Table

Labour Cost Index, by section. Average of year 2016=100. Preliminary figures
Index for total labour costs
3rd quarter 20184th quarter 20181st quarter 20192nd quarter 20193rd quarter 2019
Oil and gas extraction and mining102.0103.6108.8107.1105.3
Manufacture104.0106.1105.9106.1107.4
Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply104.8108.5107.8109.1108.9
Water supply, sewerage, waste105.6106.8106.4105.8109.0
Construction105.9106.6106.5107.5108.3
Wholesale and retail trade106.0106.4106.9107.3109.0
Transportation and storage104.3105.5106.3108.6108.5
Hotels and restaurants103.6106.0106.3106.9108.0
Information and communication105.5105.7106.9106.7108.4
Financial and insurance activities105.3107.2107.4108.6111.2
Real estate activities103.7106.3106.8105.5106.2
Professional, scientific and technical activities105.0106.9106.3107.1107.8
Administrative and support service activities104.8106.1106.5106.8108.6
Education104.6105.9106.3106.7107.4
Human health and social work activities106.1105.8107.8108.7109.5
Arts, entertainment and recreation105.2105.9107.1106.9108.3
Personal service activities105.3105.5106.2106.9107.9