[Economic Report of the President (2007)]
[Administration of George W. Bush]
[Online through the Government Printing Office, www.gpo.gov]


 
Table B-48.--Employment cost index, private industry, 1990-2006
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Total private           Goods-producing       Service-providing \1\        Manufacturing
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Total   Wages            Total   Wages            Total   Wages            Total   Wages
Year and month                      com-     and    Bene-    com-     and    Bene-    com-     and    Bene-    com-     and    Bene-
pen-    sala-    fits    pen-    sala-    fits    pen-    sala-    fits    pen-    sala-    fits
sation   ries     \2\    sation   ries     \2\    sation   ries     \2\    sation   ries     \2\
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Indexes on SIC basis, December 2005=100; not seasonally adjusted
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December:
1990..............................................    59.3    62.3     52.9    59.4    63.4     52.3    59.4    61.8    53.4     59.1    63.1     52.1
1991..............................................    61.9    64.6     56.2    62.1    65.8     55.5    61.9    64.1    56.7     61.9    65.6     55.2
1992..............................................    64.1    66.3     59.1    64.5    67.6     58.7    63.9    65.7    59.4     64.3    67.6     58.3
1993..............................................    66.4    68.3     62.0    67.0    69.6     62.0    66.2    67.8    62.0     66.9    69.7     61.8
1994..............................................    68.5    70.2     64.3    69.0    71.7     64.1    68.1    69.6    64.4     69.0    71.8     63.9
1995..............................................    70.2    72.2     65.7    70.7    73.7     65.2    70.0    71.7    66.0     70.8    73.9     65.0
1996..............................................    72.4    74.7     67.0    72.7    76.0     66.4    72.3    74.2    67.3     72.9    76.3     66.5
1997..............................................    74.9    77.6     68.5    74.5    78.3     67.3    75.1    77.4    69.2     74.6    78.6     67.4
1998..............................................    77.5    80.6     70.2    76.5    81.1     68.1    78.0    80.5    71.4     76.6    81.3     67.9
1999..............................................    80.2    83.5     72.6    79.1    83.8     70.5    80.6    83.4    73.8     79.2    84.1     70.3

2000..............................................    83.6    86.7     76.7    82.6    87.1     74.3    84.2    86.6    78.1     82.3    87.1     73.6
2001..............................................    87.1    90.0     80.6    85.7    90.2     77.3    87.8    89.9    82.5     85.3    90.2     76.3
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Indexes on NAICS basis, December 2005=100; not seasonally adjusted
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2001 \3\..........................................    87.3    89.9     81.3    86.0    90.0     78.5    87.8    89.8    82.4     85.5    90.2     77.2
2002..............................................    90.0    92.2     84.7    89.0    92.6     82.3    90.4    92.1    85.8     88.7    92.8     81.3
2003..............................................    93.6    95.1     90.2    92.6    94.9     88.2    94.0    95.2    91.0     92.4    95.1     87.3
2004..............................................    97.2    97.6     96.2    96.9    97.2     96.3    97.3    97.7    96.1     96.9    97.4     96.0
2005..............................................   100.0   100.0    100.0   100.0   100.0    100.0   100.0   100.0   100.0    100.0   100.0    100.0

