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Employment Cost Index News Release

NEWS RELEASE BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

TRANSMISSION OF MATERIAL IN THIS RELEASE IS EMBARGOED UNTIL                                      USDL-18-1238
8:30 a.m. (EDT) Tuesday, July 31, 2018

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				  EMPLOYMENT COST INDEX – June 2018

Compensation costs for civilian workers increased 0.6 percent, seasonally adjusted, for the 3-month
period ending in June 2018, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Wages and salaries
(which make up about 70 percent of compensation costs) increased 0.5 percent and benefit costs
(which make up the remaining 30 percent of compensation) increased 0.9 percent. (See tables A, 1, 2, 
and 3.)

Civilian Workers 

Compensation costs for civilian workers increased 2.8 percent for the 12-month period ending in
June 2018 compared with a compensation costs increase of 2.4 percent in June 2017. Wages and
salaries increased 2.8 percent for the 12-month period ending in June 2018 and increased 2.3 percent
for the 12-month period ending in June 2017. Benefit costs increased 2.9 percent for the 12-month
period ending in June 2018. In June 2017, the increase was 2.5 percent. (See tables A, 4, 8, and 12.)

Private Industry Workers

Compensation costs for private industry workers increased 2.9 percent over the year, a larger
increase than the 2.4 percent increase in June 2017. Wages and salaries increased 2.9 percent for
the 12-month period ending in June 2018 and increased 2.4 percent in June 2017. The cost of
benefits rose 2.8 percent for the 12-month period ending in June 2018 and increased 2.2 percent in
June 2017. (See tables A, 5, 9, and 12.)

Employer costs for health benefits increased 1.6 percent for the 12-month period ending in June
2018. (For further information, see www.bls.gov/web/eci/echealth.pdf.)

Among occupational groups, compensation cost increases for private industry workers for the 12-
month period ending in June 2018 ranged from 2.4 percent for management, professional, and
related occupations to 3.5 percent for sales and office occupations. (See table 5.)

Among industry supersectors, compensation cost increases for private industry workers for the 12-
month period ending in June 2018 ranged from 2.2 percent for education and health services to 4.5
percent for information. (See table 5.)

State and Local Government 

Compensation costs for state and local government workers increased 2.3 percent for the 12-month 
period ending in June 2018. In June 2017, the increase was 2.6 percent. Wages and salaries increased 
1.9 percent for the 12-month period ending in June 2018, compared with 2.1 percent a year ago. 
Benefit costs increased 3.1 percent for the 12-month period ending in June 2018. The prior year 
increase was 3.2 percent. (See tables A, 7, 11, and 12.)
Table A. Major series of the Employment Cost Index [Percent change]
Category 3-month,
seasonally adjusted		 12-month, not seasonally adjusted
Mar.
2018		 Jun.
2018		 Jun.
2017		 Sep.
2017		 Dec.
2017		 Mar.
2018		 Jun.
2018

Civilian workers(1)

Compensation(2)

 0.8 0.6 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8

Wages and salaries

 0.9 0.5 2.3 2.5 2.5 2.7 2.8

Benefits

 0.7 0.9 2.5 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.9

Private industry

Compensation(2)

 1.0 0.6 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.8 2.9

Wages and salaries

 1.0 0.6 2.4 2.6 2.8 2.9 2.9

Benefits

 0.8 0.8 2.2 2.4 2.3 2.5 2.8

State and local government

Compensation(2)

 0.4 0.7 2.6 2.4 2.5 2.2 2.3

Wages and salaries

 0.4 0.5 2.1 2.0 2.1 1.8 1.9

Benefits

 0.5 0.9 3.2 3.0 3.2 3.0 3.1

Footnotes
 (1) Includes private industry and state and local government.
(2) Includes wages and salaries and benefits.

 
  
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						TECHNICAL NOTE

The Employment Cost Index (ECI) measures the change in the cost of labor, free from the influence of employment
shifts among occupations and industries. For information on survey concepts, coverage, methods, nonresponse
adjustment, and imputation see National Compensation Measures Handbook of Methods at
www.bls.gov/opub/hom/ncs/home.htm.

Sample size

Data for the June 2018 reference period were collected from a probability sample of approximately
27,200 occupational observations selected from a sample of about 6,600 private industry
establishments and approximately 8,000 occupational observations selected from a sample of about
1,400 state and local government establishments that provided data at the initial interview.

Standard errors

To assist users in ascertaining the reliability of Employment Cost Index (ECI) series, standard errors of all
current quarter estimates except seasonally adjusted series are also available, 
see www.bls.gov/ncs/ect/ectvar.htm. Standard errors provide users a measure of the precision ofan estimate 
to ensure that it is within an acceptable range for their intended purpose.

Historical listings

Historical listings are available at www.bls.gov/ect/#tables. The continuous occupational and industry series
listing uses the Standard Industrial Classification Manual and Occupational Classification System series from 
1975 through 2005 and the North American Industry Classification System and Standard Occupational 
Classification from 2006 to the present. It provides the official series deemed continuous after the change 
in classification systems. For more information on the criteria used in defining continuous series, see the 
article published in the Monthly Labor Review at www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2006/04/art2full.pdf.

Employer Costs for Employee Compensation data

The costs per hour worked of compensation components are published in a separate news release titled "Employer
Costs for Employee Compensation" (ECEC). The ECEC release dates are available at 
www.bls.gov/schedule/2018/home.htm. Historical ECEC data are available in summary documents at 
www.bls.gov/ect/#tables. Since the ECEC is calculated with current employment weights rather than the fixed 
weights used in computing the ECI, year-to-year changes in the cost levels usually differ from those in the ECI.

Fixed Employment Weights

For additional information on the use of fixed employment weights in computing the ECI, see
www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2016/article/introducing-2012-fixed-employment-weights-for-the-employment-cost-index.htm.

Table 1. Employment Cost Index for total compensation(1), by occupational group and industry [Seasonally adjusted]
Occupational group and industry Indexes (Dec.2005=100) Percent changes for 3-months ended-
Mar.
2018		 Jun.
2018		 Jun.
2016		 Sep.
2016		 Dec.
2016		 Mar.
2017		 Jun.
2017		 Sep.
2017		 Dec.
2017		 Mar.
2018		 Jun.
2018

Civilian workers

All workers(2)

 132.5 133.3 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.8 0.5 0.7 0.6 0.8 0.6

Industry

Goods-producing industries(3)

 130.0 130.8 0.6 0.3 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.9 0.5 0.8 0.6

Manufacturing

 129.9 130.7 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.6 1.0 0.5 0.7 0.6

Service-providing industries(4)

 133.1 133.9 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.8 0.5 0.7 0.5 0.9 0.6

Education and health services

 132.4 133.2 0.6 0.7 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.6 0.7 0.6

Educational services

 132.9 133.7 0.6 0.9 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.6

Elementary and secondary schools

 132.8 133.7 0.6 0.9 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.7

Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and professional schools

 132.9 133.8 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.8 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.7

Health care and social assistance(5)

 132.0 132.7 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.3 0.6 0.8 0.5

Hospitals

 132.4 133.0 0.6 0.5 0.7 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5

Nursing and residential care facilities

 129.1 130.0 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.7

Public administration

 136.2 137.1 0.5 0.7 0.5 0.8 0.6 0.5 0.9 0.2 0.7

Private industry workers

All workers

 131.9 132.7 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.8 0.5 0.8 0.5 1.0 0.6

