Table

Labour Cost Index, by section. Average of year 2005=100. Preliminary figures
Index for total labour costs
1st quarter 20152nd quarter 20153rd quarter 20154th quarter 20151st quarter 2016
Oil and gas extraction and mining151.7151.5151.8153.0154.4
Manufacture153.6154.0154.8156.2157.6
Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply151.7152.0151.9153.2154.1
Water supply, sewerage, waste142.3141.8142.2144.5145.8
Construction140.6141.6142.6142.3143.5
Wholesale and retail trade149.0149.4150.3150.1150.2
Transportation and storage146.1146.6147.3148.7149.2
Hotels and restaurants129.5130.0130.4130.6131.4
Information and communication147.8148.4148.7147.3149.3
Financial and insurance activities154.1154.7154.8156.1157.2
Real estate activities149.8150.0151.8152.4152.9
Professional, scientific and technical activities147.9148.4148.5148.4148.5
Administrative and support service activities134.7134.8134.9134.5135.5
Education155.8156.3157.7158.3158.1
Human health and social work activities151.2151.7153.1152.8153.7
Arts, entertainment and recreation141.4141.3142.4142.7143.6
Personal service activities155.7156.9157.8157.8158.6