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EMPLOYMENT COST INDEX - MARCH 2010
Compensation costs for civilian workers increased 0.6 percent, seasonally adjusted, for the 3-month period
ending March 2010, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Wages and salaries (which make up about
70 percent of compensation costs) increased 0.4 percent while benefits (which make up the remaining 30 percent
of compensation)--increased 1.1 percent.
Civilian Worker Data
Compensation costs for civilian workers increased 1.7 percent for the 12-month period ending March 2010.
This was smaller than the 2.1 percent increase for the 12-month period ending in March 2009. Wages and salaries
increased 1.5 percent for the current 12-month period, slowing from a 2.2 percent increase for the 12-month
period ending in March 2009. Benefit costs rose 2.2 percent, compared with a 2.0 percent increase for the
12-month period ending March 2009.
Private Industry Worker Data
Compensation costs for private industry workers increased 1.6 percent, compared to 1.9 percent for the
12-month period ending March 2009. The wage and salary series increased 1.5 percent for the current 12-month
period, compared to 2.0 percent for the period ending March 2009. The cost of benefits increased 2.0 percent for
the 12-month period ending March 2010 primarily due to increases in the cost of health benefits and defined benefit
retirement plans. In March 2009, benefits increased 1.6 percent. Employer costs for health benefits increased
4.5 percent for the 12-month period ending March 2010. In March 2009, the 12-month percent change was 4.6 percent.
Among occupational groups, compensation cost increases for private industry workers for the 12-month period
ending March 2010 ranged from 1.3 percent for management, professional, and related occupations to 2.1 percent
for natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations.
Among industries, compensation cost increases for private industry workers for the current 12-month period
ranged from 1.0 percent for professional and business services to 2.8 percent for financial activities.
State and Local Government Workers
Compensation costs for State and local government workers increased 2.0 percent for the 12-month period ending
March 2010. Prior published values ranged from 2.3 to 9.6 percent since the series began in June 1982. Wages and
salaries increased 1.8 percent. Prior published values ranged from 1.9 to 8.5 percent since the series began, also
in June 1982. Benefit costs increased 2.7 percent. Prior published values ranged from 1.2 to 8.3 percent since
the series began in June 1990.
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Table A. Major series of the Employment Cost Index
(Percent change)
Category 3-month, seasonally adjusted 12-month, not seasonally adjusted
Dec. 2009 Mar. 2010 Mar. 2009 Jun. 2009 Sep. 2009 Dec. 2009 Mar. 2010
CIVILIAN WORKERS1
Compensation2 0.4 0.6 2.1 1.8 1.5 1.5 1.7
Wages and salaries 0.5 0.4 2.2 1.8 1.5 1.5 1.5
Benefits 0.5 1.1 2.0 1.8 1.6 1.5 2.2
PRIVATE INDUSTRY
Compensation2 0.4 0.6 1.9 1.5 1.2 1.2 1.6
Wages and salaries 0.5 0.4 2.0 1.6 1.4 1.4 1.5
Benefits 0.3 1.4 1.6 1.3 1.1 1.0 2.0
STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Compensation2 0.5 0.4 3.1 3.2 2.4 2.4 2.0
Wages and salaries 0.5 0.4 3.0 3.0 2.1 2.0 1.8
Benefits 0.9 0.3 3.4 3.6 3.2 3.2 2.7
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, and methods 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 March 2010 reference period were collected from a probability sample of approximately 63,300 occupational
observations selected from a sample of about 13,300 establishments in private industry and approximately 11,600 occupations
from a sample of about 1,800 establishments in State and local governments.
Health insurance data
Data from the ECI that provides 12-month percent changes in employer costs for health insurance in private industry
are also available at www.bls.gov/ect/sp/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). The next ECEC release is scheduled for 10:00 AM EDT,
Wednesday, June 9, 2010. Historical ECEC data are available in summary documents. 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
Indexes (Dec. Percent changes for 3-months ended-
2005 = 100)
Occupational group and industry
Dec. Mar. June Sep. Dec. Mar. June Sep. Dec. Mar.
2009 2010 2008 2008 2008 2009 2009 2009 2009 2010
Civilian workers
All workers(2)............................. 111.1 111.8 0.7 0.6 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.6
Industry
Goods-producing industries(3)............ 108.8 109.8 .6 .5 .5 .3 .2 .2 .4 .9
Manufacturing.......................... 107.2 108.4 .5 .5 .4 .4 .3 .1 .4 1.1
Service-providing industries(4).......... 111.7 112.3 .8 .6 .5 .4 .5 .3 .4 .5
Education and health services.......... 113.3 113.7 .8 .7 .5 .7 .6 .3 .4 .4
Education services................... 113.4 113.8 1.0 .8 .5 .9 .7 .0 .5 .4
Elementary and secondary schools... 113.8 114.2 1.0 .7 .6 1.0 .6 .3 .5 .4
Junior colleges, colleges,
universities, and professional
schools........................... 112.6 112.9 .9 .8 .3 .8 .8 -.7 .7 .3
Health care and social assistance(5) 113.2 113.6 .6 .7 .5 .7 .5 .4 .4 .4
Hospitals.......................... 113.5 114.1 .9 .7 .7 .6 .6 .4 .6 .5
Nursing and residential care
facilities........................ 111.6 112.0 .8 .7 .6 .5 .5 .5 .3 .4
Public administration.................. 115.1 115.5 .6 1.1 .4 .8 1.0 .4 .6 .3
Private industry workers
All workers................................ 110.4 111.1 .7 .6 .5 .2 .3 .4 .4 .6
Occupational group
Management, professional, and related.... 111.0 111.6 .7 .7 .5 .0 .2 .2 .4 .5
Management, business, and financial.... 110.3 111.1 .8 .6 .5 -.4 .2 .1 .5 .7
Professional and related............... 111.6 112.1 .7 .7 .5 .5 .2 .2 .3 .4
Sales and office......................... 109.3 109.9 .6 .4 .2 .1 .1 .6 .5 .5
Sales and related...................... 105.6 106.3 .6 -.3 -.5 -.6 -.3 .7 .5 .7
