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Table 1a.  SEASONALLY ADJUSTED COMPENSATION: Employment Cost Index for total compensation, by industry and occupational
Table 1b.  SEASONALLY ADJUSTED WAGES AND SALARIES: Employment Cost Index for wages and salaries, by industry and
Table 1c.  SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BENEFIT COSTS: Employment Cost Index for benefit costs, by industry and occupational
Table 2.  COMPENSATION (NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED): Employment Cost Index for total compensation, civilian and state
Table 3.  COMPENSATION (NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED): Employment Cost Index for total compensation, private industry
Table 3.  COMPENSATION (NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED): Employment Cost Index for total compensation, private industry
Table 4.  COMPENSATION (NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED): Employment Cost Index for total compensation, private industry
Table 5.  WAGES AND SALARIES (NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED): Employment Cost Index for wages and salaries only, civilian
Table 6.  WAGES AND SALARIES (NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED): Employment Cost Index for wages and salaries only, private
Table 6.  WAGES AND SALARIES (NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED): Employment Cost Index for wages and salaries only, private
Table 7.  WAGES AND SALARIES (NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED): Employment Cost Index for wages and salaries only, private
Table 8.  BENEFITS (NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED): Employment Cost Index for benefits only, civilian, state and local,
Table 9.  AEROSPACE (NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED): Employment Cost Index for workers in aerospace manufacturing, by

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                    EMPLOYMENT COST INDEX -- SEPTEMBER 1994
 
     The Employment Cost Index (ECI) increased 1.0 percent before seasonal
adjustment in the 3 months ended in September 1994, the U.S. Department of
Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.  The September 1994 ECI
level of 123.3 (June 1989=100) was 3.2 percent higher than the index in
September 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, the ECI rose 0.7 percent in the June-
September 1994 quarter, compared with a 0.9 percent gain in the March-June 1994
quarter.  Compensation cost increases have been in the 0.7-1.0 percent range
since September 1991.  Wage and salary gains, 0.7 percent in June-September
1994, also have varied within a relatively small range over the past 3 years.
Benefit costs rose 1.0 percent in June-September 1994, in line with increases
in the past year but below those in the preceding 6 years.
 
Table A.  Percent changes in ECI for civilian workers
 
                                Seasonally adjusted              Unadjusted
    Compensation                   3-months ended                12-months
     component        1992           1993              1994         ended
                       Dec.  Mar. June Sep. Dec.  Mar. June Sep.  Sep. 1994
 
Compensation costs...  1.0   0.9  0.9  0.8  0.8   0.7  0.9  0.7      3.2
 
 Wages and salaries..  0.8   0.8  0.7  0.8  0.7   0.7  0.8  0.7      2.9
 
 Benefit costs.......  1.3   1.3  1.3  0.9  1.0   0.9  1.0  1.0      3.8
 
 
     Private industry workers showed the same pattern as civilian workers.
Both compensation costs and wages and salaries rose 0.8 percent in June-
September 1994, about the same as the 0.9 percent increase in March-June 1994
and in line with increases over the past 3 years.  Benefit cost gains (1.1
percent) were similar to those over the past year.
 
     Compensation cost increases for state and local government workers, in
contrast, slowed to 0.6 percent in June-September 1994, down from 0.9 percent
in the preceding quarter.  This slowdown was due primarily to smaller gains in
benefit costs (0.5 percent in June-September 1994, down from 1.3 percent).
 
Over-the-year changes, unadjusted
 
     Compensation costs (not seasonally adjusted) increased 3.2 percent for the
year ended in September 1994, the same as the gains for the years ended in both
March and June 1994.  These increases are the lowest since the series began in
1981.  This pattern of moderate increases held for both private industry
workers (3.3 percent in September 1993-94 and 3.4 percent in June 1993-94) and
state and local governments (3.0 percent and 2.9 percent, respectively).
 
     Private industry workers' wage and salary gains slowed from 3.1 percent in
June 1993-94 to 2.9 percent in September 1993-94.  This slowdown was due
largely to sales workers;  excluding sales workers, the wage and salary
increases were about the same in the two periods (2.9 percent and 3.0 percent).
 
     For the year ended September 1994, compensation cost gains in private
industry were about the same in goods-producing industries (3.3 percent) and
service-producing industries (3.2 percent).  Compensation cost increases in
goods-producing industries ranged from 2.9 percent in nondurable goods
manufacturing to 3.9 percent in construction.  Gains in service-producing
industries ranged from 2.3 percent in health services to 4.3 percent in
transportation.
 
     Over-the-year compensation cost increases in private industry were higher
for white-collar workers (3.4 percent) than for blue-collar workers (3.0
percent) or service workers (2.4 percent).  Compensation cost increases for
white-collar occupations ranged from 3.1 percent for sales workers to 3.8
percent for executive, administrative, and managerial occupations.  Within
blue-collar occupations, compensation cost gains ranged from 2.4 percent for
machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors to 3.8 percent for transportation
and material moving occupations.
 
     Compensation cost increases over the year ended September 1994 were about
the same for union (3.2 percent) and nonunion workers (3.3 percent).  There
was, however, a very different pattern in goods-producing than in service-
producing industries.  In goods-producing industries, union increases averaged
2.8 percent, compared with 3.5 percent for nonunion workers; in service-
producing industries, union gains averaged 3.6 percent compared with 3.2
percent for nonunion.
 
 
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   *  Beginning with the March 1995 news release, ECI estimates will be   *
   *  based on 1990 counts of occupational employment by industry, rather *
   *  than on 1980 employment counts.                                     *
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 ECI data for December 1994 will be released on Tuesday, January 31, 1994, at
                               8:30 A.M. (EST).
 
 
                               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, and sickness and
accident); retirement and savings benefits (pension and other retirement plans
and savings and thrift plans); legally required benefits (social security,
railroad retirement and supplemental retirement, railroad unemployment
insurance, Federal and State unemployment insurance, workers' compensation,
and other legally required benefits such as State temporary disability); and
other benefits (severance pay and supplemental unemployment plans).
 
     The ECI provides data for the civilian economy, which includes the total
private economy and the public sector--excluding farms, households, and the
Federal government.  The private industry series and the State and local
government series provide data for the two sectors separately.
 
     Each quarter, straight-time average hourly wage and salary rates and
benefit cost data (cents-per-hour-worked) are collected from a probability
sample of nearly 22,000 occupations within over 4,200 sample establishments in
private industry and nearly 7,000 occupations within 1,000 sample
establishments in State and local governments.  Data are collected for the pay
period including the 12th day of the survey months of March, June, September,
and December.
 
     The sample establishments are classified in industry categories based on
the 1987 Standard Industrial Classification (SIC), as defined by the U.S.
Office of Management and Budget.
 
     Within an establishment, specific job categories are selected to
represent broader occupational definitions.  Since June 1986, the jobs have
been classified according to definitions used in the 1980 Census.  Prior to
June 1986, they were classified according to the 1970 Census.  Differences
between the two classification systems are slight, as indicated in the article
"Introducing new weights for the Employment Cost Index," in the June 1985
issue of the Monthly Labor Review.
 
     Fixed employment weights are used each quarter to calculate the most
aggregate indexes--civilian, private, and State and local governments.  These
fixed weights are also used to derive all of the industry and occupation
series indexes.  Since June 1986, employment counts from the 1980 Census have
been used as weights.  Prior to June 1986, 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 June 1989," in the April 1990 issue of the
Monthly Labor Review.
 
     Beginning with the December 1990 ECI release, seasonally adjusted data
are available for selected ECI series.  Seasonal adjustment removes the
effects of events that follow a more or less regular pattern each year.  These
adjustments make nonseasonal patterns easier to spot.  ECI series are
seasonally adjusted using either direct or composite seasonally adjusted
estimates.  Industry and occupational series, such as construction and service
occupations, are adjusted directly.  More aggregate series, such as civilian
or private industry workers, use composite estimates.  The composite estimates
could be obtained by aggregating either the industry or the occupational
components, and the results may differ depending on which method is used.  The
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 1993
data from the ECI, are published in a separate news release titled "Employer
Costs for Employee Compensation - March 1994."  A description of the cost
levels is provided in the article "Analyzing employers' costs for wages,
salaries, and benefits" in the October 1987 issue of the Monthly Labor Review.
The cost levels, which are published annually in mid-June, are calculated with
current employment weights, rather than the fixed 1980 Census weights used in
computing the ECI.  Therefore, year-to-year changes in the cost levels will
usually differ from those in the ECI.
 
