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	Dec. 2017	Mar. 2018	Mar. 2016	Jun. 2016	Sep. 2016	Dec. 2016	Mar. 2017	Jun. 2017	Sep. 2017	Dec. 2017	Mar. 2018
Civilian workers
All workers(2)	131.4	132.5	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.5	0.8	0.5	0.7	0.6	0.8
Industry
Goods-producing industries(3)	129.0	130.0	0.5	0.6	0.3	0.6	0.6	0.5	0.9	0.5	0.8
Manufacturing	129.0	129.9	0.5	0.6	0.6	0.5	0.5	0.6	1.0	0.5	0.7
Service-providing industries(4)	131.9	133.1	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.5	0.8	0.5	0.7	0.5	0.9
Education and health services	131.5	132.4	0.4	0.6	0.7	0.5	0.6	0.5	0.4	0.6	0.7
Educational services	132.2	132.9	0.5	0.6	0.9	0.5	0.6	0.5	0.5	0.6	0.5
Elementary and secondary schools	132.1	132.8	0.5	0.6	0.9	0.5	0.6	0.5	0.6	0.6	0.5
Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and professional schools	132.3	132.9	0.3	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.8	0.4	0.5	0.6	0.5
Health care and social assistance(5)	130.9	132.0	0.4	0.6	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.3	0.6	0.8
Hospitals	131.7	132.4	0.5	0.6	0.5	0.7	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5
Nursing and residential care facilities	128.1	129.1	0.7	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.7	0.8
Public administration	135.9	136.2	0.6	0.5	0.7	0.5	0.8	0.6	0.5	0.9	0.2

