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Wages and salaries in private industry and state and local government, 3-month percent change

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Wages and salaries in private industry and state and local government, 3-month percent change, seasonally adjusted
Month	Private industry	Government
Mar 2006	0.7%	0.6%
June 2006	0.8%	0.8%
Sept 2006	0.9%	1.2%
Dec 2006	0.8%	1.0%
Mar 2007	1.0%	0.8%
June 2007	0.8%	0.8%
Sept 2007	0.8%	1.0%
Dec 2007	0.8%	0.9%
Mar 2008	0.8%	0.7%
June 2008	0.7%	0.7%
Sept 2008	0.6%	1.0%
Dec 2008	0.5%	0.5%
Mar 2009	0.3%	0.6%
June 2009	0.3%	0.6%
Sept 2009	0.4%	0.2%
Dec 2009	0.5%	0.4%
Mar 2010	0.4%	0.4%
June 2010	0.4%	0.4%
Sept 2010	0.4%	0.1%
Dec 2010	0.5%	0.4%
Mar 2011	0.3%	0.3%
June 2011	0.4%	0.3%
Sept 2011	0.4%	0.1%
Dec 2011	0.4%	0.3%
Mar 2012	0.5%	0.3%
June 2012	0.4%	0.3%
Sept 2012	0.4%	0.2%
Dec 2012	0.3%	0.3%
Mar 2013	0.6%	0.3%
June 2013	0.5%	0.3%
Sept 2013	0.3%	0.2%
Dec 2013	0.6%	0.4%
Mar 2014	0.3%	0.3%
June 2014	0.7%	0.3%
Sept 2014	0.7%	0.5%
Dec 2014	0.6%	0.5%
Mar 2015	0.7%	0.5%
June 2015	0.2%	0.5%
Sept 2015	0.7%	0.3%
Dec 2015	0.6%	0.4%
Mar 2016	0.6%	0.5%
June 2016	0.7%	0.5%
Sept 2016	0.5%	0.6%
Dec 2016	0.6%	0.5%
Mar 2017	0.7%	0.6%
June 2017	0.6%	0.4%
Sept 2017	0.7%	0.5%
Dec 2017	0.7%	0.5%
Mar 2018	0.9%	0.5%
June 2018	0.6%	0.6%
Sept 2018	0.8%	0.6%
Dec 2018	0.7%	0.6%
Mar 2019	0.7%	0.6%
June 2019	0.7%	0.7%
Sept 2019	0.8%	0.7%
Dec 2019	0.7%	0.6%
Mar 2020	1.0%	0.6%
June 2020	0.4%	0.7%
Sept 2020	0.6%	-0.1%
Dec 2020	0.8%	0.5%
Mar 2021	1.2%	0.5%
June 2021	0.9%	0.8%
Sept 2021	1.5%	0.4%
Dec 2021	1.3%	0.8%
Mar 2022	1.2%	1.0%
June 2022	1.5%	1.1%
Sept 2022	1.2%	1.4%
Dec 2022	1.2%	1.2%
Mar 2023	1.1%	1.0%
June 2023	1.1%	1.1%
Sept 2023	1.0%	1.4%
Dec 2023	1.0%	1.1%
Mar 2024	1.1%	1.4%
June 2024	0.8%	1.1%
Sept 2024	0.8%	1.0%