Table 2. SEASONALLY ADJUSTED: Employment Cost Index for wages and salaries, by ownership, occupational group, and industry

Table 2. Employment Cost Index for wages and salaries, 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(1)	129.9	131.1	0.6	0.7	0.5	0.5	0.8	0.5	0.7	0.5	0.9
Industry
Goods-producing industries(2)	129.4	130.4	0.6	0.6	0.5	0.6	0.7	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.8
Manufacturing	129.5	130.4	0.6	0.7	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.7	0.6	0.7
Service-providing industries(3)	130.1	131.3	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.5	0.7	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.9
Education and health services	127.9	128.8	0.4	0.6	0.6	0.5	0.6	0.5	0.4	0.6	0.7
Educational services	125.9	126.4	0.4	0.6	0.6	0.5	0.6	0.4	0.5	0.5	0.4
Elementary and secondary schools	124.5	125.1	0.3	0.5	0.7	0.4	0.4	0.5	0.4	0.5	0.5
Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and professional schools	128.1	128.4	0.4	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.8	0.2	0.5	0.6	0.2
Health care and social assistance	130.2	131.5	0.5	0.6	0.6	0.4	0.6	0.7	0.3	0.6	1.0
Hospitals	130.9	131.5	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.7	0.6	0.5	0.5	0.6	0.5
Nursing and residential care facilities	127.3	128.5	0.7	0.6	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.6	0.6	0.9
Public administration	127.7	128.1	0.5	0.6	0.6	0.4	0.6	0.5	0.6	0.6	0.3

Private industry workers
All workers	130.7	132.0	0.6	0.7	0.5	0.5	0.9	0.5	0.8	0.5	1.0
Occupational group
Management, professional, and related	131.2	132.4	0.6	0.2	0.6	0.5	0.6	0.7	0.4	0.6	0.9
Management, business, and financial	132.4	133.9	0.8	0.0	0.6	0.9	0.6	0.7	0.4	0.7	1.1
Professional and related	130.4	131.3	0.6	0.4	0.6	0.2	0.6	0.7	0.4	0.6	0.7
Sales and office	130.1	131.9	0.6	1.2	0.1	0.3	1.0	0.1	1.2	0.5	1.4
Sales and related	126.3	128.6	0.3	1.6	-0.7	0.0	1.4	-0.5	1.7	0.5	1.9
Office and administrative support	133.1	134.3	1.0	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.6	0.6	0.8	0.6	0.9
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance	130.5	131.1	0.7	0.7	0.3	0.8	0.6	0.9	0.7	0.7	0.5
Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	130.5	131.2	0.7	1.1	0.0	1.2	0.8	0.5	0.9	0.5	0.5
Installation, maintenance, and repair	130.6	131.0	0.6	0.5	0.6	0.4	0.6	1.0	0.6	0.8	0.3
Production, transportation, and material moving	131.0	132.3	0.7	0.8	0.7	0.8	0.9	0.6	1.0	0.8	1.0
Production	129.4	130.3	0.7	0.8	0.6	0.6	0.7	0.8	0.9	0.7	0.7
Transportation and material moving	132.9	134.6	0.8	0.9	0.6	1.1	0.9	0.5	1.2	0.8	1.3
Service occupations(4)	131.5	132.8	0.8	1.0	1.0	0.6	0.9	0.7	0.7	1.0	1.0

