Table

Index for direct labour costs, by section. Average of year 2016=100. Preliminary figures
Index of direct costsIndex of direct costsIndex of direct costsIndex of direct costsIndex of direct costs
4th quarter 20171st quarter 20182nd quarter 20183rd quarter 20184th quarter 2018
Oil and gas extraction and mining102.6107.2104.0101.2104.8
Manufacture102.6103.9103.3104.1105.5
Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply104.5105.6107.4105.7108.1
Water supply, sewerage, waste104.4104.0104.1105.7107.2
Construction104.2103.9103.4106.4106.9
Wholesale and retail trade103.5104.1104.3106.3106.6
Transportation and storage103.1103.8104.7104.5105.8
Hotels and restaurants102.6103.3103.6103.9106.1
Information and communication102.7104.5105.4105.6105.8
Financial and insurance activities103.8105.4105.6105.4107.4
Real estate activities102.7104.4104.8103.7106.2
Professional, scientific and technical activities104.0104.2104.4105.5107.2
Administrative and support service activities103.1104.1103.8105.3106.2
Education103.5103.5104.0104.9106.1
Human health and social work activities102.9104.6104.5106.1105.8
Arts, entertainment and recreation103.6104.2104.0105.3106.5
Personal service activities104.0104.5104.2105.8106.0