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TRANSMISSION OF MATERIAL IN THIS RELEASE IS EMBARGOED UNTIL USDL-16-0159 8:30 A.M. (EST) FRIDAY, JANUARY 29, 2016 Technical information: (202) 691-6199 ncsinfo@bls.gov www.bls.gov/ect Media contact: (202) 691-5902 pressoffice@bls.gov EMPLOYMENT COST INDEX - DECEMBER 2015 Compensation costs for civilian workers increased 0.6 percent, seasonally adjusted, for the 3-month period ending in December 2015, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Wages and salaries (which make up about 70 percent of compensation costs) increased 0.6 percent, and benefits (which make up the remaining 30 percent of compensation) increased 0.7 percent. (See chart 1 and tables A, 1, 2, and 3.) Civilian Workers Compensation costs for civilian workers increased 2.0 percent for the 12-month period ending in December 2015. In December 2014, compensation costs increased 2.2 percent. Wages and salaries increased 2.1 percent for the current 12-month period, unchanged from the 12-month period ending in December 2014. Benefit costs increased 1.7 percent for the 12-month period ending in December 2015. In December 2014, the increase was 2.6 percent. (See chart 2 and tables A, 4, 8, and 12.) Private Industry Workers Compensation costs for private industry workers increased 1.9 percent over the year, slowing from the December 2014 increase of 2.3 percent. Wages and salaries increased 2.1 percent for the current 12- month period. In December 2014, the increase was 2.2 percent. The increase in the cost of benefits was 1.3 percent for the 12-month period ending in December 2015, lower than December 2014 when the increase was 2.5 percent. (See charts 3 and 4 and tables A, 5, 9, and 12.) Employer costs for health benefits increased 3.0 percent over the year. In December 2014, the increase was 2.4 percent. (For further information, see www.bls.gov/web/eci/echealth.pdf.) Among occupational groups, compensation cost increases for private industry workers for the 12-month period ending in December 2015 ranged from 1.4 percent for natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations to 2.6 percent for production, transportation, and material moving occupations. (See table 5.) Among industry supersectors, compensation cost changes for private industry workers for the current 12-month period ranged from -1.4 percent for information to +2.6 percent for other services, except public administration. (See table 5.) State and Local Government Workers Compensation costs for state and local government workers increased 2.5 percent for the 12-month period ending in December 2015. In December 2014, the increase was 2.0 percent. Wages and salaries increased 1.8 percent for the 12-month period ending in December 2015, and in December 2014 the increase was 1.6 percent. Benefit costs increased 3.5 percent in December 2015, higher than in December 2014 when the increase was 2.9 percent. (See chart 5 and tables A, 7, 11, and 12.) The Employment Cost Index for March 2016 is scheduled to be released on Friday, April 29, 2016, at 8:30 a.m. (EDT). Information in this release will be made available to sensory impaired individuals upon request— Voice phone: (202) 691-5200; Federal Relay Service: (800) 877-8339. BLS news releases, including the ECI, are available through an e-mail subscription service at: www.bls.gov/bls/list.htm. ______________________________________________________________________________________________ Table A. Major series of the Employment Cost Index (Percent change) Category 3-month, 12-month, seasonally adjusted not seasonally adjusted Sept. Dec. Dec. Mar. June Sept. Dec. 2015 2015 2014 2015 2015 2015 2015 ______________________________________________________________________________________________ CIVILIAN WORKERS[1] Compensation[2] 0.6 0.6 2.2 2.6 2.0 2.0 2.0 Wages and salaries 0.6 0.6 2.1 2.6 2.1 2.1 2.1 Benefits 0.5 0.7 2.6 2.7 1.8 1.8 1.7 PRIVATE INDUSTRY Compensation[2] 0.6 0.5 2.3 2.8 1.9 1.9 1.9 Wages and salaries 0.7 0.6 2.2 2.8 2.2 2.1 2.1 Benefits 0.5 0.4 2.5 2.6 1.4 1.4 1.3 STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT Compensation[2] 0.6 0.8 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.5 Wages and salaries 0.3 0.4 1.6 1.8 1.9 1.8 1.8 Benefits 0.7 1.4 2.9 2.8 2.7 3.0 3.5 ______________________________________________________________________________________________ [1] Includes private industry and State and local government. [2] Includes wages and salaries and benefits.
TECHNICAL NOTE The Employment Cost Index (ECI) measures the change in the cost of labor, free from the influence of employment shifts among occupations and industries. Detailed information on survey concepts, coverage, methods, nonresponse adjustment, and imputation can be found in BLS Handbook of Methods, Chapter 8, “National Compensation Measures,” Bureau of Labor Statistics, on the Internet at www.bls.gov/opub/hom/pdf/homch8.pdf. Sample size Data for the December 2015 reference period were collected from a probability sample of approximately 29,200 occupational observations selected from a sample of about 6,900 private industry establishments and approximately 8,800 occupational observations selected from a sample of about 1,500 state and local government establishments that provided data at the initial interview. Standard Errors To assist users in ascertaining the reliability of Employment Cost Index (ECI) series, standard errors of all current quarter estimates except seasonally adjusted series are made available shortly after publication of the news release. Standard errors provide users a measure of the precision of an estimate to ensure that it is within an acceptable range for their intended purpose. For further information see: www.bls.gov/ncs/ect/ectvar.htm. Health insurance data Data from the ECI that provide 12-month percent changes in employer costs for health insurance in private industry are available at www.bls.gov/web/eci/echealth.pdf. Historical listings Historical listings that provide all ECI data are available at www.bls.gov/ect/#tables. Included among these listings is one that provides continuous occupational and industry series. This listing uses the Standard Industrial Classification Manual and Census of Population series through 2005 and the North American Industry Classification System and Standard Occupational Classification from 2006 to the present. It provides the official series from the beginning of the ECI in 1975 through the current quarter. For more information on the criteria used in defining continuous series, see the article published in the Monthly Labor Review at www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2006/04/art2full.pdf. Employer Costs for Employee Compensation data The costs per hour worked of compensation components, based on data from the ECI, are published in a separate news release titled "Employer Costs for Employee Compensation" (ECEC). These releases are issued 3 months after the reference period. The ECEC release dates are available at: www.bls.gov/schedule/news_release/2016_sched.htm. Historical ECEC data are available in summary documents at www.bls.gov/ect/#tables. Since the ECEC is calculated with current employment weights rather than the fixed weights used in computing the ECI, year-to-year changes in the cost levels usually differ from those in the ECI.
