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                                   EMPLOYMENT COST INDEX – SEPTEMBER 2026

Compensation costs for civilian workers increased 0.8 percent, seasonally adjusted, for the 3-month period
ending in September 2026, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Wages and salaries increased
0.7 percent, and benefit costs increased 0.9 percent from June 2026. (See tables A, 1, 2, and 3.)

Compensation costs for civilian workers increased 3.4 percent, not seasonally adjusted, for the 12-month
period ending in September 2026. Wages and salaries increased 3.1 percent, and benefit costs increased 
3.9 percent over the year. (See tables A, 4, 8, and 12.)   

Compensation costs for private industry workers increased 0.8 percent, seasonally adjusted, for the 
3-month period ending in September 2026. Wages and salaries increased 0.8 percent, and benefit costs 
increased 0.9 percent from June 2026. (See tables A, 1, 2, and 3.)

Compensation costs for private industry workers increased 3.4 percent, not seasonally adjusted, for 
the 12-month period ending in September 2026. Wages and salaries increased 3.1 percent, and benefit 
costs increased 3.9 percent over the year. Inflation-adjusted (constant dollar) wages and salaries 
decreased 0.6 percent over the year. (See tables A, 5, 9, and 12.)

Within the private industry, compensation costs increased 4.3 percent for union workers and 3.3 percent
for nonunion workers for the 12-month period ending in September 2026. Wages and salaries increased 4.3
percent for union workers and 3.0 percent for nonunion workers over the year. Benefit costs increased
4.3 percent for union workers and 3.9 percent for nonunion workers over the year. 
(See tables 6, 10, and 12.)

Compensation costs for state and local government workers increased 0.6 percent, seasonally adjusted, for
the 3-month period ending in September 2026. Wages and salaries increased 0.6 percent, and benefit costs
increased 0.7 percent from June 2026. (See tables A, 1, 2, and 3.)

Compensation costs for state and local government workers increased 3.5 percent, not seasonally adjusted,
for the 12-month period ending in September 2026. Wages and salaries increased 3.2 percent, and benefit 
costs increased 3.8 percent over the year. Inflation-adjusted (constant dollar) wages and salaries 
decreased 0.5 percent over the year. (See tables A, 7, 11, and 12.)

The Employment Cost Index news release for December 2026 is scheduled to be published on 
Friday, January 29, 2027, at 8:30 a.m. (ET).

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                                     Updated Fixed Employment Weights

Beginning with the publication of Employment Cost Index (ECI) data for December 2026, the ECI will 
introduce updated employment weights and remove workers’ compensation costs. For more information, 
see www.bls.gov/eci/notices/2026/eci-2025-fixed-weights-and-removing-workers-compensation.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.
2026		 Sep.
2026		 Sep.
2025		 Jun.
2026		 Sep.
2026		 Sep.
2025		 Jun.
2026		 Sep.
2026

Civilian workers(1)

Compensation(2)

 0.9 0.8 3.5 3.4 3.4 0.5 -0.1 -0.4

Wages and salaries

 0.9 0.7 3.5 3.2 3.1 0.6 -0.3 -0.6

Benefits

 1.0 0.9 3.5 3.8 3.9 0.5 0.3 0.1

Private industry

Compensation(2)

 0.9 0.8 3.5 3.3 3.4 0.5 -0.2 -0.4

Wages and salaries

 0.9 0.8 3.6 3.1 3.1 0.6 -0.4 -0.6

Benefits

 0.9 0.9 3.5 3.8 3.9 0.5 0.2 0.2

Health benefits

 - - 6.1 6.0 6.4 - - -

State and local government

Compensation(2)

 1.0 0.6 3.6 3.6 3.5 0.6 0.1 -0.3

Wages and salaries

 0.9 0.6 3.5 3.4 3.2 0.5 -0.1 -0.5

Benefits

 1.1 0.7 3.8 4.0 3.8 0.8 0.4 0.1

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/eci/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 Employment Cost Index Handbook of Methods 
at www.bls.gov/opub/hom/eci/home.htm.

Sample size: Data for this reference period were collected from a probability sample of approximately 
28,000 occupational observations selected from a sample of about 6,600 private industry establishments 
and approximately 7,300 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 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/eci/factsheets/eci-standard-errors.htm and the database query tool at 
www.bls.gov/eci/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 tables are available in XLSX format for constant dollar, current dollar,
and continuous series; see www.bls.gov/eci/tables.htm. 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/ecec/tables.htm. 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: Fixed employment weights are updated periodically to reflect the current 
industry and occupational employment distributions; see 
www.bls.gov/eci/factsheets/eci-reweighting-and-recoding.htm. 

Seasonal factors: Detailed information on seasonal factors for the 2026 reference year and the revisions
of historical, seasonally adjusted, data for the most recent five years can be found at 
www.bls.gov/eci/factsheets/annual-seasonal-adjustment.htm. More information on seasonal adjustment can be
found at www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2024/article/seasonality-in-the-employment-cost-index.htm.  

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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.
2026		 Sep.
2026		 Sep.
2024		 Dec.
2024		 Mar.
2025		 Jun.
2025		 Sep.
2025		 Dec.
2025		 Mar.
2026		 Jun.
2026		 Sep.
2026

Civilian workers

All workers(2)

 177.178 178.574 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.9 0.9 0.8

Industry

Goods-producing industries(3)

 170.434 171.669 0.9 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.7 0.7 1.0 0.7

Manufacturing

 170.061 171.165 0.8 0.9 0.7 0.9 0.8 0.6 1.0 0.9 0.6

Service-providing industries(4)

 178.614 180.040 0.8 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.8

Education and health services

 177.628 179.084 1.2 0.8 1.0 1.0 0.8 0.9 1.1 0.9 0.8

Educational services

 175.305 176.311 1.0 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 1.0 0.9 1.0 0.6

Elementary and secondary schools

 175.330 176.492 1.0 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 1.0 1.0 0.7

Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and professional schools

 174.253 175.107 1.3 0.9 0.9 1.0 0.8 1.0 0.7 1.0 0.5

Health care and social assistance

 179.877 181.710 1.2 0.8 1.2 1.0 0.9 0.8 1.2 0.9 1.0

Hospitals

 179.063 181.091 1.1 0.9 1.0 1.0 0.6 0.9 0.5 1.1 1.1

Nursing and residential care facilities

 177.278 178.482 0.8 0.8 1.1 0.6 0.8 0.7 0.9 0.6 0.7

Public administration

 186.031 186.913 1.2 1.2 1.1 0.7 0.9 0.8 1.1 1.0 0.5

Private industry workers

All workers

 176.494 177.950 0.8 0.9 0.8 1.0 0.8 0.7 0.9 0.9 0.8

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related

 171.287 172.766 0.7 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.8 1.0 0.9 0.9

Management, business, and financial

 170.937 172.284 0.7 0.9 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 1.0 0.9 0.8

Professional and related

 171.902 173.508 0.8 0.9 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.9 1.0 0.9 0.9

