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Table 5. Compensation (not seasonally adjusted): Employment Cost Index for total compensation, for private industry workers, by occupational group and industry

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
Mar.
2025		 Dec.
2025		 Mar.
2026		 3-months ended- 12-months ended-
Mar.
2025		 Dec.
2025		 Mar.
2026		 Mar.
2025		 Dec.
2025		 Mar.
2026

All workers

 169.4 173.017 175.210 1.2 0.4 1.3 3.4 3.4 3.4

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 169.4 172.950 175.106 1.3 0.5 1.2 3.5 3.4 3.4

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related

 164.3 167.581 169.899 1.3 0.4 1.4 3.4 3.3 3.4

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 163.5 166.698 169.042 1.4 0.4 1.4 3.4 3.3 3.4

Management, business, and financial

 164.4 167.134 169.404 1.1 0.2 1.4 3.1 2.8 3.0

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 163.4 165.894 168.237 1.3 0.3 1.4 3.1 2.8 3.0

Professional and related

 164.4 168.260 170.627 1.4 0.6 1.4 3.7 3.8 3.8

Sales and office

 172.4 175.826 178.172 1.3 0.2 1.3 2.7 3.3 3.3

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 174.9 178.293 180.450 1.3 0.4 1.2 3.3 3.2 3.2

Sales and related

 168.9 171.422 173.903 1.3 -0.2 1.4 1.9 2.8 3.0

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 175.0 177.454 179.520 1.2 0.1 1.2 3.1 2.6 2.6

Office and administrative support

 174.1 178.310 180.511 1.3 0.7 1.2 3.4 3.7 3.7

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 167.1 171.704 173.376 0.9 0.6 1.0 3.6 3.7 3.8

Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

 165.7 170.075 171.706 1.1 0.7 1.0 3.8 3.8 3.6

Installation, maintenance, and repair

 168.6 173.543 175.263 0.7 0.6 1.0 3.3 3.6 4.0

Production, transportation, and material moving

 174.4 178.238 180.024 1.2 0.5 1.0 3.9 3.4 3.2

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 174.0 177.923 179.561 1.0 0.5 0.9 3.8 3.3 3.2

Production

 169.6 173.549 174.665 1.0 0.7 0.6 3.6 3.3 3.0

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 169.9 173.600 174.955 1.0 0.6 0.8 3.7 3.2 3.0

Transportation and material moving

 181.0 184.822 187.149 1.3 0.3 1.3 4.1 3.4 3.4

Service occupations

 182.8 186.890 189.067 1.3 0.6 1.2 4.1 3.5 3.4

Industry and occupational group

Goods-producing industries(3)

 163.3 166.974 168.701 1.2 0.4 1.0 3.2 3.5 3.3

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 163.4 167.037 168.921 1.2 0.5 1.1 3.5 3.4 3.4

Management, professional, and related

 155.8 158.761 160.944 1.4 0.3 1.4 3.0 3.3 3.3

Sales and office

 169.9 173.457 174.693 1.6 0.0 0.7 0.2 3.7 2.8

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 164.9 169.313 170.983 1.0 0.7 1.0 3.7 3.7 3.7

Production, transportation, and material moving

 167.5 171.082 172.555 1.1 0.5 0.9 3.9 3.3 3.0

Construction

 163.8 167.927 168.966 1.4 0.6 0.6 2.9 4.0 3.2

Manufacturing

 163.1 166.456 168.588 1.1 0.4 1.3 3.2 3.1 3.4

Management, professional, and related

 156.7 159.542 162.321 1.1 0.2 1.7 2.8 2.9 3.6

Sales and office occupations

 166.7 169.303 171.922 0.8 -0.3 1.5 1.8 2.4 3.1

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 163.7 168.503 170.723 0.6 0.6 1.3 3.7 3.6 4.3

Production, transportation, and material moving

 167.3 171.012 172.494 1.1 0.6 0.9 3.8 3.4 3.1

Aircraft manufacturing

 141.8 143.124 150.369 1.4 -0.6 5.1 3.4 2.4 6.0

Service-providing industries(4)

