Mar.  | Dec.  | Mar.  | Mar.  | Dec.  | Mar.
                                                   | 1995  | 1995  | 1996  | 1995  | 1995  | 1996  | 1995  | 1995  | 1996
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                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Civilian workers .................................| 124.8 | 127.4 | 128.5 |   0.8 |   0.6 |   0.9 |   2.9 |   2.9 |   3.0
         Excluding sales...........................| 125.2 | 127.8 | 128.8 |    .8 |    .7 |    .8 |   3.0 |   2.9 |   2.9
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Workers, by occupational group                |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
       White-collar occupations....................| 125.5 | 128.2 | 129.6 |    .9 |    .6 |   1.1 |   3.0 |   3.1 |   3.3
           Excluding sales.........................| 126.3 | 128.9 | 130.2 |   1.0 |    .7 |   1.0 |   3.2 |   3.0 |   3.1
         Professional specialty and technical......| 127.0 | 129.8 | 131.0 |    .6 |    .7 |    .9 |   2.7 |   2.9 |   3.1
         Executive, administrative, and managerial.| 125.2 | 127.7 | 129.2 |   1.3 |    .8 |   1.2 |   3.8 |   3.3 |   3.2
         Administrative support, including clerical| 126.5 | 129.2 | 130.3 |   1.0 |    .9 |    .9 |   3.2 |   3.2 |   3.0
       Blue-collar occupations.....................| 123.6 | 125.9 | 126.4 |    .7 |    .6 |    .4 |   2.7 |   2.6 |   2.3
       Service occupations.........................| 125.0 | 127.5 | 128.2 |    .6 |    .6 |    .5 |   2.8 |   2.6 |   2.6
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Workers, by industry division                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
       Goods-producing 1/..........................| 125.3 | 127.4 | 128.0 |    .7 |    .7 |    .5 |   2.8 |   2.4 |   2.2
         Manufacturing.............................| 126.2 | 128.4 | 128.9 |    .9 |    .9 |    .4 |   3.0 |   2.6 |   2.1
       Service-producing 2/........................| 124.6 | 127.3 | 128.6 |    .8 |    .6 |   1.0 |   3.0 |   3.0 |   3.2
         Services..................................| 127.2 | 129.7 | 131.0 |    .6 |    .6 |   1.0 |   2.7 |   2.6 |   3.0
           Health services.........................| 129.4 | 132.1 | 132.7 |    .7 |    .8 |    .5 |   2.6 |   2.8 |   2.6
             Hospitals.............................| 128.8 | 131.5 | 132.3 |    .3 |    .8 |    .6 |   2.3 |   2.4 |   2.7
           Educational services....................| 126.9 | 130.4 | 130.6 |    .4 |    .5 |    .2 |   3.0 |   3.2 |   2.9
         Public administration ....................| 125.4 | 128.5 | 129.4 |   1.0 |    .9 |    .7 |   3.2 |   3.5 |   3.2
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
       Nonmanufacturing............................| 124.4 | 127.0 | 128.3 |    .8 |    .6 |   1.0 |   2.9 |   2.9 |   3.1
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   State and local government workers..............| 126.4 | 129.4 | 129.9 |    .6 |    .5 |    .4 |   3.1 |   3.0 |   2.8
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Workers, by occupational group                |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
       White-collar occupations....................| 126.2 | 129.3 | 129.6 |    .6 |    .5 |    .2 |   2.9 |   3.0 |   2.7
         Professional specialty and technical......| 126.0 | 129.0 | 129.1 |    .4 |    .5 |    .1 |   2.9 |   2.8 |   2.5
         Executive, administrative, and managerial.| 126.9 | 130.3 | 131.1 |   1.3 |    .9 |    .6 |   3.3 |   4.0 |   3.3
         Administrative support, including clerical| 126.3 | 129.2 | 130.0 |    .6 |    .6 |    .6 |   2.9 |   2.9 |   2.9
       Blue-collar occupations.....................| 125.4 | 128.1 | 129.2 |    .6 |    .7 |    .9 |   2.5 |   2.7 |   3.0
       Service occupations.........................| 127.6 | 131.1 | 131.9 |    .8 |    .8 |    .6 |   3.7 |   3.6 |   3.4
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Workers, by industry division                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
       Services....................................| 126.7 | 129.8 | 130.0 |    .5 |    .5 |    .2 |   2.9 |   2.9 |   2.6
           Excluding schools 3/....................| 126.4 | 129.3 | 130.3 |    .6 |    .3 |    .8 |   2.9 |   2.9 |   3.1
         Health services...........................| 128.4 | 131.5 | 132.4 |    .5 |    .4 |    .7 |   3.4 |   3.0 |   3.1
           Hospitals...............................| 128.4 | 131.7 | 132.5 |    .5 |    .5 |    .6 |   3.8 |   3.1 |   3.2
         Educational services......................| 126.5 | 129.6 | 129.7 |    .4 |    .5 |    .1 |   2.9 |   2.9 |   2.5
           Schools.................................| 126.8 | 129.9 | 130.0 |    .4 |    .4 |    .1 |   2.9 |   2.9 |   2.5
             Elementary and secondary..............| 127.1 | 130.3 | 130.2 |    .5 |    .4 |   -.1 |   2.7 |   3.0 |   2.4
             Colleges and universities.............| 126.0 | 129.0 | 129.5 |    .4 |    .8 |    .4 |   3.7 |   2.8 |   2.8
       Public administration ......................| 125.4 | 128.5 | 129.4 |   1.0 |    .9 |    .7 |   3.2 |   3.5 |   3.2
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    NOTE:  See footnotes at end of table 8.
