Table 10.  Employment Cost Index for wages and salaries, for private industry workers, by bargaining status,
region, and area


                                              Indexes (Dec. 2005 =             Percent changes for-
                                                      100)

   Bargaining status, census region and
  division, and metropolitan area status                               3-months ended-     12-months ended-
                                              June    Mar.    June
                                              2007    2008    2008
                                                                     June   Mar.   June   June   Mar.   June
                                                                     2007   2008   2008   2007   2008   2008


             Bargaining status

  Union....................................  103.7   105.5   106.7     0.9    0.8    1.1    2.5    2.6    2.9
    Goods-producing industries(1)..........  103.6   105.2   106.4      .9     .9    1.1    2.0    2.4    2.7
      Manufacturing........................  102.5   103.4   104.4      .5     .8    1.0    1.3    1.4    1.9
    Service-providing industries(2)........  103.8   105.8   106.9      .9     .9    1.0    2.9    2.8    3.0

  Nonunion.................................  105.3   107.9   108.7      .8     .9     .7    3.4    3.3    3.2
    Goods-producing industries(1)..........  105.0   107.7   108.4      .8    1.2     .6    3.0    3.4    3.2
      Manufacturing........................  104.2   106.6   107.3      .6    1.0     .7    2.4    2.9    3.0
    Service-providing industries(2)........  105.4   107.9   108.8      .8     .8     .8    3.6    3.2    3.2

       Census region and division(3)

  Northeast................................  105.0   107.5   108.2     1.0     .8     .7    3.2    3.4    3.0
    New England............................  104.8   107.1   107.6     1.2     .8     .5    3.3    3.4    2.7
    Middle Atlantic........................  105.1   107.6   108.4      .9     .8     .7    3.3    3.3    3.1

  South....................................  105.6   108.1   109.1     1.0    1.0     .9    3.9    3.3    3.3
    South Atlantic.........................  106.1   108.6   109.5     1.0    1.0     .8    4.1    3.4    3.2
    East South Central.....................  104.5   107.2   107.9      .3     .8     .7    3.0    2.9    3.3
    West South Central.....................  105.3   107.8   108.8     1.2    1.1     .9    4.1    3.6    3.3

  Midwest..................................  104.4   106.3   107.5      .8     .7    1.1    3.0    2.6    3.0
    East North Central.....................  104.4   105.8   107.0      .8     .5    1.1    3.0    2.1    2.5
    West North Central.....................  104.5   107.9   108.9      .7    1.5     .9    3.0    3.9    4.2

  West.....................................  105.4   108.3   108.9      .6    1.2     .6    3.2    3.3    3.3
    Mountain...............................  105.5   108.9   109.9      .2    1.0     .9    3.7    3.4    4.2
    Pacific................................  105.3   108.1   108.6      .7    1.2     .5    3.0    3.3    3.1

         Metropolitan area status

  Metropolitan areas.......................  105.1   107.5   108.4      .8     .9     .8    3.3    3.1    3.1
  Nonmetropolitan areas....................  105.2   108.1   108.9      .8    1.0     .7    3.5    3.5    3.5

  1 Includes mining, construction, and manufacturing.
  2 Includes the following industries:  wholesale trade; retail trade; transportation and warehousing;
utilities; information; finance and insurance; real estate and rental and leasing; professional, scientific,
and technical services; management of companies and enterprises; administrative and support and waste
management and remediation services; education services; health care and social assistance; arts,
entertainment, and recreation; accommodation and food services; and other services, except public
administration.
  3 The states (including the District of Columbia) that comprise the census divisions are: New England:
Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont; Middle Atlantic: New Jersey, New
York, and Pennsylvania; South Atlantic: Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North
Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia; East South Central: Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi,
and Tennessee; West South Central: Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas; East North Central: Illinois,
Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin; West North Central: Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska,
North Dakota, and South Dakota; Mountain: Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and
Wyoming; and Pacific: Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon, and Washington.

  NOTE:  The indexes for these series are not strictly comparable to those for the aggregate, occupation, and
  industry series.  (See "Technical note" for further information.)