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

All workers

 166.4 171.181 172.307 0.6 1.1 0.7 3.6 3.5 3.5

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 166.5 171.003 172.124 0.7 0.9 0.7 3.8 3.5 3.4

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related

 161.4 165.847 166.935 0.6 0.9 0.7 3.3 3.4 3.4

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 160.6 164.904 165.964 0.7 0.9 0.6 3.5 3.4 3.3

Management, business, and financial

 161.9 166.054 166.822 0.5 1.0 0.5 3.0 3.1 3.0

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 160.6 164.737 165.429 0.6 0.8 0.4 3.1 3.2 3.0

Professional and related

 161.3 165.916 167.303 0.7 0.9 0.8 3.7 3.6 3.7

Sales and office

 169.1 174.757 175.416 0.4 1.4 0.4 3.1 3.7 3.7

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 172.0 176.610 177.559 0.6 1.0 0.5 3.6 3.3 3.2

Sales and related

 165.0 171.617 171.836 -0.1 1.6 0.1 2.4 3.9 4.1

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 172.1 176.484 177.362 0.6 0.8 0.5 3.4 3.1 3.1

Office and administrative support

 171.3 176.081 177.142 0.7 1.1 0.6 3.8 3.5 3.4

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 164.3 168.841 170.603 0.9 1.0 1.0 3.9 3.7 3.8

Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

 162.7 167.270 168.872 0.8 0.9 1.0 3.4 3.6 3.8

Installation, maintenance, and repair

 166.1 170.616 172.562 1.0 1.2 1.1 4.3 3.8 3.9

Production, transportation, and material moving

 171.5 176.224 177.415 0.8 1.0 0.7 5.1 3.5 3.4

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 171.2 175.933 177.000 0.8 1.1 0.6 5.1 3.6 3.4

Production

 166.8 171.087 172.281 0.8 0.9 0.7 4.4 3.4 3.3

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 167.0 171.417 172.556 0.8 0.9 0.7 4.2 3.5 3.3

Transportation and material moving

 178.0 183.116 184.325 0.7 1.2 0.7 5.6 3.6 3.6

Service occupations

 179.3 184.269 185.776 0.8 0.8 0.8 4.1 3.6 3.6

Industry and occupational group

Goods-producing industries(3)

 160.5 165.122 166.232 0.6 1.1 0.7 3.5 3.5 3.6

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 160.6 165.146 166.237 0.6 1.1 0.7 3.7 3.5 3.5

Management, professional, and related

 153.2 157.733 158.343 0.3 1.2 0.4 3.2 3.3 3.4

Sales and office

 166.4 171.944 173.482 0.7 1.2 0.9 2.1 4.1 4.3

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 162.2 166.625 168.147 0.9 1.0 0.9 3.6 3.6 3.7

Production, transportation, and material moving

 164.4 169.084 170.191 0.7 0.9 0.7 4.2 3.5 3.5

Construction

 160.7 165.437 166.886 0.8 1.0 0.9 2.8 3.8 3.8

Manufacturing

 160.4 164.922 165.853 0.5 1.1 0.6 3.8 3.3 3.4

Management, professional, and related

 154.5 158.614 159.231 0.3 1.2 0.4 3.3 3.0 3.1

Sales and office occupations

 164.7 168.738 169.892 0.5 1.2 0.7 3.3 3.0 3.2

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 161.0 166.297 167.449 0.9 1.6 0.7 4.3 4.2 4.0

Production, transportation, and material moving

 164.2 168.895 170.001 0.7 1.0 0.7 4.3 3.6 3.5

Aircraft manufacturing

 137.1 143.380 143.927 0.1 1.1 0.4 1.9 4.7 5.0

Service-providing industries(4)

 168.1 172.856 173.987 0.7 1.0 0.7 3.7 3.5 3.5

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 168.2 172.711 173.841 0.8 0.9 0.7 3.8 3.5 3.4