Table 1. Employment Cost Index for total compensation(1), by occupational group and industry (Seasonally adjusted) Indexes (Dec. Percent changes for 3-months ended– 2005 = 100) Occupational group and industry Sep. Dec. Dec. Mar. June Sep. Dec. Mar. June Sep. Dec. 2015 2015 2013 2014 2014 2014 2014 2015 2015 2015 2015 Civilian workers All workers(2)............................. 124.5 125.2 0.5 0.3 0.7 0.7 0.5 0.7 0.2 0.6 0.6 Industry Goods-producing industries(3)............ 122.4 123.3 .4 .6 .5 .5 .6 .5 .7 .4 .7 Manufacturing.......................... 122.1 123.0 .4 .7 .5 .6 .6 .7 .7 .4 .7 Service-providing industries(4).......... 125.1 125.7 .5 .3 .8 .6 .6 .6 .1 .6 .5 Education and health services.......... 125.2 126.0 .5 .3 .5 .4 .7 .5 .6 .4 .6 Educational services................. 125.2 126.2 .5 .4 .5 .5 .6 .6 .6 .5 .8 Elementary and secondary schools... 124.7 125.9 .5 .4 .5 .5 .5 .6 .6 .6 1.0 Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and professional schools........................... 126.1 126.7 .5 .6 .4 .4 .7 .6 .7 .6 .5 Health care and social assistance(5) 125.3 125.9 .5 .1 .7 .3 .7 .4 .5 .4 .5 Hospitals.......................... 125.5 126.2 .4 .2 .6 .3 .4 .5 .6 .3 .6 Nursing and residential care facilities........................ 121.4 121.9 .3 .3 .3 .5 .5 .6 .6 .5 .4 Public administration.................. 128.4 129.3 .7 .5 .9 .4 .6 .2 .6 .6 .7 Private industry workers All workers................................ 124.0 124.6 .5 .3 .8 .7 .5 .7 .0 .6 .5 Occupational group Management, professional, and related.... 124.8 125.5 .4 .3 .8 .7 .5 .5 .2 .6 .6 Management, business, and financial.... 125.3 126.1 .6 .2 1.0 1.0 .4 .6 -.2 1.2 .6 Professional and related............... 124.4 125.1 .4 .3 .7 .5 .6 .5 .3 .2 .6 Sales and office......................... 123.5 124.0 .7 .3 .7 .7 .7 1.3 -.7 .7 .4 Sales and related...................... 120.0 120.0 .7 .3 .7 .7 .9 2.5 -2.3 .8 .0 Office and administrative support...... 125.9 126.9 .6 .3 .7 .5 .6 .5 .4 .6 .8 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance............................. 124.4 125.1 .5 .5 .9 .5 .7 .2 .3 .3 .6 Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and forestry................. 124.5 125.0 .5 .4 .6 .3 .8 .2 .7 .3 .4 Installation, maintenance, and repair.. 124.4 125.2 .4 .7 1.2 .7 .5 .2 -.1 .3 .6 Production, transportation, and material moving.................................. 123.0 123.8 .5 .7 .5 .6 .4 .8 .7 .4 .7 Production............................. 121.7 122.7 .5 .7 .3 .6 .6 .7 .6 .6 .8 Transportation and material moving..... 124.9 125.4 .6 .6 .7 .6 .2 1.0 .6 .4 .4 Service occupations...................... 122.7 123.2 .5 .1 .3 .8 .5 .7 .2 .5 .4 Industry Goods-producing industries(3)............ 122.4 123.3 .3 .6 .5 .6 .5 .5 .7 .4 .7 Construction........................... 122.4 123.3 .4 .2 .3 .6 .6 .2 .7 .6 .7 Manufacturing.......................... 122.1 123.0 .4 .7 .5 .6 .6 .7 .7 .4 .7 Aircraft manufacturing............... 110.1 110.6 .6 2.0 .7 2.0 .5 .3 .4 -.6 .5 Service-providing industries(6).......... 124.5 125.0 .5 .2 .9 .7 .5 .7 -.1 .6 .4 Trade, transportation, and utilities... 125.1 125.2 .8 .3 .8 1.1 .4 .3 .6 1.0 .1 Wholesale trade...................... 124.6 123.5 1.3 .1 1.4 1.7 .2 -.1 -.4 1.5 -.9 Retail trade......................... 123.9 124.7 .6 .2 .5 .9 .6 .5 1.1 .8 .6 Transportation and warehousing....... 126.2 126.6 .7 .4 .8 .7 .3 .5 .9 .5 .3 Utilities............................ 134.2 134.9 1.0 .6 .4 .9 .5 1.1 .5 1.1 .5 Information............................ 122.6 122.9 -.8 .7 4.7 .2 .5 1.0 -3.6 .7 .2 Financial activities................... 123.1 124.1 .6 .3 .6 .3 .6 .8 .6 .1 .8 Finance and insurance................ 123.3 124.5 .5 .1 .6 .3 .7 .7 .7 .1 1.0 Credit intermediation and related activities........................ 122.9 123.3 .1 .2 .8 .4 .5 .7 .8 .5 .3 Insurance carriers and related activities........................ 124.9 126.6 .7 .4 .4 -.1 .7 .7 .3 .5 1.4 Real estate and rental and leasing... 122.4 122.7 1.3 .8 .4 .7 -.1 1.5 .2 .2 .2 Professional and business services..... 125.9 126.6 .3 .3 1.0 .7 .5 1.4 -1.2 1.0 .6 Professional, scientific, and technical services.................. 127.8 128.5 .3 .4 .5 .6 .4 2.1 -1.9 .9 .5 Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services 123.4 124.1 .5 -.4 2.1 1.2 .7 .2 -.4 1.3 .6 Education and health services.......... 124.8 125.4 .5 .2 .6 .3 .7 .5 .4 .3 .5 Educational services................. 125.2 125.8 .5 .2 .5 .5 .6 .6 .3 .2 .5 Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and professional schools........................... 126.2 126.9 .5 .2 .6 .4 .6 .5 .4 .3 .6 Health care and social assistance(5) 124.7 125.3 .5 .2 .6 .3 .7 .3 .5 .3 .5 Hospitals.......................... 125.2 125.9 .3 .3 .5 .4 .4 .5 .6 .3 .6 Nursing and residential care facilities........................ 120.0 120.2 .3 .2 .3 .4 .5 .3 .7 .6 .2 Leisure and hospitality................ 120.9 121.7 .3 .4 .3 .6 .4 .8 .6 -.2 .7 Accommodation and food services...... 121.2 122.0 .3 .3 .3 .6 .3 .8 .4 -.1 .7 Other services, except public administration........................ 124.8 125.3 1.2 -.3 .3 .6 .0 1.0 .7 .5 .4 State and local government workers All workers................................ 126.9 127.9 .7 .5 .5 .5 .6 .5 .6 .6 .8 Industry Education and health services.......... 125.7 126.7 .6 .4 .4 .5 .6 .6 .6 .6 .8 Educational services................. 125.3 126.3 .6 .5 .4 .5 .6 .6 .6 .6 .8 Schools............................ 125.2 126.3 .5 .5 .5 .4 .6 .6 .7 .6 .9 Elementary and secondary schools 124.9 126.1 .5 .4 .5 .5 .5 .6 .6 .6 1.0 Health care and social assistance(5) 129.1 130.1 .5 -.2 .6 .6 .4 .9 .3 .5 .8 Hospitals.......................... 126.8 127.5 .5 -.3 .6 .4 .3 .4 .4 .6 .6 Public administration.................. 128.4 129.3 .7 .5 .9 .4 .6 .2 .6 .6 .7 1 Includes wages, salaries, and employer costs for employee benefits. 2 Includes workers in the private nonfarm economy except those in private households, and workers in the public sector, except the federal government. 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. 5 Includes ambulatory health care services and social assistance, not shown separately. 6 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.
