Employment 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: CIU2013000000000I(B) Cost Index (CI) Not Seasonally Adjusted (U) Sector code (2) Private Industry Compensation Code (01) Total Compensation 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 total compensation which includes wages, salaries, and employer costs for employee benefits For more information on this data series, go to http://www.psmfc.org/efin/data/ser_desc.html#ECI_MFGTTL ********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************ CIU2013000000000I 2001 Q01 83.7 CIU2013000000000I 2001 Q02 84.4 CIU2013000000000I 2001 Q03 84.8 CIU2013000000000I 2001 Q04 85.5 CIU2013000000000I 2002 Q01 86.8 CIU2013000000000I 2002 Q02 87.5 CIU2013000000000I 2002 Q03 87.9 CIU2013000000000I 2002 Q04 88.7 CIU2013000000000I 2003 Q01 90.6 CIU2013000000000I 2003 Q02 91.3 CIU2013000000000I 2003 Q03 92.0 CIU2013000000000I 2003 Q04 92.4 CIU2013000000000I 2004 Q01 94.7 CIU2013000000000I 2004 Q02 95.6 CIU2013000000000I 2004 Q03 96.7 CIU2013000000000I 2004 Q04 96.9 CIU2013000000000I 2005 Q01 98.2 CIU2013000000000I 2005 Q02 99.1 CIU2013000000000I 2005 Q03 99.8 CIU2013000000000I 2005 Q04 100.0 CIU2013000000000I 2006 Q01 100.1 CIU2013000000000I 2006 Q02 101.0 CIU2013000000000I 2006 Q03 101.4 CIU2013000000000I 2006 Q04 101.8 CIU2013000000000I 2007 Q01 102.0 CIU2013000000000I 2007 Q02 102.9 CIU2013000000000I 2007 Q03 103.2 CIU2013000000000I 2007 Q04 103.8