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EMPLOYMENT COST INDEX - JUNE 2012
Compensation costs for civilian workers increased 0.5 percent, seasonally adjusted, for the 3-month
period ending June 2012, 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, and benefits (which
make up the remaining 30 percent of compensation) increased 0.6 percent.
Civilian Workers
Compensation costs for civilian workers increased 1.7 percent for the 12-month period ending
June 2012. In June 2011 the increase was 2.2 percent. Wages and salaries increased 1.7 percent for the
current 12-month period, essentially unchanged from a year ago when wages and salaries increased
1.6 percent. Benefit costs increased 2.1 percent for the 12-month period ending June 2012 down from
the June 2011 increase, which was 3.6 percent.
Private Industry Workers
Compensation costs for private industry workers increased 1.8 percent over the year. In June 2011 the
increase was 2.3 percent. Wages and salaries increased 1.8 percent for the current 12-month period. The
increase for the 12-month period ending June 2011 was 1.7 percent. The increase in the cost of benefits
was 1.9 percent for the 12-month period ending June 2012, down from the June 2011 increase of
4.0 percent. Employer costs for health benefits decelerated over the year to a 2.4 percent increase, down
from the June 2011 increase of 3.6 percent.
Among occupational groups, compensation cost increases for private industry workers for the
12-month period ending June 2012 ranged from 1.4 percent for production, transportation, and material
moving occupations to 2.3 percent for sales and office occupations.
Among industry supersectors, compensation cost increases for private industry workers for the current
12-month period ranged from 1.2 percent for both leisure and hospitality and manufacturing to
3.7 percent for information.
State and Local Government Workers
Compensation costs for state and local government workers increased 1.6 percent for the 12-month
period ending June 2012, essentially unchanged from the June 2011 increase of 1.7 percent. Values for
this series—which began in June 1982—have ranged from 1.3 percent to 9.6 percent. Wages and
salaries increased 1.1 percent for the 12-month period ending June 2012. A year earlier the increase was
1.2 percent. Prior values for this series, which also began in June 1982, ranged from 1.0 percent to
8.5 percent. Benefit costs increased 2.7 percent in June 2012. In June 2011 the increase was 3.0 percent.
Prior values for this series, which began in June 1990, ranged from 1.2 percent to 8.3 percent.
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Table A. Major series of the Employment Cost Index
(Percent change)
Category 3-month, 12-month,
seasonally adjusted not seasonally adjusted
Mar. June June Sep. Dec. Mar. June
2012 2012 2011 2011 2011 2012 2012
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CIVILIAN WORKERS[1]
Compensation[2] 0.4 0.5 2.2 2.0 2.0 1.9 1.7
Wages and salaries 0.5 0.4 1.6 1.6 1.4 1.7 1.7
Benefits 0.5 0.6 3.6 3.2 3.2 2.7 2.1
PRIVATE INDUSTRY
Compensation[2] 0.4 0.5 2.3 2.1 2.2 2.1 1.8
Wages and salaries 0.5 0.4 1.7 1.7 1.6 1.9 1.8
Benefits 0.3 0.6 4.0 3.3 3.6 2.8 1.9
STATE AND LOCAL
GOVERNMENT
Compensation[2] 0.7 0.5 1.7 1.5 1.3 1.5 1.6
Wages and salaries 0.4 0.3 1.2 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.1
Benefits 1.1 0.9 3.0 2.5 2.1 2.3 2.7
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[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 June 2012 reference period were collected from a probability sample of
approximately 47,400 occupational observations selected from a sample of about 9,500 establishments in
private industry and approximately 9,200 occupations from a sample of about 1,400 establishments in
state and local governments.
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/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 a.m. (EDT), Tuesday, September 11, 2012. 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.
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 June 2012 reference period were collected from a probability sample of
approximately 47,400 occupational observations selected from a sample of about 9,500 establishments in
private industry and approximately 9,200 occupations from a sample of about 1,400 establishments in
state and local governments.
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/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 a.m. (EDT), Tuesday, September 11, 2012. 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
Indexes (Dec. Percent changes for 3-months ended–
2005 = 100)
Occupational group and industry
Mar. June Sep. Dec. Mar. June Sep. Dec. Mar. June
2012 2012 2010 2010 2011 2011 2011 2011 2012 2012
Civilian workers
All workers(2)............................. 116.2 116.8 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.3 0.5 0.4 0.5
Industry
Goods-producing industries(3)............ 114.0 114.5 .8 .4 .5 1.0 .3 .7 -.2 .4
Manufacturing.......................... 113.3 113.8 .9 .5 .6 1.2 .3 .7 -.3 .4
Service-providing industries(4).......... 116.8 117.4 .4 .5 .5 .5 .3 .4 .7 .5
Education and health services.......... 117.6 118.1 .4 .4 .4 .3 .2 .4 .8 .4
Education services................... 117.3 117.8 .3 .4 .4 .3 .1 .4 .6 .4
Elementary and secondary schools... 117.3 117.8 .3 .3 .3 .3 .0 .3 .6 .4
Junior colleges, colleges,
universities, and professional
schools........................... 116.7 117.4 .2 .8 .4 .2 .3 .3 .7 .6
Health care and social assistance(5) 117.9 118.5 .4 .4 .3 .4 .3 .5 .9 .5
Hospitals.......................... 118.3 118.9 .4 .7 .3 .4 .4 .4 .3 .5
Nursing and residential care
