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
Indexes (Dec. Percent changes for 3-months ended–
2005 = 100)
Occupational group and industry
Mar. June Sep. Dec. Mar. June Sep. Dec. Mar. June
2012 2012 2010 2010 2011 2011 2011 2011 2012 2012
Civilian workers
All workers(1)............................. 115.3 115.8 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.5 0.4
Industry
Goods-producing industries(2)............ 114.0 114.5 .5 .2 .4 .4 .4 .4 .4 .4
Manufacturing.......................... 113.5 114.0 .5 .4 .5 .5 .4 .5 .4 .4
Service-providing industries(3).......... 115.6 116.1 .3 .4 .4 .4 .3 .4 .5 .4
Education and health services.......... 115.9 116.3 .2 .4 .4 .3 .1 .4 .5 .3
Education services................... 114.9 115.2 .1 .4 .4 .3 .0 .4 .4 .3
Elementary and secondary schools... 114.6 114.9 .1 .3 .4 .2 .0 .4 .3 .3
Junior colleges, colleges,
universities, and professional
schools........................... 114.8 115.3 .2 .5 .4 .3 .2 .3 .6 .4
Health care and social assistance(4) 117.1 117.5 .3 .3 .2 .4 .3 .4 .8 .3
Hospitals.......................... 117.5 118.0 .3 .4 .3 .4 .3 .3 .3 .4
Nursing and residential care
facilities(5)..................... 114.2 114.4 .4 .1 .3 .4 .2 .1 .4 .2
Public administration.................. 115.5 115.9 .3 .2 .3 .3 .2 .2 .5 .3
Private industry workers
All workers................................ 115.3 115.8 .4 .4 .4 .5 .4 .4 .5 .4
Occupational group
Management, professional, and related.... 116.1 116.9 .4 .4 .4 .4 .3 .4 .3 .7
Management, business, and financial.... 115.5 116.6 .3 .5 .3 .5 .5 .3 .3 .9
Professional and related............... 116.6 117.2 .5 .4 .3 .4 .3 .5 .4 .5
Sales and office......................... 114.6 115.1 .3 .6 .4 .5 .5 .4 .9 .4
Sales and related...................... 112.3 112.5 -.1 .8 .1 .8 .6 .4 1.6 .1
Office and administrative support...... 116.3 117.0 .6 .4 .5 .4 .5 .3 .4 .6
Natural resources, construction, and
maintenance............................. 115.8 115.9 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .3 .3 .1
Construction, extraction, farming,
fishing, and forestry................. 115.8 116.0 .4 .2 .5 .3 .3 .3 .1 .2
Installation, maintenance, and repair.. 115.7 115.8 -.1 .4 .4 .8 .9 .2 .6 .1
Production, transportation, and material
moving.................................. 113.8 114.1 .6 .3 .3 .4 .4 .4 .8 .3
Production............................. 113.2 113.5 .4 .2 .5 .4 .4 .4 .7 .3
Transportation and material moving..... 114.6 114.8 .7 .4 .3 .4 .2 .4 1.0 .2
Service occupations...................... 115.3 115.9 .4 .4 .4 .2 .2 .6 .1 .5
Industry
Goods-producing industries(2)............ 114.0 114.5 .5 .3 .4 .5 .4 .4 .4 .4
Construction........................... 114.0 114.4 .5 -.2 .2 .4 .4 .4 .0 .3
Manufacturing.......................... 113.5 114.0 .5 .4 .5 .5 .4 .5 .4 .4
Aircraft manufacturing............... 118.9 119.7 .8 .5 .3 1.0 .7 .6 .7 .7
Service-providing industries(6).......... 115.7 116.3 .4 .5 .3 .5 .4 .3 .6 .5
Trade, transportation, and utilities... 114.1 114.5 .1 .5 .1 .5 .6 .5 1.0 .4
Retail trade......................... 115.2 115.5 -.1 .2 .4 .4 .7 .6 .6 .2
Transportation and warehousing....... 113.9 114.3 .9 .6 .3 .3 .2 .3 1.5 .4
Utilities............................ 119.6 121.0 .9 .4 .9 .8 .6 .6 .4 1.1
Information............................ 113.3 113.9 .4 .0 1.4 .1 .1 .4 .5 .5
Financial activities................... 114.4 115.5 .3 1.2 .6 .1 .8 .1 .3 1.0
Finance and insurance................ 115.1 116.2 .4 1.3 .5 .1 .7 .0 .3 1.0
Credit intermediation and related
activities........................ 113.0 114.0 .6 1.4 1.2 -.4 1.0 -.4 .8 .9
Insurance carriers and related
activities........................ 115.3 115.7 .3 .5 .3 .5 .4 .8 .2 .3
Professional and business services..... 117.6 118.2 .7 .6 .3 .9 .2 .3 .4 .5
Professional, scientific, and
technical services.................. 120.2 120.7 .8 .8 .4 1.0 .3 .3 .2 .4
Administrative and support and waste
management and remediation services 114.2 114.9 .5 .4 .2 .6 .1 .4 .5 .6
Education and health services.......... 116.9 117.4 .4 .4 .2 .5 .3 .5 .7 .4
Education services................... 117.2 117.5 .7 .5 .3 .4 .4 .8 .4 .3
Junior colleges, colleges,
universities, and professional
schools........................... 116.9 117.3 .4 .4 .4 .3 .3 .5 .9 .3
Health care and social assistance(4) 116.8 117.3 .4 .3 .2 .5 .2 .5 .7 .4
Hospitals.......................... 117.4 117.9 .2 .5 .3 .4 .3 .4 .4 .4
Leisure and hospitality................ 115.9 116.9 -.1 .3 .0 .3 .2 .2 .1 .9
Accommodation and food services...... 116.4 117.5 .0 .3 .2 .4 .3 .2 -.1 1.0
Other services, except public
administration........................ 115.9 116.4 .4 .3 .4 .2 .4 .8 .3 .4
State and local government workers
All workers................................ 115.3 115.6 .1 .4 .4 .3 .1 .3 .4 .3
Industry
Education and health services.......... 114.9 115.2 .0 .4 .4 .2 .0 .4 .3 .3
Education services................... 114.4 114.8 .0 .4 .4 .2 .0 .3 .4 .3
Schools............................ 114.4 114.8 .0 .4 .4 .2 .0 .3 .4 .3
Elementary and secondary schools 114.6 114.9 .1 .4 .3 .2 .0 .3 .4 .3
Health care and social assistance(4) 118.7 119.0 .1 .6 .4 .3 .2 .3 .5 .3
Hospitals.......................... 118.0 118.5 .1 .5 .4 .2 .3 .2 .5 .4
Public administration.................. 115.5 115.9 .3 .2 .3 .3 .2 .2 .5 .3
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 ambulatory health care services and social assistance, not shown separately.
5 The civilian nursing and residential care facilities wage series is seasonal as of the 2011 revision. The
first seasonally adjusted estimates were published with the 2008 revision and the series continued to be
seasonally adjusted until the 2010 revision when it was discontinued. Historical data for this series is
published beginning with March 2003.
6 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; education services; health care and
social assistance; arts, entertainment and recreation; accommodation and food services; and other services,
except public administration.
Last Modified Date: June 03, 2022
United States Department of Labor
