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	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

Table of Contents

Last Modified Date: May 30, 2023