     More detailed information on the ECI is available in several sources.
These include an annual bulletin, Employment Cost Indexes and Levels, 1975-94,
(Bulletin 2447); a chapter in the BLS Handbook of Methods (Bulletin 2414),
"The Employment Cost Index;" and several articles published in the Monthly
Labor Review.  The annual bulletin is available from the Superintendent of
Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402, or Bureau
of Labor Statistics, 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.
 
     Information in this release will be made available to sensory impaired
individuals upon request.  Voice phone: 202-606-7828, Telecommunications
Device for the Deaf (TDD) phone: 202-606-5897, TDD Message 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                   |---------------|---------------------------------------------------------------
                                            | June  | Sep.  | Dec.  | Mar.  | June  | Sep.  | Dec.  | Mar.  | June  | Sep.
                                            | 1994  | 1994  | 1992  | 1993  | 1993  | 1993  | 1993  | 1994  | 1994  | 1994
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                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
Civilian workers............................| 122.1 | 123.0 |  1.0  |  0.9  |  0.9  |  0.8  |  0.8  |  0.7  |  0.9  |  0.7
                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
  State and local government................| 123.7 | 124.5 |   .9  |   .7  |   .8  |   .5  |   .7  |   .8  |   .9  |   .6
                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
  Private industry workers..................| 121.8 | 122.8 |   .9  |  1.0  |   .9  |   .8  |   .8  |   .7  |   .9  |   .8
    White-collar occupations ...............| 122.5 | 123.5 |  1.0  |  1.0  |   .9  |   .9  |   .8  |   .8  |   .9  |   .8
    Blue-collar occupations ................| 121.1 | 122.2 |   .9  |  1.0  |   .9  |   .9  |   .8  |   .5  |   .7  |   .9
    Service occupations.....................| 121.0 | 121.7 |   .6  |  1.0  |   .8  |   .6  |   .7  |   .8  |   .3  |   .6
                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
    Goods-producing industries 1/...........| 122.7 | 123.7 |  1.0  |  1.2  |   .9  |   .8  |   .8  |   .7  |  1.0  |   .8
      Construction .........................| 120.1 | 121.2 |  1.0  |   .9  |   .8  |   .6  |   .1  |  1.7  |  1.2  |   .9
      Manufacturing.........................| 123.3 | 124.5 |  1.0  |  1.2  |  1.1  |   .8  |   .9  |   .3  |  1.0  |  1.0
        Durables............................| 123.7 | 125.2 |  1.0  |  1.3  |  1.1  |  1.0  |  1.1  |   .1  |  1.0  |  1.2
        Nondurables.........................| 122.6 | 123.3 |  1.0  |   .9  |   .9  |   .8  |   .7  |   .7  |   .9  |   .6
                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
    Service-producing industries 2/.........| 121.1 | 122.2 |   .9  |   .8  |   .9  |   .9  |   .9  |   .7  |   .7  |   .9
      Transportation and public utilities...| 119.6 | 121.3 |   .9  |   .9  |   .9  |   .8  |   .9  |  1.2  |   .3  |  1.4
      Wholesale trade.......................| 119.4 | 120.7 |  1.1  |   .6  |   .7  |   .5  |  1.1  |  -.1  |  1.3  |  1.1
      Retail trade..........................| 118.9 | 120.3 |   .8  |  1.0  |   .5  |   .7  |   .8  |   .6  |  1.0  |  1.2
      Finance, insurance, and real estate 3/| 117.7 | 118.5 |   .2  |  1.2  |   .4  |  2.3  |   .6  |  1.1  |   .0  |   .7
      Services..............................| 125.1 | 125.8 |  1.1  |   .9  |   .9  |   .9  |   .7  |  1.0  |   .6  |   .6
                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
    Nonmanufacturing industries ............| 121.2 | 122.2 |   .9  |   .8  |   .9  |   .9  |   .8  |   .8  |   .8  |   .8
                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
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   NOTE:  See footnotes at end of table 1c.
Table 1b.  SEASONALLY ADJUSTED WAGES AND SALARIES: Employment Cost Index for wages and salaries, by industry and
          occupational group
 
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                                            | Indexes (June |
                                            |   1989=100)   |              Percent changes for 3-months ended
                   Series                   |---------------|---------------------------------------------------------------
                                            | June  | Sep.  | Dec.  | Mar.  | June  | Sep.  | Dec.  | Mar.  | June  | Sep.
                                            | 1994  | 1994  | 1992  | 1993  | 1993  | 1993  | 1993  | 1994  | 1994  | 1994
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                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
Civilian workers............................| 118.8 | 119.6 |  0.8  |  0.8  |  0.7  |  0.8  |  0.7  |  0.7  |  0.8  |  0.7
                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
  State and local government................| 121.4 | 122.3 |   .9  |   .7  |   .8  |   .6  |   .6  |   .8  |   .8  |   .7
                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
  Private industry workers..................| 118.1 | 119.0 |   .8  |   .8  |   .6  |   .9  |   .8  |   .5  |   .9  |   .8
    White-collar occupations ...............| 119.3 | 120.2 |   .9  |   .8  |   .7  |  1.0  |   .9  |   .5  |   .9  |   .8
    Blue-collar occupations 3/..............| 116.5 | 117.5 |   .5  |   .8  |   .6  |   .8  |   .6  |   .7  |   .8  |   .9
    Service occupations.....................| 116.9 | 117.5 |   .4  |   .6  |   .5  |   .5  |   .4  |  1.0  |   .4  |   .5
                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
    Goods-producing industries 1/3/.........| 118.0 | 118.9 |   .6  |   .9  |   .6  |   .7  |   .7  |   .7  |   .9  |   .8
      Construction .........................| 113.5 | 114.4 |   .5  |   .6  |   .5  |   .7  |   .1  |  1.1  |  1.0  |   .8
      Manufacturing 3/......................| 119.0 | 120.0 |   .7  |   .9  |   .7  |   .7  |   .9  |   .6  |   .8  |   .8
        Durables 3/.........................| 118.7 | 119.8 |   .6  |   .9  |   .6  |   .7  |  1.1  |   .5  |   .8  |   .9
        Nondurables ........................| 119.4 | 120.4 |  1.1  |   .8  |   .7  |   .7  |   .6  |   .4  |  1.0  |   .8
                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
    Service-producing industries 2/.........| 118.3 | 119.1 |   .9  |   .7  |   .7  |  1.0  |   .8  |   .5  |   .9  |   .7
      Transportation and public utilities...| 117.1 | 118.9 |   .8  |   .8  |   .9  |   .7  |   .8  |   .7  |   .6  |  1.5
      Wholesale trade.......................| 117.9 | 119.0 |  1.3  |   .5  |   .6  |   .3  |  1.0  |   .0  |  1.3  |   .9
      Retail trade..........................| 116.7 | 117.8 |   .8  |   .8  |   .5  |   .7  |   .8  |   .3  |  1.0  |   .9
      Finance, insurance, and real estate 3/| 113.2 | 113.8 |   .1  |   .9  |   .0  |  2.7  |   .5  |   .7  |  -.4  |   .5
      Services..............................| 121.6 | 122.0 |  1.0  |   .7  |   .9  |   .7  |   .8  |   .9  |   .7  |   .3
                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
    Nonmanufacturing industries ............| 117.7 | 118.6 |   .8  |   .6  |   .7  |  1.0  |   .7  |   .6  |   .8  |   .8
                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
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   NOTE:  See footnotes at end of table 1c.
Table 1c.  SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BENEFIT COSTS: Employment Cost Index for benefit costs, by industry and occupational
          group
 
