1Employment Cost Index: Total Compensation 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: ECU12402I Employment Cost Index (EC) Not Seasonally Adjusted (U) Total Compensation (1) Manufacturing (240) Includes SICs 20-39 Private Industry (2) Index (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_MFGTTL ********Variables************ BLS Series ID (Char9) Year (Number4) Period (Char3) Q1: First Quarter; Q2: Second Quarter; Q3: Third Quarter; Q4: Fourth Quarter Value (Number5.2) ********Begin Data************ ECU12402I 1979 Q04 33.10 ECU12402I 1980 Q01 34.10 ECU12402I 1980 Q02 34.80 ECU12402I 1980 Q03 35.60 ECU12402I 1980 Q04 36.40 ECU12402I 1981 Q01 37.70 ECU12402I 1981 Q02 38.40 ECU12402I 1981 Q03 39.20 ECU12402I 1981 Q04 40.00 ECU12402I 1982 Q01 40.80 ECU12402I 1982 Q02 41.20 ECU12402I 1982 Q03 42.00 ECU12402I 1982 Q04 42.40 ECU12402I 1983 Q01 43.20 ECU12402I 1983 Q02 43.60 ECU12402I 1983 Q03 44.20 ECU12402I 1983 Q04 44.60 ECU12402I 1984 Q01 45.30 ECU12402I 1984 Q02 45.80 ECU12402I 1984 Q03 46.30 ECU12402I 1984 Q04 46.90 ECU12402I 1985 Q01 47.60 ECU12402I 1985 Q02 47.90 ECU12402I 1985 Q03 48.30 ECU12402I 1985 Q04 48.40 ECU12402I 1986 Q01 49.10 ECU12402I 1986 Q02 49.50 ECU12402I 1986 Q03 49.70 ECU12402I 1986 Q04 50.00 ECU12402I 1987 Q01 50.20 ECU12402I 1987 Q02 50.50 ECU12402I 1987 Q03 51.00 ECU12402I 1987 Q04 51.50 ECU12402I 1988 Q01 52.60 ECU12402I 1988 Q02 53.10 ECU12402I 1988 Q03 53.40 ECU12402I 1988 Q04 53.80 ECU12402I 1989 Q01 54.60 ECU12402I 1989 Q02 55.20 ECU12402I 1989 Q03 55.80 ECU12402I 1989 Q04 56.30 ECU12402I 1990 Q01 57.40 ECU12402I 1990 Q02 58.10 ECU12402I 1990 Q03 58.70 ECU12402I 1990 Q04 59.10 ECU12402I 1991 Q01 59.90 ECU12402I 1991 Q02 60.70 ECU12402I 1991 Q03 61.30 ECU12402I 1991 Q04 61.90 ECU12402I 1992 Q01 62.90 ECU12402I 1992 Q02 63.30 ECU12402I 1992 Q03 63.80 ECU12402I 1992 Q04 64.30 ECU12402I 1993 Q01 65.40 ECU12402I 1993 Q02 66.00 ECU12402I 1993 Q03 66.50 ECU12402I 1993 Q04 66.90 ECU12402I 1994 Q01 67.60 ECU12402I 1994 Q02 68.10 ECU12402I 1994 Q03 68.60 ECU12402I 1994 Q04 69.00 ECU12402I 1995 Q01 69.60 ECU12402I 1995 Q02 70.00 ECU12402I 1995 Q03 70.20 ECU12402I 1995 Q04 70.80 ECU12402I 1996 Q01 71.30 ECU12402I 1996 Q02 71.90 ECU12402I 1996 Q03 72.40 ECU12402I 1996 Q04 72.90 ECU12402I 1997 Q01 73.10 ECU12402I 1997 Q02 73.80 ECU12402I 1997 Q03 74.20 ECU12402I 1997 Q04 74.60 ECU12402I 1998 Q01 75.20 ECU12402I 1998 Q02 75.70 ECU12402I 1998 Q03 76.20 ECU12402I 1998 Q04 76.60 ECU12402I 1999 Q01 77.20 ECU12402I 1999 Q02 77.70 ECU12402I 1999 Q03 78.40 ECU12402I 1999 Q04 79.20 ECU12402I 2000 Q01 80.50 ECU12402I 2000 Q02 81.40 ECU12402I 2000 Q03 82.00 ECU12402I 2000 Q04 82.30 ECU12402I 2001 Q01 83.50 ECU12402I 2001 Q02 84.20 ECU12402I 2001 Q03 84.60 ECU12402I 2001 Q04 85.30 ECU12402I 2002 Q01 86.40 ECU12402I 2002 Q02 87.20 ECU12402I 2002 Q03 87.80 ECU12402I 2002 Q04 88.50 ECU12402I 2003 Q01 90.50 ECU12402I 2003 Q02 91.20 ECU12402I 2003 Q03 91.80 ECU12402I 2003 Q04 92.20 ECU12402I 2004 Q01 94.70 ECU12402I 2004 Q02 95.50 ECU12402I 2004 Q03 96.50 ECU12402I 2004 Q04 96.70 ECU12402I 2005 Q01 98.30 ECU12402I 2005 Q02 99.10 ECU12402I 2005 Q03 99.70 ECU12402I 2005 Q04 100.00