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Employment Cost Index News Release

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

TRANSMISSION OF MATERIAL IN THIS RELEASE IS EMBARGOED UNTIL                                      USDL-18-1737
8:30 a.m. (EDT) Wednesday, October 31, 2018

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				  EMPLOYMENT COST INDEX – September 2018

Compensation costs for civilian workers increased 0.8 percent, seasonally adjusted, for the 3-month period 
ending in September 2018, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Wages and salaries (which make 
up about 70 percent of compensation costs) increased 0.9 percent and benefit costs (which  make up the 
remaining 30 percent of compensation) increased 0.4 percent from June 2018. 
(See tables A, 1,  2, and 3.)

Civilian Workers 

Compensation costs for civilian workers increased 2.8 percent for the 12-month period ending in 
September 2018 compared with a compensation costs increase of 2.5 percent in September 2017. Wages and 
salaries increased 2.9 percent for the 12-month period ending in September 2018 and increased 2.5 percent 
for the 12-month period ending in September 2017. Benefit costs increased 2.6 percent for the 12-month 
period ending in September 2018. In September 2017, the increase was 2.4 percent. 
(See tables A, 4, 8, and 12.)

Private Industry Workers

Compensation costs for private industry workers increased 2.9 percent over the year and increased 2.5 percent
in September 2017. Wages and salaries increased 3.1 percent for the 12-month period ending in September 2018 
and increased 2.6 percent in September 2017. The cost of benefits rose 2.5 percent for the 12-month period 
ending in September 2018 and increased 2.4 percent in September 2017. 
(See tables  A, 5, 9, and 12.)

Employer costs for health benefits increased 1.9 percent for the 12-month period ending in September 2018.
(For further information, see www.bls.gov/web/eci/echealth.pdf.)

Among occupational groups, compensation cost increases for private industry workers for the 12-month period 
ending in September 2018 ranged from 2.5 percent for both management, professional, and related and natural 
resources, construction, and maintenance occupations to 3.5 percent for both sales and office and service 
occupations.(See table 5.)

Among industry supersectors, compensation cost increases for private industry workers for the 12-month period 
ending in September 2018 ranged from 1.9 percent for manufacturing to 4.8 percent for information.
(See table 5.)


State and Local Government Workers

Compensation costs for state and local government workers increased 2.5 percent for the 12-month period ending 
in September 2018. In September 2017, the increase was 2.4 percent. Wages and salaries increased 2.3 percent 
for the 12-month period ending in September 2018, compared with 2.0 percent a year ago. Benefit costs increased 
3.1 percent for the 12-month period ending in September 2018. The prior year increase was 3.0 percent. 
(See tables A, 7, 11, and 12.)
Table A. Major series of the Employment Cost Index [Percent change]
Category 3-month,
seasonally adjusted		 12-month, not seasonally adjusted
Jun.
2018		 Sep.
2018		 Sep.
2017		 Dec.
2017		 Mar.
2018		 Jun.
2018		 Sep.
2018

Civilian workers(1)

Compensation(2)

 0.6 0.8 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.8

Wages and salaries

 0.5 0.9 2.5 2.5 2.7 2.8 2.9

Benefits

 0.9 0.4 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.9 2.6

Private industry

Compensation(2)

 0.6 0.8 2.5 2.6 2.8 2.9 2.9

Wages and salaries

 0.6 0.8 2.6 2.8 2.9 2.9 3.1

Benefits

 0.8 0.4 2.4 2.3 2.5 2.8 2.5

State and local government

Compensation(2)

 0.7 0.8 2.4 2.5 2.2 2.3 2.5

Wages and salaries

 0.5 0.9 2.0 2.1 1.8 1.9 2.3

Benefits

 0.9 0.8 3.0 3.2 3.0 3.1 3.1

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

 
  
The Employment Cost Index for December 2018 is scheduled for release on January 31, 2019, at 8:30 a.m. (EST).

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For links to an overview of available BLS compensation measures and an interactive guide on choosing among 
them, see the BLS Commissioner’s Corner on “Making it Easier to Find Data on Pay and Benefits” at 
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						TECHNICAL NOTE

The Employment Cost Index (ECI) measures the change in the cost of labor, free from the influence of employment
shifts among occupations and industries. For information on survey concepts, coverage, methods, nonresponse
adjustment, and imputation see National Compensation Measures Handbook of Methods at
www.bls.gov/opub/hom/ncs/home.htm.

Sample size

Data for the September 2018 reference period were collected from a probability sample of approximately 27,000 
occupational observations selected from a sample of about 6,500 private industry establishments and 
approximately 7,900 occupational observations selected from a sample of about 1,400 state and local government 
establishments that provided data at the initial interview.

Standard errors

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

Historical listings

Historical listings are available at www.bls.gov/ect/#tables. The continuous occupational and industry series
listing uses the Standard Industrial Classification Manual and Occupational Classification System series from 
1975 through 2005 and the North American Industry Classification System and Standard Occupational 
Classification from 2006 to the present. It provides the official series deemed continuous after the change 
in classification systems. For more information on the criteria used in defining continuous series, see the 
article published in the Monthly Labor Review at www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2006/04/art2full.pdf.

Employer Costs for Employee Compensation data

The costs per hour worked of compensation components are published in a separate news release titled "Employer
Costs for Employee Compensation" (ECEC). The ECEC release dates are available at 
www.bls.gov/schedule/2018/home.htm. Historical ECEC data are available in summary documents at 
www.bls.gov/ect/#tables. Since the ECEC is calculated with current employment weights rather than the fixed 
weights used in computing the ECI, year-to-year changes in the cost levels usually differ from those in the ECI.

Fixed Employment Weights

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

Table 1. Employment Cost Index for total compensation(1), by occupational group and industry [Seasonally adjusted]
Occupational group and industry Indexes (Dec.2005=100) Percent changes for 3-months ended-
Jun.
2018		 Sep.
2018		 Sep.
2016		 Dec.
2016		 Mar.
2017		 Jun.
2017		 Sep.
2017		 Dec.
2017		 Mar.
2018		 Jun.
2018		 Sep.
2018

Civilian workers

All workers(2)

 133.3 134.3 0.6 0.5 0.8 0.5 0.7 0.6 0.8 0.6 0.8

Industry

Goods-producing industries(3)

 130.8 131.2 0.3 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.9 0.5 0.8 0.6 0.3

Manufacturing

 130.7 130.9 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.6 1.0 0.5 0.7 0.6 0.2

Service-providing industries(4)

 133.9 135.1 0.6 0.5 0.8 0.5 0.7 0.5 0.9 0.6 0.9

Education and health services

 133.2 134.3 0.7 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.8

Educational services

 133.7 134.8 0.9 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.8

Elementary and secondary schools

 133.7 134.8 0.9 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.7 0.8

Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and professional schools

 133.8 134.5 0.6 0.6 0.8 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.7 0.5

Health care and social assistance(5)

 132.7 133.8 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.3 0.6 0.8 0.5 0.8