Office and administrative support...... 111.8 112.5 .6 .7 .5 .5 .5 .4 .4 .6
Natural resources, construction, and
maintenance............................. 111.3 112.3 .5 .6 .7 .3 .3 .5 .5 .9
Construction, extraction, farming,
fishing, and forestry................. 112.5 113.3 .6 .6 .6 .2 .2 .5 .5 .7
Installation, maintenance, and repair.. 109.8 111.1 .3 .8 .7 .3 .5 .3 .5 1.2
Production, transportation, and material
moving.................................. 109.0 109.9 .5 .5 .5 .7 .4 .5 .4 .8
Production............................. 108.4 109.5 .5 .6 .4 .8 .4 .4 .5 1.0
Transportation and material moving..... 109.8 110.6 .6 .5 .4 .5 .4 .5 .4 .7
Service occupations...................... 111.9 112.3 .8 .6 .4 .7 .3 .7 .2 .4
Industry
Goods-producing industries(3)............ 108.7 109.8 .6 .5 .4 .3 .2 .2 .4 1.0
Construction........................... 111.8 112.2 .9 .5 .5 .0 .1 .3 .4 .4
Manufacturing.......................... 107.2 108.4 .5 .5 .4 .4 .3 .1 .4 1.1
Aircraft manufacturing............... 92.9 93.1 .6 1.3 .8 .5 .5 -.2 .4 .2
Service-providing industries(6).......... 110.9 111.5 .7 .6 .4 .2 .3 .5 .4 .5
Trade, transportation, and utilities... 108.9 109.9 .9 .3 .1 .2 .3 .5 .3 .9
Retail trade......................... 110.0 111.0 .9 .6 -.1 .2 .4 .9 .3 .9
Transportation and warehousing....... 108.4 109.1 .5 .3 .5 .4 .2 .4 .3 .6
Utilities............................ 112.4 115.5 1.0 .4 1.1 .4 .7 .5 1.2 2.8
Information............................ 108.4 108.8 .2 1.0 .3 .1 -.1 .5 .4 .4
Financial activities................... 108.9 109.7 .4 .3 .0 -.6 .8 .6 .6 .7
Finance and insurance................ 109.2 109.9 .4 .2 -.1 -.7 1.0 .6 .6 .6
Credit intermediation and related
activities........................ 108.4 109.0 .7 .6 .1 -.3 .8 .3 .7 .6
Insurance carriers and related
activities........................ 110.4 111.3 .3 .5 .4 .5 .4 .5 .3 .8
Real estate and rental and leasing(7) 107.9 108.7 .4 .7 .5 -.5 .5 .5 .5 .7
Professional and business services..... 112.5 112.9 .8 .9 .8 .1 .1 .2 .4 .4
Professional, scientific, and
technical services.................. 114.7 114.9 .9 1.0 1.2 -.1 .0 .3 .3 .2
Administrative and support and waste
management and remediation services 110.8 111.1 .7 1.0 .5 .4 .2 -.1 .7 .3
Education and health services.......... 112.9 113.3 .7 .7 .5 .7 .4 .4 .4 .4
Education services................... 113.2 113.3 1.3 1.2 .4 .6 .4 .2 .4 .1
Junior colleges, colleges,
universities, and professional
schools........................... 113.1 113.3 1.4 1.1 .5 .8 .4 -.2 .4 .2
Health care and social assistance(5) 112.9 113.3 .6 .6 .5 .7 .4 .4 .4 .4
Hospitals.......................... 113.2 113.8 .9 .8 .7 .5 .5 .5 .5 .5
Nursing and residential care
facilities........................ 110.9 111.4 .7 .7 .6 .5 .3 .5 .2 .5
Leisure and hospitality................ 112.8 113.3 .5 1.1 .7 .6 .0 .4 .2 .4
Accommodation and food services...... 113.6 113.8 .8 1.0 .8 .5 .0 .5 .2 .2
Other services, except public
administration........................ 111.9 112.0 .6 .5 .4 .5 -.1 1.0 .2 .1
State and local government workers
All workers................................ 114.2 114.7 .8 .9 .5 .8 .9 .2 .5 .4
Industry
Education and health services.......... 113.7 114.2 .9 .8 .5 .8 .9 .0 .5 .4
Education services................... 113.5 113.9 .9 .7 .5 .9 .7 .0 .6 .4
Schools............................ 113.5 113.9 .9 .7 .5 .9 .7 .0 .6 .4
Elementary and secondary schools 113.8 114.3 1.0 .7 .6 1.0 .6 .4 .4 .4
Health care and social assistance(5) 115.8 116.3 1.0 1.2 .7 .1 1.4 .1 .6 .4
Hospitals.......................... 114.7 115.2 .7 .7 .6 .7 1.2 .3 .7 .4
Public administration.................. 115.1 115.5 .6 1.1 .4 .8 1.0 .4 .6 .3
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; education services; health care and
social assistance; arts, entertainment and recreation; accommodation and food services; and other services,
except public administration.
7 Seasonally adjusted indexes and 3-month percent changes for this series are being published for the first
time with the 2010 seasonal adjustment revisions. Historical data for this series are published beginning with
March 2005.
NOTE: ECI series are reviewed annually for seasonality. Seasonal adjustment is discontinued for the private
wholesale trade compensation series as of March 2010, as no identifiable seasonality was found for this series.
Table 2. Employment Cost Index for wages and salaries, by occupational group and industry
Indexes (Dec. Percent changes for 3-months ended-
2005 = 100)
Occupational group and industry
Dec. Mar. June Sep. Dec. Mar. June Sep. Dec. Mar.
2009 2010 2008 2008 2008 2009 2009 2009 2009 2010
Civilian workers
All workers(1)............................. 111.3 111.7 0.8 0.6 0.5 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.4
Industry
Goods-producing industries(2)............ 110.2 110.5 .7 .6 .6 .1 .2 .4 .4 .3
Manufacturing.......................... 109.1 109.3 .8 .6 .6 .1 .3 .3 .5 .2
Service-providing industries(3).......... 111.5 111.9 .8 .6 .5 .4 .5 .3 .5 .4
Education and health services.......... 112.4 112.9 .8 .8 .5 .7 .5 .1 .4 .4
Education services................... 111.8 112.3 .9 .9 .4 .7 .6 -.2 .5 .4
Elementary and secondary schools... 111.8 112.5 .9 .9 .5 .7 .5 .1 .4 .6
Junior colleges, colleges,
universities, and professional
schools........................... 111.5 111.8 .8 .7 .3 .7 .8 -1.1 .8 .3
Health care and social assistance(4) 113.2 113.6 .6 .7 .5 .7 .5 .4 .4 .4
Hospitals.......................... 113.7 114.0 1.0 .9 .7 .5 .7 .4 .5 .3
Public administration.................. 113.3 113.6 .6 1.1 .5 .7 1.1 .4 .4 .3
Private industry workers
All workers................................ 111.0 111.4 .7 .6 .5 .2 .3 .4 .5 .4
Occupational group
Management, professional, and related.... 111.7 112.3 .7 .8 .5 .2 .2 .2 .4 .5
Management, business, and financial.... 111.0 111.8 .8 .7 .5 -.2 .1 .2 .5 .8
Professional and related............... 112.2 112.7 .8 .7 .6 .5 .3 .2 .2 .5
Sales and office......................... 109.4 109.8 .7 .3 .1 .1 .1 .6 .5 .4
