TABLE-U.S. Q3 employment costs rose 1.0 pct

WASHINGTON, Oct 31 (Reuters) - U.S. Labor Department employment cost data for U.S. workers in percent changes.

 
   
                      Seasonally Adj.       Unadjusted 
                      3 months ended:     12 months ended: 
                      Sep06 Jun06  Prev Sep06 Jun06  Prev Sep05 
Total Compensation     1.0   0.9   0.9   3.3   3.0   3.0   3.0 
 Wages and Salaries    0.9   0.9   0.9   3.2   2.8   2.8   2.3 
 Benefit Costs         1.1   0.8   0.8   3.3   3.4   3.4   5.0 
 State/Local Govt      1.4   1.1   1.1   4.1   3.8   3.8   3.9 
 Private Industry      0.9   0.8   0.8   3.0   2.8   2.8   2.9 
 Goods-Producing       0.6   0.9   0.9   2.2   2.3   2.3   3.4 
 Service-Producing     1.0   0.8   0.8   3.6   3.1   3.1   2.9 
   
     
Employment Cost Index    Sep06  Jun06   Prev                      
   
(1989=100)               102.6  101.6  101.6                      
        
   
                   Unadjusted 12 months ended:  
Private Industry Workers        Sep06 Sep05                       
   
 Wages and Salaries               3.0   2.3                       
   
 
 
     FORECAST:  
    Reuters survey of economists forecast:  
    +0.9 pct for Q3 employment cost index  
  
    NOTES:  
US Q3 EMPLOYMENT COST INDEX +1.0 PCT VS Q2 +0.9 PCT (PREV  +0.9  
PCT); HIGHEST SINCE +1.0 PCT Q2'04 
   On April 26 the department issued annual revisions to its  
seasonally adjusted employment cost indices for the period 2001  
to 2005.  
    Beginning with the revisions, the base year was changed to  
2005=100 from 1989=100. The indices were also regrouped under  
the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) from  
the previous Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) System.  
  
  
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