Hospitals

 133.0 133.8 0.5 0.7 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6

Nursing and residential care facilities

 130.0 130.8 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.6

Public administration

 137.1 138.3 0.7 0.5 0.8 0.6 0.5 0.9 0.2 0.7 0.9

Private industry workers

All workers

 132.7 133.7 0.5 0.5 0.8 0.5 0.8 0.5 1.0 0.6 0.8

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related

 132.5 133.2 0.6 0.5 0.7 0.7 0.5 0.5 0.8 0.5 0.5

Management, business, and financial

 133.9 134.5 0.6 0.9 0.7 0.8 0.5 0.5 1.1 0.5 0.4

Professional and related

 131.4 132.3 0.5 0.2 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.7

Sales and office

 132.9 134.3 0.2 0.5 0.8 0.2 1.0 0.5 1.2 0.7 1.1

Sales and related

 128.1 130.0 -0.4 0.1 1.1 -0.2 1.4 0.4 1.7 0.0 1.5

Office and administrative support

 136.4 137.4 0.6 0.7 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.5 0.9 1.2 0.7

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 133.3 133.7 0.3 0.8 0.5 0.9 0.7 0.7 0.3 1.1 0.3

Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

 133.2 133.7 0.2 0.9 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.7 0.4

Installation, maintenance, and repair

 133.3 133.8 0.6 0.5 0.3 1.1 0.7 0.8 0.2 1.5 0.4

Production, transportation, and material moving

 133.2 134.0 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.6 1.1 0.6 0.9 0.6 0.6

Production

 131.1 131.5 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.6 1.0 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.3

Transportation and material moving

 135.9 137.2 0.7 0.9 0.9 0.5 1.1 0.7 1.2 0.4 1.0

Service occupations

 133.4 134.5 0.8 0.6 0.9 0.6 0.6 0.8 1.1 0.7 0.8

Industry

Goods-producing industries(3)

 130.8 131.1 0.4 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.9 0.5 0.9 0.6 0.2

Construction

 131.2 131.6 0.0 0.8 0.9 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.9 1.0 0.3

Manufacturing

 130.7 130.9 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.6 1.0 0.5 0.7 0.6 0.2

Aircraft manufacturing

 128.7 120.1 -0.8 1.2 1.5 0.7 8.4 0.5 1.6 0.2 -6.7

Service-providing industries(5)

 133.4 134.5 0.6 0.4 0.8 0.6 0.7 0.5 1.0 0.7 0.8

Trade, transportation, and utilities

 134.8 136.4 0.4 0.5 1.0 0.5 0.8 0.6 1.1 0.6 1.2

Wholesale trade(6)

 129.9 132.2 -0.1 -0.1 1.5 0.3 0.8 0.4 1.0 -0.1 1.8

Retail trade

 135.9 137.0 0.6 0.7 1.0 0.4 0.8 0.6 1.1 1.0 0.8

Transportation and warehousing

 137.3 139.0 0.5 1.1 0.6 0.5 1.0 0.8 1.3 0.4 1.2

Utilities

 143.9 144.8 0.7 0.8 0.6 0.5 0.7 0.6 1.1 0.3 0.6

Information

 133.3 134.4 0.7 0.6 0.4 1.0 0.7 0.3 0.6 3.0 0.8

Financial activities

 133.5 133.7 1.2 0.6 0.4 0.9 0.4 0.2 1.7 0.9 0.1

Finance and insurance

 134.0 134.1 1.4 0.5 0.5 0.9 0.4 0.2 1.8 1.1 0.1

Credit intermediation and related activities

 131.8 132.2 1.4 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.4 -0.1 1.2 0.8 0.3

Insurance carriers and related activities

 135.9 135.8 1.3 0.3 0.8 1.1 0.0 0.5 0.9 1.3 -0.1

Real estate and rental and leasing

 131.2 132.0 0.8 0.7 0.3 0.9 0.7 0.2 1.2 0.3 0.6

Professional and business services

 133.6 134.8 0.2 0.2 0.7 0.7 1.1 0.5 0.8 0.4 0.9

Professional, scientific, and technical services

 135.6 137.4 0.0 0.4 0.8 0.8 1.1 0.4 0.7 0.0 1.3

Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services

 130.4 131.2 0.3 -0.6 0.6 0.6 1.3 0.6 0.5 0.9 0.6

Education and health services

 132.1 133.2 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.3 0.6 0.8 0.5 0.8

Educational services

 132.5 133.5 0.3 0.7 0.6 0.3 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.8

Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and professional schools

 134.3 135.1 0.4 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.7 0.8 0.6

Health care and social assistance

 132.0 133.1 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.2 0.6 0.9 0.5 0.8

Hospitals

 132.7 133.5 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6

Nursing and residential care facilities

 128.3 129.0 0.7 0.7 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.8 0.6 0.5

Leisure and hospitality

 132.9 134.1 1.0 0.6 1.7 0.5 0.6 0.7 1.4 0.4 0.9

Accommodations and food services

 133.9 134.9 1.1 0.5 1.8 0.6 0.5 0.7 1.4 0.5 0.7

Other services, except public administration

 133.7 133.7 0.8 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.6 1.1 0.6 0.0

State and local government workers

All workers

 135.7 136.8 0.8 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.7 0.7 0.4 0.7 0.8

Industry

Education and health services

 134.5 135.5 0.9 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.7 0.7

Educational services

 134.1 135.1 0.9 0.5 0.7 0.5 0.5 0.7 0.5 0.7 0.7

Schools

 134.0 135.0 0.9 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.7 0.7

Elementary and secondary schools

 134.1 135.3 1.0 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.7 0.9

Health care and social assistance

 137.4 138.3 0.5 0.5 0.3 0.4 0.9 0.7 0.5 0.6 0.7

Hospitals

 134.5 135.2 0.5 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.9 0.7 0.3 0.5 0.5

Public administration

 137.1 138.3 0.7 0.5 0.8 0.6 0.5 0.9 0.2 0.7 0.9

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.
(6) The private wholesale trade industry compensation series is seasonal as of the 2018 seasonal adjustment revision. Historical data for this series are published beginning with 2002.