Table 2. Employment Cost Index for wages and salaries, by occupational group and industry (Seasonally adjusted) Indexes (Dec. Percent changes for 3-months ended– 2005 = 100) Occupational group and industry Sep. Dec. Dec. Mar. June Sep. Dec. Mar. June Sep. Dec. 2015 2015 2013 2014 2014 2014 2014 2015 2015 2015 2015 Civilian workers All workers(1)............................. 123.1 123.8 0.6 0.3 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.2 0.6 0.6 Industry Goods-producing industries(2)............ 122.3 123.3 .3 .4 .6 .5 .6 .6 .7 .5 .8 Manufacturing.......................... 122.3 123.2 .5 .5 .7 .4 .6 .6 .7 .6 .7 Service-providing industries(3).......... 123.3 123.9 .5 .3 .7 .7 .5 .7 .2 .6 .5 Education and health services.......... 122.2 122.8 .4 .3 .5 .3 .6 .5 .5 .3 .5 Educational services................. 120.5 121.0 .3 .3 .3 .5 .4 .5 .6 .2 .4 Elementary and secondary schools... 119.5 120.0 .3 .3 .3 .5 .3 .3 .6 .3 .4 Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and professional schools........................... 122.3 122.7 .4 .4 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7 .4 .3 Health care and social assistance(4) 124.2 124.8 .5 .2 .6 .3 .7 .4 .5 .4 .5 Hospitals.......................... 124.3 124.9 .4 .3 .3 .4 .4 .4 .6 .5 .5 Nursing and residential care facilities........................ 120.3 120.6 .3 .3 .2 .5 .3 .7 .7 .7 .2 Public administration.................. 122.0 122.3 .5 .3 .6 .5 .5 .4 .4 .7 .2 Private industry workers All workers................................ 123.6 124.3 .6 .3 .8 .7 .5 .7 .2 .7 .6 Occupational group Management, professional, and related.... 125.0 125.8 .5 .2 .7 .7 .4 .5 .4 .8 .6 Management, business, and financial.... 125.6 126.5 .6 .2 .7 1.2 .2 .5 .2 1.5 .7 Professional and related............... 124.6 125.3 .4 .2 .7 .4 .6 .4 .6 .4 .5 Sales and office......................... 123.0 123.5 .6 .3 .6 .7 .8 1.8 -1.1 .7 .4 Sales and related...................... 120.6 120.5 .7 .3 .6 .9 1.0 3.5 -3.2 1.0 -.1 Office and administrative support...... 124.8 125.8 .5 .4 .5 .5 .6 .5 .6 .6 .8 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance............................. 123.0 123.6 .3 .5 .6 .5 .6 .3 .7 .2 .5 Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and forestry................. 122.4 123.0 .4 .3 .8 .3 .7 .3 .7 .3 .5 Installation, maintenance, and repair.. 123.7 124.3 .4 .7 .4 .7 .4 .4 .9 .2 .4 Production, transportation, and material moving.................................. 122.1 122.9 .6 .6 .7 .6 .4 .7 .7 .4 .7 Production............................. 121.2 122.2 .5 .6 .4 .7 .6 .4 .6 .6 .8 Transportation and material moving..... 123.2 123.8 .6 .7 .8 .7 .1 .9 .7 .2 .5 Industry Goods-producing industries(2)............ 122.4 123.3 .3 .4 .6 .5 .6 .6 .7 .6 .7 Construction........................... 121.5 122.5 .3 .2 .4 .6 .6 .5 .7 .6 .9 Manufacturing.......................... 122.3 123.2 .5 .5 .7 .4 .6 .6 .7 .6 .7 Aircraft manufacturing............... 131.4 132.3 .8 .8 .7 .5 .6 .9 .7 .6 .7 Service-providing industries(5).......... 124.0 124.6 .6 .2 .8 .7 .5 .8 .1 .6 .5 Trade, transportation, and utilities... 123.9 124.0 .9 .2 1.0 1.3 .3 .4 .4 1.1 .1 Retail trade......................... 124.2 124.9 .7 .1 .6 1.1 .6 .5 1.2 .9 .6 Transportation and warehousing....... 124.0 124.4 .7 .8 .8 .7 .3 .5 .8 .4 .3 Utilities............................ 131.3 131.9 .6 .8 .5 .8 .5 .8 .4 .7 .4 Information............................ 120.8 121.2 -.1 .4 .9 .0 .6 .6 .6 .6 .3 Financial activities................... 123.3 124.5 .8 .4 .3 .5 .6 .8 .5 .1 1.0 Finance and insurance................ 124.0 125.4 .6 .2 .2 .5 .7 .7 .4 .2 1.1 Credit intermediation and related activities........................ 121.6 122.1 .3 .1 .3 .8 .6 .6 .7 .7 .4 Insurance carriers and related activities........................ 123.6 125.6 .7 .5 .0 -.4 .5 .8 .0 .5 1.6 Professional and business services..... 125.9 126.7 .4 .1 1.0 .8 .5 1.6 -1.3 1.2 .6 Professional, scientific, and technical services.................. 127.8 128.5 .2 .3 .7 .6 .4 2.8 -2.5 1.1 .6 Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services 123.9 124.6 .6 -.4 1.7 1.3 .7 -.1 .3 1.4 .5 Education and health services.......... 124.1 124.6 .5 .2 .6 .3 .7 .5 .5 .3 .4 Educational services................. 123.7 124.3 .4 .2 .4 .5 .5 .7 .2 .2 .5 Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and professional schools........................... 124.1 124.7 .5 .1 .4 .3 .7 .4 .4 .3 .5 Health care and social assistance(4) 124.1 124.7 .5 .2 .6 .2 .8 .4 .5 .3 .5 Hospitals.......................... 124.5 125.2 .3 .4 .4 .3 .5 .4 .6 .4 .5 Nursing and residential care facilities(6)..................... 120.0 120.3 .3 .3 .3 .3 .4 .5 .8 .6 .3 Leisure and hospitality................ 122.0 122.9 .3 .6 .4 .7 .4 .8 .7 -.3 .7 Accommodation and food services...... 122.3 123.1 .3 .4 .4 .6 .5 .8 .4 .0 .6 Other services, except public administration........................ 124.9 125.6 1.3 -.4 .5 .7 .2 .8 .7 .5 .6 State and local government workers All workers................................ 121.0 121.5 .4 .3 .4 .5 .4 .4 .6 .3 .4 Industry Education and health services.......... 120.4 120.9 .3 .3 .3 .4 .4 .4 .7 .3 .4 Educational services................. 120.0 120.4 .3 .4 .3 .5 .4 .4 .6 .4 .3 Schools............................ 120.0 120.4 .3 .3 .3 .5 .3 .5 .6 .4 .3 Elementary and secondary schools 119.4 119.9 .3 .3 .3 .6 .3 .4 .5 .3 .4 Health care and social assistance(4) 124.3 125.2 .4 -.1 .4 .4 .4 .5 .5 .5 .7 Hospitals.......................... 123.2 123.9 .4 -.2 .4 .4 .3 .2 .6 .5 .6 Public administration.................. 122.0 122.3 .5 .3 .6 .5 .5 .4 .4 .7 .2 1 Includes workers in the private nonfarm economy except those in private households, and workers in the public sector, except the federal government. 2 Includes mining, construction, and manufacturing. 3 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. 4 Includes ambulatory health care services and social assistance, not shown separately. 5 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. 6 The nursing and residential care facilities wages and salaries series is seasonal as of the 2015 seasonal adjustment revision. Historical data for this series are published beginning with March 2010.
Table 3. Employment Cost Index for benefits, by occupational group and industry (Seasonally adjusted) Indexes (Dec. Percent changes for 3-months ended– 2005 = 100) Occupational group and industry Sep. Dec. Dec. Mar. June Sep. Dec. Mar. June Sep. Dec. 2015 2015 2013 2014 2014 2014 2014 2015 2015 2015 2015 Civilian workers All workers(1)............................. 127.8 128.7 0.5 0.5 1.1 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.1 0.5 0.7 Private industry workers All workers................................ 124.8 125.3 .3 .5 1.1 .5 .5 .6 -.2 .5 .4 Occupational group Management, professional, and related.... 124.2 124.9 .5 .2 1.1 .6 .7 .6 -.6 .3 .6 Sales and office......................... 124.7 125.4 .6 .3 1.2 .3 .6 .1 .1 .6 .6 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance............................. 127.5 128.4 .6 .6 1.5 .6 .8 .1 -.7 .6 .7 Production, transportation, and material moving.................................. 124.9 125.5 .4 .8 .3 .6 .5 1.1 .6 .6 .5 Service occupations...................... 123.9 124.4 .3 -.2 .2 .5 .5 .5 .3 .5 .4 Industry Goods-producing industries(2)............ 122.3 123.2 .4 .9 .2 .8 .4 .5 .6 .2 .7 Manufacturing.......................... 121.6 122.6 .3 1.2 .1 .9 .5 .8 .6 .1 .8 Service-providing industries(3).......... 125.8 126.2 .3 .3 1.3 .5 .5 .6 -.4 .5 .3 State and local government workers All workers................................ 138.8 140.7 .9 .7 .9 .4 .9 .5 .8 .7 1.4 1 Includes workers in the private nonfarm economy except those in private households, and workers in the public sector, except the federal government. 2 Includes mining, construction, and manufacturing. 3 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.