facilities........................ 115.0 115.2 .4 .3 .4 .5 .3 .3 .4 .2
Public administration.................. 119.0 119.8 .8 .3 .5 .3 .1 .3 .7 .7
Private industry workers
All workers................................ 115.7 116.3 .4 .5 .5 .8 .4 .5 .4 .5
Occupational group
Management, professional, and related.... 116.2 117.0 .5 .5 .5 .7 .3 .6 .3 .7
Management, business, and financial.... 115.7 116.8 .4 .6 .5 .9 .4 .5 .3 1.0
Professional and related............... 116.6 117.1 .6 .5 .5 .6 .2 .6 .5 .4
Sales and office......................... 115.1 115.7 .4 .6 .5 .8 .4 .4 .8 .5
Sales and related...................... 112.0 112.4 .1 .6 .5 1.1 .5 .4 1.4 .4
Office and administrative support...... 117.3 118.0 .6 .5 .6 .6 .4 .5 .4 .6
Natural resources, construction, and
maintenance............................. 116.5 116.8 .4 .4 .4 .8 .5 .4 .5 .3
Construction, extraction, farming,
fishing, and forestry................. 116.7 116.9 .6 .2 .5 .3 .4 .5 .2 .2
Installation, maintenance, and repair.. 116.1 116.7 .2 .5 .5 1.2 .7 .3 .8 .5
Production, transportation, and material
moving.................................. 114.5 114.9 .7 .4 .4 1.1 .3 .7 .0 .3
Production............................. 113.8 114.2 .6 .5 .5 1.3 .3 .7 -.3 .4
Transportation and material moving..... 115.6 115.9 .9 .4 .4 .7 .3 .7 .5 .3
Service occupations...................... 115.9 116.4 .4 .4 .6 .3 .2 .6 .3 .4
Industry
Goods-producing industries(3)............ 114.0 114.5 .7 .4 .6 .9 .3 .7 -.1 .4
Construction........................... 114.8 115.1 .4 .1 .2 .4 .4 .5 .3 .3
Manufacturing.......................... 113.3 113.8 .9 .5 .6 1.2 .3 .7 -.3 .4
Aircraft manufacturing............... 98.8 99.2 6.5 .3 2.3 .6 -5.7 .3 1.8 .4
Service-providing industries(6).......... 116.3 116.9 .4 .5 .6 .6 .4 .4 .7 .5
Trade, transportation, and utilities... 115.3 115.8 .2 .5 .5 .8 .5 .6 .9 .4
Wholesale trade(7)................... 113.8 114.3 -.1 .8 .3 1.3 .8 .8 .6 .4
Retail trade......................... 115.1 115.7 .0 .1 .5 .7 .4 .4 .6 .5
Transportation and warehousing....... 115.8 116.2 .9 .7 .8 .4 .4 .4 1.7 .3
Utilities............................ 122.9 124.4 1.0 .6 .9 .7 1.0 .9 .3 1.2
Information............................ 115.2 116.3 .4 .1 1.4 .4 .1 .4 2.2 1.0
Financial activities................... 114.4 115.3 .4 1.0 1.0 .6 .7 .3 -.2 .8
Finance and insurance................ 114.6 115.4 .4 1.1 1.0 .5 .7 .2 -.3 .7
Credit intermediation and related
activities........................ 114.5 114.8 .7 1.2 1.3 .3 1.0 -.1 .1 .3
Insurance carriers and related
activities........................ 115.2 115.9 .4 .4 .7 .8 .4 .7 -.4 .6
Real estate and rental and leasing... 113.3 114.5 .4 .7 .8 .7 1.1 .6 .1 1.1
Professional and business services..... 117.8 118.4 .6 .6 .6 1.0 .2 .5 .4 .5
Professional, scientific, and
technical services.................. 120.5 120.9 .8 .8 .5 .9 .3 .6 .3 .3
Administrative and support and waste
management and remediation services 114.4 115.1 .5 .4 .4 .8 .0 .4 .5 .6
Education and health services.......... 117.5 118.1 .4 .4 .3 .5 .3 .6 .8 .5
Education services................... 117.7 118.2 .5 .6 .3 .6 .3 .8 .3 .4
Junior colleges, colleges,
universities, and professional
schools........................... 117.8 118.4 .5 .5 .4 .3 .3 .6 .9 .5
Health care and social assistance(5) 117.5 118.1 .4 .4 .3 .4 .3 .5 .9 .5
Hospitals.......................... 117.9 118.5 .4 .6 .3 .4 .3 .4 .3 .5
Nursing and residential care
facilities........................ 114.3 114.5 .4 .2 .4 .5 .4 .2 .4 .2
Leisure and hospitality................ 115.4 116.2 .1 .3 .3 .3 .2 .2 .2 .7
Accommodation and food services...... 116.0 116.9 .1 .3 .4 .3 .2 .2 .0 .8
Other services, except public
administration........................ 116.4 116.9 .5 .3 .5 .4 .4 .8 .4 .4
State and local government workers
All workers................................ 118.4 119.0 .3 .5 .5 .3 .3 .3 .7 .5
Industry
Education and health services.......... 117.6 118.1 .3 .5 .5 .3 .1 .3 .6 .4
Education services................... 117.2 117.7 .2 .5 .4 .3 .1 .3 .7 .4
Schools............................ 117.1 117.7 .2 .5 .4 .3 .0 .3 .6 .5
Elementary and secondary schools 117.4 117.9 .2 .3 .4 .3 .0 .3 .6 .4
Health care and social assistance(5) 121.0 121.6 .5 .9 .8 .3 .4 .3 .7 .5
Hospitals.......................... 119.9 120.5 .3 .9 .7 .3 .4 .3 .5 .5
Public administration.................. 119.0 119.8 .8 .3 .5 .3 .1 .3 .7 .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; education services; health care and
social assistance; arts, entertainment and recreation; accommodation and food services; and other services,
except public administration.
7 The wholesale trade compensation series is seasonal as of the 2012 revision. Seasonality was first found in
the 2007 revision and the series continued to be seasonally adjusted until the 2010 revision when it was
discontinued for two years, as seasonality was not found. Historical data for this series is published beginning
with March 2002.
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
Mar. June Sep. Dec. Mar. June Sep. Dec. Mar. June
2012 2012 2010 2010 2011 2011 2011 2011 2012 2012
Civilian workers
All workers(1)............................. 115.3 115.8 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.5 0.4
Industry
Goods-producing industries(2)............ 114.0 114.5 .5 .2 .4 .4 .4 .4 .4 .4
Manufacturing.......................... 113.5 114.0 .5 .4 .5 .5 .4 .5 .4 .4
Service-providing industries(3).......... 115.6 116.1 .3 .4 .4 .4 .3 .4 .5 .4
Education and health services.......... 115.9 116.3 .2 .4 .4 .3 .1 .4 .5 .3
Education services................... 114.9 115.2 .1 .4 .4 .3 .0 .4 .4 .3
Elementary and secondary schools... 114.6 114.9 .1 .3 .4 .2 .0 .4 .3 .3
