Table

Labour Cost Index, by section. Average of year 2005=100. Preliminary figures
Index for total labour costs
4th quarter 20141st quarter 20152nd quarter 20153rd quarter 20154th quarter 2015
Oil and gas extraction and mining150.0151.7151.5151.8153.0
Manufacture153.5153.6154.0154.8156.2
Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply151.1151.7152.0151.9153.2
Water supply, sewerage, waste141.5142.3141.8142.2144.5
Construction140.4140.6141.6142.6142.3
Wholesale and retail trade147.9149.0149.4150.3150.1
Transportation and storage145.9146.1146.6147.3148.7
Hotels and restaurants129.5129.5130.0130.4130.6
Information and communication145.7147.8148.4148.7147.3
Financial and insurance activities152.2154.1154.7154.8156.1
Real estate activities148.5149.8150.0151.8152.4
Professional, scientific and technical activities147.4147.9148.4148.5148.4
Administrative and support service activities133.5134.7134.8134.9134.5
Education155.7155.8156.3157.7158.3
Human health and social work activities150.5151.2151.7153.1152.8
Arts, entertainment and recreation140.6141.4141.3142.4142.7
Personal service activities155.1155.7156.9157.8157.8