Table 4. Employment Cost Index for total compensation(1), for civilian workers, by occupational group and industry (Not seasonally adjusted) Indexes (Dec. 2005 = Percent changes for– 100) Occupational group and industry 3-months ended– 12-months ended– Dec. Sep. Dec. 2014 2015 2015 Dec. Sep. Dec. Dec. Sep. Dec. 2014 2015 2015 2014 2015 2015 Civilian workers All workers(2)............................. 122.7 124.6 125.1 0.4 0.6 0.4 2.2 2.0 2.0 Excluding incentive paid occupations(3) 122.8 124.7 125.3 .4 .6 .5 2.2 2.0 2.0 Occupational group Management, professional, and related.... 123.2 125.2 125.7 .2 .7 .4 2.2 1.9 2.0 Management, business, and financial.... 123.3 125.6 126.0 .1 1.0 .3 2.6 1.9 2.2 Professional and related............... 123.1 125.0 125.6 .3 .6 .5 2.0 1.9 2.0 Sales and office......................... 122.3 124.1 124.4 .6 .7 .2 2.4 2.1 1.7 Sales and related...................... 119.1 120.2 120.2 .9 .8 .0 2.7 1.9 .9 Office and administrative support...... 124.2 126.4 127.0 .4 .6 .5 2.3 2.2 2.3 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance............................. 123.5 125.0 125.4 .4 .5 .3 2.6 1.6 1.5 Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and forestry................. 123.1 124.8 125.3 .7 .5 .4 2.2 2.0 1.8 Installation, maintenance, and repair.. 123.9 125.2 125.5 .1 .4 .2 2.9 1.1 1.3 Production, transportation, and material moving.................................. 121.0 123.5 124.1 .2 .6 .5 2.2 2.3 2.6 Production............................. 119.5 121.8 122.6 .4 .6 .7 2.2 2.4 2.6 Transportation and material moving..... 122.9 125.6 125.9 .1 .5 .2 2.2 2.3 2.4 Service occupations...................... 122.9 124.7 125.2 .5 .6 .4 1.9 2.0 1.9 Industry Goods-producing industries(4)............ 120.4 122.5 123.2 .4 .5 .6 2.2 2.2 2.3 Manufacturing.......................... 119.8 122.1 122.8 .4 .3 .6 2.4 2.3 2.5 Service-providing industries(5).......... 123.1 125.0 125.4 .3 .6 .3 2.2 1.9 1.9 Education and health services.......... 123.4 125.3 126.0 .5 .7 .6 1.8 2.0 2.1 Educational services................. 123.1 125.5 126.2 .3 1.1 .6 1.9 2.3 2.5 Elementary and secondary schools... 122.6 125.0 125.8 .2 1.1 .6 1.8 2.2 2.6 Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and professional schools........................... 123.9 126.4 126.7 .5 1.1 .2 2.1 2.5 2.3 Health care and social assistance(6) 123.7 125.3 125.8 .7 .4 .4 1.7 2.0 1.7 Hospitals.......................... 123.8 125.5 126.1 .4 .3 .5 1.6 1.8 1.9 Nursing and residential care facilities........................ 119.4 121.4 121.8 .5 .6 .3 1.5 2.2 2.0 Public administration.................. 126.4 128.5 129.1 .5 .9 .5 2.4 2.1 2.1 1 Includes wages, salaries, and employer costs for employee benefits. 2 Includes workers in the private nonfarm economy except those in private households, and workers in the public sector, except the federal government. 3 The index for this series is not strictly comparable with other series in this table. 4 Includes mining, construction, and manufacturing. 5 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. 6 Includes ambulatory health care services and social assistance, not shown separately.
Table 5. Employment Cost Index for total compensation(1), for private industry workers, by occupational group and industry (Not seasonally adjusted) Indexes (Dec. 2005 = Percent changes for– 100) Occupational group and industry 3-months ended– 12-months ended– Dec. Sep. Dec. 2014 2015 2015 Dec. Sep. Dec. Dec. Sep. Dec. 2014 2015 2015 2014 2015 2015 Private industry workers All workers.................................. 122.2 124.0 124.5 0.4 0.6 0.4 2.3 1.9 1.9 Excluding incentive paid occupations(2).. 122.2 124.1 124.6 .3 .5 .4 2.1 1.9 2.0 Occupational group Management, professional, and related...... 123.0 124.9 125.3 .2 .6 .3 2.3 1.8 1.9 Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)...................... 122.6 124.3 124.7 .2 .3 .3 2.1 1.6 1.7 Management, business, and financial...... 123.0 125.4 125.7 .0 1.0 .2 2.6 2.0 2.2 Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)...................... 122.8 124.7 125.0 .4 .5 .2 2.3 2.0 1.8 Professional and related................. 122.9 124.5 124.9 .3 .3 .3 2.0 1.6 1.6 Sales and office........................... 121.9 123.6 123.9 .7 .7 .2 2.4 2.1 1.6 Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)...................... 122.6 124.8 125.4 .3 .6 .5 2.3 2.1 2.3 Sales and related........................ 119.0 120.1 120.1 .9 .8 .0 2.7 1.9 .9 Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)...................... 120.1 122.6 123.0 .3 .8 .3 2.0 2.3 2.4 Office and administrative support........ 123.8 125.9 126.6 .4 .4 .6 2.2 2.1 2.3 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance............................... 123.2 124.6 124.9 .3 .4 .2 2.6 1.5 1.4 Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and forestry................... 122.9 124.6 125.1 .7 .5 .4 2.2 2.0 1.8 Installation, maintenance, and repair.... 123.5 124.6 124.8 .0 .3 .2 3.0 .9 1.1 Production, transportation, and material moving.................................... 120.6 123.1 123.7 .2 .5 .5 2.2 2.3 2.6 Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)...................... 120.7 123.1 123.9 .3 .5 .6 2.3 2.3 2.7 Production............................... 119.4 121.7 122.5 .5 .6 .7 2.3 2.4 2.6 Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)...................... 119.5 121.8 122.7 .4 .5 .7 2.2 2.4 2.7 Transportation and material moving....... 122.4 125.1 125.3 .1 .6 .2 2.3 2.3 2.4 Service occupations........................ 121.1 122.6 123.2 .5 .4 .5 1.8 1.7 1.7 Industry and occupational group Goods-producing industries(3).............. 120.3 122.5 123.2 .3 .5 .6 2.2 2.2 2.4 Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)...................... 120.6 122.7 123.3 .4 .4 .5 2.1 2.2 2.2 Management, professional, and related.. 119.3 121.5 122.1 .1 .2 .5 2.1 1.9 2.3 Sales and office....................... 121.2 124.1 125.4 .5 .6 1.0 2.3 2.9 3.5 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance........................... 122.5 124.3 124.8 .6 .6 .4 2.2 2.1 1.9 Production, transportation, and material moving....................... 119.3 121.3 122.2 .5 .5 .7 2.3 2.2 2.4 Construction............................. 120.7 122.6 123.4 .5 .8 .7 1.8 2.1 2.2 Manufacturing............................ 119.8 122.1 122.8 .4 .3 .6 2.4 2.3 2.5 Management, professional, and related 119.9 122.2 122.6 .3 .0 .3 2.7 2.2 2.3 Sales and office..................... 122.0 125.2 126.3 .3 .6 .9 2.0 3.0 3.5 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance......................... 121.6 123.7 124.5 .5 .7 .6 2.6 2.2 2.4 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 118.9 121.0 121.9 .5 .5 .7 2.2 2.3 2.5 Aircraft manufacturing................. 