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Table 8. Wages and salaries (not seasonally adjusted): Employment Cost Index for wages and salaries, for civilian workers, by occupational group and industry

Table 8. Employment Cost Index for wages and salaries, for civilian 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

All workers(1)

 140.4 144.1 146.3 0.6 0.8 1.5 2.5 3.2 4.2

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 140.1 143.5 145.3 0.6 0.9 1.3 2.4 3.0 3.7

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related

 138.3 140.6 142.7 0.5 0.6 1.5 1.9 2.2 3.2

Management, business, and financial

 140.7 143.3 145.8 0.3 1.0 1.7 1.8 2.1 3.6

Professional and related

 137.0 139.1 141.0 0.7 0.5 1.4 2.0 2.2 2.9

Sales and office

 142.0 147.3 149.5 0.4 0.3 1.5 2.7 4.1 5.3

Sales and related

 139.2 146.4 148.8 0.0 -0.4 1.6 3.0 5.2 6.9

Office and administrative support

 143.8 147.6 149.6 0.6 1.0 1.4 2.5 3.3 4.0

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 140.0 143.8 145.3 0.6 1.1 1.0 2.6 3.3 3.8

Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

 139.6 143.9 145.3 0.4 1.5 1.0 2.1 3.5 4.1

Installation, maintenance, and repair

 140.5 143.8 145.3 0.8 0.7 1.0 3.2 3.2 3.4

Production, transportation, and material moving

 144.1 149.1 151.3 0.8 1.5 1.5 3.7 4.3 5.0

Production

 141.0 146.3 148.0 0.7 1.8 1.2 3.4 4.5 5.0

Transportation and material moving

 147.5 152.2 154.9 1.0 1.3 1.8 3.9 4.2 5.0

Service occupations

 144.4 150.0 153.2 0.8 1.5 2.1 3.6 4.7 6.1

Industry

Goods-producing industries(3)

 140.1 143.9 145.0 0.4 1.4 0.8 2.6 3.1 3.5

Manufacturing

 139.8 143.6 145.0 0.4 1.3 1.0 2.7 3.1 3.7

Service-providing industries(4)

 140.5 144.1 146.5 0.6 0.7 1.7 2.5 3.2 4.3

Education and health services

 136.9 139.0 141.2 1.0 0.6 1.6 1.9 2.5 3.1

Educational services

 134.3 135.2 137.4 0.8 0.2 1.6 1.7 1.5 2.3

Elementary and secondary schools

 133.4 134.3 136.3 1.1 0.3 1.5 1.9 1.7 2.2

Junior colleges, colleges, and universities

 135.2 136.2 138.6 0.1 0.3 1.8 1.1 0.8 2.5

Health care and social assistance

 139.8 143.2 145.3 1.2 0.9 1.5 2.2 3.6 3.9

Hospitals

 139.8 143.3 145.0 0.4 0.9 1.2 2.3 2.9 3.7

Nursing and residential care facilities

 138.2 142.7 145.5 0.7 1.3 2.0 3.1 4.0 5.3

Public administration

 135.9 137.5 139.8 0.3 0.2 1.7 1.9 1.5 2.9

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) 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; 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: December 12, 2024