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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-19-1867
8:30 a.m. (EDT) Thursday, October 31, 2019

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				  EMPLOYMENT COST INDEX – September 2019

Compensation costs for civilian workers increased 0.7 percent, seasonally adjusted, for the 3-month period 
ending in September 2019, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Wages and salaries increased 
0.9 percent and benefit costs increased 0.6 percent from June 2019. (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 
September 2019, the same as in September 2018. Wages and salaries increased 2.9 percent for the 12-month 
period ending in September 2019 and also increased 2.9 percent for the 12-month period ending in 
September 2018. Benefit costs increased 2.3 percent for the 12-month period ending in September 2019. 
In September 2018, the increase was 2.6 percent. (See tables A, 4, 8, and 12.)

Private Industry Workers

Compensation costs for private industry workers increased 2.7 percent over the year, compared with a 
compensation cost increase of 2.9 percent in September 2018. Wages and salaries increased 3.0 percent for 
the 12-month period ending in September 2019 and increased 3.1 percent in September 2018. The cost of 
benefits rose 2.0 percent for the 12-month period ending in September 2019 and increased 2.5 percent in 
September 2018. (See tables  A, 5, 9, and 12.)

Employer costs for health benefits increased 2.0 percent for the 12-month period ending in September 2019. 
(For further information, see www.bls.gov/web/eci/echealth.pdf.)

Among private industry occupational groups, compensation cost increases for the 12-month period ending 
in September 2019 ranged from 2.3 percent for management, professional, and related occupations to 
3.5 percent for service occupations. (See table 5.)

Among private industry supersectors, compensation cost increases for the 12-month period ending in 
September 2019 ranged from 0.7 percent for information to 3.5 percent for construction. (See table 5.)

State and Local Government Workers

Compensation costs for state and local government workers increased 3.1 percent for the 12-month period 
ending in September 2019. In September 2018, the increase was 2.5 percent. Wages and salaries increased 
2.7 percent for the 12-month period ending in September 2019 and 2.3 percent a year ago. Benefit costs 
increased 3.5 percent for the 12-month period ending in September 2019. The prior year increase was 3.1 
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
Jun.
2019		 Sep.
2019		 Sep.
2018		 Dec.
2018		 Mar.
2019		 Jun.
2019		 Sep.
2019

Civilian workers(1)

Compensation(2)

 0.6 0.7 2.8 2.9 2.8 2.7 2.8

Wages and salaries

 0.7 0.9 2.9 3.1 2.9 2.9 2.9

Benefits

 0.5 0.6 2.6 2.8 2.6 2.3 2.3

Private industry

Compensation(2)

 0.5 0.8 2.9 3.0 2.8 2.6 2.7

Wages and salaries

 0.6 0.9 3.1 3.1 3.0 3.0 3.0

Benefits

 0.4 0.5 2.5 2.6 2.4 1.8 2.0

State and local government

Compensation(2)

 0.7 0.8 2.5 2.6 3.0 3.0 3.1

Wages and salaries

 0.5 1.0 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.5 2.7

Benefits

 0.9 0.6 3.1 3.1 3.6 3.6 3.5

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

 

The Employment Cost Index for December 2019 is scheduled for release on January 31, 2020, at 8:30 a.m. (EST).

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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 this reference period were collected from a probability sample of approximately 26,300 
occupational observations selected from a sample of about 6,400 private industry establishments and 
approximately 7,900 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 ECI series, standard errors of all current quarter 
not seasonally adjusted 3- and 12-month percent change series are also available, see 
www.bls.gov/ncs/ect/ectvar.htm and the public data query tools at www.bls.gov/ncs/ect/data.htm. 
Standard errors provide users a measure of the precision of an 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 as part of the Employer Costs for 
Employee Compensation news release (ECEC). The ECEC release dates are available at 
www.bls.gov/schedule/2019/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-
Jun.
2019		 Sep.
2019		 Sep.
2017		 Dec.
2017		 Mar.
2018		 Jun.
2018		 Sep.
2018		 Dec.
2018		 Mar.
2019		 Jun.
2019		 Sep.
2019

Civilian workers

All workers(2)

 137.0 138.0 0.7 0.6 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.7

Industry

Goods-producing industries(3)

 134.0 135.1 0.9 0.5 0.8 0.6 0.3 0.6 0.8 0.7 0.8

Manufacturing

 133.7 134.5 1.0 0.5 0.7 0.6 0.2 0.6 0.9 0.6 0.6

Service-providing industries(4)

 137.6 138.7 0.7 0.6 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.5 0.8

Education and health services

 136.8 138.0 0.5 0.5 0.7 0.6 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.9

Educational services

 137.5 138.8 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.9

Elementary and secondary schools

 137.6 139.0 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.9 0.7 0.7 0.7 1.0

Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and professional schools

 137.4 138.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.7

Health care and social assistance(5)

 136.2 137.2 0.3 0.6 0.8 0.5 0.8 0.7 0.5 0.6 0.7

Hospitals

 136.7 137.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.9 0.7 0.6 0.7

Nursing and residential care facilities

 133.2 134.0 0.7 0.6 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.5 0.7 0.6

Public administration

 141.4 142.5 0.4 0.8 0.3 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.6 0.8

Private industry workers

All workers

 136.2 137.3 0.8 0.5 0.9 0.6 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.5 0.8

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related

 135.5 136.4 0.5 0.5 0.8 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.7

Management, business, and financial

 137.2 138.1 0.6 0.4 1.0 0.5 0.7 0.5 0.5 0.8 0.7

Professional and related

 134.2 135.1 0.4 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.4 0.4 0.7

Sales and office

 136.9 138.3 0.9 0.5 1.1 0.8 1.0 0.9 0.6 0.4 1.0

Sales and related

 132.3 133.9 1.1 0.5 1.3 0.6 1.2 1.0 0.5 0.2 1.2

Office and administrative support

 140.2 141.4 0.7 0.7 0.8 1.1 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.9

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 136.0 137.2 0.8 0.6 0.5 1.0 0.4 0.7 0.7 0.4 0.9

Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

 136.5 137.8 0.8 0.5 0.5 0.7 0.4 0.6 0.8 0.7 1.0

Installation, maintenance, and repair

 135.4 136.5 0.8 0.8 0.4 1.3 0.5 0.7 0.4 0.1 0.8

Production, transportation, and material moving

 137.2 138.0 1.1 0.6 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.7 1.0 0.7 0.6

Production

 134.4 135.1 1.1 0.5 0.7 0.7 0.3 0.6 0.9 0.7 0.5

Transportation and material moving

 140.7 141.7 1.0 0.8 1.0 0.7 0.8 0.7 1.2 0.6 0.7

Service occupations

 138.5 139.3 0.6 0.8 1.0 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.8 1.2 0.6

