Table 5. COMPENSATION (NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED): Employment Cost Index for total compensation, for private industry workers, by occupational group and industry

Table 5. Employment Cost Index for total compensation(1), for private industry 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	128.3	130.5	131.9	0.9	0.4	1.1	2.3	2.6	2.8
Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)	128.7	130.8	132.2	0.9	0.5	1.1	2.4	2.6	2.7
Occupational group
Management, professional, and related	128.5	130.5	131.8	0.9	0.4	1.0	2.0	2.4	2.6
Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)	128.0	129.9	131.2	0.9	0.4	1.0	1.9	2.4	2.5
Management, business, and financial	129.5	131.7	133.2	0.9	0.3	1.1	2.4	2.6	2.9
Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)	129.0	130.9	132.5	0.9	0.3	1.2	2.5	2.4	2.7
Professional and related	127.8	129.6	130.8	0.9	0.4	0.9	1.7	2.3	2.3
Sales and office	128.1	130.1	132.0	1.0	0.2	1.5	2.4	2.6	3.0
Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)	130.4	132.4	134.1	0.9	0.4	1.3	2.8	2.5	2.8
Sales and related	123.6	125.5	127.7	1.1	-0.2	1.8	2.3	2.7	3.3
Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)	128.4	130.5	132.3	1.1	0.4	1.4	3.1	2.8	3.0
Office and administrative support	131.4	133.3	135.0	0.9	0.4	1.3	2.6	2.4	2.7
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance	128.5	131.2	131.8	0.6	0.5	0.5	2.2	2.7	2.6
Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	129.2	131.6	132.2	0.6	0.4	0.5	2.7	2.5	2.3
Installation, maintenance, and repair	127.7	130.9	131.3	0.5	0.5	0.3	1.7	3.0	2.8
Production, transportation, and material moving	128.3	131.0	132.5	1.0	0.5	1.1	2.9	3.1	3.3
Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)	128.5	131.0	132.6	1.0	0.5	1.2	2.8	3.0	3.2
Production	126.5	129.2	130.2	0.8	0.5	0.8	2.5	2.9	2.9
Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)	126.7	129.5	130.5	0.7	0.5	0.8	2.5	2.9	3.0
Transportation and material moving	130.6	133.4	135.4	1.2	0.3	1.5	3.2	3.3	3.7
Service occupations	128.6	130.9	132.7	1.1	0.7	1.4	3.4	2.9	3.2
Industry and occupational group
Goods-producing industries(3)	126.5	128.9	129.9	0.6	0.4	0.8	2.2	2.5	2.7
Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)	126.9	129.3	130.3	0.6	0.5	0.8	2.3	2.5	2.7
Management, professional, and related	125.1	127.1	128.7	0.7	0.4	1.3	1.9	2.3	2.9
Sales and office	127.2	129.4	130.4	-0.1	-0.2	0.8	1.7	1.6	2.5
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance	128.6	131.1	131.6	0.7	0.6	0.4	2.5	2.7	2.3
Production, transportation, and material moving	126.0	128.7	129.5	0.7	0.5	0.6	2.4	2.9	2.8
Construction	126.6	128.8	129.7	0.6	0.4	0.7	2.5	2.4	2.4
Manufacturing	126.4	128.9	130.0	0.7	0.4	0.9	2.2	2.7	2.8
Management, professional, and related	126.4	128.5	130.0	0.9	0.3	1.2	2.1	2.6	2.8
Sales and office occupations	129.0	131.3	132.4	0.4	0.3	0.8	2.0	2.2	2.6
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance	127.3	130.7	130.8	0.1	0.8	0.1	1.6	2.8	2.7
Production, transportation, and material moving	125.6	128.3	129.2	0.6	0.4	0.7	2.4	2.8	2.9
Aircraft manufacturing	115.9	128.9	132.1	2.7	0.0	2.5	2.3	14.2	14.0
Service-providing industries(4)	128.9	131.0	132.6	0.9	0.3	1.2	2.4	2.6	2.9
Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)	129.3	131.3	132.9	1.0	0.4	1.2	2.5	2.6	2.8
Management, professional, and related	129.1	131.1	132.4	0.9	0.3	1.0	2.0	2.4	2.6
Sales and office	128.2	130.1	132.1	1.1	0.2	1.5	2.5	2.6	3.0
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance	128.3	131.4	132.0	0.4	0.2	0.5	1.9	2.8	2.9
Production, transportation, and material moving	131.0	133.8	135.9	1.2	0.4	1.6	3.1	3.3	3.7
Service occupations	128.6	130.9	132.6	1.1	0.7	1.3	3.4	2.9	3.1
Trade, transportation, and utilities	130.1	132.3	134.0	1.2	0.3	1.3	2.7	3.0	3.0
Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)	130.8	132.9	134.5	1.1	0.5	1.2	2.8	2.7	2.8
Wholesale trade	126.8	128.6	130.0	1.6	0.3	1.1	1.9	3.0	2.5
Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)	129.2	131.6	133.0	0.9	0.5	1.1	2.1	2.7	2.9
Retail trade	130.4	132.8	134.3	1.0	0.4	1.1	3.1	2.9	3.0
Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)	129.6	131.5	132.9	1.2	0.4	1.1	3.3	2.7	2.5
Transportation and warehousing	132.0	134.6	136.8	1.0	0.3	1.6	2.9	3.0	3.6
Utilities	139.3	141.2	143.5	1.1	0.2	1.6	2.6	2.5	3.0
Information	126.1	128.4	129.4	0.6	0.1	0.8	1.8	2.4	2.6
Financial activities	127.8	129.9	132.0	0.3	0.0	1.6	2.9	2.0	3.3
Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)	129.0	130.5	132.5	0.9	-0.1	1.5	2.5	2.1	2.7
Finance and insurance	128.0	130.1	132.2	0.3	0.0	1.6	3.0	2.0	3.3
Credit intermediation and related activities	127.8	128.8	130.6	0.8	-0.5	1.4	3.1	1.6	2.2
Excluding incentive paid	132.0	132.8	134.8	1.4	-0.4	1.5	3.0	2.0	2.1
Insurance carriers and related activities	130.8	132.6	134.1	1.0	0.1	1.1	3.1	2.4	2.5
Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)	129.8	131.5	133.0	1.1	0.2	1.1	2.4	2.4	2.5
Real estate and rental and leasing	127.1	129.3	130.9	0.3	0.1	1.2	2.5	2.1	3.0
Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)	130.2	132.3	134.0	0.3	0.1	1.3	2.1	1.9	2.9
Professional and business services	129.4	131.9	133.3	1.1	0.3	1.1	1.5	3.0	3.0
Professional, scientific, and technical services	131.9	134.1	135.9	1.3	0.1	1.3	1.6	3.0	3.0
Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services	125.3	128.5	129.3	0.6	0.5	0.6	0.6	3.1	3.2
Education and health services	128.5	130.4	131.4	0.5	0.6	0.8	2.1	2.0	2.3
Educational services	129.0	131.1	131.5	0.3	0.5	0.3	2.3	1.9	1.9
Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and professional schools	130.0	132.5	133.0	0.3	0.4	0.4	2.3	2.2	2.3
Health care and social assistance	128.5	130.2	131.4	0.7	0.5	0.9	2.1	2.0	2.3
Hospitals	129.6	131.3	132.1	0.7	0.5	0.6	2.5	2.0	1.9
Nursing and residential care facilities	124.3	126.5	127.6	0.6	0.6	0.9	2.6	2.4	2.7
Nursing care facilities(2)	124.0	126.3	127.1	0.3	0.6	0.6	2.1	2.2	2.5
Leisure and hospitality	128.5	130.3	132.6	2.1	0.5	1.8	4.3	3.6	3.2
Accommodations and food service	129.3	131.2	133.5	2.1	0.6	1.8	4.5	3.6	3.2
Other services, except public administration	129.2	131.3	132.9	0.8	0.2	1.2	2.9	2.4	2.9
Footnotes (1) Includes wages, salaries, and employer costs for employee benefits. (2) The index for this series is not strictly comparable with other series in this table. (3) Includes mining, construction, and manufacturing. (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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