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                                            | Indexes (June |
                                            |   1989=100)   |              Percent changes for 3-months ended
                   Series                   |---------------|---------------------------------------------------------------
                                            | June  | Sep.  | Dec.  | Mar.  | June  | Sep.  | Dec.  | Mar.  | June  | Sep.
                                            | 1994  | 1994  | 1992  | 1993  | 1993  | 1993  | 1993  | 1994  | 1994  | 1994
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                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
Civilian workers ...........................| 131.0 | 132.3 |  1.3  |  1.3  |  1.3  |  0.9  |  1.0  |  0.9  |  1.0  |  1.0
                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
  State and local government ...............| 129.3 | 129.9 |  1.1  |   .6  |  1.0  |   .4  |   .8  |   .7  |  1.3  |   .5
                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
  Private industry workers..................| 131.4 | 132.9 |  1.3  |  1.5  |  1.4  |  1.0  |  1.1  |   .9  |   .9  |  1.1
    White-collar occupations................| 131.4 | 132.9 |  1.2  |  1.5  |  1.1  |   .9  |  1.0  |  1.6  |  1.0  |  1.1
    Blue-collar occupations ................| 131.2 | 132.6 |  1.6  |  1.7  |  1.5  |  1.0  |  1.1  |   .2  |   .9  |  1.1
    Service occupations.....................| 132.9 | 134.1 |  1.1  |  1.8  |  1.3  |  1.1  |  1.1  |   .5  |   .2  |   .9
                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
    Goods-producing industries 1/...........| 133.6 | 134.8 |  1.6  |  1.9  |  1.6  |  1.0  |  1.0  |   .5  |  1.2  |   .9
      Manufacturing.........................| 132.7 | 133.9 |  1.8  |  1.9  |  1.8  |  1.1  |  1.1  |   .1  |  1.1  |   .9
                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
    Service-producing industries 2/.........| 129.6 | 131.2 |  1.1  |  1.2  |  1.1  |  1.0  |  1.2  |  1.1  |   .8  |  1.2
                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
    Nonmanufacturing industries.............| 130.6 | 132.2 |  1.2  |  1.1  |  1.1  |  1.0  |  1.1  |  1.3  |   .8  |  1.2
                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
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   1/  Includes mining, construction, and manufacturing.
   2/  Includes transportation, public utilities, trade,
       finance, insurance, and real estate, and services.
   3/  No identifiable seasonality was found for this series.
 
Table 2.  COMPENSATION (NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED): Employment Cost Index for total compensation, civilian and state
           and local government workers, by industry and occupational group
 
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                                                   |                       |              Percent Changes for
                                                   |        Indexes        |-----------------------------------------------
                       Series                      |    (June 1989=100)    |    3 Months Ended     |    12 Months Ended
                                                   |-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------
                                                   | Sep.  | June  | Sep.  | Sep.  | June  | Sep.  | Sep.  | June  | Sep.
                                                   | 1993  | 1994  | 1994  | 1993  | 1994  | 1994  | 1993  | 1994  | 1994
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                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Civilian workers .................................| 119.5 | 122.1 | 123.3 |   1.0 |   0.7 |   1.0 |   3.6 |   3.2 |   3.2
         Excluding sales...........................| 119.8 | 122.4 | 123.7 |    .9 |    .7 |   1.1 |   3.5 |   3.1 |   3.3
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Workers, by occupational group                |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
       White-collar occupations....................| 119.9 | 122.6 | 123.9 |   1.1 |    .7 |   1.1 |   3.5 |   3.4 |   3.3
           Excluding sales.........................| 120.5 | 123.2 | 124.5 |   1.0 |    .7 |   1.1 |   3.5 |   3.3 |   3.3
         Professional specialty and technical......| 122.0 | 124.2 | 125.7 |   1.2 |    .4 |   1.2 |   3.2 |   3.0 |   3.0
         Executive, administrative, and managerial.| 118.6 | 121.6 | 122.9 |    .9 |    .8 |   1.1 |   3.8 |   3.5 |   3.6
         Administrative support, including clerical| 120.4 | 123.5 | 124.6 |    .9 |    .7 |    .9 |   3.9 |   3.5 |   3.5
       Blue-collar occupations.....................| 118.8 | 121.3 | 122.4 |    .8 |    .7 |    .9 |   3.8 |   3.0 |   3.0
       Service occupations.........................| 119.9 | 122.1 | 123.5 |   1.0 |    .4 |   1.1 |   3.2 |   2.9 |   3.0
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Workers, by industry division                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
       Goods-producing 1/..........................| 120.0 | 123.0 | 123.9 |    .8 |    .9 |    .7 |   4.1 |   3.3 |   3.3
         Manufacturing.............................| 120.6 | 123.5 | 124.4 |    .8 |    .8 |    .7 |   4.2 |   3.2 |   3.2
       Service-producing 2/........................| 119.3 | 121.7 | 123.1 |   1.1 |    .6 |   1.2 |   3.4 |   3.1 |   3.2
         Services..................................| 122.2 | 124.2 | 125.8 |   1.3 |    .3 |   1.3 |   3.4 |   3.0 |   2.9
           Health services.........................| 124.4 | 126.6 | 127.8 |   1.0 |    .4 |    .9 |   3.5 |   2.8 |   2.7
             Hospitals.............................| 123.9 | 126.4 | 127.5 |   1.1 |    .4 |    .9 |   3.4 |   3.1 |   2.9
           Educational services....................| 122.6 | 123.6 | 126.0 |   2.0 |    .3 |   1.9 |   3.1 |   2.8 |   2.8
         Public administration ....................| 119.3 | 122.2 | 123.7 |   1.1 |    .6 |   1.2 |   3.0 |   3.6 |   3.7
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
       Nonmanufacturing............................| 119.2 | 121.7 | 123.0 |   1.1 |    .7 |   1.1 |   3.4 |   3.2 |   3.2
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   State and local government workers..............| 121.4 | 123.1 | 125.0 |   1.5 |    .4 |   1.5 |   3.0 |   2.9 |   3.0
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Workers, by occupational group                |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
       White-collar occupations....................| 121.5 | 122.9 | 124.9 |   1.6 |    .2 |   1.6 |   2.9 |   2.8 |   2.8