Sales and related...................... 105.9 106.8 .6 -.4 -.6 -.6 -.3 .8 .5 .9
Office and administrative support...... 112.0 112.1 .7 .7 .6 .5 .5 .4 .5 .1
Natural resources, construction, and
maintenance............................. 112.1 112.6 .6 .7 .7 .2 .3 .5 .5 .4
Construction, extraction, farming,
fishing, and forestry................. 112.7 113.0 .6 .6 .7 .0 .2 .4 .4 .3
Installation, maintenance, and repair.. 111.2 112.2 .7 .7 .8 .5 .4 .4 .5 .9
Production, transportation, and material
moving.................................. 109.7 109.9 .8 .6 .5 .4 .5 .5 .4 .2
Production............................. 109.5 109.6 .7 .8 .5 .5 .3 .5 .6 .1
Transportation and material moving..... 110.1 110.4 .7 .4 .5 .4 .5 .5 .4 .3
Industry
Goods-producing industries(2)............ 110.2 110.5 .7 .6 .6 .1 .2 .4 .4 .3
Construction........................... 111.9 112.2 .8 .5 .5 .2 .1 .3 .2 .3
Manufacturing.......................... 109.1 109.3 .8 .6 .6 .1 .3 .3 .5 .2
Aircraft manufacturing............... 112.4 113.0 .8 .7 1.0 .8 .8 .9 .6 .5
Service-providing industries(5).......... 111.2 111.6 .8 .6 .5 .3 .3 .4 .5 .4
Trade, transportation, and utilities... 109.0 109.6 1.2 .3 .0 .3 .3 .5 .4 .6
Transportation and warehousing....... 108.5 108.9 .7 .6 .6 .3 .3 .4 .4 .4
Utilities............................ 113.6 114.0 .8 .3 .5 1.1 .5 .4 1.2 .3
Information............................ 109.3 109.6 .9 .9 .5 .1 .3 .5 .6 .3
Financial activities................... 109.2 109.8 .2 .2 -.1 -.7 .8 .6 .7 .5
Finance and insurance................ 109.8 110.2 .2 .0 -.1 -.9 1.1 .6 .8 .4
Credit intermediation and related
activities........................ 108.1 107.3 .5 .5 .1 -.2 .5 .4 1.1 -.8
Insurance carriers and related
activities........................ 110.6 111.3 .2 .6 .3 .4 .3 .5 .2 .6
Professional and business services..... 112.9 113.1 .8 1.0 .9 .1 .1 .1 .5 .2
Professional, scientific, and
technical services.................. 114.6 114.9 .9 1.1 1.2 .0 -.1 .3 .3 .3
Administrative and support and waste
management and remediation services 111.5 111.4 .6 1.2 .4 .4 .3 -.1 1.0 -.1
Education and health services.......... 112.8 113.2 .7 .6 .5 .7 .4 .4 .4 .4
Education services................... 112.5 112.5 .9 1.3 .2 .5 .4 .1 .6 .0
Junior colleges, colleges,
universities, and professional
schools........................... 112.2 112.4 .9 1.3 .2 .7 .4 -.4 .7 .2
Health care and social assistance(4) 112.9 113.3 .6 .6 .5 .8 .4 .5 .4 .4
Hospitals.......................... 113.4 113.7 1.0 .8 .8 .6 .5 .4 .5 .3
Leisure and hospitality................ 113.8 114.3 .5 1.1 .9 .6 .0 .5 .2 .4
Accommodation and food services...... 114.3 114.5 .8 1.0 .9 .6 .0 .5 .2 .2
Other services, except public
administration........................ 112.5 112.2 .6 .4 .5 .5 .0 .9 .2 -.3
State and local government workers
All workers................................ 112.5 113.0 .8 .9 .5 .6 .9 -.1 .5 .4
Industry
Education and health services.......... 112.1 112.6 .9 .8 .5 .6 .7 -.2 .5 .4
Education services................... 111.6 112.3 .9 .8 .5 .7 .6 -.2 .5 .6
Schools............................ 111.6 112.3 .9 .8 .5 .7 .6 -.2 .5 .6
Elementary and secondary schools 111.8 112.5 1.0 .9 .5 .6 .6 .2 .4 .7
Health care and social assistance(4) 115.5 115.9 1.0 1.3 .7 -.3 1.7 .0 .4 .3
Hospitals.......................... 115.0 115.3 .7 .7 .8 .4 1.3 .1 .6 .2
Public administration.................. 113.3 113.6 .6 1.1 .5 .7 1.1 .4 .4 .3
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; education services; health care and
social assistance; arts, entertainment and recreation; accommodation and food services; and other services,
except public administration.
NOTE: ECI series are reviewed annually for seasonality. Seasonal adjustment is discontinued for the civilian
nursing home and private retail trade wage series as of March 2010, as no identifiable seasonality was found for
these series.
Table 3. Employment Cost Index for benefits, by occupational group and industry
Indexes (Dec. Percent changes for 3-months ended-
2005 = 100)
Occupational group and industry
Dec. Mar. June Sep. Dec. Mar. June Sep. Dec. Mar.
2009 2010 2008 2008 2008 2009 2009 2009 2009 2010
Civilian workers
All workers(1)............................. 110.9 112.1 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.3 0.5 1.1
Private industry workers
All workers................................ 108.9 110.4 .5 .5 .4 .2 .2 .3 .3 1.4
Occupational group
Management, professional, and related.... 109.2 110.0 .7 .6 .4 -.4 .3 .0 .4 .7
Sales and office......................... 108.8 110.2 .5 .6 .3 .1 .1 .4 .3 1.3
Natural resources, construction, and
maintenance............................. 109.7 111.7 .2 .6 .5 .4 .3 .6 .5 1.8
Production, transportation, and material
moving.................................. 107.5 109.9 .1 .3 .4 1.1 .3 .4 .4 2.2
Service occupations...................... 110.8 111.5 .9 .3 .4 .4 .4 .5 .4 .6
Industry
Goods-producing industries(2)............ 106.0 108.4 .3 .1 .3 .6 .2 .0 .4 2.3
Manufacturing.......................... 103.7 106.6 -.1 .2 .2 .8 .2 -.2 .3 2.8
Service-providing industries(3).......... 110.1 111.2 .6 .6 .4 .1 .2 .4 .3 1.0
State and local government workers
All workers................................ 117.9 118.3 .9 .8 .7 1.0 1.0 .4 .9 .3
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; education services; health care and
social assistance; arts, entertainment and recreation; accommodation and food services; and other services,
except public administration.
NOTE: ECI series are reviewed annually for seasonality. Seasonal adjustment is discontinued for the private
aircraft manufacturing benefit cost series as of March 2010, as no identifiable seasonality was found for this
series.
Table 4. Employment Cost Index for total compensation(1), for civilian workers, by occupational group and
industry
Indexes (Dec. 2005 = Percent changes for-
100)
Occupational group and industry 3-months ended- 12-months ended-
Mar. Dec. Mar.
2009 2009 2010
Mar. Dec. Mar. Mar. Dec. Mar.