 
Table 3.  COMPENSATION (NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED): Employment Cost Index for total compensation, private industry
           workers, by industry and occupational group
 
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                   |                       |         Percent Changes for
                                                   |        Indexes        |-----------------------------------------------
                       Series                      |    (June 1989=100)    |    3 Months Ended     |    12 Months Ended
                                                    ----------------------- ----------------------- -----------------------
                                                   | Mar.  | Dec.  | Mar.  | Mar.  | Dec.  | Mar.  | Mar.  | Dec.  | Mar.
                                                   | 1995  | 1995  | 1996  | 1995  | 1995  | 1996  | 1995  | 1995  | 1996
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Private industry workers .........................| 124.5 | 126.9 | 128.2 |   0.8 |   0.6 |   1.0 |   2.9 |   2.8 |   3.0
         Excluding sales...........................| 125.0 | 127.4 | 128.5 |    .9 |    .7 |    .9 |   3.0 |   2.8 |   2.8
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     White-collar occupations......................| 125.3 | 127.9 | 129.5 |   1.0 |    .7 |   1.3 |   3.1 |   3.1 |   3.4
         Excluding sales...........................| 126.3 | 128.9 | 130.5 |   1.0 |    .9 |   1.2 |   3.2 |   3.0 |   3.3
       Professional specialty and technical........| 127.7 | 130.4 | 132.2 |    .7 |    .9 |   1.4 |   2.5 |   2.8 |   3.5
       Executive, administrative, and managerial...| 124.9 | 127.2 | 128.8 |   1.3 |    .8 |   1.3 |   3.8 |   3.2 |   3.1
       Sales.......................................| 120.2 | 123.1 | 125.1 |    .5 |   -.1 |   1.6 |   2.6 |   2.9 |   4.1
       Administrative support, including clerical..| 126.5 | 129.2 | 130.4 |   1.1 |    .9 |    .9 |   3.3 |   3.3 |   3.1
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Blue-collar occupations.......................| 123.5 | 125.7 | 126.2 |    .7 |    .5 |    .4 |   2.7 |   2.5 |   2.2
       Precision production, craft, and repair.....| 123.4 | 125.7 | 126.2 |    .7 |    .2 |    .4 |   2.7 |   2.6 |   2.3
       Machine operators, assemblers,              |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           and inspectors..........................| 124.2 | 126.2 | 126.8 |    .6 |    .9 |    .5 |   2.4 |   2.3 |   2.1
       Transportation and material moving..........| 121.8 | 123.5 | 123.7 |   1.0 |    .5 |    .2 |   2.8 |   2.4 |   1.6
       Handlers, equipment cleaners,               |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
          helpers, and laborers....................| 124.1 | 127.0 | 127.7 |   1.0 |    .9 |    .6 |   3.2 |   3.3 |   2.9
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Service occupations...........................| 123.4 | 125.3 | 126.1 |    .4 |    .5 |    .6 |   2.3 |   2.0 |   2.2
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Production and nonsupervisory                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
        occupations 4/.............................| 124.1 | 126.5 | 127.7 |    .8 |    .6 |    .9 |   2.8 |   2.8 |   2.9
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Goods-producing industries 1/...................| 125.3 | 127.4 | 128.0 |    .8 |    .7 |    .5 |   2.9 |   2.5 |   2.2
         Excluding sales occupations...............| 124.9 | 127.1 | 127.7 |    .7 |    .8 |    .5 |   2.9 |   2.5 |   2.2
       White-collar occupations....................| 127.2 | 129.0 | 129.6 |   1.0 |    .7 |    .5 |   3.4 |   2.5 |   1.9
         Excluding sales...........................| 126.2 | 128.3 | 129.0 |   1.0 |    .9 |    .5 |   3.5 |   2.6 |   2.2
       Blue-collar occupations.....................| 124.1 | 126.4 | 127.0 |    .6 |    .7 |    .5 |   2.5 |   2.4 |   2.3
       Service occupations.........................| 127.3 | 129.6 | 130.5 |    .8 |    .6 |    .7 |   3.1 |   2.6 |   2.5
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Construction..................................| 121.1 | 123.4 | 124.4 |    .2 |    .2 |    .8 |   2.1 |   2.2 |   2.7
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Manufacturing.................................| 126.2 | 128.4 | 128.9 |    .9 |    .9 |    .4 |   3.0 |   2.6 |   2.1
         White-collar occupations..................| 127.4 | 129.5 | 130.0 |   1.1 |    .6 |    .4 |   3.8 |   2.8 |   2.0
           Excluding sales.........................| 126.1 | 128.4 | 129.0 |   1.0 |    .8 |    .5 |   4.0 |   2.8 |   2.3
         Blue-collar occupations...................| 125.3 | 127.5 | 128.2 |    .6 |   1.0 |    .5 |   2.5 |   2.4 |   2.3
         Service occupations.......................| 128.0 | 130.2 | 131.2 |    .8 |    .5 |    .8 |   3.4 |   2.5 |   2.5
       Durables....................................| 127.0 | 129.1 | 129.5 |   1.0 |    .7 |    .3 |   3.3 |   2.6 |   2.0
       Nondurables.................................| 124.7 | 127.0 | 127.9 |    .7 |   1.0 |    .7 |   2.5 |   2.6 |   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
                                                    ----------------------- ----------------------- -----------------------
                                                   | Mar.  | Dec.  | Mar.  | Mar.  | Dec.  | Mar.  | Mar.  | Dec.  | Mar.
