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Compensation costs for transportation and moving occupations up 3.5 percent from March 2018
May 03, 2019
Transportation and material moving occupations in the private sector had the largest increase in compensation costs at 3.5 percent from March 2018 to March 2019. Professional and related occupations had the lowest compensation cost increase at 2.2 percent during the same 12-month period.
12-month percent change in Employment Cost Indexes by occupational group, private industry, March 2019, not seasonally adjusted
Occupational group
12-month percent change
All workers
2.8%
Transportation and material moving
3.5
Sales and related
3.4
Office and administrative support
3.3
Installation, maintenance, and repair
2.9
Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and forestry occupations
2.5
Production
2.5
Management, business, and financial
2.3
Professional and related
2.2
Compensation costs for all private industry workers increased 2.8 percent over the year, the same increase as in the year ending March 2018. Compensation costs for state and local government workers increased 3.0 percent for the 12-month period ending in March 2019.
United States Department of Labor