Industry

Goods-producing industries(3)

 134.0 135.1 0.9 0.5 0.7 0.7 0.3 0.5 0.9 0.7 0.8

Construction

 134.6 136.2 0.6 0.5 0.9 0.8 0.5 0.6 0.8 0.8 1.2

Manufacturing

 133.7 134.5 1.0 0.5 0.7 0.6 0.2 0.6 0.9 0.6 0.6

Aircraft manufacturing

 121.7 122.1 8.5 0.4 1.5 0.3 -6.7 0.3 0.6 0.4 0.3

Service-providing industries(5)

 137.0 138.0 0.7 0.6 0.9 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.7

Trade, transportation, and utilities

 139.0 140.0 0.8 0.8 1.0 0.6 1.1 0.7 0.8 0.5 0.7

Wholesale trade

 133.8 134.8 0.8 0.4 1.0 -0.1 1.8 0.7 0.8 -0.3 0.7

Retail trade

 139.9 140.8 0.9 0.8 1.0 1.0 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.9 0.6

Transportation and warehousing

 142.1 143.4 0.9 0.9 1.0 0.7 1.2 0.6 1.0 0.6 0.9

Utilities

 149.3 149.9 0.7 0.7 1.0 0.5 0.6 0.6 1.8 0.7 0.4

Information

 134.5 135.0 0.5 0.5 0.6 2.9 0.8 0.4 0.8 -1.0 0.4

Financial activities

 136.2 137.9 0.6 0.3 1.5 0.8 0.4 0.7 0.9 0.2 1.2

Finance and insurance

 136.5 138.4 0.5 0.5 1.5 0.8 0.4 0.6 0.9 0.2 1.4

Credit intermediation and related activities

 134.8 136.8 0.5 -0.1 1.2 0.7 0.4 0.6 1.0 0.4 1.5

Insurance carriers and related activities

 138.2 139.6 0.3 0.6 0.8 0.8 0.3 0.4 1.2 0.1 1.0

Real estate and rental and leasing

 134.8 135.8 0.8 0.1 1.2 0.3 0.6 0.8 1.0 0.3 0.7

Professional and business services

 137.2 138.2 1.0 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.9 0.6 0.3 0.9 0.7

Professional, scientific, and technical services

 139.4 140.4 1.0 0.4 0.7 0.1 1.2 0.5 0.1 0.9 0.7

Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services

 134.2 135.0 1.3 0.6 0.5 0.9 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.6

Education and health services

 135.5 136.5 0.3 0.6 0.8 0.5 0.8 0.7 0.4 0.6 0.7

Educational services

 135.5 137.0 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.8 0.5 0.4 0.5 1.1

Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and professional schools

 137.7 138.5 0.7 0.5 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.5 0.6

Health care and social assistance

 135.5 136.4 0.2 0.6 0.8 0.6 0.8 0.8 0.4 0.6 0.7

Hospitals

 136.3 137.2 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.5 1.0 0.5 0.7 0.7

Nursing and residential care facilities

 131.3 132.2 0.6 0.6 0.8 0.6 0.5 0.8 0.5 0.5 0.7

Leisure and hospitality

 137.7 138.7 0.6 0.7 1.1 0.5 1.1 1.3 0.4 0.8 0.7

Accommodations and food services

 139.1 140.3 0.5 0.7 1.2 0.6 0.9 1.2 0.7 1.1 0.9

Other services, except public administration

 137.9 137.7 0.8 0.5 1.1 0.6 0.0 1.2 1.0 1.0 -0.1

State and local government workers

All workers

 139.8 140.9 0.6 0.7 0.4 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.8

Industry

Education and health services

 138.4 139.7 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.9

Educational services

 138.0 139.3 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.9

Schools

 137.9 139.2 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.9

Elementary and secondary schools

 138.1 139.4 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.9 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.9

Health care and social assistance

 141.4 142.6 1.0 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.9 0.6 0.8

Hospitals

 138.5 139.7 0.9 0.5 0.4 0.6 0.5 0.7 1.2 0.4 0.9

Public administration

 141.4 142.5 0.4 0.8 0.3 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.6 0.8

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.

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-
Jun.
2019		 Sep.
2019		 Sep.
2017		 Dec.
2017		 Mar.
2018		 Jun.
2018		 Sep.
2018		 Dec.
2018		 Mar.
2019		 Jun.
2019		 Sep.
2019

Civilian workers

All workers(1)

 135.7 136.9 0.7 0.6 0.8 0.5 0.9 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.9

Industry

Goods-producing industries(2)

 135.2 136.4 0.7 0.6 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.9

Manufacturing

 135.1 136.1 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.8 0.9 0.7 0.7

Service-providing industries(3)

 135.8 137.0 0.6 0.6 0.8 0.6 0.9 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.9

Education and health services

 132.9 134.1 0.4 0.6 0.7 0.5 0.8 0.7 0.5 0.6 0.9

Educational services

 130.1 131.7 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.8 0.5 0.5 0.5 1.2

Elementary and secondary schools

 128.7 130.5 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.9 0.6 0.5 0.4 1.4

Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and professional schools

 132.5 133.5 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.8

Health care and social assistance

 135.8 136.8 0.2 0.7 0.9 0.6 0.9 0.7 0.4 0.6 0.7

Hospitals

 135.7 136.6 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.4 1.1 0.5 0.6 0.7

Nursing and residential care facilities

 133.1 134.1 0.6 0.7 0.9 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.6 0.6 0.8

Public administration

 132.5 133.3 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.6

Private industry workers

All workers

 136.7 137.9 0.8 0.6 0.9 0.6 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.9

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related

 136.3 137.2 0.5 0.5 0.8 0.5 0.8 0.5 0.5 0.7 0.7

Professional and related

 135.1 135.9 0.2 0.7 0.7 0.5 0.8 0.6 0.4 0.5 0.6

Sales and office

 137.0 138.6 1.0 0.6 1.2 0.8 1.1 0.9 0.7 0.4 1.2

Sales and related

 133.1 134.9 1.3 0.5 1.4 0.5 1.4 1.0 0.7 0.2 1.4

Office and administrative support

 140.0 141.4 0.8 0.8 0.9 1.0 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.6 1.0

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 135.3 136.5 0.8 0.7 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.9

Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

 135.8 137.0 0.9 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.9

Installation, maintenance, and repair

 134.8 136.1 0.6 0.8 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.7 0.5 0.8 1.0

Production, transportation, and material moving

 137.9 139.0 0.9 0.8 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.8 1.2 0.7 0.8