110.3 110.2 110.1 -.1 -1.1 -.1 6.0 -.2 -.2 Service-providing industries(4)............ 122.8 124.5 124.9 .4 .6 .3 2.3 1.8 1.7 Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)...................... 122.8 124.7 125.1 .3 .5 .3 2.2 1.9 1.9 Management, professional, and related.. 123.7 125.5 125.9 .3 .6 .3 2.3 1.8 1.8 Sales and office....................... 121.9 123.5 123.8 .6 .7 .2 2.4 1.9 1.6 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance........................... 124.2 125.1 125.3 -.1 .2 .2 3.1 .6 .9 Production, transportation, and material moving....................... 122.5 125.4 125.6 .1 .6 .2 2.3 2.5 2.5 Service occupations.................... 121.1 122.6 123.2 .6 .4 .5 1.8 1.8 1.7 Trade, transportation, and utilities..... 122.6 125.2 125.0 .2 .9 -.2 2.6 2.4 2.0 Excluding incentive paid occupations(2).................... 122.2 125.0 125.4 .3 .6 .3 2.1 2.6 2.6 Wholesale trade........................ 123.3 124.6 123.4 .2 1.5 -1.0 3.4 1.2 .1 Excluding incentive paid occupations(2).................... 122.5 125.4 125.4 .3 .7 .0 2.1 2.7 2.4 Retail trade........................... 120.9 124.0 124.5 .5 .7 .4 2.2 3.1 3.0 Excluding incentive paid occupations(2).................... 119.9 122.6 123.2 .3 .7 .5 1.8 2.6 2.8 Transportation and warehousing......... 123.6 126.4 126.3 .0 .6 -.1 2.3 2.3 2.2 Utilities.............................. 130.0 134.2 134.3 .1 .7 .1 2.4 3.3 3.3 Information.............................. 124.4 122.7 122.7 .2 .5 .0 5.6 -1.1 -1.4 Financial activities..................... 121.0 123.2 123.8 .2 -.1 .5 1.8 2.1 2.3 Excluding incentive paid occupations(2).................... 121.8 124.4 124.7 .2 .2 .2 2.1 2.4 2.4 Finance and insurance.................. 121.1 123.4 124.1 .2 -.1 .6 1.7 2.2 2.5 Credit intermediation and related activities.......................... 120.3 122.8 123.1 .4 .2 .2 1.9 2.5 2.3 Excluding incentive paid occupations(2).................... 124.1 126.3 126.7 .4 .1 .3 2.8 2.2 2.1 Insurance carriers and related activities.......................... 122.6 125.0 126.1 .3 .2 .9 1.4 2.3 2.9 Excluding incentive paid occupations(2).................... 122.8 125.8 125.9 .1 .4 .1 2.4 2.5 2.5 Real estate and rental and leasing..... 120.2 122.4 122.6 -.1 .1 .2 1.9 1.7 2.0 Excluding incentive paid occupations(2).................... 123.6 125.9 126.2 .3 .0 .2 2.3 2.2 2.1 Professional and business services....... 124.2 125.9 126.5 .3 .8 .5 2.5 1.7 1.9 Professional, scientific, and technical services.............................. 126.3 127.8 128.3 .2 .7 .4 1.9 1.4 1.6 Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services... 122.0 123.4 124.0 .7 1.1 .5 3.7 1.8 1.6 Education and health services............ 123.3 124.9 125.4 .6 .5 .4 1.7 1.9 1.7 Educational services................... 123.9 125.6 126.0 .3 .9 .3 1.8 1.7 1.7 Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and professional schools............................. 124.8 126.6 127.0 .4 1.0 .3 1.8 1.9 1.8 Health care and social assistance(5)... 123.2 124.7 125.3 .7 .3 .5 1.7 1.9 1.7 Hospitals............................ 123.5 125.2 125.8 .5 .3 .5 1.6 1.9 1.9 Nursing and residential care facilities.......................... 118.2 119.9 120.2 .5 .6 .3 1.5 2.0 1.7 Nursing care facilities(2)......... 118.3 120.3 120.8 .5 .7 .4 1.6 2.2 2.1 Leisure and hospitality.................. 119.6 121.0 121.8 .3 .0 .7 1.7 1.5 1.8 Accommodation and food services........ 120.0 121.3 122.1 .3 .2 .7 1.5 1.4 1.7 Other services, except public administration.......................... 121.8 125.0 125.0 -.4 .7 .0 .6 2.2 2.6 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. 5 Includes ambulatory health care services and social assistance, not shown separately.
Table 6. Employment Cost Index for total compensation(1), for private industry workers, by bargaining status and census region and division (Not seasonally adjusted) Indexes (Dec. 2005 = Percent changes for– 100) Bargaining status and census region and division 3-months ended– 12-months ended– Dec. Sep. Dec. 2014 2015 2015 Dec. Sep. Dec. Dec. Sep. Dec. 2014 2015 2015 2014 2015 2015 Bargaining status Union.................................... 126.7 128.0 128.7 0.7 0.4 0.5 3.3 1.7 1.6 Goods-producing industries(2).......... 122.4 124.5 125.4 .4 .5 .7 2.3 2.1 2.5 Manufacturing........................ 117.4 119.3 120.4 .5 .6 .9 2.8 2.1 2.6 Service-providing industries(3)........ 130.0 130.8 131.4 .8 .3 .5 3.8 1.4 1.1 Nonunion................................. 121.5 123.4 123.8 .3 .6 .3 2.1 1.9 1.9 Goods-producing industries(2).......... 119.7 121.8 122.5 .4 .4 .6 2.1 2.2 2.3 Manufacturing........................ 120.6 122.9 123.5 .4 .3 .5 2.4 2.3 2.4 Service-providing industries(3)........ 122.0 123.9 124.2 .3 .6 .2 2.2 1.9 1.8 Census region and division(4) Northeast................................ 123.2 125.1 125.6 .4 .6 .4 2.6 2.0 1.9 New England............................ 124.8 127.6 127.7 -.3 1.8 .1 2.6 1.9 2.3 Middle Atlantic........................ 122.6 124.2 124.8 .7 .2 .5 2.5 2.0 1.8 South.................................... 122.7 124.3 124.6 .3 .3 .2 2.2 1.6 1.5 South Atlantic......................... 123.4 125.3 125.6 .4 .6 .2 2.3 2.0 1.8 East South Central..................... 119.8 121.7 122.4 .4 .3 .6 1.7 2.0 2.2 West South Central..................... 122.6 123.6 123.6 .2 -.1 .0 2.0 1.0 .8 Midwest.................................. 120.3 122.1 122.5 .2 .6 .3 2.1 1.7 1.8 East North Central..................... 119.1 120.8 121.1 .3 .3 .2 2.1 1.7 1.7 West North Central..................... 123.3 125.3 125.8 .2 1.2 .4 2.2 1.9 2.0 West..................................... 122.5 124.6 125.3 .5 .6 .6 2.4 2.2 2.3 Mountain............................... 120.6 123.4 124.0 .4 .7 .5 1.2 2.7 2.8 Pacific................................ 123.3 125.2 125.9 .5 .6 .6 2.8 2.0 2.1 1 Includes wages, salaries, and employer costs for employee benefits. 2 Includes mining, construction, and manufacturing. 3 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. 4 The census divisions are defined as follows: New England: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont; Middle Atlantic: New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania; South Atlantic: Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia; East South Central: Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, and Tennessee; West South Central: Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas; East North Central: Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin; West North Central: Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota; Mountain: Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming; and Pacific: Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon, and Washington. NOTE: The indexes for these series are not strictly comparable to those for the aggregate, occupation, and industry series. Dashes indicate data not available.
