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				EMPLOYMENT COST INDEX – September 2022

Compensation costs for civilian workers increased 1.2 percent, seasonally adjusted, for the 3-month 
period ending in September 2022, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Wages and salaries 
increased 1.3 percent and benefit costs increased 1.0 percent from June 2022. (See tables A, 1, 
2, and 3.)

Compensation costs for civilian workers increased 5.0 percent for the 12-month period ending in 
September 2022 and increased 3.7 percent in September 2021. Wages and salaries increased 5.1 percent
for the 12-month period ending in September 2022 and increased 4.2 percent for the 12-month period 
ending in September 2021. Benefit costs increased 4.9 percent over the year and increased 2.5 percent 
for the 12-month period ending in September 2021. (See tables A, 4, 8, and 12.)

Compensation costs for private industry workers increased 5.2 percent over the year. In September 2021, 
the increase was 4.1 percent. Wages and salaries increased 5.2 percent for the 12-month period ending 
in September 2022 and increased 4.6 percent in September 2021. The cost of benefits increased 5.0 
percent for the 12-month period ending in September 2022 and increased 2.6 percent in September 2021. 
Inflation-adjusted (constant dollar) private wages and salaries declined 2.7 percent for the 12 months
ending September 2022. Inflation-adjusted benefit costs in the private sector declined 3.0 percent over
that same period. (See tables A, 5, 9, and 12.)

Among private industry occupational groups, compensation cost increases for the 12-month period ending 
in September 2022 ranged from 4.3 percent for natural resources, construction, and maintenance 
occupations and management, professional, and related occupations to 7.7 percent for service 
occupations. Within industry supersectors, compensation cost increases ranged from 3.6 percent for 
financial activities to 7.2 percent for leisure and hospitality. (See table 5.)

Compensation costs for state and local government workers increased 4.6 percent for the 12-month period 
ending in September 2022, compared with an increase of 2.3 percent in September 2021. Wages and 
salaries increased 4.4 percent for the 12-month period ending in September 2022 and 2.4 percent a year 
ago. Benefit costs increased 5.0 percent for the 12-month period ending in September 2022. The prior 
year increase was 2.1 percent. (See tables A, 7, 11, and 12.)

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                                   Updated Employment Weights

Beginning with the December 2022 news release, the Employment Cost Index will introduce new 
employment weights based on the 2018 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system, see 
www.bls.gov/ncs/ect/eci-2021-fixed-weights-and-2018-soc-update.htm.
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Table A. Major series of the Employment Cost Index [Percent change]
Category 3-month,
seasonally adjusted		 12-month, not seasonally adjusted, current dollar 12-month, not seasonally adjusted, constant dollar
Jun.
2022		 Sep.
2022		 Sep.
2021		 Jun.
2022		 Sep.
2022		 Sep.
2021		 Jun.
2022		 Sep.
2022

Civilian workers(1)

Compensation(2)

 1.3 1.2 3.7 5.1 5.0 -1.6 -3.6 -2.9

Wages and salaries

 1.4 1.3 4.2 5.3 5.1 -1.1 -3.5 -3.0

Benefits

 1.2 1.0 2.5 4.8 4.9 -2.8 -3.9 -3.0

Private industry

Compensation(2)

 1.5 1.1 4.1 5.5 5.2 -1.3 -3.3 -2.8

Wages and salaries

 1.6 1.2 4.6 5.7 5.2 -0.7 -3.1 -2.7

Benefits

 1.3 0.8 2.6 5.3 5.0 -2.6 -3.5 -3.0

Health benefits

 - - 0.4 4.6 4.9 - - -

State and local government

Compensation(2)

 0.8 1.9 2.3 3.4 4.6 -2.9 -5.2 -3.3

Wages and salaries

 0.7 2.1 2.4 3.2 4.4 -2.7 -5.4 -3.5

Benefits

 0.9 1.6 2.1 3.6 5.0 -3.1 -5.0 -3.0

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

Note: All estimates in the table can be found in the public database at www.bls.gov/ncs/ect/data.htm. Dashes indicate data not available.

 


					   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 this reference period were collected from a probability sample of approximately 29,400 
occupational observations selected from a sample of about 7,400 private industry establishments and 
approximately 7,600 occupational observations selected from a sample of about 1,400 state and local 
government establishments that provided data at the initial interview. Beginning December 2021, an 
additional (fourth) private industry sample is used in estimation to mitigate the impact of 
decreasing response rates.

Standard errors
To assist users in ascertaining the reliability of 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 database query tool 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 ECI data are available in xlsx format at www.bls.gov/ect/#tables. The continuous 
occupational and industry series listing uses the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Manual 
and Occupational Classification System (OCS) series from 1975 through 2005 and the North American 
Industry Classification System (NAICS) and Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) 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 (ECEC) news release. The ECEC release dates are available at 
www.bls.gov/schedule/news_release/ecec.htm. Historical ECEC data are available in xlsx format 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.

Additional information
Historical tables are available in xlsx format for constant dollar, current dollar, and continuous
series, see www.bls.gov/ncs/ect/new-eci-historical-tables.htm. ECI release dates are available
on the release calendar at www.bls.gov/schedule/news_release/eci.htm. Subscribe to receive the BLS 
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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-
Jun.
2022		 Sep.
2022		 Sep.
2020		 Dec.
2020		 Mar.
2021		 Jun.
2021		 Sep.
2021		 Dec.
2021		 Mar.
2022		 Jun.
2022		 Sep.
2022

Civilian workers

All workers(2)

 152.1 154.0 0.5 0.7 0.9 0.8 1.2 1.0 1.4 1.3 1.2

Industry

Goods-producing industries(3)

 148.0 149.4 0.4 0.6 0.7 1.0 1.0 0.9 1.5 1.2 0.9

Manufacturing

 147.8 149.2 0.4 0.7 0.6 0.9 1.3 0.8 1.8 1.1 0.9

Service-providing industries(4)

 153.1 155.0 0.6 0.7 1.0 0.6 1.4 0.9 1.4 1.4 1.2

Education and health services

 149.9 152.3 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 1.0 1.0 1.3 1.0 1.6

Educational services

 148.7 151.3 0.2 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.8 0.6 1.1 0.8 1.7

Elementary and secondary schools

 149.0 151.8 0.4 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6 1.0 0.7 1.9

Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and professional schools

 147.3 149.9 -0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 1.1 0.6 1.0 0.8 1.8

Health care and social assistance

 151.2 153.3 1.1 0.5 0.8 0.9 1.2 1.5 1.5 1.2 1.4

Hospitals

 151.6 153.8 0.5 0.4 0.9 0.8 1.0 1.5 1.4 1.2 1.5

Nursing and residential care facilities

 151.1 154.0 0.7 0.8 0.9 1.2 1.6 1.7 1.7 1.5 1.9

Public administration

 154.6 157.4 0.5 0.5 0.3 0.7 0.7 0.7 1.5 1.0 1.8

Private industry workers

All workers

 152.3 153.9 0.6 0.7 1.1 0.8 1.4 1.1 1.4 1.5 1.1

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related

 148.4 149.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.7 1.3 0.8 1.3 1.3 0.7

