Employment Cost Index: Wages and Salaries 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: CIU2023000000000I Cost Index (CI) Not Seasonally Adjusted (U) Sector code (2) Private Industry Compensation Code (02) Wages and salaries 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 wages and salaries. For more information on this data series, go to http://www.psmfc.org/efin/data/ser_desc.html#ECI_MFGWS ********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************ CIU2023000000000I 2001 Q01 88.3 CIU2023000000000I 2001 Q02 89.1 CIU2023000000000I 2001 Q03 89.6 CIU2023000000000I 2001 Q04 90.2 CIU2023000000000I 2002 Q01 91.2 CIU2023000000000I 2002 Q02 91.8 CIU2023000000000I 2002 Q03 92.2 CIU2023000000000I 2002 Q04 92.8 CIU2023000000000I 2003 Q01 93.8 CIU2023000000000I 2003 Q02 94.5 CIU2023000000000I 2003 Q03 94.8 CIU2023000000000I 2003 Q04 95.1 CIU2023000000000I 2004 Q01 95.7 CIU2023000000000I 2004 Q02 96.5 CIU2023000000000I 2004 Q03 97.4 CIU2023000000000I 2004 Q04 97.4 CIU2023000000000I 2005 Q01 98.2 CIU2023000000000I 2005 Q02 98.9 CIU2023000000000I 2005 Q03 99.6 CIU2023000000000I 2005 Q04 100.0 CIU2023000000000I 2006 Q01 100.7 CIU2023000000000I 2006 Q02 101.7 CIU2023000000000I 2006 Q03 101.9 CIU2023000000000I 2006 Q04 102.3 CIU2023000000000I 2007 Q01 103.3 CIU2023000000000I 2007 Q02 103.9 CIU2023000000000I 2007 Q03 104.5 CIU2023000000000I 2007 Q04 104.9 CIU2023000000000I 2008 Q01 105.9 CIU2023000000000I 2008 Q02 106.7 CIU2023000000000I 2008 Q03 107.4 CIU2023000000000I 2008 Q04 107.7 CIU2023000000000I 2009 Q01 108.1 CIU2023000000000I 2009 Q02 108.4 CIU2023000000000I 2009 Q03 108.6 CIU2023000000000I 2009 Q04 108.9 CIU2023000000000I 2010 Q01 109.4 CIU2023000000000I 2010 Q02 110.0