Junior colleges, colleges,
universities, and professional
schools........................... 114.8 115.3 .2 .5 .4 .3 .2 .3 .6 .4
Health care and social assistance(4) 117.1 117.5 .3 .3 .2 .4 .3 .4 .8 .3
Hospitals.......................... 117.5 118.0 .3 .4 .3 .4 .3 .3 .3 .4
Nursing and residential care
facilities(5)..................... 114.2 114.4 .4 .1 .3 .4 .2 .1 .4 .2
Public administration.................. 115.5 115.9 .3 .2 .3 .3 .2 .2 .5 .3
Private industry workers
All workers................................ 115.3 115.8 .4 .4 .4 .5 .4 .4 .5 .4
Occupational group
Management, professional, and related.... 116.1 116.9 .4 .4 .4 .4 .3 .4 .3 .7
Management, business, and financial.... 115.5 116.6 .3 .5 .3 .5 .5 .3 .3 .9
Professional and related............... 116.6 117.2 .5 .4 .3 .4 .3 .5 .4 .5
Sales and office......................... 114.6 115.1 .3 .6 .4 .5 .5 .4 .9 .4
Sales and related...................... 112.3 112.5 -.1 .8 .1 .8 .6 .4 1.6 .1
Office and administrative support...... 116.3 117.0 .6 .4 .5 .4 .5 .3 .4 .6
Natural resources, construction, and
maintenance............................. 115.8 115.9 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .3 .3 .1
Construction, extraction, farming,
fishing, and forestry................. 115.8 116.0 .4 .2 .5 .3 .3 .3 .1 .2
Installation, maintenance, and repair.. 115.7 115.8 -.1 .4 .4 .8 .9 .2 .6 .1
Production, transportation, and material
moving.................................. 113.8 114.1 .6 .3 .3 .4 .4 .4 .8 .3
Production............................. 113.2 113.5 .4 .2 .5 .4 .4 .4 .7 .3
Transportation and material moving..... 114.6 114.8 .7 .4 .3 .4 .2 .4 1.0 .2
Service occupations...................... 115.3 115.9 .4 .4 .4 .2 .2 .6 .1 .5
Industry
Goods-producing industries(2)............ 114.0 114.5 .5 .3 .4 .5 .4 .4 .4 .4
Construction........................... 114.0 114.4 .5 -.2 .2 .4 .4 .4 .0 .3
Manufacturing.......................... 113.5 114.0 .5 .4 .5 .5 .4 .5 .4 .4
Aircraft manufacturing............... 118.9 119.7 .8 .5 .3 1.0 .7 .6 .7 .7
Service-providing industries(6).......... 115.7 116.3 .4 .5 .3 .5 .4 .3 .6 .5
Trade, transportation, and utilities... 114.1 114.5 .1 .5 .1 .5 .6 .5 1.0 .4
Retail trade......................... 115.2 115.5 -.1 .2 .4 .4 .7 .6 .6 .2
Transportation and warehousing....... 113.9 114.3 .9 .6 .3 .3 .2 .3 1.5 .4
Utilities............................ 119.6 121.0 .9 .4 .9 .8 .6 .6 .4 1.1
Information............................ 113.3 113.9 .4 .0 1.4 .1 .1 .4 .5 .5
Financial activities................... 114.4 115.5 .3 1.2 .6 .1 .8 .1 .3 1.0
Finance and insurance................ 115.1 116.2 .4 1.3 .5 .1 .7 .0 .3 1.0
Credit intermediation and related
activities........................ 113.0 114.0 .6 1.4 1.2 -.4 1.0 -.4 .8 .9
Insurance carriers and related
activities........................ 115.3 115.7 .3 .5 .3 .5 .4 .8 .2 .3
Professional and business services..... 117.6 118.2 .7 .6 .3 .9 .2 .3 .4 .5
Professional, scientific, and
technical services.................. 120.2 120.7 .8 .8 .4 1.0 .3 .3 .2 .4
Administrative and support and waste
management and remediation services 114.2 114.9 .5 .4 .2 .6 .1 .4 .5 .6
Education and health services.......... 116.9 117.4 .4 .4 .2 .5 .3 .5 .7 .4
Education services................... 117.2 117.5 .7 .5 .3 .4 .4 .8 .4 .3
Junior colleges, colleges,
universities, and professional
schools........................... 116.9 117.3 .4 .4 .4 .3 .3 .5 .9 .3
Health care and social assistance(4) 116.8 117.3 .4 .3 .2 .5 .2 .5 .7 .4
Hospitals.......................... 117.4 117.9 .2 .5 .3 .4 .3 .4 .4 .4
Leisure and hospitality................ 115.9 116.9 -.1 .3 .0 .3 .2 .2 .1 .9
Accommodation and food services...... 116.4 117.5 .0 .3 .2 .4 .3 .2 -.1 1.0
Other services, except public
administration........................ 115.9 116.4 .4 .3 .4 .2 .4 .8 .3 .4
State and local government workers
All workers................................ 115.3 115.6 .1 .4 .4 .3 .1 .3 .4 .3
Industry
Education and health services.......... 114.9 115.2 .0 .4 .4 .2 .0 .4 .3 .3
Education services................... 114.4 114.8 .0 .4 .4 .2 .0 .3 .4 .3
Schools............................ 114.4 114.8 .0 .4 .4 .2 .0 .3 .4 .3
Elementary and secondary schools 114.6 114.9 .1 .4 .3 .2 .0 .3 .4 .3
Health care and social assistance(4) 118.7 119.0 .1 .6 .4 .3 .2 .3 .5 .3
Hospitals.......................... 118.0 118.5 .1 .5 .4 .2 .3 .2 .5 .4
Public administration.................. 115.5 115.9 .3 .2 .3 .3 .2 .2 .5 .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 The civilian nursing and residential care facilities wage series is seasonal as of the 2011 revision. The
first seasonally adjusted estimates were published with the 2008 revision and the series continued to be
seasonally adjusted until the 2010 revision when it was discontinued. Historical data for this series is
published beginning with March 2003.
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.
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
Mar. June Sep. Dec. Mar. June Sep. Dec. Mar. June
2012 2012 2010 2010 2011 2011 2011 2011 2012 2012
Civilian workers
All workers(1)............................. 118.5 119.2 0.8 0.6 1.1 1.1 0.3 0.7 0.5 0.6
Private industry workers
All workers................................ 116.7 117.4 .8 .5 1.1 1.4 .3 .8 .3 .6
Occupational group
Management, professional, and related.... 116.4 117.1 .6 .7 1.1 1.3 .3 1.0 .4 .6
Sales and office......................... 116.6 117.4 .6 .4 1.1 1.3 .4 .4 .7 .7
Natural resources, construction, and
maintenance............................. 117.9 118.7 .8 .5 .6 1.1 .6 .9 .6 .7
Production, transportation, and material
moving.................................. 116.0 116.7 1.1 .7 .8 2.4 .1 1.1 -1.3 .6