Management, business, and financial

 150.1 150.7 0.3 0.5 0.6 0.8 1.4 0.6 1.3 1.5 0.4

Professional and related

 147.2 148.6 0.6 0.5 0.8 0.6 1.1 1.1 1.3 1.2 1.0

Sales and office

 155.7 157.3 0.4 1.1 1.8 0.3 1.3 1.1 1.7 2.1 1.0

Sales and related

 153.7 155.1 0.1 1.4 3.3 -0.4 1.4 1.0 2.0 2.5 0.9

Office and administrative support

 156.8 158.6 0.5 0.8 0.8 0.9 1.2 1.2 1.4 1.8 1.1

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 150.2 151.7 0.6 0.6 1.0 0.8 1.0 0.9 1.2 1.1 1.0

Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

 149.8 151.3 0.6 0.6 0.8 1.1 1.0 0.9 1.2 0.9 1.0

Installation, maintenance, and repair

 150.7 152.0 0.6 0.6 1.1 0.6 0.9 1.0 1.2 1.4 0.9

Production, transportation, and material moving

 155.1 156.9 0.6 0.9 0.8 1.2 1.4 1.3 1.5 1.2 1.2

Production

 151.7 153.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 1.4 1.5 1.2 1.6 1.3 1.3

Transportation and material moving

 159.4 161.1 0.7 1.0 0.6 1.1 1.5 1.4 1.5 1.3 1.1

Service occupations

 162.1 164.8 0.8 1.0 1.3 1.7 1.9 2.0 1.9 1.9 1.7

Industry

Goods-producing industries(3)

 148.0 149.3 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.9 1.1 0.9 1.5 1.2 0.9

Construction

 148.6 150.0 0.5 0.6 0.9 0.9 0.6 1.0 0.8 1.5 0.9

Manufacturing

 147.8 149.2 0.4 0.7 0.6 0.9 1.3 0.8 1.8 1.1 0.9

Aircraft manufacturing

 138.5 130.7 0.9 0.4 0.8 0.5 7.0 0.4 2.2 0.6 -5.6

Service-providing industries(5)

 153.5 155.2 0.6 0.7 1.2 0.7 1.5 1.1 1.4 1.6 1.1

Trade, transportation, and utilities

 157.4 158.8 0.5 0.9 0.9 1.2 1.3 1.7 1.6 1.5 0.9

Wholesale trade

 151.3 151.9 0.1 0.4 1.0 1.6 1.1 1.5 1.9 1.8 0.4

Retail trade

 161.5 163.6 0.7 1.3 1.1 1.1 1.7 2.2 1.8 1.8 1.3

Transportation and warehousing

 157.0 158.2 0.4 1.0 0.4 0.7 1.1 1.0 0.9 0.8 0.8

Utilities

 161.5 163.3 0.5 0.7 0.6 0.6 1.0 0.7 0.9 0.6 1.1

Information

 148.9 150.7 0.6 0.9 0.8 0.5 1.3 0.9 1.2 1.3 1.2

Financial activities

 151.9 152.9 0.5 0.8 3.2 -1.6 2.1 -0.5 1.0 2.4 0.7

Finance and insurance

 152.4 153.4 0.5 0.8 3.8 -2.0 2.3 -0.9 0.9 2.5 0.7

Credit intermediation and related activities

 153.4 153.0 0.4 0.9 -0.1 2.1 5.3 -1.4 -0.8 3.1 -0.3

Insurance carriers and related activities

 152.8 154.3 0.5 0.7 0.7 0.3 0.9 0.9 1.6 1.8 1.0

Real estate and rental and leasing

 149.8 150.9 0.6 0.1 0.5 0.8 0.9 1.3 2.0 2.1 0.7

Professional and business services

 152.4 154.0 0.4 0.8 0.8 0.8 1.4 0.9 1.4 1.7 1.0

Professional, scientific, and technical services

 153.7 155.3 0.1 1.0 0.5 0.8 1.6 0.7 1.1 1.9 1.0

Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services

 152.7 154.2 0.6 1.0 1.2 1.1 1.4 1.4 1.9 1.5 1.0

Education and health services

 150.1 152.0 0.9 0.5 0.8 0.7 1.3 1.3 1.5 1.3 1.3

Educational services

 147.9 149.3 -0.4 0.8 0.4 0.4 1.3 0.5 1.3 1.5 0.9

Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and professional schools

 147.6 149.4 -0.8 0.4 0.4 0.6 1.3 0.6 0.9 1.1 1.2

Health care and social assistance

 150.6 152.6 1.2 0.5 0.9 0.8 1.3 1.5 1.5 1.3 1.3

Hospitals

 151.4 153.5 0.5 0.4 1.0 0.7 1.1 1.6 1.5 1.2 1.4

Nursing and residential care facilities

 149.9 152.7 0.7 0.7 1.0 1.3 1.6 1.8 1.8 1.6 1.9

Leisure and hospitality

 162.4 165.3 1.1 0.5 1.6 2.3 2.3 1.6 1.9 1.7 1.8

Accommodation and food services

 166.1 168.9 1.3 0.8 1.6 2.3 2.3 1.8 2.0 1.8 1.7

Other services, except public administration

 154.0 155.7 0.5 0.6 1.1 1.5 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.0 1.1

State and local government workers

All workers

 151.6 154.5 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.7 1.1 0.8 1.9

Industry

Education and health services

 149.6 152.6 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.7 1.0 0.7 2.0

Educational services

 148.9 151.8 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.8 0.6 1.0 0.7 1.9

Schools

 148.8 151.7 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.6 1.0 0.6 1.9

Elementary and secondary schools

 149.3 152.3 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 1.0 0.6 2.0

Health care and social assistance

 155.4 158.5 0.3 0.5 0.6 1.0 0.8 1.2 1.1 1.1 2.0

Hospitals

 152.3 155.0 0.3 0.6 0.6 1.0 0.8 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.8

Public administration

 154.6 157.4 0.5 0.5 0.3 0.7 0.7 0.7 1.5 1.0 1.8

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-
Jun.
2022		 Sep.
2022		 Sep.
2020		 Dec.
2020		 Mar.
2021		 Jun.
2021		 Sep.
2021		 Dec.
2021		 Mar.
2022		 Jun.
2022		 Sep.
2022

Civilian workers

All workers(1)

 151.6 153.6 0.5 0.8 1.1 0.8 1.5 1.0 1.2 1.4 1.3

Industry

Goods-producing industries(2)

 150.4 152.3 0.6 0.6 0.8 1.2 0.9 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.3

Manufacturing

 150.5 152.5 0.6 0.6 0.7 1.2 1.1 1.0 1.5 1.2 1.3

Service-providing industries(3)

 151.9 153.9 0.5 0.8 1.1 0.8 1.6 1.0 1.2 1.4 1.3

Education and health services

 145.5 148.0 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.7 1.2 1.0 1.2 1.0 1.7

Educational services

 139.7 142.3 0.0 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.9 0.5 0.8 0.7 1.9