2009 2009 2010 2009 2009 2010
Civilian workers
All workers(2)............................. 109.9 111.1 111.8 0.4 0.3 0.6 2.1 1.5 1.7
Excluding incentive paid occupations(3) 110.5 111.6 112.4 .5 .3 .7 2.5 1.5 1.7
Occupational group
Management, professional, and related.... 110.9 111.7 112.5 .5 .2 .7 2.4 1.2 1.4
Management, business, and financial.... 110.0 110.4 111.7 .2 .2 1.2 1.7 .5 1.5
Professional and related............... 111.3 112.4 112.9 .5 .2 .4 2.7 1.5 1.4
Sales and office......................... 108.4 109.7 110.3 .1 .3 .5 1.5 1.3 1.8
Sales and related...................... 104.3 105.8 105.9 -1.1 .4 .1 -.7 .3 1.5
Office and administrative support...... 110.8 112.1 113.0 .7 .3 .8 2.6 1.9 2.0
Natural resources, construction, and
maintenance............................. 110.1 111.6 112.5 .3 .4 .8 2.2 1.6 2.2
Construction, extraction, farming,
fishing, and forestry................. 111.0 112.5 113.2 .2 .3 .6 2.3 1.5 2.0
Installation, maintenance, and repair.. 109.1 110.4 111.6 .5 .4 1.1 2.2 1.7 2.3
Production, transportation, and material
moving.................................. 108.0 109.3 110.3 .7 .2 .9 2.3 2.0 2.1
Production............................. 107.2 108.4 109.6 .9 .3 1.1 2.3 2.1 2.2
Transportation and material moving..... 108.9 110.4 111.2 .5 .2 .7 2.2 1.8 2.1
Service occupations...................... 111.5 113.0 113.5 .8 .4 .4 2.9 2.2 1.8
Industry
Goods-producing industries(4)............ 108.0 108.7 109.8 .5 .2 1.0 1.8 1.1 1.7
Manufacturing.......................... 106.5 107.0 108.4 .6 .2 1.3 1.7 1.0 1.8
Service-providing industries(5).......... 110.3 111.5 112.2 .5 .2 .6 2.3 1.5 1.7
Education and health services.......... 111.7 113.4 113.7 .5 .2 .3 2.9 2.1 1.8
Education services................... 111.8 113.6 113.7 .4 .1 .1 3.2 2.1 1.7
Elementary and secondary schools... 111.9 114.0 114.1 .4 .1 .1 3.4 2.3 2.0
Junior colleges, colleges,
universities, and professional
schools........................... 111.5 112.7 112.9 .5 .3 .2 2.8 1.6 1.3
Health care and social assistance(6) 111.7 113.2 113.7 .8 .4 .4 2.6 2.2 1.8
Hospitals.......................... 111.7 113.4 114.1 .8 .4 .6 3.0 2.3 2.1
Nursing and residential care
facilities........................ 110.3 111.5 112.1 .6 .2 .5 2.8 1.7 1.6
Public administration.................. 113.0 115.1 115.6 .9 .5 .4 3.0 2.8 2.3
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
Indexes (Dec. 2005 = Percent changes for-
100)
Occupational group and industry 3-months ended- 12-months ended-
Mar. Dec. Mar.
2009 2009 2010
Mar. Dec. Mar. Mar. Dec. Mar.
2009 2009 2010 2009 2009 2010
Private industry workers
All workers.................................. 109.3 110.2 111.1 0.4 0.2 0.8 1.9 1.2 1.6
Excluding incentive paid occupations(2).. 110.0 110.9 111.8 .5 .3 .8 2.2 1.3 1.6
Occupational group
Management, professional, and related...... 110.4 110.7 111.8 .5 .1 1.0 2.1 .7 1.3
Excluding incentive paid
occupations(2)...................... 110.5 110.8 111.8 .4 .0 .9 2.2 .6 1.2
Management, business, and financial...... 109.6 109.9 111.3 .1 .2 1.3 1.5 .4 1.6
Excluding incentive paid
occupations(2)...................... 110.2 110.3 111.6 .2 .1 1.2 1.8 .3 1.3
Professional and related................. 111.0 111.4 112.2 .6 .0 .7 2.5 1.0 1.1
Sales and office........................... 107.9 109.2 109.8 .0 .4 .5 1.2 1.2 1.8
Excluding incentive paid
occupations(2)...................... 110.3 111.4 112.2 .5 .3 .7 2.3 1.5 1.7
Sales and related........................ 104.3 105.8 105.8 -1.1 .5 .0 -.7 .3 1.4
Excluding incentive paid
occupations(2)...................... 109.9 111.0 111.5 .2 .4 .5 1.9 1.2 1.5
Office and administrative support........ 110.5 111.6 112.6 .8 .3 .9 2.5 1.8 1.9
Natural resources, construction, and
maintenance............................... 109.9 111.2 112.2 .3 .3 .9 2.1 1.5 2.1
Construction, extraction, farming,
fishing, and forestry................... 110.9 112.4 113.1 .1 .4 .6 2.1 1.4 2.0
Installation, maintenance, and repair.... 108.6 109.8 111.1 .5 .4 1.2 2.2 1.6 2.3
Production, transportation, and material
moving.................................... 107.7 108.9 109.9 .7 .3 .9 2.1 1.9 2.0
Excluding incentive paid
occupations(2)...................... 107.9 109.1 110.2 .8 .3 1.0 2.4 2.0 2.1
Production............................... 107.1 108.3 109.5 .9 .3 1.1 2.2 2.1 2.2
Excluding incentive paid
occupations(2)...................... 107.2 108.4 109.6 .8 .4 1.1 2.4 2.0 2.2
Transportation and material moving....... 108.4 109.7 110.5 .5 .1 .7 1.9 1.7 1.9
Service occupations........................ 110.7 111.8 112.4 .8 .1 .5 2.7 1.8 1.5
Industry and occupational group
Goods-producing industries(3).............. 107.9 108.6 109.8 .4 .2 1.1 1.7 1.0 1.8
Excluding incentive paid
occupations(2)...................... 108.3 108.9 110.2 .5 .2 1.2 1.9 1.0 1.8
Management, professional, and related.. 106.8 106.4 108.0 .2 -.1 1.5 .7 -.2 1.1
Sales and office....................... 107.3 107.8 108.2 .2 .3 .4 2.1 .7 .8
Natural resources, construction, and
maintenance........................... 110.4 111.7 112.6 .0 .4 .8 2.1 1.2 2.0
Production, transportation, and
material moving....................... 107.0 108.0 109.3 .8 .2 1.2 2.1 1.7 2.1
Construction............................. 110.9 111.7 112.1 .0 .2 .4 1.8 .7 1.1
Manufacturing............................ 106.5 107.0 108.4 .6 .2 1.3 1.7 1.0 1.8
Management, professional, and related 105.7 105.5 107.2 .3 .1 1.6 .8 .1 1.4
Sales and office..................... 107.3 107.5 108.2 .3 .3 .7 2.2 .5 .8
Natural resources, construction, and
maintenance......................... 106.6 107.7 109.5 .6 .3 1.7 1.9 1.6 2.7
Production, transportation, and
material moving..................... 106.7 107.8 109.1 .9 .3 1.2 2.1 1.9 2.2
Aircraft manufacturing................. 92.6 92.4 93.5 1.4 .0 1.2 3.2 1.2 1.0
Service-providing industries(4)............ 109.8 110.8 111.6 .4 .3 .7 1.9 1.3 1.6
Excluding incentive paid
occupations(2)...................... 110.6 111.5 112.4 .5 .2 .8 2.4 1.3 1.6