                                                   | 1995  | 1995  | 1996  | 1995  | 1995  | 1996  | 1995  | 1995  | 1996
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Service-producing industries 2/.................| 123.9 | 126.5 | 128.1 |   0.9 |   0.6 |   1.3 |   2.9 |   3.0 |   3.4
         Excluding sales occupations...............| 125.0 | 127.5 | 128.9 |   1.0 |    .7 |   1.1 |   3.0 |   3.0 |   3.1
       White-collar occupations....................| 124.6 | 127.4 | 129.3 |   1.0 |    .7 |   1.5 |   3.0 |   3.2 |   3.8
         Excluding sales...........................| 126.4 | 129.1 | 130.9 |   1.0 |    .9 |   1.4 |   3.0 |   3.2 |   3.6
       Blue-collar occupations.....................| 122.1 | 124.2 | 124.5 |   1.2 |    .2 |    .2 |   3.1 |   2.9 |   2.0
       Service occupations.........................| 123.0 | 124.9 | 125.6 |    .4 |    .6 |    .6 |   2.3 |   2.0 |   2.1
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Transportation and public utilities...........| 124.0 | 127.0 | 128.0 |   1.6 |    .8 |    .8 |   4.0 |   4.0 |   3.2
         Transportation............................| 122.3 | 125.7 | 127.1 |   1.7 |    .8 |   1.1 |   4.4 |   4.5 |   3.9
         Public utilities..........................| 126.1 | 128.5 | 129.0 |   1.4 |    .8 |    .4 |   3.6 |   3.3 |   2.3
           Communications..........................| 126.3 | 128.3 | 128.0 |   1.9 |    .7 |   -.2 |   4.4 |   3.5 |   1.3
           Electric, gas, and sanitary services....| 125.9 | 128.7 | 130.3 |    .9 |    .8 |   1.2 |   2.6 |   3.1 |   3.5
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Wholesale and retail trade....................| 121.7 | 124.2 | 125.7 |    .9 |    .3 |   1.2 |   3.5 |   3.0 |   3.3
          Excluding sales occupations..............| 122.4 | 125.2 | 126.0 |   1.2 |    .9 |    .6 |   3.2 |   3.6 |   2.9
       Wholesale trade.............................| 123.2 | 126.8 | 127.5 |   1.4 |    .6 |    .6 |   4.5 |   4.4 |   3.5
          Excluding sales occupations..............| 124.4 | 127.3 | 127.6 |   2.0 |    .9 |    .2 |   4.3 |   4.3 |   2.6
       Retail trade................................| 120.9 | 122.8 | 124.7 |    .7 |    .2 |   1.5 |   2.9 |   2.2 |   3.1
         General merchandise stores................| 120.1 | 121.7 | 122.5 |    .7 |    .6 |    .7 |   4.2 |   2.0 |   2.0
         Food stores...............................| 120.8 | 122.5 | 123.7 |    .7 |    .6 |   1.0 |   1.0 |   2.1 |   2.4
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Finance, insurance, and real estate...........| 120.2 | 123.5 | 124.7 |   1.1 |    .7 |   1.0 |   2.1 |   3.9 |   3.7
         Excluding sales occupations...............| 123.7 | 126.1 | 127.7 |   1.6 |    .6 |   1.3 |   3.3 |   3.5 |   3.2
       Banking, savings and loan, and other        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
          credit agencies..........................| 123.5 | 125.4 | 127.1 |   2.5 |    .5 |   1.4 |   4.0 |   4.1 |   2.9
       Insurance...................................| 123.5 | 126.0 | 127.9 |   1.0 |    .9 |   1.5 |   3.0 |   3.0 |   3.6
         Excluding sales occupations...............| 127.6 | 130.3 | 132.3 |    .9 |    .5 |   1.5 |   2.6 |   3.0 |   3.7
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Services......................................| 127.5 | 129.7 | 131.6 |    .7 |    .6 |   1.5 |   2.5 |   2.4 |   3.2
       Business services...........................| 124.5 | 126.5 | 128.8 |   1.2 |    .6 |   1.8 |   2.6 |   2.8 |   3.5
       Health services.............................| 129.7 | 132.3 | 132.9 |    .8 |    .8 |    .5 |   2.4 |   2.8 |   2.5
         Hospitals.................................| 128.9 | 131.4 | 132.3 |    .2 |    .8 |    .7 |   1.7 |   2.2 |   2.6
         Nursing homes.............................|   -   |   -   |   -   |   1.1 |   1.1 |    .5 |   3.1 |   3.5 |   2.8
       Educational services........................| 128.8 | 134.0 | 134.6 |    .3 |    .6 |    .4 |   3.5 |   4.4 |   4.5
         Colleges and universities.................| 129.3 | 135.7 | 136.3 |    .4 |    .8 |    .4 |   2.9 |   5.4 |   5.4
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Nonmanufacturing industries.......................| 123.7 | 126.2 | 127.6 |    .9 |    .6 |   1.1 |   2.8 |   2.9 |   3.2
     White-collar occupations......................| 124.7 | 127.3 | 129.2 |   1.0 |    .6 |   1.5 |   3.0 |   3.1 |   3.6
        Excluding sales............................| 126.4 | 129.0 | 130.8 |   1.0 |    .8 |   1.4 |   2.9 |   3.1 |   3.5
     Blue-collar occupations.......................| 121.5 | 123.8 | 124.2 |    .8 |    .2 |    .3 |   2.8 |   2.7 |   2.2
     Service occupations...........................| 123.0 | 124.8 | 125.5 |    .5 |    .5 |    .6 |   2.3 |   2.0 |   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
                                                    ----------------------- ----------------------- -----------------------
                                                   | Mar.  | Dec.  | Mar.  | Mar.  | Dec.  | Mar.  | Mar.  | Dec.  | Mar.
