Table 5. Employment Cost Index for total compensation(1), for private industry workers, by occupational
group and industry
Indexes (Dec. 2005 = Percent changes for-
100)
Occupational group and industry 3-months ended- 12-months ended-
Mar. Dec. Mar.
2007 2007 2008
Mar. Dec. Mar. Mar. Dec. Mar.
2007 2007 2008 2007 2007 2008
Private industry workers
All workers.................................. 104.0 106.3 107.3 0.8 0.6 0.9 3.2 3.0 3.2
Excluding incentive paid occupations(2).. 104.0 106.4 107.6 .8 .6 1.1 3.1 3.1 3.5
Occupational group
Management, professional, and related...... 104.6 106.8 108.1 1.1 .4 1.2 3.5 3.2 3.3
Excluding incentive paid
occupations(2)...................... 104.5 106.8 108.1 1.0 .4 1.2 3.4 3.2 3.4
Management, business, and financial...... 104.3 106.3 108.0 1.2 .3 1.6 3.0 3.1 3.5
Excluding incentive paid
occupations(2)...................... 104.1 106.5 108.2 1.0 .4 1.6 2.9 3.3 3.9
Professional and related................. 104.9 107.3 108.3 1.0 .6 .9 3.9 3.3 3.2
Sales and office........................... 103.7 106.1 106.6 .8 .8 .5 3.2 3.1 2.8
Excluding incentive paid
occupations(2)...................... 104.2 106.7 107.8 1.0 .7 1.0 3.3 3.4 3.5
Sales and related........................ 102.4 105.2 105.0 .1 1.0 -.2 2.5 2.8 2.5
Excluding incentive paid
occupations(2)...................... 103.6 106.5 107.9 .7 .9 1.3 2.7 3.5 4.2
Office and administrative support........ 104.5 106.7 107.8 1.1 .7 1.0 3.6 3.2 3.2
Natural resources, construction, and
maintenance............................... 104.0 106.7 107.6 .4 .8 .8 3.2 3.0 3.5
Construction, extraction, farming,
fishing, and forestry................... 104.4 107.4 108.6 .7 .8 1.1 3.7 3.6 4.0
Installation, maintenance, and repair.... 103.5 105.8 106.3 .1 .6 .5 2.6 2.3 2.7
Production, transportation, and material
moving.................................... 102.5 104.5 105.5 .2 .6 1.0 2.1 2.2 2.9
Excluding incentive paid
occupations(2)...................... 102.4 104.5 105.4 .2 .6 .9 2.0 2.3 2.9
Production............................... 102.1 104.0 104.8 .1 .8 .8 1.7 2.0 2.6
Excluding incentive paid
occupations(2)...................... 102.0 103.9 104.7 .0 .7 .8 1.6 1.9 2.6
Transportation and material moving....... 103.1 105.3 106.4 .5 .4 1.0 2.7 2.6 3.2
Service occupations........................ 104.5 107.0 107.8 1.4 .6 .7 3.7 3.8 3.2
Industry and occupational group
Goods-producing industries(3).............. 102.9 105.0 106.1 .4 .6 1.0 2.6 2.4 3.1
Excluding incentive paid
occupations(2)...................... 102.9 105.2 106.3 .4 .7 1.0 2.5 2.6 3.3
Management, professional, and related.. 102.7 104.4 106.1 .7 .1 1.6 2.5 2.4 3.3
Sales and office....................... 103.0 104.8 105.1 .2 .7 .3 3.1 1.9 2.0
Natural resources, construction, and
maintenance........................... 104.0 107.0 108.1 .7 .8 1.0 3.4 3.6 3.9
Production, transportation, and
material moving....................... 102.1 104.0 104.8 .1 .7 .8 1.8 2.0 2.6
Construction............................. 104.7 107.6 108.9 1.1 .7 1.2 4.0 3.9 4.0
Manufacturing............................ 102.0 103.8 104.7 .2 .6 .9 1.9 2.0 2.6
Management, professional, and related 102.0 103.5 104.9 .6 .2 1.4 2.0 2.1 2.8
Sales and office..................... 102.4 104.3 105.0 .3 .8 .7 2.9 2.2 2.5
Natural resources, construction, and
maintenance......................... 101.7 103.9 104.6 -.4 1.1 .7 1.6 1.8 2.9
Production, transportation, and
material moving..................... 101.9 103.8 104.5 .0 .7 .7 1.7 1.9 2.6
Aircraft manufacturing................. 89.2 87.2 89.7 -4.3 .1 2.9 -1.9 -6.4 .6
Service-providing industries(4)............ 104.3 106.7 107.7 .9 .6 .9 3.3 3.2 3.3
Excluding incentive paid
occupations(2)...................... 104.4 106.9 108.0 .9 .6 1.0 3.3 3.3 3.4
Management, professional, and related.. 105.0 107.3 108.5 1.2 .5 1.1 3.7 3.4 3.3