Elementary and secondary schools

 138.1 140.9 0.2 0.6 0.4 0.4 0.7 0.4 0.8 0.5 2.0

Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and professional schools

 141.3 143.8 -0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 1.2 0.6 0.7 0.9 1.8

Health care and social assistance

 151.6 154.0 1.2 0.5 0.8 1.1 1.5 1.6 1.4 1.3 1.6

Hospitals

 151.4 153.8 0.5 0.4 0.9 1.1 1.3 1.7 1.2 1.3 1.6

Nursing and residential care facilities

 153.3 156.5 0.7 0.9 1.1 1.3 1.9 1.9 1.7 1.7 2.1

Private industry workers

All workers

 154.1 155.9 0.6 0.8 1.2 0.9 1.6 1.1 1.3 1.6 1.2

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related

 149.5 150.7 0.4 0.5 0.7 0.8 1.4 0.8 1.1 1.4 0.8

Professional and related

 148.4 150.0 0.7 0.5 0.8 0.8 1.2 1.0 1.1 1.1 1.0

Management, business, and financial

 151.0 151.6 0.1 0.5 0.6 1.0 1.7 0.4 0.9 1.6 0.4

Sales and office

 157.6 159.3 0.4 1.1 2.3 0.5 1.5 1.1 1.4 2.2 1.1

Office and administrative support

 157.8 159.7 0.6 0.8 0.8 1.2 1.4 1.3 1.2 1.7 1.2

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 150.8 152.5 0.7 0.6 1.2 0.9 1.0 1.0 1.4 1.1 1.1

Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

 150.5 152.4 0.6 0.7 0.9 1.3 1.1 1.0 1.3 0.9 1.3

Installation, maintenance, and repair

 151.2 152.8 0.8 0.6 1.4 0.6 1.0 1.1 1.5 1.2 1.0

Production, transportation, and material moving

 158.2 160.5 0.8 1.0 1.0 1.6 1.5 1.6 1.4 1.3 1.5

Production

 154.1 156.7 0.8 0.9 1.2 1.6 1.4 1.5 1.2 1.3 1.7

Transportation and material moving

 162.8 164.9 0.7 1.1 0.8 1.6 1.6 1.7 1.3 1.4 1.3

Service occupations

 166.0 168.9 0.9 1.1 1.4 2.1 2.1 2.2 1.9 2.0 1.8

Industry

Goods-producing industries(2)

 150.5 152.4 0.5 0.6 0.8 1.2 0.9 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.3

Construction

 150.3 151.8 0.6 0.6 0.8 1.1 0.7 1.2 0.7 1.7 1.0

Manufacturing

 150.5 152.5 0.6 0.6 0.7 1.2 1.1 1.0 1.5 1.2 1.3

Aircraft manufacturing

 154.0 155.4 0.9 0.6 0.2 0.5 0.1 0.5 1.2 0.7 0.9

Service-providing industries(4)

 155.0 156.8 0.6 0.8 1.3 0.9 1.7 1.1 1.3 1.6 1.2

Trade, transportation, and utilities

 158.5 159.8 0.4 1.0 1.0 1.4 1.5 1.9 1.4 1.7 0.8

Wholesale trade

 149.4 149.5 0.0 0.4 1.0 2.0 1.4 1.7 1.6 2.1 0.1

Retail trade

 164.2 166.4 0.6 1.5 1.1 1.3 1.8 2.5 1.5 1.8 1.3

Transportation and warehousing

 159.6 160.8 0.5 1.2 0.6 1.1 1.2 1.2 0.7 1.0 0.8

Utilities

 156.2 157.8 0.4 0.5 0.7 0.5 1.0 0.9 0.8 0.6 1.1

Information

 147.5 149.3 0.7 1.2 0.9 0.6 1.4 0.8 1.5 0.6 1.2

Financial activities

 153.1 154.1 0.3 1.0 4.5 -2.1 2.9 -1.3 0.5 2.4 0.7

Finance and insurance

 153.9 154.9 0.3 1.2 5.3 -2.7 3.2 -1.8 0.1 2.5 0.6

Credit intermediation and related activities

 153.7 152.6 0.6 1.2 -0.2 3.2 7.6 -2.3 -2.3 3.3 -0.7

Insurance carriers and related activities

 151.3 152.9 0.6 0.9 0.8 0.4 0.9 0.8 1.3 1.7 1.0

Real estate and rental and leasing

 150.2 151.2 0.4 0.2 0.6 1.2 1.0 1.6 2.2 2.2 0.7

Professional and business services

 154.0 155.7 0.3 0.8 0.8 1.0 1.4 0.9 1.3 1.7 1.1

Professional, scientific, and technical services

 155.0 156.7 -0.1 0.8 0.3 1.1 1.5 0.7 1.0 2.0 1.1

Education and health services

 151.0 153.1 1.0 0.6 0.8 0.9 1.5 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.4

Educational services

 146.9 148.2 -0.5 0.9 0.5 0.4 1.4 0.4 1.2 1.7 0.9

Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and professional schools

 144.8 146.7 -0.9 0.4 0.5 0.9 1.1 0.5 0.8 1.1 1.3

Health care and social assistance

 151.9 154.2 1.3 0.6 0.8 1.0 1.5 1.7 1.5 1.3 1.5

Hospitals

 152.2 154.5 0.6 0.4 1.1 1.0 1.3 1.6 1.4 1.3 1.5

Nursing and residential care facilities

 154.2 157.4 0.7 0.9 1.1 1.4 2.0 2.0 1.8 1.7 2.1

Leisure and hospitality

 168.0 171.1 1.1 0.6 1.7 2.6 2.5 1.8 1.9 1.8 1.8

Accommodation and food services

 171.7 174.7 1.5 0.8 1.8 2.6 2.5 2.0 1.9 1.8 1.7

Other services, except public administration

 155.9 157.7 0.6 0.6 1.3 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.5 1.0 1.2

State and local government workers

All workers

 141.1 144.0 0.1 0.5 0.4 0.6 0.9 0.7 0.9 0.7 2.1

Industry

Education and health services

 139.3 142.2 0.1 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.7 0.6 0.8 0.6 2.1

Educational services

 138.2 141.1 0.2 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.7 0.5 0.7 0.5 2.1

Schools

 138.2 141.0 0.2 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.7 0.5 0.7 0.5 2.0

Elementary and secondary schools

 137.7 140.5 0.3 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.6 0.5 0.7 0.5 2.0

Health care and social assistance

 148.5 151.7 0.0 0.6 0.6 1.0 1.4 1.2 0.8 1.4 2.2

Hospitals

 147.4 150.4 0.1 0.5 0.7 1.1 1.4 1.2 0.8 1.3 2.0

Public administration

 144.1 147.2 0.0 0.4 0.5 0.5 1.4 0.7 1.3 1.1 2.1

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-
Jun.
2022		 Sep.
2022		 Sep.
2020		 Dec.
2020		 Mar.
2021		 Jun.
2021		 Sep.
2021		 Dec.
2021		 Mar.
2022		 Jun.
2022		 Sep.
2022