Management, professional, and related.. 111.1 111.6 112.5 .5 .2 .8 2.4 .9 1.3
Sales and office....................... 108.0 109.4 110.0 .0 .4 .5 1.1 1.3 1.9
Natural resources, construction, and
maintenance........................... 109.0 110.4 111.7 .6 .3 1.2 2.2 1.8 2.5
Production, transportation, and
material moving....................... 108.5 109.9 110.6 .6 .2 .6 2.0 1.9 1.9
Service occupations.................... 110.7 111.9 112.4 .8 .2 .4 2.6 1.9 1.5
Trade, transportation, and utilities..... 107.8 108.8 109.9 .3 .2 1.0 1.6 1.2 1.9
Excluding incentive paid
occupations(2).................... 109.3 110.4 111.5 .6 .3 1.0 2.2 1.6 2.0
Wholesale trade........................ 107.1 107.0 108.0 .3 .2 .9 1.3 .2 .8
Excluding incentive paid
occupations(2).................... 109.6 110.5 111.5 .5 .4 .9 2.0 1.3 1.7
Retail trade........................... 108.3 110.0 110.9 .2 .3 .8 1.6 1.8 2.4
Excluding incentive paid
occupations(2).................... 109.7 110.8 111.7 .5 .2 .8 2.2 1.5 1.8
Transportation and warehousing......... 107.4 108.2 109.0 .5 -.1 .7 1.7 1.2 1.5
Utilities.............................. 109.6 112.0 115.4 .6 .7 3.0 2.9 2.8 5.3
Information.............................. 107.7 108.3 109.0 .3 .3 .6 1.5 .8 1.2
Financial activities..................... 106.8 108.6 109.8 -.3 .3 1.1 .0 1.4 2.8
Excluding incentive paid
occupations(2).................... 109.4 110.4 111.7 .6 .3 1.2 1.9 1.5 2.1
Finance and insurance.................. 106.9 108.8 110.0 -.3 .2 1.1 -.1 1.5 2.9
Credit intermediation and related
activities.......................... 106.6 108.2 109.1 .1 .7 .8 1.0 1.6 2.3
Excluding incentive paid
occupations(2).................... 110.4 111.3 113.1 .3 .0 1.6 2.0 1.1 2.4
Insurance carriers and related
activities.......................... 109.1 110.0 111.3 .8 -.2 1.2 1.6 1.7 2.0
Excluding incentive paid
occupations(2).................... 109.7 110.8 112.1 1.1 .3 1.2 2.6 2.1 2.2
Real estate and rental and leasing..... 106.6 107.7 109.0 .0 .3 1.2 1.0 1.0 2.3
Excluding incentive paid
occupations(2).................... 109.9 110.6 111.3 .3 .2 .6 1.7 .9 1.3
Professional and business services....... 111.9 112.4 113.0 .3 .3 .5 2.7 .7 1.0
Professional, scientific, and technical
services.............................. 114.3 114.5 115.2 .4 .2 .6 2.9 .5 .8
Administrative and support and waste
management and remediation services... 109.9 110.7 111.1 .5 .6 .4 2.6 1.2 1.1
Education and health services............ 111.5 112.8 113.3 .8 .2 .4 2.7 2.0 1.6
Education services..................... 111.9 113.2 113.2 .5 .0 .0 3.5 1.7 1.2
Junior colleges, colleges,
universities, and professional
schools............................. 112.4 113.1 113.2 .7 -.1 .1 3.8 1.3 .7
Health care and social assistance(5)... 111.5 112.8 113.3 .9 .3 .4 2.5 2.1 1.6
Hospitals............................ 111.5 113.2 113.9 .7 .5 .6 3.0 2.3 2.2
Nursing and residential care
facilities.......................... 109.9 110.9 111.5 .5 .2 .5 2.6 1.5 1.5
Nursing care facilities(2)......... 110.1 111.2 111.9 .6 .3 .6 2.7 1.6 1.6
Leisure and hospitality.................. 112.2 112.7 113.5 .7 .0 .7 2.9 1.2 1.2
Accommodation and food services........ 113.0 113.5 114.0 .8 .1 .4 3.2 1.2 .9
Other services, except public
administration.......................... 110.8 111.5 112.2 .8 -.3 .6 1.9 1.5 1.3
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; education 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
Indexes (Dec. 2005 = Percent changes for-
100)
Bargaining status and census region and
division 3-months ended- 12-months ended-
Mar. Dec. Mar.
2009 2009 2010
Mar. Dec. Mar. Mar. Dec. Mar.
2009 2009 2010 2009 2009 2010
Bargaining status
Union.................................... 109.1 111.1 112.8 1.0 0.5 1.5 3.0 2.9 3.4
Goods-producing industries(2).......... 108.0 110.0 112.0 1.0 .5 1.8 3.3 2.9 3.7
Manufacturing........................ 104.4 105.8 108.6 1.6 .4 2.6 3.0 2.9 4.0
Service-providing industries(3)........ 109.9 111.9 113.5 1.0 .5 1.4 2.7 2.8 3.3
Nonunion................................. 109.4 110.1 110.9 .3 .2 .7 1.8 .9 1.4
Goods-producing industries(2).......... 107.9 108.2 109.1 .2 .2 .8 1.3 .5 1.1
Manufacturing........................ 107.1 107.5 108.5 .3 .2 .9 1.4 .7 1.3
Service-providing industries(3)........ 109.8 110.6 111.3 .4 .2 .6 1.9 1.1 1.4
Census region and division(4)
Northeast................................ 109.8 111.0 111.8 .3 .3 .7 2.2 1.4 1.8
New England............................ 109.9 111.5 112.3 .4 .3 .7 3.0 1.8 2.2
Middle Atlantic........................ 109.8 110.8 111.6 .3 .2 .7 1.9 1.2 1.6
South.................................... 109.8 110.7 111.5 .5 .1 .7 1.9 1.3 1.5
South Atlantic......................... 110.3 111.5 112.2 .5 .2 .6 1.7 1.5 1.7
East South Central..................... 108.5 109.3 110.0 .5 .1 .6 1.9 1.2 1.4
West South Central..................... 109.4 109.9 110.8 .4 .0 .8 2.0 .8 1.3
Midwest.................................. 107.9 108.6 109.9 .3 .2 1.2 1.8 .9 1.9
East North Central..................... 107.0 107.8 109.2 .0 .3 1.3 1.4 .7 2.1
West North Central..................... 109.9 110.7 111.6 .8 .1 .8 2.4 1.6 1.5
West..................................... 109.9 110.7 111.4 .5 .4 .6 1.9 1.2 1.4
Mountain............................... 110.5 111.0 111.3 .1 .1 .3 1.9 .5 .7
Pacific................................ 109.7 110.5 111.4 .5 .4 .8 2.0 1.3 1.5
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; education services;
health care and social assistance; arts, entertainment and recreation; accommodation and food services; and
other services, except public administration.
4 The states (including the District of Columbia) that comprise the census divisions are: 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
Indexes (Dec. 2005 = Percent changes for-
100)
Occupational group and industry 3-months ended- 12-months ended-
Mar. Dec. Mar.
2009 2009 2010
Mar. Dec. Mar. Mar. Dec. Mar.