Production

 135.3 136.2 1.0 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.9 0.8 0.7

Transportation and material moving

 140.9 142.3 1.1 0.8 1.1 0.7 1.0 0.9 1.6 0.7 1.0

Service occupations(4)

 139.7 140.6 0.7 1.0 0.9 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.1 1.2 0.6

Industry

Goods-producing industries(2)

 135.2 136.5 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.7 1.0

Construction

 134.6 136.5 0.7 0.5 1.0 0.8 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.9 1.4

Manufacturing

 135.1 136.1 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.8 0.9 0.7 0.7

Aircraft manufacturing

 143.7 144.3 0.7 0.5 0.6 0.4 0.4 0.8 0.3 0.5 0.4

Service-providing industries(4)

 137.2 138.3 0.7 0.7 0.9 0.6 0.9 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.8

Trade, transportation, and utilities

 138.1 139.4 0.8 0.7 1.1 0.5 1.3 0.7 1.0 0.4 0.9

Retail trade

 140.6 141.8 0.8 0.8 1.0 0.9 0.8 0.5 1.0 0.9 0.9

Transportation and warehousing

 141.4 143.3 0.9 1.0 1.1 0.7 1.4 0.7 1.3 0.5 1.3

Utilities

 144.6 145.3 0.5 0.7 0.8 0.5 0.4 0.6 0.9 0.9 0.5

Information

 133.5 134.0 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.9 0.8 0.5 1.0 0.5 0.4

Financial activities

 136.7 138.7 0.7 0.7 1.6 0.6 0.3 0.6 1.0 -0.1 1.5

Finance and insurance

 137.5 139.7 0.6 0.8 1.7 0.7 0.3 0.6 1.0 -0.1 1.6

Credit intermediation and related activities

 133.9 136.1 0.6 0.4 1.2 0.7 0.4 0.5 1.2 0.2 1.6

Insurance carriers and related activities

 136.9 138.6 0.2 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.1 0.4 1.3 -0.2 1.2

Professional and business services

 137.9 139.0 1.1 0.5 0.7 0.5 1.0 0.7 0.4 1.0 0.8

Professional, scientific, and technical services

 140.1 141.2 1.1 0.4 0.7 0.2 1.5 0.5 0.0 1.1 0.8

Education and health services

 135.6 136.7 0.2 0.7 0.9 0.5 0.9 0.8 0.4 0.6 0.8

Educational services

 134.0 135.7 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.8 0.4 0.5 0.5 1.3

Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and professional schools

 135.3 136.1 0.8 0.5 0.5 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6

Health care and social assistance

 135.9 136.9 0.2 0.7 0.9 0.7 0.9 0.7 0.4 0.6 0.7

Nursing and residential care facilities

 133.1 134.0 0.6 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.9 0.6 0.6 0.7

Leisure and hospitality

 140.9 141.9 0.7 0.8 1.2 0.7 1.1 1.5 0.6 1.0 0.7

Accommodations and food service

 141.9 143.2 0.5 0.8 1.3 0.7 1.0 1.3 0.8 1.2 0.9

Other services, except public administration

 138.5 138.2 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.7 -0.1 1.3 1.0 1.1 -0.2

State and local government workers

All workers

 131.0 132.3 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.5 1.0

Industry

Education and health services

 130.0 131.4 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.8 0.5 0.5 0.5 1.1

Educational services

 129.4 130.9 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.6 0.8 0.6 0.5 0.5 1.2

Schools

 129.4 130.9 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.8 0.5 0.5 0.5 1.2

Elementary and secondary schools

 128.7 130.4 0.4 0.4 0.6 0.5 0.9 0.5 0.5 0.5 1.3

Health care and social assistance

 134.7 135.9 0.8 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.4 0.9

Hospitals

 133.4 134.5 0.9 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.6 0.8 0.3 0.9

Public administration

 132.5 133.3 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.7 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-
Jun.
2019		 Sep.
2019		 Sep.
2017		 Dec.
2017		 Mar.
2018		 Jun.
2018		 Sep.
2018		 Dec.
2018		 Mar.
2019		 Jun.
2019		 Sep.
2019

Civilian workers

All workers(1)

 140.0 140.8 0.8 0.5 0.7 0.9 0.4 0.7 0.7 0.5 0.6

Private industry workers

All workers

 135.1 135.8 0.7 0.4 0.8 0.9 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.5

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related

 133.6 134.5 0.8 0.5 0.6 0.8 0.2 0.7 0.3 0.5 0.7

Sales and office

 136.9 137.4 0.6 0.5 0.8 1.1 0.7 0.8 0.3 0.5 0.4

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 137.5 138.5 0.6 0.6 0.4 1.8 0.3 0.5 0.7 -0.4 0.7

Production, transportation, and material moving

 135.7 136.1 1.2 0.5 0.8 0.5 0.1 0.4 0.7 0.6 0.3

Service occupations

 134.5 134.9 0.5 0.5 0.8 0.4 0.7 0.5 0.2 0.9 0.3

Industry

Goods-producing industries(2)

 131.6 132.2 1.2 0.4 0.8 0.5 -0.4 0.3 0.9 0.6 0.5

Manufacturing

 131.1 131.6 1.6 0.4 0.8 0.5 -0.7 0.3 0.9 0.5 0.4

Service-providing industries(3)

 136.5 137.2 0.5 0.5 0.8 1.0 0.6 0.6 0.4 0.4 0.5

State and local government workers

All workers(1)

 157.2 158.1 0.8 0.9 0.5 0.9 0.7 0.9 1.0 0.9 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; 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
Sep.
2018		 Jun.
2019		 Sep.
2019		 3-months ended- 12-months ended-
Sep.
2018		 Jun.
2019		 Sep.
2019		 Sep.
2018		 Jun.
2019		 Sep.
2019

All workers(2)

 134.4 136.9 138.1 0.8 0.5 0.9 2.8 2.7 2.8

Excluding incentive paid occupations(3)

 134.5 137.1 138.2 0.7 0.6 0.8 2.8 2.6 2.8

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related

 133.9 136.2 137.3 0.8 0.6 0.8 2.4 2.5 2.5

Management, business, and financial

 135.0 137.5 138.5 0.7 0.7 0.7 2.6 2.5 2.6

Professional and related

 133.4 135.5 136.6 0.8 0.5 0.8 2.5 2.4 2.4

Sales and office

 134.9 137.5 138.9 1.0 0.5 1.0 3.5 2.9 3.0

Sales and related

 130.5 132.5 134.3 1.5 0.2 1.4 3.7 3.0 2.9

Office and administrative support

 137.6 140.6 141.7 0.7 0.6 0.8 3.4 2.9 3.0

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 134.3 136.6 137.8 0.4 0.6 0.9 2.5 2.2 2.6

Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

 134.2 137.0 138.2 0.4 0.9 0.9 2.2 2.5 3.0

Installation, maintenance, and repair

 134.5 136.2 137.4 0.5 0.4 0.9 2.8 1.8 2.2

Production, transportation, and material moving

 134.5 137.5 138.6 0.7 0.5 0.8 2.8 2.9 3.0

Production

 131.8 134.6 135.3 0.4 0.7 0.5 2.3 2.5 2.7

Transportation and material moving

 137.8 141.0 142.4 1.0 0.4 1.0 3.3 3.4 3.3

Service occupations

 136.2 139.8 140.8 1.0 0.8 0.7 3.3 3.6 3.4

Industry

Goods-producing industries(4)

 131.3 134.1 135.2 0.3 0.8 0.8 2.3 2.4 3.0

Manufacturing

 130.9 133.8 134.5 0.1 0.7 0.5 1.9 2.3 2.8

Service-providing industries(5)

 135.0 137.5 138.6 0.9 0.6 0.8 3.0 2.8 2.7

Education and health services

 134.3 136.5 138.0 1.1 0.5 1.1 2.7 2.7 2.8

Educational services

 134.9 136.7 138.9 1.4 0.4 1.6 2.5 2.8 3.0

Elementary and secondary schools

 134.9 136.7 139.1 1.5 0.3 1.8 2.7 2.9 3.1

Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and professional schools

 134.7 136.9 138.6 1.1 0.4 1.2 2.2 2.7 2.9

Health care and social assistance

 133.8 136.2 137.2 0.8 0.5 0.7 2.8 2.6 2.5

Hospitals

 133.8 136.7 137.6 0.5 0.6 0.7 2.1 2.7 2.8

Nursing and residential care facilities

 130.7 133.1 133.9 0.6 0.6 0.6 2.8 2.5 2.4

Public administration

 138.3 140.9 142.5 1.2 0.4 1.1 2.7 3.1 3.0

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
Sep.
2018		 Jun.
2019		 Sep.
2019		 3-months ended- 12-months ended-
Sep.
2018		 Jun.
2019		 Sep.
2019		 Sep.
2018		 Jun.
2019		 Sep.
2019

All workers

 133.8 136.4 137.4 0.7 0.6 0.7 2.9 2.6 2.7

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 133.9 136.6 137.5 0.5 0.7 0.7 2.8 2.6 2.7

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related

 133.3 135.6 136.4 0.5 0.6 0.6 2.5 2.3 2.3

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 132.6 134.9 135.7 0.5 0.6 0.6 2.5 2.2 2.3

Management, business, and financial

 134.7 137.3 138.1 0.6 0.8 0.6 2.6 2.5 2.5

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 133.7 136.3 137.1 0.3 0.7 0.6 2.5 2.3 2.5

Professional and related

 132.3 134.4 135.1 0.5 0.5 0.5 2.5 2.1 2.1

Sales and office

 134.4 137.1 138.4 0.9 0.5 0.9 3.5 2.9 3.0

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 136.5 139.6 140.4 0.6 0.8 0.6 3.5 2.9 2.9

Sales and related

 130.4 132.4 134.2 1.5 0.3 1.4 3.7 3.0 2.9

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 134.7 137.8 138.4 0.7 0.8 0.4 3.6 3.0 2.7

Office and administrative support

 137.3 140.5 141.4 0.6 0.7 0.6 3.4 2.9 3.0

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 133.9 136.2 137.3 0.4 0.7 0.8 2.5 2.1 2.5

Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

 133.8 136.7 137.9 0.3 0.9 0.9 2.1 2.5 3.1

Installation, maintenance, and repair

 133.9 135.6 136.7 0.4 0.4 0.8 2.8 1.6 2.1

Production, transportation, and material moving

 134.1 137.2 138.1 0.7 0.6 0.7 2.8 3.0 3.0

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 133.9 137.2 138.0 0.5 0.8 0.6 2.7 2.9 3.1

Production

 131.5 134.4 135.1 0.3 0.7 0.5 2.3 2.5 2.7

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 131.8 134.8 135.5 0.3 0.7 0.5 2.3 2.6 2.8

Transportation and material moving

 137.4 140.7 142.0 1.0 0.4 0.9 3.3 3.5 3.3

Service occupations

 134.5 138.5 139.2 0.7 0.9 0.5 3.5 3.7 3.5

Industry and occupational group

Goods-producing industries(3)

 131.2 134.1 135.1 0.2 0.8 0.7 2.2 2.4 3.0

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 131.6 134.5 135.3 0.2 0.8 0.6 2.3 2.4 2.8

Management, professional, and related

 129.4 132.3 132.9 -0.1 0.7 0.5 2.2 2.2 2.7

Sales and office

 133.5 136.4 138.9 1.1 0.9 1.8 2.9 3.3 4.0

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 133.3 136.1 137.3 0.3 1.0 0.9 2.3 2.4 3.0

Production, transportation, and material moving

 130.5 133.4 134.2 0.3 0.7 0.6 1.9 2.5 2.8

Construction

 131.8 134.7 136.4 0.5 1.0 1.3 2.7 2.7 3.5

Manufacturing

 130.9 133.8 134.5 0.1 0.7 0.5 1.9 2.3 2.8

Management, professional, and related

 130.5 133.3 133.9 -0.3 0.5 0.5 1.9 1.8 2.6

Sales and office occupations

 134.7 138.1 138.8 0.9 1.0 0.5 2.9 3.4 3.0

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 131.7 133.9 134.6 -0.1 0.8 0.5 1.6 1.6 2.2

Production, transportation, and material moving

 130.1 133.0 133.9 0.2 0.6 0.7 1.8 2.5 2.9

Aircraft manufacturing

 120.6 122.4 122.4 -8.8 0.2 0.0 -6.4 -7.5 1.5

Service-providing industries(4)

 134.6 137.1 138.1 0.8 0.6 0.7 3.1 2.7 2.6

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 134.7 137.4 138.2 0.6 0.7 0.6 3.0 2.6 2.6

Management, professional, and related

 134.1 136.3 137.1 0.7 0.7 0.6 2.6 2.3 2.2

Sales and office

 134.5 137.2 138.4 0.9 0.5 0.9 3.5 2.9 2.9

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 134.8 136.4 137.4 0.5 0.1 0.7 2.8 1.7 1.9

Production, transportation, and material moving

 138.2 141.5 142.6 1.0 0.4 0.8 3.7 3.4 3.2

Service occupations

 134.5 138.4 139.2 0.8 0.9 0.6 3.5 3.7 3.5

Trade, transportation, and utilities

 136.5 139.2 140.1 1.1 0.6 0.6 3.5 3.1 2.6

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 136.8 140.0 140.7 0.7 0.9 0.5 3.4 3.0 2.9

