[Economic Report of the President (1998)] [Administration of William J. Clinton] [Online through the Government Printing Office, www.gpo.gov] Table B-48.--Employment cost index, private industry, 1980-97 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Total private Goods-producing Service-producing Manufacturing Nonmanufacturing ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total Wages Total Wages Total Wages Total Wages Total Wages Year and month com- and Bene- com- and Bene- com- and Bene- com- and Bene- com- and Bene- pen- sala- fits \1\ pen- sala- fits pen- sala- fits pen- sala- fits pen- sala- fits sation ries sation ries \1\ sation ries \1\ sation ries \1\ sation ries \1\ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (14)Index, June 1989=100; not seasonally adjusted ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- December: 1980............................................................ 64.8 67.1 59.4 66.7 69.7 60.5 63.3 65.3 58.4 66.0 68.9 59.9 64.2 66.2 59.1 1981............................................................ 71.2 73.0 66.6 73.3 75.7 68.2 69.5 71.1 65.1 72.5 74.9 67.5 70.4 72.1 66.1 1982............................................................ 75.8 77.6 71.4 77.8 80.0 73.2 74.1 75.9 69.6 76.9 79.1 72.4 75.1 76.8 70.6 1983............................................................ 80.1 81.4 76.7 81.6 83.2 78.3 78.9 80.2 75.2 80.8 82.5 77.5 79.6 81.0 76.2 1984............................................................ 84.0 84.8 81.7 85.4 86.4 83.2 82.9 83.7 80.4 85.0 86.1 82.7 83.4 84.2 81.1 1985............................................................ 87.3 88.3 84.6 88.2 89.4 85.7 86.6 87.7 83.6 87.8 89.2 85.0 87.0 88.0 84.4 1986............................................................ 90.1 91.1 87.5 91.0 92.3 88.3 89.3 90.3 86.8 90.7 92.1 87.5 89.7 90.6 87.5 1987............................................................ 93.1 94.1 90.5 93.8 95.2 90.9 92.6 93.4 90.2 93.4 95.2 89.8 92.9 93.7 91.0 1988............................................................ 97.6 98.0 96.7 97.9 98.2 97.3 97.3 97.8 96.1 97.6 98.1 96.6 97.5 97.8 96.8 1989............................................................ 102.3 102.0 102.6 102.1 102.0 102.6 102.3 102.2 102.6 102.0 101.9 102.3 102.3 102.2 102.8 1990............................................................ 107.0 106.1 109.4 107.0 105.8 109.9 107.0 106.3 109.0 107.2 106.2 109.5 106.9 106.1 109.3 1991............................................................ 111.7 110.0 116.2 111.9 109.7 116.7 111.6 110.2 115.7 112.2 110.3 116.1 111.5 109.8 116.2 1992............................................................ 115.6 112.9 122.2 116.1 112.8 123.4 115.2 113.0 121.2 116.5 113.7 122.6 115.1 112.6 122.0 1993............................................................ 119.8 116.4 128.3 120.6 116.1 130.3 119.3 116.6 126.7 121.3 117.3 130.0 119.0 116.0 127.4 1994............................................................ 123.5 119.7 133.0 124.3 119.6 134.8 122.8 119.7 131.5 125.1 120.8 134.3 122.6 119.1 132.3 1995............................................................ 