Table 4. COMPENSATION (NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED): Employment Cost Index for total compensation, for civilian workers, by occupational group and industry

Table 4. Employment Cost Index for total compensation(1), for civilian workers, by occupational group and industry [Not seasonally adjusted]
Occupational group and industry	Indexes (Dec. 2005=100)			Percent changes for
	Mar. 2017	Dec. 2017	Mar. 2018	3-months ended-			12-months ended-
	Mar. 2017	Dec. 2017	Mar. 2018	Mar. 2017	Dec. 2017	Mar. 2018	Mar. 2017	Dec. 2017	Mar. 2018
All workers(2)	129.0	131.2	132.5	0.9	0.4	1.0	2.4	2.6	2.7
Excluding incentive paid occupations(3)	129.3	131.5	132.7	0.9	0.5	0.9	2.5	2.6	2.6
Occupational group
Management, professional, and related	129.1	131.2	132.2	0.8	0.4	0.8	2.1	2.4	2.4
Management, business, and financial	129.7	131.9	133.4	0.8	0.2	1.1	2.4	2.5	2.9
Professional and related	128.7	130.8	131.6	0.7	0.5	0.6	2.0	2.3	2.3
Sales and office	128.6	130.6	132.4	0.9	0.2	1.4	2.4	2.5	3.0
Sales and related	123.7	125.7	127.8	1.1	-0.1	1.7	2.3	2.8	3.3
Office and administrative support	131.6	133.7	135.2	0.8	0.5	1.1	2.5	2.5	2.7
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance	128.9	131.6	132.2	0.6	0.5	0.5	2.2	2.7	2.6
Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	129.4	131.8	132.4	0.6	0.4	0.5	2.6	2.5	2.3
Installation, maintenance, and repair	128.3	131.4	132.0	0.5	0.5	0.5	1.7	2.9	2.9
Production, transportation, and material moving	128.6	131.4	132.9	0.9	0.4	1.1	2.8	3.1	3.3
Production	126.7	129.4	130.5	0.8	0.5	0.9	2.6	2.9	3.0
Transportation and material moving	131.1	133.9	135.8	1.2	0.4	1.4	3.1	3.3	3.6
Service occupations	130.3	132.7	134.2	0.9	0.7	1.1	3.2	2.8	3.0
Industry
Goods-producing industries(4)	126.5	128.9	129.9	0.6	0.4	0.8	2.2	2.5	2.7
Manufacturing	126.4	128.9	130.0	0.7	0.4	0.9	2.2	2.7	2.8
Service-providing industries(5)	129.4	131.6	132.9	0.9	0.4	1.0	2.5	2.6	2.7
Education and health services	129.4	131.5	132.3	0.5	0.5	0.6	2.3	2.2	2.2
Educational services	129.8	132.2	132.6	0.5	0.5	0.3	2.6	2.3	2.2
Elementary and secondary schools	129.5	132.1	132.5	0.4	0.5	0.3	2.6	2.4	2.3
Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and professional schools	130.4	132.4	132.8	0.7	0.5	0.3	2.7	2.2	1.8
Health care and social assistance	129.1	130.9	132.1	0.6	0.6	0.9	2.1	2.0	2.3
Hospitals	129.8	131.7	132.4	0.5	0.5	0.5	2.4	2.0	2.0
Nursing and residential care facilities	125.7	127.9	129.1	0.6	0.6	0.9	2.4	2.4	2.7
Public administration	133.2	135.7	136.2	0.9	0.7	0.4	2.5	2.8	2.3
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) The index for this series is not strictly comparable with other series in this table. (4) Includes mining, construction, and manufacturing. (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; other services, except public administration; and public administration.
SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey

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