                                                   | 1995  | 1995  | 1996  | 1995  | 1995  | 1996  | 1995  | 1995  | 1996
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Workers, by bargaining status                     |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Union...........................................| 125.1 | 127.9 | 128.5 |   0.7 |   0.9 |   0.5 |   2.6 |   3.0 |   2.7
       Blue-collar occupations.....................| 124.0 | 126.5 | 126.7 |    .5 |    .6 |    .2 |   2.3 |   2.5 |   2.2
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Goods-producing industries 1/.................| 125.2 | 127.5 | 127.7 |    .4 |    .6 |    .2 |   2.2 |   2.2 |   2.0
     Service-producing industries 2/...............| 124.8 | 128.2 | 129.1 |   1.0 |   1.1 |    .7 |   3.1 |   3.7 |   3.4
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Manufacturing.................................| 126.3 | 128.2 | 128.5 |    .4 |    .9 |    .2 |   2.2 |   1.9 |   1.7
         Blue-collar occupations...................| 126.1 | 127.9 | 128.0 |    .4 |    .9 |    .1 |   2.1 |   1.8 |   1.5
     Nonmanufacturing..............................| 124.0 | 127.4 | 128.0 |    .8 |   1.0 |    .5 |   2.9 |   3.6 |   3.2
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Nonunion........................................| 124.3 | 126.7 | 128.1 |    .9 |    .6 |   1.1 |   3.0 |   2.8 |   3.1
       Blue-collar occupations.....................| 123.0 | 125.1 | 125.8 |    .9 |    .5 |    .6 |   2.8 |   2.6 |   2.3
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Goods-producing industries 1/.................| 125.2 | 127.3 | 128.1 |    .9 |    .7 |    .6 |   3.0 |   2.6 |   2.3
     Service-producing industries 2/...............| 123.8 | 126.2 | 127.9 |    .9 |    .5 |   1.3 |   2.9 |   2.9 |   3.3
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Manufacturing ................................| 126.1 | 128.3 | 129.0 |   1.0 |    .8 |    .5 |   3.4 |   2.8 |   2.3
         Blue-collar occupations...................| 124.5 | 127.0 | 127.9 |    .8 |   1.0 |    .7 |   2.7 |   2.8 |   2.7
     Nonmanufacturing .............................| 123.6 | 126.0 | 127.6 |    .9 |    .6 |   1.3 |   2.8 |   2.9 |   3.2
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Workers, by region 5/                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Northeast.......................................| 125.6 | 127.9 | 129.0 |   1.0 |    .4 |    .9 |   3.3 |   2.9 |   2.7
   South...........................................| 123.7 | 126.0 | 127.5 |   1.0 |    .6 |   1.2 |   3.1 |   2.9 |   3.1
   Midwest ........................................| 125.8 | 128.4 | 129.2 |    .6 |    .5 |    .6 |   2.4 |   2.7 |   2.7
   West............................................| 122.6 | 125.1 | 126.6 |    .7 |   1.0 |   1.2 |   2.7 |   2.8 |   3.3
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Workers, by area size                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Metropolitan areas..............................| 124.5 | 127.0 | 128.4 |    .9 |    .6 |   1.1 |   3.0 |   2.9 |   3.1
   Other areas.....................................| 124.8 | 126.6 | 127.1 |   1.1 |    .4 |    .4 |   2.9 |   2.5 |   1.8
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    NOTE:  The indexes for these series are not strictly
           comparable to those for the aggregate,
           occupation, and industry series.  See
           explanatory note.
           See footnotes at end of table 8.
 
Table 5.  WAGES AND SALARIES (NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED): Employment Cost Index for wages and salaries only, civilian
           and state and local government workers, by industry and occupational group
 
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                                                   |                       |         Percent Changes for
                                                   |        Indexes        |-----------------------------------------------
                       Series                      |    (June 1989=100)    |    3 Months Ended     |    12 Months Ended
                                                    ----------------------- ----------------------- -----------------------
                                                   | Mar.  | Dec.  | Mar.  | Mar.  | Dec.  | Mar.  | Mar.  | Dec.  | Mar.