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related

 131.8 132.5 0.2 0.6 0.5 0.7 0.7 0.5 0.5 0.8 0.5

Management, business, and financial

 133.2 133.9 0.2 0.6 0.9 0.7 0.8 0.5 0.5 1.1 0.5

Professional and related

 130.7 131.4 0.3 0.5 0.2 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.5

Sales and office

 132.0 132.9 1.0 0.2 0.5 0.8 0.2 1.0 0.5 1.2 0.7

Sales and related

 128.1 128.1 1.5 -0.4 0.1 1.1 -0.2 1.4 0.4 1.7 0.0

Office and administrative support

 134.8 136.4 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.5 0.9 1.2

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 131.8 133.3 0.6 0.3 0.8 0.5 0.9 0.7 0.7 0.3 1.1

Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

 132.3 133.2 0.9 0.2 0.9 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.7

Installation, maintenance, and repair

 131.3 133.3 0.3 0.6 0.5 0.3 1.1 0.7 0.8 0.2 1.5

Production, transportation, and material moving

 132.4 133.2 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.6 1.1 0.6 0.9 0.6

Production

 130.2 131.1 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.6 1.0 0.6 0.7 0.7

Transportation and material moving

 135.3 135.9 0.6 0.7 0.9 0.9 0.5 1.1 0.7 1.2 0.4

Service occupations

 132.5 133.4 1.0 0.8 0.6 0.9 0.6 0.6 0.8 1.1 0.7

Industry

Goods-producing industries(3)

 130.0 130.8 0.6 0.4 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.9 0.5 0.9 0.6

Construction

 129.9 131.2 0.7 0.0 0.8 0.9 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.9 1.0

Manufacturing

 129.9 130.7 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.6 1.0 0.5 0.7 0.6

Aircraft manufacturing

 128.4 128.7 0.5 -0.8 1.2 1.5 0.7 8.4 0.5 1.6 0.2

Service-providing industries(5)

 132.5 133.4 0.6 0.6 0.4 0.8 0.6 0.7 0.5 1.0 0.7

Trade, transportation, and utilities

 134.0 134.8 0.7 0.4 0.5 1.0 0.5 0.8 0.6 1.1 0.6

Wholesale trade(6)

 130.0 129.9 0.6 -0.1 -0.1 1.5 0.3 0.8 0.4 1.0 -0.1

Retail trade

 134.5 135.9 0.8 0.6 0.7 1.0 0.4 0.8 0.6 1.1 1.0

Transportation and warehousing

 136.7 137.3 0.6 0.5 1.1 0.6 0.5 1.0 0.8 1.3 0.4

Utilities

 143.4 143.9 0.5 0.7 0.8 0.6 0.5 0.7 0.6 1.1 0.3

Information

 129.4 133.3 0.0 0.7 0.6 0.4 1.0 0.7 0.3 0.6 3.0

Financial activities

 132.3 133.5 0.7 1.2 0.6 0.4 0.9 0.4 0.2 1.7 0.9

Finance and insurance

 132.6 134.0 0.7 1.4 0.5 0.5 0.9 0.4 0.2 1.8 1.1

Credit intermediation and related activities

 130.8 131.8 0.3 1.4 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.4 -0.1 1.2 0.8

Insurance carriers and related activities

 134.2 135.9 0.6 1.3 0.3 0.8 1.1 0.0 0.5 0.9 1.3

Real estate and rental and leasing

 130.8 131.2 0.6 0.8 0.7 0.3 0.9 0.7 0.2 1.2 0.3

Professional and business services

 133.1 133.6 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.7 0.7 1.1 0.5 0.8 0.4

Professional, scientific, and technical services

 135.6 135.6 0.5 0.0 0.4 0.8 0.8 1.1 0.4 0.7 0.0

Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services

 129.3 130.4 0.4 0.3 -0.6 0.6 0.6 1.3 0.6 0.5 0.9

Education and health services

 131.4 132.1 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.3 0.6 0.8 0.5

Educational services

 131.7 132.5 0.6 0.3 0.7 0.6 0.3 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.6

Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and professional schools

 133.2 134.3 0.5 0.4 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.7 0.8

Health care and social assistance

 131.4 132.0 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.2 0.6 0.9 0.5

Hospitals

 132.0 132.7 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5

Nursing and residential care facilities

 127.5 128.3 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.8 0.6

Leisure and hospitality

 132.4 132.9 0.9 1.0 0.6 1.7 0.5 0.6 0.7 1.4 0.4

Accommodations and food services

 133.3 133.9 1.1 1.1 0.5 1.8 0.6 0.5 0.7 1.4 0.5

Other services, except public administration

 132.9 133.7 0.9 0.8 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.6 1.1 0.6

State and local government workers

All workers

 134.8 135.7 0.5 0.8 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.7 0.7 0.4 0.7

Industry

Education and health services

 133.6 134.5 0.6 0.9 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.7

Educational services

 133.2 134.1 0.6 0.9 0.5 0.7 0.5 0.5 0.7 0.5 0.7

Schools

 133.1 134.0 0.6 0.9 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.7

Elementary and secondary schools

 133.2 134.1 0.6 1.0 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.7

Health care and social assistance

 136.6 137.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.3 0.4 0.9 0.7 0.5 0.6

Hospitals

 133.8 134.5 0.7 0.5 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.9 0.7 0.3 0.5

Public administration

 136.2 137.1 0.5 0.7 0.5 0.8 0.6 0.5 0.9 0.2 0.7

Footnotes
 (1) Includes wages, salaries, and employer costs for employee benefits.
(2) Includes workers in the private nonfarm economy except those in private households, and workers in the public sector, except the federal government.
(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.
(5) 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.
(6) The private wholesale trade industry compensation series is seasonal as of the 2018 seasonal adjustment revision. Historical data for this series are published beginning with 2002.

SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey

Table 2. Employment Cost Index for wages and salaries, by occupational group and industry [Seasonally adjusted]
Occupational group and industry Indexes (Dec. 2005=100) Percent changes for 3-months ended-
Mar.
2018		 Jun.
2018		 Jun.
2016		 Sep.
2016		 Dec.
2016		 Mar.
2017		 Jun.
2017		 Sep.
2017		 Dec.
2017		 Mar.
2018		 Jun.
2018

Civilian workers

All workers(1)

 131.1 131.8 0.7 0.5 0.5 0.8 0.5 0.7 0.5 0.9 0.5

Industry

Goods-producing industries(2)

 130.4 131.3 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.8 0.7

Manufacturing

 130.4 131.2 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.6

Service-providing industries(3)

 131.3 131.9 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.9 0.5

Education and health services

 128.8 129.5 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.6 0.7 0.5

Educational services

 126.4 127.0 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.5

Elementary and secondary schools

 125.1 125.7 0.5 0.7 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5

Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and professional schools

 128.4 129.1 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.8 0.2 0.5 0.6 0.2 0.5

Health care and social assistance

 131.5 132.2 0.6 0.6 0.4 0.6 0.7 0.3 0.6 1.0 0.5

Hospitals

 131.5 132.2 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.5

Nursing and residential care facilities

 128.5 129.4 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.9 0.7

Public administration

 128.1 128.9 0.6 0.6 0.4 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.3 0.6