2009 2009 2010 2009 2009 2010
State and local government workers
All workers................................ 112.3 114.3 114.6 0.6 0.3 0.3 3.1 2.4 2.0
Occupational group
Management, professional, and related.... 112.0 113.9 114.1 .4 .2 .2 2.9 2.1 1.9
Professional and related............... 111.9 114.0 114.0 .4 .3 .0 3.0 2.3 1.9
Sales and office......................... 112.4 114.7 115.3 1.0 .3 .5 3.3 3.1 2.6
Office and administrative support...... 112.8 115.0 115.6 .9 .3 .5 3.2 2.9 2.5
Service occupations...................... 113.4 115.6 116.1 .9 .6 .4 3.4 2.8 2.4
Industry
Education and health services............ 111.9 114.0 114.1 .4 .3 .1 3.0 2.2 2.0
Education services..................... 111.8 113.7 113.8 .5 .2 .1 3.1 2.2 1.8
Schools(2)........................... 111.8 113.7 113.8 .5 .2 .1 3.1 2.2 1.8
Elementary and secondary schools... 112.0 114.1 114.1 .5 .1 .0 3.4 2.4 1.9
Health care and social assistance(3)... 113.3 115.8 116.2 .1 .4 .3 2.9 2.3 2.6
Hospitals............................ 112.4 114.5 115.2 1.0 .4 .6 2.9 2.9 2.5
Public administration.................... 113.0 115.1 115.6 .9 .5 .4 3.0 2.8 2.3
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
Indexes (Dec. 2005 = Percent changes for-
100)
Occupational group and industry 3-months ended- 12-months ended-
Mar. Dec. Mar.
2009 2009 2010
Mar. Dec. Mar. Mar. Dec. Mar.
2009 2009 2010 2009 2009 2010
Civilian workers
All workers(1)............................. 110.0 111.2 111.7 0.4 0.3 0.4 2.2 1.5 1.5
Excluding incentive paid occupations(2) 110.7 111.8 112.3 .5 .3 .4 2.7 1.5 1.4
Occupational group
Management, professional, and related.... 111.0 111.8 112.5 .5 .3 .6 2.6 1.2 1.4
Management, business, and financial.... 110.4 110.9 112.1 .3 .3 1.1 2.0 .7 1.5
Professional and related............... 111.2 112.2 112.7 .5 .1 .4 2.7 1.4 1.3
Sales and office......................... 108.1 109.7 109.9 .0 .5 .2 1.3 1.5 1.7
Sales and related...................... 104.3 106.2 106.2 -1.2 .5 .0 -.9 .6 1.8
Office and administrative support...... 110.6 111.9 112.3 .7 .3 .4 2.6 1.9 1.5
Natural resources, construction, and
maintenance............................. 110.7 112.1 112.6 .1 .4 .4 2.4 1.4 1.7
Construction, extraction, farming,
fishing, and forestry................. 111.4 112.7 112.8 .1 .4 .1 2.2 1.3 1.3
Installation, maintenance, and repair.. 110.0 111.5 112.3 .4 .4 .7 2.8 1.7 2.1
Production, transportation, and material
moving.................................. 108.5 109.9 110.1 .5 .3 .2 2.3 1.8 1.5
Production............................. 108.2 109.4 109.8 .7 .2 .4 2.4 1.8 1.5
Transportation and material moving..... 108.8 110.4 110.6 .3 .2 .2 2.1 1.8 1.7
Service occupations...................... 111.2 112.7 113.0 .8 .3 .3 3.0 2.2 1.6
Industry
Goods-producing industries(3)............ 109.2 110.1 110.5 .2 .3 .4 2.0 1.0 1.2
Manufacturing.......................... 108.1 108.9 109.4 .4 .3 .5 2.1 1.1 1.2
Service-providing industries(4).......... 110.2 111.4 111.9 .5 .3 .4 2.3 1.5 1.5
Education and health services.......... 111.0 112.6 112.8 .5 .3 .2 2.8 1.9 1.6
Education services................... 110.5 112.0 112.2 .3 .2 .2 3.0 1.6 1.5
Elementary and secondary schools... 110.4 112.1 112.3 .3 .1 .2 3.2 1.8 1.7
Junior colleges, colleges,
universities, and professional
schools........................... 110.7 111.7 111.7 .4 .4 .0 2.6 1.3 .9
Health care and social assistance(5) 111.7 113.2 113.6 .7 .4 .4 2.6 2.1 1.7
Hospitals.......................... 112.0 113.7 114.0 .6 .4 .3 3.3 2.2 1.8
Nursing and residential care
facilities........................ 110.3 111.7 112.1 .5 .3 .4 2.7 1.8 1.6
Public administration.................. 111.3 113.3 113.7 .8 .4 .4 2.9 2.6 2.2
1 Includes workers in the private nonfarm economy except those in private households, and workers in the
public sector, except the federal government.
2 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
Indexes (Dec. 2005 = Percent changes for-
100)
Occupational group and industry 3-months ended- 12-months ended-
Mar. Dec. Mar.
2009 2009 2010
Mar. Dec. Mar. Mar. Dec. Mar.
2009 2009 2010 2009 2009 2010
Private industry workers
All workers.................................. 109.8 110.9 111.4 0.4 0.3 0.5 2.0 1.4 1.5
Excluding incentive paid occupations(1).. 110.6 111.6 112.2 .5 .3 .5 2.5 1.4 1.4
Occupational group
Management, professional, and related...... 111.1 111.5 112.5 .5 .2 .9 2.4 .9 1.3
Excluding incentive paid
occupations(1)...................... 111.2 111.7 112.5 .5 .2 .7 2.5 .9 1.2
Management, business, and financial...... 110.3 110.8 112.0 .3 .4 1.1 1.9 .7 1.5
Excluding incentive paid
occupations(1)...................... 111.0 111.2 112.4 .3 .1 1.1 2.4 .5 1.3
Professional and related................. 111.6 112.1 112.8 .6 .0 .6 2.7 1.1 1.1
Sales and office........................... 107.9 109.4 109.6 -.1 .4 .2 1.1 1.3 1.6
Excluding incentive paid
occupations(1)...................... 110.6 111.9 112.4 .5 .4 .4 2.4 1.7 1.6
Sales and related........................ 104.3 106.2 106.2 -1.3 .5 .0 -.9 .5 1.8
Excluding incentive paid
occupations(1)...................... 110.6 112.1 112.6 .2 .4 .4 2.1 1.5 1.8
Office and administrative support........ 110.6 111.8 112.2 .8 .4 .4 2.7 1.9 1.4
Natural resources, construction, and
maintenance............................... 110.6 112.0 112.5 .1 .4 .4 2.3 1.4 1.7
Construction, extraction, farming,
fishing, and forestry................... 111.4 112.7 112.9 -.1 .4 .2 2.0 1.1 1.3
Installation, maintenance, and repair.... 109.7 111.2 112.1 .4 .5 .8 2.7 1.7 2.2
Production, transportation, and material