126.7 123.1 135.9 127.3 122.9 137.1 126.2 123.2 134.7 128.3 124.3 136.7 125.9 122.5 135.3 1996: Mar......................................................... 127.9 124.4 136.6 128.2 123.9 137.7 127.6 124.7 135.5 129.3 125.4 137.5 127.2 123.9 136.0 June........................................................ 129.0 125.6 137.4 129.3 125.1 138.6 128.6 125.8 136.2 130.4 126.5 138.5 128.2 125.1 136.7 Sept........................................................ 129.8 126.5 138.1 130.1 126.1 138.8 129.5 126.7 137.2 131.3 127.7 138.8 129.1 125.9 137.5 Dec......................................................... 130.6 127.3 138.6 130.9 126.8 139.7 130.2 127.5 137.4 132.1 128.4 139.8 129.8 126.8 137.9 1997: Mar......................................................... 131.7 128.6 139.4 131.4 127.5 139.9 131.6 129.0 138.5 132.6 129.1 139.9 131.1 128.2 138.9 June........................................................ 132.8 129.7 140.1 132.7 128.9 140.9 132.5 130.1 139.2 133.8 130.3 141.0 132.1 129.3 139.5 Sept........................................................ 133.9 131.0 140.8 133.6 129.9 141.5 133.8 131.5 139.8 134.6 131.3 141.4 133.3 130.7 140.2 Dec......................................................... 135.1 132.3 141.8 134.1 130.6 141.5 135.3 133.1 141.4 135.3 132.2 141.7 134.7 132.1 141.5 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (14)Index, June 1989=100; seasonally adjusted ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1996: Mar......................................................... 127.7 124.4 136.0 128.2 123.9 137.3 127.5 124.7 135.3 129.1 125.4 137.0 127.1 123.9 135.9 June........................................................ 128.8 125.5 137.0 129.4 125.1 138.4 128.5 125.7 136.1 130.2 126.5 138.3 128.1 125.0 136.6 Sept........................................................ 129.7 126.4 137.7 130.3 126.1 139.0 129.4 126.6 137.0 131.3 127.7 139.1 129.0 125.8 137.3 Dec......................................................... 130.6 127.4 138.7 131.1 126.8 140.2 130.4 127.7 137.8 132.2 128.4 140.2 130.1 127.0 138.3 1997: Mar......................................................... 131.4 128.5 138.7 131.4 127.5 139.4 131.5 129.0 138.3 132.4 129.1 139.4 131.0 128.2 138.8 June........................................................ 132.5 129.7 139.7 132.7 128.9 140.7 132.4 130.0 139.1 133.6 130.3 140.8 132.0 129.2 139.4 Sept........................................................ 133.6 130.9 140.4 133.7 129.9 141.7 133.6 131.4 139.6 134.6 131.3 141.7 133.1 130.6 140.0 Dec......................................................... 135.2 132.5 141.9 134.3 130.6 142.0 135.6 133.3 141.8 135.4 132.2 142.1 135.0 132.3 141.9 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (14)Percent change from 12 months earlier, not seasonally adjusted ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- December: 1980............................................................ 9.6 9.1 11.7 9.9 9.4 10.8 9.7 8.8 12.5 9.8 9.4 10.5 9.7 8.9 12.6 1981............................................................ 9.9 8.8 12.1 9.9 8.6 12.7 9.8 8.9 11.5 9.8 8.7 12.7 9.7 8.9 11.8 1982............................................................ 6.5 6.3 7.2 6.1 5.7 7.3 6.6 6.8 6.9 6.1 5.6 7.3 6.7 6.5 6.8 1983............................................................ 5.7 4.9 7.4 4.9 4.0 7.0 6.5 5.7 8.0 5.1 4.3 7.0 6.0 5.5 7.9 1984............................................................ 4.9 4.2 6.5 4.7 3.8 6.3 5.1 4.4 6.9 5.2 4.4 6.7 4.8 4.0 6.4 1985............................................................ 3.9 4.1 3.5 3.3 3.5 3.0 4.5 4.8 4.0 3.3 3.6 2.8 4.3 4.5 4.1 1986............................................................ 3.2 3.2 3.4 3.2 3.2 3.0 3.1 3.0 3.8 3.3 3.3 2.9 3.1 3.0 3.7 1987............................................................ 