Service occupations...................... 117.7 118.0 1.0 .6 1.0 .6 .3 .8 .6 .2
Industry
Goods-producing industries(2)............ 114.0 114.5 1.2 .5 .9 1.9 .1 1.1 -1.0 .4
Manufacturing.......................... 112.9 113.4 1.5 .8 1.1 2.3 .0 1.1 -1.6 .4
Service-providing industries(3).......... 117.8 118.5 .5 .5 1.2 1.2 .3 .7 .9 .6
State and local government workers
All workers................................ 124.9 126.0 .9 .7 .9 .4 .4 .4 1.1 .9
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 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–
June Mar. June
2011 2012 2012
June Mar. June June Mar. June
2011 2012 2012 2011 2012 2012
Civilian workers
All workers(2)............................. 114.8 116.2 116.8 0.7 0.6 0.5 2.2 1.9 1.7
Excluding incentive paid occupations(3) 115.2 116.7 117.2 .5 .6 .4 2.1 1.8 1.7
Occupational group
Management, professional, and related.... 115.2 116.8 117.3 .4 .9 .4 2.1 1.8 1.8
Management, business, and financial.... 114.7 116.2 117.2 .7 .8 .9 2.3 2.0 2.2
Professional and related............... 115.4 117.1 117.4 .3 .8 .3 1.9 1.7 1.7
Sales and office......................... 113.7 115.4 116.2 1.0 .7 .7 2.2 2.5 2.2
Sales and related...................... 109.8 111.4 112.7 1.8 .5 1.2 2.1 3.2 2.6
Office and administrative support...... 116.1 117.7 118.3 .6 .8 .5 2.4 2.0 1.9
Natural resources, construction, and
maintenance............................. 115.2 116.7 117.3 .9 .5 .5 2.0 2.2 1.8
Construction, extraction, farming,
fishing, and forestry................. 115.6 116.7 117.2 .6 .2 .4 1.7 1.6 1.4
Installation, maintenance, and repair.. 114.7 116.6 117.3 1.2 .9 .6 2.4 2.9 2.3
Production, transportation, and material
moving.................................. 113.9 114.9 115.4 1.1 .3 .4 2.8 2.0 1.3
Production............................. 113.2 113.9 114.4 1.3 .1 .4 2.9 1.9 1.1
Transportation and material moving..... 114.7 116.2 116.7 .8 .5 .4 2.5 2.1 1.7
Service occupations...................... 115.9 117.3 117.6 .2 .6 .3 1.9 1.4 1.5
Industry
Goods-producing industries(4)............ 113.2 114.1 114.7 1.0 .2 .5 2.6 1.8 1.3
Manufacturing.......................... 112.7 113.4 114.0 1.2 .3 .5 3.3 1.8 1.2
Service-providing industries(5).......... 115.0 116.6 117.2 .6 .7 .5 2.1 2.0 1.9
Education and health services.......... 115.7 117.5 117.9 .2 .6 .3 1.6 1.7 1.9
Education services................... 115.5 117.1 117.3 .0 .3 .2 1.5 1.4 1.6
Elementary and secondary schools... 115.7 117.1 117.3 .0 .3 .2 1.3 1.2 1.4
Junior colleges, colleges,
universities, and professional
schools........................... 114.8 116.7 116.9 -.2 .6 .2 1.7 1.5 1.8
Health care and social assistance(6) 115.9 118.0 118.5 .3 1.0 .4 1.6 2.2 2.2
Hospitals.......................... 116.9 118.5 118.9 .3 .6 .3 1.9 1.7 1.7
Nursing and residential care
facilities........................ 113.9 115.0 115.3 .4 .6 .3 1.5 1.4 1.2
Public administration.................. 117.6 119.1 119.5 .1 .8 .3 1.9 1.4 1.6
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–
June Mar. June
2011 2012 2012
June Mar. June June Mar. June
2011 2012 2012 2011 2012 2012
Private industry workers
All workers.................................. 114.3 115.7 116.4 0.9 0.6 0.6 2.3 2.1 1.8
Excluding incentive paid occupations(2).. 114.9 116.2 116.8 .8 .6 .5 2.3 1.9 1.7
Occupational group
Management, professional, and related...... 114.8 116.4 117.1 .6 .9 .6 2.3 2.0 2.0
Excluding incentive paid
occupations(2)...................... 115.1 116.5 117.1 .7 .8 .5 2.5 1.9 1.7
Management, business, and financial...... 114.5 116.0 116.9 .8 .9 .8 2.5 2.1 2.1
Excluding incentive paid
occupations(2)...................... 114.9 116.3 117.1 .7 .8 .7 2.7 1.9 1.9
Professional and related................. 115.1 116.8 117.3 .4 1.0 .4 2.2 1.9 1.9
Sales and office........................... 113.3 115.0 115.9 1.1 .7 .8 2.3 2.6 2.3
Excluding incentive paid
occupations(2)...................... 115.0 116.6 117.2 .6 .7 .5 2.0 2.0 1.9
Sales and related........................ 109.8 111.4 112.6 1.9 .6 1.1 2.1 3.3 2.6
Excluding incentive paid
occupations(2)...................... 113.6 114.8 115.4 .8 .5 .5 1.3 1.9 1.6
Office and administrative support........ 115.8 117.5 118.1 .6 .9 .5 2.4 2.1 2.0
Natural resources, construction, and
maintenance............................... 114.9 116.3 117.0 1.0 .4 .6 2.0 2.2 1.8
Construction, extraction, farming,
fishing, and forestry................... 115.5 116.6 117.1 .6 .1 .4 1.7 1.6 1.4
Installation, maintenance, and repair.... 114.2 116.1 116.8 1.4 1.0 .6 2.4 3.1 2.3
Production, transportation, and material
moving.................................... 113.5 114.5 115.1 1.2 .3 .5 2.7 2.0 1.4
Excluding incentive paid
occupations(2)...................... 113.8 114.6 115.2 1.1 .1 .5 2.8 1.8 1.2
Production............................... 113.2 113.8 114.4 1.3 .0 .5 2.9 1.9 1.1
Excluding incentive paid
occupations(2)...................... 113.4 114.0 114.5 1.3 .0 .4 3.0 1.9 1.0
Transportation and material moving....... 114.0 115.5 116.0 .9 .5 .4 2.5 2.2 1.8
Service occupations........................ 114.7 116.0 116.4 .2 .5 .3 1.8 1.3 1.5
Industry and occupational group
Goods-producing industries(3).............. 113.2 114.1 114.7 1.1 .3 .5 2.6 1.9 1.3
Excluding incentive paid
occupations(2)...................... 113.7 114.5 115.0 1.1 .3 .4 2.8 1.8 1.1
Management, professional, and related.. 112.1 113.2 113.8 1.2 .8 .5 3.2 2.2 1.5
Sales and office....................... 111.4 113.5 114.5 .9 .9 .9 2.4 2.8 2.8
Natural resources, construction, and
maintenance........................... 115.2 115.8 116.3 .9 -.1 .4 1.9 1.4 1.0
Production, transportation, and
material moving....................... 113.0 113.4 114.0 1.3 -.2 .5 2.9 1.6 .9
