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
	Sep. 2020	Jun. 2021	Sep. 2021	3-months ended-			12-months ended-
	Sep. 2020	Jun. 2021	Sep. 2021	Sep. 2020	Jun. 2021	Sep. 2021	Sep. 2020	Jun. 2021	Sep. 2021
All workers	140.7	144.4	146.4	0.4	0.8	1.4	2.4	3.1	4.1
Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)	140.8	144.3	145.9	0.5	0.9	1.1	2.4	3.0	3.6
Occupational group
Management, professional, and related	139.0	141.7	143.5	0.4	0.7	1.3	1.9	2.4	3.2
Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)	138.3	140.8	142.1	0.5	0.5	0.9	1.9	2.3	2.7
Management, business, and financial	140.7	143.3	145.3	0.4	0.9	1.4	1.9	2.2	3.3
Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)	139.5	141.8	142.9	0.3	0.5	0.8	1.8	1.9	2.4
Professional and related	137.8	140.5	142.2	0.6	0.6	1.2	2.0	2.6	3.2
Sales and office	141.9	146.6	148.5	0.3	0.3	1.3	2.5	3.6	4.7
Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)	143.9	148.0	149.5	0.4	1.0	1.0	2.5	3.3	3.9
Sales and related	137.8	143.7	145.7	0.1	-0.4	1.4	2.7	4.4	5.7
Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)	142.2	147.2	148.2	0.3	1.3	0.7	2.7	3.8	4.2
Office and administrative support	144.8	148.4	150.2	0.5	0.9	1.2	2.4	3.0	3.7
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance	140.6	144.2	145.5	0.5	1.1	0.9	2.4	3.1	3.5
Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	140.4	144.3	145.5	0.4	1.3	0.8	1.8	3.1	3.6
Installation, maintenance, and repair	140.8	144.1	145.4	0.6	0.8	0.9	3.0	3.0	3.3
Production, transportation, and material moving	142.7	146.8	149.0	0.7	1.2	1.5	3.3	3.6	4.4
Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)	142.5	146.5	148.6	0.8	1.2	1.4	3.3	3.6	4.3
Production	139.3	143.7	145.7	0.6	1.4	1.4	3.1	3.8	4.6
Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)	139.8	144.1	146.1	0.6	1.4	1.4	3.2	3.7	4.5
Transportation and material moving	146.9	150.8	153.2	0.8	1.0	1.6	3.5	3.5	4.3
Service occupations	144.3	150.1	153.1	0.8	1.6	2.0	3.7	4.8	6.1
Industry and occupational group
Goods-producing industries(3)	138.2	141.5	142.8	0.4	1.1	0.9	2.3	2.8	3.3
Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)	138.1	141.5	142.9	0.4	1.1	1.0	2.1	2.8	3.5
Management, professional, and related	135.2	137.7	138.5	0.1	0.8	0.6	1.7	2.0	2.4
Sales and office	142.6	146.2	146.6	0.1	1.9	0.3	2.7	2.6	2.8
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance	139.9	143.5	144.9	0.5	1.1	1.0	1.9	3.1	3.6
Production, transportation, and material moving	138.2	142.1	144.1	0.5	1.2	1.4	3.0	3.3	4.3
Construction	139.7	143.3	143.9	0.4	1.4	0.4	2.4	3.0	3.0
Manufacturing	137.6	140.8	142.5	0.3	1.0	1.2	2.3	2.6	3.6
Management, professional, and related	136.3	138.7	139.8	0.1	0.7	0.8	1.8	1.9	2.6
Sales and office occupations	139.9	143.5	145.0	-0.1	1.1	1.0	0.8	2.4	3.6
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance	138.2	141.5	143.3	0.4	0.9	1.3	2.7	2.8	3.7
Production, transportation, and material moving	137.9	141.8	143.8	0.5	1.2	1.4	3.0	3.4	4.3
Aircraft manufacturing	123.0	125.5	136.8	0.6	0.4	9.0	0.5	2.6	11.2
Service-providing industries(4)	141.5	145.3	147.4	0.5	0.7	1.4	2.5	3.2	4.2
Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)	141.7	145.1	146.9	0.6	0.8	1.2	2.5	3.0	3.7
Management, professional, and related	139.8	142.4	144.4	0.6	0.6	1.4	2.0	2.4	3.3
Sales and office	141.8	146.6	148.7	0.3	0.1	1.4	2.5	3.7	4.9
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance	141.8	145.2	146.4	0.6	0.9	0.8	3.2	3.1	3.2
Production, transportation, and material moving	147.7	152.1	154.4	0.9	1.2	1.5	3.6	3.9	4.5
Service occupations	144.3	150.1	153.1	0.8	1.6	2.0	3.7	4.9	6.1
Trade, transportation, and utilities	143.8	148.3	150.1	0.3	1.1	1.2	2.6	3.5	4.4
Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)	144.5	148.5	150.2	0.3	0.8	1.1	2.7	3.1	3.9
Wholesale trade	138.0	142.3	143.9	0.2	1.7	1.1	2.4	3.3	4.3
Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)	141.2	144.7	146.1	0.1	0.8	1.0	2.2	2.6	3.5
Retail trade	144.7	150.3	152.3	0.3	1.3	1.3	2.7	4.2	5.3
Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)	143.8	148.9	150.8	0.3	1.0	1.3	3.1	3.9	4.9
Transportation and warehousing	148.2	151.1	153.0	0.5	0.4	1.3	3.1	2.5	3.2
Utilities	153.3	156.8	157.8	0.1	0.7	0.6	2.3	2.3	2.9
Information	139.0	142.4	143.9	0.4	0.7	1.1	2.7	2.8	3.5
Financial activities	141.2	145.0	147.6	0.2	-1.2	1.8	2.3	2.9	4.5
Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)	141.5	143.9	144.8	0.5	0.8	0.6	2.5	2.2	2.3
Finance and insurance	141.7	146.0	148.8	0.1	-1.6	1.9	2.3	3.1	5.0
Credit intermediation and related activities	140.7	145.2	152.8	0.2	2.8	5.2	2.7	3.4	8.6
Excluding incentive paid	144.0	146.5	147.5	-0.1	0.5	0.7	2.2	1.6	2.4
Insurance carriers and related activities	142.7	145.6	146.4	0.1	0.7	0.5	2.2	2.2	2.6
Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)	141.9	144.2	144.8	0.1	0.7	0.4	2.5	1.7	2.0
Real estate and rental and leasing	138.8	140.6	142.2	0.7	0.6	1.1	2.1	2.0	2.4
Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)	142.7	144.9	146.5	0.6	0.7	1.1	2.4	2.2	2.7
Professional and business services	141.4	144.6	146.7	0.4	0.6	1.5	2.2	2.6	3.7
Professional, scientific, and technical services	142.9	145.9	148.4	0.3	0.5	1.7	1.8	2.4	3.8
Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services	139.0	143.6	145.6	0.5	1.1	1.4	3.0	3.8	4.7
Education and health services	139.5	142.2	144.2	1.0	0.6	1.4	2.1	3.0	3.4
Educational services	139.6	140.7	143.6	0.3	0.1	2.1	1.7	1.1	2.9
Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and professional schools	140.4	141.6	144.1	-0.2	0.4	1.8	1.1	0.6	2.6
Health care and social assistance	139.4	142.5	144.3	1.1	0.8	1.3	2.2	3.3	3.5
Hospitals	140.4	143.6	145.0	0.4	0.7	1.0	2.4	2.7	3.3
Nursing and residential care facilities	135.8	139.9	142.4	0.8	1.2	1.8	2.7	3.9	4.9
Nursing care facilities(2)	134.9	139.3	141.8	0.7	1.2	1.8	2.7	4.0	5.1
Leisure and hospitality	144.1	150.6	154.1	0.9	2.2	2.3	4.1	5.5	6.9
Accommodation and food service	146.5	153.6	157.1	1.2	2.3	2.3	4.6	6.2	7.2
Other services, except public administration	141.8	146.3	148.4	0.5	1.4	1.4	2.8	3.7	4.7
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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