Sales and office

 178.559 180.069 0.7 0.9 0.8 1.2 0.8 0.5 0.8 0.6 0.8

Sales and related

 174.325 176.118 0.5 1.2 0.7 1.4 0.7 -0.1 0.9 0.4 1.0

Office and administrative support

 181.678 182.925 0.9 0.7 0.9 1.0 0.8 1.0 0.8 0.7 0.7

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 174.911 176.412 0.9 1.0 0.8 0.9 1.0 0.8 1.0 0.8 0.9

Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

 173.240 174.934 0.9 1.0 0.9 0.9 1.0 1.0 0.8 0.9 1.0

Installation, maintenance, and repair

 176.792 178.070 1.0 1.0 0.8 1.0 1.0 0.7 1.1 0.7 0.7

Production, transportation, and material moving

 182.066 183.760 0.9 0.8 0.9 1.0 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.9 0.9

Production

 176.266 178.029 1.0 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.4 1.0 1.0

Transportation and material moving

 188.477 190.143 0.8 0.7 0.9 1.0 0.8 0.6 0.9 0.9 0.9

Service occupations

 190.347 191.290 0.9 0.9 1.0 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.8 0.5

Industry

Goods-producing industries(3)

 170.315 171.549 0.9 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.7 0.7 1.0 0.7

Construction

 170.861 172.121 1.1 0.7 1.1 0.9 1.1 0.9 0.3 1.2 0.7

Manufacturing

 170.061 171.165 0.8 0.9 0.7 0.9 0.8 0.6 1.0 0.9 0.6

Aircraft manufacturing

 149.865 151.985 0.7 2.3 0.6 1.0 1.1 0.0 3.4 0.4 1.4

Service-providing industries(5)

 178.182 179.688 0.8 0.9 0.8 1.0 0.8 0.7 0.9 0.8 0.8

Trade, transportation, and utilities

 182.671 184.302 0.7 0.6 0.8 1.0 1.0 0.5 1.1 0.9 0.9

Wholesale trade

 171.568 172.858 0.6 0.8 0.5 0.6 1.3 0.2 1.2 0.4 0.8

Retail trade

 186.037 187.510 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.9 0.9 0.6 0.9 1.2 0.8

Transportation and warehousing

 188.516 190.554 0.8 0.4 1.1 1.5 0.8 0.4 1.3 0.9 1.1

Utilities

 190.174 193.113 0.9 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.9 1.0 1.1 1.4 1.5

Information

 169.964 171.560 1.4 0.4 0.4 1.3 0.8 0.4 1.4 0.6 0.9

Financial activities

 174.676 176.075 0.6 1.3 1.3 0.9 0.5 0.8 1.3 0.8 0.8

Finance and insurance

 175.280 176.803 0.4 1.5 1.3 0.8 0.8 0.7 1.2 0.8 0.9

Credit intermediation and related activities

 175.310 177.240 0.4 1.8 1.9 -0.6 0.6 0.8 0.8 0.7 1.1

Insurance carriers and related activities

 174.024 174.688 0.2 1.0 1.4 0.8 0.5 1.0 0.6 0.6 0.4

Real estate and rental and leasing

 171.987 172.743 1.3 0.7 1.0 1.8 -0.8 1.4 1.5 0.6 0.4

Professional and business services

 174.730 176.143 0.4 1.1 0.5 1.0 0.6 0.7 0.4 1.0 0.8

Professional, scientific, and technical services

 176.093 177.517 0.2 1.1 0.9 0.9 0.6 0.9 0.4 1.0 0.8

Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services

 175.113 176.579 0.7 1.3 0.2 1.0 0.7 0.5 0.4 0.9 0.8

Education and health services

 178.110 179.782 1.2 0.7 1.2 1.0 0.9 1.0 1.1 0.9 0.9

Educational services

 173.477 174.163 1.2 0.4 0.8 0.8 0.9 1.7 0.6 1.0 0.4

Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and professional schools

 171.967 172.898 1.4 0.8 0.7 0.9 0.8 1.4 0.5 1.0 0.5

Health care and social assistance

 179.059 180.911 1.2 0.8 1.2 1.0 0.9 0.8 1.2 0.8 1.0

Hospitals

 178.521 180.688 1.1 0.9 1.1 0.9 0.7 0.9 0.4 1.1 1.2

Nursing and residential care facilities

 175.523 176.645 0.8 0.7 1.1 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.9 0.6 0.6

Leisure and hospitality

 186.852 187.923 0.7 0.9 0.7 0.5 0.7 0.8 0.6 0.5 0.6

Accommodation and food services

 190.637 191.783 0.7 0.9 0.8 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.5 0.5 0.6

Other services, except public administration

 181.228 182.401 0.6 1.1 0.5 0.8 1.4 1.5 0.4 0.5 0.6

State and local government workers

All workers

 180.246 181.369 1.1 1.0 1.0 0.8 0.8 0.8 1.0 1.0 0.6

Industry

Education and health services

 176.923 178.071 1.0 1.0 0.8 0.9 0.7 0.8 1.0 1.0 0.6

Educational services

 175.781 176.867 1.0 1.0 0.8 0.9 0.8 0.8 1.0 1.0 0.6

Schools

 175.704 176.780 1.1 0.9 0.8 0.9 0.8 0.8 1.0 1.0 0.6

Elementary and secondary schools

 175.719 176.891 1.0 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.8 1.0 1.0 0.7

Health care and social assistance

 185.740 187.359 1.1 1.2 0.8 1.0 0.6 0.8 1.2 1.1 0.9

Hospitals

 181.505 182.846 1.1 1.2 0.8 1.3 0.5 0.8 1.2 1.1 0.7

Public administration

 186.031 186.913 1.2 1.2 1.1 0.7 0.9 0.8 1.1 1.0 0.5

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.
2026		 Sep.
2026		 Sep.
2024		 Dec.
2024		 Mar.
2025		 Jun.
2025		 Sep.
2025		 Dec.
2025		 Mar.
2026		 Jun.
2026		 Sep.
2026

Civilian workers

All workers(1)

 176.754 178.075 0.8 1.0 0.8 1.0 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.9 0.7

Industry

Goods-producing industries(2)

 174.879 176.144 1.0 0.9 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.8 0.4 1.2 0.7

Manufacturing

 174.865 176.044 0.9 0.8 0.8 1.0 0.9 0.7 0.7 1.0 0.7

Service-providing industries(3)

 177.153 178.484 0.8 1.0 0.7 1.0 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.8

Education and health services

 172.727 174.121 1.1 0.8 1.0 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.8

Educational services

 164.456 165.302 1.0 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.9 1.1 0.8 0.9 0.5

Elementary and secondary schools

 162.698 163.776 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.9 0.9 0.9 1.0 0.9 0.7

Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and professional schools

 165.632 166.236 1.2 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.8 1.0 0.6 0.8 0.4