moving.................................... 108.3 109.6 109.8 .5 .2 .2 2.2 1.7 1.4
Excluding incentive paid
occupations(1)...................... 108.6 109.9 110.3 .6 .3 .4 2.5 1.8 1.6
Production............................... 108.1 109.3 109.6 .7 .3 .3 2.4 1.8 1.4
Excluding incentive paid
occupations(1)...................... 108.2 109.4 109.7 .6 .3 .3 2.6 1.7 1.4
Transportation and material moving....... 108.5 110.1 110.2 .2 .2 .1 1.9 1.7 1.6
Service occupations........................ 111.0 112.3 112.6 .8 .2 .3 2.9 2.0 1.4
Industry and occupational group
Goods-producing industries(2).............. 109.2 110.0 110.5 .2 .2 .5 2.0 .9 1.2
Excluding incentive paid
occupations(1)...................... 109.7 110.5 111.0 .3 .3 .5 2.1 1.0 1.2
Management, professional, and related.. 109.3 109.4 110.5 .5 .0 1.0 1.5 .6 1.1
Sales and office....................... 108.1 108.8 108.4 .2 .4 -.4 2.2 .8 .3
Natural resources, construction, and
maintenance........................... 111.1 112.3 112.6 -.2 .4 .3 2.1 .9 1.4
Production, transportation, and
material moving....................... 108.0 109.1 109.4 .4 .2 .3 2.2 1.4 1.3
Construction............................. 111.2 111.9 112.1 .1 .2 .2 2.0 .7 .8
Manufacturing............................ 108.1 108.9 109.4 .4 .3 .5 2.1 1.1 1.2
Management, professional, and related 108.4 108.7 110.0 .6 .1 1.2 1.6 .8 1.5
Sales and office..................... 108.2 108.7 108.3 .1 .4 -.4 2.6 .6 .1
Natural resources, construction, and
maintenance......................... 108.8 109.9 110.4 -.2 .2 .5 1.9 .8 1.5
Production, transportation, and
material moving..................... 107.7 108.9 109.2 .4 .3 .3 2.2 1.5 1.4
Aircraft manufacturing................. 110.5 111.5 113.7 2.2 .0 2.0 3.3 3.1 2.9
Service-providing industries(3)............ 110.0 111.1 111.7 .4 .3 .5 2.1 1.4 1.5
Excluding incentive paid
occupations(1)...................... 110.9 111.9 112.5 .5 .2 .5 2.7 1.5 1.4
Management, professional, and related.. 111.4 111.9 112.8 .5 .2 .8 2.6 1.0 1.3
Sales and office....................... 107.9 109.5 109.8 -.1 .5 .3 1.0 1.4 1.8
Natural resources, construction, and
maintenance........................... 109.9 111.6 112.5 .5 .4 .8 2.8 2.1 2.4
Production, transportation, and
material moving....................... 108.6 110.2 110.4 .5 .2 .2 2.2 1.9 1.7
Service occupations.................... 111.0 112.3 112.6 .8 .1 .3 2.8 2.0 1.4
Trade, transportation, and utilities..... 107.8 108.9 109.5 .4 .2 .6 1.8 1.4 1.6
Excluding incentive paid
occupations(1).................... 109.5 110.8 111.4 .6 .3 .5 2.5 1.7 1.7
Wholesale trade........................ 106.8 106.4 107.1 .4 .2 .7 1.5 .0 .3
Excluding incentive paid
occupations(1).................... 109.9 110.7 111.2 .5 .3 .5 2.3 1.3 1.2
Retail trade........................... 108.3 110.4 111.0 .2 .4 .5 1.8 2.1 2.5
Excluding incentive paid
occupations(1).................... 109.8 111.2 111.8 .5 .2 .5 2.5 1.7 1.8
Transportation and warehousing......... 107.2 108.3 108.7 .3 .0 .4 2.1 1.3 1.4
Utilities.............................. 111.0 113.3 113.9 1.3 1.0 .5 2.8 3.4 2.6
Information.............................. 107.8 109.1 109.6 .3 .4 .5 2.4 1.5 1.7
Financial activities..................... 106.8 108.9 109.8 -.4 .4 .8 -.4 1.6 2.8
Excluding incentive paid
occupations(1).................... 110.1 111.0 112.2 .6 .3 1.1 1.9 1.5 1.9
Finance and insurance.................. 107.1 109.4 110.2 -.5 .4 .7 -.7 1.7 2.9
Credit intermediation and related
activities.......................... 106.1 107.8 107.4 .3 .9 -.4 .9 1.9 1.2
Excluding incentive paid
occupations(1).................... 111.1 111.7 112.3 .6 .1 .5 2.2 1.2 1.1
Insurance carriers and related
activities.......................... 109.4 110.2 111.2 .6 -.4 .9 1.4 1.3 1.6
Excluding incentive paid
occupations(1).................... 109.9 111.0 111.8 .9 .3 .7 2.6 1.9 1.7
Real estate and rental and leasing..... 105.6 106.8 107.9 -.1 .5 1.0 1.1 1.0 2.2
Excluding incentive paid
occupations(1).................... 109.4 110.2 110.3 .4 .5 .1 1.9 1.1 .8
Professional and business services....... 112.3 112.7 113.3 .4 .4 .5 2.9 .7 .9
Professional, scientific, and technical
services.............................. 114.4 114.4 115.2 .4 .2 .7 3.2 .4 .7
Administrative and support and waste
management and remediation services... 110.2 111.4 111.4 .5 .9 .0 2.6 1.5 1.1
Education and health services............ 111.4 112.8 113.2 .7 .3 .4 2.6 2.0 1.6
Education services..................... 111.1 112.6 112.5 .3 .4 -.1 3.0 1.6 1.3
Junior colleges, colleges,
universities, and professional
schools............................. 111.2 112.4 112.3 .5 .4 -.1 3.2 1.5 1.0
Health care and social assistance(4)... 111.5 112.8 113.3 .8 .3 .4 2.6 2.0 1.6
Hospitals............................ 111.8 113.4 113.7 .6 .4 .3 3.3 2.1 1.7
Nursing and residential care
facilities.......................... 110.3 111.5 111.8 .5 .3 .3 2.7 1.6 1.4
Nursing care facilities(1)......... 110.2 111.5 112.0 .6 .3 .4 2.6 1.8 1.6
Leisure and hospitality.................. 113.1 113.8 114.5 .7 .1 .6 3.1 1.3 1.2
Accommodation and food services........ 113.7 114.3 114.7 .8 .1 .3 3.4 1.3 .9
Other services, except public
administration.......................... 111.4 112.1 112.3 .9 -.4 .2 2.0 1.5 .8
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; education 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
Indexes (Dec. 2005 = Percent changes for-
100)
Bargaining status and census region and
division 3-months ended- 12-months ended-
Mar. Dec. Mar.
2009 2009 2010
Mar. Dec. Mar. Mar. Dec. Mar.
