Table 1. Seasonally adjusted: Employment Cost Index for total compensation, by ownership, occupational group, and industry

Table 1. Employment Cost Index for total compensation(1), by occupational group and industry [Seasonally adjusted]
Occupational group and industry	Indexes (Dec.2005=100)		Percent changes for 3-months ended-
Occupational group and industry	Jun. 2021	Sep. 2021	Sep. 2019	Dec. 2019	Mar. 2020	Jun. 2020	Sep. 2020	Dec. 2020	Mar. 2021	Jun. 2021	Sep. 2021
Civilian workers
All workers(2)	144.7	146.6	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.6	0.5	0.7	0.9	0.7	1.3
Industry
Goods-producing industries(3)	141.5	142.8	0.8	0.6	0.6	0.7	0.4	0.6	0.7	1.1	0.9
Manufacturing	140.7	142.6	0.7	0.6	0.6	0.7	0.4	0.7	0.5	1.0	1.4
Service-providing industries(4)	145.5	147.4	0.7	0.6	0.8	0.5	0.6	0.7	0.9	0.7	1.3
Education and health services	143.5	145.0	0.9	0.5	0.7	0.2	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	1.0
Educational services	143.8	145.1	0.9	0.5	0.6	0.6	0.3	0.6	0.4	0.5	0.9
Elementary and secondary schools	144.6	145.7	1.0	0.5	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.5	0.6	0.8
Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and professional schools	142.1	143.7	0.7	0.6	0.6	0.6	-0.3	0.5	0.2	0.5	1.1
Health care and social assistance	143.2	145.0	0.7	0.5	0.7	-0.1	1.1	0.6	0.8	0.8	1.3
Hospitals	144.0	145.5	0.7	0.6	0.6	0.7	0.5	0.5	0.9	0.7	1.0
Nursing and residential care facilities	141.5	143.9	0.6	0.5	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.9	0.9	1.1	1.7
Public administration	148.5	149.7	0.8	0.8	0.7	0.6	0.5	0.6	0.2	0.7	0.8