                                                   | 1995  | 1995  | 1996  | 1995  | 1995  | 1996  | 1995  | 1995  | 1996
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Civilian workers .................................| 121.3 | 123.9 | 125.2 |   0.7 |   0.6 |   1.0 |   3.0 |   2.9 |   3.2
         Excluding sales...........................| 121.7 | 124.2 | 125.4 |    .8 |    .6 |   1.0 |   3.1 |   2.9 |   3.0
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Workers, by occupational group                |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
       White-collar occupations....................| 122.4 | 125.1 | 126.6 |    .7 |    .6 |   1.2 |   3.0 |   3.0 |   3.4
           Excluding sales.........................| 123.2 | 125.9 | 127.3 |    .8 |    .7 |   1.1 |   3.1 |   3.0 |   3.3
         Professional specialty and technical......| 124.2 | 127.0 | 128.3 |    .6 |    .7 |   1.0 |   2.9 |   2.8 |   3.3
         Executive, administrative, and managerial.| 122.2 | 124.9 | 126.7 |   1.2 |    .9 |   1.4 |   3.5 |   3.4 |   3.7
         Administrative support, including clerical| 122.8 | 125.3 | 126.4 |   1.0 |    .8 |    .9 |   3.3 |   3.0 |   2.9
       Blue-collar occupations.....................| 119.2 | 121.5 | 122.5 |    .8 |    .3 |    .8 |   2.9 |   2.8 |   2.8
       Service occupations.........................| 121.2 | 123.4 | 124.2 |    .7 |    .5 |    .6 |   3.1 |   2.5 |   2.5
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Workers, by industry division                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
       Goods-producing 1/..........................| 120.5 | 122.8 | 123.8 |    .8 |    .6 |    .8 |   3.0 |   2.7 |   2.7
         Manufacturing.............................| 121.9 | 124.3 | 125.2 |    .9 |    .6 |    .7 |   3.3 |   2.9 |   2.7
       Service-producing 2/........................| 121.7 | 124.4 | 125.8 |    .8 |    .6 |   1.1 |   3.0 |   3.1 |   3.4
         Services..................................| 124.4 | 126.9 | 128.4 |    .7 |    .6 |   1.2 |   2.9 |   2.8 |   3.2
           Health services.........................| 126.1 | 128.4 | 129.3 |    .6 |    .7 |    .7 |   2.7 |   2.4 |   2.5
             Hospitals.............................| 125.5 | 127.8 | 128.5 |    .5 |    .8 |    .5 |   2.5 |   2.3 |   2.4
           Educational services....................| 125.0 | 128.5 | 128.7 |    .6 |    .5 |    .2 |   3.3 |   3.4 |   3.0
         Public administration ....................| 121.9 | 124.2 | 125.0 |   1.1 |    .8 |    .6 |   3.4 |   3.0 |   2.5
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
       Nonmanufacturing............................| 121.1 | 123.8 | 125.1 |    .7 |    .6 |   1.1 |   2.9 |   3.0 |   3.3
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   State and local government workers..............| 124.3 | 127.3 | 127.8 |    .7 |    .6 |    .4 |   3.2 |   3.2 |   2.8
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Workers, by occupational group                |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
       White-collar occupations....................| 124.4 | 127.5 | 127.9 |    .6 |    .6 |    .3 |   3.2 |   3.2 |   2.8
         Professional specialty and technical......| 124.8 | 128.0 | 128.2 |    .5 |    .5 |    .2 |   3.1 |   3.1 |   2.7
         Executive, administrative, and managerial.| 124.1 | 127.2 | 127.9 |   1.4 |   1.0 |    .6 |   3.6 |   3.9 |   3.1
         Administrative support, including clerical| 122.5 | 125.1 | 125.9 |    .7 |    .6 |    .6 |   3.0 |   2.8 |   2.8
       Blue-collar occupations.....................| 123.1 | 125.7 | 126.6 |    .5 |    .7 |    .7 |   2.8 |   2.6 |   2.8
       Service occupations.........................| 124.6 | 127.3 | 128.1 |   1.1 |    .6 |    .6 |   4.1 |   3.2 |   2.8
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Workers, by industry division                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
       Services....................................| 124.9 | 128.2 | 128.5 |    .6 |    .5 |    .2 |   3.1 |   3.2 |   2.9
           Excluding schools 3/....................| 125.0 | 127.3 | 128.2 |    .8 |    .3 |    .7 |   3.1 |   2.7 |   2.6
         Health services...........................| 126.0 | 128.5 | 129.2 |    .6 |    .5 |    .5 |   3.4 |   2.6 |   2.5
           Hospitals...............................| 125.8 | 128.3 | 129.0 |    .6 |    .5 |    .5 |   3.8 |   2.6 |   2.5
         Educational services......................| 124.8 | 128.3 | 128.4 |    .5 |    .5 |    .1 |   3.2 |   3.3 |   2.9
           Schools.................................| 125.0 | 128.4 | 128.6 |    .6 |    .5 |    .2 |   3.3 |   3.3 |   2.9
             Elementary and secondary..............| 125.5 | 129.2 | 129.1 |    .5 |    .4 |   -.1 |   3.1 |   3.4 |   2.9
             Colleges and universities.............| 123.2 | 126.0 | 126.8 |    .6 |    .8 |    .6 |   3.9 |   2.9 |   2.9
       Public administration ......................| 121.9 | 124.2 | 125.0 |   1.1 |    .8 |    .6 |   3.4 |   3.0 |   2.5
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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
                                                    ----------------------- ----------------------- -----------------------
                                                   | Mar.  | Dec.  | Mar.  | Mar.  | Dec.  | Mar.  | Mar.  | Dec.  | Mar.
