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Table 3. Seasonally adjusted: Employment Cost Index for benefits, by ownership, occupational group, and industry

Table 3. Employment Cost Index for benefits, by occupational group and industry [Seasonally adjusted]
Occupational group and industry Indexes (Dec. 2005=100) Percent changes for 3-months ended-
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(1)

 146.3 147.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.4 0.9

Private industry workers

All workers

 140.6 142.1 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.3 1.1

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related

 138.9 140.3 0.5 0.5 0.1 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.7 0.3 1.0

Sales and office

 142.1 143.4 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.7 0.4 0.8 0.7 -0.1 0.9

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 143.6 144.7 0.8 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.8

Production, transportation, and material moving

 141.6 143.7 0.3 0.4 0.6 1.0 0.4 0.8 0.2 0.5 1.5

Service occupations

 140.7 142.7 0.3 0.6 0.4 0.8 0.6 0.6 0.8 0.5 1.4

Industry

Goods-producing industries(2)

 136.5 138.1 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.6 0.2 0.6 0.7 0.5 1.2

Manufacturing

 135.5 137.7 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.8 0.2 0.6 0.4 0.4 1.6

Service-providing industries(3)

 142.1 143.6 0.5 0.5 0.3 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.1 1.1

State and local government workers

All workers(1)

 166.2 166.8 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.4 0.7 0.4

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; and other services, except public administration.

SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey
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Last Modified Date: May 30, 2023