Private industry workers

All workers

 132.0 132.8 0.7 0.5 0.5 0.9 0.5 0.8 0.5 1.0 0.6

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related

 132.4 132.9 0.2 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.4 0.6 0.9 0.4

Management, business, and financial

 133.9 134.3 0.0 0.6 0.9 0.6 0.7 0.4 0.7 1.1 0.3

Professional and related

 131.3 131.9 0.4 0.6 0.2 0.6 0.7 0.4 0.6 0.7 0.5

Sales and office

 131.9 132.5 1.2 0.1 0.3 1.0 0.1 1.2 0.5 1.4 0.5

Sales and related

 128.6 128.3 1.6 -0.7 0.0 1.4 -0.5 1.7 0.5 1.9 -0.2

Office and administrative support

 134.3 135.8 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.8 0.6 0.9 1.1

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 131.1 132.0 0.7 0.3 0.8 0.6 0.9 0.7 0.7 0.5 0.7

Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

 131.2 132.2 1.1 0.0 1.2 0.8 0.5 0.9 0.5 0.5 0.8

Installation, maintenance, and repair

 131.0 131.7 0.5 0.6 0.4 0.6 1.0 0.6 0.8 0.3 0.6

Production, transportation, and material moving

 132.3 133.1 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.9 0.6 1.0 0.8 1.0 0.6

Production

 130.3 131.4 0.8 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 0.7 0.7 0.8

Transportation and material moving

 134.6 135.2 0.9 0.6 1.1 0.9 0.5 1.2 0.8 1.3 0.4

Service occupations

 132.8 134.0 1.0 1.0 0.6 0.9 0.7 0.7 1.0 1.0 0.9

Industry

Goods-producing industries(2)

 130.5 131.4 0.7 0.4 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.5 0.9 0.7

Construction

 129.7 131.0 0.8 0.0 1.0 0.9 0.5 0.6 0.5 1.1 1.0

Manufacturing

 130.4 131.2 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.6

Aircraft manufacturing

 140.4 140.8 0.8 0.5 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.3

Service-providing industries(4)

 132.5 133.2 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.8 0.6 0.7 0.6 1.1 0.5

Trade, transportation, and utilities

 133.0 133.5 0.8 0.3 0.6 1.3 0.4 0.8 0.6 1.2 0.4

Retail trade

 135.0 136.1 0.9 0.6 0.8 1.3 0.5 0.8 0.8 1.2 0.8

Transportation and warehousing

 135.4 136.2 0.9 0.6 1.3 0.8 0.5 1.0 0.8 1.4 0.6

Utilities

 140.0 140.7 0.5 0.9 0.9 0.7 0.6 0.4 0.7 0.9 0.5

Information

 128.6 129.9 0.5 0.8 0.6 0.1 1.0 0.7 0.3 0.7 1.0

Financial activities

 133.4 134.4 0.9 1.2 0.6 0.2 0.9 0.5 0.5 1.8 0.7

Finance and insurance

 134.3 135.5 0.8 1.3 0.5 0.2 1.0 0.4 0.5 2.0 0.9

Credit intermediation and related activities

 130.0 130.9 0.5 1.1 0.6 0.6 0.8 0.6 0.3 1.3 0.7

Insurance carriers and related activities

 133.7 135.4 0.9 1.4 0.3 0.5 1.3 -0.3 0.5 0.9 1.3

Professional and business services

 133.3 133.7 0.5 0.1 0.2 0.6 0.6 1.2 0.5 0.8 0.3

Professional, scientific, and technical services

 135.7 135.7 0.5 -0.2 0.5 0.6 0.6 1.3 0.4 0.8 0.0

Education and health services

 131.3 132.0 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.2 0.7 0.9 0.5

Educational services

 130.3 131.1 0.7 0.2 0.8 0.6 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.6

Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and professional schools

 131.1 132.0 0.6 0.5 0.8 0.6 0.4 0.8 0.5 0.5 0.7

Health care and social assistance

 131.5 132.2 0.6 0.6 0.4 0.6 0.7 0.2 0.7 1.0 0.5

Hospitals

 131.8 132.6 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6

Nursing and residential care facilities

 128.5 129.4 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.9 0.7

Leisure and hospitality

 134.4 135.1 1.0 1.1 0.6 1.7 0.5 0.7 0.9 1.3 0.5

Accommodations and food service

 135.1 135.9 1.2 1.3 0.5 1.6 0.7 0.5 0.8 1.4 0.6

Other services, except public administration

 133.3 134.2 1.0 0.8 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.9 0.6

State and local government workers

All workers

 127.1 127.7 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.4 0.5

Industry

Education and health services

 126.2 126.8 0.5 0.7 0.4 0.6 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.5

Educational services

 125.6 126.2 0.5 0.7 0.4 0.6 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.5

Schools

 125.6 126.2 0.5 0.7 0.4 0.6 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.5

Elementary and secondary schools

 125.0 125.7 0.4 0.8 0.2 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.3 0.5 0.5

Health care and social assistance

 131.3 131.7 0.5 0.4 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.9 0.6 0.6 0.3

Hospitals

 130.2 130.6 0.7 0.3 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.9 0.5 0.5 0.3

Public administration

 128.1 128.9 0.6 0.6 0.4 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.3 0.6

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) 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; other services, except public administration; and public administration.
(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

Table 3. Employment Cost Index for benefits, by occupational group and industry [Seasonally adjusted]
Occupational group and industry Indexes (Dec. 2005=100) Percent changes for 3-months ended-
Mar.
2018		 Jun.
2018		 Jun.
2016		 Sep.
2016		 Dec.
2016		 Mar.
2017		 Jun.
2017		 Sep.
2017		 Dec.
2017		 Mar.
2018		 Jun.
2018

Civilian workers

All workers(1)

 135.7 136.9 0.4 0.6 0.5 0.7 0.6 0.8 0.5 0.7 0.9

Private industry workers

All workers

 131.6 132.7 0.3 0.6 0.4 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.4 0.8 0.8

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related

 130.4 131.5 0.2 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.7 0.8

Sales and office

 132.3 133.9 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.3 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.8 1.2

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 133.4 136.1 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.2 0.8 0.7 0.5 0.2 2.0

Production, transportation, and material moving

 132.6 133.2 0.3 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.5 1.2 0.5 0.8 0.5

Service occupations

 131.1 131.5 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.9 0.3

Industry

Goods-producing industries(2)

 129.0 129.7 0.5 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 1.2 0.4 0.8 0.5

Manufacturing

 129.1 129.7 0.5 0.3 0.2 0.5 0.5 1.7 0.3 0.8 0.5

Service-providing industries(3)

 132.6 133.9 0.3 0.5 0.5 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.8 1.0

State and local government workers

All workers

 150.3 151.6 0.6 1.1 0.6 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.9 0.5 0.9

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) 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

Table 4. Employment Cost Index for total compensation(1), for civilian workers, by occupational group and industry [Not seasonally adjusted]
Occupational group and industry Indexes (Dec. 2005=100) Percent changes for
Jun.
2017		 Mar.
2018		 Jun.
2018		 3-months ended- 12-months ended-
Jun.
2017		 Mar.
2018		 Jun.
2018		 Jun.
2017		 Mar.
2018		 Jun.
2018

All workers(2)

 129.7 132.5 133.3 0.5 1.0 0.6 2.4 2.7 2.8

Excluding incentive paid occupations(3)