                                                   | 1995  | 1995  | 1996  | 1995  | 1995  | 1996  | 1995  | 1995  | 1996
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Private industry workers .........................| 120.6 | 123.1 | 124.6 |   0.8 |   0.6 |   1.2 |   2.9 |   2.8 |   3.3
         Excluding sales...........................| 121.0 | 123.4 | 124.8 |    .8 |    .7 |   1.1 |   3.0 |   2.8 |   3.1
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     White-collar occupations......................| 121.7 | 124.4 | 126.2 |    .7 |    .6 |   1.4 |   2.9 |   3.0 |   3.7
         Excluding sales...........................| 122.8 | 125.4 | 127.1 |    .9 |    .9 |   1.4 |   3.2 |   3.0 |   3.5
       Professional specialty and technical........| 123.7 | 126.4 | 128.2 |    .6 |    .9 |   1.4 |   2.7 |   2.8 |   3.6
       Executive, administrative, and managerial...| 121.9 | 124.5 | 126.5 |   1.2 |    .9 |   1.6 |   3.5 |   3.3 |   3.8
       Sales.......................................| 116.9 | 120.2 | 122.3 |    .2 |   -.2 |   1.7 |   1.8 |   3.0 |   4.6
       Administrative support, including clerical..| 122.9 | 125.3 | 126.5 |   1.1 |    .8 |   1.0 |   3.3 |   3.0 |   2.9
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Blue-collar occupations.......................| 119.0 | 121.3 | 122.2 |    .8 |    .4 |    .7 |   2.9 |   2.8 |   2.7
       Precision production, craft, and repair.....| 118.8 | 121.1 | 121.9 |    .8 |    .1 |    .7 |   2.9 |   2.7 |   2.6
       Machine operators, assemblers,              |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           and inspectors..........................| 119.6 | 122.3 | 123.3 |    .7 |    .7 |    .8 |   2.9 |   2.9 |   3.1
       Transportation and material moving..........| 117.0 | 118.6 | 119.7 |   1.2 |    .1 |    .9 |   3.1 |   2.6 |   2.3
       Handlers, equipment cleaners,               |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
          helpers, and laborers....................| 120.1 | 122.8 | 123.7 |   1.0 |   1.1 |    .7 |   3.0 |   3.3 |   3.0
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Service occupations...........................| 119.4 | 121.4 | 122.2 |    .5 |    .5 |    .7 |   2.7 |   2.2 |   2.3
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Production and nonsupervisory                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
        occupations 4/.............................| 119.9 | 122.4 | 123.8 |    .7 |    .5 |   1.1 |   2.8 |   2.8 |   3.3
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Goods-producing industries 1/...................| 120.4 | 122.8 | 123.8 |    .7 |    .6 |    .8 |   3.0 |   2.7 |   2.8
         Excluding sales occupations...............| 119.9 | 122.3 | 123.4 |    .7 |    .6 |    .9 |   3.0 |   2.7 |   2.9
       White-collar occupations....................| 123.0 | 125.1 | 126.0 |    .8 |    .6 |    .7 |   3.3 |   2.5 |   2.4
         Excluding sales...........................| 121.8 | 124.1 | 125.2 |    .8 |    .7 |    .9 |   3.5 |   2.7 |   2.8
       Blue-collar occupations.....................| 118.8 | 121.4 | 122.4 |    .6 |    .6 |    .8 |   2.8 |   2.8 |   3.0
       Service occupations.........................| 120.6 | 123.5 | 124.4 |    .8 |    .6 |    .7 |   3.6 |   3.2 |   3.2
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Construction..................................| 114.8 | 117.2 | 118.2 |    .1 |    .3 |    .9 |   2.3 |   2.2 |   3.0
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Manufacturing.................................| 121.9 | 124.3 | 125.2 |    .9 |    .6 |    .7 |   3.3 |   2.9 |   2.7
         White-collar occupations..................| 123.9 | 125.9 | 126.8 |   1.0 |    .5 |    .7 |   3.7 |   2.6 |   2.3
           Excluding sales.........................| 122.4 | 124.7 | 125.8 |    .8 |    .6 |    .9 |   3.7 |   2.7 |   2.8
         Blue-collar occupations...................| 120.4 | 123.1 | 124.2 |    .8 |    .7 |    .9 |   3.0 |   3.0 |   3.2
         Service occupations.......................| 121.5 | 124.3 | 125.3 |    .7 |    .5 |    .8 |   4.0 |   3.1 |   3.1
       Durables....................................| 121.9 | 124.2 | 125.0 |    .9 |    .5 |    .6 |   3.5 |   2.8 |   2.5
       Nondurables.................................| 121.9 | 124.4 | 125.7 |    .9 |    .9 |   1.0 |   3.0 |   3.0 |   3.1
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                    -----------------------------------------------------------------------
 
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
                                                    ----------------------- ----------------------- -----------------------
                                                   | Mar.  | Dec.  | Mar.  | Mar.  | Dec.  | Mar.  | Mar.  | Dec.  | Mar.
                                                   | 1995  | 1995  | 1996  | 1995  | 1995  | 1996  | 1995  | 1995  | 1996
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Service-producing industries 2/.................| 120.7 | 123.3 | 124.9 |   0.8 |   0.6 |   1.3 |   2.9 |   3.0 |   3.5
         Excluding sales occupations...............| 121.8 | 124.3 | 125.8 |    .9 |    .7 |   1.2 |   3.0 |   3.0 |   3.3
       White-collar occupations....................| 121.3 | 124.1 | 126.1 |    .7 |    .7 |   1.6 |   2.8 |   3.1 |   4.0
         Excluding sales...........................| 123.2 | 125.8 | 127.7 |    .9 |    .9 |   1.5 |   3.0 |   3.0 |   3.7
       Blue-collar occupations.....................| 119.2 | 121.1 | 121.8 |   1.4 |    .0 |    .6 |   3.2 |   3.0 |   2.2
       Service occupations.........................| 119.3 | 121.3 | 122.0 |    .5 |    .5 |    .6 |   2.6 |   2.2 |   2.3
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Transportation and public utilities...........| 121.2 | 123.7 | 124.5 |   1.3 |    .7 |    .6 |   4.1 |   3.4 |   2.7
         Transportation............................| 119.0 | 121.6 | 122.7 |   1.3 |    .5 |    .9 |   4.2 |   3.5 |   3.1
         Public utilities..........................| 123.9 | 126.1 | 126.6 |   1.3 |    .7 |    .4 |   4.0 |   3.1 |   2.2
           Communications..........................| 124.3 | 126.2 | 126.2 |   1.8 |    .7 |    .0 |   5.0 |   3.4 |   1.5
           Electric, gas, and sanitary services....| 123.4 | 125.9 | 127.0 |    .8 |    .6 |    .9 |   2.9 |   2.9 |   2.9
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Wholesale and retail trade....................| 119.4 | 122.1 | 123.9 |    .8 |    .4 |   1.5 |   3.4 |   3.1 |   3.8
          Excluding sales occupations..............| 120.2 | 123.2 | 124.4 |   1.2 |   1.1 |   1.0 |   3.2 |   3.7 |   3.5
       Wholesale trade.............................| 120.9 | 125.1 | 126.1 |    .8 |   1.0 |    .8 |   4.0 |   4.3 |   4.3
          Excluding sales occupations..............| 122.2 | 125.6 | 126.2 |   1.7 |   1.5 |    .5 |   3.7 |   4.5 |   3.3
