3-month percent changes in Employment Cost Index, private industry 
workers, seasonally adjusted, September 2005-June 2007 


	             			Percent change 			
				
	 	Compensation costs 	Wages and salaries	Benefit costs	

Sep.  2005		0.7			0.6		     0.8	
Dec.  2005		0.6			0.7		     0.7	
Mar.  2006		0.7			0.7		     0.5	
June. 2006		0.8			0.8		     0.7	
Sep.  2006		0.9			0.8		     1.0	
Dec.  2006		0.8			0.8		     0.9	
Mar.  2007		0.6			1.1		    -0.3	
June. 2007		0.9			0.8		     1.1