 130.0 132.7 133.6 0.5 0.9 0.7 2.4 2.6 2.8

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related

 129.9 132.2 132.9 0.6 0.8 0.5 2.4 2.4 2.3

Management, business, and financial

 130.8 133.4 134.1 0.8 1.1 0.5 3.0 2.9 2.5

Professional and related

 129.4 131.6 132.3 0.5 0.6 0.5 2.1 2.3 2.2

Sales and office

 129.2 132.4 133.6 0.5 1.4 0.9 1.7 3.0 3.4

Sales and related

 124.2 127.8 128.6 0.4 1.7 0.6 0.7 3.3 3.5

Office and administrative support

 132.3 135.2 136.6 0.5 1.1 1.0 2.4 2.7 3.3

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 130.1 132.2 133.7 0.9 0.5 1.1 2.4 2.6 2.8

Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

 130.4 132.4 133.6 0.8 0.5 0.9 2.4 2.3 2.5

Installation, maintenance, and repair

 129.8 132.0 133.8 1.2 0.5 1.4 2.4 2.9 3.1

Production, transportation, and material moving

 129.4 132.9 133.6 0.6 1.1 0.5 2.8 3.3 3.2

Production

 127.4 130.5 131.3 0.6 0.9 0.6 2.6 3.0 3.1

Transportation and material moving

 131.9 135.8 136.4 0.6 1.4 0.4 3.0 3.6 3.4

Service occupations

 130.9 134.2 134.9 0.5 1.1 0.5 2.9 3.0 3.1

Industry

Goods-producing industries(4)

 127.3 129.9 130.9 0.6 0.8 0.8 2.1 2.7 2.8

Manufacturing

 127.1 130.0 130.8 0.6 0.9 0.6 2.1 2.8 2.9

Service-providing industries(5)

 130.2 132.9 133.8 0.6 1.0 0.7 2.4 2.7 2.8

Education and health services

 129.9 132.3 132.9 0.4 0.6 0.5 2.3 2.2 2.3

Educational services

 130.0 132.6 133.0 0.2 0.3 0.3 2.4 2.2 2.3

Elementary and secondary schools

 129.8 132.5 132.9 0.2 0.3 0.3 2.6 2.3 2.4

Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and professional schools

 130.4 132.8 133.3 0.0 0.3 0.4 2.4 1.8 2.2

Health care and social assistance

 129.7 132.1 132.7 0.5 0.9 0.5 2.0 2.3 2.3

Hospitals

 130.4 132.4 133.1 0.5 0.5 0.5 2.2 2.0 2.1

Nursing and residential care facilities

 126.3 129.1 129.9 0.5 0.9 0.6 2.4 2.7 2.9

Public administration

 133.7 136.2 136.7 0.4 0.4 0.4 2.5 2.3 2.2

Footnotes
 (1) Includes wages, salaries, and employer costs for employee benefits.
(2) Includes workers in the private nonfarm economy except those in private households, and workers in the public sector, except the federal government.
(3) The index for this series is not strictly comparable with other series in this table.
(4) Includes mining, construction, and manufacturing.
(5) 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 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
Jun.
2017		 Mar.
2018		 Jun.
2018		 3-months ended- 12-months ended-
Jun.
2017		 Mar.
2018		 Jun.
2018		 Jun.
2017		 Mar.
2018		 Jun.
2018

All workers

 129.2 131.9 132.9 0.7 1.1 0.8 2.4 2.8 2.9

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 129.5 132.2 133.2 0.6 1.1 0.8 2.5 2.7 2.9

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related

 129.5 131.8 132.6 0.8 1.0 0.6 2.4 2.6 2.4

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 128.9 131.2 132.0 0.7 1.0 0.6 2.3 2.5 2.4

Management, business, and financial

 130.6 133.2 133.9 0.8 1.1 0.5 3.0 2.9 2.5

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 130.0 132.5 133.3 0.8 1.2 0.6 2.8 2.7 2.5

Professional and related

 128.7 130.8 131.6 0.7 0.9 0.6 2.0 2.3 2.3

Sales and office

 128.7 132.0 133.2 0.5 1.5 0.9 1.7 3.0 3.5

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 131.1 134.1 135.7 0.5 1.3 1.2 2.4 2.8 3.5

Sales and related

 124.1 127.7 128.5 0.4 1.8 0.6 0.6 3.3 3.5

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 129.2 132.3 133.8 0.6 1.4 1.1 2.6 3.0 3.6

Office and administrative support

 132.1 135.0 136.5 0.5 1.3 1.1 2.4 2.7 3.3

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 129.7 131.8 133.4 0.9 0.5 1.2 2.4 2.6 2.9

Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

 130.2 132.2 133.4 0.8 0.5 0.9 2.4 2.3 2.5

Installation, maintenance, and repair

 129.2 131.3 133.4 1.2 0.3 1.6 2.5 2.8 3.3

Production, transportation, and material moving

 129.0 132.5 133.2 0.5 1.1 0.5 2.7 3.3 3.3

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 129.2 132.6 133.3 0.5 1.2 0.5 2.8 3.2 3.2

Production

 127.2 130.2 131.1 0.6 0.8 0.7 2.4 2.9 3.1

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 127.5 130.5 131.4 0.6 0.8 0.7 2.5 3.0 3.1

Transportation and material moving

 131.4 135.4 136.0 0.6 1.5 0.4 3.1 3.7 3.5

Service occupations

 129.2 132.7 133.5 0.5 1.4 0.6 2.9 3.2 3.3

Industry and occupational group

Goods-producing industries(3)

 127.3 129.9 130.9 0.6 0.8 0.8 2.1 2.7 2.8

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 127.7 130.3 131.3 0.6 0.8 0.8 2.2 2.7 2.8

Management, professional, and related

 125.6 128.7 129.5 0.4 1.3 0.6 1.7 2.9 3.1

Sales and office

 128.1 130.4 132.0 0.7 0.8 1.2 1.3 2.5 3.0

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 129.5 131.6 132.9 0.7 0.4 1.0 2.3 2.3 2.6

Production, transportation, and material moving

 126.7 129.5 130.1 0.6 0.6 0.5 2.4 2.8 2.7

Construction

 127.3 129.7 131.1 0.6 0.7 1.1 2.2 2.4 3.0

Manufacturing

 127.1 130.0 130.8 0.6 0.9 0.6 2.1 2.8 2.9

Management, professional, and related

 127.0 130.0 130.9 0.5 1.2 0.7 1.9 2.8 3.1

Sales and office

 130.0 132.4 133.5 0.8 0.8 0.8 1.8 2.6 2.7

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 128.3 130.8 131.8 0.8 0.1 0.8 1.7 2.7 2.7

Production, transportation, and material moving

 126.3 129.2 129.8 0.6 0.7 0.5 2.4 2.9 2.8

Aircraft manufacturing

 116.5 132.1 132.3 0.5 2.5 0.2 2.5 14.0 13.6

Service-providing industries(4)

 129.8 132.6 133.5 0.7 1.2 0.7 2.4 2.9 2.9

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 130.2 132.9 133.9 0.7 1.2 0.8 2.6 2.8 2.8

Management, professional, and related

 130.2 132.4 133.2 0.9 1.0 0.6 2.5 2.6 2.3

Sales and office

 128.8 132.1 133.3 0.5 1.5 0.9 1.7 3.0 3.5

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 130.0 132.0 134.1 1.3 0.5 1.6 2.6 2.9 3.2