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.
2018		 Sep.
2018		 Sep.
2016		 Dec.
2016		 Mar.
2017		 Jun.
2017		 Sep.
2017		 Dec.
2017		 Mar.
2018		 Jun.
2018		 Sep.
2018

Civilian workers

All workers(1)

 131.8 133.0 0.5 0.5 0.8 0.5 0.7 0.5 0.9 0.5 0.9

Industry

Goods-producing industries(2)

 131.3 132.1 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.8 0.7 0.6

Manufacturing

 131.2 132.0 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.6

Service-providing industries(3)

 131.9 133.2 0.6 0.5 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.9 0.5 1.0

Education and health services

 129.5 130.6 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.6 0.7 0.5 0.8

Educational services

 127.0 128.1 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.9

Elementary and secondary schools

 125.7 126.9 0.7 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 1.0

Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and professional schools

 129.1 130.0 0.6 0.6 0.8 0.2 0.5 0.6 0.2 0.5 0.7

Health care and social assistance

 132.2 133.4 0.6 0.4 0.6 0.7 0.3 0.6 1.0 0.5 0.9

Hospitals

 132.2 132.9 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5

Nursing and residential care facilities

 129.4 130.3 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.9 0.7 0.7

Public administration

 128.9 129.9 0.6 0.4 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.3 0.6 0.7

Private industry workers

All workers

 132.8 133.9 0.5 0.5 0.9 0.5 0.8 0.5 1.0 0.6 0.8

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related

 132.9 133.9 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.4 0.6 0.9 0.4 0.8

Management, business, and financial

 134.3 135.0 0.6 0.9 0.6 0.7 0.4 0.7 1.1 0.3 0.5

Professional and related

 131.9 133.2 0.6 0.2 0.6 0.7 0.4 0.6 0.7 0.5 1.0

Sales and office

 132.5 134.2 0.1 0.3 1.0 0.1 1.2 0.5 1.4 0.5 1.3

Sales and related

 128.3 130.7 -0.7 0.0 1.4 -0.5 1.7 0.5 1.9 -0.2 1.8

Office and administrative support

 135.8 136.9 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.8 0.6 0.9 1.1 0.8

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 132.0 132.4 0.3 0.8 0.6 0.9 0.7 0.7 0.5 0.7 0.3

Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

 132.2 132.8 0.0 1.2 0.8 0.5 0.9 0.5 0.5 0.8 0.4

Installation, maintenance, and repair

 131.7 132.2 0.6 0.4 0.6 1.0 0.6 0.8 0.3 0.6 0.4

Production, transportation, and material moving

 133.1 134.3 0.7 0.8 0.9 0.6 1.0 0.8 1.0 0.6 0.9

Production

 131.4 132.1 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.6

Transportation and material moving

 135.2 136.8 0.6 1.1 0.9 0.5 1.2 0.8 1.3 0.4 1.2

Service occupations(4)

 134.0 135.2 1.0 0.6 0.9 0.7 0.7 1.0 1.0 0.9 0.9

Industry

Goods-producing industries(2)

 131.4 132.1 0.4 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.5 0.9 0.7 0.5

Construction

 131.0 131.6 0.0 1.0 0.9 0.5 0.6 0.5 1.1 1.0 0.4

Manufacturing

 131.2 132.0 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.6

Aircraft manufacturing

 140.8 141.3 0.5 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.3 0.3

Service-providing industries(4)

 133.2 134.5 0.6 0.5 0.8 0.6 0.7 0.6 1.1 0.5 1.0

Trade, transportation, and utilities

 133.5 135.3 0.3 0.6 1.3 0.4 0.8 0.6 1.2 0.4 1.3

Retail trade

 136.1 137.2 0.6 0.8 1.3 0.5 0.8 0.8 1.2 0.8 0.8

Transportation and warehousing

 136.2 138.2 0.6 1.3 0.8 0.5 1.0 0.8 1.4 0.6 1.4

Utilities

 140.7 141.2 0.9 0.9 0.7 0.6 0.4 0.7 0.9 0.5 0.3

Information

 129.9 131.2 0.8 0.6 0.1 1.0 0.7 0.3 0.7 1.0 1.0

Financial activities

 134.4 134.6 1.2 0.6 0.2 0.9 0.5 0.5 1.8 0.7 0.1

Finance and insurance

 135.5 135.5 1.3 0.5 0.2 1.0 0.4 0.5 2.0 0.9 0.0

Credit intermediation and related activities

 130.9 131.4 1.1 0.6 0.6 0.8 0.6 0.3 1.3 0.7 0.4

Insurance carriers and related activities

 135.4 134.8 1.4 0.3 0.5 1.3 -0.3 0.5 0.9 1.3 -0.4

Professional and business services

 133.7 135.3 0.1 0.2 0.6 0.6 1.2 0.5 0.8 0.3 1.2

Professional, scientific, and technical services

 135.7 138.0 -0.2 0.5 0.6 0.6 1.3 0.4 0.8 0.0 1.7

Education and health services

 132.0 133.3 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.2 0.7 0.9 0.5 1.0

Educational services

 131.1 132.2 0.2 0.8 0.6 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.6 0.8

Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and professional schools

 132.0 132.9 0.5 0.8 0.6 0.4 0.8 0.5 0.5 0.7 0.7

Health care and social assistance

 132.2 133.5 0.6 0.4 0.6 0.7 0.2 0.7 1.0 0.5 1.0

Hospitals

 132.6 133.3 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.5

Nursing and residential care facilities

 129.4 130.3 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.9 0.7 0.7

Leisure and hospitality

 135.1 136.5 1.1 0.6 1.7 0.5 0.7 0.9 1.3 0.5 1.0

Accommodations and food service

 135.9 137.2 1.3 0.5 1.6 0.7 0.5 0.8 1.4 0.6 1.0

Other services, except public administration

 134.2 134.0 0.8 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.9 0.6 -0.2

State and local government workers

All workers

 127.7 128.8 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.4 0.5 0.9

Industry

Education and health services

 126.8 127.9 0.7 0.4 0.6 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.9

Educational services

 126.2 127.3 0.7 0.4 0.6 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.9

Schools

 126.2 127.3 0.7 0.4 0.6 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.9

Elementary and secondary schools

 125.7 126.8 0.8 0.2 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.3 0.5 0.5 0.9

Health care and social assistance

 131.7 132.5 0.4 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.9 0.6 0.6 0.3 0.6

Hospitals

 130.6 131.1 0.3 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.9 0.5 0.5 0.3 0.4

Public administration

 128.9 129.9 0.6 0.4 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.3 0.6 0.7

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

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

Table 3. Employment Cost Index for benefits, by occupational group and industry [Seasonally adjusted]
Occupational group and industry Indexes (Dec. 2005=100) Percent changes for 3-months ended-
Jun.
2018		 Sep.
2018		 Sep.
2016		 Dec.
2016		 Mar.
2017		 Jun.
2017		 Sep.
2017		 Dec.
2017		 Mar.
2018		 Jun.
2018		 Sep.
2018

Civilian workers

All workers(1)

 136.9 137.5 0.6 0.5 0.7 0.6 0.8 0.5 0.7 0.9 0.4

Private industry workers

All workers

 132.7 133.2 0.6 0.4 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.4 0.8 0.8 0.4

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related

 131.5 131.7 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.7 0.8 0.2

Sales and office

 133.9 134.7 0.5 0.5 0.3 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.8 1.2 0.6

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 136.1 136.5 0.4 0.5 0.2 0.8 0.7 0.5 0.2 2.0 0.3

Production, transportation, and material moving

 133.2 133.4 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.5 1.2 0.5 0.8 0.5 0.2

Service occupations

 131.5 132.4 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.9 0.3 0.6

Industry

Goods-producing industries(2)