         Professional specialty and technical......| 121.7 | 122.7 | 125.0 |   1.7 |    .2 |   1.9 |   2.7 |   2.5 |   2.7
         Executive, administrative, and managerial.| 121.0 | 123.4 | 124.7 |   1.5 |    .5 |   1.1 |   3.6 |   3.5 |   3.1
         Administrative support, including clerical| 121.0 | 123.3 | 124.9 |   1.2 |    .5 |   1.3 |   3.0 |   3.1 |   3.2
       Blue-collar occupations.....................| 120.5 | 122.7 | 124.2 |   1.5 |    .3 |   1.2 |   3.1 |   3.4 |   3.1
       Service occupations.........................| 121.4 | 123.9 | 126.0 |   1.4 |    .6 |   1.7 |   3.4 |   3.5 |   3.8
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Workers, by industry division                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
       Services....................................| 122.2 | 123.4 | 125.6 |   1.7 |    .2 |   1.8 |   2.9 |   2.7 |   2.8
           Excluding schools 3/....................| 121.4 | 123.3 | 124.9 |   1.2 |    .4 |   1.3 |   3.3 |   2.8 |   2.9
         Health services...........................| 122.2 | 125.2 | 127.2 |   1.2 |    .8 |   1.6 |   3.0 |   3.7 |   4.1
           Hospitals...............................| 122.0 | 124.5 | 127.0 |   1.3 |    .6 |   2.0 |   2.9 |   3.4 |   4.1
         Educational services......................| 122.3 | 123.1 | 125.5 |   1.8 |    .2 |   1.9 |   2.9 |   2.5 |   2.6
           Schools.................................| 122.5 | 123.4 | 125.9 |   1.8 |    .2 |   2.0 |   2.8 |   2.6 |   2.8
             Elementary and secondary..............| 123.0 | 123.8 | 126.3 |   1.8 |    .1 |   2.0 |   2.6 |   2.5 |   2.7
             Colleges and universities.............| 120.8 | 122.0 | 124.5 |   1.9 |    .4 |   2.0 |   3.3 |   3.0 |   3.1
       Public administration ......................| 119.3 | 122.2 | 123.7 |   1.1 |    .6 |   1.2 |   3.0 |   3.6 |   3.7
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
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    NOTE:  See footnotes at end of table 10.
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
                                                   |-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------
                                                   | Sep.  | June  | Sep.  | Sep.  | June  | Sep.  | Sep.  | June  | Sep.
                                                   | 1993  | 1994  | 1994  | 1993  | 1994  | 1994  | 1993  | 1994  | 1994
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Private industry workers .........................| 119.1 | 122.0 | 123.0 |   0.9 |   0.8 |   0.8 |   3.7 |   3.4 |   3.3
         Excluding sales...........................| 119.5 | 122.3 | 123.4 |    .8 |    .7 |    .9 |   3.8 |   3.2 |   3.3
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     White-collar occupations......................| 119.4 | 122.5 | 123.5 |    .9 |    .8 |    .8 |   3.7 |   3.6 |   3.4
         Excluding sales...........................| 120.2 | 123.3 | 124.4 |    .8 |    .7 |    .9 |   3.8 |   3.4 |   3.5
       Professional specialty and technical........| 122.2 | 125.3 | 126.3 |    .7 |    .6 |    .8 |   3.6 |   3.3 |   3.4
       Executive, administrative, and managerial...| 118.1 | 121.3 | 122.6 |    .8 |    .8 |   1.1 |   3.7 |   3.5 |   3.8
       Sales.......................................| 115.6 | 118.8 | 119.2 |   1.6 |   1.4 |    .3 |   3.4 |   4.4 |   3.1
       Administrative support, including clerical..| 120.3 | 123.5 | 124.5 |    .9 |    .8 |    .8 |   4.2 |   3.6 |   3.5
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Blue-collar occupations.......................| 118.7 | 121.2 | 122.3 |    .8 |    .7 |    .9 |   3.8 |   3.0 |   3.0
       Precision production, craft, and repair.....| 118.7 | 121.2 | 122.5 |    .9 |    .8 |   1.1 |   3.8 |   3.1 |   3.2
       Machine operators, assemblers,              |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           and inspectors..........................| 120.0 | 122.2 | 122.9 |    .8 |    .7 |    .6 |   4.3 |   2.7 |   2.4
       Transportation and material moving..........| 115.9 | 119.1 | 120.3 |    .6 |    .5 |   1.0 |   3.0 |   3.4 |   3.8
       Handlers, equipment cleaners,               |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
          helpers, and laborers....................| 118.4 | 121.4 | 122.7 |    .7 |   1.0 |   1.1 |   3.3 |   3.2 |   3.6
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Service occupations...........................| 118.9 | 121.0 | 121.8 |    .8 |    .3 |    .7 |   3.0 |   2.5 |   2.4
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Production and nonsupervisory                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
        occupations 4/.............................| 119.0 | 121.6 | 122.6 |    .9 |    .7 |    .8 |   3.7 |   3.1 |   3.0
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Goods-producing industries 1/...................| 119.9 | 123.0 | 123.9 |    .7 |   1.0 |    .7 |   4.0 |   3.3 |   3.3
         Excluding sales occupations...............| 119.6 | 122.5 | 123.5 |    .7 |    .9 |    .8 |   3.8 |   3.1 |   3.3
       White-collar occupations....................| 120.5 | 124.3 | 125.1 |    .8 |   1.1 |    .6 |   4.3 |   3.9 |   3.8
         Excluding sales...........................| 119.7 | 123.2 | 124.1 |    .6 |   1.1 |    .7 |   4.0 |   3.5 |   3.7
       Blue-collar occupations.....................| 119.6 | 122.2 | 123.1 |    .8 |    .9 |    .7 |   3.9 |   2.9 |   2.9
       Service occupations.........................| 121.5 | 123.8 | 126.5 |    .7 |    .2 |   2.2 |   3.9 |   2.7 |   4.1
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Construction..................................| 116.8 | 120.2 | 121.4 |    .7 |   1.3 |   1.0 |   3.3 |   3.6 |   3.9
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Manufacturing.................................| 120.6 | 123.5 | 124.4 |    .8 |    .8 |    .7 |   4.2 |   3.2 |   3.2
         White-collar occupations..................| 120.5 | 123.9 | 124.9 |    .7 |   1.0 |    .8 |   4.3 |   3.5 |   3.7
           Excluding sales.........................| 119.5 | 122.5 | 123.6 |    .6 |   1.0 |    .9 |   3.9 |   3.1 |   3.4
         Blue-collar occupations...................| 120.5 | 123.2 | 124.0 |    .8 |    .7 |    .6 |   4.1 |   3.0 |   2.9
         Service occupations.......................| 121.7 | 124.1 | 127.0 |    .8 |    .2 |   2.3 |   4.0 |   2.8 |   4.4
       Durables....................................| 121.0 | 123.8 | 125.1 |    .8 |    .7 |   1.1 |   4.5 |   3.2 |   3.4
       Nondurables.................................| 119.7 | 122.8 | 123.2 |    .6 |    .9 |    .3 |   3.7 |   3.2 |   2.9
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                    -----------------------------------------------------------------------
 
