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Table 9. WAGES AND SALARIES (NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED): Employment Cost Index for wages and salaries, for private industry workers, by occupational group and industry

Table 9. Employment Cost Index for wages and salaries, for private industry workers, by occupational group and industry [Not seasonally adjusted]
Occupational group and industry Index value (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

128.3 130.6 132.0 0.9 0.5 1.1 2.6 2.8 2.9

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

128.5 130.7 132.1 0.9 0.5 1.1 2.6 2.7 2.8

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related

129.0 131.1 132.3 0.7 0.5 0.9 2.1 2.3 2.6

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

128.2 130.1 131.3 0.8 0.5 0.9 2.1 2.3 2.4

Management, business, and financial

129.9 132.3 133.7 0.5 0.4 1.1 2.2 2.4 2.9

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

128.9 130.8 132.3 0.7 0.4 1.1 2.4 2.2 2.6

Professional and related

128.2 130.2 131.3 0.8 0.5 0.8 1.7 2.4 2.4

Sales and office

127.7 129.8 131.8 1.2 0.2 1.5 2.7 2.9 3.2

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

129.9 132.2 133.9 1.1 0.5 1.3 3.1 2.9 3.1

Sales and related

123.8 125.9 128.2 1.3 -0.1 1.8 2.3 3.0 3.6

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

128.5 131.0 132.9 1.2 0.4 1.5 3.5 3.1 3.4

Office and administrative support

130.7 132.9 134.5 0.9 0.5 1.2 2.8 2.6 2.9

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

127.5 130.4 130.9 0.6 0.5 0.4 2.6 2.9 2.7

Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

127.9 130.4 131.1 0.8 0.4 0.5 3.1 2.8 2.5

Installation, maintenance, and repair

127.2 130.5 130.8 0.5 0.6 0.2 1.9 3.1 2.8

Production, transportation, and material moving

128.0 130.7 132.3 1.1 0.5 1.2 3.3 3.2 3.4

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

128.3 130.8 132.5 1.1 0.5 1.3 3.2 3.1 3.3

Production

126.5 129.3 130.4 0.9 0.5 0.9 2.8 3.1 3.1

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

126.8 129.5 130.7 1.0 0.5 0.9 2.9 3.1 3.1

Transportation and material moving

129.7 132.6 134.7 1.2 0.4 1.6 3.7 3.5 3.9

Service occupations

128.6 131.3 133.0 1.2 0.8 1.3 3.7 3.3 3.4

Industry and occupational group

Goods-producing industries(2)

127.1 129.3 130.4 0.7 0.4 0.9 2.6 2.5 2.6

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

127.6 129.8 130.9 0.8 0.5 0.8 2.7 2.5 2.6

Management, professional, and related

127.7 129.0 130.7 0.8 0.4 1.3 2.2 1.8 2.3

Sales and office occupations

127.3 129.9 130.8 -0.2 -0.2 0.7 1.8 1.9 2.7

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

127.8 130.4 131.0 0.9 0.7 0.5 2.9 3.0 2.5

Production, transportation, and material moving

126.1 128.8 129.8 0.8 0.5 0.8 2.9 3.0 2.9

Construction

126.1 128.4 129.5 0.6 0.4 0.9 2.7 2.5 2.7

Manufacturing

127.1 129.3 130.4 0.7 0.5 0.9 2.5 2.5 2.6

Management, professional, and related occupations

128.3 129.6 130.9 0.8 0.3 1.0 2.3 1.8 2.0

Sales and office occupations

128.7 131.6 132.6 0.5 0.6 0.8 2.1 2.7 3.0

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

128.0 131.0 131.3 0.4 0.9 0.2 2.3 2.7 2.6

Production, transportation, and material moving

125.8 128.5 129.5 0.8 0.5 0.8 2.8 3.0 2.9

Aircraft manufacturing

137.4 138.4 141.1 2.0 -0.1 2.0 2.8 2.7 2.7

Service-providing industries(3)