 129.7 129.2 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 1.2 0.4 0.8 0.5 -0.4

Manufacturing

 129.7 128.8 0.3 0.2 0.5 0.5 1.7 0.3 0.8 0.5 -0.7

Service-providing industries(3)

 133.9 134.6 0.5 0.5 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.8 1.0 0.5

State and local government workers

All workers(1)

 151.6 152.8 1.1 0.6 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.9 0.5 0.9 0.8

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 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.
2017		 Jun.
2018		 Sep.
2018		 3-months ended- 12-months ended-
Sep.
2017		 Jun.
2018		 Sep.
2018		 Sep.
2017		 Jun.
2018		 Sep.
2018

All workers(2)

 130.7 133.3 134.4 0.8 0.6 0.8 2.5 2.8 2.8

Excluding incentive paid occupations(3)

 130.9 133.6 134.5 0.7 0.7 0.7 2.5 2.8 2.8

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related

 130.7 132.9 133.9 0.6 0.5 0.8 2.3 2.3 2.4

Management, business, and financial

 131.6 134.1 135.0 0.6 0.5 0.7 2.8 2.5 2.6

Professional and related

 130.2 132.3 133.4 0.6 0.5 0.8 2.0 2.2 2.5

Sales and office

 130.4 133.6 134.9 0.9 0.9 1.0 2.4 3.4 3.5

Sales and related

 125.8 128.6 130.5 1.3 0.6 1.5 2.4 3.5 3.7

Office and administrative support

 133.1 136.6 137.6 0.6 1.0 0.7 2.4 3.3 3.4

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 131.0 133.7 134.3 0.7 1.1 0.4 2.7 2.8 2.5

Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

 131.3 133.6 134.2 0.7 0.9 0.4 2.9 2.5 2.2

Installation, maintenance, and repair

 130.8 133.8 134.5 0.8 1.4 0.5 2.6 3.1 2.8

Production, transportation, and material moving

 130.9 133.6 134.5 1.2 0.5 0.7 3.2 3.2 2.8

Production

 128.8 131.3 131.8 1.1 0.6 0.4 3.0 3.1 2.3

Transportation and material moving

 133.4 136.4 137.8 1.1 0.4 1.0 3.5 3.4 3.3

Service occupations

 131.8 134.9 136.2 0.7 0.5 1.0 2.6 3.1 3.3

Industry

Goods-producing industries(4)

 128.4 130.9 131.3 0.9 0.8 0.3 2.6 2.8 2.3

Manufacturing

 128.4 130.8 130.9 1.0 0.6 0.1 2.6 2.9 1.9

Service-providing industries(5)

 131.1 133.8 135.0 0.7 0.7 0.9 2.5 2.8 3.0

Education and health services

 130.8 132.9 134.3 0.7 0.5 1.1 2.0 2.3 2.7

Educational services

 131.6 133.0 134.9 1.2 0.3 1.4 2.3 2.3 2.5

Elementary and secondary schools

 131.4 132.9 134.9 1.2 0.3 1.5 2.3 2.4 2.7

Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and professional schools

 131.8 133.3 134.7 1.1 0.4 1.1 2.3 2.2 2.2

Health care and social assistance

 130.1 132.7 133.8 0.3 0.5 0.8 1.9 2.3 2.8

Hospitals

 131.0 133.1 133.8 0.5 0.5 0.5 2.2 2.1 2.1

Nursing and residential care facilities

 127.2 129.9 130.7 0.7 0.6 0.6 2.5 2.9 2.8

Public administration

 134.7 136.7 138.3 0.7 0.4 1.2 2.3 2.2 2.7

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.
2017		 Jun.
2018		 Sep.
2018		 3-months ended- 12-months ended-
Sep.
2017		 Jun.
2018		 Sep.
2018		 Sep.
2017		 Jun.
2018		 Sep.
2018

All workers

 130.0 132.9 133.8 0.6 0.8 0.7 2.5 2.9 2.9

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 130.2 133.2 133.9 0.5 0.8 0.5 2.5 2.9 2.8

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related

 130.0 132.6 133.3 0.4 0.6 0.5 2.3 2.4 2.5

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 129.4 132.0 132.6 0.4 0.6 0.5 2.2 2.4 2.5

Management, business, and financial

 131.3 133.9 134.7 0.5 0.5 0.6 2.8 2.5 2.6

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 130.5 133.3 133.7 0.4 0.6 0.3 2.7 2.5 2.5

Professional and related

 129.1 131.6 132.3 0.3 0.6 0.5 1.9 2.3 2.5

Sales and office

 129.9 133.2 134.4 0.9 0.9 0.9 2.5 3.5 3.5

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 131.9 135.7 136.5 0.6 1.2 0.6 2.6 3.5 3.5

Sales and related

 125.7 128.5 130.4 1.3 0.6 1.5 2.4 3.5 3.7

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 130.0 133.8 134.7 0.6 1.1 0.7 2.8 3.6 3.6

Office and administrative support

 132.8 136.5 137.3 0.5 1.1 0.6 2.5 3.3 3.4

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 130.6 133.4 133.9 0.7 1.2 0.4 2.8 2.9 2.5

Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

 131.1 133.4 133.8 0.7 0.9 0.3 3.0 2.5 2.1

Installation, maintenance, and repair

 130.2 133.4 133.9 0.8 1.6 0.4 2.6 3.3 2.8

Production, transportation, and material moving

 130.4 133.2 134.1 1.1 0.5 0.7 3.2 3.3 2.8

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 130.4 133.3 133.9 0.9 0.5 0.5 3.0 3.2 2.7

Production

 128.6 131.1 131.5 1.1 0.7 0.3 2.9 3.1 2.3

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 128.8 131.4 131.8 1.0 0.7 0.3 2.9 3.1 2.3

Transportation and material moving

 133.0 136.0 137.4 1.2 0.4 1.0 3.6 3.5 3.3

Service occupations

 130.0 133.5 134.5 0.6 0.6 0.7 2.8 3.3 3.5

Industry and occupational group

Goods-producing industries(3)

 128.4 130.9 131.2 0.9 0.8 0.2 2.6 2.8 2.2

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 128.7 131.3 131.6 0.8 0.8 0.2 2.5 2.8 2.3

Management, professional, and related

 126.6 129.5 129.4 0.8 0.6 -0.1 2.2 3.1 2.2

Sales and office

 129.7 132.0 133.5 1.2 1.2 1.1 2.3 3.0 2.9

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 130.3 132.9 133.3 0.6 1.0 0.3 2.7 2.6 2.3

Production, transportation, and material moving

 128.1 130.1 130.5 1.1 0.5 0.3 2.8 2.7 1.9

Construction

 128.3 131.1 131.8 0.8 1.1 0.5 2.7 3.0 2.7

Manufacturing

 128.4 130.8 130.9 1.0 0.6 0.1 2.6 2.9 1.9

Management, professional, and related

 128.1 130.9 130.5 0.9 0.7 -0.3 2.5 3.1 1.9

Sales and office occupations

 130.9 133.5 134.7 0.7 0.8 0.9 2.2 2.7 2.9

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 129.6 131.8 131.7 1.0 0.8 -0.1 2.1 2.7 1.6