Civilian workers

All workers(1)

 153.4 154.9 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.8 0.9 1.8 1.2 1.0

Private industry workers

All workers

 148.0 149.2 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.4 1.0 0.9 1.9 1.3 0.8

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related

 145.9 146.9 0.6 0.4 0.7 0.4 0.9 0.9 1.8 1.2 0.7

Sales and office

 150.7 152.2 0.4 0.7 0.7 0.1 0.9 1.0 2.3 1.6 1.0

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 149.0 149.9 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.8 1.4 0.6

Production, transportation, and material moving

 149.0 149.8 0.4 0.7 0.4 0.4 1.5 0.6 2.1 0.9 0.5

Service occupations

 149.6 151.4 0.5 0.6 0.8 0.6 1.3 0.9 2.2 1.6 1.2

Industry

Goods-producing industries(2)

 142.8 143.2 0.3 0.6 0.5 0.5 1.2 0.5 2.1 0.8 0.3

Manufacturing

 142.7 142.8 0.2 0.7 0.4 0.4 1.7 0.4 2.5 0.8 0.1

Service-providing industries(3)

 149.8 151.3 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.3 0.9 1.0 1.8 1.4 1.0

State and local government workers

All workers(1)

 172.3 175.0 0.8 0.6 0.4 0.7 0.4 0.9 1.5 0.9 1.6

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 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
Sep.
2021		 Jun.
2022		 Sep.
2022		 3-months ended- 12-months ended-
Sep.
2021		 Jun.
2022		 Sep.
2022		 Sep.
2021		 Jun.
2022		 Sep.
2022

All workers(2)

 146.7 152.1 154.1 1.4 1.3 1.3 3.7 5.1 5.0

Excluding incentive paid occupations(3)

 146.3 151.8 153.9 1.2 1.1 1.4 3.4 5.0 5.2

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related

 144.2 148.4 150.3 1.3 1.0 1.3 3.0 4.3 4.2

Management, business, and financial

 145.5 150.1 151.1 1.5 1.4 0.7 3.2 4.7 3.8

Professional and related

 143.4 147.5 149.8 1.2 0.8 1.6 2.8 4.1 4.5

Sales and office

 148.7 155.7 157.5 1.3 2.0 1.2 4.4 6.1 5.9

Sales and related

 145.8 153.8 155.2 1.4 2.5 0.9 5.7 7.0 6.4

Office and administrative support

 150.3 156.5 158.5 1.2 1.5 1.3 3.6 5.4 5.5

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 145.7 150.6 152.2 0.9 1.2 1.1 3.3 4.3 4.5

Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

 145.7 150.3 151.8 0.8 1.0 1.0 3.5 4.0 4.2

Installation, maintenance, and repair

 145.8 151.0 152.6 1.0 1.5 1.1 3.1 4.6 4.7

Production, transportation, and material moving

 149.3 155.4 157.3 1.5 1.2 1.2 4.3 5.6 5.4

Production

 145.8 151.8 153.6 1.3 1.3 1.2 4.5 5.5 5.3

Transportation and material moving

 153.3 159.6 161.7 1.5 1.0 1.3 4.1 5.7 5.5

Service occupations

 153.2 161.0 164.0 1.9 1.4 1.9 5.3 7.0 7.0

Industry

Goods-producing industries(4)

 142.9 148.2 149.4 0.9 1.4 0.8 3.4 4.7 4.5

Manufacturing

 142.5 148.0 149.1 1.2 1.2 0.7 3.6 5.1 4.6

Service-providing industries(5)

 147.3 152.8 154.9 1.4 1.3 1.4 3.7 5.2 5.2

Education and health services

 145.1 149.4 152.4 1.4 0.8 2.0 2.9 4.4 5.0

Educational services

 145.2 147.7 151.4 1.5 0.5 2.5 2.4 3.3 4.3

Elementary and secondary schools

 145.7 147.8 151.9 1.5 0.3 2.8 2.4 2.9 4.3

Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and professional schools

 143.9 146.7 150.1 1.6 0.6 2.3 2.3 3.6 4.3

Health care and social assistance

 145.0 151.2 153.4 1.3 1.1 1.5 3.4 5.6 5.8

Hospitals

 145.4 151.6 153.7 1.0 1.1 1.4 3.2 5.3 5.7

Nursing and residential care facilities

 143.8 151.0 154.0 1.7 1.5 2.0 4.7 6.8 7.1

Public administration

 149.6 154.0 157.4 1.1 0.7 2.2 2.3 4.1 5.2

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
Sep.
2021		 Jun.
2022		 Sep.
2022		 3-months ended- 12-months ended-
Sep.
2021		 Jun.
2022		 Sep.
2022		 Sep.
2021		 Jun.
2022		 Sep.
2022

All workers

 146.4 152.4 154.0 1.4 1.5 1.0 4.1 5.5 5.2

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 145.9 152.1 153.7 1.1 1.3 1.1 3.6 5.4 5.3

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related

 143.5 148.5 149.6 1.3 1.3 0.7 3.2 4.8 4.3

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 142.1 147.4 148.7 0.9 1.1 0.9 2.7 4.7 4.6

Management, business, and financial

 145.3 150.2 150.9 1.4 1.6 0.5 3.3 4.8 3.9

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 142.9 148.4 149.5 0.8 1.1 0.7 2.4 4.7 4.6

Professional and related

 142.2 147.1 148.7 1.2 1.0 1.1 3.2 4.7 4.6

Sales and office

 148.5 155.8 157.4 1.3 2.1 1.0 4.7 6.3 6.0

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 149.5 156.9 158.8 1.0 1.6 1.2 3.9 6.0 6.2

Sales and related

 145.7 153.8 155.1 1.4 2.6 0.8 5.7 7.0 6.5

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 148.2 157.0 159.2 0.7 1.5 1.4 4.2 6.7 7.4

Office and administrative support

 150.2 156.9 158.7 1.2 1.7 1.1 3.7 5.7 5.7

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 145.5 150.4 151.8 0.9 1.3 0.9 3.5 4.3 4.3

Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

 145.5 150.1 151.4 0.8 1.1 0.9 3.6 4.0 4.1

Installation, maintenance, and repair

 145.4 150.8 152.2 0.9 1.5 0.9 3.3 4.6 4.7

Production, transportation, and material moving

 149.0 155.2 157.0 1.5 1.2 1.2 4.4 5.7 5.4

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 148.6 154.9 156.6 1.4 1.2 1.1 4.3 5.7 5.4

Production

 145.7 151.8 153.5 1.4 1.3 1.1 4.6 5.6 5.4

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 146.1 152.4 154.0 1.4 1.3 1.0 4.5 5.8 5.4

Transportation and material moving

 153.2 159.4 161.3 1.6 1.1 1.2 4.3 5.7 5.3

Service occupations

 153.1 162.1 164.9 2.0 1.7 1.7 6.1 8.0 7.7

Industry and occupational group

Goods-producing industries(3)

 142.8 148.2 149.4 0.9 1.4 0.8 3.3 4.7 4.6

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 142.9 148.1 149.3 1.0 1.2 0.8 3.5 4.7 4.5