128.6 131.0 132.5 0.9 0.5 1.1 2.5 2.8 3.0

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

128.8 131.0 132.5 0.9 0.5 1.1 2.6 2.7 2.9

Management, professional, and related

129.2 131.4 132.6 0.7 0.4 0.9 2.0 2.4 2.6

Sales and office

127.7 129.8 131.9 1.3 0.3 1.6 2.7 2.9 3.3

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

127.2 130.5 130.9 0.3 0.2 0.3 2.1 2.9 2.9

Production, transportation, and material moving

130.0 132.9 135.0 1.3 0.5 1.6 3.7 3.6 3.8

Service occupations

128.6 131.2 133.0 1.2 0.8 1.4 3.7 3.2 3.4

Trade, transportation, and utilities

128.9 131.2 132.9 1.4 0.3 1.3 3.0 3.2 3.1

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

129.3 131.4 133.0 1.3 0.5 1.2 3.4 2.9 2.9

Wholesale trade

124.3 126.0 127.3 2.0 0.2 1.0 2.0 3.4 2.4

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

125.8 128.2 129.5 1.0 0.5 1.0 2.4 2.9 2.9

Retail trade

130.5 133.2 134.7 1.2 0.5 1.1 3.6 3.3 3.2

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

129.3 131.4 132.8 1.4 0.5 1.1 3.9 3.1 2.7

Transportation and warehousing

130.6 133.1 135.4 1.2 0.2 1.7 3.6 3.1 3.7

Utilities

136.7 138.2 140.2 1.3 0.2 1.4 2.9 2.4 2.6

Information

125.0 127.5 128.4 0.1 0.1 0.7 2.0 2.1 2.7

Financial activities

128.2 130.9 133.0 0.0 0.3 1.6 2.9 2.1 3.7

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

129.1 130.9 133.0 0.7 0.2 1.6 2.3 2.1 3.0

Finance and insurance

128.8 131.6 133.8 0.0 0.4 1.7 2.9 2.2 3.9

Credit intermediation and related activities

126.1 128.0 129.9 0.7 0.1 1.5 2.8 2.2 3.0

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

130.4 132.0 134.1 1.3 0.2 1.6 2.7 2.6 2.8

Insurance carriers and related activities

130.2 132.1 133.5 0.6 0.2 1.1 3.2 2.1 2.5

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

128.4 129.8 131.3 0.8 0.2 1.2 2.4 1.9 2.3

Real estate and rental and leasing

125.6 128.2 129.8 0.2 0.2 1.2 2.7 2.2 3.3

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

128.9 131.3 133.0 0.2 0.2 1.3 2.2 2.1 3.2

Professional and business services

129.5 132.0 133.5 0.9 0.3 1.1 1.4 2.9 3.1

Professional, scientific, and technical services

132.1 134.2 136.1 1.3 0.1 1.4 1.5 2.9 3.0

Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services

126.0 129.6 130.3 0.6 0.7 0.5 0.7 3.4 3.4

Education and health services

128.1 130.1 131.2 0.6 0.6 0.8 2.3 2.2 2.4

Educational services

127.7 130.0 130.1 0.2 0.5 0.1 2.4 2.0 1.9

Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and professional schools

128.0 130.7 130.9 0.2 0.5 0.2 2.5 2.3 2.3

Health care and social assistance

128.1 130.2 131.5 0.6 0.7 1.0 2.2 2.3 2.7

Hospitals

129.1 131.1 131.8 0.6 0.6 0.5 2.6 2.2 2.1

Nursing and residential care facilities

124.8 127.3 128.5 0.8 0.7 0.9 3.0 2.8 3.0

Leisure and hospitality

130.1 132.3 134.7 2.1 0.7 1.8 4.6 3.8 3.5

Accommodation and food service

130.9 133.0 135.4 2.1 0.7 1.8 4.8 3.7 3.4

Other services, except public administration

129.5 131.8 133.2 0.6 0.2 1.1 2.9 2.4 2.9

Footnotes
(1) The index for this series is not strictly comparable with other series in this table.
(2) Includes mining, construction, and manufacturing.
(3) 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

Last Modified Date: April 26, 2023