Construction............................. 113.6 114.6 115.2 .7 .1 .5 1.2 1.6 1.4
Manufacturing............................ 112.7 113.4 114.0 1.2 .3 .5 3.3 1.8 1.2
Management, professional, and related 112.0 113.2 113.7 1.0 .9 .4 3.7 2.1 1.5
Sales and office..................... 113.2 115.1 115.4 .9 1.2 .3 3.9 2.6 1.9
Natural resources, construction, and
maintenance......................... 114.0 113.7 114.5 1.8 -.4 .7 3.5 1.5 .4
Production, transportation, and
material moving..................... 112.8 113.1 113.8 1.3 -.3 .6 2.9 1.5 .9
Aircraft manufacturing................. 102.7 99.2 99.4 .4 2.6 .2 10.0 -3.0 -3.2
Service-providing industries(4)............ 114.6 116.3 117.0 .7 .9 .6 2.2 2.2 2.1
Excluding incentive paid
occupations(2)...................... 115.3 116.8 117.4 .6 .7 .5 2.2 1.9 1.8
Management, professional, and related.. 115.4 117.0 117.7 .5 .9 .6 2.2 1.9 2.0
Sales and office....................... 113.6 115.1 116.0 1.2 .7 .8 2.3 2.5 2.1
Natural resources, construction, and
maintenance........................... 114.4 117.2 118.0 1.1 1.4 .7 2.0 3.5 3.1
Production, transportation, and
material moving....................... 114.2 116.0 116.4 1.0 .8 .3 2.6 2.6 1.9
Service occupations.................... 114.7 116.0 116.4 .2 .5 .3 1.8 1.3 1.5
Trade, transportation, and utilities..... 113.2 115.2 116.0 1.1 1.0 .7 2.1 2.9 2.5
Excluding incentive paid
occupations(2).................... 114.5 116.1 116.8 .7 .7 .6 2.1 2.1 2.0
Wholesale trade........................ 111.4 113.9 114.4 1.4 1.0 .4 2.3 3.6 2.7
Excluding incentive paid
occupations(2).................... 114.5 116.2 116.5 1.2 .6 .3 2.4 2.7 1.7
Retail trade........................... 113.5 114.9 115.8 1.0 .4 .8 1.4 2.2 2.0
Excluding incentive paid
occupations(2).................... 114.0 115.0 115.8 .6 .3 .7 1.5 1.5 1.6
Transportation and warehousing......... 113.1 115.7 116.4 .5 1.8 .6 2.8 2.8 2.9
Utilities.............................. 120.9 122.9 125.2 1.3 1.1 1.9 3.3 3.0 3.6
Information.............................. 112.3 115.2 116.4 .6 2.4 1.0 2.3 3.2 3.7
Financial activities..................... 113.8 114.4 115.6 .8 .2 1.0 3.0 1.3 1.6
Excluding incentive paid
occupations(2).................... 114.9 115.6 116.4 .7 .1 .7 2.7 1.3 1.3
Finance and insurance.................. 114.3 114.6 115.8 .9 .1 1.0 3.0 1.1 1.3
Credit intermediation and related
activities.......................... 113.9 114.4 115.3 .8 .3 .8 3.6 1.2 1.2
Excluding incentive paid
occupations(2).................... 116.7 117.3 117.6 1.0 .1 .3 2.8 1.6 .8
Insurance carriers and related
activities.......................... 114.8 115.3 116.3 1.0 .1 .9 2.3 1.4 1.3
Excluding incentive paid
occupations(2).................... 115.4 115.6 116.9 .8 -.1 1.1 2.2 1.0 1.3
Real estate and rental and leasing..... 111.4 113.5 114.6 .5 .5 1.0 2.8 2.4 2.9
Excluding incentive paid
occupations(2).................... 114.3 116.4 117.9 .4 .6 1.3 2.7 2.2 3.1
Professional and business services....... 116.6 117.9 118.5 1.0 .7 .5 2.8 2.1 1.6
Professional, scientific, and technical
services.............................. 119.2 120.7 121.0 .8 .8 .2 3.0 2.1 1.5
Administrative and support and waste
management and remediation services... 113.4 114.3 115.2 1.0 .4 .8 2.2 1.8 1.6
Education and health services............ 115.5 117.6 118.0 .3 .9 .3 1.6 2.2 2.2
Education services..................... 115.6 117.6 117.8 .3 .3 .2 2.0 2.1 1.9
Junior colleges, colleges,
universities, and professional
schools............................. 115.4 117.8 118.0 .1 .8 .2 1.9 2.2 2.3
Health care and social assistance(5)... 115.5 117.6 118.1 .4 1.0 .4 1.6 2.3 2.3
Hospitals............................ 116.6 118.1 118.5 .3 .5 .3 1.8 1.6 1.6
Nursing and residential care
facilities.......................... 113.3 114.4 114.6 .5 .6 .2 1.4 1.5 1.1
Nursing care facilities(2)......... 113.9 114.7 114.9 .6 .4 .2 1.5 1.3 .9
Leisure and hospitality.................. 114.6 115.6 116.0 .1 .3 .3 1.1 1.0 1.2
Accommodation and food services........ 115.3 116.3 116.7 -.1 .3 .3 1.1 .8 1.2
Other services, except public
administration.......................... 114.5 116.6 116.9 .1 .9 .3 1.6 1.9 2.1
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–
June Mar. June
2011 2012 2012
June Mar. June June Mar. June
2011 2012 2012 2011 2012 2012
Bargaining status
Union.................................... 117.1 118.3 119.3 1.3 0.3 0.8 3.0 2.3 1.9
Goods-producing industries(2).......... 116.4 115.8 116.6 1.8 -.9 .7 3.4 1.3 .2
Manufacturing........................ 113.8 112.1 112.8 2.6 -1.5 .6 4.3 1.1 -.9
Service-providing industries(3)........ 117.7 120.4 121.5 .8 1.3 .9 2.8 3.1 3.2
Nonunion................................. 113.8 115.3 116.0 .7 .7 .6 2.2 2.0 1.9
Goods-producing industries(2).......... 112.2 113.5 114.1 .8 .5 .5 2.5 2.0 1.7
Manufacturing........................ 112.5 113.9 114.4 .8 .8 .4 3.0 2.1 1.7
Service-providing industries(3)........ 114.3 115.8 116.5 .7 .7 .6 2.1 2.0 1.9
Census region and division(4)
Northeast................................ 115.3 116.5 117.1 .8 .3 .5 2.3 1.8 1.6
New England............................ 116.0 116.9 117.4 1.0 .5 .4 2.6 1.8 1.2
Middle Atlantic........................ 115.1 116.4 117.0 .7 .3 .5 2.3 1.8 1.7
South.................................... 114.3 116.0 116.8 .8 .9 .7 2.1 2.3 2.2
South Atlantic......................... 114.6 116.4 117.3 .7 .9 .8 1.8 2.3 2.4
East South Central..................... 112.7 114.0 115.1 .5 .7 1.0 1.7 1.7 2.1
West South Central..................... 114.4 116.2 116.8 1.1 1.0 .5 2.7 2.7 2.1
Midwest.................................. 113.3 114.7 115.3 1.0 .7 .5 2.6 2.2 1.8
East North Central..................... 112.7 113.9 114.5 1.0 .6 .5 2.6 2.1 1.6