Production, transportation, and material moving

 127.8 129.8 130.1 1.2 0.5 0.2 2.9 2.8 1.8

Aircraft manufacturing

 128.9 132.3 120.6 10.6 0.2 -8.8 15.1 13.6 -6.4

Service-providing industries(4)

 130.6 133.5 134.6 0.6 0.7 0.8 2.6 2.9 3.1

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 130.8 133.9 134.7 0.5 0.8 0.6 2.5 2.8 3.0

Management, professional, and related

 130.7 133.2 134.1 0.4 0.6 0.7 2.3 2.3 2.6

Sales and office

 129.9 133.3 134.5 0.9 0.9 0.9 2.5 3.5 3.5

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 131.1 134.1 134.8 0.8 1.6 0.5 2.9 3.2 2.8

Production, transportation, and material moving

 133.3 136.8 138.2 1.1 0.7 1.0 3.6 3.7 3.7

Service occupations

 130.0 133.4 134.5 0.6 0.6 0.8 2.8 3.3 3.5

Trade, transportation, and utilities

 131.9 135.0 136.5 0.8 0.7 1.1 2.9 3.1 3.5

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 132.3 135.9 136.8 0.5 1.0 0.7 2.7 3.2 3.4

Wholesale trade

 128.2 130.0 132.2 0.7 0.0 1.7 2.6 2.1 3.1

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 130.9 134.3 135.1 0.4 1.0 0.6 2.4 3.0 3.2

Retail trade

 132.3 136.2 137.1 0.7 1.4 0.7 3.0 3.7 3.6

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 131.0 134.6 135.6 0.5 1.3 0.7 3.0 3.3 3.5

Transportation and warehousing

 134.2 137.5 139.3 1.1 0.5 1.3 3.3 3.5 3.8

Utilities

 140.9 144.3 144.8 0.5 0.6 0.3 2.6 2.9 2.8

Information

 128.3 133.4 134.4 0.5 3.1 0.7 2.6 4.5 4.8

Financial activities

 129.9 133.8 133.9 0.2 1.4 0.1 2.3 3.2 3.1

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 130.6 133.9 134.3 0.4 1.1 0.3 2.4 2.9 2.8

Finance and insurance

 130.1 134.3 134.3 0.2 1.6 0.0 2.2 3.4 3.2

Credit intermediation and related activities

 129.5 132.3 132.3 0.2 1.3 0.0 2.4 2.4 2.2

Excluding incentive paid

 133.4 136.3 136.7 0.2 1.1 0.3 2.6 2.4 2.5

Insurance carriers and related activities

 132.5 136.3 135.9 -0.2 1.6 -0.3 2.3 2.6 2.6

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 131.3 134.5 135.0 0.3 1.1 0.4 2.3 2.8 2.8

Real estate and rental and leasing

 129.2 131.3 132.1 0.7 0.3 0.6 2.6 2.3 2.2

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 132.2 134.7 135.5 0.6 0.5 0.6 2.2 2.5 2.5

Professional and business services

 131.5 133.8 134.8 0.9 0.4 0.7 2.7 2.7 2.5

Professional, scientific, and technical services

 134.0 135.8 137.3 0.9 -0.1 1.1 3.1 2.3 2.5

Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services

 127.8 130.5 131.2 1.3 0.9 0.5 1.9 3.4 2.7

Education and health services

 129.6 132.1 133.3 0.3 0.5 0.9 1.9 2.2 2.9

Educational services

 130.5 132.1 133.8 0.9 0.5 1.3 2.1 2.2 2.5

Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and professional schools

 132.0 133.8 135.5 1.3 0.6 1.3 2.5 2.7 2.7

Health care and social assistance

 129.5 132.1 133.2 0.2 0.5 0.8 1.9 2.2 2.9

Hospitals

 130.7 132.8 133.4 0.3 0.5 0.5 2.3 1.9 2.1

Nursing and residential care facilities

 125.7 128.3 129.0 0.6 0.5 0.5 2.4 2.7 2.6

Nursing care facilities(2)

 125.6 127.8 128.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 2.4 2.4 2.4

Leisure and hospitality

 129.6 133.0 134.0 0.5 0.3 0.8 3.4 3.1 3.4

Accommodations and food service

 130.4 134.0 134.8 0.3 0.4 0.6 3.3 3.1 3.4

Other services, except public administration

 131.1 133.7 134.0 0.9 0.6 0.2 2.5 2.9 2.2

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 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.
2017		 Jun.
2018		 Sep.
2018		 3-months ended- 12-months ended-
Sep.
2017		 Jun.
2018		 Sep.
2018		 Sep.
2017		 Jun.
2018		 Sep.
2018

Bargaining status

Union

 133.7 137.4 137.8 0.8 1.5 0.3 2.5 3.5 3.1

Goods-producing industries(2)

 131.2 133.3 132.7 1.4 0.8 -0.5 3.2 3.0 1.1

Manufacturing

 126.8 128.2 126.5 2.3 0.3 -1.3 4.0 3.5 -0.2

Service-providing industries(3)

 136.1 140.7 141.6 0.4 1.8 0.6 2.2 3.8 4.0

Nonunion

 129.5 132.2 133.2 0.7 0.6 0.8 2.5 2.8 2.9

Goods-producing industries(2)

 127.6 130.2 130.7 0.8 0.8 0.4 2.4 2.8 2.4

Manufacturing

 129.0 131.5 132.0 0.8 0.6 0.4 2.4 2.7 2.3

Service-providing industries(3)

 130.0 132.8 133.8 0.6 0.6 0.8 2.6 2.8 2.9

Census region and division(4)

Northeast

 131.8 134.7 135.9 0.5 0.7 0.9 2.8 2.7 3.1

New England

 134.9 136.6 139.7 0.8 0.1 2.3 3.6 2.1 3.6

Middle Atlantic

 130.7 134.0 134.5 0.4 1.0 0.4 2.6 2.9 2.9

South

 128.7 131.4 132.0 0.6 0.8 0.5 2.0 2.7 2.6

South Atlantic

 130.4 133.5 134.0 0.5 0.9 0.4 2.4 2.9 2.8

East South Central

 128.8 130.2 131.1 1.4 0.2 0.7 3.0 2.5 1.8

West South Central

 125.9 128.3 129.0 0.5 0.7 0.5 1.0 2.4 2.5

Midwest

 128.0 130.6 131.6 0.5 0.6 0.8 2.2 2.5 2.8

East North Central

 126.5 129.0 130.2 0.4 0.5 0.9 2.3 2.4 2.9

West North Central

 131.7 134.4 135.2 0.6 0.8 0.6 1.7 2.7 2.7

West

 132.3 135.7 136.6 1.0 0.8 0.7 3.4 3.6 3.3

Mountain

 129.4 132.5 133.2 0.5 0.6 0.5 2.9 3.0 2.9

Pacific

 133.6 137.1 138.0 1.2 0.9 0.7 3.7 3.9 3.3

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.
2017		 Jun.
2018		 Sep.
2018		 3-months ended- 12-months ended-
Sep.
2017		 Jun.
2018		 Sep.
2018		 Sep.
2017		 Jun.
2018		 Sep.
2018