Industry
Goods-producing industries(2)	129.4	130.5	0.6	0.7	0.4	0.6	0.7	0.6	0.7	0.5	0.9
Construction	128.3	129.7	0.3	0.8	0.0	1.0	0.9	0.5	0.6	0.5	1.1
Manufacturing	129.5	130.4	0.6	0.7	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.7	0.6	0.7
Aircraft manufacturing	139.4	140.4	0.5	0.8	0.5	0.8	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.6	0.7
Service-providing industries(4)	131.1	132.5	0.7	0.6	0.6	0.5	0.8	0.6	0.7	0.6	1.1
Trade, transportation, and utilities	131.4	133.0	0.9	0.8	0.3	0.6	1.3	0.4	0.8	0.6	1.2
Retail trade	133.4	135.0	0.9	0.9	0.6	0.8	1.3	0.5	0.8	0.8	1.2
Transportation and warehousing	133.5	135.4	1.2	0.9	0.6	1.3	0.8	0.5	1.0	0.8	1.4
Utilities	138.8	140.0	0.5	0.5	0.9	0.9	0.7	0.6	0.4	0.7	0.9
Information	127.7	128.6	1.2	0.5	0.8	0.6	0.1	1.0	0.7	0.3	0.7
Financial activities	131.0	133.4	0.5	0.9	1.2	0.6	0.2	0.9	0.5	0.5	1.8
Finance and insurance	131.7	134.3	0.4	0.8	1.3	0.5	0.2	1.0	0.4	0.5	2.0
Credit intermediation and related activities	128.3	130.0	0.6	0.5	1.1	0.6	0.6	0.8	0.6	0.3	1.3
Insurance carriers and related activities	132.4	133.7	0.7	0.9	1.4	0.3	0.5	1.3	-0.3	0.5	0.9
Professional and business services	132.3	133.3	0.6	0.5	0.1	0.2	0.6	0.6	1.2	0.5	0.8
Professional, scientific, and technical services	134.7	135.7	0.9	0.5	-0.2	0.5	0.6	0.6	1.3	0.4	0.8
Education and health services	130.1	131.3	0.5	0.6	0.6	0.5	0.6	0.6	0.2	0.7	0.9
Educational services	129.8	130.3	0.6	0.7	0.2	0.8	0.6	0.4	0.5	0.5	0.4
Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and professional schools	130.4	131.1	0.4	0.6	0.5	0.8	0.6	0.4	0.8	0.5	0.5
Health care and social assistance	130.2	131.5	0.5	0.6	0.6	0.4	0.6	0.7	0.2	0.7	1.0
Hospitals	131.1	131.8	0.5	0.7	0.6	0.7	0.6	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.6
Nursing and residential care facilities	127.3	128.5	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.8	0.6	0.6	0.7	0.9
Leisure and hospitality	132.7	134.4	0.8	1.0	1.1	0.6	1.7	0.5	0.7	0.9	1.3
Accommodations and food service	133.3	135.1	1.1	1.2	1.3	0.5	1.6	0.7	0.5	0.8	1.4
Other services, except public administration	132.0	133.3	0.3	1.0	0.8	0.6	0.5	0.6	0.7	0.6	0.9

State and local government workers
All workers	126.6	127.1	0.4	0.5	0.6	0.5	0.6	0.4	0.5	0.6	0.4
Industry
Education and health services	125.7	126.2	0.4	0.5	0.7	0.4	0.6	0.4	0.5	0.5	0.4
Educational services	125.1	125.6	0.4	0.5	0.7	0.4	0.6	0.4	0.5	0.4	0.4
Schools	125.1	125.6	0.4	0.5	0.7	0.4	0.6	0.4	0.4	0.5	0.4
Elementary and secondary schools	124.4	125.0	0.3	0.4	0.8	0.2	0.5	0.6	0.5	0.3	0.5
Health care and social assistance	130.5	131.3	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.6	0.5	0.4	0.9	0.6	0.6
Hospitals	129.5	130.2	0.5	0.7	0.3	0.6	0.5	0.5	0.9	0.5	0.5
Public administration	127.7	128.1	0.5	0.6	0.6	0.4	0.6	0.5	0.6	0.6	0.3
Footnotes (1) Includes workers in the private nonfarm economy except those in private households, and workers in the public sector, except the federal government. (2) Includes mining, construction, and manufacturing. (3) 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. (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; and other services, except public administration.
SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey

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