Health care and social assistance

 181.032 182.871 1.3 0.8 1.2 1.1 0.9 0.8 1.0 0.8 1.0

Hospitals

 180.198 182.305 1.2 0.9 1.1 1.1 0.6 0.9 0.6 1.1 1.2

Public administration

 172.574 173.328 1.2 1.0 1.0 0.8 0.6 0.7 1.0 0.9 0.4

Private industry workers

All workers

 179.010 180.402 0.8 0.9 0.8 1.0 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.9 0.8

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related

 172.534 173.959 0.7 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8

Professional and related

 173.762 175.334 0.8 0.9 1.0 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.9

Management, business, and financial

 171.462 172.734 0.7 0.9 0.7 0.8 0.6 0.6 0.9 0.9 0.7

Sales and office

 180.381 181.906 0.6 1.0 0.8 1.2 0.7 0.4 0.7 0.4 0.8

Sales and related

 177.247 179.186 0.5 1.4 0.6 1.5 0.7 -0.3 0.8 0.2 1.1

Office and administrative support

 182.956 184.068 0.8 0.7 0.7 1.1 0.7 1.0 0.7 0.7 0.6

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 177.981 179.447 1.0 1.1 0.8 1.0 1.1 0.9 0.9 1.0 0.8

Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

 176.367 178.084 1.0 1.1 0.9 0.9 1.1 1.0 0.7 1.1 1.0

Installation, maintenance, and repair

 179.876 181.058 1.0 1.1 0.7 1.0 1.1 0.7 1.1 0.8 0.7

Production, transportation, and material moving

 186.794 188.399 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.9 0.9

Production

 181.051 182.961 1.1 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.9 1.1 0.3 1.1 1.1

Transportation and material moving

 192.976 194.388 0.8 0.8 0.8 1.0 0.7 0.5 1.0 0.9 0.7

Service occupations

 195.795 196.560 0.9 1.0 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.4

Industry

Goods-producing industries(2)

 174.947 176.212 1.0 0.8 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.8 0.4 1.2 0.7

Construction

 174.274 175.529 1.3 0.7 1.2 1.0 1.2 0.9 0.0 1.5 0.7

Manufacturing

 174.865 176.044 0.9 0.8 0.8 1.0 0.9 0.7 0.7 1.0 0.7

Aircraft manufacturing

 176.641 178.917 0.7 1.8 1.3 1.1 1.1 0.6 0.9 0.5 1.3

Service-providing industries(4)

 180.070 181.490 0.7 0.9 0.7 1.1 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.8

Trade, transportation, and utilities

 183.999 185.582 0.7 0.7 0.8 1.0 1.0 0.4 1.0 0.8 0.9

Wholesale trade

 168.677 170.077 0.5 0.9 0.6 0.8 1.6 0.1 1.2 0.1 0.8

Retail trade

 189.630 191.017 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.6 0.9 1.1 0.7

Transportation and warehousing

 192.597 194.649 0.9 0.5 0.8 1.4 0.9 0.3 1.2 0.7 1.1

Utilities

 183.341 185.654 1.0 0.9 1.0 1.1 1.0 1.0 0.8 1.0 1.3

Information

 168.055 169.632 1.5 0.4 0.0 1.3 0.5 0.2 1.5 0.7 0.9

Financial activities

 175.314 176.337 0.4 1.4 0.6 1.7 0.3 0.8 1.2 0.7 0.6

Finance and insurance

 175.933 177.064 0.2 1.5 0.5 1.6 0.7 0.7 1.2 0.8 0.6

Credit intermediation and related activities

 173.094 174.644 -0.1 1.7 0.9 0.8 0.4 0.8 0.9 0.2 0.9

Insurance carriers and related activities

 173.824 173.736 0.1 1.2 1.3 1.0 0.2 1.0 0.8 0.8 -0.1

Real estate and rental and leasing

 173.043 173.556 1.6 0.7 0.9 2.0 -1.2 1.5 1.4 0.6 0.3

Professional and business services

 176.766 178.145 0.3 1.2 0.4 1.0 0.5 0.7 0.3 0.9 0.8

Professional, scientific, and technical services

 177.435 178.781 0.1 1.3 0.9 0.9 0.5 0.9 0.3 0.9 0.8

Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services

 180.206 181.662 0.7 1.3 0.2 1.0 0.7 0.4 0.4 1.0 0.8

Education and health services

 179.745 181.409 1.3 0.8 1.1 1.1 1.0 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.9

Educational services

 171.980 172.455 1.1 0.4 0.6 0.7 0.9 1.9 0.4 1.0 0.3

Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and professional schools

 167.547 168.262 1.3 0.9 0.7 0.8 0.7 1.5 0.1 0.9 0.4

Health care and social assistance

 181.387 183.272 1.3 0.8 1.2 1.1 1.0 0.8 1.0 0.8 1.0

Hospitals

 181.087 183.364 1.1 1.0 1.1 1.1 0.6 0.9 0.4 1.2 1.3

Leisure and hospitality

 193.698 194.547 0.8 0.9 0.7 0.4 0.7 0.9 0.5 0.4 0.4

Accommodation and food services

 197.800 198.672 0.7 1.0 0.8 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.5 0.5 0.4

Other services, except public administration

 183.838 184.958 0.5 1.3 0.3 0.7 1.4 1.5 0.3 0.3 0.6

State and local government workers

All workers

 167.257 168.225 1.1 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.8 1.0 0.9 0.6

Industry

Education and health services

 164.395 165.388 1.0 0.9 0.8 0.9 0.8 0.8 1.0 0.8 0.6

Educational services

 162.863 163.814 1.0 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.9 1.0 0.8 0.6

Schools

 162.880 163.825 1.0 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.9 1.0 0.8 0.6

Elementary and secondary schools

 162.145 163.240 0.9 0.9 0.7 0.9 0.8 0.9 1.0 0.8 0.7

Health care and social assistance

 177.195 178.514 1.2 1.1 0.7 1.2 0.5 0.7 1.1 0.9 0.7

Hospitals

 176.018 177.241 1.2 1.1 0.7 1.4 0.3 0.8 1.2 0.9 0.7

Public administration

 172.574 173.328 1.2 1.0 1.0 0.8 0.6 0.7 1.0 0.9 0.4

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) 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.
2026		 Sep.
2026		 Sep.
2024		 Dec.
2024		 Mar.
2025		 Jun.
2025		 Sep.
2025		 Dec.
2025		 Mar.
2026		 Jun.
2026		 Sep.
2026

Civilian workers

All workers(1)

 178.321 179.884 0.8 0.9 1.1 0.7 0.8 0.8 1.2 1.0 0.9

Private industry workers

All workers

 170.552 172.158 0.7 0.8 1.1 0.7 0.8 0.7 1.3 0.9 0.9

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related

 168.416 170.014 0.8 0.8 1.0 0.6 0.8 0.8 1.2 1.1 0.9

Sales and office

 173.965 175.439 0.8 0.7 1.2 1.0 0.9 0.8 1.2 1.0 0.8

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 168.371 169.947 0.6 0.8 1.0 0.8 0.8 0.8 1.2 0.5 0.9

Production, transportation, and material moving

 172.618 174.505 0.7 0.7 1.0 1.0 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.9 1.1

