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Employment Cost Index News Release

NEWS RELEASE BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

TRANSMISSION OF MATERIAL IN THIS RELEASE IS EMBARGOED UNTIL                                      USDL-19-1386
8:30 a.m. (EDT) Wednesday, July 31, 2019

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				  EMPLOYMENT COST INDEX – June 2019
				  
Compensation costs for civilian workers increased 0.6 percent, seasonally adjusted, for the 3-month period 
ending in June 2019, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Wages and salaries increased 0.7 
percent and benefit costs increased 0.5 percent from March 2019. (See tables A, 1, 2, and 3.)

Civilian Workers

Compensation costs for civilian workers increased 2.7 percent for the 12-month period ending in 
June 2019 compared with an increase of 2.8 percent in June 2018. Wages and salaries increased 2.9 
percent for the 12-month period ending in June 2019 and increased 2.8 percent for the 12-month period 
ending in June 2018. Benefit costs increased 2.3 percent for the 12-month period ending in June 2019. 
In June 2018, the increase was 2.9 percent. (See tables A, 4, 8, and 12.)

Private Industry Workers

Compensation costs for private industry workers increased 2.6 percent over the year, compared with a 
compensation cost increase of 2.9 percent in June 2018. Wages and salaries increased 3.0 percent for 
the 12-month period ending in June 2019 and increased 2.9 percent in June 2018. The cost of benefits 
rose 1.8 percent for the 12-month period ending in June 2019 and increased 2.8 percent in June 2018. 
(See tables A, 5, 9, and 12.)

Employer costs for health benefits increased 2.3 percent for the 12-month period ending in June 2019. 
(For further information, see chart 3 and www.bls.gov/web/eci/echealth.txt.)

Among private industry occupational groups, compensation cost increases for the 12-month period ending 
in June 2019 ranged from 2.1 percent for natural resource, construction, and maintenance occupations to 
3.7 percent for service occupations. (See table 5.)

Among private industry supersectors, compensation cost increases for the 12-month period ending in June 
2019 ranged from 1.0 percent for information to 3.6 percent for leisure and hospitality. (See table 5.)

State and Local Government Workers

Compensation costs for state and local government workers increased 3.0 percent for the 12-month period 
ending in June 2019. In June 2018, the increase was 2.3 percent. Wages and salaries increased 2.5 percent 
for the 12-month period ending in June 2019 and 1.9 percent a year ago. Benefit costs increased 3.6 percent 
for the 12-month period ending in June 2019. The prior year increase was 3.1 percent. (See tables A, 7, 
11, and 12.)
Table A. Major series of the Employment Cost Index [Percent change]
Category 3-month,
seasonally adjusted		 12-month, not seasonally adjusted
Mar.
2019		 Jun.
2019		 Jun.
2018		 Sep.
2018		 Dec.
2018		 Mar.
2019		 Jun.
2019

Civilian workers(1)

Compensation(2)

 0.7 0.6 2.8 2.8 2.9 2.8 2.7

Wages and salaries

 0.7 0.7 2.8 2.9 3.1 2.9 2.9

Benefits

 0.7 0.5 2.9 2.6 2.8 2.6 2.3

Private industry

Compensation(2)

 0.7 0.5 2.9 2.9 3.0 2.8 2.6

Wages and salaries

 0.7 0.6 2.9 3.1 3.1 3.0 3.0

Benefits

 0.5 0.4 2.8 2.5 2.6 2.4 1.8

State and local government

Compensation(2)

 0.7 0.7 2.3 2.5 2.6 3.0 3.0

Wages and salaries

 0.6 0.5 1.9 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.5

Benefits

 1.0 0.9 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.6 3.6

Footnotes
(1) Includes private industry and state and local government.
(2) Includes wages and salaries and benefits.

 

The Employment Cost Index for September 2019 is scheduled for release on October 31, 2019, at 8:30 a.m. (EDT).

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						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. For information on survey concepts, coverage, methods, nonresponse 
adjustment,and imputation see National Compensation Measures Handbook of Methods at 
www.bls.gov/opub/hom/ncs/home.htm.

Sample size

Data for the June 2019 reference period were collected from a probability sample of approximately 26,500 
occupational observations selected from a sample of about 6,400 private industry establishments and 
approximately 7,900 occupational observations selected from a sample of about 1,400 state and local government 
establishments that provided data at the initial interview.

Standard errors

To assist users in ascertaining the reliability of Employment Cost Index (ECI) series, standard errors of all 
current quarter not seasonally adjusted 3- and 12-month percent change series are also available, see 
www.bls.gov/ncs/ect/ectvar.htm and the public data query tools at www.bls.gov/ncs/ect/data.htm. Standard errors 
provide users a measure of the precision of an estimate to ensure that it is within an acceptable range for 
their intended purpose. 

Historical listings

Historical listings are available at www.bls.gov/ect/#tables. The continuous occupational and industry series 
listing uses the Standard Industrial Classification Manual and Occupational Classification System series from 
1975 through 2005 and the North American Industry Classification System and Standard Occupational Classification 
from 2006 to the present. It provides the official series deemed continuous after the change in classification 
systems. 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 are published as part of the Employer Costs for Employee 
Compensation news release (ECEC). The ECEC release dates are available at www.bls.gov/schedule/2019/home.htm. 
Historical ECEC data are available in summary documents at www.bls.gov/ect/#tables. Since the ECEC is calculated 
with current employment weights rather than the fixed weights used in computing the ECI, year-to-year changes in 
the cost levels usually differ from those in the ECI.

Fixed Employment Weights

For additional information on the use of fixed employment weights in computing the ECI, see 
www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2016/article/introducing-2012-fixed-employment-weights-for-the-employment-cost-index.htm.

Table 1. Employment Cost Index for total compensation(1), by occupational group and industry [Seasonally adjusted]
Occupational group and industry Indexes (Dec.2005=100) Percent changes for 3-months ended-
Mar.
2019		 Jun.
2019		 Jun.
2017		 Sep.
2017		 Dec.
2017		 Mar.
2018		 Jun.
2018		 Sep.
2018		 Dec.
2018		 Mar.
2019		 Jun.
2019

Civilian workers

All workers(2)

 136.2 137.0 0.5 0.7 0.6 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.6

Industry

Goods-producing industries(3)

 133.1 134.0 0.5 0.9 0.5 0.8 0.6 0.3 0.6 0.8 0.7

Manufacturing

 132.9 133.7 0.6 1.0 0.5 0.7 0.6 0.2 0.6 0.9 0.6

Service-providing industries(4)

 136.9 137.6 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.5

Education and health services

 136.0 136.8 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.7 0.6 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.6

Educational services

 136.6 137.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7

Elementary and secondary schools

 136.7 137.6 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.9 0.7 0.7 0.7

Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and professional schools

 136.4 137.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.7

Health care and social assistance(5)

 135.4 136.2 0.5 0.3 0.6 0.8 0.5 0.8 0.7 0.5 0.6

Hospitals

 135.9 136.7 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.9 0.7 0.6

Nursing and residential care facilities

 132.3 133.2 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.5 0.7

Public administration

 140.5 141.4 0.6 0.4 0.8 0.3 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.6

Private industry workers

All workers

 135.5 136.2 0.6 0.8 0.5 0.9 0.6 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.5

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related

 134.7 135.5 0.8 0.5 0.5 0.8 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.6

Management, business, and financial

 136.1 137.2 0.9 0.6 0.4 1.0 0.5 0.7 0.5 0.5 0.8

Professional and related

 133.6 134.2 0.7 0.4 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.4 0.4

Sales and office

 136.3 136.9 0.5 0.9 0.5 1.1 0.8 1.0 0.9 0.6 0.4

Sales and related

 132.0 132.3 0.3 1.1 0.5 1.3 0.6 1.2 1.0 0.5 0.2

Office and administrative support

 139.3 140.2 0.5 0.7 0.7 0.8 1.1 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.6