Production, transportation, and material moving

 131.9 135.9 136.8 0.7 1.6 0.7 3.1 3.7 3.7

Service occupations

 129.2 132.6 133.4 0.5 1.3 0.6 3.0 3.1 3.3

Trade, transportation, and utilities

 130.9 134.0 135.0 0.6 1.3 0.7 2.4 3.0 3.1

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 131.7 134.5 135.9 0.7 1.2 1.0 2.7 2.8 3.2

Wholesale trade

 127.3 130.0 130.0 0.4 1.1 0.0 1.7 2.5 2.1

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 130.4 133.0 134.3 0.9 1.1 1.0 2.4 2.9 3.0

Retail trade

 131.4 134.3 136.2 0.8 1.1 1.4 2.7 3.0 3.7

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 130.3 132.9 134.6 0.5 1.1 1.3 2.8 2.5 3.3

Transportation and warehousing

 132.8 136.8 137.5 0.6 1.6 0.5 2.9 3.6 3.5

Utilities

 140.2 143.5 144.3 0.6 1.6 0.6 2.5 3.0 2.9

Information

 127.6 129.4 133.4 1.2 0.8 3.1 2.7 2.6 4.5

Financial activities

 129.6 132.0 133.8 1.4 1.6 1.4 3.1 3.3 3.2

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 130.1 132.5 133.9 0.9 1.5 1.1 2.7 2.7 2.9

Finance and insurance

 129.9 132.2 134.3 1.5 1.6 1.6 3.2 3.3 3.4

Credit intermediation and related activities

 129.2 130.6 132.3 1.1 1.4 1.3 3.4 2.2 2.4

Excluding incentive paid occupations

 133.1 134.8 136.3 0.8 1.5 1.1 3.3 2.1 2.4

Insurance carriers and related activities

 132.8 134.1 136.3 1.5 1.1 1.6 3.6 2.5 2.6

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 130.9 133.0 134.5 0.8 1.1 1.1 2.5 2.5 2.8

Real estate and rental and leasing

 128.3 130.9 131.3 0.9 1.2 0.3 2.7 3.0 2.3

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 131.4 134.0 134.7 0.9 1.3 0.5 2.3 2.9 2.5

Professional and business services

 130.3 133.3 133.8 0.7 1.1 0.4 1.8 3.0 2.7

Professional, scientific, and technical services

 132.8 135.9 135.8 0.7 1.3 -0.1 1.9 3.0 2.3

Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services

 126.2 129.3 130.5 0.7 0.6 0.9 1.0 3.2 3.4

Education and health services

 129.2 131.4 132.1 0.5 0.8 0.5 2.1 2.3 2.2

Educational services

 129.3 131.5 132.1 0.2 0.3 0.5 2.0 1.9 2.2

Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and professional schools

 130.3 133.0 133.8 0.2 0.4 0.6 2.1 2.3 2.7

Health care and social assistance

 129.2 131.4 132.1 0.5 0.9 0.5 2.1 2.3 2.2

Hospitals

 130.3 132.1 132.8 0.5 0.6 0.5 2.4 1.9 1.9

Nursing and residential care facilities

 124.9 127.6 128.3 0.5 0.9 0.5 2.5 2.7 2.7

Nursing care facilities(2)

 124.8 127.1 127.8 0.6 0.6 0.6 2.3 2.5 2.4

Leisure and hospitality

 129.0 132.6 133.0 0.4 1.8 0.3 3.9 3.2 3.1

Accommodations and food service

 130.0 133.5 134.0 0.5 1.8 0.4 4.2 3.2 3.1

Other services, except public administration

 129.9 132.9 133.7 0.5 1.2 0.6 2.7 2.9 2.9

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

Table 6. Employment Cost Index for total compensation(1), for private industry workers, by bargaining status and Census region and division [Not seasonally adjusted]
Bargaining status and Census region and division Indexes (Dec. 2005=100) Percent changes for
Jun.
2017		 Mar.
2018		 Jun.
2018		 3-months ended- 12-months ended-
Jun.
2017		 Mar.
2018		 Jun.
2018		 Jun.
2017		 Mar.
2018		 Jun.
2018

Bargaining status

Union

 132.7 135.4 137.4 0.6 0.7 1.5 2.1 2.7 3.5

Goods-producing industries(2)

 129.4 132.3 133.3 0.8 0.4 0.8 2.1 3.0 3.0

Manufacturing

 123.9 127.8 128.2 0.8 0.5 0.3 1.8 4.0 3.5

Service-providing industries(3)

 135.5 138.2 140.7 0.5 0.8 1.8 2.1 2.5 3.8

Nonunion

 128.6 131.4 132.2 0.6 1.2 0.6 2.3 2.8 2.8

Goods-producing industries(2)

 126.6 129.2 130.2 0.6 0.9 0.8 2.0 2.6 2.8

Manufacturing

 128.0 130.7 131.5 0.5 0.9 0.6 2.2 2.7 2.7

Service-providing industries(3)

 129.2 132.0 132.8 0.8 1.2 0.6 2.5 3.0 2.8

Census region and division(4)

Northeast

 131.2 133.7 134.7 0.8 1.3 0.7 2.7 2.7 2.7

New England

 133.8 136.5 136.6 0.8 0.9 0.1 1.9 2.9 2.1

Middle Atlantic

 130.2 132.7 134.0 0.7 1.4 1.0 3.1 2.6 2.9

South

 127.9 130.4 131.4 0.6 0.9 0.8 1.6 2.6 2.7

South Atlantic

 129.7 132.3 133.5 0.8 0.9 0.9 1.8 2.8 2.9

East South Central

 127.0 130.0 130.2 0.4 1.2 0.2 1.8 2.8 2.5

West South Central

 125.3 127.4 128.3 0.7 0.8 0.7 1.1 2.4 2.4

Midwest

 127.4 129.8 130.6 0.5 1.0 0.6 2.3 2.4 2.5

East North Central

 126.0 128.4 129.0 0.6 1.1 0.5 2.4 2.6 2.4

West North Central

 130.9 133.3 134.4 0.1 0.9 0.8 1.9 1.9 2.7

West

 131.0 134.6 135.7 0.8 1.3 0.8 3.0 3.6 3.6

Mountain

 128.7 131.7 132.5 0.9 1.3 0.6 2.6 3.3 3.0

Pacific

 132.0 135.9 137.1 0.8 1.3 0.9 3.1 3.8 3.9

Footnotes
 (1) Includes wages, salaries, and employer costs for employee benefits.
(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.
(4) The Census divisions are defined as follows: New England: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont; Middle Atlantic: New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania; South Atlantic: Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia; East South Central: Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, and Tennessee; West South Central: Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas; East North Central: Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin; West North Central: Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota; Mountain: Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming; and Pacific: Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon, and Washington.