Wholesale trade

 132.2 133.8 134.8 1.7 -0.3 0.7 3.1 2.9 2.0

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 135.1 137.5 138.2 0.6 0.7 0.5 3.2 2.4 2.3

Retail trade

 137.1 140.3 140.9 0.7 1.2 0.4 3.6 3.0 2.8

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 135.6 139.0 139.5 0.7 0.9 0.4 3.5 3.3 2.9

Transportation and warehousing

 139.3 142.2 143.8 1.3 0.5 1.1 3.8 3.4 3.2

Utilities

 144.8 149.6 149.9 0.3 0.7 0.2 2.8 3.7 3.5

Information

 134.4 134.8 135.3 0.7 -0.6 0.4 4.8 1.0 0.7

Financial activities

 133.9 136.7 138.0 0.1 0.8 1.0 3.1 2.2 3.1

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 134.3 137.4 138.0 0.3 0.7 0.4 2.8 2.6 2.8

Finance and insurance

 134.3 137.1 138.5 0.0 0.9 1.0 3.2 2.1 3.1

Credit intermediation and related activities

 132.3 135.4 137.0 0.0 0.9 1.2 2.2 2.3 3.6

Excluding incentive paid

 136.7 139.9 140.9 0.3 0.8 0.7 2.5 2.6 3.1

Insurance carriers and related activities

 135.9 139.1 139.6 -0.3 0.9 0.4 2.6 2.1 2.7

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 135.0 138.4 138.4 0.4 1.1 0.0 2.8 2.9 2.5

Real estate and rental and leasing

 132.1 134.9 135.9 0.6 0.3 0.7 2.2 2.7 2.9

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 135.5 138.7 139.4 0.6 0.4 0.5 2.5 3.0 2.9

Professional and business services

 134.8 137.4 138.3 0.7 0.8 0.7 2.5 2.7 2.6

Professional, scientific, and technical services

 137.3 139.5 140.4 1.1 0.6 0.6 2.5 2.7 2.3

Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services

 131.2 134.2 135.0 0.5 0.8 0.6 2.7 2.8 2.9

Education and health services

 133.3 135.5 136.6 0.9 0.6 0.8 2.9 2.6 2.5

Educational services

 133.8 135.2 137.3 1.3 0.4 1.6 2.5 2.3 2.6

Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and professional schools

 135.5 137.3 138.9 1.3 0.4 1.2 2.7 2.6 2.5

Health care and social assistance

 133.2 135.6 136.4 0.8 0.6 0.6 2.9 2.6 2.4

Hospitals

 133.4 136.4 137.1 0.5 0.7 0.5 2.1 2.7 2.8

Nursing and residential care facilities

 129.0 131.4 132.2 0.5 0.5 0.6 2.6 2.4 2.5

Nursing care facilities(2)

 128.6 130.9 131.4 0.6 0.5 0.4 2.4 2.4 2.2

Leisure and hospitality

 134.0 137.8 138.4 0.8 0.6 0.4 3.4 3.6 3.3

Accommodations and food service

 134.8 139.2 140.0 0.6 0.9 0.6 3.4 3.9 3.9

Other services, except public administration

 134.0 137.9 138.0 0.2 1.0 0.1 2.2 3.1 3.0

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
Sep.
2018		 Jun.
2019		 Sep.
2019		 3-months ended- 12-months ended-
Sep.
2018		 Jun.
2019		 Sep.
2019		 Sep.
2018		 Jun.
2019		 Sep.
2019

Bargaining status

Union

 137.8 140.8 141.4 0.3 0.6 0.4 3.1 2.5 2.6

Goods-producing industries(2)

 132.7 135.4 136.3 -0.5 1.0 0.7 1.1 1.6 2.7

Manufacturing

 126.5 128.3 129.1 -1.3 0.5 0.6 -0.2 0.1 2.1

Service-providing industries(3)

 141.6 144.7 145.2 0.6 0.4 0.3 4.0 2.8 2.5

Nonunion

 133.2 135.8 136.8 0.8 0.7 0.7 2.9 2.7 2.7

Goods-producing industries(2)

 130.7 133.6 134.7 0.4 0.8 0.8 2.4 2.6 3.1

Manufacturing

 132.0 135.1 135.8 0.4 0.7 0.5 2.3 2.7 2.9

Service-providing industries(3)

 133.8 136.4 137.3 0.8 0.7 0.7 2.9 2.7 2.6

Census region and division(4)

Northeast

 135.9 139.0 140.0 0.9 0.7 0.7 3.1 3.2 3.0

New England

 139.7 142.0 143.4 2.3 0.6 1.0 3.6 4.0 2.6

Middle Atlantic

 134.5 138.0 138.8 0.4 0.7 0.6 2.9 3.0 3.2

South

 132.0 134.2 135.3 0.5 0.7 0.8 2.6 2.1 2.5

South Atlantic

 134.0 136.5 137.5 0.4 0.7 0.7 2.8 2.2 2.6

East South Central

 131.1 132.9 134.9 0.7 0.6 1.5 1.8 2.1 2.9

West South Central

 129.0 130.9 131.8 0.5 0.7 0.7 2.5 2.0 2.2

Midwest

 131.6 134.1 135.0 0.8 0.4 0.7 2.8 2.7 2.6

East North Central

 130.2 132.7 133.5 0.9 0.3 0.6 2.9 2.9 2.5

West North Central

 135.2 137.6 138.7 0.6 0.7 0.8 2.7 2.4 2.6

West

 136.6 139.5 140.4 0.7 0.7 0.6 3.3 2.8 2.8

Mountain

 133.2 136.6 137.8 0.5 1.0 0.9 2.9 3.1 3.5

Pacific

 138.0 140.7 141.6 0.7 0.6 0.6 3.3 2.6 2.6

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
Sep.
2018		 Jun.
2019		 Sep.
2019		 3-months ended- 12-months ended-
Sep.
2018		 Jun.
2019		 Sep.
2019		 Sep.
2018		 Jun.
2019		 Sep.
2019