Service occupations

 172.595 174.153 0.9 0.8 1.2 0.8 0.7 0.8 1.4 0.6 0.9

Industry

Goods-producing industries(2)

 160.915 162.085 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.6 1.4 0.6 0.7

Manufacturing

 160.867 161.827 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.4 1.5 0.6 0.6

Service-providing industries(3)

 173.628 175.346 0.7 0.8 1.2 0.7 0.8 0.8 1.2 1.0 1.0

State and local government workers

All workers(1)

 205.596 206.998 1.2 1.1 1.1 0.7 0.8 0.8 1.2 1.1 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; 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.
2025		 Jun.
2026		 Sep.
2026		 3-months ended- 12-months ended-
Sep.
2025		 Jun.
2026		 Sep.
2026		 Sep.
2025		 Jun.
2026		 Sep.
2026

All workers(2)

 172.905 177.244 178.738 0.9 0.9 0.8 3.5 3.4 3.4

Excluding incentive paid occupations(3)

 172.786 177.144 178.603 0.9 0.8 0.8 3.5 3.4 3.4

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related

 168.209 172.477 174.121 0.9 0.9 1.0 3.4 3.5 3.5

Management, business, and financial

 167.541 171.970 173.103 0.6 1.1 0.7 3.1 3.2 3.3

Professional and related

 168.838 172.997 175.004 1.2 0.7 1.2 3.6 3.7 3.7

Sales and office

 175.941 180.110 181.096 0.5 0.8 0.5 3.8 2.9 2.9

Sales and related

 171.984 175.214 175.928 0.1 0.7 0.4 4.2 2.0 2.3

Office and administrative support

 178.272 183.157 184.352 0.7 0.8 0.7 3.5 3.5 3.4

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 171.251 175.715 177.348 1.1 0.9 0.9 3.9 3.7 3.6

Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

 169.556 174.235 175.944 1.0 1.0 1.0 3.8 3.7 3.8

Installation, maintenance, and repair

 173.195 177.411 178.956 1.2 0.9 0.9 3.9 3.7 3.3

Production, transportation, and material moving

 177.855 182.258 183.775 0.7 1.0 0.8 3.5 3.2 3.3

Production

 172.392 176.571 178.074 0.7 1.0 0.9 3.4 3.1 3.3

Transportation and material moving

 184.775 189.415 190.968 0.7 1.0 0.8 3.6 3.2 3.4

Service occupations

 186.027 190.756 192.080 1.1 0.7 0.7 3.8 3.6 3.3

Industry

Goods-producing industries(4)

 166.341 170.773 171.614 0.7 1.2 0.5 3.6 3.4 3.2

Manufacturing

 165.853 170.409 171.079 0.6 1.1 0.4 3.4 3.3 3.2

Service-providing industries(5)

 174.107 178.429 180.041 0.9 0.8 0.9 3.6 3.4 3.4

Education and health services

 172.896 176.988 179.367 1.4 0.6 1.3 3.7 3.8 3.7

Educational services

 170.881 173.700 176.823 2.0 0.4 1.8 3.4 3.7 3.5

Elementary and secondary schools

 171.008 173.492 177.062 2.2 0.3 2.1 3.3 3.7 3.5

Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and professional schools

 169.997 172.960 175.532 1.8 0.4 1.5 3.7 3.6 3.3

Health care and social assistance

 174.826 179.985 181.749 0.8 0.8 1.0 4.1 3.8 4.0

Hospitals

 174.456 179.130 180.927 0.5 0.9 1.0 3.6 3.2 3.7

Nursing and residential care facilities

 173.207 177.130 178.243 0.7 0.6 0.6 3.3 3.0 2.9

Public administration

 180.735 184.977 186.930 1.5 0.5 1.1 3.9 3.8 3.4

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.
2025		 Jun.
2026		 Sep.
2026		 3-months ended- 12-months ended-
Sep.
2025		 Jun.
2026		 Sep.
2026		 Sep.
2025		 Jun.
2026		 Sep.
2026

All workers

 172.307 176.876 178.086 0.7 1.0 0.7 3.5 3.3 3.4

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 172.124 176.730 177.882 0.7 0.9 0.7 3.4 3.3 3.3

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related

 166.935 171.639 172.900 0.7 1.0 0.7 3.4 3.5 3.6

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 165.964 170.596 171.785 0.6 0.9 0.7 3.3 3.5 3.5

Management, business, and financial

 166.822 171.431 172.453 0.5 1.2 0.6 3.0 3.2 3.4

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 165.429 169.897 170.760 0.4 1.0 0.5 3.0 3.1 3.2

Professional and related

 167.303 172.104 173.588 0.8 0.9 0.9 3.7 3.7 3.8

Sales and office

 175.416 179.564 180.390 0.4 0.8 0.5 3.7 2.8 2.8

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 177.559 182.122 182.968 0.5 0.9 0.5 3.2 3.1 3.0

Sales and related

 171.836 175.065 175.769 0.1 0.7 0.4 4.1 2.0 2.3

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 177.362 181.291 181.914 0.5 1.0 0.3 3.1 2.7 2.6

Office and administrative support

 177.142 182.103 183.034 0.6 0.9 0.5 3.4 3.4 3.3

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 170.603 175.070 176.637 1.0 1.0 0.9 3.8 3.7 3.5

Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

 168.872 173.503 175.163 1.0 1.0 1.0 3.8 3.7 3.7

Installation, maintenance, and repair

 172.562 176.838 178.298 1.1 0.9 0.8 3.9 3.6 3.3

Production, transportation, and material moving

 177.415 181.873 183.326 0.7 1.0 0.8 3.4 3.2 3.3

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 177.000 181.457 182.734 0.6 1.1 0.7 3.4 3.1 3.2

Production

 172.281 176.490 177.931 0.7 1.0 0.8 3.3 3.2 3.3

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 172.556 176.829 178.159 0.7 1.1 0.8 3.3 3.2 3.2

Transportation and material moving

 184.325 189.047 190.535 0.7 1.0 0.8 3.6 3.2 3.4

Service occupations

 185.776 190.506 191.454 0.8 0.8 0.5 3.6 3.4 3.1

Industry and occupational group

Goods-producing industries(3)

 166.232 170.671 171.498 0.7 1.2 0.5 3.6 3.4 3.2

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 166.237 170.744 171.748 0.7 1.1 0.6 3.5 3.4 3.3

Management, professional, and related

 158.343 163.004 163.297 0.4 1.3 0.2 3.4 3.3 3.1

Sales and office

 173.482 176.558 176.700 0.9 1.1 0.1 4.3 2.7 1.9

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 168.147 172.800 174.239 0.9 1.1 0.8 3.7 3.7 3.6