NOTE: The indexes for these series are not strictly comparable to those for the aggregate, occupation, and industry series.
SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey

Table 7. Employment Cost Index for total compensation(1), for state and local government workers, by occupational group and industry [Not seasonally adjusted]
Occupational group and industry Indexes (Dec. 2005=100) Percent changes for
Jun.
2017		 Mar.
2018		 Jun.
2018		 3-months ended- 12-months ended-
Jun.
2017		 Mar.
2018		 Jun.
2018		 Jun.
2017		 Mar.
2018		 Jun.
2018

All workers

 132.0 134.6 135.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 2.6 2.2 2.3

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related

 130.8 133.4 133.8 0.2 0.3 0.3 2.5 2.1 2.3

Professional and related

 130.6 133.2 133.6 0.2 0.3 0.3 2.5 2.1 2.3

Sales and office

 133.6 136.3 137.1 0.3 0.4 0.6 2.3 2.3 2.6

Office and administrative support

 133.6 136.3 137.1 0.2 0.4 0.6 2.2 2.3 2.6

Service occupations

 134.8 137.6 138.2 0.3 0.4 0.4 2.6 2.4 2.5

Industry

Education and health services

 130.6 133.3 133.7 0.2 0.3 0.3 2.5 2.2 2.4

Educational services

 130.3 132.9 133.3 0.2 0.3 0.3 2.7 2.2 2.3

Schools

 130.2 132.9 133.2 0.2 0.4 0.2 2.6 2.2 2.3

Elementary and secondary schools

 130.1 132.9 133.3 0.2 0.3 0.3 2.7 2.4 2.5

Health care and social assistance

 133.5 136.6 137.1 0.2 0.6 0.4 1.7 2.5 2.7

Hospitals

 131.1 133.9 134.2 0.2 0.4 0.2 1.6 2.3 2.4

Public administration

 133.7 136.2 136.7 0.4 0.4 0.4 2.5 2.3 2.2

Footnotes
 (1) Includes wages, salaries, and employer costs for employee benefits.

SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey

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
Jun.
2017		 Mar.
2018		 Jun.
2018		 3-months ended- 12-months ended-
Jun.
2017		 Mar.
2018		 Jun.
2018		 Jun.
2017		 Mar.
2018		 Jun.
2018

All workers(1)

 128.3 131.1 131.9 0.5 1.0 0.6 2.3 2.7 2.8

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 128.4 131.1 131.9 0.5 0.9 0.6 2.5 2.7 2.7

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related

 128.4 130.6 131.2 0.6 0.8 0.5 2.3 2.4 2.2

Management, business, and financial

 130.4 133.0 133.5 0.9 1.0 0.4 2.8 2.9 2.4

Professional and related

 127.3 129.3 130.0 0.6 0.6 0.5 2.0 2.1 2.1

Sales and office

 127.9 131.4 132.4 0.4 1.5 0.8 1.6 3.1 3.5

Sales and related

 124.0 128.2 128.7 0.2 1.9 0.4 0.2 3.6 3.8

Office and administrative support

 130.6 133.5 134.8 0.5 1.1 1.0 2.6 2.7 3.2

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 128.6 130.8 131.8 0.9 0.4 0.8 2.6 2.7 2.5

Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

 128.6 130.8 132.0 0.7 0.5 0.9 2.6 2.4 2.6

Installation, maintenance, and repair

 128.7 130.8 131.8 1.1 0.2 0.8 2.5 2.7 2.4

Production, transportation, and material moving

 128.8 132.3 133.2 0.6 1.1 0.7 3.1 3.4 3.4

Production

 127.6 130.6 131.6 0.6 0.8 0.8 3.0 3.0 3.1

Transportation and material moving

 130.2 134.3 135.0 0.5 1.5 0.5 3.3 3.7 3.7

Service occupations

 128.9 132.4 133.2 0.5 1.2 0.6 3.0 3.2 3.3

Industry

Goods-producing industries(3)

 127.8 130.4 131.4 0.6 0.9 0.8 2.3 2.7 2.8

Manufacturing

 127.9 130.4 131.3 0.6 0.9 0.7 2.4 2.6 2.7

Service-providing industries(4)

 128.5 131.2 131.9 0.6 1.0 0.5 2.4 2.7 2.6

Education and health services

 126.5 128.7 129.3 0.4 0.5 0.5 2.1 2.1 2.2

Educational services

 124.3 126.3 126.7 0.2 0.2 0.3 2.1 1.8 1.9

Elementary and secondary schools

 123.0 124.9 125.3 0.2 0.2 0.3 1.9 1.8 1.9

Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and professional schools

 126.3 128.4 128.7 0.0 0.2 0.2 2.2 1.7 1.9

Health care and social assistance

 129.0 131.5 132.2 0.6 1.0 0.5 2.3 2.6 2.5

Hospitals

 129.4 131.5 132.3 0.5 0.5 0.6 2.3 2.1 2.2

Nursing and residential care facilities

 125.7 128.5 129.4 0.7 0.9 0.7 2.9 3.0 2.9

Public administration

 126.1 128.3 128.7 0.2 0.5 0.3 2.2 1.9 2.1

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 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
Jun.
2017		 Mar.
2018		 Jun.
2018		 3-months ended- 12-months ended-
Jun.
2017		 Mar.
2018		 Jun.
2018		 Jun.
2017		 Mar.
2018		 Jun.
2018

All workers

 129.1 132.0 132.9 0.6 1.1 0.7 2.4 2.9 2.9

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 129.3 132.1 133.0 0.6 1.1 0.7 2.6 2.8 2.9

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related

 130.0 132.3 133.0 0.8 0.9 0.5 2.4 2.6 2.3

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 129.1 131.3 132.0 0.7 0.9 0.5 2.4 2.4 2.2

Management, business, and financial

 131.0 133.7 134.2 0.8 1.1 0.4 2.9 2.9 2.4

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 129.8 132.3 132.8 0.7 1.1 0.4 2.7 2.6 2.3

Professional and related

 129.3 131.3 132.1 0.9 0.8 0.6 2.1 2.4 2.2

Sales and office

 128.2 131.8 132.8 0.4 1.5 0.8 1.6 3.2 3.6

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 130.6 133.9 135.3 0.5 1.3 1.0 2.7 3.1 3.6

Sales and related

 124.1 128.2 128.8 0.2 1.8 0.5 0.2 3.6 3.8

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 129.5 132.9 134.3 0.8 1.5 1.1 3.0 3.4 3.7

Office and administrative support

 131.4 134.5 135.9 0.5 1.2 1.0 2.7 2.9 3.4

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 128.8 130.9 132.0 1.0 0.4 0.8 2.6 2.7 2.5

Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

 128.8 131.1 132.3 0.7 0.5 0.9 2.6 2.5 2.7

Installation, maintenance, and repair

 128.8 130.8 131.8 1.3 0.2 0.8 2.6 2.8 2.3

Production, transportation, and material moving

 128.8 132.3 133.2 0.6 1.2 0.7 3.1 3.4 3.4

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 129.1 132.5 133.4 0.6 1.3 0.7 3.1 3.3 3.3

Production

 127.4 130.4 131.4 0.7 0.9 0.8 2.8 3.1 3.1

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 127.6 130.7 131.7 0.6 0.9 0.8 2.8 3.1 3.2

Transportation and material moving

 130.4 134.7 135.3 0.5 1.6 0.4 3.2 3.9 3.8

Service occupations

 129.3 133.0 134.0 0.5 1.3 0.8 3.3 3.4 3.6

Industry and occupational group

Goods-producing industries(2)

 127.9 130.4 131.4 0.6 0.9 0.8 2.4 2.6 2.7

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 128.4 130.9 131.9 0.6 0.8 0.8 2.5 2.6 2.7