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 135.5 136.0 0.7 0.8 0.6 0.5 1.0 0.4 0.7 0.7 0.4

Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

 135.6 136.5 0.5 0.8 0.5 0.5 0.7 0.4 0.6 0.8 0.7

Installation, maintenance, and repair

 135.3 135.4 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.4 1.3 0.5 0.7 0.4 0.1

Production, transportation, and material moving

 136.3 137.2 0.6 1.1 0.6 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.7 1.0 0.7

Production

 133.5 134.4 0.6 1.1 0.5 0.7 0.7 0.3 0.6 0.9 0.7

Transportation and material moving

 139.8 140.7 0.7 1.0 0.8 1.0 0.7 0.8 0.7 1.2 0.6

Service occupations

 136.9 138.5 0.7 0.6 0.8 1.0 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.8 1.2

Industry

Goods-producing industries(3)

 133.1 134.0 0.6 0.9 0.5 0.7 0.7 0.3 0.5 0.9 0.7

Construction

 133.5 134.6 0.4 0.6 0.5 0.9 0.8 0.5 0.6 0.8 0.8

Manufacturing

 132.9 133.7 0.6 1.0 0.5 0.7 0.6 0.2 0.6 0.9 0.6

Aircraft manufacturing

 121.2 121.7 0.7 8.5 0.4 1.5 0.3 -6.7 0.3 0.6 0.4

Service-providing industries(5)

 136.2 137.0 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.9 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.6

Trade, transportation, and utilities

 138.3 139.0 0.4 0.8 0.8 1.0 0.6 1.1 0.7 0.8 0.5

Wholesale trade

 134.2 133.8 0.3 0.8 0.4 1.0 -0.1 1.8 0.7 0.8 -0.3

Retail trade

 138.7 139.9 0.4 0.9 0.8 1.0 1.0 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.9

Transportation and warehousing

 141.2 142.1 0.8 0.9 0.9 1.0 0.7 1.2 0.6 1.0 0.6

Utilities

 148.3 149.3 0.6 0.7 0.7 1.0 0.5 0.6 0.6 1.8 0.7

Information

 135.9 134.5 1.0 0.5 0.5 0.6 2.9 0.8 0.4 0.8 -1.0

Financial activities

 135.9 136.2 0.8 0.6 0.3 1.5 0.8 0.4 0.7 0.9 0.2

Finance and insurance

 136.2 136.5 0.8 0.5 0.5 1.5 0.8 0.4 0.6 0.9 0.2

Credit intermediation and related activities

 134.3 134.8 0.6 0.5 -0.1 1.2 0.7 0.4 0.6 1.0 0.4

Insurance carriers and related activities

 138.0 138.2 0.8 0.3 0.6 0.8 0.8 0.3 0.4 1.2 0.1

Real estate and rental and leasing

 134.4 134.8 0.9 0.8 0.1 1.2 0.3 0.6 0.8 1.0 0.3

Professional and business services

 136.0 137.2 0.8 1.0 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.9 0.6 0.3 0.9

Professional, scientific, and technical services

 138.1 139.4 0.9 1.0 0.4 0.7 0.1 1.2 0.5 0.1 0.9

Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services

 133.1 134.2 0.6 1.3 0.6 0.5 0.9 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.8

Education and health services

 134.7 135.5 0.5 0.3 0.6 0.8 0.5 0.8 0.7 0.4 0.6

Educational services

 134.8 135.5 0.3 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.8 0.5 0.4 0.5

Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and professional schools

 137.0 137.7 0.4 0.7 0.5 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.5

Health care and social assistance

 134.7 135.5 0.5 0.2 0.6 0.8 0.6 0.8 0.8 0.4 0.6

Hospitals

 135.4 136.3 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.5 1.0 0.5 0.7

Nursing and residential care facilities

 130.6 131.3 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.8 0.6 0.5 0.8 0.5 0.5

Leisure and hospitality

 136.6 137.7 0.7 0.6 0.7 1.1 0.5 1.1 1.3 0.4 0.8

Accommodations and food services

 137.6 139.1 0.8 0.5 0.7 1.2 0.6 0.9 1.2 0.7 1.1

Other services, except public administration

 136.6 137.9 0.5 0.8 0.5 1.1 0.6 0.0 1.2 1.0 1.0

State and local government workers

All workers

 138.8 139.8 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.4 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7

Industry

Education and health services

 137.4 138.4 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7

Educational services

 137.0 138.0 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7

Schools

 136.9 137.9 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.7

Elementary and secondary schools

 137.2 138.1 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.9 0.7 0.7 0.7

Health care and social assistance

 140.5 141.4 0.4 1.0 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.9 0.6

Hospitals

 137.9 138.5 0.4 0.9 0.5 0.4 0.6 0.5 0.7 1.2 0.4

Public administration

 140.5 141.4 0.6 0.4 0.8 0.3 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.6

Footnotes
(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 the following industries: wholesale trade; retail trade; transportation and warehousing; utilities; information; finance and insurance; real estate and rental and leasing; professional and technical services; management of companies and enterprises; administrative and waste services; educational services; health care and social assistance; arts, entertainment and recreation; accommodation and food services; and other services, except public administration.

SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey

Table 2. Employment Cost Index for wages and salaries, by occupational group and industry [Seasonally adjusted]
Occupational group and industry Indexes (Dec. 2005=100) Percent changes for 3-months ended-
Mar.
2019		 Jun.
2019		 Jun.
2017		 Sep.
2017		 Dec.
2017		 Mar.
2018		 Jun.
2018		 Sep.
2018		 Dec.
2018		 Mar.
2019		 Jun.
2019

Civilian workers

All workers(1)

 134.8 135.7 0.5 0.7 0.6 0.8 0.5 0.9 0.7 0.7 0.7

Industry

Goods-producing industries(2)

 134.1 135.2 0.5 0.7 0.6 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.8 0.8 0.8

Manufacturing

 134.2 135.1 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.8 0.9 0.7

Service-providing industries(3)

 135.0 135.8 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.8 0.6 0.9 0.7 0.7 0.6

Education and health services

 132.1 132.9 0.6 0.4 0.6 0.7 0.5 0.8 0.7 0.5 0.6

Educational services

 129.4 130.1 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.8 0.5 0.5 0.5

Elementary and secondary schools

 128.2 128.7 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.9 0.6 0.5 0.4

Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and professional schools

 131.7 132.5 0.2 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.6

Health care and social assistance

 135.0 135.8 0.7 0.2 0.7 0.9 0.6 0.9 0.7 0.4 0.6

Hospitals

 134.9 135.7 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.4 1.1 0.5 0.6

Nursing and residential care facilities

 132.3 133.1 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.9 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.6 0.6

Public administration

 131.6 132.5 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.7

Private industry workers

All workers

 135.9 136.7 0.6 0.8 0.6 0.9 0.6 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.6

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related

 135.4 136.3 0.8 0.5 0.5 0.8 0.5 0.8 0.5 0.5 0.7

Professional and related

 134.4 135.1 0.8 0.2 0.7 0.7 0.5 0.8 0.6 0.4 0.5

Sales and office

 136.4 137.0 0.4 1.0 0.6 1.2 0.8 1.1 0.9 0.7 0.4

Sales and related

 132.8 133.1 0.3 1.3 0.5 1.4 0.5 1.4 1.0 0.7 0.2

Office and administrative support

 139.1 140.0 0.5 0.8 0.8 0.9 1.0 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.6

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 134.3 135.3 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.7 0.7 0.7

Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

 134.8 135.8 0.4 0.9 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.7 0.8 0.8

Installation, maintenance, and repair

 133.7 134.8 1.0 0.6 0.8 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.7 0.5 0.8