Production, transportation, and material moving

 170.191 174.597 175.641 0.7 1.2 0.6 3.5 3.3 3.2

Construction

 166.886 171.203 172.132 0.9 1.3 0.5 3.8 3.5 3.1

Manufacturing

 165.853 170.409 171.079 0.6 1.1 0.4 3.4 3.3 3.2

Management, professional, and related

 159.231 163.928 164.293 0.4 1.0 0.2 3.1 3.4 3.2

Sales and office occupations

 169.892 173.378 173.335 0.7 0.8 0.0 3.2 2.7 2.0

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 167.449 172.621 173.786 0.7 1.1 0.7 4.0 3.8 3.8

Production, transportation, and material moving

 170.001 174.553 175.573 0.7 1.2 0.6 3.5 3.4 3.3

Aircraft manufacturing

 143.927 151.203 152.346 0.4 0.6 0.8 5.0 5.5 5.8

Service-providing industries(4)

 173.987 178.594 179.892 0.7 0.9 0.7 3.5 3.3 3.4

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 173.841 178.480 179.668 0.7 0.9 0.7 3.4 3.3 3.4

Management, professional, and related

 168.397 173.117 174.503 0.7 1.0 0.8 3.4 3.5 3.6

Sales and office

 175.614 179.880 180.782 0.3 0.7 0.5 3.7 2.8 2.9

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 174.320 178.500 180.265 1.2 0.9 1.0 4.0 3.7 3.4

Production, transportation, and material moving

 184.855 189.406 191.171 0.7 0.9 0.9 3.4 3.2 3.4

Service occupations

 185.913 190.632 191.588 0.8 0.8 0.5 3.6 3.4 3.1

Trade, transportation, and utilities

 178.435 183.096 184.514 0.9 1.1 0.8 3.5 3.5 3.4

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 178.818 183.434 184.646 0.7 1.3 0.7 3.0 3.3 3.3

Wholesale trade

 168.468 172.146 172.953 1.1 0.7 0.5 3.4 3.3 2.7

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 171.223 175.233 176.010 0.6 1.2 0.4 2.3 3.0 2.8

Retail trade

 181.366 186.436 187.743 0.8 1.5 0.7 3.3 3.6 3.5

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 179.983 184.591 185.603 0.7 1.5 0.5 3.0 3.3 3.1

Transportation and warehousing

 184.019 188.808 190.901 0.8 1.0 1.1 3.9 3.4 3.7

Utilities

 183.615 190.442 193.027 0.7 1.4 1.4 4.0 4.5 5.1

Information

 165.964 170.250 171.611 0.6 0.7 0.8 2.9 3.2 3.4

Financial activities

 169.843 175.575 176.194 0.1 1.2 0.4 4.1 3.5 3.7

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 169.605 174.861 175.401 0.1 0.8 0.3 3.4 3.2 3.4

Finance and insurance

 170.499 176.236 176.798 0.2 1.2 0.3 4.4 3.6 3.7

Credit intermediation and related activities

 171.480 176.208 177.258 0.1 1.1 0.6 3.7 2.9 3.4

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 174.444 179.551 180.046 0.1 0.9 0.3 3.1 3.0 3.2

Insurance carriers and related activities

 170.111 175.350 174.576 -0.4 1.3 -0.4 3.7 2.7 2.6

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 167.832 172.056 172.433 0.1 0.9 0.2 3.3 2.6 2.7

Real estate and rental and leasing

 166.835 172.549 173.463 -0.7 0.9 0.5 2.8 2.7 4.0

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 170.675 176.475 177.591 -0.2 1.1 0.6 3.2 3.2 4.1

Professional and business services

 171.182 175.145 176.283 0.4 0.9 0.6 3.2 2.7 3.0

Professional, scientific, and technical services

 172.218 176.436 177.674 0.5 1.0 0.7 3.5 3.0 3.2

Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services

 172.019 175.351 176.704 0.6 0.9 0.8 3.3 2.6 2.7

Education and health services

 173.158 178.149 179.941 1.0 0.7 1.0 3.9 3.9 3.9

Educational services

 168.641 172.630 174.852 1.8 0.6 1.3 2.9 4.2 3.7

Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and professional schools

 167.704 171.081 173.511 1.6 0.6 1.4 3.3 3.7 3.5

Health care and social assistance

 174.075 179.254 180.968 0.8 0.8 1.0 4.0 3.8 4.0

Hospitals

 174.071 178.684 180.455 0.5 1.0 1.0 3.6 3.1 3.7

Nursing and residential care facilities

 171.527 175.526 176.504 0.6 0.7 0.6 3.2 3.0 2.9

Nursing care facilities(2)

 170.254 174.708 175.771 0.3 0.7 0.6 3.2 2.9 3.2

Leisure and hospitality

 183.220 186.933 187.868 0.6 0.5 0.5 2.7 2.6 2.5

Accommodation and food service

 187.240 190.835 191.723 0.5 0.6 0.5 2.8 2.4 2.4

Other services, except public administration

 177.007 181.337 182.366 1.3 0.2 0.6 3.7 3.8 3.0

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.
2025		 Jun.
2026		 Sep.
2026		 3-months ended- 12-months ended-
Sep.
2025		 Jun.
2026		 Sep.
2026		 Sep.
2025		 Jun.
2026		 Sep.
2026

Bargaining status

Union

 177.899 182.750 185.564 0.8 1.2 1.5 4.5 3.6 4.3

Goods-producing industries(2)

 167.582 172.445 174.445 1.0 1.6 1.2 4.5 3.9 4.1

Manufacturing

 161.560 166.428 167.883 0.9 1.2 0.9 4.8 4.0 3.9

Service-providing industries(3)

 184.951 189.842 193.105 0.7 1.0 1.7 4.4 3.4 4.4

Nonunion

 171.555 176.091 177.142 0.6 0.9 0.6 3.5 3.3 3.3

Goods-producing industries(2)

 165.766 170.115 170.706 0.6 1.1 0.3 3.4 3.2 3.0

Manufacturing

 167.202 171.728 172.278 0.5 1.1 0.3 3.1 3.2 3.0

Service-providing industries(3)

 172.950 177.531 178.676 0.6 0.9 0.6 3.4 3.3 3.3

Census region and division(4)

Northeast

 173.419 177.528 178.558 0.6 0.7 0.6 3.6 3.0 3.0

New England

 177.071 180.429 181.112 0.7 -0.2 0.4 3.6 2.6 2.3

Middle Atlantic

 172.094 176.492 177.655 0.6 1.1 0.7 3.5 3.2 3.2

South

 169.977 174.528 175.550 0.8 1.0 0.6 3.6 3.5 3.3

South Atlantic

 173.204 178.055 179.244 0.7 1.0 0.7 3.3 3.5 3.5

East South Central

 169.684 174.788 175.681 0.8 1.2 0.5 4.1 3.8 3.5

West South Central

 164.836 168.605 169.372 1.1 1.0 0.5 4.1 3.4 2.8

Midwest

 168.730 172.904 174.094 0.5 0.8 0.7 3.4 3.0 3.2

East North Central

 167.293 171.624 172.992 0.6 0.9 0.8 3.3 3.2 3.4

West North Central

 172.137 175.991 176.817 0.4 0.6 0.5 3.7 2.7 2.7

West

 178.045 183.382 185.016 0.6 1.2 0.9 3.5 3.6 3.9

Mountain

 175.033 179.733 180.565 0.5 1.3 0.5 3.0 3.2 3.2

Pacific

 179.483 185.121 187.135 0.7 1.2 1.1 3.6 3.8 4.3

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.
2025		 Jun.
2026		 Sep.
2026		 3-months ended- 12-months ended-
Sep.
2025		 Jun.
2026		 Sep.
2026		 Sep.
2025		 Jun.
2026		 Sep.
2026