Table 3.  COMPENSATION (NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED): Employment Cost Index for total compensation, private industry
           workers, by industry and occupational group-Continued
 
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                   |                       |              Percent Changes for
                                                   |        Indexes        |-----------------------------------------------
                       Series                      |    (June 1989=100)    |    3 Months Ended     |    12 Months Ended
                                                   |-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------
                                                   | Sep.  | June  | Sep.  | Sep.  | June  | Sep.  | Sep.  | June  | Sep.
                                                   | 1993  | 1994  | 1994  | 1993  | 1994  | 1994  | 1993  | 1994  | 1994
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Service-producing industries 2/.................| 118.5 | 121.2 | 122.3 |   1.0 |   0.7 |   0.9 |   3.6 |   3.3 |   3.2
         Excluding sales occupations...............| 119.3 | 122.1 | 123.3 |    .8 |    .6 |   1.0 |   3.6 |   3.2 |   3.4
       White-collar occupations....................| 119.0 | 121.9 | 122.9 |   1.0 |    .7 |    .8 |   3.6 |   3.5 |   3.3
         Excluding sales...........................| 120.4 | 123.4 | 124.6 |    .9 |    .6 |   1.0 |   3.7 |   3.4 |   3.5
       Blue-collar occupations.....................| 116.6 | 119.1 | 120.6 |   1.0 |    .6 |   1.3 |   3.7 |   3.1 |   3.4
       Service occupations.........................| 118.6 | 120.7 | 121.3 |    .8 |    .4 |    .5 |   3.0 |   2.5 |   2.3
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Transportation and public utilities...........| 116.8 | 119.8 | 121.4 |    .7 |    .5 |   1.3 |   3.5 |   3.3 |   3.9
         Transportation............................| 114.8 | 117.7 | 119.7 |    .6 |    .5 |   1.7 |   2.8 |   3.2 |   4.3
         Public utilities..........................| 119.2 | 122.6 | 123.6 |    .8 |    .7 |    .8 |   4.2 |   3.6 |   3.7
           Communications..........................| 118.5 | 122.1 | 122.9 |    .9 |    .9 |    .7 |   4.5 |   3.9 |   3.7
           Electric, gas, and sanitary services....| 120.2 | 123.2 | 124.4 |    .7 |    .4 |   1.0 |   3.7 |   3.2 |   3.5
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Wholesale and retail trade....................| 116.4 | 119.4 | 120.5 |    .4 |   1.5 |    .9 |   3.0 |   3.0 |   3.5
          Excluding sales occupations..............| 117.0 | 119.8 | 120.9 |    .7 |   1.0 |    .9 |   3.1 |   3.1 |   3.3
       Wholesale trade.............................| 116.6 | 119.7 | 120.6 |    .2 |   1.5 |    .8 |   3.0 |   2.8 |   3.4
          Excluding sales occupations..............| 117.6 | 120.3 | 121.3 |    .7 |    .8 |    .8 |   3.1 |   3.0 |   3.1
       Retail trade................................| 116.2 | 119.2 | 120.4 |    .5 |   1.4 |   1.0 |   2.9 |   3.1 |   3.6
         General merchandise stores................| 115.5 | 118.0 | 118.7 |    .7 |   2.3 |    .6 |   1.9 |   2.9 |   2.8
         Food stores...............................| 117.1 | 120.6 | 120.3 |   -.1 |    .8 |   -.2 |   2.5 |   2.9 |   2.7
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Finance, insurance, and real estate...........| 115.7 | 117.7 | 118.5 |   2.3 |    .0 |    .7 |   4.1 |   4.1 |   2.4
         Excluding sales occupations...............| 117.5 | 120.3 | 121.5 |    .9 |    .5 |   1.0 |   4.4 |   3.4 |   3.4
       Banking, savings and loan, and other        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
          credit agencies..........................| 116.9 | 119.4 | 120.8 |    .8 |    .6 |   1.2 |   5.3 |   2.9 |   3.3
       Insurance...................................| 117.4 | 120.5 | 121.5 |   1.1 |    .5 |    .8 |   2.2 |   3.8 |   3.5
         Excluding sales occupations...............| 121.8 | 125.0 | 126.0 |   1.0 |    .5 |    .8 |   4.9 |   3.6 |   3.4
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Services......................................| 122.3 | 124.9 | 125.9 |   1.2 |    .4 |    .8 |   3.8 |   3.3 |   2.9
       Business services...........................| 118.1 | 122.1 | 122.4 |    .6 |    .7 |    .2 |   2.5 |   4.0 |   3.6
       Health services.............................| 125.0 | 127.1 | 127.9 |    .8 |    .3 |    .6 |   3.6 |   2.5 |   2.3
         Hospitals.................................| 124.5 | 127.1 | 127.7 |    .9 |    .3 |    .5 |   3.6 |   3.0 |   2.6
         Nursing homes.............................|   -   |   -   |   -   |    .8 |    .8 |    .6 |   3.9 |   3.9 |   3.7
       Educational services........................| 123.8 | 125.4 | 128.2 |   2.7 |    .7 |   2.2 |   3.8 |   4.0 |   3.6
         Colleges and universities.................| 125.0 | 126.0 | 128.5 |   2.9 |    .2 |   2.0 |   3.9 |   3.7 |   2.8
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Nonmanufacturing industries.......................| 118.4 | 121.2 | 122.3 |   1.0 |    .7 |    .9 |   3.5 |   3.4 |   3.3
     White-collar occupations......................| 119.0 | 122.1 | 123.1 |    .9 |    .8 |    .8 |   3.6 |   3.6 |   3.4
        Excluding sales............................| 120.4 | 123.6 | 124.7 |    .8 |    .7 |    .9 |   3.8 |   3.5 |   3.6
     Blue-collar occupations.......................| 116.6 | 119.1 | 120.5 |    .9 |    .8 |   1.2 |   3.4 |   3.0 |   3.3
     Service occupations...........................| 118.6 | 120.7 | 121.3 |    .8 |    .4 |    .5 |   3.0 |   2.5 |   2.3
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    -  Data not available.
    NOTE:  See footnotes at end of table 10.
 
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
                                                   |-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------
                                                   | Sep.  | June  | Sep.  | Sep.  | June  | Sep.  | Sep.  | June  | Sep.
                                                   | 1993  | 1994  | 1994  | 1993  | 1994  | 1994  | 1993  | 1994  | 1994
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Workers, by bargaining status                     |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Union...........................................| 120.0 | 123.0 | 123.8 |   0.8 |   0.9 |   0.7 |   4.2 |   3.3 |   3.2
       Blue-collar occupations.....................| 119.7 | 122.4 | 123.1 |    .8 |   1.0 |    .6 |   4.3 |   3.1 |   2.8
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Goods-producing industries 1/.................| 121.0 | 123.8 | 124.4 |    .8 |   1.1 |    .5 |   4.6 |   3.2 |   2.8
     Service-producing industries 2/...............| 118.6 | 121.8 | 122.9 |    .8 |    .7 |    .9 |   3.5 |   3.5 |   3.6
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Manufacturing.................................| 121.9 | 124.8 | 125.3 |    .7 |   1.0 |    .4 |   5.0 |   3.1 |   2.8
         Blue-collar occupations...................| 121.8 | 124.6 | 125.1 |    .7 |    .9 |    .4 |   5.0 |   3.0 |   2.7
     Nonmanufacturing..............................| 118.5 | 121.5 | 122.6 |    .9 |    .8 |    .9 |   3.5 |   3.5 |   3.5
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Nonunion........................................| 118.8 | 121.7 | 122.7 |    .9 |    .8 |    .8 |   3.6 |   3.4 |   3.3
       Blue-collar occupations.....................| 117.8 | 120.4 | 121.7 |    .8 |    .7 |   1.1 |   3.4 |   3.0 |   3.3
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Goods-producing industries 1/.................| 119.4 | 122.6 | 123.6 |    .7 |    .9 |    .8 |   3.7 |   3.4 |   3.5
     Service-producing industries 2/...............| 118.4 | 121.1 | 122.2 |   1.0 |    .7 |    .9 |   3.5 |   3.3 |   3.2
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Manufacturing ................................| 120.0 | 122.9 | 124.0 |    .8 |    .7 |    .9 |   3.9 |   3.3 |   3.3
         Blue-collar occupations...................| 119.4 | 121.9 | 123.0 |    .8 |    .6 |    .9 |   3.4 |   3.0 |   3.0
     Nonmanufacturing .............................| 118.3 | 121.1 | 122.2 |    .9 |    .7 |    .9 |   3.5 |   3.3 |   3.3
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Workers, by region 5/                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Northeast.......................................| 120.2 | 122.8 | 124.0 |    .9 |   1.0 |   1.0 |   4.1 |   3.1 |   3.2
   South...........................................| 118.1 | 120.8 | 121.8 |    .9 |    .7 |    .8 |   3.5 |   3.2 |   3.1
   Midwest ........................................| 120.1 | 123.6 | 124.6 |    .7 |    .7 |    .8 |   4.2 |   3.6 |   3.7
   West............................................| 117.8 | 120.5 | 121.3 |   1.2 |    .9 |    .7 |   3.2 |   3.5 |   3.0
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Workers, by area size                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Metropolitan areas..............................| 119.1 | 121.9 | 122.9 |    .8 |    .8 |    .8 |   3.7 |   3.2 |   3.2
   Other areas.....................................| 118.7 | 122.5 | 123.2 |    .8 |   1.0 |    .6 |   3.4 |   4.0 |   3.8
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    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 10.
 