Production, transportation, and material moving

 137.0 137.9 0.7 0.9 0.8 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.8 1.2 0.7

Production

 134.3 135.3 0.7 1.0 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.9 0.8

Transportation and material moving

 140.0 140.9 0.8 1.1 0.8 1.1 0.7 1.0 0.9 1.6 0.7

Service occupations(4)

 138.0 139.7 0.7 0.7 1.0 0.9 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.1 1.2

Industry

Goods-producing industries(2)

 134.2 135.2 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.7

Construction

 133.5 134.6 0.4 0.7 0.5 1.0 0.8 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.9

Manufacturing

 134.2 135.1 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.8 0.9 0.7

Aircraft manufacturing

 143.0 143.7 0.8 0.7 0.5 0.6 0.4 0.4 0.8 0.3 0.5

Service-providing industries(4)

 136.4 137.2 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.9 0.6 0.9 0.7 0.7 0.6

Trade, transportation, and utilities

 137.5 138.1 0.4 0.8 0.7 1.1 0.5 1.3 0.7 1.0 0.4

Retail trade

 139.3 140.6 0.5 0.8 0.8 1.0 0.9 0.8 0.5 1.0 0.9

Transportation and warehousing

 140.7 141.4 0.5 0.9 1.0 1.1 0.7 1.4 0.7 1.3 0.5

Utilities

 143.3 144.6 0.5 0.5 0.7 0.8 0.5 0.4 0.6 0.9 0.9

Information

 132.9 133.5 0.9 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.9 0.8 0.5 1.0 0.5

Financial activities

 136.8 136.7 0.9 0.7 0.7 1.6 0.6 0.3 0.6 1.0 -0.1

Finance and insurance

 137.6 137.5 0.9 0.6 0.8 1.7 0.7 0.3 0.6 1.0 -0.1

Credit intermediation and related activities

 133.6 133.9 0.7 0.6 0.4 1.2 0.7 0.4 0.5 1.2 0.2

Insurance carriers and related activities

 137.2 136.9 0.8 0.2 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.1 0.4 1.3 -0.2

Professional and business services

 136.6 137.9 0.7 1.1 0.5 0.7 0.5 1.0 0.7 0.4 1.0

Professional, scientific, and technical services

 138.6 140.1 0.7 1.1 0.4 0.7 0.2 1.5 0.5 0.0 1.1

Education and health services

 134.8 135.6 0.6 0.2 0.7 0.9 0.5 0.9 0.8 0.4 0.6

Educational services

 133.3 134.0 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.8 0.4 0.5 0.5

Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and professional schools

 134.5 135.3 0.4 0.8 0.5 0.5 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6

Health care and social assistance

 135.1 135.9 0.7 0.2 0.7 0.9 0.7 0.9 0.7 0.4 0.6

Nursing and residential care facilities

 132.3 133.1 0.7 0.6 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.9 0.6 0.6

Leisure and hospitality

 139.5 140.9 0.8 0.7 0.8 1.2 0.7 1.1 1.5 0.6 1.0

Accommodations and food service

 140.2 141.9 0.8 0.5 0.8 1.3 0.7 1.0 1.3 0.8 1.2

Other services, except public administration

 137.0 138.5 0.5 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.7 -0.1 1.3 1.0 1.1

State and local government workers

All workers

 130.3 131.0 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.5

Industry

Education and health services

 129.3 130.0 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.8 0.5 0.5 0.5

Educational services

 128.7 129.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.6 0.8 0.6 0.5 0.5

Schools

 128.7 129.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.8 0.5 0.5 0.5

Elementary and secondary schools

 128.1 128.7 0.6 0.4 0.4 0.6 0.5 0.9 0.5 0.5 0.5

Health care and social assistance

 134.1 134.7 0.5 0.8 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.4

Hospitals

 133.0 133.4 0.6 0.9 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.6 0.8 0.3

Public administration

 131.6 132.5 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.7

Footnotes
(1) Includes workers in the private nonfarm economy except those in private households, and workers in the public sector, except the federal government.
(2) 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 the following industries: wholesale trade; retail trade; transportation and warehousing; utilities; information; finance and insurance; real estate and rental and leasing; professional and technical services; management of companies and enterprises; administrative and waste services; educational services; health care and social assistance; arts, entertainment and recreation; accommodation and food services; and other services, except public administration.

SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey

Table 3. Employment Cost Index for benefits, by occupational group and industry [Seasonally adjusted]
Occupational group and industry Indexes (Dec. 2005=100) Percent changes for 3-months ended-
Mar.
2019		 Jun.
2019		 Jun.
2017		 Sep.
2017		 Dec.
2017		 Mar.
2018		 Jun.
2018		 Sep.
2018		 Dec.
2018		 Mar.
2019		 Jun.
2019

Civilian workers

All workers(1)

 139.3 140.0 0.6 0.8 0.5 0.7 0.9 0.4 0.7 0.7 0.5

Private industry workers

All workers

 134.6 135.1 0.6 0.7 0.4 0.8 0.9 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.4

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related

 133.0 133.6 0.6 0.8 0.5 0.6 0.8 0.2 0.7 0.3 0.5

Sales and office

 136.2 136.9 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.8 1.1 0.7 0.8 0.3 0.5

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 138.0 137.5 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.4 1.8 0.3 0.5 0.7 -0.4

Production, transportation, and material moving

 134.9 135.7 0.6 1.2 0.5 0.8 0.5 0.1 0.4 0.7 0.6

Service occupations

 133.3 134.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.8 0.4 0.7 0.5 0.2 0.9

Industry

Goods-producing industries(2)

 130.8 131.6 0.5 1.2 0.4 0.8 0.5 -0.4 0.3 0.9 0.6

Manufacturing

 130.4 131.1 0.5 1.6 0.4 0.8 0.5 -0.7 0.3 0.9 0.5

Service-providing industries(3)

 136.0 136.5 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.8 1.0 0.6 0.6 0.4 0.4

State and local government workers

All workers(1)

 155.8 157.2 0.7 0.8 0.9 0.5 0.9 0.7 0.9 1.0 0.9

Footnotes
(1) Includes workers in the private nonfarm economy except those in private households, and workers in the public sector, except the federal government.
(2) Includes mining, construction, and manufacturing.
(3) Includes the following industries: wholesale trade; retail trade; transportation and warehousing; utilities; information; finance and insurance; real estate and rental and leasing; professional and technical services; management of companies and enterprises; administrative and waste services; educational services; health care and social assistance; arts, entertainment and recreation; accommodation and food services; and other services, except public administration.

SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey

Table 4. Employment Cost Index for total compensation(1), for civilian workers, by occupational group and industry [Not seasonally adjusted]
Occupational group and industry Indexes (Dec. 2005=100) Percent changes for
Jun.
2018		 Mar.
2019		 Jun.
2019		 3-months ended- 12-months ended-
Jun.
2018		 Mar.
2019		 Jun.
2019		 Jun.
2018		 Mar.
2019		 Jun.
2019

All workers(2)

 133.3 136.2 136.9 0.6 0.9 0.5 2.8 2.8 2.7

Excluding incentive paid occupations(3)

 133.6 136.3 137.1 0.7 0.8 0.6 2.8 2.7 2.6

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related

 132.9 135.4 136.2 0.5 0.7 0.6 2.3 2.4 2.5

Management, business, and financial

 134.1 136.5 137.5 0.5 0.7 0.7 2.5 2.3 2.5

Professional and related

 132.3 134.8 135.5 0.5 0.6 0.5 2.2 2.4 2.4

Sales and office

 133.6 136.8 137.5 0.9 1.0 0.5 3.4 3.3 2.9

Sales and related

 128.6 132.2 132.5 0.6 0.9 0.2 3.5 3.4 3.0

Office and administrative support

 136.6 139.7 140.6 1.0 1.0 0.6 3.3 3.3 2.9

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 133.7 135.8 136.6 1.1 0.6 0.6 2.8 2.7 2.2

Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

 133.6 135.8 137.0 0.9 0.7 0.9 2.5 2.6 2.5

Installation, maintenance, and repair

 133.8 135.7 136.2 1.4 0.4 0.4 3.1 2.8 1.8

Production, transportation, and material moving

 133.6 136.8 137.5 0.5 1.3 0.5 3.2 2.9 2.9

Production

 131.3 133.7 134.6 0.6 0.9 0.7 3.1 2.5 2.5

Transportation and material moving

 136.4 140.4 141.0 0.4 1.5 0.4 3.4 3.4 3.4

Service occupations

 134.9 138.7 139.8 0.5 1.1 0.8 3.1 3.4 3.6

Industry

Goods-producing industries(4)

 130.9 133.1 134.1 0.8 0.9 0.8 2.8 2.5 2.4

Manufacturing

 130.8 132.9 133.8 0.6 1.0 0.7 2.9 2.2 2.3

Service-providing industries(5)

 133.8 136.7 137.5 0.7 0.8 0.6 2.8 2.9 2.8

Education and health services

 132.9 135.8 136.5 0.5 0.4 0.5 2.3 2.6 2.7

Educational services

 133.0 136.2 136.7 0.3 0.4 0.4 2.3 2.7 2.8

Elementary and secondary schools

 132.9 136.3 136.7 0.3 0.4 0.3 2.4 2.9 2.9

Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and professional schools

 133.3 136.3 136.9 0.4 0.4 0.4 2.2 2.6 2.7

Health care and social assistance

 132.7 135.5 136.2 0.5 0.6 0.5 2.3 2.6 2.6

Hospitals

 133.1 135.9 136.7 0.5 0.7 0.6 2.1 2.6 2.7

Nursing and residential care facilities

 129.9 132.3 133.1 0.6 0.5 0.6 2.9 2.5 2.5

Public administration

 136.7 140.4 140.9 0.4 0.9 0.4 2.2 3.1 3.1

Footnotes
(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.

SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey

Table 5. Employment Cost Index for total compensation(1), for private industry workers, by occupational group and industry [Not seasonally adjusted]
Occupational group and industry Indexes (Dec. 2005=100) Percent changes for
Jun.
2018		 Mar.
2019		 Jun.
2019		 3-months ended- 12-months ended-
Jun.
2018		 Mar.
2019		 Jun.
2019		 Jun.
2018		 Mar.
2019		 Jun.
2019

All workers

 132.9 135.6 136.4 0.8 0.9 0.6 2.9 2.8 2.6

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 133.2 135.7 136.6 0.8 0.9 0.7 2.9 2.6 2.6

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related

 132.6 134.8 135.6 0.6 0.7 0.6 2.4 2.3 2.3

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 132.0 134.1 134.9 0.6 0.8 0.6 2.4 2.2 2.2

Management, business, and financial

 133.9 136.2 137.3 0.5 0.7 0.8 2.5 2.3 2.5

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 133.3 135.3 136.3 0.6 0.8 0.7 2.5 2.1 2.3

Professional and related

 131.6 133.7 134.4 0.6 0.7 0.5 2.3 2.2 2.1

Sales and office

 133.2 136.4 137.1 0.9 1.0 0.5 3.5 3.3 2.9

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 135.7 138.5 139.6 1.2 1.0 0.8 3.5 3.3 2.9

Sales and related

 128.5 132.0 132.4 0.6 0.9 0.3 3.5 3.4 3.0

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 133.8 136.7 137.8 1.1 1.1 0.8 3.6 3.3 3.0

Office and administrative support

 136.5 139.5 140.5 1.1 1.1 0.7 3.3 3.3 2.9

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 133.4 135.3 136.2 1.2 0.6 0.7 2.9 2.7 2.1

Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

 133.4 135.5 136.7 0.9 0.8 0.9 2.5 2.5 2.5

Installation, maintenance, and repair

 133.4 135.1 135.6 1.6 0.4 0.4 3.3 2.9 1.6

Production, transportation, and material moving

 133.2 136.4 137.2 0.5 1.3 0.6 3.3 2.9 3.0

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 133.3 136.1 137.2 0.5 1.0 0.8 3.2 2.6 2.9

Production

 131.1 133.5 134.4 0.7 0.9 0.7 3.1 2.5 2.5

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 131.4 133.9 134.8 0.7 1.0 0.7 3.1 2.6 2.6

Transportation and material moving

 136.0 140.1 140.7 0.4 1.7 0.4 3.5 3.5 3.5

Service occupations

 133.5 137.2 138.5 0.6 1.2 0.9 3.3 3.4 3.7

Industry and occupational group

Goods-producing industries(3)

 130.9 133.1 134.1 0.8 0.9 0.8 2.8 2.5 2.4

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 131.3 133.4 134.5 0.8 0.9 0.8 2.8 2.4 2.4

Management, professional, and related

 129.5 131.4 132.3 0.6 1.1 0.7 3.1 2.1 2.2

Sales and office

 132.0 135.2 136.4 1.2 0.7 0.9 3.0 3.7 3.3

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 132.9 134.7 136.1 1.0 0.7 1.0 2.6 2.4 2.4

Production, transportation, and material moving

 130.1 132.5 133.4 0.5 1.0 0.7 2.7 2.3 2.5

Construction

 131.1 133.4 134.7 1.1 0.8 1.0 3.0 2.9 2.7

Manufacturing

 130.8 132.9 133.8 0.6 1.0 0.7 2.9 2.2 2.3

Management, professional, and related

 130.9 132.6 133.3 0.7 1.1 0.5 3.1 2.0 1.8

Sales and office occupations

 133.5 136.8 138.1 0.8 1.0 1.0 2.7 3.3 3.4

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 131.8 132.8 133.9 0.8 0.5 0.8 2.7 1.5 1.6

Production, transportation, and material moving

 129.8 132.2 133.0 0.5 1.1 0.6 2.8 2.3 2.5

Aircraft manufacturing

 132.3 122.1 122.4 0.2 1.5 0.2 13.6 -7.6 -7.5

Service-providing industries(4)

 133.5 136.3 137.1 0.7 0.8 0.6 2.9 2.8 2.7

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 133.9 136.5 137.4 0.8 0.9 0.7 2.8 2.7 2.6

Management, professional, and related

 133.2 135.4 136.3 0.6 0.6 0.7 2.3 2.3 2.3

Sales and office

 133.3 136.5 137.2 0.9 1.0 0.5 3.5 3.3 2.9

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 134.1 136.2 136.4 1.6 0.5 0.1 3.2 3.2 1.7

Production, transportation, and material moving

 136.8 140.9 141.5 0.7 1.6 0.4 3.7 3.7 3.4

Service occupations

 133.4 137.2 138.4 0.6 1.2 0.9 3.3 3.5 3.7

Trade, transportation, and utilities

 135.0 138.4 139.2 0.7 1.2 0.6 3.1 3.3 3.1

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 135.9 138.7 140.0 1.0 1.0 0.9 3.2 3.1 3.0

Wholesale trade

 130.0 134.2 133.8 0.0 0.9 -0.3 2.1 3.2 2.9

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 134.3 136.6 137.5 1.0 0.9 0.7 3.0 2.7 2.4

Retail trade

 136.2 138.6 140.3 1.4 0.9 1.2 3.7 3.2 3.0

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 134.6 137.7 139.0 1.3 1.1 0.9 3.3 3.6 3.3

Transportation and warehousing

 137.5 141.5 142.2 0.5 1.6 0.5 3.5 3.4 3.4

Utilities

 144.3 148.5 149.6 0.6 2.4 0.7 2.9 3.5 3.7

Information

 133.4 135.6 134.8 3.1 1.0 -0.6 4.5 4.8 1.0

Financial activities

 133.8 135.6 136.7 1.4 1.0 0.8 3.2 2.7 2.2

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 133.9 136.4 137.4 1.1 1.2 0.7 2.9 2.9 2.6

