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

All workers

 165.4 169.4 171.181 1.0 1.2 1.1 3.9 3.4 3.5

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 165.3 169.4 171.003 1.0 1.3 0.9 4.0 3.5 3.5

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related

 160.4 164.3 165.847 0.9 1.3 0.9 3.7 3.4 3.4

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 159.5 163.5 164.904 0.9 1.4 0.9 3.7 3.4 3.4

Management, business, and financial

 161.1 164.4 166.054 1.0 1.1 1.0 3.4 3.1 3.1

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 159.7 163.4 164.737 0.8 1.3 0.8 3.3 3.1 3.2

Professional and related

 160.1 164.4 165.916 0.9 1.4 0.9 4.0 3.7 3.6

Sales and office

 168.5 172.4 174.757 0.4 1.3 1.4 3.3 2.7 3.7

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 170.9 174.9 176.610 0.9 1.3 1.0 3.7 3.3 3.3

Sales and related

 165.2 168.9 171.617 -0.3 1.3 1.6 2.7 1.9 3.9

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 171.1 175.0 176.484 0.8 1.2 0.8 3.3 3.1 3.1

Office and administrative support

 170.1 174.1 176.081 1.1 1.3 1.1 3.9 3.4 3.5

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 162.8 167.1 168.841 0.9 0.9 1.0 4.0 3.6 3.7

Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

 161.4 165.7 167.270 1.1 1.1 0.9 3.6 3.8 3.6

Installation, maintenance, and repair

 164.4 168.6 170.616 0.7 0.7 1.2 4.5 3.3 3.8

Production, transportation, and material moving

 170.2 174.4 176.224 1.4 1.2 1.0 5.1 3.9 3.5

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 169.9 174.0 175.933 1.4 1.0 1.1 5.1 3.8 3.6

Production

 165.5 169.6 171.087 1.1 1.0 0.9 4.3 3.6 3.4

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 165.7 169.9 171.417 1.1 1.0 0.9 4.1 3.7 3.5

Transportation and material moving

 176.7 181.0 183.116 1.6 1.3 1.2 5.7 4.1 3.6

Service occupations

 177.8 182.8 184.269 1.3 1.3 0.8 4.2 4.1 3.6

Industry and occupational group

Goods-producing industries(3)

 159.5 163.3 165.122 0.8 1.2 1.1 3.5 3.2 3.5

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 159.6 163.4 165.146 1.1 1.2 1.1 3.8 3.5 3.5

Management, professional, and related

 152.7 155.8 157.733 0.9 1.4 1.2 3.3 3.0 3.3

Sales and office

 165.2 169.9 171.944 -2.5 1.6 1.2 1.6 0.2 4.1

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 160.8 164.9 166.625 1.1 1.0 1.0 3.6 3.7 3.6

Production, transportation, and material moving

 163.3 167.5 169.084 1.3 1.1 0.9 4.2 3.9 3.5

Construction

 159.4 163.8 165.437 0.1 1.4 1.0 2.8 2.9 3.8

Manufacturing

 159.6 163.1 164.922 0.9 1.1 1.1 3.8 3.2 3.3

Management, professional, and related

 154.0 156.7 158.614 1.0 1.1 1.2 3.4 2.8 3.0

Sales and office occupations

 163.9 166.7 168.738 0.1 0.8 1.2 3.4 1.8 3.0

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 159.6 163.7 166.297 1.1 0.6 1.6 4.0 3.7 4.2

Production, transportation, and material moving

 163.1 167.3 168.895 1.2 1.1 1.0 4.2 3.8 3.6

Aircraft manufacturing

 137.0 141.8 143.380 -0.1 1.4 1.1 1.8 3.4 4.7

Service-providing industries(4)

 167.0 171.1 172.856 1.0 1.2 1.0 4.0 3.4 3.5

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 166.9 171.2 172.711 1.0 1.3 0.9 3.9 3.6 3.5