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
                                                   |-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------
                                                   | Sep.  | June  | Sep.  | Sep.  | June  | Sep.  | Sep.  | June  | Sep.
                                                   | 1993  | 1994  | 1994  | 1993  | 1994  | 1994  | 1993  | 1994  | 1994
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Civilian workers .................................| 116.4 | 118.6 | 119.8 |   1.0 |   0.7 |   1.0 |   3.0 |   3.0 |   2.9
         Excluding sales...........................| 116.6 | 118.8 | 120.1 |   1.0 |    .7 |   1.1 |   3.0 |   2.9 |   3.0
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Workers, by occupational group                |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
       White-collar occupations....................| 117.4 | 119.7 | 120.8 |   1.2 |    .8 |    .9 |   3.3 |   3.2 |   2.9
           Excluding sales.........................| 118.0 | 120.2 | 121.5 |   1.0 |    .6 |   1.1 |   3.1 |   2.9 |   3.0
         Professional specialty and technical......| 119.5 | 121.3 | 122.8 |   1.3 |    .5 |   1.2 |   3.0 |   2.8 |   2.8
         Executive, administrative, and managerial.| 116.5 | 119.0 | 120.2 |    .9 |    .8 |   1.0 |   3.3 |   3.0 |   3.2
         Administrative support, including clerical| 117.1 | 119.8 | 120.9 |    .9 |    .8 |    .9 |   3.3 |   3.2 |   3.2
       Blue-collar occupations.....................| 114.4 | 116.7 | 117.8 |    .9 |    .8 |    .9 |   2.8 |   2.9 |   3.0
       Service occupations.........................| 116.1 | 118.1 | 119.4 |    .8 |    .5 |   1.1 |   2.4 |   2.5 |   2.8
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Workers, by industry division                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
       Goods-producing 1/..........................| 115.4 | 118.0 | 119.0 |    .7 |    .9 |    .8 |   2.9 |   3.0 |   3.1
         Manufacturing.............................| 116.3 | 119.0 | 120.0 |    .7 |    .8 |    .8 |   3.0 |   3.0 |   3.2
       Service-producing 2/........................| 116.8 | 118.9 | 120.2 |   1.1 |    .6 |   1.1 |   3.1 |   2.9 |   2.9
         Services..................................| 119.5 | 121.3 | 122.8 |   1.4 |    .3 |   1.2 |   3.1 |   3.0 |   2.8
           Health services.........................| 121.4 | 123.4 | 124.4 |    .9 |    .5 |    .8 |   3.1 |   2.6 |   2.5
             Hospitals.............................| 120.7 | 123.0 | 124.0 |   1.0 |    .5 |    .8 |   3.1 |   2.9 |   2.7
           Educational services....................| 120.4 | 121.3 | 123.8 |   2.0 |    .2 |   2.1 |   3.0 |   2.8 |   2.8
         Public administration ....................| 115.9 | 118.5 | 119.9 |    .9 |    .5 |   1.2 |   2.5 |   3.1 |   3.5
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
       Nonmanufacturing............................| 116.4 | 118.5 | 119.7 |   1.1 |    .7 |   1.0 |   3.0 |   3.0 |   2.8
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   State and local government workers..............| 119.3 | 120.7 | 122.8 |   1.6 |    .2 |   1.7 |   2.9 |   2.8 |   2.9
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Workers, by occupational group                |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
       White-collar occupations....................| 119.6 | 120.9 | 122.9 |   1.7 |    .2 |   1.7 |   2.9 |   2.8 |   2.8
         Professional specialty and technical......| 120.4 | 121.3 | 123.6 |   1.9 |    .2 |   1.9 |   2.9 |   2.6 |   2.7
         Executive, administrative, and managerial.| 118.2 | 120.3 | 121.6 |   1.4 |    .4 |   1.1 |   3.1 |   3.2 |   2.9
         Administrative support, including clerical| 117.2 | 119.4 | 120.9 |   1.1 |    .4 |   1.3 |   2.7 |   3.0 |   3.2
       Blue-collar occupations.....................| 118.4 | 120.1 | 121.8 |   1.6 |    .3 |   1.4 |   3.0 |   3.1 |   2.9
       Service occupations.........................| 118.3 | 120.4 | 122.7 |   1.0 |    .6 |   1.9 |   3.0 |   2.8 |   3.7
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Workers, by industry division                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
       Services....................................| 120.3 | 121.3 | 123.6 |   1.8 |    .2 |   1.9 |   2.9 |   2.6 |   2.7
           Excluding schools 3/....................| 120.1 | 121.9 | 123.2 |   1.2 |    .5 |   1.1 |   3.2 |   2.7 |   2.6
         Health services...........................| 120.4 | 122.9 | 124.7 |   1.3 |    .8 |   1.5 |   3.2 |   3.5 |   3.6
           Hospitals...............................| 119.9 | 122.0 | 124.2 |   1.4 |    .7 |   1.8 |   2.9 |   3.2 |   3.6
         Educational services......................| 120.3 | 121.1 | 123.6 |   1.9 |    .2 |   2.1 |   2.9 |   2.5 |   2.7
           Schools.................................| 120.3 | 121.2 | 123.8 |   1.9 |    .2 |   2.1 |   2.8 |   2.7 |   2.9
             Elementary and secondary..............| 121.1 | 121.8 | 124.5 |   1.9 |    .1 |   2.2 |   2.7 |   2.5 |   2.8
             Colleges and universities.............| 117.8 | 119.2 | 121.5 |   1.9 |    .5 |   1.9 |   3.2 |   3.1 |   3.1
       Public administration ......................| 115.9 | 118.5 | 119.9 |    .9 |    .5 |   1.2 |   2.5 |   3.1 |   3.5
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
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    NOTE:  See footnotes at end of table 10.
Table 6.  WAGES AND SALARIES (NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED): Employment Cost Index for wages and salaries only, private
           industry workers, by industry and occupational group
 
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                                                   |                       |              Percent Changes for
                                                   |        Indexes        |-----------------------------------------------
                       Series                      |    (June 1989=100)    |    3 Months Ended     |    12 Months Ended
                                                   |-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------
                                                   | Sep.  | June  | Sep.  | Sep.  | June  | Sep.  | Sep.  | June  | Sep.
                                                   | 1993  | 1994  | 1994  | 1993  | 1994  | 1994  | 1993  | 1994  | 1994
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Private industry workers .........................| 115.7 | 118.1 | 119.1 |   1.0 |   0.8 |   0.8 |   3.1 |   3.1 |   2.9
         Excluding sales...........................| 115.9 | 118.3 | 119.4 |    .8 |    .7 |    .9 |   3.0 |   2.9 |   3.0
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     White-collar occupations......................| 116.7 | 119.3 | 120.2 |   1.0 |    .8 |    .8 |   3.4 |   3.3 |   3.0
         Excluding sales...........................| 117.4 | 119.9 | 121.0 |    .9 |    .8 |    .9 |   3.3 |   3.0 |   3.1
       Professional specialty and technical........| 118.9 | 121.3 | 122.2 |    .8 |    .7 |    .7 |   3.1 |   2.9 |   2.8
       Executive, administrative, and managerial...| 116.2 | 118.8 | 120.0 |    .8 |    .8 |   1.0 |   3.3 |   3.0 |   3.3
       Sales.......................................| 113.8 | 116.2 | 116.5 |   2.0 |   1.2 |    .3 |   3.7 |   4.1 |   2.4
       Administrative support, including clerical..| 117.1 | 119.9 | 120.9 |    .9 |    .8 |    .8 |   3.4 |   3.3 |   3.2
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Blue-collar occupations.......................| 114.1 | 116.5 | 117.5 |    .8 |    .8 |    .9 |   2.7 |   2.9 |   3.0
       Precision production, craft, and repair.....| 114.2 | 116.5 | 117.8 |    .9 |    .9 |   1.1 |   2.9 |   2.9 |   3.2
       Machine operators, assemblers,              |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           and inspectors..........................| 114.7 | 117.2 | 118.0 |    .8 |    .9 |    .7 |   2.7 |   3.0 |   2.9
       Transportation and material moving..........| 111.7 | 114.0 | 115.2 |    .4 |    .4 |   1.1 |   2.2 |   2.5 |   3.1
       Handlers, equipment cleaners,               |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
          helpers, and laborers....................| 114.9 | 117.3 | 117.9 |    .5 |    .6 |    .5 |   2.5 |   2.6 |   2.6
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Service occupations...........................| 114.9 | 116.8 | 117.6 |    .7 |    .4 |    .7 |   2.1 |   2.4 |   2.3
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Production and nonsupervisory                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
        occupations 4/.............................| 115.3 | 117.5 | 118.5 |   1.0 |    .8 |    .9 |   2.9 |   2.9 |   2.8
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Goods-producing industries 1/...................| 115.3 | 118.0 | 118.9 |    .7 |    .9 |    .8 |   2.9 |   3.1 |   3.1
         Excluding sales occupations...............| 114.9 | 117.4 | 118.4 |    .6 |    .9 |    .9 |   2.6 |   2.8 |   3.0
       White-collar occupations....................| 117.3 | 120.3 | 121.1 |    .8 |   1.0 |    .7 |   3.6 |   3.4 |   3.2
         Excluding sales...........................| 116.4 | 118.8 | 119.8 |    .7 |    .9 |    .8 |   3.1 |   2.8 |   2.9
       Blue-collar occupations.....................| 114.1 | 116.6 | 117.5 |    .6 |    .9 |    .8 |   2.4 |   2.8 |   3.0
       Service occupations.........................| 115.7 | 117.7 | 120.1 |   1.1 |   1.1 |   2.0 |   3.1 |   2.9 |   3.8
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Construction..................................| 111.3 | 113.6 | 114.6 |    .8 |   1.2 |    .9 |   2.4 |   2.9 |   3.0
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Manufacturing.................................| 116.3 | 119.0 | 120.0 |    .7 |    .8 |    .8 |   3.0 |   3.0 |   3.2
         White-collar occupations..................| 117.7 | 120.6 | 121.7 |    .7 |    .9 |    .9 |   3.6 |   3.2 |   3.4
           Excluding sales.........................| 116.7 | 119.1 | 120.2 |    .7 |    .9 |    .9 |   3.3 |   2.8 |   3.0
         Blue-collar occupations...................| 115.2 | 117.8 | 118.7 |    .6 |    .8 |    .8 |   2.5 |   2.9 |   3.0
         Service occupations.......................| 116.0 | 118.2 | 120.6 |   1.3 |   1.2 |   2.0 |   3.3 |   3.2 |   4.0
       Durables....................................| 115.9 | 118.7 | 119.8 |    .7 |    .8 |    .9 |   2.8 |   3.1 |   3.4
       Nondurables.................................| 116.9 | 119.5 | 120.3 |    .5 |   1.0 |    .7 |   3.3 |   2.8 |   2.9
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
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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
 