 171.1 174.692 176.994 1.2 0.4 1.3 3.4 3.4 3.4

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 171.2 174.676 176.899 1.3 0.5 1.3 3.6 3.4 3.3

Management, professional, and related

 165.7 169.073 171.414 1.3 0.4 1.4 3.4 3.3 3.4

Sales and office

 172.7 176.072 178.541 1.3 0.3 1.4 3.0 3.3 3.4

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 170.3 175.320 176.995 0.7 0.6 1.0 3.3 3.6 3.9

Production, transportation, and material moving

 181.5 185.639 187.672 1.1 0.4 1.1 3.8 3.4 3.4

Service occupations

 183.0 187.007 189.208 1.3 0.6 1.2 4.2 3.5 3.4

Trade, transportation, and utilities

 174.8 178.698 181.029 1.0 0.1 1.3 3.2 3.2 3.6

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 175.6 179.386 181.115 0.7 0.3 1.0 3.3 2.9 3.1

Wholesale trade

 165.2 168.182 170.966 0.9 -0.2 1.7 1.9 2.7 3.5

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 168.8 171.338 173.166 0.5 0.1 1.1 2.8 2.0 2.6

Retail trade

 177.7 181.931 183.599 0.7 0.3 0.9 3.3 3.1 3.3

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 176.6 180.625 181.791 0.6 0.4 0.6 3.0 2.9 2.9

Transportation and warehousing

 179.9 184.286 187.026 1.3 0.1 1.5 4.1 3.8 4.0

Utilities

 180.3 184.843 187.763 1.5 0.7 1.6 3.9 4.1 4.1

Information

 162.7 166.224 169.068 0.7 0.2 1.7 2.0 2.9 3.9

Financial activities

 167.4 170.294 173.533 1.8 0.3 1.9 4.4 3.6 3.7

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 168.7 169.874 173.442 2.4 0.2 2.1 4.2 3.1 2.8

Finance and insurance

 168.1 170.844 174.100 1.9 0.2 1.9 4.5 3.6 3.6

Credit intermediation and related activities

 171.5 171.879 174.217 2.4 0.2 1.4 5.1 2.7 1.6

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 175.9 174.614 177.988 3.2 0.1 1.9 5.5 2.5 1.2

Insurance carriers and related activities

 168.3 170.610 173.082 2.2 0.3 1.4 3.8 3.7 2.8

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 165.7 168.028 170.470 1.7 0.1 1.5 3.0 3.1 2.9

Real estate and rental and leasing

 164.6 167.827 170.985 1.5 0.6 1.9 3.9 3.5 3.9

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 168.2 171.395 174.614 1.4 0.4 1.9 3.4 3.3 3.8

Professional and business services

 168.9 171.585 173.514 1.2 0.2 1.1 2.9 2.8 2.7

Professional, scientific, and technical services

 170.0 172.775 174.774 1.6 0.3 1.2 3.0 3.2 2.8

Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services

 169.3 172.007 173.746 0.9 0.0 1.0 3.2 2.5 2.6

Education and health services

 170.0 174.581 176.833 1.4 0.8 1.3 4.2 4.2 4.0

Educational services

 164.9 170.847 171.538 0.7 1.3 0.4 3.3 4.3 4.0

Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and professional schools

 164.2 169.602 170.018 0.6 1.1 0.2 3.9 3.9 3.5

Health care and social assistance

 171.0 175.356 177.896 1.5 0.7 1.4 4.4 4.1 4.0

Hospitals

 171.9 175.455 176.959 1.5 0.8 0.9 4.1 3.6 2.9

Nursing and residential care facilities

 169.3 172.567 174.388 1.3 0.6 1.1 3.6 3.2 3.0

Nursing care facilities(2)

 168.2 171.355 173.490 1.3 0.6 1.2 3.1 3.2 3.1

Leisure and hospitality

 181.3 184.103 186.057 1.2 0.5 1.1 3.8 2.7 2.6

Accommodation and food service

 185.3 187.842 189.768 1.3 0.3 1.0 3.9 2.6 2.4

Other services, except public administration

 173.9 179.196 180.939 1.1 1.2 1.0 3.4 4.2 4.0

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
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Last Modified Date: April 30, 2026