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Table A3. Employer Costs for Employee Compensation: Civilian workers by occupational and industry group and private industry, full-time workers in manufacturing, corrected data for March 1996 As originally published Corrected Difference Total Wages Total Wages Total Wages Series compen- and Total compen- and Total compen- and Total sation salary benefitssation salary benefitssation salary benefits Civilian workers $18.82 $13.48 $5.34 $18.68 $13.36 $5.32 -$0.14 -$0.12 -$0.02 Occupational group White-collar occupations 22.52 16.43 6.09 22.52 16.40 6.12 0.00 -0.03 0.03 Professional specialty and tech 30.09 22.10 7.99 30.82 22.55 8.27 0.73 0.45 0.28 Professional 31.14 23.00 8.14 32.60 23.95 8.65 1.46 0.95 0.51 Nurses 29.16 21.10 8.07 28.69 20.87 7.82 -0.47 -0.23 -0.25 Teachers 31.46 23.94 7.52 35.50 26.82 8.68 4.04 2.88 1.16 Technical 24.94 17.69 7.25 24.24 17.36 6.88 -0.70 -0.33 -0.37 Executive, administrative, and managerial 32.90 23.71 9.20 33.05 23.81 9.24 0.15 0.10 0.04 Adminstrative support, including clerical 15.17 10.72 4.45 15.17 10.73 4.44 0.00 0.01 -0.01 Blue-collar occupations 17.28 11.72 5.56 17.28 11.73 5.56 0.00 0.01 0.00 Service occupations 10.17 7.37 2.80 10.17 7.38 2.79 0.00 0.01 -0.01 Industry group Services 19.90 14.67 5.23 19.54 14.37 5.16 -0.36 -0.30 -0.07 Health services 20.04 14.14 5.91 18.34 13.21 5.12 -1.70 -0.93 -0.79 Hospitals 21.71 15.10 6.61 21.71 15.10 6.61 0.00 0.00 0.00 Educational services 25.57 18.95 6.62 27.70 20.34 7.37 2.13 1.39 0.75 Elementary and secondary education 24.80 18.45 6.35 27.33 20.12 7.21 2.53 1.67 0.86 Higher education 29.29 21.38 7.91 29.29 21.38 7.91 0.00 0.00 0.00 Private industry Full-time workers Manufacturing 20.00 13.46 6.54 21.25 14.28 6.97 1.25 0.82 0.43