Table 7. Employment Cost Index for total compensation(1), for State and local government workers, by occupational group and industry (Not seasonally adjusted) Indexes (Dec. 2005 = Percent changes for– 100) Occupational group and industry 3-months ended– 12-months ended– Dec. Sep. Dec. 2014 2015 2015 Dec. Sep. Dec. Dec. Sep. Dec. 2014 2015 2015 2014 2015 2015 State and local government workers All workers................................ 124.7 127.0 127.8 0.4 1.0 0.6 2.0 2.3 2.5 Occupational group Management, professional, and related.... 123.7 126.0 126.8 .3 1.0 .6 2.1 2.2 2.5 Professional and related............... 123.5 125.8 126.7 .4 1.0 .7 2.1 2.3 2.6 Sales and office......................... 126.4 128.7 129.2 .4 .9 .4 2.4 2.2 2.2 Office and administrative support...... 126.5 128.8 129.3 .5 .9 .4 2.5 2.3 2.2 Service occupations...................... 127.1 129.6 130.0 .4 1.1 .3 2.3 2.4 2.3 Industry Education and health services............ 123.4 125.9 126.7 .3 1.1 .6 1.9 2.4 2.7 Educational services................... 123.0 125.5 126.3 .4 1.1 .6 2.0 2.4 2.7 Schools(2)........................... 123.0 125.4 126.2 .4 1.1 .6 2.0 2.4 2.6 Elementary and secondary schools... 122.8 125.1 126.1 .4 1.1 .8 1.9 2.3 2.7 Health care and social assistance(3)... 126.8 129.1 129.9 .3 .6 .6 1.4 2.1 2.4 Hospitals............................ 125.0 126.9 127.4 .2 .7 .4 1.1 1.8 1.9 Public administration.................... 126.4 128.5 129.1 .5 .9 .5 2.4 2.1 2.1 1 Includes wages, salaries, and employer costs for employee benefits. 2 Includes elementary and secondary schools; junior colleges; colleges, universities, and professional schools. 3 Includes ambulatory health care services and social assistance, not shown separately.
Table 8. Employment Cost Index for wages and salaries, for civilian workers, by occupational group and industry (Not seasonally adjusted) Indexes (Dec. 2005 = Percent changes for– 100) Occupational group and industry 3-months ended– 12-months ended– Dec. Sep. Dec. 2014 2015 2015 Dec. Sep. Dec. Dec. Sep. Dec. 2014 2015 2015 2014 2015 2015 Civilian workers All workers(1)............................. 121.2 123.2 123.7 0.4 0.7 0.4 2.1 2.1 2.1 Excluding incentive paid occupations(2) 121.0 123.1 123.6 .3 .6 .4 1.9 2.1 2.1 Occupational group Management, professional, and related.... 121.7 123.9 124.3 .2 .7 .3 2.0 2.1 2.1 Management, business, and financial.... 122.3 125.2 125.7 -.1 1.2 .4 2.3 2.3 2.8 Professional and related............... 121.3 123.1 123.6 .3 .4 .4 1.8 1.8 1.9 Sales and office......................... 121.1 123.0 123.4 .7 .7 .3 2.4 2.2 1.9 Sales and related...................... 119.3 120.7 120.7 1.0 .9 .0 2.8 2.2 1.2 Office and administrative support...... 122.2 124.4 125.1 .5 .5 .6 2.1 2.3 2.4 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance............................. 121.3 123.1 123.5 .4 .4 .3 2.1 1.9 1.8 Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and forestry................. 121.0 122.4 122.9 .7 .5 .4 2.2 1.9 1.6 Installation, maintenance, and repair.. 121.7 123.9 124.2 .1 .3 .2 2.0 1.9 2.1 Production, transportation, and material moving.................................. 119.9 122.2 122.8 .2 .5 .5 2.2 2.1 2.4 Production............................. 119.2 121.3 122.1 .4 .6 .7 2.3 2.2 2.4 Transportation and material moving..... 120.9 123.4 123.7 .0 .6 .2 2.3 2.1 2.3 Service occupations...................... 120.9 122.5 123.0 .5 .6 .4 2.0 1.8 1.7 Industry Goods-producing industries(3)............ 120.1 122.5 123.2 .4 .6 .6 2.1 2.4 2.6 Manufacturing.......................... 119.8 122.3 123.0 .3 .4 .6 2.2 2.4 2.7 Service-providing industries(4).......... 121.4 123.4 123.8 .3 .7 .3 2.1 2.0 2.0 Education and health services.......... 120.7 122.4 122.9 .5 .7 .4 1.7 1.9 1.8 Educational services................. 119.1 120.8 121.2 .3 .8 .3 1.6 1.8 1.8 Elementary and secondary schools... 118.1 119.7 120.1 .3 .8 .3 1.5 1.6 1.7 Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and professional schools........................... 120.5 122.6 122.9 .5 1.0 .2 1.7 2.3 2.0 Health care and social assistance(5) 122.6 124.2 124.8 .7 .4 .5 1.8 2.1 1.8 Hospitals.......................... 122.5 124.3 124.9 .5 .5 .5 1.5 2.0 2.0 Nursing and residential care facilities........................ 118.0 120.2 120.7 .5 .7 .4 1.3 2.4 2.3 Public administration.................. 120.2 122.0 122.3 .5 .7 .2 2.0 2.0 1.7 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. 5 Includes ambulatory health care services and social assistance, not shown separately.
Table 9. Employment Cost Index for wages and salaries, for private industry workers, by occupational group and industry (Not seasonally adjusted) Indexes (Dec. 2005 = Percent changes for– 100) Occupational group and industry 3-months ended– 12-months ended– Dec. Sep. Dec. 2014 2015 2015 Dec. Sep. Dec. Dec. Sep. Dec. 2014 2015 2015 2014 2015 2015 Private industry workers All workers.................................. 121.6 123.7 124.2 0.3 0.7 0.4 2.2 2.1 2.1 Excluding incentive paid occupations(1).. 121.5 123.6 124.2 .3 .6 .5 2.0 2.1 2.2 Occupational group Management, professional, and related...... 122.8 125.1 125.6 .2 .7 .4 2.2 2.1 2.3 Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)...................... 122.1 124.2 124.7 .2 .5 .4 1.7 2.0 2.1 Management, business, and financial...... 122.7 125.7 126.2 -.1 1.2 .4 2.4 2.4 2.9 Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)...................... 122.0 124.4 124.8 .3 .6 .3 1.9 2.3 2.3 Professional and related................. 122.8 124.7 125.2 .4 .4 .4 1.9 2.0 2.0 Sales and office........................... 121.3 123.1 123.5 .7 .7 .3 2.4 2.2 1.8 Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)...................... 121.6 124.1 124.8 .4 .6 .6 2.0 2.5 2.6 Sales and related........................ 119.4 120.8 120.7 1.0 .9 -.1 2.9 2.2 1.1 Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)...................... 120.0 122.9 123.3 .3 .9 .3 2.0 2.8 2.8 Office and administrative support........ 122.5 124.8 125.6 .4 .5 .6 2.0 2.3 2.5 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance............................... 121.4 123.2 123.5 .4 .4 .2 2.2 1.9 1.7 Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and forestry................... 121.1 122.6 123.1 .7 .5 .4 2.2 1.9 1.7 Installation, maintenance, and repair.... 121.7 123.9 124.1 .1 .4 .2 2.1 1.9 2.0 Production, transportation, and material moving.................................... 119.9 122.2 122.8 .3 .6 .5 2.3 2.2 2.4 Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)...................... 120.0 122.3 123.1 .3 .6 .7 2.3 2.2 2.6 Production............................... 119.1 121.2 122.0 .4 .6 .7 2.3 2.2 2.4 Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)...................... 119.2 121.4 122.2 .4 .6 .7 2.3 2.3 2.5 Transportation and material moving....... 120.9 123.4 123.8 -.1 .5 .3 2.3 2.0 2.4 Service occupations........................ 120.7 122.2 122.8 .5 .5 .5 2.0 1.7 1.7 Industry and occupational group Goods-producing industries(2).............. 120.1 122.5 123.2 .4 .6 .6 2.1 2.4 2.6 Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)...................... 120.4 122.8 123.4 .3 .6 .5 2.0 2.3 2.5 Management, professional, and related.. 120.4 123.4 124.1 .1 .5 .6 1.8 2.6 3.1 Sales and office....................... 121.3 124.4 125.5 .5 .8 .9 2.6 3.1 3.5 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance........................... 121.1 122.8 123.3 .7 .6 .4 2.3 2.1 1.8 Production, transportation, and material moving....................... 