Table

Labour Cost Index, by section. Average of year 2016=100. Preliminary figures
Index for total labour costs
4th quarter 20171st quarter 20182nd quarter 20183rd quarter 20184th quarter 2018
Oil and gas extraction and mining101.8106.8104.9102.0103.6
Manufacture103.3103.0103.2104.0106.1
Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply105.1105.3106.1104.8108.5
Water supply, sewerage, waste104.2103.8102.9105.6106.8
Construction104.0103.8103.5105.9106.6
Wholesale and retail trade103.4103.9103.6106.0106.4
Transportation and storage103.2103.8104.7104.3105.5
Hotels and restaurants102.6102.8102.8103.6106.0
Information and communication102.7104.4105.1105.5105.7
Financial and insurance activities103.6104.5104.9105.3107.2
Real estate activities102.7104.0104.5103.7106.3
Professional, scientific and technical activities104.0103.9104.3105.0106.9
Administrative and support service activities103.1104.1103.3104.8106.1
Education103.3103.4103.9104.6105.9
Human health and social work activities103.1104.6104.7106.1105.8
Arts, entertainment and recreation103.1103.9103.8105.2105.9
Personal service activities103.8104.4104.1105.3105.5