West North Central..................... 114.8 116.9 117.5 .8 1.1 .5 2.5 2.6 2.4
West..................................... 114.3 115.7 116.3 .7 .5 .5 2.3 1.9 1.7
Mountain............................... 113.9 115.4 116.0 .4 .1 .5 1.4 1.8 1.8
Pacific................................ 114.5 115.9 116.5 .8 .7 .5 2.7 2.0 1.7
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–
June Mar. June
2011 2012 2012
June Mar. June June Mar. June
2011 2012 2012 2011 2012 2012
State and local government workers
All workers................................ 116.7 118.3 118.6 0.1 0.5 0.3 1.7 1.5 1.6
Occupational group
Management, professional, and related.... 116.0 117.6 117.9 .1 .6 .3 1.6 1.5 1.6
Professional and related............... 115.9 117.5 117.7 .0 .5 .2 1.5 1.4 1.6
Sales and office......................... 117.3 118.9 119.4 .2 .4 .4 1.8 1.5 1.8
Office and administrative support...... 117.7 119.1 119.6 .2 .4 .4 1.8 1.4 1.6
Service occupations...................... 118.6 120.1 120.4 .1 .5 .2 2.1 1.4 1.5
Industry
Education and health services............ 115.9 117.5 117.7 .0 .4 .2 1.5 1.4 1.6
Education services..................... 115.5 117.0 117.2 .0 .3 .2 1.4 1.3 1.5
Schools(2)........................... 115.5 117.0 117.2 .0 .4 .2 1.4 1.3 1.5
Elementary and secondary schools... 115.8 117.2 117.4 .0 .3 .2 1.3 1.2 1.4
Health care and social assistance(3)... 119.2 121.1 121.4 .2 .8 .2 2.5 1.8 1.8
Hospitals............................ 118.3 120.1 120.5 .1 .8 .3 2.3 1.6 1.9
Public administration.................... 117.6 119.1 119.5 .1 .8 .3 1.9 1.4 1.6
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–
June Mar. June
2011 2012 2012
June Mar. June June Mar. June
2011 2012 2012 2011 2012 2012
Civilian workers
All workers(1)............................. 113.9 115.3 115.8 0.4 0.6 0.4 1.6 1.7 1.7
Excluding incentive paid occupations(2) 114.4 115.6 116.0 .4 .4 .3 1.6 1.4 1.4
Occupational group
Management, professional, and related.... 114.6 115.9 116.4 .4 .6 .4 1.6 1.5 1.6
Management, business, and financial.... 114.3 115.6 116.5 .4 .6 .8 1.5 1.5 1.9
Professional and related............... 114.7 116.0 116.4 .3 .5 .3 1.6 1.4 1.5
Sales and office......................... 112.7 114.3 115.1 .9 .5 .7 1.7 2.3 2.1
Sales and related...................... 109.7 111.4 112.7 1.8 .5 1.2 1.6 3.3 2.7
Office and administrative support...... 114.7 116.2 116.7 .3 .6 .4 1.8 1.7 1.7
Natural resources, construction, and
maintenance............................. 114.5 115.7 116.0 .6 .3 .3 1.4 1.7 1.3
Construction, extraction, farming,
fishing, and forestry................. 114.8 115.6 115.9 .3 .0 .3 1.4 1.0 1.0
Installation, maintenance, and repair.. 114.1 115.7 116.1 .9 .4 .3 1.5 2.3 1.8
Production, transportation, and material
moving.................................. 112.2 113.9 114.2 .4 .7 .3 1.5 1.9 1.8
Production............................. 111.6 113.3 113.6 .4 .8 .3 1.4 1.9 1.8
Transportation and material moving..... 113.1 114.6 115.0 .4 .7 .3 1.8 1.8 1.7
Service occupations...................... 114.6 115.7 116.0 .1 .3 .3 1.3 1.0 1.2
Industry
Goods-producing industries(3)............ 112.7 114.0 114.5 .4 .4 .4 1.6 1.6 1.6
Manufacturing.......................... 112.0 113.6 114.0 .4 .8 .4 1.8 1.9 1.8
Service-providing industries(4).......... 114.1 115.5 116.1 .4 .5 .5 1.5 1.7 1.8
Education and health services.......... 114.4 115.8 116.1 .2 .4 .3 1.2 1.4 1.5
Education services................... 113.6 114.8 114.9 .0 .2 .1 1.2 1.1 1.1
Elementary and secondary schools... 113.6 114.5 114.6 .0 .1 .1 1.0 .8 .9
Junior colleges, colleges,
universities, and professional
schools........................... 113.2 114.7 114.8 .0 .4 .1 1.4 1.3 1.4
Health care and social assistance(5) 115.4 117.1 117.5 .4 .8 .3 1.3 1.9 1.8
Hospitals.......................... 116.2 117.6 117.9 .3 .3 .3 1.5 1.6 1.5
Nursing and residential care
facilities........................ 113.5 114.2 114.4 .4 .4 .2 1.2 1.1 .8
Public administration.................. 114.5 115.6 115.8 .1 .5 .2 1.0 1.0 1.1
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–
June Mar. June
2011 2012 2012
June Mar. June June Mar. June
2011 2012 2012 2011 2012 2012
Private industry workers
All workers.................................. 113.8 115.3 115.9 0.5 0.6 0.5 1.7 1.9 1.8
Excluding incentive paid occupations(1).. 114.4 115.7 116.2 .4 .4 .4 1.6 1.5 1.6
Occupational group
Management, professional, and related...... 114.9 116.3 117.0 .4 .7 .6 1.8 1.7 1.8
Excluding incentive paid
occupations(1)...................... 115.1 116.4 116.9 .4 .5 .4 1.9 1.6 1.6
Management, business, and financial...... 114.4 115.7 116.7 .4 .6 .9 1.6 1.6 2.0
Excluding incentive paid
occupations(1)...................... 114.9 116.1 116.8 .3 .6 .6 1.9 1.4 1.7
Professional and related................. 115.2 116.7 117.2 .3 .7 .4 1.8 1.7 1.7
Sales and office........................... 112.7 114.3 115.2 1.0 .6 .8 1.8 2.4 2.2
Excluding incentive paid
occupations(1)...................... 114.4 115.9 116.5 .4 .5 .5 1.4 1.7 1.8
Sales and related........................ 109.8 111.5 112.8 1.9 .5 1.2 1.7 3.4 2.7
Excluding incentive paid
occupations(1)...................... 113.7 114.9 115.5 .4 .3 .5 .5 1.5 1.6
Office and administrative support........ 114.8 116.4 117.0 .3 .6 .5 2.0 1.7 1.9
Natural resources, construction, and
maintenance............................... 114.4 115.6 116.0 .6 .2 .3 1.4 1.7 1.4
Construction, extraction, farming,
fishing, and forestry................... 114.9 115.7 116.0 .3 .0 .3 1.4 1.0 1.0
Installation, maintenance, and repair.... 113.9 115.5 115.9 1.1 .4 .3 1.6 2.5 1.8
Production, transportation, and material
moving.................................... 112.0 113.7 114.0 .4 .8 .3 1.5 1.9 1.8
