Table 8. Wages and salaries (not seasonally adjusted): Employment Cost Index for wages and salaries, for civilian workers, by occupational group and industry

Table 8. Employment Cost Index for wages and salaries, for civilian 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	Sep. 2024	Jun. 2025	Sep. 2025
All workers(1)	167.0	171.362	172.925	1.0	1.0	0.9	3.9	3.6	3.5
Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)	166.6	170.718	172.298	1.1	0.9	0.9	4.1	3.6	3.4

Occupational group
Management, professional, and related	160.7	164.611	166.299	1.1	1.0	1.0	3.6	3.5	3.5
Management, business, and financial	162.2	166.136	167.159	0.8	1.2	0.6	3.2	3.3	3.1
Professional and related	160.1	163.976	166.133	1.3	0.8	1.3	3.9	3.7	3.8
Sales and office	170.7	176.390	177.113	0.4	1.4	0.4	3.3	3.7	3.8
Sales and related	168.3	175.484	175.475	-0.2	1.7	0.0	2.4	4.1	4.3
Office and administrative support	172.4	176.697	178.045	0.9	1.0	0.8	4.1	3.5	3.3
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance	166.4	170.932	172.996	1.2	1.0	1.2	4.5	3.9	4.0
Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	164.7	169.453	171.250	1.0	1.0	1.1	3.9	4.0	4.0
Installation, maintenance, and repair	168.4	172.669	175.034	1.3	1.0	1.4	5.2	3.8	3.9
Production, transportation, and material moving	175.7	180.166	181.612	1.0	0.9	0.8	5.3	3.5	3.4
Production	170.8	175.236	176.657	0.9	0.9	0.8	4.5	3.6	3.4
Transportation and material moving	181.8	186.351	187.835	1.0	1.0	0.8	5.8	3.5	3.3
Service occupations	180.7	185.347	187.288	1.1	0.6	1.0	4.4	3.7	3.6

Industry
Goods-producing industries(3)	164.5	169.545	170.853	0.8	1.2	0.8	3.8	3.9	3.9
Manufacturing	164.8	169.615	170.727	0.7	1.2	0.7	4.0	3.6	3.6
Service-providing industries(4)	167.4	171.698	173.305	1.0	0.9	0.9	3.9	3.6	3.5
Education and health services	162.5	166.071	168.591	1.8	0.6	1.5	4.4	4.1	3.7
Educational services	155.8	157.379	160.962	2.4	0.2	2.3	4.4	3.5	3.3
Elementary and secondary schools	154.3	155.482	159.417	2.5	0.2	2.5	4.3	3.3	3.3
Junior colleges, colleges, and universities	156.8	159.398	162.466	2.3	0.3	1.9	4.5	4.0	3.6
Health care and social assistance	169.4	174.760	176.405	1.3	1.0	0.9	4.3	4.5	4.1
Hospitals	169.1	174.550	175.485	1.1	0.9	0.5	4.3	4.4	3.8
Nursing and residential care facilities	171.9	176.225	177.600	0.9	0.6	0.8	3.9	3.4	3.3
Public administration	162.7	166.315	168.496	1.9	0.3	1.3	5.1	4.1	3.6
Footnotes (1) Includes workers in the private nonfarm economy except those in private households, and workers in the public sector, except the federal government. (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; other services, except public administration; and public administration.
SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey

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