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Growth Allowance Index
October 2007

Historical Index

SS Act 1 of 2006

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Statewide Avg Weekly Wage

Employment Cost Index*

SAWW % Increase

ECI % Increase

Base Index

For use in school year:

 

 

 

 

 

2008-09
$788.47
105.0
4.3%
4.5%
4.4%

2007-08

$756.18

100.5

2.8%

4.0%

3.4%

2006-07

$735.29

96.6

n/a

n/a

n/a

Rebased ECI July2006

 

 

 

 

 

2006-07

$735.29

170.3

4.2%

3.5%

3.9%

Original ECI July 2005

 

 

 

 

 

2005-06

$705.81

164.6

3.3%

2.9%

3.1%

2004-05

$683.37

160.0

2.3%

4.2%

3.3%

2003-04

$668.04

153.6

2.7%

3.1%

2.9%

2002-03

$650.17

149.0

4.0%

3.0%

3.5%

2001-02

$625.24

144.7

3.6%

3.4%

3.5%

Statewide average weekly wage (SAWW) data from state Dept. of Labor & Industry

Employment cost index (ECI) data from federal Bureau of Labor Statistics

*ECI data changed: base year changed to Dec. 2005; also, new industry classification system used