       Retail trade................................| 118.7 | 120.6 | 122.9 |    .8 |    .1 |   1.9 |   3.0 |   2.4 |   3.5
         General merchandise stores................| 117.9 | 120.0 | 121.0 |    .3 |    .8 |    .8 |   3.4 |   2.1 |   2.6
         Food stores...............................| 117.8 | 119.0 | 120.5 |    .4 |    .3 |   1.3 |    .7 |   1.4 |   2.3
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Finance, insurance, and real estate...........| 115.0 | 118.8 | 119.7 |    .7 |    .7 |    .8 |   1.1 |   4.0 |   4.1
         Excluding sales occupations...............| 119.3 | 121.7 | 123.3 |   1.6 |    .5 |   1.3 |   3.3 |   3.7 |   3.4
       Banking, savings and loan, and other        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
          credit agencies..........................| 119.2 | 121.2 | 122.9 |   2.6 |    .7 |   1.4 |   3.9 |   4.3 |   3.1
       Insurance...................................| 119.8 | 122.2 | 123.8 |   1.0 |    .9 |   1.3 |   3.3 |   3.0 |   3.3
         Excluding sales occupations...............| 123.8 | 126.3 | 128.0 |    .9 |    .5 |   1.3 |   2.7 |   2.9 |   3.4
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Services......................................| 123.9 | 126.1 | 128.2 |    .7 |    .6 |   1.7 |   2.6 |   2.5 |   3.5
       Business services...........................| 122.1 | 124.3 | 126.6 |   1.4 |    .6 |   1.9 |   2.8 |   3.2 |   3.7
       Health services.............................| 126.2 | 128.4 | 129.3 |    .6 |    .7 |    .7 |   2.5 |   2.4 |   2.5
         Hospitals.................................| 125.4 | 127.7 | 128.4 |    .5 |    .9 |    .5 |   2.1 |   2.3 |   2.4
         Nursing homes.............................|   -   |   -   |   -   |   1.1 |   1.0 |    .7 |   3.3 |   3.4 |   3.1
       Educational services........................| 125.6 | 129.3 | 130.0 |    .4 |    .5 |    .5 |   3.6 |   3.4 |   3.5
         Colleges and universities.................| 125.5 | 130.1 | 130.6 |    .5 |    .9 |    .4 |   2.9 |   4.2 |   4.1
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Nonmanufacturing industries.......................| 120.0 | 122.6 | 124.2 |    .8 |    .6 |   1.3 |   2.7 |   2.9 |   3.5
     White-collar occupations......................| 121.1 | 123.9 | 125.9 |    .7 |    .6 |   1.6 |   2.7 |   3.1 |   4.0
        Excluding sales............................| 122.9 | 125.5 | 127.4 |    .9 |    .9 |   1.5 |   2.9 |   3.0 |   3.7
     Blue-collar occupations.......................| 117.5 | 119.5 | 120.4 |    .9 |    .1 |    .8 |   2.9 |   2.7 |   2.5
     Service occupations...........................| 119.2 | 121.2 | 121.9 |    .5 |    .5 |    .6 |   2.5 |   2.2 |   2.3
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
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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
 
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                   |                       |         Percent Changes for
                                                   |        Indexes        |-----------------------------------------------
                       Series                      |    (June 1989=100)    |    3 Months Ended     |    12 Months Ended
                                                    ----------------------- ----------------------- -----------------------
                                                   | Mar.  | Dec.  | Mar.  | Mar.  | Dec.  | Mar.  | Mar.  | Dec.  | Mar.
                                                   | 1995  | 1995  | 1996  | 1995  | 1995  | 1996  | 1995  | 1995  | 1996
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Workers, by bargaining status                     |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Union...........................................| 119.8 | 122.2 | 122.8 |   0.6 |   0.6 |   0.5 |   2.8 |   2.6 |   2.5
       Blue-collar occupations.....................| 118.2 | 120.4 | 120.8 |    .5 |    .3 |    .3 |   2.7 |   2.4 |   2.2
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Goods-producing industries 1/.................| 118.4 | 120.5 | 121.3 |    .4 |    .2 |    .7 |   2.6 |   2.2 |   2.4
     Service-producing industries 2/...............| 121.6 | 124.3 | 124.7 |    .8 |    .9 |    .3 |   3.1 |   3.1 |   2.5
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Manufacturing.................................| 119.8 | 121.9 | 122.9 |    .5 |    .5 |    .8 |   2.7 |   2.3 |   2.6
         Blue-collar occupations...................| 119.5 | 121.6 | 122.5 |    .5 |    .5 |    .7 |   2.7 |   2.3 |   2.5
     Nonmanufacturing..............................| 119.8 | 122.3 | 122.7 |    .7 |    .6 |    .3 |   2.9 |   2.8 |   2.4
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Nonunion........................................| 120.8 | 123.3 | 125.0 |    .8 |    .6 |   1.4 |   2.9 |   2.9 |   3.5
       Blue-collar occupations.....................| 119.5 | 121.9 | 123.1 |   1.0 |    .4 |   1.0 |   3.1 |   3.0 |   3.0
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Goods-producing industries 1/.................| 121.3 | 123.7 | 124.8 |    .8 |    .7 |    .9 |   3.1 |   2.8 |   2.9
     Service-producing industries 2/...............| 120.5 | 123.1 | 124.9 |    .8 |    .6 |   1.5 |   2.8 |   3.0 |   3.7
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Manufacturing ................................| 122.7 | 125.1 | 126.1 |   1.0 |    .6 |    .8 |   3.5 |   3.0 |   2.8
         Blue-collar occupations...................| 121.2 | 124.2 | 125.4 |   1.0 |    .9 |   1.0 |   3.1 |   3.5 |   3.5
     Nonmanufacturing .............................| 120.0 | 122.6 | 124.4 |    .8 |    .6 |   1.5 |   2.7 |   2.9 |   3.7
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Workers, by region 5/                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Northeast.......................................| 121.3 | 123.6 | 124.9 |    .9 |    .4 |   1.1 |   3.0 |   2.8 |   3.0
   South...........................................| 120.0 | 122.5 | 124.3 |    .8 |    .6 |   1.5 |   2.9 |   2.9 |   3.6
   Midwest ........................................| 120.9 | 123.5 | 124.9 |    .7 |    .4 |   1.1 |   2.9 |   2.8 |   3.3
   West............................................| 119.9 | 122.7 | 123.9 |    .8 |   1.1 |   1.0 |   2.8 |   3.1 |   3.3
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Workers, by area size                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Metropolitan areas..............................| 120.6 | 123.2 | 124.8 |    .8 |    .7 |   1.3 |   2.9 |   2.9 |   3.5
   Other areas.....................................| 120.5 | 122.4 | 123.2 |   1.3 |    .2 |    .7 |   3.0 |   2.9 |   2.2
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
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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.