All workers

 136.8 139.1 141.0 1.3 0.4 1.4 2.5 3.0 3.1

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related

 135.5 137.6 139.6 1.3 0.4 1.5 2.4 2.8 3.0

Professional and related

 135.2 137.4 139.4 1.2 0.4 1.5 2.3 2.8 3.1

Sales and office

 139.1 141.5 143.4 1.5 0.4 1.3 3.2 3.2 3.1

Office and administrative support

 139.2 141.6 143.5 1.5 0.4 1.3 3.2 3.3 3.1

Service occupations

 139.9 142.6 144.3 1.2 0.4 1.2 2.8 3.2 3.1

Industry

Education and health services

 135.6 137.6 139.7 1.4 0.4 1.5 2.6 2.9 3.0

Educational services

 135.2 137.2 139.3 1.4 0.4 1.5 2.5 2.9 3.0

Schools

 135.1 137.1 139.2 1.4 0.4 1.5 2.5 2.9 3.0

Elementary and secondary schools

 135.3 137.2 139.5 1.5 0.4 1.7 2.7 2.9 3.1

Health care and social assistance

 138.2 140.9 142.5 0.8 0.3 1.1 2.4 2.8 3.1

Hospitals

 135.2 138.1 139.6 0.7 0.1 1.1 2.0 2.9 3.3

Public administration

 138.3 140.9 142.5 1.2 0.4 1.1 2.7 3.1 3.0

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
Sep.
2018		 Jun.
2019		 Sep.
2019		 3-months ended- 12-months ended-
Sep.
2018		 Jun.
2019		 Sep.
2019		 Sep.
2018		 Jun.
2019		 Sep.
2019

All workers(1)

 133.1 135.7 137.0 0.9 0.6 1.0 2.9 2.9 2.9

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 132.9 135.6 136.8 0.8 0.7 0.9 2.9 2.8 2.9

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related

 132.4 134.5 135.7 0.9 0.6 0.9 2.6 2.5 2.5

Management, business, and financial

 134.6 137.2 138.2 0.8 0.8 0.7 2.6 2.8 2.7

Professional and related

 131.2 133.1 134.3 0.9 0.5 0.9 2.5 2.4 2.4

Sales and office

 133.9 136.6 138.3 1.1 0.4 1.2 3.6 3.2 3.3

Sales and related

 130.9 133.0 135.2 1.7 0.2 1.7 3.9 3.3 3.3

Office and administrative support

 135.8 139.0 140.3 0.7 0.7 0.9 3.3 3.1 3.3

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 132.5 135.2 136.4 0.5 1.0 0.9 2.2 2.6 2.9

Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

 132.6 135.6 136.7 0.5 0.9 0.8 2.3 2.7 3.1

Installation, maintenance, and repair

 132.4 134.8 136.2 0.5 1.0 1.0 2.0 2.3 2.9

Production, transportation, and material moving

 134.4 137.7 139.0 0.9 0.5 0.9 3.2 3.4 3.4

Production

 132.4 135.5 136.3 0.6 0.7 0.6 2.8 3.0 2.9

Transportation and material moving

 136.6 140.2 142.0 1.2 0.4 1.3 3.6 3.9 4.0

Service occupations

 134.4 138.3 139.4 0.9 0.8 0.8 3.5 3.8 3.7

Industry

Goods-producing industries(3)

 132.2 135.3 136.5 0.6 0.9 0.9 2.7 3.0 3.3

Manufacturing

 132.0 135.2 136.1 0.5 0.7 0.7 2.6 3.0 3.1

Service-providing industries(4)

 133.2 135.8 137.1 1.0 0.6 1.0 2.9 3.0 2.9

Education and health services

 130.8 132.6 134.3 1.2 0.4 1.3 2.7 2.6 2.7

Educational services

 128.4 129.7 132.0 1.3 0.3 1.8 2.2 2.4 2.8

Elementary and secondary schools

 127.2 128.3 130.9 1.5 0.2 2.0 2.3 2.4 2.9

Junior colleges, colleges, and universities

 130.2 132.1 133.7 1.2 0.4 1.2 2.0 2.6 2.7

Health care and social assistance

 133.4 135.8 136.8 0.9 0.5 0.7 3.1 2.7 2.5

Hospitals

 132.8 135.7 136.6 0.4 0.6 0.7 2.1 2.6 2.9

Nursing and residential care facilities

 130.3 133.2 134.1 0.7 0.6 0.7 3.0 2.9 2.9

Public administration

 129.9 132.2 133.4 0.9 0.4 0.9 2.3 2.7 2.7

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
Sep.
2018		 Jun.
2019		 Sep.
2019		 3-months ended- 12-months ended-
Sep.
2018		 Jun.
2019		 Sep.
2019		 Sep.
2018		 Jun.
2019		 Sep.
2019

All workers

 134.0 136.9 138.0 0.8 0.7 0.8 3.1 3.0 3.0

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 133.9 136.9 137.8 0.7 0.8 0.7 3.0 2.9 2.9

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related

 134.1 136.4 137.2 0.8 0.7 0.6 2.8 2.6 2.3

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 132.8 135.2 136.0 0.6 0.7 0.6 2.5 2.4 2.4

Management, business, and financial

 135.3 137.9 138.9 0.8 0.8 0.7 2.7 2.8 2.7

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 133.5 136.2 137.0 0.5 0.8 0.6 2.5 2.6 2.6

Professional and related

 133.2 135.2 136.0 0.8 0.6 0.6 2.8 2.3 2.1

Sales and office

 134.3 137.1 138.8 1.1 0.5 1.2 3.7 3.2 3.4

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 136.3 139.5 140.6 0.7 0.7 0.8 3.7 3.1 3.2

Sales and related

 131.0 133.1 135.3 1.7 0.2 1.7 4.0 3.3 3.3

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 135.3 138.7 139.5 0.7 0.9 0.6 3.7 3.3 3.1

Office and administrative support

 136.8 140.2 141.4 0.7 0.7 0.9 3.5 3.2 3.4

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 132.6 135.4 136.6 0.5 1.0 0.9 2.2 2.6 3.0

Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

 132.9 136.0 137.1 0.5 1.0 0.8 2.3 2.8 3.2

Installation, maintenance, and repair

 132.4 134.9 136.3 0.5 1.0 1.0 2.1 2.4 2.9

Production, transportation, and material moving

 134.4 137.9 139.1 0.9 0.6 0.9 3.3 3.5 3.5

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 134.2 137.9 139.0 0.6 0.9 0.8 3.1 3.4 3.6

Production

 132.2 135.4 136.2 0.6 0.7 0.6 2.8 3.0 3.0

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 132.5 135.7 136.6 0.6 0.7 0.7 2.9 3.0 3.1

Transportation and material moving

 137.0 140.8 142.6 1.3 0.4 1.3 3.7 4.1 4.1

Service occupations

 135.2 139.7 140.5 0.9 1.0 0.6 3.8 4.3 3.9

Industry and occupational group

Goods-producing industries(2)

 132.2 135.3 136.5 0.6 0.8 0.9 2.6 3.0 3.3

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 132.6 135.8 136.7 0.5 0.9 0.7 2.6 3.0 3.1

