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
2nd quarter 20183rd quarter 20184th quarter 20181st quarter 20192nd quarter 2019
Oil and gas extraction and mining104.0101.2104.8109.3106.5
Manufacture103.3104.1105.5106.9106.3
Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply107.4105.7108.1108.3110.8
Water supply, sewerage, waste104.1105.7107.2106.9107.1
Construction103.4106.4106.9106.8107.5
Wholesale and retail trade104.3106.3106.6107.2108.1
Transportation and storage104.7104.5105.8106.7108.6
Hotels and restaurants103.6103.9106.1107.2107.9
Information and communication105.4105.6105.8107.1107.0
Financial and insurance activities105.6105.4107.4108.6109.6
Real estate activities104.8103.7106.2107.2105.6
Professional, scientific and technical activities104.4105.5107.2107.0107.3
Administrative and support service activities103.8105.3106.2106.5107.3
Education104.0104.9106.1106.5106.9
Human health and social work activities104.5106.1105.8108.1108.6
Arts, entertainment and recreation104.0105.3106.5107.5107.3
Personal service activities104.2105.8106.0106.5107.0