118.8 120.9 121.7 .4 .6 .7 2.1 2.2 2.4 Construction............................. 119.6 121.8 122.7 .5 1.0 .7 1.9 2.4 2.6 Manufacturing............................ 119.8 122.3 123.0 .3 .4 .6 2.2 2.4 2.7 Management, professional, and related 120.8 123.8 124.1 .3 .3 .2 2.4 2.8 2.7 Sales and office..................... 121.3 124.6 125.6 .2 .6 .8 1.9 3.0 3.5 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance......................... 121.6 123.8 124.5 .4 .7 .6 2.7 2.2 2.4 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 118.6 120.6 121.4 .5 .6 .7 2.2 2.2 2.4 Aircraft manufacturing................. 127.7 131.4 131.3 -.1 .4 -.1 2.7 2.8 2.8 Service-providing industries(3)............ 122.1 124.1 124.5 .4 .6 .3 2.3 2.1 2.0 Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)...................... 121.8 123.9 124.4 .3 .6 .4 1.9 2.1 2.1 Management, professional, and related.. 123.2 125.4 125.9 .2 .7 .4 2.2 2.0 2.2 Sales and office....................... 121.3 123.0 123.3 .7 .7 .2 2.4 2.2 1.6 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance........................... 121.7 123.7 123.9 .0 .2 .2 2.0 1.6 1.8 Production, transportation, and material moving....................... 121.1 123.7 124.1 .0 .6 .3 2.4 2.1 2.5 Service occupations.................... 120.7 122.2 122.8 .6 .5 .5 2.0 1.8 1.7 Trade, transportation, and utilities..... 121.5 124.0 123.9 .2 1.1 -.1 2.8 2.2 2.0 Excluding incentive paid occupations(1).................... 120.7 123.2 123.8 .3 .7 .5 2.1 2.4 2.6 Wholesale trade........................ 121.1 122.3 121.1 -.1 1.8 -1.0 3.8 .9 .0 Excluding incentive paid occupations(1).................... 118.9 121.4 122.0 .2 .6 .5 1.8 2.3 2.6 Retail trade........................... 121.1 124.3 124.9 .5 .8 .5 2.5 3.2 3.1 Excluding incentive paid occupations(1).................... 119.9 122.6 123.3 .4 .7 .6 2.0 2.7 2.8 Transportation and warehousing......... 121.7 124.3 124.2 -.1 .6 -.1 2.5 2.1 2.1 Utilities.............................. 128.3 131.4 131.4 .0 .5 .0 2.5 2.4 2.4 Information.............................. 118.5 120.9 121.0 .4 .5 .1 2.0 2.5 2.1 Financial activities..................... 121.3 123.4 124.1 .2 -.2 .6 1.8 2.0 2.3 Excluding incentive paid occupations(1).................... 121.9 124.5 124.7 .2 .2 .2 2.2 2.4 2.3 Finance and insurance.................. 122.0 124.2 124.9 .2 -.1 .6 1.7 2.1 2.4 Credit intermediation and related activities.......................... 119.0 121.5 121.8 .4 .2 .2 1.8 2.5 2.4 Excluding incentive paid occupations(1).................... 123.0 125.0 125.3 .5 .2 .2 2.4 2.1 1.9 Insurance carriers and related activities.......................... 121.6 123.8 125.2 .1 .4 1.1 .6 1.9 3.0 Excluding incentive paid occupations(1).................... 121.3 124.2 124.3 -.2 .5 .1 1.9 2.2 2.5 Real estate and rental and leasing..... 118.3 120.5 120.8 .1 .0 .2 2.2 1.9 2.1 Excluding incentive paid occupations(1).................... 122.0 124.3 124.6 .5 -.1 .2 2.6 2.4 2.1 Professional and business services....... 123.9 125.9 126.6 .4 1.0 .6 2.4 2.0 2.2 Professional, scientific, and technical services.............................. 126.0 127.8 128.4 .3 .9 .5 2.0 1.8 1.9 Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services... 121.7 123.8 124.5 .7 1.1 .6 3.1 2.4 2.3 Education and health services............ 122.6 124.1 124.7 .7 .4 .5 1.8 2.0 1.7 Educational services................... 122.6 124.1 124.5 .3 .9 .3 1.7 1.6 1.5 Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and professional schools............................. 123.0 124.5 124.9 .5 1.0 .3 1.5 1.7 1.5 Health care and social assistance(4)... 122.6 124.1 124.7 .8 .3 .5 1.9 2.1 1.7 Hospitals............................ 122.7 124.5 125.2 .5 .4 .6 1.7 2.0 2.0 Nursing and residential care facilities.......................... 117.8 120.0 120.4 .5 .7 .3 1.3 2.4 2.2 Nursing care facilities(1)......... 117.9 120.3 120.9 .5 .8 .5 1.5 2.6 2.5 Leisure and hospitality.................. 120.7 122.2 122.9 .4 .1 .6 2.1 1.7 1.8 Accommodation and food services........ 121.0 122.5 123.2 .4 .3 .6 1.9 1.7 1.8 Other services, except public administration.......................... 121.9 125.1 125.2 -.3 .7 .1 1.0 2.3 2.7 1 The index for this series is not strictly comparable with other series in this table. 2 Includes mining, construction, and manufacturing. 3 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. 4 Includes ambulatory health care services and social assistance, not shown separately.
Table 10. Employment Cost Index for wages and salaries, for private industry workers, by bargaining status and census region and division (Not seasonally adjusted) Indexes (Dec. 2005 = Percent changes for– 100) Bargaining status and census region and division 3-months ended– 12-months ended– Dec. Sep. Dec. 2014 2015 2015 Dec. Sep. Dec. Dec. Sep. Dec. 2014 2015 2015 2014 2015 2015 Bargaining status Union.................................... 123.1 124.8 125.5 0.8 0.2 0.6 2.8 2.2 1.9 Goods-producing industries(1).......... 119.5 121.2 121.9 .4 .4 .6 2.1 1.8 2.0 Manufacturing........................ 116.9 118.8 119.6 .2 .3 .7 1.8 1.8 2.3 Service-providing industries(2)........ 125.6 127.3 128.0 1.0 .1 .5 3.1 2.3 1.9 Nonunion................................. 121.5 123.6 124.0 .4 .7 .3 2.2 2.1 2.1 Goods-producing industries(1).......... 120.3 122.8 123.5 .4 .6 .6 2.1 2.5 2.7 Manufacturing........................ 120.5 123.2 123.8 .4 .6 .5 2.3 2.7 2.7 Service-providing industries(2)........ 121.7 123.8 124.2 .3 .7 .3 2.1 2.1 2.1 Census region and division(3) Northeast................................ 122.2 124.2 124.7 .4 .8 .4 2.6 2.1 2.0 New England............................ 125.3 128.5 128.4 -.6 2.4 -.1 2.9 2.0 2.5 Middle Atlantic........................ 120.9 122.6 123.3 .7 .2 .6 2.4 2.1 2.0 South.................................... 122.8 124.7 125.0 .3 .4 .2 2.2 1.9 1.8 South Atlantic......................... 123.4 125.6 126.0 .4 .7 .3 2.2 2.2 2.1 East South Central..................... 119.4 121.7 122.5 .5 .4 .7 1.8 2.4 2.6 West South Central..................... 123.1 124.4 124.3 .2 -.1 -.1 2.1 1.2 1.0 Midwest.................................. 119.1 121.4 121.8 .2 .7 .3 1.7 2.1 2.3 East North Central..................... 117.5 119.8 120.1 .3 .3 .3 1.6 2.2 2.2 West North Central..................... 123.1 125.3 125.8 .2 1.5 .4 2.0 2.0 2.2 West..................................... 122.2 124.4 125.2 .6 .8 .6 2.5 2.4 2.5 Mountain............................... 121.5 124.1 124.9 .6 .9 .6 2.3 2.7 2.8 Pacific................................ 122.5 124.6 125.4 .6 .7 .6 2.5 2.3 2.4 1 Includes mining, construction, and manufacturing. 2 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. 3 The census divisions are defined as follows: New England: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont; Middle Atlantic: New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania; South Atlantic: Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia; East South Central: Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, and Tennessee; West South Central: Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas; East North Central: Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin; West North Central: Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota; Mountain: Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming; and Pacific: Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon, and Washington. NOTE: The indexes for these series are not strictly comparable to those for the aggregate, occupation, and industry series. Dashes indicate data not available.