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                   |                       |              Percent Changes for
                                                   |        Indexes        |-----------------------------------------------
                       Series                      |    (June 1989=100)    |    3 Months Ended     |    12 Months Ended
                                                   |-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------
                                                   | Sep.  | June  | Sep.  | Sep.  | June  | Sep.  | Sep.  | June  | Sep.
                                                   | 1993  | 1994  | 1994  | 1993  | 1994  | 1994  | 1993  | 1994  | 1994
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Service-producing industries 2/.................| 115.9 | 118.2 | 119.2 |   1.0 |   0.8 |   0.8 |   3.2 |   3.1 |   2.8
         Excluding sales occupations...............| 116.6 | 119.0 | 120.2 |    .9 |    .6 |   1.0 |   3.2 |   2.9 |   3.1
       White-collar occupations....................| 116.5 | 118.9 | 119.9 |   1.1 |    .8 |    .8 |   3.3 |   3.2 |   2.9
         Excluding sales...........................| 117.8 | 120.4 | 121.5 |    .9 |    .7 |    .9 |   3.3 |   3.1 |   3.1
       Blue-collar occupations.....................| 114.1 | 116.2 | 117.5 |   1.1 |    .6 |   1.1 |   3.4 |   2.9 |   3.0
       Service occupations.........................| 114.9 | 116.7 | 117.3 |    .7 |    .3 |    .5 |   2.0 |   2.3 |   2.1
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Transportation and public utilities...........| 114.7 | 117.2 | 118.9 |    .6 |    .7 |   1.5 |   3.1 |   2.8 |   3.7
         Transportation............................| 112.6 | 114.8 | 116.7 |    .5 |    .5 |   1.7 |   2.6 |   2.5 |   3.6
         Public utilities..........................| 117.2 | 120.1 | 121.4 |    .7 |    .8 |   1.1 |   3.7 |   3.2 |   3.6
           Communications..........................| 116.5 | 119.5 | 121.0 |    .8 |    .9 |   1.3 |   3.8 |   3.4 |   3.9
           Electric, gas, and sanitary services....| 118.2 | 120.9 | 121.9 |    .7 |    .8 |    .8 |   3.5 |   3.0 |   3.1
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Wholesale and retail trade....................| 114.7 | 117.4 | 118.3 |    .4 |   1.6 |    .8 |   2.9 |   2.8 |   3.1
          Excluding sales occupations..............| 115.2 | 117.8 | 118.7 |    .7 |   1.1 |    .8 |   2.8 |   3.0 |   3.0
       Wholesale trade.............................| 115.1 | 118.3 | 118.9 |    .0 |   1.8 |    .5 |   2.9 |   2.8 |   3.3
          Excluding sales occupations..............| 116.3 | 118.8 | 119.6 |    .7 |    .8 |    .7 |   2.6 |   2.9 |   2.8
       Retail trade................................| 114.5 | 117.0 | 118.0 |    .6 |   1.6 |    .9 |   2.9 |   2.8 |   3.1
         General merchandise stores................| 114.5 | 116.4 | 116.5 |   1.0 |   2.1 |    .1 |   2.5 |   2.6 |   1.7
         Food stores...............................| 114.9 | 117.8 | 117.4 |   -.4 |    .7 |   -.3 |   1.8 |   2.1 |   2.2
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Finance, insurance, and real estate...........| 112.3 | 113.2 | 113.8 |   2.7 |   -.4 |    .5 |   3.8 |   3.6 |   1.3
         Excluding sales occupations...............| 114.0 | 116.0 | 117.2 |    .8 |    .4 |   1.0 |   3.7 |   2.6 |   2.8
       Banking, savings and loan, and other        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
          credit agencies..........................| 113.7 | 115.0 | 116.5 |    .7 |    .3 |   1.3 |   4.7 |   1.9 |   2.5
       Insurance...................................| 113.9 | 116.8 | 117.7 |    .9 |    .7 |    .8 |   1.1 |   3.5 |   3.3
         Excluding sales occupations...............| 118.3 | 121.4 | 122.3 |    .6 |    .7 |    .7 |   4.0 |   3.2 |   3.4
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Services......................................| 118.9 | 121.3 | 122.2 |   1.1 |    .4 |    .7 |   3.2 |   3.1 |   2.8
       Business services...........................| 115.3 | 119.4 | 119.9 |    .6 |    .5 |    .4 |   1.8 |   4.2 |   4.0
       Health services.............................| 121.7 | 123.5 | 124.3 |    .8 |    .3 |    .6 |   3.2 |   2.3 |   2.1
         Hospitals.................................| 121.0 | 123.3 | 123.9 |    .9 |    .4 |    .5 |   3.2 |   2.8 |   2.4
         Nursing homes.............................|   -   |   -   |   -   |    .9 |    .8 |    .8 |   3.8 |   3.9 |   3.8
       Educational services........................| 120.7 | 122.2 | 124.9 |   2.8 |    .8 |   2.2 |   3.6 |   4.1 |   3.5
         Colleges and universities.................| 121.3 | 122.2 | 124.5 |   3.1 |    .2 |   1.9 |   3.4 |   3.8 |   2.6
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Nonmanufacturing industries.......................| 115.4 | 117.7 | 118.7 |   1.1 |    .8 |    .8 |   3.1 |   3.1 |   2.9
     White-collar occupations......................| 116.4 | 118.9 | 119.7 |   1.0 |    .8 |    .7 |   3.2 |   3.2 |   2.8
        Excluding sales............................| 117.6 | 120.2 | 121.3 |    .9 |    .7 |    .9 |   3.2 |   3.1 |   3.1
     Blue-collar occupations.......................| 113.0 | 115.1 | 116.4 |   1.0 |    .8 |   1.1 |   3.0 |   2.9 |   3.0
     Service occupations...........................| 114.8 | 116.7 | 117.3 |    .6 |    .3 |    .5 |   2.0 |   2.3 |   2.2
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
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    -  Data not available.
    NOTE:  See footnotes at end of table 10.
 