Finance and insurance

 134.3 135.9 137.1 1.6 1.0 0.9 3.4 2.8 2.1

Credit intermediation and related activities

 132.3 134.2 135.4 1.3 1.3 0.9 2.4 2.8 2.3

Excluding incentive paid

 136.3 138.8 139.9 1.1 1.4 0.8 2.4 3.0 2.6

Insurance carriers and related activities

 136.3 137.8 139.1 1.6 1.5 0.9 2.6 2.8 2.1

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 134.5 136.9 138.4 1.1 1.3 1.1 2.8 2.9 2.9

Real estate and rental and leasing

 131.3 134.5 134.9 0.3 1.1 0.3 2.3 2.8 2.7

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 134.7 138.1 138.7 0.5 1.0 0.4 2.5 3.1 3.0

Professional and business services

 133.8 136.3 137.4 0.4 0.8 0.8 2.7 2.3 2.7

Professional, scientific, and technical services

 135.8 138.6 139.5 -0.1 0.8 0.6 2.3 2.0 2.7

Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services

 130.5 133.1 134.2 0.9 0.8 0.8 3.4 2.9 2.8

Education and health services

 132.1 134.7 135.5 0.5 0.4 0.6 2.2 2.5 2.6

Educational services

 132.1 134.6 135.2 0.5 0.1 0.4 2.2 2.4 2.3

Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and professional schools

 133.8 136.8 137.3 0.6 0.4 0.4 2.7 2.9 2.6

Health care and social assistance

 132.1 134.8 135.6 0.5 0.5 0.6 2.2 2.6 2.6

Hospitals

 132.8 135.5 136.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 1.9 2.6 2.7

Nursing and residential care facilities

 128.3 130.7 131.4 0.5 0.6 0.5 2.7 2.4 2.4

Nursing care facilities(2)

 127.8 130.2 130.9 0.6 0.4 0.5 2.4 2.4 2.4

Leisure and hospitality

 133.0 137.0 137.8 0.3 1.0 0.6 3.1 3.3 3.6

Accommodations and food service

 134.0 138.0 139.2 0.4 1.2 0.9 3.1 3.4 3.9

Other services, except public administration

 133.7 136.6 137.9 0.6 1.2 1.0 2.9 2.8 3.1

Footnotes
(1) Includes wages, salaries, and employer costs for employee benefits.
(2) The index for this series is not strictly comparable with other series in this table.
(3) Includes mining, construction, and manufacturing.
(4) Includes the following industries: wholesale trade; retail trade; transportation and warehousing; utilities; information; finance and insurance; real estate and rental and leasing; professional and technical services; management of companies and enterprises; administrative and waste services; educational services; health care and social assistance; arts, entertainment and recreation; accommodation and food services; and other services, except public administration.

SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey

Table 6. Employment Cost Index for total compensation(1), for private industry workers, by bargaining status and Census region and division [Not seasonally adjusted]
Bargaining status and Census region and division Indexes (Dec. 2005=100) Percent changes for
Jun.
2018		 Mar.
2019		 Jun.
2019		 3-months ended- 12-months ended-
Jun.
2018		 Mar.
2019		 Jun.
2019		 Jun.
2018		 Mar.
2019		 Jun.
2019

Bargaining status

Union

 137.4 140.0 140.8 1.5 0.9 0.6 3.5 3.4 2.5

Goods-producing industries(2)

 133.3 134.1 135.4 0.8 0.7 1.0 3.0 1.4 1.6

Manufacturing

 128.2 127.7 128.3 0.3 0.6 0.5 3.5 -0.1 0.1

Service-providing industries(3)

 140.7 144.1 144.7 1.8 0.9 0.4 3.8 4.3 2.8

Nonunion

 132.2 134.9 135.8 0.6 0.9 0.7 2.8 2.7 2.7

Goods-producing industries(2)

 130.2 132.6 133.6 0.8 0.9 0.8 2.8 2.6 2.6

Manufacturing

 131.5 134.2 135.1 0.6 1.1 0.7 2.7 2.7 2.7

Service-providing industries(3)

 132.8 135.5 136.4 0.6 0.8 0.7 2.8 2.7 2.7

Census region and division(4)

Northeast

 134.7 138.1 139.0 0.7 1.2 0.7 2.7 3.3 3.2

New England

 136.6 141.1 142.0 0.1 0.9 0.6 2.1 3.4 4.0

Middle Atlantic

 134.0 137.1 138.0 1.0 1.3 0.7 2.9 3.3 3.0

South

 131.4 133.3 134.2 0.8 0.6 0.7 2.7 2.2 2.1

South Atlantic

 133.5 135.6 136.5 0.9 0.6 0.7 2.9 2.5 2.2

East South Central

 130.2 132.1 132.9 0.2 0.6 0.6 2.5 1.6 2.1

West South Central

 128.3 130.0 130.9 0.7 0.6 0.7 2.4 2.0 2.0

Midwest

 130.6 133.5 134.1 0.6 0.9 0.4 2.5 2.9 2.7

East North Central

 129.0 132.3 132.7 0.5 1.1 0.3 2.4 3.0 2.9

West North Central

 134.4 136.6 137.6 0.8 0.6 0.7 2.7 2.5 2.4

West

 135.7 138.5 139.5 0.8 0.9 0.7 3.6 2.9 2.8

Mountain

 132.5 135.3 136.6 0.6 0.9 1.0 3.0 2.7 3.1

Pacific

 137.1 139.9 140.7 0.9 1.0 0.6 3.9 2.9 2.6

Footnotes
(1) Includes wages, salaries, and employer costs for employee benefits.
(2) Includes mining, construction, and manufacturing.
(3) Includes the following industries: wholesale trade; retail trade; transportation and warehousing; utilities; information; finance and insurance; real estate and rental and leasing; professional and technical services; management of companies and enterprises; administrative and waste services; educational services; health care and social assistance; arts, entertainment and recreation; accommodation and food services; and other services, except public administration.
(4) The Census divisions are defined as follows: New England: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont; Middle Atlantic: New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania; South Atlantic: Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia; East South Central: Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, and Tennessee; West South Central: Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas; East North Central: Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin; West North Central: Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota; Mountain: Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming; and Pacific: Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon, and Washington.

NOTE: The indexes for these series are not strictly comparable to those for the aggregate, occupation, and industry series.
SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey

Table 7. Employment Cost Index for total compensation(1), for state and local government workers, by occupational group and industry [Not seasonally adjusted]
Occupational group and industry Indexes (Dec. 2005=100) Percent changes for
Jun.
2018		 Mar.
2019		 Jun.
2019		 3-months ended- 12-months ended-
Jun.
2018		 Mar.
2019		 Jun.
2019		 Jun.
2018		 Mar.
2019		 Jun.
2019

All workers

 135.1 138.6 139.1 0.4 0.7 0.4 2.3 3.0 3.0

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related

 133.8 137.1 137.6 0.3 0.5 0.4 2.3 2.8 2.8

Professional and related

 133.6 136.8 137.4 0.3 0.5 0.4 2.3 2.7 2.8

Sales and office

 137.1 140.9 141.5 0.6 0.6 0.4 2.6 3.4 3.2

Office and administrative support

 137.1 141.0 141.6 0.6 0.6 0.4 2.6 3.4 3.3

Service occupations

 138.2 142.1 142.6 0.4 0.9 0.4 2.5 3.3 3.2

Industry

Education and health services

 133.7 137.1 137.6 0.3 0.4 0.4 2.4 2.9 2.9

Educational services

 133.3 136.7 137.2 0.3 0.4 0.4 2.3 2.9 2.9

Schools

 133.2 136.6 137.1 0.2 0.4 0.4 2.3 2.8 2.9

Elementary and secondary schools

 133.3 136.7 137.2 0.3 0.4 0.4 2.5 2.9 2.9

Health care and social assistance

 137.1 140.5 140.9 0.4 0.9 0.3 2.7 2.9 2.8

Hospitals

 134.2 137.9 138.1 0.2 1.0 0.1 2.4 3.0 2.9

Public administration

 136.7 140.4 140.9 0.4 0.9 0.4 2.2 3.1 3.1

Footnotes
(1) Includes wages, salaries, and employer costs for employee benefits.

SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey

Table 8. Employment Cost Index for wages and salaries, for civilian workers, by occupational group and industry [Not seasonally adjusted]
Occupational group and industry Indexes (Dec. 2005=100) Percent changes for
Jun.
2018		 Mar.
2019		 Jun.
2019		 3-months ended- 12-months ended-
Jun.
2018		 Mar.
2019		 Jun.
2019		 Jun.
2018		 Mar.
2019		 Jun.
2019

All workers(1)

 131.9 134.9 135.7 0.6 0.8 0.6 2.8 2.9 2.9

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 131.9 134.7 135.6 0.6 0.8 0.7 2.7 2.7 2.8

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related

 131.2 133.7 134.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 2.2 2.4 2.5

Management, business, and financial

 133.5 136.1 137.2 0.4 0.7 0.8 2.4 2.3 2.8

Professional and related

 130.0 132.4 133.1 0.5 0.5 0.5 2.1 2.4 2.4

Sales and office

 132.4 136.0 136.6 0.8 1.1 0.4 3.5 3.5 3.2

Sales and related

 128.7 132.8 133.0 0.4 1.1 0.2 3.8 3.6 3.3

Office and administrative support

 134.8 138.0 139.0 1.0 1.0 0.7 3.2 3.4 3.1

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 131.8 133.9 135.2 0.8 0.5 1.0 2.5 2.4 2.6

Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

 132.0 134.4 135.6 0.9 0.7 0.9 2.6 2.8 2.7

Installation, maintenance, and repair

 131.8 133.5 134.8 0.8 0.2 1.0 2.4 2.1 2.3

Production, transportation, and material moving

 133.2 137.0 137.7 0.7 1.4 0.5 3.4 3.6 3.4

Production

 131.6 134.6 135.5 0.8 1.0 0.7 3.1 3.1 3.0

Transportation and material moving

 135.0 139.7 140.2 0.5 1.9 0.4 3.7 4.0 3.9

Service occupations

 133.2 137.2 138.3 0.6 1.2 0.8 3.3 3.6 3.8

Industry

Goods-producing industries(3)

 131.4 134.1 135.3 0.8 0.9 0.9 2.8 2.8 3.0

Manufacturing

 131.3 134.2 135.2 0.7 1.0 0.7 2.7 2.9 3.0

Service-providing industries(4)

 131.9 135.0 135.8 0.5 0.8 0.6 2.6 2.9 3.0

Education and health services

 129.3 132.1 132.6 0.5 0.4 0.4 2.2 2.6 2.6

Educational services

 126.7 129.3 129.7 0.3 0.2 0.3 1.9 2.4 2.4

Elementary and secondary schools

 125.3 128.0 128.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 1.9 2.5 2.4

Junior colleges, colleges, and universities

 128.7 131.6 132.1 0.2 0.4 0.4 1.9 2.5 2.6

Health care and social assistance

 132.2 135.1 135.8 0.5 0.5 0.5 2.5 2.7 2.7

Hospitals

 132.3 134.9 135.7 0.6 0.5 0.6 2.2 2.6 2.6

Nursing and residential care facilities

 129.4 132.4 133.2 0.7 0.8 0.6 2.9 3.0 2.9

Public administration

 128.7 131.7 132.2 0.3 0.7 0.4 2.1 2.7 2.7

Footnotes
(1) Includes workers in the private nonfarm economy except those in private households, and workers in the public sector, except the federal government.
(2) The index for this series is not strictly comparable with other series in this table.
(3) Includes mining, construction, and manufacturing.
(4) Includes the following industries: wholesale trade; retail trade; transportation and warehousing; utilities; information; finance and insurance; real estate and rental and leasing; professional and technical services; management of companies and enterprises; administrative and waste services; educational services; health care and social assistance; arts, entertainment and recreation; accommodation and food services; other services, except public administration; and public administration.

SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey

Table 9. Employment Cost Index for wages and salaries, for private industry workers, by occupational group and industry [Not seasonally adjusted]
Occupational group and industry Index value (Dec. 2005=100) Percent changes for
Jun.
2018		 Mar.
2019		 Jun.
2019		 3-months ended- 12-months ended-
Jun.
2018		 Mar.
2019		 Jun.
2019		 Jun.
2018		 Mar.
2019		 Jun.
2019

All workers

 132.9 135.9 136.9 0.7 0.9 0.7 2.9 3.0 3.0

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 133.0 135.8 136.9 0.7 0.9 0.8 2.9 2.8 2.9

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related

 133.0 135.4 136.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 2.3 2.3 2.6

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 132.0 134.3 135.2 0.5 0.7 0.7 2.2 2.3 2.4

Management, business, and financial

 134.2 136.8 137.9 0.4 0.7 0.8 2.4 2.3 2.8

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 132.8 135.1 136.2 0.4 0.8 0.8 2.3 2.1 2.6

Professional and related

 132.1 134.4 135.2 0.6 0.5 0.6 2.2 2.4 2.3

Sales and office

 132.8 136.4 137.1 0.8 1.0 0.5 3.6 3.5 3.2

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 135.3 138.5 139.5 1.0 1.2 0.7 3.6 3.4 3.1

Sales and related

 128.8 132.9 133.1 0.5 1.1 0.2 3.8 3.7 3.3

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 134.3 137.5 138.7 1.1 1.3 0.9 3.7 3.5 3.3

Office and administrative support

 135.9 139.2 140.2 1.0 1.2 0.7 3.4 3.5 3.2

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 132.0 134.1 135.4 0.8 0.5 1.0 2.5 2.4 2.6

Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

 132.3 134.6 136.0 0.9 0.7 1.0 2.7 2.7 2.8

Installation, maintenance, and repair

 131.8 133.5 134.9 0.8 0.3 1.0 2.3 2.1 2.4

Production, transportation, and material moving

 133.2 137.1 137.9 0.7 1.5 0.6 3.4 3.6 3.5

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 133.4 136.7 137.9 0.7 1.1 0.9 3.3 3.2 3.4

Production

 131.4 134.4 135.4 0.8 1.0 0.7 3.1 3.1 3.0

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 131.7 134.8 135.7 0.8 1.0 0.7 3.2 3.1 3.0

Transportation and material moving

 135.3 140.3 140.8 0.4 2.0 0.4 3.8 4.2 4.1

Service occupations

 134.0 138.3 139.7 0.8 1.4 1.0 3.6 4.0 4.3

Industry and occupational group

Goods-producing industries(2)

 131.4 134.2 135.3 0.8 0.9 0.8 2.7 2.9 3.0

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 131.9 134.6 135.8 0.8 1.0 0.9 2.7 2.8 3.0

Management, professional, and related

 131.4 134.1 135.1 0.5 1.1 0.7 2.4 2.6 2.8

Sales and office

 132.6 136.4 137.6 1.4 0.8 0.9 3.4 4.3 3.8

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 132.4 134.4 135.9 1.1 0.6 1.1 2.9 2.6 2.6