3.3 3.3 3.4 3.1 3.1 2.9 3.7 3.4 3.9 3.0 3.4 2.6 3.6 3.4 4.0 1988............................................................ 4.8 4.1 6.9 4.4 3.2 7.0 5.1 4.7 6.5 4.5 3.0 7.6 5.0 4.4 6.4 1989............................................................ 4.8 4.1 6.1 4.3 3.9 5.4 5.1 4.5 6.8 4.5 3.9 5.9 4.9 4.5 6.2 1990............................................................ 4.6 4.0 6.6 4.8 3.7 7.1 4.6 4.0 6.2 5.1 4.2 7.0 4.5 3.8 6.3 1991............................................................ 4.4 3.7 6.2 4.6 3.7 6.2 4.3 3.7 6.1 4.7 3.9 6.0 4.3 3.5 6.3 1992............................................................ 3.5 2.6 5.2 3.8 2.8 5.7 3.2 2.5 4.8 3.8 3.1 5.6 3.2 2.6 5.0 1993............................................................ 3.6 3.1 5.0 3.9 2.9 5.6 3.6 3.2 4.5 4.1 3.2 6.0 3.4 3.0 4.4 1994............................................................ 3.1 2.8 3.7 3.1 3.0 3.5 2.9 2.7 3.8 3.1 3.0 3.3 3.0 2.7 3.8 1995............................................................ 2.6 2.8 2.2 2.4 2.8 1.7 2.8 2.9 2.4 2.6 2.9 1.8 2.7 2.9 2.3 1996: Mar......................................................... 2.7 3.2 1.6 2.3 2.9 1.3 3.0 3.3 1.7 2.5 2.9 1.6 2.8 3.3 1.6 June........................................................ 2.9 3.4 1.7 2.7 3.0 2.0 3.0 3.5 1.6 2.8 2.9 2.4 2.9 3.5 1.5 Sept........................................................ 2.9 3.3 1.8 2.8 3.3 1.9 2.9 3.3 1.8 3.1 3.4 2.4 2.9 3.3 1.6 Dec......................................................... 3.1 3.4 2.0 2.8 3.2 1.9 3.2 3.5 2.0 3.0 3.3 2.3 3.1 3.5 1.9 1997: Mar......................................................... 3.0 3.4 2.0 2.5 2.9 1.6 3.1 3.4 2.2 2.6 3.0 1.7 3.1 3.5 2.1 June........................................................ 2.9 3.3 2.0 2.6 3.0 1.7 3.0 3.4 2.2 2.6 3.0 1.8 3.0 3.4 2.0 Sept........................................................ 3.2 3.6 2.0 2.7 3.0 1.9 3.3 3.8 1.9 2.5 2.8 1.9 3.3 3.8 2.0 Dec......................................................... 3.4 3.9 2.3 2.4 3.0 1.3 3.9 4.4 2.9 2.4 3.0 1.4 3.8 4.2 2.6 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (14)Percent change from 3 months earlier, seasonally adjusted ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1996: Mar......................................................... 0.6 1.0 0 0.4 0.8 -0.2 0.8 1.1 0.1 0.5 0.9 -0.1 0.7 1.0 0.1 June........................................................ .9 .9 .7 .9 1.0 .8 .8 .8 .6 .9 .9 .9 .8 .9 .5 Sept........................................................ .7 .7 .5 .7 .8 .4 .7 .7 .7 .8 .9 .6 .7 .6 .5 Dec......................................................... .7 .8 .7 .6 .6 .9 .8 .9 .6 .7 .5 .8 .9 1.0 .7 1997: Mar......................................................... .6 .9 0 .2 .6 -.6 .8 1.0 .4 .2 .5 -.6 .7 .9 .4 June........................................................ .8 .9 .7 1.0 1.1 .9 .7 .8 .6 .9 .9 1.0 .8 .8 .4 Sept........................................................ .8 .9 .5 .8 .8 .7 .9 1.1 .4 .7 .8 .6 .8 1.1 .4 Dec......................................................... 1.2 1.2 1.1 .4 .5 .2 1.5 1.4 1.6 .6 .7 .3 1.4 1.3 1.4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ \1\ Employer costs for employee benefits. Note.--The employment cost index is a measure of the change in the cost of labor, free from the influence of employment shifts among occupations and industries. Data exclude farm and household workers. Source: Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.