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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

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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Last Modified Date: June 30, 2021