Production, transportation, and material moving

 130.5 133.5 134.5 0.5 1.0 0.7 2.8 2.9 3.1

Construction

 130.9 133.3 134.7 1.1 0.7 1.1 3.2 2.9 2.9

Manufacturing

 131.3 134.2 135.2 0.7 1.0 0.7 2.7 2.9 3.0

Management, professional, and related

 131.9 134.6 135.4 0.8 1.1 0.6 2.2 2.8 2.7

Sales and office

 133.8 137.5 138.8 0.9 1.1 0.9 3.1 3.7 3.7

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 132.4 134.4 135.6 0.8 0.6 0.9 2.8 2.4 2.4

Production, transportation, and material moving

 130.2 133.2 134.2 0.5 1.0 0.8 2.8 2.9 3.1

Aircraft manufacturing

 141.2 143.8 144.1 0.1 1.6 0.2 2.3 1.9 2.1

Service-providing industries(3)

 133.3 136.4 137.3 0.6 0.9 0.7 2.9 2.9 3.0

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 133.4 136.2 137.2 0.7 0.9 0.7 2.9 2.8 2.8

Management, professional, and related

 133.3 135.6 136.6 0.5 0.5 0.7 2.3 2.3 2.5

Sales and office

 132.8 136.5 137.0 0.7 1.2 0.4 3.6 3.5 3.2

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 131.6 133.6 134.7 0.5 0.4 0.8 2.1 2.1 2.4

Production, transportation, and material moving

 136.0 140.8 141.4 0.7 2.0 0.4 4.0 4.3 4.0

Service occupations

 133.9 138.2 139.6 0.7 1.3 1.0 3.6 3.9 4.3

Trade, transportation, and utilities

 133.6 137.4 138.2 0.5 1.3 0.6 3.1 3.4 3.4

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 134.2 137.2 138.6 0.9 1.1 1.0 3.1 3.2 3.3

Wholesale trade

 126.7 131.7 131.0 -0.5 1.0 -0.5 1.8 3.5 3.4

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 130.7 133.2 134.0 0.9 1.1 0.6 2.9 2.9 2.5

Retail trade

 136.4 139.1 140.9 1.3 1.2 1.3 3.6 3.3 3.3

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 134.2 137.7 139.1 1.1 1.3 1.0 3.2 3.7 3.7

Transportation and warehousing

 136.3 140.9 141.5 0.7 1.8 0.4 3.8 4.1 3.8

Utilities

 141.0 143.6 145.0 0.6 1.6 1.0 2.5 2.4 2.8

Information

 130.2 132.6 133.7 1.4 1.0 0.8 2.8 3.3 2.7

Financial activities

 134.7 136.4 137.3 1.3 1.0 0.7 3.5 2.6 1.9

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 134.0 136.7 137.4 0.8 1.3 0.5 2.9 2.8 2.5

Finance and insurance

 135.9 137.2 138.2 1.6 1.0 0.7 3.8 2.5 1.7

Credit intermediation and related activities

 131.4 133.5 134.4 1.2 1.4 0.7 3.0 2.8 2.3

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 135.3 138.2 138.9 0.9 1.7 0.5 3.0 3.1 2.7

Insurance carriers and related activities

 135.8 136.9 137.9 1.7 1.6 0.7 2.6 2.5 1.5

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 132.4 134.9 136.0 0.8 1.3 0.8 2.5 2.7 2.7

Real estate and rental and leasing

 130.1 133.4 133.4 0.2 1.1 0.0 2.6 2.8 2.5

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 133.7 137.3 137.4 0.5 1.2 0.1 2.8 3.2 2.8

Professional and business services

 133.9 136.9 137.9 0.3 0.8 0.7 2.8 2.5 3.0

Professional, scientific, and technical services

 135.9 139.1 140.1 -0.1 0.7 0.7 2.4 2.2 3.1

Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services

 131.5 134.8 135.9 0.9 1.0 0.8 3.6 3.5 3.3

Education and health services

 132.0 134.8 135.5 0.6 0.4 0.5 2.5 2.7 2.7

Educational services

 130.7 133.0 133.6 0.5 0.0 0.5 2.1 2.2 2.2

Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and professional schools

 131.5 134.3 134.8 0.5 0.2 0.4 2.6 2.6 2.5

Health care and social assistance

 132.3 135.2 135.9 0.6 0.5 0.5 2.6 2.8 2.7

Hospitals

 132.7 135.3 136.2 0.7 0.4 0.7 2.2 2.7 2.6

Nursing and residential care facilities

 129.4 132.4 133.1 0.7 0.8 0.5 3.0 3.0 2.9

Nursing care facilities(1)

 128.7 131.6 132.4 0.6 0.5 0.6 2.6 2.9 2.9

Leisure and hospitality

 135.2 140.0 140.9 0.4 1.2 0.6 3.4 3.9 4.2

Accommodation and food service

 136.0 140.7 142.0 0.4 1.4 0.9 3.3 3.9 4.4

Other services, except public administration

 134.1 137.0 138.5 0.7 1.2 1.1 3.0 2.9 3.3

Footnotes
(1) The index for this series is not strictly comparable with other series in this table.
(2) Includes mining, construction, and manufacturing.
(3) Includes the following industries: wholesale trade; retail trade; transportation and warehousing; utilities; information; finance and insurance; real estate and rental and leasing; professional and technical services; management of companies and enterprises; administrative and waste services; educational services; health care and social assistance; arts, entertainment and recreation; accommodation and food services; and other services, except public administration.

SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey

Table 10. Employment Cost Index for wages and salaries, for private industry workers, by bargaining status and Census region and division [Not seasonally adjusted]
Bargaining status and Census region and division Indexes (Dec.2005=100) Percent changes for-
Jun.
2018		 Mar.
2019		 Jun.
2019		 3-months ended- 12-months ended-
Jun.
2018		 Mar.
2019		 Jun.
2019		 Jun.
2018		 Mar.
2019		 Jun.
2019

Bargaining status

Union

 132.7 135.7 137.0 0.8 0.8 1.0 2.7 3.1 3.2

Goods-producing industries(1)

 129.1 130.9 132.3 0.9 0.5 1.1 2.4 2.3 2.5

Manufacturing

 126.3 128.0 128.6 0.5 0.4 0.5 2.2 1.8 1.8

Service-providing industries(2)

 135.3 138.9 140.1 0.8 1.0 0.9 2.9 3.5 3.5

Nonunion

 132.9 136.0 136.9 0.6 1.0 0.7 2.9 3.0 3.0

Goods-producing industries(1)

 132.0 134.9 136.0 0.8 1.0 0.8 2.9 3.0 3.0

Manufacturing

 132.4 135.5 136.5 0.8 1.1 0.7 2.7 3.1 3.1

Service-providing industries(2)

 133.1 136.2 137.1 0.5 0.9 0.7 2.9 2.9 3.0

Census region and division(3)

Northeast

 133.9 137.6 138.8 0.4 1.2 0.9 2.4 3.1 3.7

New England

 137.4 142.8 143.7 -0.4 0.9 0.6 1.6 3.5 4.6

Middle Atlantic

 132.5 135.7 136.9 0.6 1.3 0.9 2.6 3.0 3.3

South

 132.3 134.4 135.5 0.8 0.6 0.8 2.9 2.4 2.4

South Atlantic

 134.5 136.7 137.9 0.9 0.6 0.9 3.2 2.6 2.5

East South Central

 130.6 132.4 133.4 0.2 0.5 0.8 2.7 1.6 2.1

West South Central

 129.4 131.3 132.2 0.7 0.7 0.7 2.5 2.2 2.2

Midwest

 130.1 133.5 134.0 0.5 0.9 0.4 2.5 3.2 3.0

East North Central

 128.3 132.1 132.4 0.3 1.1 0.2 2.4 3.3 3.2

West North Central

 134.4 136.9 137.9 0.9 0.6 0.7 2.8 2.8 2.6

West

 135.8 139.3 140.2 0.9 1.1 0.6 3.7 3.5 3.2

Mountain

 133.4 136.3 137.5 0.7 0.8 0.9 3.2 2.9 3.1

Pacific

 136.8 140.7 141.4 1.0 1.3 0.5 3.9 3.8 3.4

Footnotes
(1) Includes mining, construction, and manufacturing.
(2) Includes the following industries: wholesale trade; retail trade; transportation and warehousing; utilities; information; finance and insurance; real estate and rental and leasing; professional and technical services; management of companies and enterprises; administrative and waste services; educational services; health care and social assistance; arts, entertainment and recreation; accommodation and food services; and other services, except public administration.
(3) The Census divisions are defined as follows: New England: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont; Middle Atlantic: New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania; South Atlantic: Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia; East South Central: Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, and Tennessee; West South Central: Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas; East North Central: Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin; West North Central: Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota; Mountain: Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming; and Pacific: Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon, and Washington.

