Table

Labour Cost Index, by section. Average of year 2005=100. Preliminary figures
Index for total labour costs
3rd quarter 20144th quarter 20141st quarter 20152nd quarter 20153rd quarter 2015
Oil and gas extraction and mining147.5150.0151.7151.5151.8
Manufacture151.9153.5153.6154.0154.8
Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply150.4151.1151.7152.0151.9
Water supply, sewerage, waste137.2141.5142.3141.8142.2
Construction139.9140.4140.6141.6142.6
Wholesale and retail trade148.1147.9149.0149.4150.3
Transportation and storage146.2145.9146.1146.6147.3
Hotels and restaurants127.1129.5129.5130.0130.4
Information and communication143.3145.7147.8148.4148.7
Financial and insurance activities151.4152.2154.1154.7154.8
Real estate activities148.2148.5149.8150.0151.8
Professional, scientific and technical activities146.7147.4147.9148.4148.5
Administrative and support service activities133.4133.5134.7134.8134.9
Education154.9155.7155.8156.3157.7
Human health and social work activities150.5150.5151.2151.7153.1
Arts, entertainment and recreation139.5140.6141.4141.3142.4
Personal service activities153.9155.1155.7156.9157.8