OTHER LIABILITIES
A summary of significant other liabilities by balance sheet caption follows:
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December 31 | 2012 | | 2013 |
Salaries and wages | $ | 835 |
| | $ | 807 |
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Workers’ compensation | 578 |
| | 497 |
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Retirement benefits | 318 |
| | 303 |
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Deferred income taxes | 173 |
| | 298 |
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Other (a) | 1,205 |
| | 1,457 |
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Total other current liabilities | $ | 3,109 |
| | $ | 3,362 |
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| | | |
Retirement benefits | $ | 5,671 |
| | $ | 3,076 |
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Customer deposits on commercial contracts | 849 |
| | 677 |
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Deferred income taxes | 144 |
| | 137 |
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Other (b) | 727 |
| | 955 |
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Total other liabilities | $ | 7,391 |
| | $ | 4,845 |
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(a)Consists primarily of dividend payable, taxes payable, environmental remediation reserves, warranty reserves, liabilities of discontinued operations and insurance-related costs.
(b)Consists primarily of liabilities for warranty reserves and workers’ compensation and liabilities of discontinued operations.
The increase in the December 31, 2013, other current liabilities amount is primarily due to $198 of dividends payable. We did not have any dividends payable on December 31, 2012, because we paid our first quarter 2013 dividend in December 2012. The decrease in the December 31, 2013, noncurrent retirement benefits amount is due to improvement in the funded status of our defined-benefit retirement plans. See Note E for further discussion of deferred tax balances and Note P for further discussion of retirement benefits.