Private industry workers
All workers	130.6	131.9	0.6	0.6	0.5	0.5	0.8	0.5	0.8	0.5	1.0
Occupational group
Management, professional, and related	130.7	131.8	0.4	0.2	0.6	0.5	0.7	0.7	0.5	0.5	0.8
Management, business, and financial	131.8	133.2	0.5	0.2	0.6	0.9	0.7	0.8	0.5	0.5	1.1
Professional and related	129.9	130.7	0.5	0.3	0.5	0.2	0.6	0.6	0.5	0.6	0.6
Sales and office	130.4	132.0	0.7	1.0	0.2	0.5	0.8	0.2	1.0	0.5	1.2
Sales and related	125.9	128.1	0.6	1.5	-0.4	0.1	1.1	-0.2	1.4	0.4	1.7
Office and administrative support	133.6	134.8	0.9	0.6	0.6	0.7	0.5	0.6	0.7	0.5	0.9
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance	131.4	131.8	0.5	0.6	0.3	0.8	0.5	0.9	0.7	0.7	0.3
Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	131.6	132.3	0.6	0.9	0.2	0.9	0.7	0.6	0.6	0.5	0.5
Installation, maintenance, and repair	131.1	131.3	0.4	0.3	0.6	0.5	0.3	1.1	0.7	0.8	0.2
Production, transportation, and material moving	131.2	132.4	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.7	0.8	0.6	1.1	0.6	0.9
Production	129.3	130.2	0.7	0.6	0.6	0.5	0.6	0.6	1.0	0.6	0.7
Transportation and material moving	133.7	135.3	0.7	0.6	0.7	0.9	0.9	0.5	1.1	0.7	1.2
Service occupations	131.1	132.5	0.7	1.0	0.8	0.6	0.9	0.6	0.6	0.8	1.1
Industry
Goods-producing industries(3)	128.9	130.0	0.6	0.6	0.4	0.6	0.6	0.5	0.9	0.5	0.9
Construction	128.7	129.9	0.4	0.7	0.0	0.8	0.9	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.9
Manufacturing	129.0	129.9	0.5	0.6	0.6	0.5	0.5	0.6	1.0	0.5	0.7
Aircraft manufacturing	126.4	128.4	1.7	0.5	-0.8	1.2	1.5	0.7	8.4	0.5	1.6
Service-providing industries(5)	131.2	132.5	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.4	0.8	0.6	0.7	0.5	1.0
Trade, transportation, and utilities	132.6	134.0	1.1	0.7	0.4	0.5	1.0	0.5	0.8	0.6	1.1
Wholesale trade(6)	128.7	130.0	0.7	0.6	-0.1	-0.1	1.5	0.3	0.8	0.4	1.0
Retail trade	133.0	134.5	1.5	0.8	0.6	0.7	1.0	0.4	0.8	0.6	1.1
Transportation and warehousing	135.0	136.7	1.2	0.6	0.5	1.1	0.6	0.5	1.0	0.8	1.3
Utilities	141.8	143.4	0.6	0.5	0.7	0.8	0.6	0.5	0.7	0.6	1.1
Information	128.6	129.4	0.7	0.0	0.7	0.6	0.4	1.0	0.7	0.3	0.6
Financial activities	130.1	132.3	0.4	0.7	1.2	0.6	0.4	0.9	0.4	0.2	1.7
Finance and insurance	130.3	132.6	0.2	0.7	1.4	0.5	0.5	0.9	0.4	0.2	1.8
Credit intermediation and related activities	129.2	130.8	0.6	0.3	1.4	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.4	-0.1	1.2
Insurance carriers and related activities	133.0	134.2	0.4	0.6	1.3	0.3	0.8	1.1	0.0	0.5	0.9
Real estate and rental and leasing	129.3	130.8	1.1	0.6	0.8	0.7	0.3	0.9	0.7	0.2	1.2
Professional and business services	132.1	133.1	0.5	0.4	0.2	0.2	0.7	0.7	1.1	0.5	0.8
Professional, scientific, and technical services	134.6	135.6	0.6	0.5	0.0	0.4	0.8	0.8	1.1	0.4	0.7
Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services	128.6	129.3	0.3	0.4	0.3	-0.6	0.6	0.6	1.3	0.6	0.5
Education and health services	130.4	131.4	0.4	0.6	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.3	0.6	0.8
Educational services	131.0	131.7	0.4	0.6	0.3	0.7	0.6	0.3	0.5	0.6	0.5
Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and professional schools	132.3	133.2	0.4	0.5	0.4	0.7	0.6	0.5	0.6	0.5	0.7
Health care and social assistance	130.2	131.4	0.4	0.6	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.2	0.6	0.9
Hospitals	131.4	132.0	0.4	0.6	0.6	0.7	0.6	0.4	0.5	0.5	0.5
Nursing and residential care facilities	126.5	127.5	0.7	0.6	0.7	0.7	0.5	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.8
Leisure and hospitality	130.6	132.4	0.8	0.9	1.0	0.6	1.7	0.5	0.6	0.7	1.4
Accommodations and food services	131.4	133.3	1.0	1.1	1.1	0.5	1.8	0.6	0.5	0.7	1.4
Other services, except public administration	131.5	132.9	0.2	0.9	0.8	0.6	0.6	0.5	0.6	0.6	1.1

State and local government workers
All workers	134.3	134.8	0.5	0.5	0.8	0.6	0.6	0.5	0.7	0.7	0.4
Industry
Education and health services	132.9	133.6	0.4	0.6	0.9	0.5	0.6	0.5	0.6	0.6	0.5
Educational services	132.6	133.2	0.5	0.6	0.9	0.5	0.7	0.5	0.5	0.7	0.5
Schools	132.5	133.1	0.4	0.6	0.9	0.5	0.6	0.5	0.6	0.6	0.5
Elementary and secondary schools	132.5	133.2	0.5	0.6	1.0	0.5	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.5
Health care and social assistance	135.9	136.6	0.7	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.3	0.4	0.9	0.7	0.5
Hospitals	133.4	133.8	0.6	0.7	0.5	0.5	0.3	0.3	0.9	0.7	0.3
Public administration	135.9	136.2	0.6	0.5	0.7	0.5	0.8	0.6	0.5	0.9	0.2
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. (6) The private wholesale trade industry compensation series is seasonal as of the 2018 seasonal adjustment revision. Historical data for this series are published beginning with 2002.
SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey

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