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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
Dec.
2024		 Sep.
2025		 Dec.
2025		 3-months ended- 12-months ended-
Dec.
2024		 Sep.
2025		 Dec.
2025		 Dec.
2024		 Sep.
2025		 Dec.
2025

All workers

 167.4 172.307 173.017 0.6 0.7 0.4 3.6 3.5 3.4

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 167.3 172.124 172.950 0.5 0.7 0.5 3.7 3.4 3.4

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related

 162.2 166.935 167.581 0.5 0.7 0.4 3.4 3.4 3.3

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 161.3 165.964 166.698 0.4 0.6 0.4 3.5 3.3 3.3

Management, business, and financial

 162.6 166.822 167.134 0.4 0.5 0.2 3.2 3.0 2.8

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 161.3 165.429 165.894 0.4 0.4 0.3 3.3 3.0 2.8

Professional and related

 162.1 167.303 168.260 0.5 0.8 0.6 3.6 3.7 3.8

Sales and office

 170.2 175.416 175.826 0.7 0.4 0.2 3.0 3.7 3.3

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 172.7 177.559 178.293 0.4 0.5 0.4 3.5 3.2 3.2

Sales and related

 166.8 171.836 171.422 1.1 0.1 -0.2 2.4 4.1 2.8

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 173.0 177.362 177.454 0.5 0.5 0.1 3.2 3.1 2.6

Office and administrative support

 171.9 177.142 178.310 0.4 0.6 0.7 3.7 3.4 3.7

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 165.6 170.603 171.704 0.8 1.0 0.6 3.7 3.8 3.7

Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

 163.9 168.872 170.075 0.7 1.0 0.7 3.7 3.8 3.8

Installation, maintenance, and repair

 167.5 172.562 173.543 0.8 1.1 0.6 3.7 3.9 3.6

Production, transportation, and material moving

 172.4 177.415 178.238 0.5 0.7 0.5 4.2 3.4 3.4

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 172.2 177.000 177.923 0.6 0.6 0.5 4.2 3.4 3.3

Production

 168.0 172.281 173.549 0.7 0.7 0.7 4.2 3.3 3.3

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 168.2 172.556 173.600 0.7 0.7 0.6 4.0 3.3 3.2

Transportation and material moving

 178.7 184.325 184.822 0.4 0.7 0.3 4.2 3.6 3.4

Service occupations

 180.5 185.776 186.890 0.7 0.8 0.6 4.2 3.6 3.5

Industry and occupational group

Goods-producing industries(3)

 161.4 166.232 166.974 0.6 0.7 0.4 3.3 3.6 3.5

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 161.5 166.237 167.037 0.6 0.7 0.5 3.6 3.5 3.4

Management, professional, and related

 153.7 158.343 158.761 0.3 0.4 0.3 3.2 3.4 3.3

Sales and office

 167.2 173.482 173.457 0.5 0.9 0.0 0.1 4.3 3.7

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 163.2 168.147 169.313 0.6 0.9 0.7 3.6 3.7 3.7

Production, transportation, and material moving

 165.6 170.191 171.082 0.7 0.7 0.5 4.0 3.5 3.3

Construction

 161.5 166.886 167.927 0.5 0.9 0.6 2.4 3.8 4.0

Manufacturing

 161.4 165.853 166.456 0.6 0.6 0.4 3.6 3.4 3.1

Management, professional, and related

 155.0 159.231 159.542 0.3 0.4 0.2 3.3 3.1 2.9

Sales and office occupations

 165.4 169.892 169.303 0.4 0.7 -0.3 3.1 3.2 2.4

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 162.7 167.449 168.503 1.1 0.7 0.6 4.3 4.0 3.6

Production, transportation, and material moving

 165.4 170.001 171.012 0.7 0.7 0.6 4.0 3.5 3.4

Aircraft manufacturing

 139.8 143.927 143.124 2.0 0.4 -0.6 3.8 5.0 2.4

Service-providing industries(4)

 169.0 173.987 174.692 0.5 0.7 0.4 3.6 3.5 3.4

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 169.0 173.841 174.676 0.5 0.7 0.5 3.7 3.4 3.4