Private industry workers
All workers	144.3	146.3	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.5	0.6	0.8	1.0	0.8	1.4
Occupational group
Management, professional, and related	141.6	143.5	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.3	0.5	0.5	0.6	0.7	1.3
Management, business, and financial	143.1	145.3	0.6	0.6	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.5	0.5	0.8	1.5
Professional and related	140.4	142.1	0.6	0.5	0.7	0.1	0.6	0.6	0.7	0.6	1.2
Sales and office	146.4	148.4	1.0	0.4	1.1	0.6	0.4	1.1	1.8	0.3	1.4
Sales and related	143.6	145.7	1.4	0.3	1.6	0.6	0.1	1.5	3.3	-0.5	1.5
Office and administrative support	148.2	150.2	0.8	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.8	0.6	0.9	1.3
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance	144.0	145.3	0.9	0.6	1.0	0.2	0.6	0.6	1.0	0.8	0.9
Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	144.1	145.5	0.9	0.7	1.1	-0.4	0.5	0.6	0.8	1.2	1.0
Installation, maintenance, and repair	143.9	145.2	0.8	0.7	0.8	0.9	0.6	0.7	1.1	0.5	0.9
Production, transportation, and material moving	146.8	149.0	0.7	0.9	0.7	0.9	0.7	0.9	0.6	1.3	1.5
Production	143.6	145.7	0.5	0.7	0.8	0.9	0.6	0.8	0.9	1.4	1.5
Transportation and material moving	150.8	153.1	0.9	1.1	0.7	0.9	0.8	1.1	0.3	1.3	1.5
Service occupations	150.0	153.1	0.7	1.0	0.9	0.8	0.9	0.9	1.2	1.7	2.1
Industry
Goods-producing industries(3)	141.4	142.8	0.8	0.6	0.6	0.7	0.4	0.7	0.6	1.1	1.0
Construction	143.2	143.6	1.1	0.7	0.6	0.9	0.3	0.6	0.9	1.2	0.3
Manufacturing	140.7	142.6	0.7	0.6	0.6	0.7	0.4	0.7	0.5	1.0	1.4
Aircraft manufacturing	125.4	134.2	0.2	0.4	-1.6	1.4	0.8	0.5	0.6	0.6	7.0
Service-providing industries(5)	145.1	147.3	0.7	0.7	0.8	0.4	0.6	0.8	1.1	0.7	1.5
Trade, transportation, and utilities	148.2	150.0	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.8	0.3	1.2	0.8	1.2	1.2
Wholesale trade	142.4	143.7	0.5	0.4	0.8	1.1	0.0	0.4	0.9	2.0	0.9
Retail trade	149.9	152.3	0.7	0.8	0.6	0.6	0.6	1.6	1.0	0.9	1.6
Transportation and warehousing	151.0	152.7	1.0	1.0	0.6	0.9	0.5	1.3	0.1	0.6	1.1
Utilities	156.2	158.0	0.6	0.7	0.2	0.8	0.6	0.7	0.5	0.5	1.2
Information	142.1	143.8	0.5	0.8	0.6	0.8	0.6	1.2	0.6	0.5	1.2
Financial activities	144.6	147.5	1.2	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.4	0.7	3.6	-1.7	2.0
Finance and insurance	145.5	148.7	1.2	0.7	0.8	0.6	0.4	0.7	4.3	-2.2	2.2
Credit intermediation and related activities	144.6	152.5	1.4	0.7	0.7	0.9	0.5	0.4	0.2	2.3	5.5
Insurance carriers and related activities	144.9	146.3	0.9	0.6	0.3	0.7	0.6	0.8	0.8	0.1	1.0
Real estate and rental and leasing	140.5	141.9	0.6	0.6	0.1	0.8	0.6	0.2	0.4	0.8	1.0
Professional and business services	144.5	146.7	0.7	0.5	1.1	0.3	0.4	0.8	0.6	0.8	1.5
Professional, scientific, and technical services	145.9	148.4	0.6	0.4	1.2	-0.1	0.3	1.0	0.2	0.8	1.7
Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services	143.6	145.6	0.6	0.6	1.1	0.7	0.6	1.0	1.2	1.1	1.4
Education and health services	142.2	144.1	0.7	0.5	0.8	-0.1	0.9	0.6	0.7	0.7	1.3
Educational services	141.1	143.2	1.1	0.4	0.9	0.6	-0.2	0.7	0.3	0.3	1.5
Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and professional schools	142.0	143.8	0.6	0.6	0.8	0.4	-0.7	0.4	0.3	0.6	1.3
Health care and social assistance	142.4	144.3	0.7	0.5	0.8	-0.3	1.2	0.6	0.8	0.8	1.3
Hospitals	143.5	145.0	0.7	0.6	0.5	0.7	0.5	0.5	1.0	0.7	1.0
Nursing and residential care facilities	139.9	142.4	0.6	0.5	0.7	0.7	0.8	0.8	0.9	1.3	1.8
Leisure and hospitality	150.7	154.5	0.7	1.2	0.9	1.0	1.1	0.3	1.4	2.5	2.5
Accommodation and food services	153.7	157.5	0.8	1.1	1.0	1.0	1.4	0.6	1.5	2.6	2.5
Other services, except public administration	146.1	148.4	0.1	1.2	0.5	0.6	0.5	0.6	1.1	1.4	1.6

State and local government workers
All workers	146.6	147.7	0.9	0.6	0.7	0.6	0.5	0.6	0.4	0.6	0.8
Industry
Education and health services	145.0	146.1	0.9	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.4	0.6	0.5	0.6	0.8
Educational services	144.5	145.6	0.9	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.4	0.6	0.4	0.6	0.8
Schools	144.4	145.5	0.9	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.4	0.6	0.5	0.5	0.8
Elementary and secondary schools	145.2	146.2	0.9	0.5	0.7	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.5	0.6	0.7
Health care and social assistance	149.0	150.3	0.9	0.7	0.7	0.6	0.3	0.6	0.5	0.9	0.9
Hospitals	146.2	147.4	0.9	0.8	0.6	0.6	0.4	0.5	0.6	1.0	0.8
Public administration	148.5	149.7	0.8	0.8	0.7	0.6	0.5	0.6	0.2	0.7	0.8
Footnotes (1) Includes wages, salaries, and employer costs for employee benefits. (2) Includes workers in the private nonfarm economy except those in private households, and workers in the public sector, except the federal government. (3) Includes mining, construction, and manufacturing. (4) Includes the following industries: wholesale trade; retail trade; transportation and warehousing; utilities; information; finance and insurance; real estate and rental and leasing; professional and technical services; management of companies and enterprises; administrative and waste services; educational services; health care and social assistance; arts, entertainment and recreation; accommodation and food services; other services, except public administration; and public administration. (5) Includes the following industries: wholesale trade; retail trade; transportation and warehousing; utilities; information; finance and insurance; real estate and rental and leasing; professional and technical services; management of companies and enterprises; administrative and waste services; educational services; health care and social assistance; arts, entertainment and recreation; accommodation and food services; and other services, except public administration.
SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey

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