Management, professional, and related

 128.3 130.7 131.4 0.5 1.3 0.5 2.1 2.3 2.4

Sales and office

 128.2 130.8 132.6 0.7 0.7 1.4 1.3 2.7 3.4

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 128.7 131.0 132.4 0.7 0.5 1.1 2.6 2.5 2.9

Production, transportation, and material moving

 126.9 129.8 130.5 0.6 0.8 0.5 2.8 2.9 2.8

Construction

 126.8 129.5 130.9 0.6 0.9 1.1 2.3 2.7 3.2

Manufacturing

 127.9 130.4 131.3 0.6 0.9 0.7 2.4 2.6 2.7

Management, professional, and related

 129.0 130.9 131.9 0.5 1.0 0.8 2.1 2.0 2.2

Sales and office

 129.8 132.6 133.8 0.9 0.8 0.9 2.0 3.0 3.1

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 128.8 131.3 132.4 0.6 0.2 0.8 2.1 2.6 2.8

Production, transportation, and material moving

 126.6 129.5 130.2 0.6 0.8 0.5 2.8 2.9 2.8

Aircraft manufacturing

 138.0 141.1 141.2 0.4 2.0 0.1 2.8 2.7 2.3

Service-providing industries(3)

 129.5 132.5 133.3 0.7 1.1 0.6 2.4 3.0 2.9

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 129.6 132.5 133.4 0.6 1.1 0.7 2.6 2.9 2.9

Management, professional, and related

 130.3 132.6 133.3 0.9 0.9 0.5 2.5 2.6 2.3

Sales and office

 128.2 131.9 132.8 0.4 1.6 0.7 1.6 3.3 3.6

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 128.9 130.9 131.6 1.3 0.3 0.5 2.5 2.9 2.1

Production, transportation, and material moving

 130.8 135.0 136.0 0.6 1.6 0.7 3.3 3.8 4.0

Service occupations

 129.3 133.0 133.9 0.5 1.4 0.7 3.3 3.4 3.6

Trade, transportation, and utilities

 129.6 132.9 133.6 0.5 1.3 0.5 2.6 3.1 3.1

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 130.2 133.0 134.2 0.7 1.2 0.9 3.1 2.9 3.1

Wholesale trade

 124.5 127.3 126.7 0.2 1.0 -0.5 1.4 2.4 1.8

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 127.0 129.5 130.7 1.0 1.0 0.9 2.6 2.9 2.9

Retail trade

 131.6 134.7 136.4 0.8 1.1 1.3 3.2 3.2 3.6

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 130.1 132.8 134.2 0.6 1.1 1.1 3.3 2.7 3.2

Transportation and warehousing

 131.3 135.4 136.3 0.5 1.7 0.7 3.1 3.7 3.8

Utilities

 137.6 140.2 141.0 0.7 1.4 0.6 3.1 2.6 2.5

Information

 126.6 128.4 130.2 1.3 0.7 1.4 2.4 2.7 2.8

Financial activities

 130.1 133.0 134.7 1.5 1.6 1.3 3.0 3.7 3.5

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 130.2 133.0 134.0 0.9 1.6 0.8 2.4 3.0 2.9

Finance and insurance

 130.9 133.8 135.9 1.6 1.7 1.6 3.1 3.9 3.8

Credit intermediation and related activities

 127.6 129.9 131.4 1.2 1.5 1.2 3.1 3.0 3.0

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 131.4 134.1 135.3 0.8 1.6 0.9 2.8 2.8 3.0

Insurance carriers and related activities

 132.4 133.5 135.8 1.7 1.1 1.7 3.6 2.5 2.6

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 129.2 131.3 132.4 0.6 1.2 0.8 2.1 2.3 2.5

Real estate and rental and leasing

 126.8 129.8 130.1 1.0 1.2 0.2 2.8 3.3 2.6

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 130.1 133.0 133.7 0.9 1.3 0.5 2.3 3.2 2.8

Professional and business services

 130.2 133.5 133.9 0.5 1.1 0.3 1.5 3.1 2.8

Professional, scientific, and technical services

 132.7 136.1 135.9 0.5 1.4 -0.1 1.5 3.0 2.4

Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services

 126.9 130.3 131.5 0.7 0.5 0.9 1.0 3.4 3.6

Education and health services

 128.8 131.2 132.0 0.5 0.8 0.6 2.2 2.4 2.5

Educational services

 128.0 130.1 130.7 0.2 0.1 0.5 2.0 1.9 2.1

Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and professional schools

 128.2 130.9 131.5 0.2 0.2 0.5 2.2 2.3 2.6

Health care and social assistance

 129.0 131.5 132.3 0.7 1.0 0.6 2.3 2.7 2.6

Hospitals

 129.9 131.8 132.7 0.6 0.5 0.7 2.4 2.1 2.2

Nursing and residential care facilities

 125.6 128.5 129.4 0.6 0.9 0.7 3.0 3.0 3.0

Nursing care facilities(1)

 125.4 127.9 128.7 0.7 0.7 0.6 2.7 2.7 2.6

Leisure and hospitality

 130.7 134.7 135.2 0.5 1.8 0.4 4.1 3.5 3.4

Accommodation and food service

 131.6 135.4 136.0 0.5 1.8 0.4 4.3 3.4 3.3

Other services, except public administration

 130.2 133.2 134.1 0.5 1.1 0.7 2.5 2.9 3.0

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

Table 10. Employment Cost Index for wages and salaries, for private industry workers, by bargaining status and Census region and division [Not seasonally adjusted]
Bargaining status and Census region and division Indexes (Dec.2005=100) Percent changes for-
Jun.
2017		 Mar.
2018		 Jun.
2018		 3-months ended- 12-months ended-
Jun.
2017		 Mar.
2018		 Jun.
2018		 Jun.
2017		 Mar.
2018		 Jun.
2018

Bargaining status

Union

 129.2 131.6 132.7 0.5 0.5 0.8 1.9 2.3 2.7

Goods-producing industries(1)

 126.1 127.9 129.1 0.7 0.2 0.9 2.3 2.2 2.4

Manufacturing

 123.6 125.7 126.3 0.7 0.4 0.5 2.3 2.4 2.2

Service-providing industries(2)

 131.5 134.2 135.3 0.4 0.7 0.8 1.8 2.4 2.9

Nonunion

 129.1 132.1 132.9 0.7 1.1 0.6 2.5 3.0 2.9

Goods-producing industries(1)

 128.3 131.0 132.0 0.6 0.9 0.8 2.4 2.7 2.9

Manufacturing

 128.9 131.4 132.4 0.6 0.8 0.8 2.4 2.6 2.7

Service-providing industries(2)

 129.3 132.4 133.1 0.7 1.2 0.5 2.5 3.1 2.9

Census region and division(3)

Northeast

 130.7 133.4 133.9 0.8 1.3 0.4 2.8 2.9 2.4

New England

 135.2 138.0 137.4 0.8 0.9 -0.4 1.8 2.9 1.6

Middle Atlantic

 129.1 131.7 132.5 0.9 1.5 0.6 3.1 2.9 2.6

South

 128.6 131.3 132.3 0.7 0.9 0.8 1.7 2.8 2.9

South Atlantic

 130.3 133.3 134.5 0.9 1.0 0.9 1.8 3.2 3.2

East South Central

 127.2 130.3 130.6 0.4 1.3 0.2 2.0 2.8 2.7

West South Central

 126.3 128.5 129.4 0.7 0.8 0.7 1.4 2.5 2.5

Midwest

 126.9 129.4 130.1 0.4 1.0 0.5 2.4 2.4 2.5

East North Central

 125.3 127.9 128.3 0.6 1.1 0.3 2.6 2.7 2.4

West North Central

 130.7 133.2 134.4 -0.2 0.8 0.9 2.0 1.7 2.8

West

 130.9 134.6 135.8 0.8 1.3 0.9 3.1 3.7 3.7

Mountain

 129.3 132.5 133.4 1.0 1.3 0.7 2.7 3.5 3.2

Pacific

 131.7 135.5 136.8 0.8 1.3 1.0 3.3 3.7 3.9

Footnotes
 (1) Includes mining, construction, and manufacturing.
(2) 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.
(3) The Census divisions are defined as follows: New England: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont; Middle Atlantic: New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania; South Atlantic: Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia; East South Central: Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, and Tennessee; West South Central: Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas; East North Central: Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin; West North Central: Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota; Mountain: Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming; and Pacific: Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon, and Washington.