Management, professional, and related

 161.7 165.7 167.246 0.9 1.3 0.9 3.7 3.4 3.4

Sales and office

 168.9 172.7 175.052 0.7 1.3 1.4 3.6 3.0 3.6

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 165.9 170.3 172.192 0.7 0.7 1.1 4.6 3.3 3.8

Production, transportation, and material moving

 177.4 181.5 183.588 1.5 1.1 1.2 5.8 3.8 3.5

Service occupations

 177.9 183.0 184.399 1.3 1.3 0.8 4.2 4.2 3.7

Trade, transportation, and utilities

 171.5 174.8 176.913 1.2 1.0 1.2 4.3 3.2 3.2

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 172.4 175.6 177.597 1.4 0.7 1.1 4.7 3.3 3.0

Wholesale trade

 162.7 165.2 166.710 0.4 0.9 0.9 3.0 1.9 2.5

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 166.4 168.8 170.161 1.3 0.5 0.8 3.5 2.8 2.3

Retail trade

 174.6 177.7 179.983 1.5 0.7 1.3 3.1 3.3 3.1

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 173.6 176.6 178.693 1.3 0.6 1.2 3.4 3.0 2.9

Transportation and warehousing

 175.7 179.9 182.528 1.7 1.3 1.5 7.7 4.1 3.9

Utilities

 175.2 180.3 182.260 0.9 1.5 1.1 3.5 3.9 4.0

Information

 159.4 162.7 164.987 -0.1 0.7 1.4 2.0 2.0 3.5

Financial activities

 162.8 167.4 169.690 1.5 1.8 1.4 3.1 4.4 4.2

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 163.4 168.7 169.417 0.9 2.4 0.4 3.0 4.2 3.7

Finance and insurance

 163.4 168.1 170.089 1.6 1.9 1.2 3.2 4.5 4.1

Credit intermediation and related activities

 165.3 171.5 171.304 1.3 2.4 -0.1 4.4 5.1 3.6

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 168.4 175.9 174.285 1.0 3.2 -0.9 3.7 5.5 3.5

Insurance carriers and related activities

 165.0 168.3 170.715 1.8 2.2 1.4 3.1 3.8 3.5

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 162.5 165.7 167.628 1.0 1.7 1.2 3.0 3.0 3.2

Real estate and rental and leasing

 160.0 164.6 167.987 1.0 1.5 2.1 2.8 3.9 5.0

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 164.3 168.2 170.985 1.0 1.4 1.7 2.7 3.4 4.1

Professional and business services

 165.5 168.9 170.517 0.8 1.2 1.0 4.0 2.9 3.0

Professional, scientific, and technical services

 166.1 170.0 171.363 0.7 1.6 0.8 3.7 3.0 3.2

Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services

 165.5 169.3 170.919 0.9 0.9 1.0 3.8 3.2 3.3

Education and health services

 164.6 170.0 171.498 0.9 1.4 0.9 4.5 4.2 4.2

Educational services

 160.6 164.9 165.620 0.6 0.7 0.4 4.6 3.3 3.1

Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and professional schools

 158.8 164.2 165.007 0.5 0.6 0.5 4.1 3.9 3.9

Health care and social assistance

 165.4 171.0 172.665 1.0 1.5 1.0 4.4 4.4 4.4

Hospitals

 166.5 171.9 173.279 0.8 1.5 0.8 4.5 4.1 4.1

Nursing and residential care facilities

 165.0 169.3 170.485 1.0 1.3 0.7 4.4 3.6 3.3

Nursing care facilities(2)

 164.7 168.2 169.733 1.0 1.3 0.9 4.3 3.1 3.1

Leisure and hospitality

 177.2 181.3 182.161 1.4 1.2 0.5 3.6 3.8 2.8

Accommodation and food service

 181.2 185.3 186.353 1.6 1.3 0.6 3.4 3.9 2.8

Other services, except public administration

 169.7 173.9 174.772 0.9 1.1 0.5 5.0 3.4 3.0

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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