NOTE: The indexes for these series are not strictly comparable to those for the aggregate, occupation, and industry series.
SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey

Table 11. Employment Cost Index for wages and salaries, for state and local government workers, by occupational group and industry [Not seasonally adjusted]
Occupational group and industry Indexes (Dec. 2005=100) Percent changes for-
Jun.
2018		 Mar.
2019		 Jun.
2019		 3-months ended- 12-months ended-
Jun.
2018		 Mar.
2019		 Jun.
2019		 Jun.
2018		 Mar.
2019		 Jun.
2019

All workers

 127.4 130.2 130.6 0.3 0.4 0.3 1.9 2.5 2.5

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related

 126.5 129.2 129.7 0.2 0.4 0.4 1.8 2.4 2.5

Professional and related

 126.3 129.0 129.4 0.2 0.4 0.3 1.8 2.4 2.5

Sales and office

 127.3 130.2 130.7 0.6 0.4 0.4 2.1 2.8 2.7

Office and administrative support

 127.7 130.6 131.2 0.6 0.4 0.5 2.1 2.8 2.7

Service occupations

 130.4 133.5 133.9 0.3 0.7 0.3 2.3 2.7 2.7

Industry

Education and health services

 126.5 129.2 129.6 0.3 0.3 0.3 1.9 2.5 2.5

Educational services

 125.9 128.6 129.0 0.3 0.3 0.3 1.9 2.5 2.5

Schools

 125.9 128.6 129.0 0.3 0.3 0.3 1.9 2.5 2.5

Elementary and secondary schools

 125.3 127.9 128.3 0.3 0.2 0.3 1.9 2.4 2.4

Health care and social assistance

 131.6 134.3 134.5 0.2 0.7 0.1 2.4 2.3 2.2

Hospitals

 130.4 133.1 133.1 0.2 0.8 0.0 2.3 2.2 2.1

Public administration

 128.7 131.7 132.2 0.3 0.7 0.4 2.1 2.7 2.7

SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey

Table 12. Employment Cost Index for benefits, by occupational group, industry, and bargaining status [Not seasonally adjusted]
Occupational group, industry, and bargaining status Indexes (Dec. 2005=100) Percent changes for-
Jun.
2018		 Mar.
2019		 Jun.
2019		 3-months ended- 12-months ended-
Jun.
2018		 Mar.
2019		 Jun.
2019		 Jun.
2018		 Mar.
2019		 Jun.
2019

Civilian workers

All workers(1)

 136.8 139.2 139.9 0.8 0.8 0.5 2.9 2.6 2.3

Private industry workers

All workers

 132.9 134.7 135.3 1.0 0.8 0.4 2.8 2.4 1.8

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related

 131.7 133.3 133.9 0.8 0.9 0.5 2.7 2.1 1.7

Sales and office

 134.1 136.2 137.2 1.3 0.7 0.7 3.1 2.9 2.3

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 136.2 137.9 137.7 2.0 0.7 -0.1 3.4 3.3 1.1

Production, transportation, and material moving

 133.3 135.0 135.7 0.5 0.9 0.5 2.9 1.8 1.8

Service occupations

 131.5 133.6 134.5 0.2 0.6 0.7 2.3 1.8 2.3

Industry

Goods-producing industries(2)

 129.8 130.8 131.6 0.6 0.9 0.6 2.9 1.4 1.4

Manufacturing

 129.8 130.5 131.1 0.5 1.1 0.5 3.3 1.1 1.0

Aircraft manufacturing

 122.4 99.0 99.2 0.2 1.3 0.2 31.0 -19.0 -19.0

Service-providing industries(3)

 134.1 136.1 136.7 1.1 0.7 0.4 2.8 2.6 1.9

Bargaining status

Union

 145.1 146.9 147.0 2.4 0.8 0.1 4.8 3.7 1.3

Nonunion

 130.5 132.3 133.0 0.7 0.8 0.5 2.4 2.1 1.9

State and local government workers

All workers

 151.0 155.8 156.5 0.4 0.9 0.4 3.1 3.6 3.6

Footnotes
(1) Includes workers in the private nonfarm economy except those in private households, and workers in the public sector, except the federal government.
(2) Includes mining, construction, and manufacturing.
(3) Includes the following industries: wholesale trade; retail trade; transportation and warehousing; utilities; information; finance and insurance; real estate and rental and leasing; professional and technical services; management of companies and enterprises; administrative and waste services; educational services; health care and social assistance; arts, entertainment and recreation; accommodation and food services; and other services, except public administration.

SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey

Table 13. Employment Cost Index for total compensation and wages and salaries, for private industry workers by area [Not seasonally adjusted]
Census region and metropolitan area(1) 12-month percent changes -
Total compensation(2) Wages and salaries
Jun.
2018		 Mar.
2019		 Jun.
2019		 Jun.
2018		 Mar.
2019		 Jun.
2019

Northeast

Boston-Worcester-Providence, MA-RI-NH-CT CSA

 1.7 2.5 2.7 1.1 2.4 3.0

New York-Newark, NY-NJ-CT-PA CSA

 3.0 3.9 3.9 2.8 3.5 3.9

Philadelphia-Reading-Camden, PA-NJ-DE-MD CSA

 3.0 1.9 1.4 2.8 1.9 1.9

South

Atlanta-Athens-Clarke County-Sandy Springs, GA CSA

 1.9 2.3 2.5 2.0 2.5 3.0

Dallas-Fort Worth, TX-OK CSA

 2.1 2.8 2.2 1.8 2.9 2.7

Houston-The Woodlands, TX CSA

 1.8 1.4 1.4 1.9 1.4 1.5

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Port St. Lucie, FL CSA

 2.7 2.5 1.6 3.1 2.9 1.7

Washington-Baltimore-Arlington, DC-MD-VA-WV-PA CSA

 3.1 2.6 2.2 3.5 2.4 2.1

Midwest

Chicago-Naperville, IL-IN-WI CSA

 3.1 2.6 2.3 3.1 2.7 2.4

Detroit-Warren-Ann Arbor, MI CSA

 3.0 1.9 2.7 3.4 1.8 2.8

Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI CSA

 3.2 2.7 3.0 3.1 2.2 2.8

West

Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA CSA

 3.1 3.5 3.4 3.3 4.5 4.3

Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ MSA

 3.5 3.1 3.4 3.6 3.1 3.8

San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA CSA

 4.0 3.0 2.6 4.5 3.3 3.0

Seattle-Tacoma, WA CSA

 7.8 -0.2 -0.4 3.9 2.9 2.9

Footnotes
(1) These areas include Consolidated Statistical Areas (CSAs) and Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs). Beginning with the December 2018 release, area definitions are based on Office of Management and Budget Bulletin No. 13-01, dated February 28, 2013. Previous area definitions are based on Office of Management and Budget Bulletin No. 04-03, dated February 18, 2004. For more information on metropolitan area definitions, see www.census.gov/programs-surveys/metro-micro.html.
(2) Includes wages, salaries, and employer costs for employee benefits.

SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey

Last Modified Date: July 31, 2019