Management, professional, and related

 138.5 143.2 143.4 0.6 0.8 0.1 2.4 4.0 3.5

Sales and office

 146.6 153.9 155.4 0.3 4.0 1.0 2.8 5.3 6.0

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 144.9 149.4 150.8 1.0 1.2 0.9 3.6 4.1 4.1

Production, transportation, and material moving

 144.1 150.2 152.0 1.4 1.3 1.2 4.3 5.7 5.5

Construction

 143.9 149.0 150.2 0.4 2.0 0.8 3.0 4.0 4.4

Manufacturing

 142.5 148.0 149.1 1.2 1.2 0.7 3.6 5.1 4.6

Management, professional, and related

 139.8 144.6 144.7 0.8 0.8 0.1 2.6 4.3 3.5

Sales and office occupations

 145.0 151.1 153.2 1.0 1.5 1.4 3.6 5.3 5.7

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 143.3 147.5 148.5 1.3 1.2 0.7 3.7 4.2 3.6

Production, transportation, and material moving

 143.8 149.9 151.7 1.4 1.4 1.2 4.3 5.7 5.5

Aircraft manufacturing

 136.8 141.8 130.8 9.0 0.6 -7.8 11.2 13.0 -4.4

Service-providing industries(4)

 147.4 153.7 155.3 1.4 1.6 1.0 4.2 5.8 5.4

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 146.9 153.3 155.0 1.2 1.4 1.1 3.7 5.7 5.5

Management, professional, and related

 144.4 149.4 150.7 1.4 1.4 0.9 3.3 4.9 4.4

Sales and office

 148.7 156.0 157.6 1.4 1.9 1.0 4.9 6.4 6.0

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 146.4 151.9 153.3 0.8 1.5 0.9 3.2 4.6 4.7

Production, transportation, and material moving

 154.4 160.7 162.6 1.5 1.0 1.2 4.5 5.7 5.3

Service occupations

 153.1 162.1 164.9 2.0 1.7 1.7 6.1 8.0 7.7

Trade, transportation, and utilities

 150.1 157.6 158.8 1.2 1.5 0.8 4.4 6.3 5.8

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 150.2 157.2 158.8 1.1 1.3 1.0 3.9 5.9 5.7

Wholesale trade

 143.9 151.5 152.2 1.1 1.8 0.5 4.3 6.5 5.8

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 146.1 152.9 154.7 1.0 1.3 1.2 3.5 5.7 5.9

Retail trade

 152.3 161.7 163.2 1.3 1.8 0.9 5.3 7.6 7.2

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 150.8 159.7 161.6 1.3 1.7 1.2 4.9 7.3 7.2

Transportation and warehousing

 153.0 157.0 158.4 1.3 0.4 0.9 3.2 3.9 3.5

Utilities

 157.8 161.9 163.1 0.6 0.7 0.7 2.9 3.3 3.4

Information

 143.9 149.2 150.6 1.1 1.4 0.9 3.5 4.8 4.7

Financial activities

 147.6 152.5 152.9 1.8 2.7 0.3 4.5 5.2 3.6

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 144.8 152.1 153.2 0.6 1.9 0.7 2.3 5.7 5.8

Finance and insurance

 148.8 153.1 153.3 1.9 2.9 0.1 5.0 4.9 3.0

Credit intermediation and related activities

 152.8 154.3 153.7 5.2 3.9 -0.4 8.6 6.3 0.6

Excluding incentive paid

 147.5 155.1 157.0 0.7 2.0 1.2 2.4 5.9 6.4

Insurance carriers and related activities

 146.4 153.4 154.4 0.5 2.2 0.7 2.6 5.4 5.5

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 144.8 151.4 152.1 0.4 1.7 0.5 2.0 5.0 5.0

Real estate and rental and leasing

 142.2 149.9 151.1 1.1 2.0 0.8 2.4 6.6 6.3

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 146.5 154.0 155.1 1.1 2.0 0.7 2.7 6.3 5.9

Professional and business services

 146.7 152.4 154.1 1.5 1.5 1.1 3.7 5.4 5.0

Professional, scientific, and technical services

 148.4 153.5 155.5 1.7 1.6 1.3 3.8 5.2 4.8

Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services

 145.6 152.7 154.1 1.4 1.5 0.9 4.7 6.3 5.8

Education and health services

 144.2 150.1 152.2 1.4 1.2 1.4 3.4 5.6 5.5

Educational services

 143.6 147.4 149.9 2.1 1.4 1.7 2.9 4.8 4.4

Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and professional schools

 144.1 147.1 149.8 1.8 0.9 1.8 2.6 3.9 4.0

Health care and social assistance

 144.3 150.6 152.7 1.3 1.1 1.4 3.5 5.7 5.8

Hospitals

 145.0 151.5 153.4 1.0 1.1 1.3 3.3 5.5 5.8

Nursing and residential care facilities

 142.4 149.9 152.7 1.8 1.6 1.9 4.9 7.1 7.2

Nursing care facilities(2)

 141.8 149.2 152.1 1.8 1.8 1.9 5.1 7.1 7.3

Leisure and hospitality

 154.1 162.4 165.2 2.3 1.6 1.7 6.9 7.8 7.2

Accommodation and food service

 157.1 166.1 168.8 2.3 1.7 1.6 7.2 8.1 7.4

Other services, except public administration

 148.4 154.1 155.8 1.4 1.0 1.1 4.7 5.3 5.0

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
Sep.
2021		 Jun.
2022		 Sep.
2022		 3-months ended- 12-months ended-
Sep.
2021		 Jun.
2022		 Sep.
2022		 Sep.
2021		 Jun.
2022		 Sep.
2022

Bargaining status

Union

 150.1 154.0 155.0 1.1 0.9 0.6 3.1 3.8 3.3

Goods-producing industries(2)

 145.3 148.9 149.0 1.5 0.9 0.1 3.7 4.1 2.5

Manufacturing

 139.5 143.5 142.8 2.4 0.8 -0.5 4.5 5.4 2.4

Service-providing industries(3)

 153.8 157.9 159.4 0.9 0.9 0.9 2.8 3.6 3.6

Nonunion

 145.8 152.1 153.7 1.4 1.6 1.1 4.1 5.8 5.4

Goods-producing industries(2)

 142.1 147.9 149.2 0.8 1.5 0.9 3.3 4.9 5.0

Manufacturing

 143.4 149.2 150.7 1.0 1.3 1.0 3.4 5.1 5.1

Service-providing industries(3)

 146.8 153.2 154.8 1.5 1.7 1.0 4.3 5.9 5.4

Census region and division(4)