Management, professional, and related

 162.8 167.246 168.397 0.7 0.9 0.7 3.4 3.4 3.4

Sales and office

 169.3 175.052 175.614 0.2 1.4 0.3 3.2 3.6 3.7

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 167.6 172.192 174.320 1.0 1.1 1.2 4.4 3.8 4.0

Production, transportation, and material moving

 178.8 183.588 184.855 0.8 1.2 0.7 5.7 3.5 3.4

Service occupations

 179.4 184.399 185.913 0.8 0.8 0.8 4.1 3.7 3.6

Trade, transportation, and utilities

 172.4 176.913 178.435 0.5 1.2 0.9 4.1 3.2 3.5

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 173.6 177.597 178.818 0.7 1.1 0.7 4.6 3.0 3.0

Wholesale trade

 163.0 166.710 168.468 0.2 0.9 1.1 2.8 2.5 3.4

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 167.4 170.161 171.223 0.6 0.8 0.6 3.5 2.3 2.3

Retail trade

 175.6 179.983 181.366 0.6 1.3 0.8 2.9 3.1 3.3

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 174.7 178.693 179.983 0.6 1.2 0.7 3.3 2.9 3.0

Transportation and warehousing

 177.1 182.528 184.019 0.8 1.5 0.8 7.7 3.9 3.9

Utilities

 176.6 182.260 183.615 0.8 1.1 0.7 3.3 4.0 4.0

Information

 161.3 164.987 165.964 1.2 1.4 0.6 3.1 3.5 2.9

Financial activities

 163.1 169.690 169.843 0.2 1.4 0.1 2.5 4.2 4.1

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 164.0 169.417 169.605 0.4 0.4 0.1 3.0 3.7 3.4

Finance and insurance

 163.3 170.089 170.499 -0.1 1.2 0.2 2.4 4.1 4.4

Credit intermediation and related activities

 165.4 171.304 171.480 0.1 -0.1 0.1 3.1 3.6 3.7

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 169.2 174.285 174.444 0.5 -0.9 0.1 3.5 3.5 3.1

Insurance carriers and related activities

 164.0 170.715 170.111 -0.6 1.4 -0.4 2.1 3.5 3.7

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 162.5 167.628 167.832 0.0 1.2 0.1 2.9 3.2 3.3

Real estate and rental and leasing

 162.3 167.987 166.835 1.4 2.1 -0.7 3.1 5.0 2.8

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 165.4 170.985 170.675 0.7 1.7 -0.2 2.6 4.1 3.2

Professional and business services

 165.8 170.517 171.182 0.2 1.0 0.4 3.2 3.0 3.2

Professional, scientific, and technical services

 166.4 171.363 172.218 0.2 0.8 0.5 2.9 3.2 3.5

Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services

 166.6 170.919 172.019 0.7 1.0 0.6 3.5 3.3 3.3

Education and health services

 166.7 171.498 173.158 1.3 0.9 1.0 4.4 4.2 3.9

Educational services

 163.9 165.620 168.641 2.1 0.4 1.8 4.7 3.1 2.9

Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and professional schools

 162.4 165.007 167.704 2.3 0.5 1.6 4.4 3.9 3.3

Health care and social assistance

 167.3 172.665 174.075 1.1 1.0 0.8 4.3 4.4 4.0

Hospitals

 168.0 173.279 174.071 0.9 0.8 0.5 4.4 4.1 3.6

Nursing and residential care facilities

 166.2 170.485 171.527 0.7 0.7 0.6 3.6 3.3 3.2

Nursing care facilities(2)

 165.0 169.733 170.254 0.2 0.9 0.3 3.0 3.1 3.2

Leisure and hospitality

 178.4 182.161 183.220 0.7 0.5 0.6 3.4 2.8 2.7

Accommodation and food service

 182.1 186.353 187.240 0.5 0.6 0.5 3.4 2.8 2.8

Other services, except public administration

 170.7 174.772 177.007 0.6 0.5 1.3 4.5 3.0 3.7

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: December 10, 2025