Table 4. Compensation (not seasonally adjusted): Employment Cost Index for total compensation, for civilian workers, by occupational group and industry

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
	Dec. 2024	Sep. 2025	Dec. 2025	3-months ended-			12-months ended-
	Dec. 2024	Sep. 2025	Dec. 2025	Dec. 2024	Sep. 2025	Dec. 2025	Dec. 2024	Sep. 2025	Dec. 2025
All workers(2)	168.0	172.905	173.642	0.6	0.9	0.4	3.8	3.5	3.4
Excluding incentive paid occupations(3)	168.0	172.786	173.618	0.6	0.9	0.5	3.9	3.5	3.3
Occupational group
Management, professional, and related	163.5	168.209	168.879	0.6	0.9	0.4	3.7	3.4	3.3
Management, business, and financial	163.3	167.541	167.893	0.5	0.6	0.2	3.4	3.1	2.8
Professional and related	163.7	168.838	169.734	0.5	1.2	0.5	3.9	3.6	3.7
Sales and office	170.7	175.941	176.418	0.7	0.5	0.3	3.2	3.8	3.3
Sales and related	166.9	171.984	171.577	1.1	0.1	-0.2	2.4	4.2	2.8
Office and administrative support	173.0	178.272	179.438	0.5	0.7	0.7	3.8	3.5	3.7
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance	166.3	171.251	172.374	0.8	1.1	0.7	3.9	3.9	3.7
Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	164.6	169.556	170.791	0.7	1.0	0.7	3.8	3.8	3.8
Installation, maintenance, and repair	168.1	173.195	174.189	0.8	1.2	0.6	3.9	3.9	3.6
Production, transportation, and material moving	172.9	177.855	178.665	0.6	0.7	0.5	4.3	3.5	3.3
Production	168.0	172.392	173.653	0.7	0.7	0.7	4.1	3.4	3.4
Transportation and material moving	179.2	184.775	185.262	0.4	0.7	0.3	4.3	3.6	3.4
Service occupations	180.6	186.027	187.148	0.8	1.1	0.6	4.5	3.8	3.6
Industry
Goods-producing industries(4)	161.5	166.341	167.085	0.6	0.7	0.4	3.3	3.6	3.5
Manufacturing	161.4	165.853	166.456	0.6	0.6	0.4	3.6	3.4	3.1
Service-providing industries(5)	169.1	174.107	174.843	0.6	0.9	0.4	3.8	3.6	3.4
Education and health services	167.7	172.896	174.055	0.6	1.4	0.7	4.2	3.7	3.8
Educational services	166.0	170.881	171.894	0.4	2.0	0.6	4.1	3.4	3.6
Elementary and secondary schools	166.1	171.008	171.751	0.4	2.2	0.4	3.9	3.3	3.4
Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and professional schools	165.0	169.997	171.195	0.7	1.8	0.7	4.5	3.7	3.8
Health care and social assistance	169.3	174.826	176.108	0.8	0.8	0.7	4.2	4.1	4.0
Hospitals	169.8	174.456	175.821	0.8	0.5	0.8	4.3	3.6	3.5
Nursing and residential care facilities	168.8	173.207	174.222	0.7	0.7	0.6	3.6	3.3	3.2
Public administration	175.6	180.735	181.766	0.9	1.5	0.6	5.3	3.9	3.5
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

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