Northeast

 148.4 153.9 155.5 1.4 1.1 1.0 3.7 5.1 4.8

New England

 152.2 158.6 160.3 1.2 1.3 1.1 3.9 5.5 5.3

Middle Atlantic

 147.1 152.2 153.8 1.4 1.0 1.1 3.7 4.9 4.6

South

 144.6 150.5 151.8 1.6 2.0 0.9 4.5 5.8 5.0

South Atlantic

 146.3 152.2 154.5 1.2 1.9 1.5 4.0 5.3 5.6

East South Central

 143.5 149.8 151.0 1.9 1.1 0.8 4.7 6.4 5.2

West South Central

 142.1 147.8 147.6 2.3 2.6 -0.1 5.2 6.4 3.9

Midwest

 143.5 149.9 151.8 1.2 1.4 1.3 3.8 5.7 5.8

East North Central

 141.9 148.1 150.1 1.3 1.2 1.4 3.8 5.7 5.8

West North Central

 147.3 154.5 155.9 1.0 1.7 0.9 3.7 6.0 5.8

West

 150.1 156.4 157.8 1.2 1.4 0.9 3.9 5.5 5.1

Mountain

 147.4 154.4 155.4 1.0 1.4 0.6 4.2 5.8 5.4

Pacific

 151.3 157.4 158.9 1.2 1.4 1.0 3.8 5.3 5.0

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
Sep.
2021		 Jun.
2022		 Sep.
2022		 3-months ended- 12-months ended-
Sep.
2021		 Jun.
2022		 Sep.
2022		 Sep.
2021		 Jun.
2022		 Sep.
2022

All workers

 147.6 150.7 154.4 1.2 0.5 2.5 2.3 3.4 4.6

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related

 145.8 148.2 152.0 1.3 0.3 2.6 2.2 3.0 4.3

Professional and related

 145.7 148.0 151.8 1.3 0.3 2.6 2.2 2.8 4.2

Sales and office

 150.6 154.3 157.8 1.1 0.7 2.3 2.4 3.6 4.8

Office and administrative support

 150.7 154.3 157.8 1.1 0.6 2.3 2.4 3.5 4.7

Service occupations

 152.7 157.6 161.3 1.5 0.9 2.3 3.0 4.7 5.6

Industry

Education and health services

 146.2 148.6 152.6 1.5 0.3 2.7 2.5 3.1 4.4

Educational services

 145.6 147.8 151.8 1.4 0.3 2.7 2.2 2.9 4.3

Schools

 145.6 147.8 151.8 1.5 0.3 2.7 2.3 3.0 4.3

Elementary and secondary schools

 146.2 148.2 152.3 1.5 0.3 2.8 2.4 2.8 4.2

Health care and social assistance

 150.2 154.9 158.4 1.1 0.8 2.3 3.1 4.3 5.5

Hospitals

 147.3 151.9 155.0 1.0 0.7 2.0 3.0 4.2 5.2

Public administration

 149.6 154.0 157.4 1.1 0.7 2.2 2.3 4.1 5.2

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
Sep.
2021		 Jun.
2022		 Sep.
2022		 3-months ended- 12-months ended-
Sep.
2021		 Jun.
2022		 Sep.
2022		 Sep.
2021		 Jun.
2022		 Sep.
2022

All workers(1)

 146.3 151.7 153.7 1.5 1.4 1.3 4.2 5.3 5.1

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 145.3 150.8 153.1 1.3 1.1 1.5 3.7 5.1 5.4

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related

 142.7 146.5 148.4 1.5 1.1 1.3 3.2 4.2 4.0

Management, business, and financial

 145.8 149.9 150.9 1.7 1.6 0.7 3.6 4.6 3.5

Professional and related

 141.0 144.6 147.0 1.4 0.8 1.7 2.9 4.0 4.3

Sales and office

 149.5 156.4 158.2 1.5 2.1 1.2 5.3 6.2 5.8

Sales and related

 148.8 156.8 158.1 1.6 2.9 0.8 6.9 7.1 6.2

Office and administrative support

 149.6 155.7 157.9 1.4 1.5 1.4 4.0 5.5 5.5

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 145.3 150.4 152.2 1.0 1.2 1.2 3.8 4.6 4.7

Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

 145.3 150.2 151.9 1.0 1.0 1.1 4.1 4.4 4.5

Installation, maintenance, and repair

 145.3 150.7 152.6 1.0 1.3 1.3 3.4 4.8 5.0

Production, transportation, and material moving

 151.3 157.7 160.1 1.5 1.2 1.5 5.0 5.8 5.8

Production

 148.0 154.2 156.6 1.2 1.4 1.6 5.0 5.4 5.8

Transportation and material moving

 154.9 161.6 164.0 1.8 1.1 1.5 5.0 6.2 5.9

Service occupations

 153.2 161.8 165.0 2.1 1.6 2.0 6.1 7.9 7.7

Industry

Goods-producing industries(3)

 145.0 150.7 152.3 0.8 1.6 1.1 3.5 4.7 5.0

Manufacturing

 145.0 150.7 152.5 1.0 1.3 1.2 3.7 4.9 5.2

Service-providing industries(4)

 146.5 151.8 154.0 1.7 1.3 1.4 4.3 5.3 5.1

Education and health services

 141.2 145.2 148.2 1.6 0.8 2.1 3.1 4.5 5.0

Educational services

 137.4 139.2 142.8 1.6 0.5 2.6 2.3 3.0 3.9

Elementary and secondary schools

 136.3 137.5 141.5 1.5 0.2 2.9 2.2 2.4 3.8

Junior colleges, colleges, and universities

 138.6 140.8 144.1 1.8 0.6 2.3 2.5 3.4 4.0

Health care and social assistance

 145.3 151.6 154.0 1.5 1.1 1.6 3.9 5.9 6.0

Hospitals

 145.0 151.3 153.6 1.2 1.1 1.5 3.7 5.6 5.9

Nursing and residential care facilities

 145.5 153.2 156.6 2.0 1.5 2.2 5.3 7.4 7.6

Public administration

 139.8 143.8 147.3 1.7 0.8 2.4 2.9 4.6 5.4

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
Sep.
2021		 Jun.
2022		 Sep.
2022		 3-months ended- 12-months ended-
Sep.
2021		 Jun.
2022		 Sep.
2022		 Sep.
2021		 Jun.
2022		 Sep.
2022

All workers

 148.2 154.2 155.9 1.6 1.6 1.1 4.6 5.7 5.2

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 147.1 153.4 155.3 1.2 1.3 1.2 4.0 5.6 5.6

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related

 144.9 149.5 150.8 1.5 1.3 0.9 3.5 4.7 4.1

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 142.7 147.8 149.3 1.0 1.1 1.0 2.9 4.6 4.6

Management, business, and financial

 146.9 151.1 151.8 1.8 1.7 0.5 3.9 4.7 3.3

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 142.8 148.0 149.4 0.8 1.1 0.9 2.5 4.4 4.6

Professional and related

 143.5 148.3 150.0 1.3 1.0 1.1 3.3 4.7 4.5

Sales and office

 150.4 157.7 159.4 1.5 2.2 1.1 5.5 6.4 6.0

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 150.8 158.2 160.3 1.2 1.6 1.3 4.4 6.2 6.3

Sales and related

 148.9 156.9 158.3 1.6 2.8 0.9 6.9 7.1 6.3

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 150.5 159.3 161.8 0.8 1.5 1.6 4.8 6.7 7.5