Table 11. Employment Cost Index for wages and salaries, for State and local government workers, by occupational group and industry (Not seasonally adjusted) Indexes (Dec. 2005 = Percent changes for– 100) Occupational group and industry 3-months ended– 12-months ended– Dec. Sep. Dec. 2014 2015 2015 Dec. Sep. Dec. Dec. Sep. Dec. 2014 2015 2015 2014 2015 2015 State and local government workers All workers................................ 119.4 121.2 121.6 0.3 0.7 0.3 1.6 1.8 1.8 Occupational group Management, professional, and related.... 118.9 120.6 121.1 .3 .7 .4 1.5 1.8 1.9 Professional and related............... 118.9 120.5 121.0 .3 .6 .4 1.5 1.7 1.8 Sales and office......................... 119.3 121.1 121.5 .5 .8 .3 2.1 2.0 1.8 Office and administrative support...... 119.7 121.5 121.9 .5 .8 .3 2.2 2.0 1.8 Service occupations...................... 121.4 123.1 123.6 .5 .8 .4 2.0 1.9 1.8 Industry Education and health services............ 118.8 120.6 121.0 .3 .8 .3 1.5 1.9 1.9 Educational services................... 118.4 120.2 120.6 .3 .8 .3 1.6 1.9 1.9 Schools(1)........................... 118.4 120.2 120.5 .3 .8 .2 1.6 1.9 1.8 Elementary and secondary schools... 118.0 119.6 120.0 .3 .8 .3 1.5 1.6 1.7 Health care and social assistance(2)... 122.5 124.3 125.2 .3 .6 .7 1.2 1.8 2.2 Hospitals............................ 121.7 123.2 123.9 .3 .6 .6 1.0 1.6 1.8 Public administration.................... 120.2 122.0 122.3 .5 .7 .2 2.0 2.0 1.7 1 Includes elementary and secondary schools; junior colleges; colleges, universities, and professional schools. 2 Includes ambulatory health care services and social assistance, not shown separately.
Table 12. Employment Cost Index for benefits, by occupational group, industry, and bargaining status (Not seasonally adjusted) Indexes (Dec. 2005 = Percent changes for– 100) Occupational group, industry, and bargaining status 3-months ended– 12-months ended– Dec. Sep. Dec. 2014 2015 2015 Dec. Sep. Dec. Dec. Sep. Dec. 2014 2015 2015 2014 2015 2015 Civilian workers All workers(1)............................. 126.2 127.9 128.4 0.4 0.6 0.4 2.6 1.8 1.7 Private industry workers All workers................................ 123.5 124.8 125.1 .3 .3 .2 2.5 1.4 1.3 Occupational group Management, professional, and related.... 123.4 124.3 124.5 .2 .2 .2 2.7 1.0 .9 Sales and office......................... 123.4 124.7 125.0 .3 .5 .2 2.4 1.4 1.3 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance............................. 127.1 127.6 127.9 .2 .4 .2 3.4 .6 .6 Production, transportation, and material moving.................................. 122.1 124.9 125.4 .4 .5 .4 2.2 2.7 2.7 Service occupations...................... 122.2 123.8 124.3 .5 .4 .4 1.0 1.8 1.7 Industry Goods-producing industries(2)............ 120.7 122.4 123.1 .3 .2 .6 2.3 1.7 2.0 Manufacturing.......................... 119.8 121.6 122.5 .4 .1 .7 2.7 1.9 2.3 Aircraft manufacturing............... 91.7 87.5 87.4 .0 -3.4 -.1 11.3 -4.6 -4.7 Service-providing industries(3).......... 124.6 125.7 125.9 .3 .3 .2 2.6 1.2 1.0 Bargaining status Union.................................... 132.6 133.2 133.9 .5 .7 .5 4.2 1.0 1.0 Nonunion................................. 121.7 123.0 123.3 .2 .2 .2 2.2 1.3 1.3 State and local government workers All workers................................ 135.8 139.2 140.6 .4 1.4 1.0 2.9 3.0 3.5 1 Includes workers in the private nonfarm economy except those in private households, and workers in the public sector, except the federal government. 2 Includes mining, construction, and manufacturing. 3 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.
Table 13. Employment Cost Index for total compensation,(1) and wages and salaries, for private industry workers, by area (Not seasonally adjusted) Percent changes for 12-months ended– Census region and metropolitan area(2) Total compensation Wages and salaries Dec. Sep. Dec. Dec. Sep. Dec. 2014 2015 2015 2014 2015 2015 Northeast Boston-Worcester-Manchester, MA-NH CSA... 3.2 3.0 2.2 3.5 3.6 2.5 New York-Newark-Bridgeport, NY-NJ-CT-PA CSA..................................... 2.8 1.6 1.4 2.6 1.7 1.4 Philadelphia-Camden-Vineland, PA-NJ-DE-MD CSA..................................... 2.0 2.1 1.6 2.0 2.2 1.5 South Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Gainesville, GA-AL CSA..................................... 3.2 2.0 1.7 1.6 2.2 2.1 Dallas-Fort Worth, TX CSA................ 2.5 2.0 1.7 2.3 3.3 2.9 Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX CSA....... 1.7 2.5 2.0 2.1 2.5 1.6 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL MSA..................................... 2.1 2.7 1.7 2.5 2.6 1.8 Washington-Baltimore-Northern Virginia, DC-MD-VA-WV CSA......................... 1.4 2.3 2.4 1.2 1.8 2.2 Midwest Chicago-Naperville-Michigan City, IL-IN-WI CSA............................ 3.3 1.1 .9 1.9 1.8 1.9 Detroit-Warren-Flint, MI CSA............. 1.0 1.9 2.5 .2 2.4 2.9 Minneapolis-St. Paul-St. Cloud, MN-WI CSA 2.3 2.4 4.1 2.6 2.4 4.9 West Los Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside, CA CSA 2.8 2.2 2.5 2.4 2.6 2.7 Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ MSA.......... 1.3 2.5 2.2 1.4 2.7 2.3 San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA CSA... 4.8 1.5 1.4 4.9 1.8 1.6 Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA........... 4.8 2.2 1.9 2.7 2.9 2.8 1 Includes wages, salaries, and employer costs for employee benefits. 2 Note that some of these areas are Consolidated Statistical Areas (CSAs) and others are Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs). For more information on metropolitan area definitions, visit the U.S. Census Bureau's Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas page on the Internet at http://www.census.gov/population/www/metroareas/metrodef.html.