All workers

 133.4 135.1 136.8 1.1 0.4 1.3 2.4 2.3 2.5

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related

 132.3 133.8 135.5 1.1 0.3 1.3 2.3 2.3 2.4

Professional and related

 132.1 133.6 135.2 1.1 0.3 1.2 2.3 2.3 2.3

Sales and office

 134.8 137.1 139.1 0.9 0.6 1.5 1.9 2.6 3.2

Office and administrative support

 134.9 137.1 139.2 1.0 0.6 1.5 1.9 2.6 3.2

Service occupations

 136.1 138.2 139.9 1.0 0.4 1.2 2.4 2.5 2.8

Industry

Education and health services

 132.2 133.7 135.6 1.2 0.3 1.4 2.2 2.4 2.6

Educational services

 131.9 133.3 135.2 1.2 0.3 1.4 2.3 2.3 2.5

Schools

 131.8 133.2 135.1 1.2 0.2 1.4 2.3 2.3 2.5

Elementary and secondary schools

 131.8 133.3 135.3 1.3 0.3 1.5 2.3 2.5 2.7

Health care and social assistance

 135.0 137.1 138.2 1.1 0.4 0.8 2.1 2.7 2.4

Hospitals

 132.6 134.2 135.2 1.1 0.2 0.7 2.2 2.4 2.0

Public administration

 134.7 136.7 138.3 0.7 0.4 1.2 2.3 2.2 2.7

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.
2017		 Jun.
2018		 Sep.
2018		 3-months ended- 12-months ended-
Sep.
2017		 Jun.
2018		 Sep.
2018		 Sep.
2017		 Jun.
2018		 Sep.
2018

All workers(1)

 129.3 131.9 133.1 0.8 0.6 0.9 2.5 2.8 2.9

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 129.2 131.9 132.9 0.6 0.6 0.8 2.5 2.7 2.9

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related

 129.1 131.2 132.4 0.5 0.5 0.9 2.1 2.2 2.6

Management, business, and financial

 131.2 133.5 134.6 0.6 0.4 0.8 2.6 2.4 2.6

Professional and related

 128.0 130.0 131.2 0.5 0.5 0.9 1.9 2.1 2.5

Sales and office

 129.2 132.4 133.9 1.0 0.8 1.1 2.6 3.5 3.6

Sales and related

 126.0 128.7 130.9 1.6 0.4 1.7 2.7 3.8 3.9

Office and administrative support

 131.4 134.8 135.8 0.6 1.0 0.7 2.6 3.2 3.3

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 129.6 131.8 132.5 0.8 0.8 0.5 2.9 2.5 2.2

Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

 129.6 132.0 132.6 0.8 0.9 0.5 3.3 2.6 2.3

Installation, maintenance, and repair

 129.8 131.8 132.4 0.9 0.8 0.5 2.7 2.4 2.0

Production, transportation, and material moving

 130.2 133.2 134.4 1.1 0.7 0.9 3.5 3.4 3.2

Production

 128.8 131.6 132.4 0.9 0.8 0.6 3.2 3.1 2.8

Transportation and material moving

 131.8 135.0 136.6 1.2 0.5 1.2 3.7 3.7 3.6

Service occupations

 129.8 133.2 134.4 0.7 0.6 0.9 2.8 3.3 3.5

Industry

Goods-producing industries(3)

 128.7 131.4 132.2 0.7 0.8 0.6 2.5 2.8 2.7

Manufacturing

 128.7 131.3 132.0 0.6 0.7 0.5 2.4 2.7 2.6

Service-providing industries(4)

 129.4 131.9 133.2 0.7 0.5 1.0 2.5 2.6 2.9

Education and health services

 127.4 129.3 130.8 0.7 0.5 1.2 2.0 2.2 2.7

Educational services

 125.6 126.7 128.4 1.0 0.3 1.3 1.9 1.9 2.2

Elementary and secondary schools

 124.3 125.3 127.2 1.1 0.3 1.5 1.8 1.9 2.3

Junior colleges, colleges, and universities

 127.6 128.7 130.2 1.0 0.2 1.2 2.2 1.9 2.0

Health care and social assistance

 129.4 132.2 133.4 0.3 0.5 0.9 2.1 2.5 3.1

Hospitals

 130.1 132.3 132.8 0.5 0.6 0.4 2.4 2.2 2.1

Nursing and residential care facilities

 126.5 129.4 130.3 0.6 0.7 0.7 2.8 2.9 3.0

Public administration

 127.0 128.7 129.9 0.7 0.3 0.9 2.1 2.1 2.3

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.
2017		 Jun.
2018		 Sep.
2018		 3-months ended- 12-months ended-
Sep.
2017		 Jun.
2018		 Sep.
2018		 Sep.
2017		 Jun.
2018		 Sep.
2018

All workers

 130.0 132.9 134.0 0.7 0.7 0.8 2.6 2.9 3.1

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 130.0 133.0 133.9 0.5 0.7 0.7 2.6 2.9 3.0

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related

 130.5 133.0 134.1 0.4 0.5 0.8 2.2 2.3 2.8

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 129.5 132.0 132.8 0.3 0.5 0.6 2.1 2.2 2.5

Management, business, and financial

 131.8 134.2 135.3 0.6 0.4 0.8 2.6 2.4 2.7

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 130.3 132.8 133.5 0.4 0.4 0.5 2.4 2.3 2.5

Professional and related

 129.6 132.1 133.2 0.2 0.6 0.8 1.9 2.2 2.8

Sales and office

 129.5 132.8 134.3 1.0 0.8 1.1 2.7 3.6 3.7

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 131.5 135.3 136.3 0.7 1.0 0.7 2.9 3.6 3.7

Sales and related

 126.0 128.8 131.0 1.5 0.5 1.7 2.6 3.8 4.0

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 130.5 134.3 135.3 0.8 1.1 0.7 3.2 3.7 3.7

Office and administrative support

 132.2 135.9 136.8 0.6 1.0 0.7 2.7 3.4 3.5

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 129.8 132.0 132.6 0.8 0.8 0.5 3.0 2.5 2.2

Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

 129.9 132.3 132.9 0.9 0.9 0.5 3.4 2.7 2.3

Installation, maintenance, and repair

 129.7 131.8 132.4 0.7 0.8 0.5 2.6 2.3 2.1

Production, transportation, and material moving

 130.1 133.2 134.4 1.0 0.7 0.9 3.3 3.4 3.3

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 130.2 133.4 134.2 0.9 0.7 0.6 3.3 3.3 3.1

