Table 10. Employment Cost Index for wages and salaries, for private industry workers, by bargaining status
and census region and division
Indexes (Dec. 2005 = Percent changes for-
100)
Bargaining status and census region and
division 3-months ended- 12-months ended-
Sep. June Sep.
2008 2009 2009
Sep. June Sep. Sep. June Sep.
2008 2009 2009 2008 2009 2009
Bargaining status
Union.................................... 107.4 109.6 110.2 0.7 0.7 0.5 2.9 2.7 2.6
Goods-producing industries(1).......... 107.1 108.8 109.5 .7 .6 .6 2.7 2.3 2.2
Manufacturing........................ 104.9 106.4 107.0 .5 .4 .6 1.9 1.9 2.0
Service-providing industries(2)........ 107.7 110.1 110.8 .7 .8 .6 3.0 3.0 2.9
Nonunion................................. 109.4 110.2 110.6 .6 .2 .4 3.0 1.4 1.1
Goods-producing industries(1).......... 109.0 109.7 109.9 .6 .2 .2 3.0 1.2 .8
Manufacturing........................ 108.0 108.9 109.1 .7 .3 .2 3.0 1.5 1.0
Service-providing industries(2)........ 109.4 110.3 110.8 .6 .2 .5 2.9 1.4 1.3
Census region and division(3)
Northeast................................ 108.7 110.3 110.8 .5 .4 .5 2.5 1.9 1.9
New England............................ 108.3 110.6 111.7 .7 .1 1.0 2.5 2.8 3.1
Middle Atlantic........................ 109.0 110.1 110.4 .6 .4 .3 2.4 1.6 1.3
South.................................... 109.8 110.7 111.3 .6 .3 .5 3.1 1.5 1.4
South Atlantic......................... 110.2 111.3 111.9 .6 .5 .5 3.1 1.6 1.5
East South Central..................... 109.0 109.5 110.1 1.0 .3 .5 3.2 1.5 1.0
West South Central..................... 109.4 110.2 110.8 .6 .1 .5 3.1 1.3 1.3
Midwest.................................. 107.9 108.6 108.9 .4 .2 .3 2.8 1.0 .9
East North Central..................... 107.3 107.7 108.0 .3 .2 .3 2.5 .7 .7
West North Central..................... 109.5 110.8 111.2 .6 .1 .4 3.7 1.7 1.6
West..................................... 109.9 110.8 111.2 .9 .3 .4 3.5 1.7 1.2
Mountain............................... 110.8 111.4 111.9 .8 .3 .4 3.8 1.4 1.0
Pacific................................ 109.6 110.6 111.0 .9 .3 .4 3.4 1.8 1.3
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.)