Sales and office....................... 103.7 106.3 106.8 .8 .9 .5 3.1 3.3 3.0
Natural resources, construction, and
maintenance........................... 104.0 106.2 106.7 .0 .5 .5 2.8 2.1 2.6
Production, transportation, and
material moving....................... 103.0 105.2 106.4 .4 .5 1.1 2.4 2.5 3.3
Service occupations.................... 104.5 107.1 107.9 1.4 .7 .7 3.6 3.9 3.3
Trade, transportation, and utilities..... 103.1 105.5 106.1 .1 .8 .6 2.3 2.4 2.9
Excluding incentive paid
occupations(2).................... 103.4 105.9 106.9 .3 .7 .9 2.3 2.7 3.4
Wholesale trade........................ 103.7 105.3 105.7 .8 1.1 .4 3.4 2.3 1.9
Excluding incentive paid
occupations(2).................... 104.1 106.2 107.4 .9 .7 1.1 3.1 2.9 3.2
Retail trade........................... 102.9 106.1 106.6 .2 1.0 .5 2.3 3.3 3.6
Excluding incentive paid
occupations(2).................... 103.3 106.3 107.3 .7 .8 .9 2.5 3.6 3.9
Transportation and warehousing......... 102.8 104.5 105.6 .6 .0 1.1 2.4 2.3 2.7
Utilities.............................. 102.8 105.6 106.5 -6.9 .6 .9 -4.6 -4.3 3.6
Information.............................. 104.3 106.1 106.1 1.1 .3 .0 3.4 2.8 1.7
Financial activities..................... 104.2 105.6 106.8 1.7 .2 1.1 3.0 3.0 2.5
Excluding incentive paid
occupations(2).................... 104.2 105.9 107.4 1.4 .3 1.4 3.0 3.0 3.1
Finance and insurance.................. 104.6 106.1 107.0 1.7 .4 .8 3.1 3.1 2.3
Credit intermediation and related
activities.......................... 104.0 104.5 105.5 2.0 .9 1.0 2.6 2.5 1.4
Excluding incentive paid
occupations(2).................... 104.4 106.3 108.2 1.2 .4 1.8 3.1 3.0 3.6
Insurance carriers and related
activities.......................... 103.5 105.7 107.4 .9 -.3 1.6 2.6 3.0 3.8
Excluding incentive paid
occupations(2).................... 103.4 105.4 106.9 1.0 .5 1.4 2.6 2.9 3.4
Real estate and rental and leasing..... 102.2 103.7 105.5 1.4 -.4 1.7 2.4 2.9 3.2
Excluding incentive paid
occupations(2).................... 104.4 105.9 108.1 2.3 .1 2.1 3.7 3.7 3.5
Professional and business services....... 104.7 107.5 109.0 1.2 .6 1.4 3.6 3.9 4.1
Professional, scientific, and technical
services.............................. 106.0 109.1 111.1 1.5 .6 1.8 4.4 4.5 4.8
Administrative and support and waste
management and remediation services... 103.8 106.4 107.1 1.0 .8 .7 3.3 3.5 3.2
Education and health services............ 105.1 107.7 108.6 1.0 .7 .8 4.1 3.5 3.3
Education services..................... 104.5 107.5 108.1 .3 .7 .6 3.8 3.2 3.4
Junior colleges, colleges,
universities, and professional
schools............................. 104.5 107.7 108.3 .1 .7 .6 3.6 3.2 3.6
Health care and social assistance(5)... 105.2 107.8 108.8 1.1 .8 .9 4.1 3.6 3.4
Hospitals............................ 105.0 107.3 108.2 1.1 .8 .8 3.7 3.3 3.0
Nursing and residential care
facilities.......................... 104.3 106.2 107.1 .8 .7 .8 3.3 2.6 2.7
Nursing care facilities(2)......... 104.2 106.2 107.2 1.1 .6 .9 3.4 3.0 2.9
Leisure and hospitality.................. 105.3 108.1 109.0 1.5 .6 .8 4.7 4.2 3.5
Accommodation and food services........ 105.8 108.6 109.5 1.7 .5 .8 5.3 4.4 3.5
Other services, except public
administration.......................... 105.7 107.6 108.7 1.6 .5 1.0 4.2 3.5 2.8
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. See "Technical note"
for further explanation.
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, scientific,
and technical services; management of companies and enterprises; administrative and support and waste
management and remediation services; education services; health care and social assistance; arts,
entertainment, and recreation; accommodation and food services; and other services, except public
administration.
5 Includes ambulatory health care services and social assistance, not shown separately.
NOTE: Dashes indicate data not available.
Bureau of Labor Statistics