Production

 128.6 131.4 132.2 0.9 0.8 0.6 3.0 3.1 2.8

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 128.8 131.7 132.5 0.9 0.8 0.6 3.0 3.2 2.9

Transportation and material moving

 132.1 135.3 137.0 1.3 0.4 1.3 3.9 3.8 3.7

Service occupations

 130.2 134.0 135.2 0.7 0.8 0.9 3.0 3.6 3.8

Industry and occupational group

Goods-producing industries(2)

 128.8 131.4 132.2 0.7 0.8 0.6 2.6 2.7 2.6

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 129.2 131.9 132.6 0.6 0.8 0.5 2.7 2.7 2.6

Management, professional, and related

 128.5 131.4 132.1 0.2 0.5 0.5 1.7 2.4 2.8

Sales and office

 130.2 132.6 134.3 1.6 1.4 1.3 2.7 3.4 3.1

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 129.5 132.4 132.9 0.6 1.1 0.4 3.1 2.9 2.6

Production, transportation, and material moving

 128.1 130.5 131.3 0.9 0.5 0.6 3.0 2.8 2.5

Construction

 127.9 130.9 131.8 0.9 1.1 0.7 3.0 3.2 3.0

Manufacturing

 128.7 131.3 132.0 0.6 0.7 0.5 2.4 2.7 2.6

Management, professional, and related

 129.2 131.9 132.4 0.2 0.8 0.4 1.7 2.2 2.5

Sales and office

 130.8 133.8 135.0 0.8 0.9 0.9 2.5 3.1 3.2

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 129.8 132.4 132.9 0.8 0.8 0.4 2.1 2.8 2.4

Production, transportation, and material moving

 127.8 130.2 130.9 0.9 0.5 0.5 3.0 2.8 2.4

Aircraft manufacturing

 138.5 141.2 141.2 0.4 0.1 0.0 3.0 2.3 1.9

Service-providing industries(3)

 130.4 133.3 134.5 0.7 0.6 0.9 2.6 2.9 3.1

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 130.3 133.4 134.3 0.5 0.7 0.7 2.6 2.9 3.1

Management, professional, and related

 130.9 133.3 134.4 0.5 0.5 0.8 2.3 2.3 2.7

Sales and office

 129.4 132.8 134.3 0.9 0.7 1.1 2.6 3.6 3.8

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 130.2 131.6 132.3 1.0 0.5 0.5 2.9 2.1 1.6

Production, transportation, and material moving

 132.3 136.0 137.6 1.1 0.7 1.2 3.8 4.0 4.0

Service occupations

 130.2 133.9 135.1 0.7 0.7 0.9 3.0 3.6 3.8

Trade, transportation, and utilities

 130.8 133.6 135.4 0.9 0.5 1.3 3.2 3.1 3.5

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 130.8 134.2 135.3 0.5 0.9 0.8 3.1 3.1 3.4

Wholesale trade

 125.7 126.7 129.5 1.0 -0.5 2.2 2.8 1.8 3.0

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 127.6 130.7 131.6 0.5 0.9 0.7 2.7 2.9 3.1

Retail trade

 132.6 136.4 137.4 0.8 1.3 0.7 3.4 3.6 3.6

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 130.8 134.2 135.3 0.5 1.1 0.8 3.4 3.2 3.4

Transportation and warehousing

 132.8 136.3 138.5 1.1 0.7 1.6 3.6 3.8 4.3

Utilities

 137.9 141.0 141.2 0.2 0.6 0.1 2.5 2.5 2.4

Information

 127.4 130.2 131.3 0.6 1.4 0.8 2.4 2.8 3.1

Financial activities

 130.5 134.7 134.7 0.3 1.3 0.0 2.3 3.5 3.2

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 130.7 134.0 134.5 0.4 0.8 0.4 2.3 2.9 2.9

Finance and insurance

 131.1 135.9 135.6 0.2 1.6 -0.2 2.1 3.8 3.4

Credit intermediation and related activities

 127.9 131.4 131.4 0.2 1.2 0.0 2.5 3.0 2.7

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 131.8 135.3 135.8 0.3 0.9 0.4 2.7 3.0 3.0

Insurance carriers and related activities

 131.8 135.8 134.9 -0.5 1.7 -0.7 1.9 2.6 2.4

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 129.6 132.4 133.0 0.3 0.8 0.5 1.9 2.5 2.6

Real estate and rental and leasing

 128.0 130.1 131.0 0.9 0.2 0.7 2.9 2.6 2.3

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 131.0 133.7 134.6 0.7 0.5 0.7 2.3 2.8 2.7

Professional and business services

 131.6 133.9 135.2 1.1 0.3 1.0 2.6 2.8 2.7

Professional, scientific, and technical services

 134.1 135.9 137.9 1.1 -0.1 1.5 3.0 2.4 2.8

Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services

 128.7 131.5 132.4 1.4 0.9 0.7 2.0 3.6 2.9

Education and health services

 129.3 132.0 133.3 0.4 0.6 1.0 2.1 2.5 3.1

Educational services

 129.4 130.7 132.6 1.1 0.5 1.5 2.3 2.1 2.5

Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and professional schools

 130.1 131.5 133.3 1.5 0.5 1.4 2.7 2.6 2.5

Health care and social assistance

 129.3 132.3 133.5 0.2 0.6 0.9 2.0 2.6 3.2

Hospitals

 130.3 132.7 133.2 0.3 0.7 0.4 2.3 2.2 2.2

Nursing and residential care facilities

 126.4 129.4 130.3 0.6 0.7 0.7 2.8 3.0 3.1

Nursing care facilities(1)

 126.2 128.7 129.6 0.6 0.6 0.7 2.5 2.6 2.7

Leisure and hospitality

 131.4 135.2 136.4 0.5 0.4 0.9 3.5 3.4 3.8

Accommodation and food service

 132.1 136.0 137.1 0.4 0.4 0.8 3.4 3.3 3.8

Other services, except public administration

 131.5 134.1 134.3 1.0 0.7 0.1 2.4 3.0 2.1

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.
2017		 Jun.
2018		 Sep.
2018		 3-months ended- 12-months ended-
Sep.
2017		 Jun.
2018		 Sep.
2018		 Sep.
2017		 Jun.
2018		 Sep.
2018

Bargaining status

Union

 129.9 132.7 133.5 0.5 0.8 0.6 2.1 2.7 2.8

Goods-producing industries(1)

 126.8 129.1 129.6 0.6 0.9 0.4 2.5 2.4 2.2

Manufacturing

 124.5 126.3 126.9 0.7 0.5 0.5 2.6 2.2 1.9

Service-providing industries(2)

 132.2 135.3 136.2 0.5 0.8 0.7 1.8 2.9 3.0

Nonunion

 130.0 132.9 134.1 0.7 0.6 0.9 2.7 2.9 3.2

Goods-producing industries(1)