All workers

 175.524 178.798 181.597 1.7 0.4 1.6 3.6 3.6 3.5

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related

 171.935 174.718 177.648 1.8 0.4 1.7 3.5 3.5 3.3

Professional and related

 171.658 174.421 177.548 1.9 0.4 1.8 3.5 3.6 3.4

Sales and office

 180.602 184.964 187.492 1.5 0.5 1.4 4.0 3.9 3.8

Office and administrative support

 180.554 184.949 187.487 1.4 0.5 1.4 3.9 3.9 3.8

Service occupations

 186.289 191.004 193.428 1.8 0.5 1.3 4.3 4.4 3.8

Industry

Education and health services

 172.446 175.241 178.466 1.9 0.4 1.8 3.5 3.6 3.5

Educational services

 171.468 173.992 177.343 2.1 0.3 1.9 3.5 3.6 3.4

Schools

 171.401 173.924 177.272 2.1 0.3 1.9 3.5 3.6 3.4

Elementary and secondary schools

 171.386 173.823 177.435 2.2 0.3 2.1 3.3 3.6 3.5

Health care and social assistance

 180.081 184.960 187.223 1.0 0.7 1.2 3.7 3.7 4.0

Hospitals

 176.080 181.056 182.979 0.8 0.8 1.1 3.7 3.7 3.9

Public administration

 180.735 184.977 186.930 1.5 0.5 1.1 3.9 3.8 3.4

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.
2025		 Jun.
2026		 Sep.
2026		 3-months ended- 12-months ended-
Sep.
2025		 Jun.
2026		 Sep.
2026		 Sep.
2025		 Jun.
2026		 Sep.
2026

All workers(1)

 172.925 176.821 178.358 0.9 0.8 0.9 3.5 3.2 3.1

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 172.298 176.216 177.691 0.9 0.8 0.8 3.4 3.2 3.1

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related

 166.299 170.029 171.763 1.0 0.9 1.0 3.5 3.3 3.3

Management, business, and financial

 167.159 171.048 172.283 0.6 1.2 0.7 3.1 3.0 3.1

Professional and related

 166.133 169.762 171.850 1.3 0.6 1.2 3.8 3.5 3.4

Sales and office

 177.113 180.593 181.568 0.4 0.6 0.5 3.8 2.4 2.5

Sales and related

 175.475 177.876 178.588 0.0 0.4 0.4 4.3 1.4 1.8

Office and administrative support

 178.045 182.435 183.633 0.8 0.7 0.7 3.3 3.2 3.1

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 172.996 177.458 179.172 1.2 1.0 1.0 4.0 3.8 3.6

Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

 171.250 176.095 177.870 1.1 1.1 1.0 4.0 3.9 3.9

Installation, maintenance, and repair

 175.034 179.067 180.713 1.4 0.9 0.9 3.9 3.7 3.2

Production, transportation, and material moving

 181.612 185.974 187.564 0.8 1.0 0.9 3.4 3.2 3.3

Production

 176.657 181.117 182.834 0.8 1.1 0.9 3.4 3.4 3.5

Transportation and material moving

 187.835 192.191 193.715 0.8 0.9 0.8 3.3 3.1 3.1

Service occupations

 187.288 191.711 192.863 1.0 0.7 0.6 3.6 3.4 3.0

Industry

Goods-producing industries(3)

 170.853 175.239 176.132 0.8 1.3 0.5 3.9 3.4 3.1

Manufacturing

 170.727 175.213 176.045 0.7 1.2 0.5 3.6 3.3 3.1

Service-providing industries(4)

 173.305 177.118 178.765 0.9 0.7 0.9 3.5 3.2 3.2

Education and health services

 168.591 172.107 174.566 1.5 0.5 1.4 3.7 3.6 3.5

Educational services

 160.962 163.185 166.346 2.3 0.3 1.9 3.3 3.7 3.3

Elementary and secondary schools

 159.417 161.295 165.004 2.5 0.2 2.3 3.3 3.7 3.5

Junior colleges, colleges, and universities

 162.466 164.584 167.046 1.9 0.3 1.5 3.6 3.3 2.8

Health care and social assistance

 176.405 181.040 182.927 0.9 0.7 1.0 4.1 3.6 3.7

Hospitals

 175.485 180.114 182.109 0.5 0.9 1.1 3.8 3.2 3.8

Nursing and residential care facilities

 177.600 181.553 182.945 0.8 0.6 0.8 3.3 3.0 3.0

Public administration

 168.496 171.869 173.764 1.3 0.4 1.1 3.6 3.3 3.1

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) 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.
2025		 Jun.
2026		 Sep.
2026		 3-months ended- 12-months ended-
Sep.
2025		 Jun.
2026		 Sep.
2026		 Sep.
2025		 Jun.
2026		 Sep.
2026

All workers

 175.109 179.304 180.575 0.7 0.9 0.7 3.6 3.1 3.1

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 174.507 178.747 179.929 0.7 0.9 0.7 3.4 3.2 3.1

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related

 168.580 172.809 174.188 0.8 1.0 0.8 3.5 3.3 3.3

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 166.940 171.063 172.334 0.7 0.9 0.7 3.4 3.2 3.2

Management, business, and financial

 167.816 171.910 173.049 0.5 1.3 0.7 3.1 3.0 3.1

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 165.157 169.043 169.946 0.5 1.0 0.5 3.0 2.8 2.9

Professional and related

 169.506 173.865 175.468 0.9 0.8 0.9 3.9 3.5 3.5

Sales and office

 178.049 181.552 182.387 0.3 0.6 0.5 3.7 2.3 2.4

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 180.034 184.047 184.878 0.6 0.8 0.5 3.1 2.8 2.7

Sales and related

 175.616 178.019 178.723 0.0 0.4 0.4 4.2 1.4 1.8

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 181.227 184.418 184.958 0.5 0.9 0.3 3.0 2.3 2.1

Office and administrative support

 178.637 183.192 184.148 0.7 0.8 0.5 3.2 3.2 3.1

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 173.469 177.993 179.642 1.2 1.1 0.9 4.0 3.8 3.6

Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

 171.632 176.504 178.227 1.1 1.2 1.0 4.1 3.9 3.8

Installation, maintenance, and repair

 175.620 179.752 181.316 1.3 0.9 0.9 4.0 3.7 3.2

Production, transportation, and material moving

 181.909 186.337 187.869 0.8 1.0 0.8 3.4 3.2 3.3

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 181.478 185.923 187.213 0.7 1.0 0.7 3.2 3.2 3.2