Excluding incentive paid
occupations(1)...................... 112.3 113.9 114.2 .3 .7 .3 1.5 1.7 1.7
Production............................... 111.5 113.2 113.5 .4 .8 .3 1.4 1.9 1.8
Excluding incentive paid
occupations(1)...................... 111.6 113.4 113.7 .3 .9 .3 1.4 1.9 1.9
Transportation and material moving....... 112.8 114.4 114.8 .5 .7 .3 1.8 2.0 1.8
Service occupations........................ 114.2 115.4 115.8 .0 .3 .3 1.3 1.1 1.4
Industry and occupational group
Goods-producing industries(2).............. 112.7 114.0 114.5 .4 .4 .4 1.6 1.6 1.6
Excluding incentive paid
occupations(1)...................... 113.3 114.5 114.9 .4 .4 .3 1.7 1.5 1.4
Management, professional, and related.. 113.2 114.4 115.2 .6 .6 .7 2.0 1.7 1.8
Sales and office....................... 110.9 113.2 114.1 .8 .8 .8 1.8 2.9 2.9
Natural resources, construction, and
maintenance........................... 114.6 115.3 115.5 .5 .0 .2 1.5 1.1 .8
Production, transportation, and
material moving....................... 111.4 112.9 113.2 .3 .6 .3 1.4 1.6 1.6
Construction............................. 113.2 113.9 114.4 .4 -.2 .4 .9 1.1 1.1
Manufacturing............................ 112.0 113.6 114.0 .4 .8 .4 1.8 1.9 1.8
Management, professional, and related 112.9 114.3 115.1 .5 .8 .7 2.0 1.8 1.9
Sales and office..................... 112.8 114.9 115.2 .8 1.2 .3 3.5 2.7 2.1
Natural resources, construction, and
maintenance......................... 112.9 114.1 114.4 .6 .5 .3 1.8 1.7 1.3
Production, transportation, and
material moving..................... 111.2 112.7 113.0 .4 .6 .3 1.5 1.7 1.6
Aircraft manufacturing................. 116.8 119.6 119.9 .5 2.0 .3 2.5 2.9 2.7
Service-providing industries(3)............ 114.1 115.6 116.3 .5 .6 .6 1.6 1.9 1.9
Excluding incentive paid
occupations(1)...................... 114.8 116.1 116.6 .3 .5 .4 1.6 1.5 1.6
Management, professional, and related.. 115.2 116.6 117.3 .3 .7 .6 1.8 1.6 1.8
Sales and office....................... 112.9 114.4 115.3 1.1 .5 .8 1.8 2.4 2.1
Natural resources, construction, and
maintenance........................... 114.2 116.2 116.7 .9 .6 .4 1.3 2.7 2.2
Production, transportation, and
material moving....................... 112.7 114.7 115.0 .4 1.0 .3 1.6 2.2 2.0
Service occupations.................... 114.2 115.4 115.8 .0 .3 .3 1.2 1.1 1.4
Trade, transportation, and utilities..... 111.7 113.9 114.5 .7 .9 .5 1.1 2.7 2.5
Excluding incentive paid
occupations(1).................... 113.2 114.7 115.3 .4 .5 .5 1.3 1.7 1.9
Wholesale trade........................ 108.5 111.6 111.9 .6 1.3 .3 .4 3.5 3.1
Excluding incentive paid
occupations(1).................... 111.8 113.6 113.7 .4 .7 .1 .3 2.0 1.7
Retail trade........................... 113.1 114.9 115.6 .8 .4 .6 1.0 2.4 2.2
Excluding incentive paid
occupations(1).................... 113.7 114.9 115.6 .4 .3 .6 1.2 1.4 1.7
Transportation and warehousing......... 111.8 113.7 114.4 .5 1.4 .6 2.1 2.2 2.3
Utilities.............................. 118.1 119.6 121.3 1.0 .7 1.4 3.0 2.3 2.7
Information.............................. 112.3 113.1 114.0 .3 .4 .8 1.8 1.0 1.5
Financial activities..................... 113.4 114.3 115.8 .4 .4 1.3 2.2 1.2 2.1
Excluding incentive paid
occupations(1).................... 114.5 115.6 116.6 .2 .3 .9 1.6 1.1 1.8
Finance and insurance.................. 114.3 115.0 116.6 .4 .4 1.4 2.1 1.0 2.0
Credit intermediation and related
activities.......................... 111.8 113.0 114.4 .0 .9 1.2 2.9 1.1 2.3
Excluding incentive paid
occupations(1).................... 114.7 116.2 117.0 .0 .9 .7 1.5 1.3 2.0
Insurance carriers and related
activities.......................... 114.0 115.3 116.0 .8 .4 .6 1.6 1.9 1.8
Excluding incentive paid
occupations(1).................... 114.4 115.1 116.4 .6 .2 1.1 1.5 1.2 1.7
Real estate and rental and leasing..... 109.6 111.5 112.2 .4 .4 .6 2.2 2.1 2.4
Excluding incentive paid
occupations(1).................... 112.7 114.6 115.7 .1 .4 1.0 2.2 1.8 2.7
Professional and business services....... 116.6 117.6 118.3 .9 .5 .6 2.6 1.7 1.5
Professional, scientific, and technical
services.............................. 119.2 120.4 120.8 .9 .7 .3 3.1 1.9 1.3
Administrative and support and waste
management and remediation services... 113.2 114.1 115.0 .8 .4 .8 1.7 1.6 1.6
Education and health services............ 115.1 116.9 117.3 .4 .7 .3 1.4 2.0 1.9
Education services..................... 114.9 117.1 117.1 .2 .3 .0 2.0 2.1 1.9
Junior colleges, colleges,
universities, and professional
schools............................. 114.4 116.8 116.8 .0 .6 .0 1.6 2.1 2.1
Health care and social assistance(4)... 115.1 116.9 117.3 .4 .8 .3 1.2 2.0 1.9
Hospitals............................ 116.0 117.4 117.8 .3 .3 .3 1.5 1.6 1.6
Nursing and residential care
facilities.......................... 113.3 114.1 114.3 .4 .4 .2 1.2 1.2 .9
Nursing care facilities(1)......... 113.7 114.3 114.5 .5 .4 .2 1.2 1.1 .7
Leisure and hospitality.................. 115.1 116.1 116.6 -.1 .3 .4 .7 .8 1.3
Accommodation and food services........ 115.6 116.6 117.1 -.1 .1 .4 .9 .8 1.3
Other services, except public
administration.......................... 114.1 116.1 116.3 -.1 .8 .2 1.2 1.7 1.9
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–
June Mar. June
2011 2012 2012
June Mar. June June Mar. June
2011 2012 2012 2011 2012 2012
Bargaining status
Union.................................... 114.0 115.6 116.2 0.4 0.6 0.5 1.7 1.8 1.9
Goods-producing industries(1).......... 112.1 113.5 113.8 .4 .5 .3 1.3 1.6 1.5
Manufacturing........................ 109.8 111.5 111.8 .4 .7 .3 1.5 1.9 1.8
Service-providing industries(2)........ 115.3 117.0 117.9 .3 .6 .8 1.9 1.7 2.3
Nonunion................................. 113.8 115.2 115.9 .5 .5 .6 1.7 1.8 1.8