Management, professional, and related

 132.1 135.1 135.8 0.5 0.7 0.5 2.8 2.8 2.8

Sales and office

 134.3 137.6 140.9 1.3 0.9 2.4 3.1 3.8 4.9

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 132.9 135.9 137.2 0.4 1.1 1.0 2.6 2.6 3.2

Production, transportation, and material moving

 131.3 134.5 135.4 0.6 0.7 0.7 2.5 3.1 3.1

Construction

 131.8 134.7 136.7 0.7 1.1 1.5 3.0 2.9 3.7

Manufacturing

 132.0 135.2 136.1 0.5 0.7 0.7 2.6 3.0 3.1

Management, professional, and related

 132.4 135.4 136.2 0.4 0.6 0.6 2.5 2.7 2.9

Sales and office

 135.0 138.8 139.6 0.9 0.9 0.6 3.2 3.7 3.4

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 132.9 135.6 136.5 0.4 0.9 0.7 2.4 2.4 2.7

Production, transportation, and material moving

 130.9 134.2 135.2 0.5 0.8 0.7 2.4 3.1 3.3

Aircraft manufacturing

 141.2 144.1 144.1 0.0 0.2 0.0 1.9 2.1 2.1

Service-providing industries(3)

 134.5 137.3 138.4 0.9 0.7 0.8 3.1 3.0 2.9

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 134.3 137.2 138.2 0.7 0.7 0.7 3.1 2.8 2.9

Management, professional, and related

 134.4 136.6 137.5 0.8 0.7 0.7 2.7 2.5 2.3

Sales and office

 134.3 137.0 138.6 1.1 0.4 1.2 3.8 3.2 3.2

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 132.3 134.7 135.9 0.5 0.8 0.9 1.6 2.4 2.7

Production, transportation, and material moving

 137.6 141.4 142.9 1.2 0.4 1.1 4.0 4.0 3.9

Service occupations

 135.1 139.6 140.5 0.9 1.0 0.6 3.8 4.3 4.0

Trade, transportation, and utilities

 135.4 138.2 139.5 1.3 0.6 0.9 3.5 3.4 3.0

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 135.3 138.6 139.7 0.8 1.0 0.8 3.4 3.3 3.3

Wholesale trade

 129.5 131.0 132.2 2.2 -0.5 0.9 3.0 3.4 2.1

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 131.6 134.0 134.8 0.7 0.6 0.6 3.1 2.5 2.4

Retail trade

 137.4 140.9 142.1 0.7 1.3 0.9 3.6 3.3 3.4

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 135.3 139.1 140.2 0.8 1.0 0.8 3.4 3.7 3.6

Transportation and warehousing

 138.5 141.5 143.7 1.6 0.4 1.6 4.3 3.8 3.8

Utilities

 141.2 145.0 145.3 0.1 1.0 0.2 2.4 2.8 2.9

Information

 131.3 133.7 134.4 0.8 0.8 0.5 3.1 2.7 2.4

Financial activities

 134.7 137.3 138.7 0.0 0.7 1.0 3.2 1.9 3.0

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 134.5 137.4 137.9 0.4 0.5 0.4 2.9 2.5 2.5

Finance and insurance

 135.6 138.2 139.7 -0.2 0.7 1.1 3.4 1.7 3.0

Credit intermediation and related activities

 131.4 134.4 136.1 0.0 0.7 1.3 2.7 2.3 3.6

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 135.8 138.9 139.7 0.4 0.5 0.6 3.0 2.7 2.9

Insurance carriers and related activities

 134.9 137.9 138.6 -0.7 0.7 0.5 2.4 1.5 2.7

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 133.0 136.0 135.9 0.5 0.8 -0.1 2.6 2.7 2.2

Real estate and rental and leasing

 131.0 133.4 134.6 0.7 0.0 0.9 2.3 2.5 2.7

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 134.6 137.4 138.3 0.7 0.1 0.7 2.7 2.8 2.7

Professional and business services

 135.2 137.9 139.0 1.0 0.7 0.8 2.7 3.0 2.8

Professional, scientific, and technical services

 137.9 140.1 141.2 1.5 0.7 0.8 2.8 3.1 2.4

Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services

 132.4 135.9 136.9 0.7 0.8 0.7 2.9 3.3 3.4

Education and health services

 133.3 135.5 136.7 1.0 0.5 0.9 3.1 2.7 2.6

Educational services

 132.6 133.6 136.1 1.5 0.5 1.9 2.5 2.2 2.6

Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and professional schools

 133.3 134.8 136.5 1.4 0.4 1.3 2.5 2.5 2.4

Health care and social assistance

 133.5 135.9 136.9 0.9 0.5 0.7 3.2 2.7 2.5

Hospitals

 133.2 136.2 137.0 0.4 0.7 0.6 2.2 2.6 2.9

Nursing and residential care facilities

 130.3 133.1 134.0 0.7 0.5 0.7 3.1 2.9 2.8

Nursing care facilities(1)

 129.6 132.4 132.9 0.7 0.6 0.4 2.7 2.9 2.5

Leisure and hospitality

 136.4 140.9 141.6 0.9 0.6 0.5 3.8 4.2 3.8

Accommodation and food service

 137.1 142.0 142.9 0.8 0.9 0.6 3.8 4.4 4.2

Other services, except public administration

 134.3 138.5 138.5 0.1 1.1 0.0 2.1 3.3 3.1

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-
Sep.
2018		 Jun.
2019		 Sep.
2019		 3-months ended- 12-months ended-
Sep.
2018		 Jun.
2019		 Sep.
2019		 Sep.
2018		 Jun.
2019		 Sep.
2019

Bargaining status

Union

 133.5 137.0 138.1 0.6 1.0 0.8 2.8 3.2 3.4

Goods-producing industries(1)

 129.6 132.3 133.1 0.4 1.1 0.6 2.2 2.5 2.7

Manufacturing

 126.9 128.6 129.6 0.5 0.5 0.8 1.9 1.8 2.1

Service-providing industries(2)

 136.2 140.1 141.4 0.7 0.9 0.9 3.0 3.5 3.8

Nonunion

 134.1 136.9 138.0 0.9 0.7 0.8 3.2 3.0 2.9

Goods-producing industries(1)

 132.8 136.0 137.3 0.6 0.8 1.0 2.7 3.0 3.4

Manufacturing

 133.1 136.5 137.4 0.5 0.7 0.7 2.6 3.1 3.2

Service-providing industries(2)

 134.4 137.1 138.2 1.0 0.7 0.8 3.1 3.0 2.8

Census region and division(3)

