Employment Cost Index: Benefits Data were downloaded from http://www.psmfc.org/efin/getdata.html Direct questions to efin@psmfc.org Original Data Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics at http://146.142.4.24/cgi-bin/srgate BLS Series ID: CIU2033000000000I Cost Index (CI) Not Seasonally Adjusted (U) Sector code (2) Private Industry Compensation Code (03) Benefits Industry/Occupation Code (3000000000) Manufacturing Periodicity Code (I) Explanatory note is available at http://www.bls.gov/news.release/eci.tn.htm This is an index for benefits. It does NOT include wage and salary information. For more information on this data series, go to http://www.psmfc.org/efin/data/ser_desc.html#ECI_MFGBENES ********Variables************ BLS Series ID (Char20) Year (Number4) Period (Char3) Q1: First Quarter; Q2: Second Quarter; Q3: Third Quarter; Q4: Fourth Quarter Value (Number5.2) ********Begin Data************ CIU2033000000000I 2001 Q01 75.5 CIU2033000000000I 2001 Q02 75.8 CIU2033000000000I 2001 Q03 76.4 CIU2033000000000I 2001 Q04 77.2 CIU2033000000000I 2002 Q01 78.8 CIU2033000000000I 2002 Q02 79.7 CIU2033000000000I 2002 Q03 80.2 CIU2033000000000I 2002 Q04 81.3 CIU2033000000000I 2003 Q01 84.7 CIU2033000000000I 2003 Q02 85.8 CIU2033000000000I 2003 Q03 86.7 CIU2033000000000I 2003 Q04 87.3 CIU2033000000000I 2004 Q01 92.8 CIU2033000000000I 2004 Q02 94.1 CIU2033000000000I 2004 Q03 95.3 CIU2033000000000I 2004 Q04 96.0 CIU2033000000000I 2005 Q01 98.3 CIU2033000000000I 2005 Q02 99.4 CIU2033000000000I 2005 Q03 100.0 CIU2033000000000I 2005 Q04 100.0 CIU2033000000000I 2006 Q01 99.0 CIU2033000000000I 2006 Q02 99.7 CIU2033000000000I 2006 Q03 100.5 CIU2033000000000I 2006 Q04 100.8 CIU2033000000000I 2007 Q01 99.6 CIU2033000000000I 2007 Q02 101.0 CIU2033000000000I 2007 Q03 100.7 CIU2033000000000I 2007 Q04 101.7 CIU2033000000000I 2008 Q01 102.3 CIU2033000000000I 2008 Q02 102.2 CIU2033000000000I 2008 Q03 102.3 CIU2033000000000I 2008 Q04 102.5 CIU2033000000000I 2009 Q01 103.5 CIU2033000000000I 2009 Q02 103.6 CIU2033000000000I 2009 Q03 103.4