Table 7.  WAGES AND SALARIES (NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED): Employment Cost Index for wages and salaries only, private
           industry workers, by bargaining status, region, and area size
 
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                                                   |                       |              Percent Changes for
                                                   |        Indexes        |-----------------------------------------------
                       Series                      |    (June 1989=100)    |    3 Months Ended     |    12 Months Ended
                                                   |-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------
                                                   | Sep.  | June  | Sep.  | Sep.  | June  | Sep.  | Sep.  | June  | Sep.
                                                   | 1993  | 1994  | 1994  | 1993  | 1994  | 1994  | 1993  | 1994  | 1994
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Workers, by bargaining status                     |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Union...........................................| 114.8 | 117.6 | 118.6 |   0.8 |   0.9 |   0.9 |   2.8 |   3.2 |   3.3
       Blue-collar occupations.....................| 113.7 | 116.2 | 117.3 |    .8 |   1.0 |    .9 |   2.6 |   3.0 |   3.2
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Goods-producing industries 1/.................| 113.8 | 116.7 | 117.5 |    .7 |   1.1 |    .7 |   2.4 |   3.3 |   3.3
     Service-producing industries 2/...............| 116.0 | 118.7 | 120.1 |    .8 |    .6 |   1.2 |   3.1 |   3.1 |   3.5
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Manufacturing.................................| 114.6 | 117.8 | 118.5 |    .6 |   1.0 |    .6 |   2.6 |   3.4 |   3.4
         Blue-collar occupations...................| 114.4 | 117.6 | 118.3 |    .5 |   1.0 |    .6 |   2.5 |   3.3 |   3.4
     Nonmanufacturing..............................| 114.9 | 117.3 | 118.6 |    .9 |    .8 |   1.1 |   2.9 |   3.0 |   3.2
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Nonunion........................................| 115.9 | 118.3 | 119.2 |   1.0 |    .8 |    .8 |   3.1 |   3.0 |   2.8
       Blue-collar occupations.....................| 114.4 | 116.7 | 117.7 |    .7 |    .7 |    .9 |   2.8 |   2.7 |   2.9
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Goods-producing industries 1/.................| 116.0 | 118.6 | 119.5 |    .7 |    .9 |    .8 |   3.0 |   3.0 |   3.0
     Service-producing industries 2/...............| 115.9 | 118.1 | 119.0 |   1.1 |    .8 |    .8 |   3.2 |   3.1 |   2.7
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Manufacturing ................................| 117.0 | 119.5 | 120.5 |    .8 |    .8 |    .8 |   3.2 |   2.9 |   3.0
         Blue-collar occupations...................| 116.0 | 118.1 | 119.1 |    .7 |    .5 |    .8 |   2.6 |   2.5 |   2.7
     Nonmanufacturing .............................| 115.5 | 117.8 | 118.7 |   1.0 |    .8 |    .8 |   3.1 |   3.1 |   2.8
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Workers, by region 5/                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Northeast.......................................| 116.8 | 118.8 | 120.0 |   1.0 |    .8 |   1.0 |   3.4 |   2.7 |   2.7
   South...........................................| 115.3 | 117.4 | 118.5 |    .9 |    .7 |    .9 |   2.9 |   2.7 |   2.8
   Midwest ........................................| 115.2 | 118.3 | 119.5 |    .5 |    .7 |   1.0 |   3.0 |   3.2 |   3.7
   West............................................| 115.3 | 117.9 | 118.1 |   1.4 |   1.1 |    .2 |   2.8 |   3.7 |   2.4
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Workers, by area size                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Metropolitan areas..............................| 115.8 | 118.1 | 119.1 |   1.0 |    .8 |    .8 |   3.1 |   3.0 |   2.8
   Other areas.....................................| 115.0 | 118.1 | 118.6 |    .5 |    .9 |    .4 |   2.7 |   3.2 |   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 10.
 
Table 8.  BENEFITS (NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED): Employment Cost Index for benefits only, civilian, state and local,
            and private industry workers, by industry and occupational group
 
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                                                   |                       |              Percent Changes for
                                                   |        Indexes        |-----------------------------------------------
                       Series                      |    (June 1989=100)    |    3 Months Ended     |    12 Months Ended
                                                   |-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------
                                                   | Sep.  | June  | Sep.  | Sep.  | June  | Sep.  | Sep.  | June  | Sep.
                                                   | 1993  | 1994  | 1994  | 1993  | 1994  | 1994  | 1993  | 1994  | 1994
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Civilian workers..................................| 127.4 | 131.0 | 132.3 |   1.0 |   0.7 |   1.0 |   4.9 |   3.8 |   3.8
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   State and local government workers..............| 126.2 | 128.5 | 130.3 |   1.4 |    .5 |   1.4 |   3.2 |   3.2 |   3.2
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Private industry workers........................| 127.7 | 131.7 | 132.8 |    .8 |    .8 |    .8 |   5.4 |   3.9 |   4.0
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Workers, by occupational group                |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
       White-collar occupations....................| 126.8 | 131.6 | 132.8 |    .7 |    .8 |    .9 |   4.8 |   4.5 |   4.7
       Blue-collar occupations.....................| 128.4 | 131.5 | 132.7 |    .9 |    .8 |    .9 |   5.9 |   3.3 |   3.3
       Service occupations.........................| 130.5 | 133.1 | 134.2 |    .9 |    .2 |    .8 |   5.5 |   2.9 |   2.8
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Workers, by industry division                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
       Goods-producing industries 1/...............| 130.0 | 133.9 | 134.8 |    .8 |    .9 |    .7 |   6.3 |   3.8 |   3.7
       Service-producing industries 2/.............| 125.7 | 129.7 | 131.2 |    .9 |    .6 |   1.2 |   4.4 |   4.1 |   4.4
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
       Manufacturing ..............................| 129.7 | 133.0 | 133.9 |    .9 |    .8 |    .7 |   6.7 |   3.4 |   3.2
       Nonmanufacturing............................| 126.5 | 130.8 | 132.2 |    .8 |    .7 |   1.1 |   4.5 |   4.2 |   4.5
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Workers, by bargaining status                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
       Union workers...............................| 129.7 | 132.9 | 133.3 |    .9 |    .8 |    .3 |   6.6 |   3.4 |   2.8
       Nonunion workers............................| 126.9 | 131.1 | 132.6 |    .8 |    .8 |   1.1 |   4.9 |   4.1 |   4.5
                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
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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
                                                   |-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------
                                                   | Sep.  | June  | Sep.  | Sep.  | June  | Sep.  | Sep.  | June  | Sep.
                                                   | 1993  | 1994  | 1994  | 1993  | 1994  | 1994  | 1993  | 1994  | 1994
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                                                   |                             COMPENSATION
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                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Aircraft manufacturing (SIC 3721).................| 126.7 | 127.1 | 128.7 |   1.8 |   0.7 |   1.3 |   5.5 |   2.1 |   1.6
     White-collar occupations......................| 123.2 | 123.8 | 125.3 |   1.7 |    .9 |   1.2 |   5.3 |   2.1 |   1.7
     Blue-collar occupations.......................| 131.5 | 131.5 | 133.2 |   1.8 |    .5 |   1.3 |   5.9 |   1.8 |   1.3
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                                                   |                          WAGES AND SALARIES
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                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Aircraft manufacturing (SIC 3721).................| 120.5 | 123.3 | 124.0 |   1.4 |   0.7 |   0.6 |   3.9 |   3.8 |   2.9
     White-collar occupations......................| 116.7 | 119.1 | 119.8 |   1.3 |    .8 |    .6 |   4.0 |   3.4 |   2.7
     Blue-collar occupations.......................| 126.1 | 129.4 | 130.2 |   1.6 |    .5 |    .6 |   3.8 |   4.3 |   3.3
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                                                   |                             BENEFIT COSTS
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                                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Aircraft manufacturing (SIC 3721).................| 140.1 | 135.3 | 138.7 |   2.3 |   0.7 |   2.5 |   8.7 |  -1.2 |  -1.0
     White-collar occupations......................| 138.7 | 134.7 | 138.0 |   2.4 |    .9 |   2.4 |   8.0 |   -.5 |   -.5
     Blue-collar occupations.......................| 141.9 | 135.6 | 139.0 |   2.1 |    .4 |   2.5 |   9.6 |  -2.4 |  -2.0
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    NOTE:  SIC refers to the 1987 Standard Industrial
 Classification System code as defined by the U.S. Office
 of Management and Budget.