2009 2009 2010 2009 2009 2010
Bargaining status
Union.................................... 108.8 110.9 111.5 0.6 0.6 0.5 3.1 2.6 2.5
Goods-producing industries(1).......... 108.2 109.8 110.2 .5 .3 .4 2.9 1.9 1.8
Manufacturing........................ 106.0 107.3 107.8 .5 .3 .5 2.5 1.7 1.7
Service-providing industries(2)........ 109.2 111.6 112.4 .8 .7 .7 3.2 3.0 2.9
Nonunion................................. 110.0 110.9 111.4 .4 .3 .5 1.9 1.2 1.3
Goods-producing industries(1).......... 109.5 110.1 110.6 .2 .2 .5 1.7 .7 1.0
Manufacturing........................ 108.6 109.3 109.8 .4 .2 .5 1.9 1.0 1.1
Service-providing industries(2)........ 110.1 111.0 111.6 .4 .2 .5 2.0 1.2 1.4
Census region and division(3)
Northeast................................ 109.9 111.1 111.7 .3 .3 .5 2.2 1.4 1.6
New England............................ 110.5 112.1 112.6 .2 .4 .4 3.2 1.6 1.9
Middle Atlantic........................ 109.7 110.7 111.3 .3 .3 .5 2.0 1.2 1.5
South.................................... 110.4 111.5 111.9 .4 .2 .4 2.1 1.4 1.4
South Atlantic......................... 110.8 112.2 112.5 .5 .3 .3 2.0 1.7 1.5
East South Central..................... 109.2 110.2 110.8 .2 .1 .5 1.9 1.1 1.5
West South Central..................... 110.1 110.9 111.3 .3 .1 .4 2.1 1.0 1.1
Midwest.................................. 108.4 109.2 109.9 .4 .3 .6 2.0 1.1 1.4
East North Central..................... 107.5 108.3 109.1 .1 .3 .7 1.6 .8 1.5
West North Central..................... 110.7 111.4 111.9 .9 .2 .4 2.6 1.5 1.1
West..................................... 110.5 111.6 112.1 .4 .4 .4 2.0 1.4 1.4
Mountain............................... 111.1 111.9 112.3 .1 .0 .4 2.0 .8 1.1
Pacific................................ 110.3 111.5 112.0 .5 .5 .4 2.0 1.5 1.5
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; education services;
health care and social assistance; arts, entertainment and recreation; accommodation and food services; and
other services, except public administration.
3 The states (including the District of Columbia) that comprise the census divisions are: 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
Indexes (Dec. 2005 = Percent changes for-
100)
Occupational group and industry 3-months ended- 12-months ended-
Mar. Dec. Mar.
2009 2009 2010
Mar. Dec. Mar. Mar. Dec. Mar.
2009 2009 2010 2009 2009 2010
State and local government workers
All workers................................ 110.9 112.6 112.9 0.5 0.2 0.3 3.0 2.0 1.8
Occupational group
Management, professional, and related.... 110.7 112.3 112.5 .3 .2 .2 2.9 1.7 1.6
Professional and related............... 110.6 112.3 112.5 .3 .2 .2 2.9 1.8 1.7
Sales and office......................... 110.5 112.4 112.9 .7 .3 .4 2.9 2.5 2.2
Office and administrative support...... 111.0 112.9 113.3 .8 .3 .4 3.0 2.5 2.1
Service occupations...................... 112.0 113.8 114.3 1.0 .4 .4 3.4 2.6 2.1
Industry
Education and health services............ 110.7 112.3 112.5 .2 .2 .2 3.0 1.6 1.6
Education services..................... 110.4 111.9 112.1 .3 .2 .2 3.0 1.6 1.5
Schools(1)........................... 110.4 111.9 112.1 .3 .2 .2 3.0 1.6 1.5
Elementary and secondary schools... 110.3 112.1 112.3 .2 .1 .2 3.2 1.8 1.8
Health care and social assistance(2)... 113.1 115.6 115.9 -.3 .3 .3 2.7 1.9 2.5
Hospitals............................ 112.8 114.9 115.4 .6 .4 .4 2.7 2.5 2.3
Public administration.................... 111.3 113.3 113.7 .8 .4 .4 2.9 2.6 2.2
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
Indexes (Dec. 2005 = Percent changes for-
100)
Occupational group, industry, and
bargaining status 3-months ended- 12-months ended-
Mar. Dec. Mar.
2009 2009 2010
Mar. Dec. Mar. Mar. Dec. Mar.
2009 2009 2010 2009 2009 2010
Civilian workers
All workers(1)............................. 109.7 110.7 112.1 0.5 0.1 1.3 2.0 1.5 2.2
Private industry workers
All workers................................ 108.2 108.8 110.4 .5 .1 1.5 1.6 1.0 2.0
Occupational group
Management, professional, and related.... 108.8 108.8 110.2 .3 -.1 1.3 1.4 .3 1.3
Sales and office......................... 108.0 108.7 110.2 .2 .2 1.4 1.4 .8 2.0
Natural resources, construction, and
maintenance............................. 108.2 109.5 111.6 .5 .2 1.9 1.6 1.7 3.1
Production, transportation, and material
moving.................................. 106.4 107.4 110.0 1.2 .3 2.4 1.9 2.2 3.4
Service occupations...................... 109.7 110.5 111.7 .8 .1 1.1 2.0 1.6 1.8
Industry
Goods-producing industries(2)............ 105.4 105.8 108.4 .7 .1 2.5 1.3 1.1 2.8
Manufacturing.......................... 103.5 103.6 106.6 1.0 .2 2.9 1.2 1.1 3.0
Aircraft manufacturing............... 73.4 72.1 71.9 .1 .1 -.3 3.2 -1.6 -2.0
Service-providing industries(3).......... 109.3 109.9 111.3 .4 .0 1.3 1.6 .9 1.8
Bargaining status
Union.................................... 109.5 111.4 114.9 1.6 .5 3.1 2.7 3.3 4.9
Nonunion................................. 107.9 108.2 109.5 .3 .0 1.2 1.3 .6 1.5
State and local government workers
All workers................................ 115.2 117.9 118.3 .9 .3 .3 3.4 3.2 2.7
1 Includes workers in the private nonfarm economy except those in private households, and workers in the
public sector, except the federal government.
2 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; education 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
Percent changes for 12-months ended-
Census region and metropolitan area Total compensation Wages and salaries
Mar. Dec. Mar. Mar. Dec. Mar.
2009 2009 2010 2009 2009 2010
Northeast
Boston-Worcester-Manchester, MA-NH CSA... 3.5 1.5 2.0 3.9 1.4 1.8
New York-Newark-Bridgeport, NY-NJ-CT-PA
CSA..................................... 1.7 1.3 1.6 1.8 1.4 1.5
Philadelphia-Camden-Vineland, PA-NJ-DE-MD
CSA..................................... 4.4 1.4 1.4 4.6 1.2 .6
South
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Gainesville, GA-AL
CSA..................................... .8 .4 1.6 .7 .0 .8
Dallas-Fort Worth, TX CSA................ 1.9 .6 1.4 2.5 .5 .8
Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX CSA....... 2.1 .6 .8 2.3 .8 .8
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL
MSA..................................... 1.6 .5 .4 3.3 1.0 .2
Washington-Baltimore-Northern Virginia,
DC-MD-VA-WV CSA......................... 2.0 1.6 1.7 2.2 2.0 1.6
Midwest
Chicago-Naperville-Michigan City,
IL-IN-WI CSA............................ 1.9 .6 2.4 1.5 .5 1.8
Detroit-Warren-Flint, MI CSA............. 2.6 1.1 2.6 3.3 1.1 1.2
Minneapolis-St. Paul-St. Cloud, MN-WI CSA .5 .3 2.0 1.1 1.1 2.2
West
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside, CA CSA 1.4 1.3 1.5 1.5 1.6 1.8
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ MSA.......... 2.5 -2.4 -.8 3.0 -2.5 -1.7
San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA CSA... 1.5 1.4 1.6 1.3 1.1 1.2
Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA(2)........ - 1.4 .8 - 2.2 1.3
1 Includes wages, salaries, and employer costs for employee benefits.
2 Data for these series are published beginning with the 12-months ended September
2009.
United States Department of Labor