Goods-producing industries(1).......... 112.9 114.2 114.7 .5 .4 .4 1.7 1.7 1.6
Manufacturing........................ 112.6 114.1 114.6 .4 .7 .4 1.9 1.8 1.8
Service-providing industries(2)........ 114.0 115.5 116.2 .5 .6 .6 1.6 1.9 1.9
Census region and division(3)
Northeast................................ 114.6 115.8 116.4 .8 .4 .5 1.8 1.8 1.6
New England............................ 115.9 116.6 117.2 1.2 .5 .5 2.2 1.8 1.1
Middle Atlantic........................ 114.0 115.4 116.1 .5 .3 .6 1.5 1.8 1.8
South.................................... 114.4 116.0 116.7 .6 .7 .6 1.8 2.0 2.0
South Atlantic......................... 114.6 116.4 117.3 .5 .7 .8 1.5 2.1 2.4
East South Central..................... 112.9 114.1 114.8 .3 .5 .6 1.3 1.3 1.7
West South Central..................... 114.5 116.1 116.6 .7 .8 .4 2.3 2.1 1.8
Midwest.................................. 112.2 113.8 114.3 .4 .8 .4 1.6 1.8 1.9
East North Central..................... 111.3 112.7 113.1 .4 .7 .4 1.5 1.6 1.6
West North Central..................... 114.5 116.5 117.1 .4 1.0 .5 1.9 2.2 2.3
West..................................... 114.1 115.4 116.1 .4 .4 .6 1.5 1.6 1.8
Mountain............................... 114.1 115.2 115.7 .4 .0 .4 .8 1.3 1.4
Pacific................................ 114.1 115.5 116.3 .4 .5 .7 1.8 1.7 1.9
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–
June Mar. June
2011 2012 2012
June Mar. June June Mar. June
2011 2012 2012 2011 2012 2012
State and local government workers
All workers................................ 114.2 115.2 115.4 0.1 0.3 0.2 1.2 1.0 1.1
Occupational group
Management, professional, and related.... 113.8 114.9 115.0 .0 .3 .1 1.1 1.0 1.1
Professional and related............... 113.8 114.9 115.0 .0 .3 .1 1.1 1.0 1.1
Sales and office......................... 113.7 114.5 114.7 .2 .3 .2 1.1 .9 .9
Office and administrative support...... 114.1 114.9 115.1 .2 .3 .2 1.0 .9 .9
Service occupations...................... 115.5 116.6 116.7 .1 .3 .1 1.1 1.0 1.0
Industry
Education and health services............ 113.8 114.8 114.9 .0 .2 .1 1.1 .9 1.0
Education services..................... 113.4 114.3 114.4 .0 .2 .1 1.1 .8 .9
Schools(1)........................... 113.4 114.3 114.4 .0 .2 .1 1.1 .8 .9
Elementary and secondary schools... 113.6 114.5 114.6 .0 .2 .1 1.0 .8 .9
Health care and social assistance(2)... 117.4 118.8 118.9 .1 .6 .1 1.4 1.3 1.3
Hospitals............................ 116.9 118.2 118.4 -.1 .6 .2 1.2 1.0 1.3
Public administration.................... 114.5 115.6 115.8 .1 .5 .2 1.0 1.0 1.1
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–
June Mar. June
2011 2012 2012
June Mar. June June Mar. June
2011 2012 2012 2011 2012 2012
Civilian workers
All workers(1)............................. 116.8 118.6 119.3 1.1 0.9 0.6 3.6 2.7 2.1
Private industry workers
All workers................................ 115.4 116.9 117.6 1.5 .9 .6 4.0 2.8 1.9
Occupational group
Management, professional, and related.... 114.8 116.8 117.4 1.2 1.4 .5 3.9 3.0 2.3
Sales and office......................... 115.0 116.7 117.6 1.4 1.0 .8 3.5 2.9 2.3
Natural resources, construction, and
maintenance............................. 115.9 117.9 119.1 1.6 .9 1.0 3.1 3.3 2.8
Production, transportation, and material
moving.................................. 116.5 116.1 117.1 2.6 -.8 .9 5.1 2.3 .5
Service occupations...................... 116.1 118.1 118.3 .5 1.5 .2 3.2 2.3 1.9
Industry
Goods-producing industries(2)............ 114.1 114.2 114.9 2.1 -.2 .6 4.7 2.2 .7
Manufacturing.......................... 114.0 113.2 114.0 2.6 -.6 .7 6.1 1.9 .0
Aircraft manufacturing............... 87.6 77.3 77.4 .2 3.6 .1 22.3 -11.6 -11.6
Service-providing industries(3).......... 115.9 118.0 118.7 1.2 1.4 .6 3.6 3.1 2.4
Bargaining status
Union.................................... 122.3 122.9 124.3 2.8 .1 1.1 5.2 3.3 1.6
Nonunion................................. 113.9 115.6 116.2 1.2 1.0 .5 3.5 2.7 2.0
State and local government workers
All workers................................ 122.1 124.8 125.4 .1 1.0 .5 3.0 2.3 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
June Mar. June June Mar. June
2011 2012 2012 2011 2012 2012
Northeast
Boston-Worcester-Manchester, MA-NH CSA... 3.1 1.9 1.2 2.7 1.6 0.8
New York-Newark-Bridgeport, NY-NJ-CT-PA
CSA..................................... 2.6 1.8 1.7 1.9 1.5 1.7
Philadelphia-Camden-Vineland, PA-NJ-DE-MD
CSA..................................... 2.1 2.1 2.1 1.4 2.3 2.4
South
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Gainesville, GA-AL
CSA..................................... 1.3 3.2 2.7 1.1 2.7 2.2
Dallas-Fort Worth, TX CSA................ 3.2 2.6 1.4 2.3 1.1 .8
Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX CSA....... 3.2 1.7 2.0 3.0 1.5 1.9
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL
MSA..................................... 1.4 1.6 1.7 1.2 1.5 1.7
Washington-Baltimore-Northern Virginia,
DC-MD-VA-WV CSA......................... 1.5 1.8 2.0 1.3 1.4 1.9
Midwest
Chicago-Naperville-Michigan City,
IL-IN-WI CSA............................ 2.6 1.8 1.7 1.5 1.3 1.1
Detroit-Warren-Flint, MI CSA............. 4.9 1.9 .3 .7 1.2 2.6
Minneapolis-St. Paul-St. Cloud, MN-WI CSA 2.2 1.8 2.0 1.7 1.3 1.7
West
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside, CA CSA 1.9 1.6 1.6 1.2 1.4 1.6
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ MSA.......... 3.1 1.5 .4 2.1 1.0 1.0
San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA CSA... 2.5 2.1 2.1 1.9 1.4 1.6
Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA........... 4.4 .8 .5 1.7 1.7 1.7
1 Includes wages, salaries, and employer costs for employee benefits.
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