Office and administrative support

 151.3 157.8 159.8 1.4 1.6 1.3 4.3 5.8 5.6

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 145.8 151.0 152.6 1.0 1.3 1.1 3.9 4.6 4.7

Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

 145.9 150.7 152.4 1.0 1.1 1.1 4.1 4.3 4.5

Installation, maintenance, and repair

 145.7 151.3 152.9 1.0 1.5 1.1 3.6 4.9 4.9

Production, transportation, and material moving

 151.6 158.2 160.5 1.5 1.3 1.5 5.1 5.9 5.9

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 151.2 157.8 160.1 1.5 1.3 1.5 5.0 5.9 5.9

Production

 148.0 154.3 156.7 1.2 1.4 1.6 5.1 5.5 5.9

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 148.5 154.9 157.1 1.2 1.4 1.4 5.0 5.6 5.8

Transportation and material moving

 155.8 162.6 164.9 1.8 1.1 1.4 5.1 6.2 5.8

Service occupations

 156.2 165.9 168.9 2.2 1.8 1.8 6.8 8.5 8.1

Industry and occupational group

Goods-producing industries(2)

 145.1 150.8 152.4 0.8 1.7 1.1 3.5 4.7 5.0

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 145.1 150.5 152.2 0.8 1.3 1.1 3.7 4.6 4.9

Management, professional, and related

 141.7 146.5 147.2 0.3 1.0 0.5 2.1 3.7 3.9

Sales and office

 150.3 158.4 159.9 0.1 5.2 0.9 3.0 5.5 6.4

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 145.7 150.5 152.1 1.0 1.2 1.1 4.0 4.4 4.4

Production, transportation, and material moving

 146.7 153.1 155.5 1.3 1.5 1.6 4.9 5.7 6.0

Construction

 145.1 150.7 151.9 0.5 2.4 0.8 3.3 4.4 4.7

Manufacturing

 145.0 150.7 152.5 1.0 1.3 1.2 3.7 4.9 5.2

Management, professional, and related

 142.5 147.2 148.0 0.4 0.9 0.5 2.2 3.7 3.9

Sales and office

 147.1 153.5 155.8 1.1 1.9 1.5 4.3 5.5 5.9

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 146.5 150.7 152.3 1.1 1.4 1.1 4.0 4.0 4.0

Production, transportation, and material moving

 146.5 153.0 155.4 1.3 1.6 1.6 4.9 5.8 6.1

Aircraft manufacturing

 150.3 154.5 155.3 -0.3 0.7 0.5 1.5 2.5 3.3

Service-providing industries(3)

 149.0 155.1 156.9 1.7 1.5 1.2 4.9 5.9 5.3

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 147.7 154.2 156.1 1.3 1.3 1.2 4.1 5.8 5.7

Management, professional, and related

 145.4 150.0 151.4 1.6 1.4 0.9 3.7 4.8 4.1

Sales and office

 150.4 157.6 159.3 1.6 1.9 1.1 5.7 6.5 5.9

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 146.0 151.7 153.3 1.0 1.4 1.1 3.8 5.0 5.0

Production, transportation, and material moving

 156.5 163.3 165.5 1.6 1.1 1.3 5.3 6.0 5.8

Service occupations

 156.2 165.9 168.9 2.2 1.8 1.8 6.8 8.5 8.1

Trade, transportation, and utilities

 150.8 158.5 159.7 1.4 1.6 0.8 5.1 6.6 5.9

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 150.3 157.5 159.4 1.3 1.4 1.2 4.5 6.1 6.1

Wholesale trade

 141.8 149.4 149.8 1.5 2.0 0.3 4.7 6.9 5.6

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 143.0 149.6 151.6 1.1 1.3 1.3 3.7 5.8 6.0

Retail trade

 154.8 164.4 166.1 1.5 1.9 1.0 5.9 7.8 7.3

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 152.8 161.8 163.9 1.5 1.8 1.3 5.5 7.4 7.3

Transportation and warehousing

 155.0 159.3 160.8 1.4 0.6 0.9 4.2 4.3 3.7

Utilities

 152.5 156.6 157.7 0.7 0.6 0.7 2.8 3.4 3.4

Information

 143.3 147.8 149.3 1.1 0.7 1.0 4.1 4.3 4.2

Financial activities

 150.6 153.9 154.1 2.4 2.7 0.1 6.3 4.6 2.3

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 144.7 151.3 152.7 0.8 1.4 0.9 2.7 5.4 5.5

Finance and insurance

 152.8 154.8 154.8 2.7 2.9 0.0 7.2 4.0 1.3

Credit intermediation and related activities

 156.7 154.8 153.4 7.4 4.2 -0.9 12.2 6.1 -2.1

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 146.4 153.2 155.4 0.8 1.5 1.4 3.1 5.4 6.1

Insurance carriers and related activities

 145.7 151.8 152.9 0.6 1.9 0.7 3.0 4.8 4.9

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 142.6 148.2 148.9 0.4 1.4 0.5 2.2 4.3 4.4

Real estate and rental and leasing

 141.8 150.0 151.3 1.2 1.9 0.9 3.0 7.1 6.7

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 146.6 154.7 155.9 1.2 1.8 0.8 3.3 6.8 6.3

Professional and business services

 148.3 153.9 155.9 1.6 1.5 1.3 4.0 5.4 5.1

Professional, scientific, and technical services

 149.8 154.7 156.9 1.8 1.6 1.4 3.8 5.2 4.7

Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services

 148.9 156.5 158.5 1.6 1.6 1.3 5.2 6.8 6.4

Education and health services

 145.0 150.9 153.3 1.6 1.2 1.6 3.8 5.7 5.7

Educational services

 142.8 146.3 148.9 2.2 1.5 1.8 3.3 4.7 4.3

Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and professional schools

 141.8 144.3 147.1 1.8 0.9 1.9 2.9 3.6 3.7

Health care and social assistance

 145.4 151.9 154.2 1.5 1.1 1.5 3.9 6.0 6.1

Hospitals

 145.6 152.2 154.3 1.2 1.2 1.4 3.8 5.8 6.0

Nursing and residential care facilities

 146.0 154.1 157.4 2.0 1.6 2.1 5.5 7.7 7.8

Nursing care facilities(1)

 145.1 152.9 156.2 2.0 1.8 2.2 5.7 7.4 7.6

Leisure and hospitality

 159.1 168.1 171.1 2.4 1.7 1.8 7.6 8.2 7.5

Accommodation and food service

 162.2 171.8 174.7 2.5 1.7 1.7 8.1 8.5 7.7

Other services, except public administration

 150.1 156.0 157.9 1.6 1.0 1.2 5.1 5.6 5.2

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-
Sep.
2021		 Jun.
2022		 Sep.
2022		 3-months ended- 12-months ended-
Sep.
2021		 Jun.
2022		 Sep.
2022		 Sep.
2021		 Jun.
2022		 Sep.
2022

Bargaining status

Union

 147.2 150.8 152.5 0.9 0.7 1.1 3.5 3.4 3.6

Goods-producing industries(1)