                                                   | 1995  | 1995  | 1996  | 1995  | 1995  | 1996  | 1995  | 1995  | 1996
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Civilian workers..................................| 133.8 | 136.2 | 136.8 |   1.0 |   0.7 |   0.4 |   2.8 |   2.8 |   2.2
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   State and local government workers..............| 131.1 | 134.4 | 135.0 |    .5 |    .6 |    .4 |   2.5 |   3.0 |   3.0
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Private industry workers........................| 134.5 | 136.6 | 137.2 |   1.1 |    .7 |    .4 |   2.9 |   2.7 |   2.0
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Workers, by occupational group                |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
       White-collar occupations....................| 135.2 | 137.5 | 138.7 |   1.4 |    .7 |    .9 |   3.6 |   3.2 |   2.6
       Blue-collar occupations.....................| 133.3 | 135.2 | 134.8 |    .6 |    .8 |   -.3 |   2.1 |   2.0 |   1.1
       Service occupations.........................| 135.0 | 136.5 | 137.0 |    .2 |    .6 |    .4 |   1.6 |   1.3 |   1.5
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Workers, by industry division                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
       Goods-producing industries 1/...............| 135.9 | 137.5 | 137.2 |    .8 |   1.0 |   -.2 |   2.4 |   2.0 |   1.0
       Service-producing industries 2/.............| 133.2 | 135.6 | 136.7 |   1.3 |    .6 |    .8 |   3.3 |   3.1 |   2.6
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
       Manufacturing ..............................| 135.4 | 137.0 | 136.7 |    .8 |   1.1 |   -.2 |   2.6 |   2.0 |   1.0
       Nonmanufacturing............................| 133.9 | 136.2 | 137.1 |   1.2 |    .6 |    .7 |   3.1 |   2.9 |   2.4
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Workers, by bargaining status                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
       Union workers...............................| 134.8 | 138.5 | 138.9 |    .8 |   1.4 |    .3 |   2.2 |   3.6 |   3.0
       Nonunion workers............................| 134.2 | 135.9 | 136.6 |   1.1 |    .5 |    .5 |   3.2 |   2.4 |   1.8
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
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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
                                                    ----------------------- ----------------------- -----------------------
                                                   | Mar.  | Dec.  | Mar.  | Mar.  | Dec.  | Mar.  | Mar.  | Dec.  | Mar.
                                                   | 1995  | 1995  | 1996  | 1995  | 1995  | 1996  | 1995  | 1995  | 1996
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                                                   |                             COMPENSATION
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                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Aircraft manufacturing (SIC 3721).................| 130.6 | 133.9 | 136.8 |   1.1 |   1.8 |   2.2 |   3.5 |   3.6 |   4.7
     White-collar occupations......................| 126.7 | 128.9 | 132.3 |   1.1 |    .9 |   2.6 |   3.3 |   2.9 |   4.4
     Blue-collar occupations.......................| 135.7 | 140.9 | 143.1 |   1.1 |   3.4 |   1.6 |   3.7 |   5.0 |   5.5
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
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                                                   |                          WAGES AND SALARIES
                                                    -----------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Aircraft manufacturing (SIC 3721).................| 125.7 | 128.0 | 128.9 |   0.7 |   0.5 |   0.7 |   2.7 |   2.6 |   2.5
     White-collar occupations......................| 121.0 | 123.1 | 124.0 |    .7 |    .3 |    .7 |   2.5 |   2.4 |   2.5
     Blue-collar occupations.......................| 132.7 | 135.1 | 136.2 |    .8 |    .7 |    .8 |   3.1 |   2.6 |   2.6
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
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                                                   |                             BENEFIT COSTS
                                                    -----------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Aircraft manufacturing (SIC 3721).................| 141.0 | 146.6 | 154.0 |   1.9 |   4.3 |   5.0 |   4.9 |   5.9 |   9.2
     White-collar occupations......................| 140.1 | 142.5 | 152.0 |   2.0 |   1.9 |   6.7 |   4.9 |   3.8 |   8.5
     Blue-collar occupations.......................| 141.6 | 151.9 | 156.2 |   1.7 |   8.0 |   2.8 |   4.9 |   9.1 |  10.3
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
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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.