 129.3 132.0 132.8 0.8 0.8 0.6 2.7 2.9 2.7

Manufacturing

 129.7 132.4 133.1 0.6 0.8 0.5 2.4 2.7 2.6

Service-providing industries(2)

 130.3 133.1 134.4 0.8 0.5 1.0 2.8 2.9 3.1

Census region and division(3)

Northeast

 131.5 133.9 135.3 0.6 0.4 1.0 3.0 2.4 2.9

New England

 136.4 137.4 141.3 0.9 -0.4 2.8 4.0 1.6 3.6

Middle Atlantic

 129.6 132.5 133.1 0.4 0.6 0.5 2.6 2.6 2.7

South

 129.5 132.3 133.0 0.7 0.8 0.5 2.1 2.9 2.7

South Atlantic

 131.1 134.5 135.1 0.6 0.9 0.4 2.5 3.2 3.1

East South Central

 129.1 130.6 131.5 1.5 0.2 0.7 3.1 2.7 1.9

West South Central

 127.1 129.4 130.2 0.6 0.7 0.6 1.3 2.5 2.4

Midwest

 127.5 130.1 131.4 0.5 0.5 1.0 2.2 2.5 3.1

East North Central

 125.9 128.3 129.7 0.5 0.3 1.1 2.5 2.4 3.0

West North Central

 131.6 134.4 135.4 0.7 0.9 0.7 1.7 2.8 2.9

West

 132.2 135.8 137.1 1.0 0.9 1.0 3.4 3.7 3.7

Mountain

 130.0 133.4 134.2 0.5 0.7 0.6 2.8 3.2 3.2

Pacific

 133.2 136.8 138.4 1.1 1.0 1.2 3.6 3.9 3.9

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.
2017		 Jun.
2018		 Sep.
2018		 3-months ended- 12-months ended-
Sep.
2017		 Jun.
2018		 Sep.
2018		 Sep.
2017		 Jun.
2018		 Sep.
2018

All workers

 126.1 127.4 129.0 0.9 0.3 1.3 2.0 1.9 2.3

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related

 125.4 126.5 128.1 0.9 0.2 1.3 2.0 1.8 2.2

Professional and related

 125.2 126.3 127.8 0.9 0.2 1.2 1.9 1.8 2.1

Sales and office

 125.5 127.3 128.9 0.6 0.6 1.3 1.5 2.1 2.7

Office and administrative support

 125.9 127.7 129.3 0.6 0.6 1.3 1.5 2.1 2.7

Service occupations

 128.6 130.4 131.7 0.9 0.3 1.0 2.2 2.3 2.4

Industry

Education and health services

 125.4 126.5 128.2 1.0 0.3 1.3 1.9 1.9 2.2

Educational services

 124.9 125.9 127.6 1.1 0.3 1.4 1.9 1.9 2.2

Schools

 124.8 125.9 127.6 1.0 0.3 1.4 1.8 1.9 2.2

Elementary and secondary schools

 124.3 125.3 127.2 1.1 0.3 1.5 1.8 1.9 2.3

Health care and social assistance

 129.7 131.6 132.5 0.9 0.2 0.7 2.3 2.4 2.2

Hospitals

 128.8 130.4 131.1 1.0 0.2 0.5 2.5 2.3 1.8

Public administration

 127.0 128.7 129.9 0.7 0.3 0.9 2.1 2.1 2.3

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.
2017		 Jun.
2018		 Sep.
2018		 3-months ended- 12-months ended-
Sep.
2017		 Jun.
2018		 Sep.
2018		 Sep.
2017		 Jun.
2018		 Sep.
2018

Civilian workers

All workers(1)

 134.0 136.8 137.5 0.8 0.8 0.5 2.4 2.9 2.6

Private industry workers

All workers

 130.0 132.9 133.2 0.5 1.0 0.2 2.4 2.8 2.5

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related

 128.9 131.7 131.7 0.5 0.8 0.0 2.5 2.7 2.2

Sales and office

 130.8 134.1 134.8 0.5 1.3 0.5 1.9 3.1 3.1

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 132.4 136.2 136.5 0.5 2.0 0.2 2.3 3.4 3.1

Production, transportation, and material moving

 131.0 133.3 133.5 1.1 0.5 0.2 2.8 2.9 1.9

Service occupations

 129.2 131.5 132.3 0.5 0.2 0.6 2.1 2.3 2.4

Industry

Goods-producing industries(2)

 127.6 129.8 129.3 1.2 0.6 -0.4 2.4 2.9 1.3

Manufacturing

 127.7 129.8 128.9 1.7 0.5 -0.7 2.9 3.3 0.9

Aircraft manufacturing

 118.2 122.4 98.5 26.6 0.2 -19.5 34.3 31.0 -16.7

Service-providing industries(3)

 131.0 134.1 134.6 0.4 1.1 0.4 2.3 2.8 2.7

Bargaining status

Union

 139.9 145.1 144.9 1.1 2.4 -0.1 3.2 4.8 3.6

Nonunion

 128.0 130.5 130.9 0.5 0.7 0.3 2.2 2.4 2.3

State and local government workers

All workers

 148.6 151.0 153.2 1.5 0.4 1.5 3.0 3.1 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) 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.
2017		 Jun.
2018		 Sep.
2018		 Sep.
2017		 Jun.
2018		 Sep.
2018

Northeast

Boston-Worcester-Manchester, MA-NH CSA

 3.0 1.7 2.4 2.8 1.1 2.0

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

 2.9 3.0 3.1 3.2 2.8 2.8

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

 2.1 3.0 2.5 1.8 2.8 2.9

South

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Gainesville, GA-AL CSA

 2.2 1.9 1.8 2.7 2.0 2.1

Dallas-Fort Worth, TX CSA

 1.4 2.1 2.8 1.9 1.8 2.5

Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX CSA

 2.1 1.8 1.9 2.6 1.9 2.0

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL MSA

 3.7 2.7 2.7 3.9 3.1 3.0

Washington-Baltimore-Northern Virginia, DC-MD-VA-WV CSA

 2.5 3.1 2.8 3.3 3.5 3.0

Midwest

Chicago-Naperville-Michigan City, IL-IN-WI CSA

 2.4 3.1 3.5 2.3 3.1 3.5

Detroit-Warren-Flint, MI CSA

 2.5 3.0 2.8 2.8 3.4 3.2

Minneapolis-St. Paul-St. Cloud, MN-WI CSA

 1.1 3.2 4.5 1.0 3.1 4.7

West

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside, CA CSA

 3.6 3.1 2.4 3.2 3.3 3.0

Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ MSA

 2.8 3.5 3.0 3.0 3.6 3.4

San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA CSA

 2.9 4.0 4.0 2.9 4.5 4.5

Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA

 7.6 7.8 0.7 3.8 3.9 3.7

Footnotes
(1) These areas include Consolidated Statistical Areas (CSAs) and Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs). For more information on metropolitan area definitions, visit the U.S. Census Bureau's Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas page at 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 31, 2018