 141.5 144.7 146.0 0.8 0.8 0.9 3.4 3.1 3.2

Manufacturing

 139.9 143.3 144.4 1.0 0.7 0.8 3.9 3.5 3.2

Service-providing industries(2)

 150.9 154.7 156.6 1.0 0.6 1.2 3.6 3.5 3.8

Nonunion

 148.3 154.6 156.3 1.6 1.7 1.1 4.7 6.0 5.4

Goods-producing industries(1)

 146.0 152.1 153.8 0.8 1.8 1.1 3.6 5.0 5.3

Manufacturing

 146.2 152.2 154.1 1.0 1.5 1.2 3.8 5.1 5.4

Service-providing industries(2)

 148.8 155.1 156.9 1.8 1.6 1.2 4.9 6.1 5.4

Census region and division(3)

Northeast

 149.5 154.7 156.4 1.6 1.0 1.1 4.5 5.1 4.6

New England

 155.4 161.6 163.6 1.4 1.4 1.2 4.5 5.4 5.3

Middle Atlantic

 147.4 152.2 153.8 1.7 0.9 1.1 4.5 5.0 4.3

South

 147.4 153.2 154.7 1.9 2.2 1.0 5.2 5.9 5.0

South Atlantic

 149.3 155.1 157.6 1.3 2.1 1.6 4.6 5.2 5.6

East South Central

 144.5 150.8 152.6 1.7 1.0 1.2 4.7 6.1 5.6

West South Central

 145.4 151.2 150.7 3.0 3.0 -0.3 6.5 7.1 3.6

Midwest

 144.4 151.0 153.0 1.3 1.3 1.3 4.1 6.0 6.0

East North Central

 142.7 148.9 151.1 1.4 1.1 1.5 4.2 5.8 5.9

West North Central

 148.5 156.0 157.7 1.1 1.9 1.1 4.0 6.2 6.2

West

 152.1 158.6 160.4 1.3 1.5 1.1 4.3 5.6 5.5

Mountain

 149.4 157.0 158.2 1.2 1.6 0.8 4.6 6.4 5.9

Pacific

 153.3 159.4 161.5 1.2 1.4 1.3 4.2 5.2 5.3

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-
Sep.
2021		 Jun.
2022		 Sep.
2022		 3-months ended- 12-months ended-
Sep.
2021		 Jun.
2022		 Sep.
2022		 Sep.
2021		 Jun.
2022		 Sep.
2022

All workers

 138.2 140.6 144.3 1.5 0.4 2.6 2.4 3.2 4.4

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related

 136.8 138.5 142.2 1.4 0.4 2.7 2.2 2.7 3.9

Professional and related

 136.7 138.2 141.9 1.5 0.3 2.7 2.2 2.6 3.8

Sales and office

 138.6 141.6 145.0 1.2 0.7 2.4 2.7 3.4 4.6

Office and administrative support

 139.1 142.0 145.4 1.2 0.7 2.4 2.7 3.3 4.5

Service occupations

 143.2 148.1 152.0 1.9 1.0 2.6 3.5 5.4 6.1

Industry

Education and health services

 137.1 138.8 142.6 1.5 0.4 2.7 2.3 2.7 4.0

Educational services

 136.3 137.7 141.6 1.5 0.3 2.8 2.1 2.5 3.9

Schools

 136.3 137.7 141.6 1.5 0.3 2.8 2.1 2.5 3.9

Elementary and secondary schools

 136.0 137.1 141.1 1.4 0.2 2.9 2.0 2.2 3.7

Health care and social assistance

 143.5 148.1 151.6 1.6 1.0 2.4 3.6 4.9 5.6

Hospitals

 142.6 147.1 150.3 1.6 1.0 2.2 3.7 4.8 5.4

Public administration

 139.8 143.8 147.3 1.7 0.8 2.4 2.9 4.6 5.4

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-
Sep.
2021		 Jun.
2022		 Sep.
2022		 3-months ended- 12-months ended-
Sep.
2021		 Jun.
2022		 Sep.
2022		 Sep.
2021		 Jun.
2022		 Sep.
2022

Civilian workers

All workers(1)

 147.5 153.2 154.8 0.9 1.1 1.0 2.5 4.8 4.9

Private industry workers

All workers

 142.1 148.2 149.2 0.9 1.4 0.7 2.6 5.3 5.0

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related

 140.3 146.0 146.9 0.9 1.2 0.6 2.5 5.0 4.7

Sales and office

 143.5 151.0 152.2 0.7 1.8 0.8 2.4 6.0 6.1

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 144.8 149.1 150.0 0.7 1.4 0.6 2.5 3.7 3.6

Production, transportation, and material moving

 143.7 149.1 149.8 1.5 1.0 0.5 3.0 5.3 4.2

Service occupations

 142.6 149.6 151.3 1.3 1.6 1.1 3.3 6.2 6.1

Industry

Goods-producing industries(2)

 138.2 143.0 143.3 1.2 0.8 0.2 3.0 4.8 3.7

Manufacturing

 137.7 142.8 142.8 1.6 0.8 0.0 3.1 5.4 3.7

Aircraft manufacturing

 122.1 127.8 104.7 23.7 0.4 -18.1 26.8 29.5 -14.3

Service-providing industries(3)

 143.6 150.0 151.3 0.8 1.5 0.9 2.5 5.3 5.4

Bargaining status

Union

 154.8 159.3 159.2 1.4 1.3 -0.1 2.4 4.4 2.8

Nonunion

 139.7 145.9 147.1 0.9 1.4 0.8 2.7 5.3 5.3

State and local government workers

All workers

 167.1 171.6 175.4 0.9 0.4 2.2 2.1 3.6 5.0

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
Sep.
2021		 Jun.
2022		 Sep.
2022		 Sep.
2021		 Jun.
2022		 Sep.
2022

Northeast

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

 3.7 5.8 5.6 4.2 5.8 5.7

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

 3.7 5.2 4.7 4.3 5.3 4.6

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

 3.3 4.0 4.4 4.2 3.9 4.9

South

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

 2.3 4.3 5.0 3.0 4.4 5.2

Dallas-Fort Worth, TX-OK CSA

 3.5 5.4 5.3 4.3 5.9 5.7

Houston-The Woodlands, TX CSA

 2.3 5.5 5.4 2.7 6.1 5.9

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

 4.1 6.3 6.7 4.7 6.8 7.1

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

 4.2 4.2 4.4 4.7 3.8 4.1

Midwest

Chicago-Naperville, IL-IN-WI CSA

 4.0 5.3 4.8 4.4 5.1 4.6

Detroit-Warren-Ann Arbor, MI CSA

 2.6 4.8 5.6 2.7 4.9 5.0

Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI CSA

 3.4 5.6 5.7 3.4 5.8 5.9

West

Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA CSA

 5.5 5.6 5.8 6.5 5.7 6.1

Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ MSA

 4.6 5.5 5.5 4.4 6.5 6.6

San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA CSA

 3.0 4.5 4.5 3.3 4.5 4.4

Seattle-Tacoma, WA CSA

 5.2 8.7 3.0 2.5 5.4 5.9

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: October 28, 2022