Management, professional, and related

 163.6 168.397 169.073 0.5 0.7 0.4 3.5 3.4 3.3

Sales and office

 170.5 175.614 176.072 0.7 0.3 0.3 3.4 3.7 3.3

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 169.2 174.320 175.320 1.0 1.2 0.6 3.8 4.0 3.6

Production, transportation, and material moving

 179.5 184.855 185.639 0.4 0.7 0.4 4.3 3.4 3.4

Service occupations

 180.7 185.913 187.007 0.7 0.8 0.6 4.3 3.6 3.5

Trade, transportation, and utilities

 173.1 178.435 178.698 0.4 0.9 0.1 3.3 3.5 3.2

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 174.3 178.818 179.386 0.4 0.7 0.3 3.7 3.0 2.9

Wholesale trade

 163.7 168.468 168.182 0.4 1.1 -0.2 2.9 3.4 2.7

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 168.0 171.223 171.338 0.4 0.6 0.1 3.6 2.3 2.0

Retail trade

 176.4 181.366 181.931 0.5 0.8 0.3 2.9 3.3 3.1

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 175.5 179.983 180.625 0.5 0.7 0.4 3.2 3.0 2.9

Transportation and warehousing

 177.6 184.019 184.286 0.3 0.8 0.1 4.6 3.9 3.8

Utilities

 177.6 183.615 184.843 0.6 0.7 0.7 3.3 4.0 4.1

Information

 161.6 165.964 166.224 0.2 0.6 0.2 2.6 2.9 2.9

Financial activities

 164.4 169.843 170.294 0.8 0.1 0.3 3.4 4.1 3.6

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 164.7 169.605 169.874 0.4 0.1 0.2 3.4 3.4 3.1

Finance and insurance

 164.9 170.499 170.844 1.0 0.2 0.2 3.4 4.4 3.6

Credit intermediation and related activities

 167.4 171.480 171.879 1.2 0.1 0.2 4.3 3.7 2.7

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 170.4 174.444 174.614 0.7 0.1 0.1 4.2 3.1 2.5

Insurance carriers and related activities

 164.6 170.111 170.610 0.4 -0.4 0.3 2.9 3.7 3.7

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 162.9 167.832 168.028 0.2 0.1 0.1 3.0 3.3 3.1

Real estate and rental and leasing

 162.2 166.835 167.827 -0.1 -0.7 0.6 3.4 2.8 3.5

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 165.9 170.675 171.395 0.3 -0.2 0.4 3.2 3.2 3.3

Professional and business services

 166.9 171.182 171.585 0.7 0.4 0.2 3.7 3.2 2.8

Professional, scientific, and technical services

 167.4 172.218 172.775 0.6 0.5 0.3 3.4 3.5 3.2

Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services

 167.8 172.019 172.007 0.7 0.6 0.0 3.8 3.3 2.5

Education and health services

 167.6 173.158 174.581 0.5 1.0 0.8 4.0 3.9 4.2

Educational services

 163.8 168.641 170.847 -0.1 1.8 1.3 3.9 2.9 4.3

Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and professional schools

 163.3 167.704 169.602 0.6 1.6 1.1 4.3 3.3 3.9

Health care and social assistance

 168.4 174.075 175.356 0.7 0.8 0.7 4.1 4.0 4.1

Hospitals

 169.4 174.071 175.455 0.8 0.5 0.8 4.2 3.6 3.6

Nursing and residential care facilities

 167.2 171.527 172.567 0.6 0.6 0.6 3.5 3.2 3.2

Nursing care facilities(2)

 166.1 170.254 171.355 0.7 0.3 0.6 2.8 3.2 3.2

Leisure and hospitality

 179.2 183.220 184.103 0.4 0.6 0.5 3.6 2.7 2.7

Accommodation and food service

 183.0 187.240 187.842 0.5 0.5 0.3 3.6 2.8 2.6

Other services, except public administration

 172.0 177.007 179.196 0.8 1.3 1.2 4.7 3.7 4.2

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: February 10, 2026