NOTE: The indexes for these series are not strictly comparable to those for the aggregate, occupation, and industry series.
SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey

Table 11. Employment Cost Index for wages and salaries, for state and local government workers, by occupational group and industry [Not seasonally adjusted]
Occupational group and industry Indexes (Dec. 2005=100) Percent changes for-
Jun.
2017		 Mar.
2018		 Jun.
2018		 3-months ended- 12-months ended-
Jun.
2017		 Mar.
2018		 Jun.
2018		 Jun.
2017		 Mar.
2018		 Jun.
2018

All workers

 125.0 127.0 127.4 0.2 0.2 0.3 2.1 1.8 1.9

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related

 124.3 126.2 126.5 0.2 0.2 0.2 2.1 1.8 1.8

Professional and related

 124.1 126.0 126.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 2.0 1.8 1.8

Sales and office

 124.7 126.6 127.3 0.1 0.3 0.6 2.0 1.6 2.1

Office and administrative support

 125.1 127.0 127.7 0.1 0.3 0.6 2.0 1.6 2.1

Service occupations

 127.5 130.0 130.4 0.2 0.5 0.3 2.3 2.2 2.3

Industry

Education and health services

 124.2 126.1 126.5 0.2 0.2 0.3 2.1 1.8 1.9

Educational services

 123.6 125.5 125.9 0.2 0.2 0.3 2.0 1.7 1.9

Schools

 123.6 125.5 125.9 0.2 0.2 0.3 2.1 1.7 1.9

Elementary and secondary schools

 123.0 124.9 125.3 0.3 0.2 0.3 2.1 1.9 1.9

Health care and social assistance

 128.5 131.3 131.6 0.3 0.5 0.2 1.8 2.5 2.4

Hospitals

 127.5 130.2 130.4 0.3 0.4 0.2 1.9 2.4 2.3

Public administration

 126.1 128.3 128.7 0.2 0.5 0.3 2.2 1.9 2.1

SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey

Table 12. Employment Cost Index for benefits, by occupational group, industry, and bargaining status [Not seasonally adjusted]
Occupational group, industry, and bargaining status Indexes (Dec. 2005=100) Percent changes for-
Jun.
2017		 Mar.
2018		 Jun.
2018		 3-months ended- 12-months ended-
Jun.
2017		 Mar.
2018		 Jun.
2018		 Jun.
2017		 Mar.
2018		 Jun.
2018

Civilian workers

All workers(1)

 133.0 135.7 136.8 0.6 1.0 0.8 2.5 2.6 2.9

Private industry workers

All workers

 129.3 131.6 132.9 0.7 1.1 1.0 2.2 2.5 2.8

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related

 128.3 130.6 131.7 0.7 1.2 0.8 2.3 2.5 2.7

Sales and office

 130.1 132.4 134.1 0.6 1.2 1.3 1.9 2.4 3.1

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 131.7 133.5 136.2 0.9 0.5 2.0 2.0 2.3 3.4

Production, transportation, and material moving

 129.6 132.6 133.3 0.6 0.9 0.5 2.2 3.0 2.9

Service occupations

 128.6 131.3 131.5 0.2 1.2 0.2 2.1 2.3 2.3

Industry

Goods-producing industries(2)

 126.1 129.0 129.8 0.6 0.8 0.6 1.4 2.9 2.9

Manufacturing

 125.6 129.1 129.8 0.5 0.9 0.5 1.5 3.3 3.3

Aircraft manufacturing

 93.4 122.2 122.4 0.5 3.3 0.2 1.7 31.5 31.0

Service-providing industries(3)

 130.5 132.7 134.1 0.7 1.1 1.1 2.4 2.4 2.8

Bargaining status

Union

 138.4 141.7 145.1 0.7 0.8 2.4 2.3 3.1 4.8

Nonunion

 127.4 129.6 130.5 0.6 1.1 0.7 2.2 2.4 2.4

State and local government workers

All workers

 146.4 150.4 151.0 0.3 0.5 0.4 3.2 3.0 3.1

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) 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

Table 13. Employment Cost Index for total compensation and wages and salaries, for private industry workers by area [Not seasonally adjusted]
Census region and metropolitan area(1) 12-month percent changes -
Total compensation(2) Wages and salaries
Jun.
2017		 Mar.
2018		 Jun.
2018		 Jun.
2017		 Mar.
2018		 Jun.
2018

Northeast

Boston-Worcester-Manchester, MA-NH CSA

 2.7 2.0 1.7 2.9 1.7 1.1

New York-Newark-Bridgeport, NY-NJ-CT-PA CSA

 3.3 2.8 3.0 3.5 3.1 2.8

Philadelphia-Camden-Vineland, PA-NJ-DE-MD CSA

 2.3 2.7 3.0 2.0 2.7 2.8

South

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Gainesville, GA-AL CSA

 2.2 1.1 1.9 2.6 1.7 2.0

Dallas-Fort Worth, TX CSA

 2.4 2.2 2.1 3.1 2.2 1.8

Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX CSA

 2.1 2.1 1.8 2.5 2.3 1.9

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL MSA

 3.7 2.4 2.7 3.9 2.7 3.1

Washington-Baltimore-Northern Virginia, DC-MD-VA-WV CSA

 1.9 2.5 3.1 2.5 2.8 3.5

Midwest

Chicago-Naperville-Michigan City, IL-IN-WI CSA

 2.8 2.9 3.1 2.8 2.9 3.1

Detroit-Warren-Flint, MI CSA

 2.1 2.6 3.0 2.2 2.8 3.4

Minneapolis-St. Paul-St. Cloud, MN-WI CSA

 3.0 3.5 3.2 3.0 3.9 3.1

West

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside, CA CSA

 2.9 3.2 3.1 2.7 3.1 3.3

Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ MSA

 2.6 3.6 3.5 2.9 4.0 3.6

San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA CSA

 3.1 4.4 4.0 3.1 4.9 4.5

Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA

 2.7 7.2 7.8 3.6 3.6 3.9

Footnotes
 (1) These areas include Consolidated Statistical Areas (CSAs) and Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs). For more information on metropolitan area definitions, visit the U.S. Census Bureau's Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas page at www.census.gov/programs-surveys/metro-micro.html.
(2) Includes wages, salaries, and employer costs for employee benefits.

SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey

Last Modified Date: July 31, 2018