Production

 176.705 181.210 182.882 0.8 1.1 0.9 3.4 3.4 3.5

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 176.916 181.533 183.045 0.8 1.1 0.8 3.5 3.4 3.5

Transportation and material moving

 188.689 193.132 194.587 0.8 0.9 0.8 3.3 3.1 3.1

Service occupations

 191.210 195.815 196.647 0.9 0.8 0.4 3.6 3.3 2.8

Industry and occupational group

Goods-producing industries(2)

 170.921 175.314 176.193 0.8 1.3 0.5 3.9 3.4 3.1

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 170.833 175.300 176.413 0.7 1.2 0.6 3.8 3.4 3.3

Management, professional, and related

 163.997 168.156 168.452 0.4 1.5 0.2 3.8 3.0 2.7

Sales and office

 180.004 182.788 182.915 1.0 1.2 0.1 4.7 2.6 1.6

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 171.231 176.042 177.510 1.0 1.2 0.8 4.0 3.9 3.7

Production, transportation, and material moving

 174.931 179.701 180.918 0.8 1.3 0.7 3.6 3.5 3.4

Construction

 170.265 174.584 175.430 1.0 1.6 0.5 4.1 3.5 3.0

Manufacturing

 170.727 175.213 176.045 0.7 1.2 0.5 3.6 3.3 3.1

Management, professional, and related

 164.430 168.431 169.019 0.4 1.1 0.3 3.5 2.9 2.8

Sales and office

 173.893 177.141 177.235 0.8 0.8 0.1 3.3 2.7 1.9

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 173.293 178.958 180.133 0.9 1.1 0.7 4.1 4.2 3.9

Production, transportation, and material moving

 174.978 179.972 181.160 0.8 1.3 0.7 3.7 3.6 3.5

Aircraft manufacturing

 172.809 177.234 178.628 0.6 0.3 0.8 5.3 3.1 3.4

Service-providing industries(3)

 176.198 180.357 181.712 0.7 0.8 0.8 3.5 3.1 3.1

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 175.509 179.705 180.903 0.7 0.8 0.7 3.3 3.1 3.1

Management, professional, and related

 169.311 173.553 175.066 0.8 1.0 0.9 3.4 3.3 3.4

Sales and office

 177.850 181.430 182.340 0.2 0.6 0.5 3.6 2.3 2.5

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 176.782 180.882 182.798 1.4 0.9 1.1 4.1 3.8 3.4

Production, transportation, and material moving

 188.492 192.736 194.496 0.8 0.8 0.9 3.2 3.1 3.2

Service occupations

 191.331 195.919 196.755 0.9 0.8 0.4 3.6 3.3 2.8

Trade, transportation, and utilities

 180.120 184.284 185.682 1.0 1.0 0.8 3.6 3.3 3.1

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 180.134 184.241 185.372 0.7 1.2 0.6 3.1 3.0 2.9

Wholesale trade

 166.330 169.223 170.089 1.2 0.4 0.5 4.0 3.0 2.3

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 168.236 171.578 172.384 0.6 1.1 0.5 2.6 2.6 2.5

Retail trade

 185.065 189.978 191.278 0.8 1.5 0.7 3.3 3.4 3.4

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 183.231 187.599 188.570 0.7 1.5 0.5 3.0 3.1 2.9

Transportation and warehousing

 188.497 192.736 194.868 1.0 0.8 1.1 3.8 3.3 3.4

Utilities

 178.167 183.551 185.657 0.9 1.0 1.1 4.1 4.0 4.2

Information

 164.168 168.051 169.652 0.6 0.6 1.0 2.2 2.9 3.3

Financial activities

 170.788 175.989 176.549 0.1 1.2 0.3 4.1 3.1 3.4

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 168.505 172.928 173.327 0.1 0.7 0.2 3.0 2.7 2.9

Finance and insurance

 171.523 176.659 177.149 0.3 1.3 0.3 4.4 3.3 3.3

Credit intermediation and related activities

 170.053 173.848 174.960 0.1 1.0 0.6 3.8 2.4 2.9

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 171.198 175.412 175.663 0.1 0.6 0.1 2.8 2.5 2.6

Insurance carriers and related activities

 169.311 175.053 173.662 -0.6 1.5 -0.8 3.7 2.8 2.6

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 165.275 169.601 169.796 0.1 1.0 0.1 3.1 2.7 2.7

Real estate and rental and leasing

 167.761 173.281 174.166 -1.0 0.8 0.5 2.4 2.2 3.8

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 172.123 177.668 178.812 -0.3 1.0 0.6 3.0 2.9 3.9

Professional and business services

 173.519 177.095 178.348 0.4 0.9 0.7 3.2 2.5 2.8

Professional, scientific, and technical services

 174.020 177.683 179.043 0.5 0.9 0.8 3.6 2.6 2.9

Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services

 177.191 180.387 181.885 0.8 1.0 0.8 3.3 2.6 2.6

Education and health services

 175.107 179.641 181.574 1.1 0.7 1.1 3.9 3.7 3.7

Educational services

 167.246 170.999 173.255 1.9 0.6 1.3 2.7 4.2 3.6

Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and professional schools

 164.136 166.598 169.045 1.7 0.5 1.5 3.1 3.2 3.0

Health care and social assistance

 176.760 181.447 183.320 0.9 0.7 1.0 4.2 3.6 3.7

Hospitals

 176.390 181.081 183.086 0.5 0.9 1.1 3.8 3.2 3.8

Nursing and residential care facilities

 178.558 182.690 184.002 0.7 0.6 0.7 3.3 3.0 3.0

Nursing care facilities(1)

 177.314 181.709 182.956 0.4 0.6 0.7 3.5 2.9 3.2

Leisure and hospitality

 190.303 193.897 194.582 0.6 0.4 0.4 2.8 2.5 2.2

Accommodation and food service

 194.554 198.174 198.725 0.5 0.5 0.3 2.9 2.3 2.1

Other services, except public administration

 179.995 183.812 184.979 1.5 0.1 0.6 3.7 3.6 2.8

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.
2025		 Jun.
2026		 Sep.
2026		 3-months ended- 12-months ended-
Sep.
2025		 Jun.
2026		 Sep.
2026		 Sep.
2025		 Jun.
2026		 Sep.
2026

Bargaining status

Union

 177.625 182.192 185.342 1.0 1.0 1.7 4.8 3.6 4.3

Goods-producing industries(1)

 166.394 171.381 173.765 1.2 1.6 1.4 4.9 4.2 4.4

Manufacturing

 165.489 170.765 172.834 1.1 0.9 1.2 5.1 4.4 4.4

Service-providing industries(2)

 184.481 188.873 192.427 0.9 0.7 1.9 4.8 3.3 4.3

Nonunion

 174.939 179.105 180.218 0.7 0.9 0.6 3.5 3.1 3.0

Goods-producing industries(1)

 171.988 176.287 176.909 0.7 1.3 0.4 3.7 3.2 2.9

Manufacturing

 172.077 176.478 177.151 0.6 1.2 0.4 3.4 3.2 2.9

Service-providing industries(2)