2006: Mar...........................................   100.8   100.7    101.0   100.3   100.7     99.6   101.0   100.8   101.5    100.1   100.7     99.0
June..........................................   101.7   101.7    101.7   101.3   101.8    100.4   101.8   101.7   102.3    101.0   101.7     99.7
Sept..........................................   102.5   102.5    102.5   102.0   102.3    101.3   102.7   102.6   103.0    101.4   101.9    100.5
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Indexes on NAICS basis, December 2005=100; seasonally adjusted
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2005: Mar...........................................    98.2    98.3     98.0    98.0    97.9     98.2    98.3    98.4    97.9     98.2    98.2     98.1
June..........................................    98.8    98.8     98.8    98.9    98.6     99.4    98.8    98.9    98.5     99.0    98.8     99.3
Sept..........................................    99.5    99.4     99.6    99.7    99.4    100.3    99.4    99.4    99.4     99.7    99.5    100.1
Dec...........................................   100.2   100.1    100.4   100.2   100.2    100.3   100.1   100.0   100.4    100.2   100.2    100.2
2006: Mar...........................................   100.8   100.8    100.8   100.3   100.8     99.5   100.9   100.8   101.3    100.0   100.7     98.8
June..........................................   101.6   101.7    101.5   101.2   101.7    100.2   101.7   101.6   102.0    100.8   101.5     99.6
Sept..........................................   102.5   102.5    102.5   101.8   102.1    101.3   102.7   102.6   103.0    101.4   101.8    100.6
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Percent change from 12 months earlier, not seasonally adjusted
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December:
SIC basis.........................................
1990............................................     4.6     4.0      6.7     4.8     3.6      7.2     4.6     3.9     6.4      5.0     4.1      7.0
1991............................................     4.4     3.7      6.2     4.5     3.8      6.1     4.2     3.7     6.2      4.7     4.0      6.0
1992............................................     3.6     2.6      5.2     3.9     2.7      5.8     3.2     2.5     4.8      3.9     3.0      5.6
1993............................................     3.6     3.0      4.9     3.9     3.0      5.6     3.6     3.2     4.4      4.0     3.1      6.0
1994............................................     3.2     2.8      3.7     3.0     3.0      3.4     2.9     2.7     3.9      3.1     3.0      3.4
1995............................................     2.5     2.8      2.2     2.5     2.8      1.7     2.8     3.0     2.5      2.6     2.9      1.7
1996............................................     3.1     3.5      2.0     2.8     3.1      1.8     3.3     3.5     2.0      3.0     3.2      2.3
1997............................................     3.5     3.9      2.2     2.5     3.0      1.4     3.9     4.3     2.8      2.3     3.0      1.4
1998............................................     3.5     3.9      2.5     2.7     3.6      1.2     3.9     4.0     3.2      2.7     3.4       .7
1999............................................     3.5     3.6      3.4     3.4     3.3      3.5     3.3     3.6     3.4      3.4     3.4      3.5

2000............................................     4.2     3.8      5.6     4.4     3.9      5.4     4.5     3.8     5.8      3.9     3.6      4.7
2001............................................     4.2     3.8      5.1     3.8     3.6      4.0     4.3     3.8     5.6      3.6     3.6      3.7
NAICS basis.......................................
2001 \3\........................................     4.1     3.8      5.2     3.6     3.6      3.7     4.4     3.8     5.6      3.4     3.6      3.5
2002............................................     3.1     2.6      4.2     3.5     2.9      4.8     3.0     2.6     4.1      3.7     2.9      5.3
2003............................................     4.0     3.1      6.5     4.0     2.5      7.2     4.0     3.4     6.1      4.2     2.5      7.4
2004............................................     3.8     2.6      6.7     4.6     2.4      9.2     3.5     2.6     5.6      4.9     2.4     10.0
2005............................................     2.9     2.5      4.0     3.2     2.9      3.8     2.8     2.4     4.1      3.2     2.7      4.2

2006: Mar...........................................     2.6     2.4      3.0     2.3     2.9      1.3     2.7     2.4     3.5      1.9     2.5       .7
June..........................................     2.8     2.8      2.7     2.3     3.1       .8     2.9     2.7     3.6      1.9     2.8       .3
Sept..........................................     3.0     3.0      2.8     2.2     2.8       .9     3.2     3.1     3.6      1.6     2.3       .5
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Percent change from 3 months earlier, seasonally adjusted
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2005: Mar...........................................     0.9     0.7      1.5     0.9     0.6      1.6     0.9     0.7     1.5      1.1     0.6      2.0
June..........................................      .6      .5       .8      .9      .7      1.2      .5      .5      .6       .8      .6      1.2
Sept..........................................      .7      .6       .9      .8      .8       .9      .7      .6      .9       .8      .8       .8
Dec...........................................      .7      .6       .7      .5      .8       .0      .7      .6     1.0       .5      .6       .2
2006: Mar...........................................      .6      .7       .4      .1      .6      -.8      .8      .8      .9      -.2      .5     -1.4
June..........................................      .8      .9       .7      .9      .9       .7      .8      .8      .7       .8      .8       .8
Sept..........................................      .9      .8      1.0      .6      .4      1.1     1.0     1.0     1.0       .6      .3      1.0
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\1\ On SIC basis, data are for service-producing industries.
\2\ Employer costs for employee benefits.
\3\ Data on NAICS basis available beginning 2001; not strictly comparable with earlier data shown on SIC basis.

Note.--In April 2006, with release of data for March 2006, among other changes, the industry classification for these series was switched to the North
American Industry Classification System (NAICS) from the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC). Also, data were rebased to December 2005=100.
Complete historical SIC data through December 2005, as well as technical details, are available from the Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor
Statistics.
Data exclude farm and household workers.

Source: Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.