Table

Labour Cost Index, by section. Average of year 2005=100. Preliminary figures
Index for total labour costs
3rd quarter 20154th quarter 20151st quarter 20162nd quarter 20163rd quarter 2016
Oil and gas extraction and mining151.8153.0154.4154.3150.2
Manufacture154.8156.2157.6157.9157.0
Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply151.9153.2154.1154.5153.7
Water supply, sewerage, waste142.2144.5145.8146.1146.5
Construction142.6142.3143.5144.1145.5
Wholesale and retail trade150.3150.1150.2150.9152.9
Transportation and storage147.3148.7149.2149.5149.5
Hotels and restaurants130.4130.6131.4132.3132.5
Information and communication148.7147.3149.3149.4152.5
Financial and insurance activities154.8156.1157.2157.4158.5
Real estate activities151.8152.4152.9153.8150.6
Professional, scientific and technical activities148.5148.4148.5148.4149.3
Administrative and support service activities134.9134.5135.5135.2137.8
Education157.7158.3158.1158.7159.0
Human health and social work activities153.1152.8153.7153.8155.6
Arts, entertainment and recreation142.4142.7143.6144.4143.7
Personal service activities157.8157.8158.6160.0159.4