Northeast

 135.3 138.8 139.8 1.0 0.9 0.7 2.9 3.7 3.3

New England

 141.3 143.7 145.4 2.8 0.6 1.2 3.6 4.6 2.9

Middle Atlantic

 133.1 136.9 137.8 0.5 0.9 0.7 2.7 3.3 3.5

South

 133.0 135.5 136.7 0.5 0.8 0.9 2.7 2.4 2.8

South Atlantic

 135.1 137.9 139.1 0.4 0.9 0.9 3.1 2.5 3.0

East South Central

 131.5 133.4 135.6 0.7 0.8 1.6 1.9 2.1 3.1

West South Central

 130.2 132.2 133.2 0.6 0.7 0.8 2.4 2.2 2.3

Midwest

 131.4 134.0 135.0 1.0 0.4 0.7 3.1 3.0 2.7

East North Central

 129.7 132.4 133.4 1.1 0.2 0.8 3.0 3.2 2.9

West North Central

 135.4 137.9 139.1 0.7 0.7 0.9 2.9 2.6 2.7

West

 137.1 140.2 141.4 1.0 0.6 0.9 3.7 3.2 3.1

Mountain

 134.2 137.5 139.0 0.6 0.9 1.1 3.2 3.1 3.6

Pacific

 138.4 141.4 142.5 1.2 0.5 0.8 3.9 3.4 3.0

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-
Sep.
2018		 Jun.
2019		 Sep.
2019		 3-months ended- 12-months ended-
Sep.
2018		 Jun.
2019		 Sep.
2019		 Sep.
2018		 Jun.
2019		 Sep.
2019

All workers

 129.0 130.6 132.5 1.3 0.3 1.5 2.3 2.5 2.7

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related

 128.1 129.7 131.6 1.3 0.4 1.5 2.2 2.5 2.7

Professional and related

 127.8 129.4 131.4 1.2 0.3 1.5 2.1 2.5 2.8

Sales and office

 128.9 130.7 132.4 1.3 0.4 1.3 2.7 2.7 2.7

Office and administrative support

 129.3 131.2 132.9 1.3 0.5 1.3 2.7 2.7 2.8

Service occupations

 131.7 133.9 135.6 1.0 0.3 1.3 2.4 2.7 3.0

Industry

Education and health services

 128.2 129.6 131.7 1.3 0.3 1.6 2.2 2.5 2.7

Educational services

 127.6 129.0 131.3 1.4 0.3 1.8 2.2 2.5 2.9

Schools

 127.6 129.0 131.2 1.4 0.3 1.7 2.2 2.5 2.8

Elementary and secondary schools

 127.2 128.3 130.8 1.5 0.3 1.9 2.3 2.4 2.8

Health care and social assistance

 132.5 134.5 135.9 0.7 0.1 1.0 2.2 2.2 2.6

Hospitals

 131.1 133.1 134.5 0.5 0.0 1.1 1.8 2.1 2.6

Public administration

 129.9 132.2 133.4 0.9 0.4 0.9 2.3 2.7 2.7

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-
Sep.
2018		 Jun.
2019		 Sep.
2019		 3-months ended- 12-months ended-
Sep.
2018		 Jun.
2019		 Sep.
2019		 Sep.
2018		 Jun.
2019		 Sep.
2019

Civilian workers

All workers(1)

 137.5 139.9 140.7 0.5 0.5 0.6 2.6 2.3 2.3

Private industry workers

All workers

 133.2 135.3 135.8 0.2 0.4 0.4 2.5 1.8 2.0

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related

 131.7 133.9 134.5 0.0 0.5 0.4 2.2 1.7 2.1

Sales and office

 134.8 137.2 137.6 0.5 0.7 0.3 3.1 2.3 2.1

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 136.5 137.7 138.7 0.2 -0.1 0.7 3.1 1.1 1.6

Production, transportation, and material moving

 133.5 135.7 136.1 0.2 0.5 0.3 1.9 1.8 1.9

Service occupations

 132.3 134.5 134.8 0.6 0.7 0.2 2.4 2.3 1.9

Industry

Goods-producing industries(2)

 129.3 131.6 132.3 -0.4 0.6 0.5 1.3 1.4 2.3

Manufacturing

 128.9 131.1 131.7 -0.7 0.5 0.5 0.9 1.0 2.2

Aircraft manufacturing

 98.5 99.2 99.3 -19.5 0.2 0.1 -16.7 -19.0 0.8

Service-providing industries(3)

 134.6 136.7 137.2 0.4 0.4 0.4 2.7 1.9 1.9

Bargaining status

Union

 144.9 147.0 146.9 -0.1 0.1 -0.1 3.6 1.3 1.4

Nonunion

 130.9 133.0 133.6 0.3 0.5 0.5 2.3 1.9 2.1

State and local government workers

All workers

 153.2 156.5 158.5 1.5 0.4 1.3 3.1 3.6 3.5

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
Sep.
2018		 Jun.
2019		 Sep.
2019		 Sep.
2018		 Jun.
2019		 Sep.
2019

Northeast

Boston-Worcester-Providence, MA-RI-NH-CT CSA

 2.4 2.7 2.7 2.0 3.0 2.9

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

 3.1 3.9 3.8 2.8 3.9 4.0

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

 2.5 1.4 1.7 2.9 1.9 1.8

South

Atlanta-Athens-Clarke County-Sandy Springs, GA CSA

 1.8 2.5 3.3 2.1 3.0 3.9

Dallas-Fort Worth, TX-OK CSA

 2.8 2.2 2.3 2.5 2.7 3.0

Houston-The Woodlands, TX CSA

 1.9 1.4 1.7 2.0 1.5 1.5

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Port St. Lucie, FL CSA

 2.7 1.6 2.2 3.0 1.7 2.5

Washington-Baltimore-Arlington, DC-MD-VA-WV-PA CSA

 2.8 2.2 2.4 3.0 2.1 2.4

Midwest

Chicago-Naperville, IL-IN-WI CSA

 3.5 2.3 2.3 3.5 2.4 2.3

Detroit-Warren-Ann Arbor, MI CSA

 2.8 2.7 2.8 3.2 2.8 3.0

Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI CSA

 4.5 3.0 3.1 4.7 2.8 2.8

West

Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA CSA

 2.4 3.4 3.7 3.0 4.3 4.2

Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ MSA

 3.0 3.4 3.6 3.4 3.8 4.0

San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA CSA

 4.0 2.6 2.4 4.5 3.0 2.9

Seattle-Tacoma, WA CSA

 0.7 -0.4 2.4 3.7 2.9 2.4

Footnotes
(1) These areas include Consolidated Statistical Areas (CSAs) and Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs). Beginning with the December 2018 release, area definitions are based on Office of Management and Budget Bulletin No. 13-01, dated February 28, 2013. Previous area definitions are based on Office of Management and Budget Bulletin No. 04-03, dated February 18, 2004. For more information on metropolitan area definitions, see 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: October 31, 2019