 175.619 179.762 180.970 0.7 0.8 0.7 3.4 3.1 3.0

Census region and division(3)

Northeast

 174.933 178.404 179.504 0.7 0.5 0.6 3.6 2.7 2.6

New England

 180.955 183.678 184.380 0.8 -0.7 0.4 3.8 2.3 1.9

Middle Atlantic

 172.647 176.404 177.655 0.7 1.0 0.7 3.6 2.9 2.9

South

 173.897 178.348 179.354 0.9 1.0 0.6 3.8 3.5 3.1

South Atlantic

 177.619 182.405 183.610 0.7 1.1 0.7 3.4 3.4 3.4

East South Central

 172.365 177.533 178.364 0.9 1.2 0.5 4.3 3.9 3.5

West South Central

 168.579 172.104 172.818 1.2 0.9 0.4 4.3 3.3 2.5

Midwest

 170.498 174.496 175.826 0.6 0.8 0.8 3.5 2.9 3.1

East North Central

 168.722 172.860 174.435 0.6 0.9 0.9 3.3 3.1 3.4

West North Central

 174.675 178.399 179.226 0.5 0.5 0.5 3.8 2.6 2.6

West

 181.576 186.199 187.925 0.7 1.2 0.9 3.3 3.2 3.5

Mountain

 178.935 183.471 184.214 0.5 1.3 0.4 2.9 3.1 3.0

Pacific

 182.922 187.589 189.803 0.7 1.1 1.2 3.5 3.3 3.8

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.
2025		 Jun.
2026		 Sep.
2026		 3-months ended- 12-months ended-
Sep.
2025		 Jun.
2026		 Sep.
2026		 Sep.
2025		 Jun.
2026		 Sep.
2026

All workers

 163.697 166.178 169.006 1.9 0.3 1.7 3.5 3.4 3.2

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related

 160.636 162.720 165.681 2.0 0.2 1.8 3.4 3.3 3.1

Professional and related

 160.318 162.405 165.558 2.2 0.2 1.9 3.6 3.5 3.3

Sales and office

 165.962 169.161 171.696 1.5 0.4 1.5 3.7 3.4 3.5

Office and administrative support

 166.455 169.687 172.237 1.4 0.4 1.5 3.7 3.4 3.5

Service occupations

 174.436 178.230 180.556 1.7 0.5 1.3 3.9 3.9 3.5

Industry

Education and health services

 161.066 163.132 166.391 2.2 0.2 2.0 3.5 3.5 3.3

Educational services

 159.719 161.544 164.952 2.4 0.2 2.1 3.4 3.5 3.3

Schools

 159.733 161.557 164.962 2.4 0.2 2.1 3.5 3.5 3.3

Elementary and secondary schools

 158.959 160.742 164.493 2.5 0.2 2.3 3.3 3.6 3.5

Health care and social assistance

 172.579 176.630 178.674 0.9 0.5 1.2 3.7 3.3 3.5

Hospitals

 171.201 175.523 177.471 0.8 0.6 1.1 3.6 3.3 3.7

Public administration

 168.496 171.869 173.764 1.3 0.4 1.1 3.6 3.3 3.1

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.
2025		 Jun.
2026		 Sep.
2026		 3-months ended- 12-months ended-
Sep.
2025		 Jun.
2026		 Sep.
2026		 Sep.
2025		 Jun.
2026		 Sep.
2026

Civilian workers

All workers(1)

 172.916 178.243 179.644 0.7 0.9 0.8 3.5 3.8 3.9

Private industry workers

All workers

 165.630 171.044 172.113 0.5 1.0 0.6 3.5 3.8 3.9

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related

 163.165 168.914 169.912 0.4 1.0 0.6 3.3 4.0 4.1

Sales and office

 168.565 174.353 175.154 0.5 1.2 0.5 3.9 4.0 3.9

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 164.370 168.710 170.106 0.7 0.8 0.8 3.4 3.4 3.5

Production, transportation, and material moving

 168.266 172.772 174.068 0.5 1.1 0.8 3.6 3.2 3.4

Service occupations

 167.867 172.945 174.244 0.6 0.7 0.8 3.6 3.6 3.8

Industry

Goods-producing industries(2)

 156.862 161.386 162.110 0.5 0.9 0.4 2.9 3.4 3.3

Manufacturing

 156.694 161.372 161.742 0.4 0.9 0.2 2.9 3.4 3.2

Aircraft manufacturing

 113.088 123.412 124.285 0.1 0.9 0.7 4.5 9.2 9.9

Service-providing industries(3)

 168.523 174.185 175.346 0.5 1.1 0.7 3.6 3.9 4.0

Bargaining status

Union

 178.648 183.943 186.252 0.6 1.4 1.3 3.9 3.5 4.3

Nonunion

 163.079 168.482 169.383 0.5 1.0 0.5 3.4 3.8 3.9

State and local government workers

All workers

 199.999 204.859 207.619 1.5 0.6 1.3 3.8 4.0 3.8

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) Percent changes for 12-months ended-
Total compensation(2) Wages and salaries
Sep.
2025		 Jun.
2026		 Sep.
2026		 Sep.
2025		 Jun.
2026		 Sep.
2026

Northeast

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

 3.3 2.8 2.7 3.2 2.3 2.4

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

 3.8 3.3 3.1 3.9 3.1 2.7

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

 3.4 3.3 3.4 3.4 3.1 3.2

South

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

 2.9 2.7 2.6 2.8 2.6 2.5

Dallas-Fort Worth, TX-OK CSA

 3.7 2.7 3.1 3.5 2.5 3.0

Houston-Pasadena, TX CSA

 4.5 2.8 2.8 5.0 2.7 2.2

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

 5.7 3.6 3.5 5.9 3.5 3.4

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

 2.2 3.6 3.9 1.9 3.8 4.0

Midwest

Chicago-Naperville, IL-IN-WI CSA

 4.0 3.9 3.5 3.9 3.9 3.5

Detroit-Warren-Ann Arbor, MI CSA

 2.1 3.4 3.1 3.3 3.2 3.0

Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI CSA

 3.7 1.7 2.2 3.6 1.3 2.0

West

Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA CSA

 3.4 3.3 4.2 3.4 2.8 3.9

Phoenix-Mesa, AZ CSA

 3.1 4.2 4.0 2.6 4.1 3.9

San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA CSA

 3.7 3.6 3.4 3.9 3.5 3.0

Seattle-Tacoma, WA CSA

 4.7 4.0 4.7 4.3 3.5 4.1

Footnotes
(1) These areas include the 15 largest Combined Statistical Areas (CSAs) and Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs). Beginning with the June 2025 release, area definitions are based on Office of Management and Budget Bulletin No. 23-01, dated July 21, 2023. For more information on metropolitan area definitions, see www.bls.gov/eci/factsheets/eci-area-classification.htm.
(2) Includes wages, salaries, and employer costs for employee benefits.

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

Last Modified Date: October 30, 2026