Table 10. WAGES AND SALARIES (NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED): Employment Cost Index for wages and salaries, for private industry workers, by bargaining status, region, and area

Table 10. Employment Cost Index for wages and salaries, for private industry workers, by bargaining status and Census region and division [Not seasonally adjusted]
Bargaining status and Census region and division	Indexes (Dec.2005=100)			Percent changes for-
	Mar. 2017	Dec. 2017	Mar. 2018	3-months ended-			12-months ended-
	Mar. 2017	Dec. 2017	Mar. 2018	Mar. 2017	Dec. 2017	Mar. 2018	Mar. 2017	Dec. 2017	Mar. 2018
Bargaining status
Union	128.6	130.9	131.6	1.0	0.8	0.5	1.7	2.8	2.3
Goods-producing industries(1)	125.2	127.6	127.9	0.4	0.6	0.2	2.4	2.3	2.2
Manufacturing	122.7	125.2	125.7	0.3	0.6	0.4	2.1	2.4	2.4
Service-providing industries(2)	131.0	133.3	134.2	1.2	0.8	0.7	1.5	3.0	2.4
Nonunion	128.2	130.6	132.1	0.9	0.5	1.1	2.6	2.8	3.0
Goods-producing industries(1)	127.5	129.8	131.0	0.7	0.4	0.9	2.6	2.5	2.7
Manufacturing	128.1	130.3	131.4	0.8	0.5	0.8	2.6	2.5	2.6
Service-providing industries(2)	128.4	130.8	132.4	0.9	0.4	1.2	2.6	2.7	3.1
Census region and division(3)
Northeast	129.7	131.7	133.4	1.1	0.2	1.3	2.2	2.7	2.9
New England	134.1	136.8	138.0	1.5	0.3	0.9	0.9	3.6	2.9
Middle Atlantic	128.0	129.8	131.7	0.9	0.2	1.5	2.7	2.3	2.9
South	127.7	130.1	131.3	0.8	0.5	0.9	1.8	2.7	2.8
South Atlantic	129.2	132.0	133.3	0.7	0.7	1.0	2.2	2.9	3.2
East South Central	126.7	128.6	130.3	1.0	-0.4	1.3	3.0	2.5	2.8
West South Central	125.4	127.5	128.5	0.7	0.3	0.8	0.5	2.4	2.5
Midwest	126.4	128.1	129.4	0.9	0.5	1.0	3.2	2.2	2.4
East North Central	124.5	126.5	127.9	0.9	0.5	1.1	3.1	2.5	2.7
West North Central	131.0	132.1	133.2	0.9	0.4	0.8	3.6	1.8	1.7
West	129.8	132.9	134.6	0.9	0.5	1.3	3.2	3.3	3.7
Mountain	128.0	130.8	132.5	0.8	0.6	1.3	2.9	3.0	3.5
Pacific	130.7	133.8	135.5	0.9	0.5	1.3	3.3	3.3	3.7
Footnotes (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 and technical services; management of companies and enterprises; administrative and waste services; educational services; health care and social assistance; arts, entertainment and recreation; accommodation and food services; and other services, except public administration. (3) The Census divisions are defined as follows: 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. SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey

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