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Employment Cost Index News Release

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8:30 a.m. (ET) Tuesday, February 10, 2026

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                                 EMPLOYMENT COST INDEX – DECEMBER 2025

Compensation costs for civilian workers increased 0.7 percent, seasonally adjusted, for the 3-month 
period ending in December 2025, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Wages and salaries
increased 0.7 percent and benefit costs increased 0.7 percent from September 2025. 
(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 December 2025. Wages and salaries increased 3.3 percent and benefit costs increased 3.4
percent over the year. (See tables A, 4, 8, and 12.) 

Compensation costs for private industry workers increased 0.7 percent, seasonally adjusted, for the 
3-month period ending in December 2025. Wages and salaries increased 0.7 percent and benefit costs 
increased 0.7 percent from September 2025. (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 December 2025. Wages and salaries increased 3.3 percent and benefit costs 
increased 3.4 percent over the year. Inflation-adjusted (constant dollar) wages and salaries increased 
0.7 percent over the year. (See tables A, 5, 9, and 12.)

Within the private industry, compensation costs increased 4.0 percent for union workers and 3.3 percent 
for non-union workers for the 12-month period ending in December 2025. Wages and salaries increased 4.3 
percent for union workers and 3.3 percent for non-union workers over the year. Benefit costs increased
3.6 percent for union workers and 3.4 percent for non-union workers over the year. 
(See tables 6, 10, and 12.)

Compensation costs for state and local government workers increased 0.8 percent, seasonally adjusted, for
the 3-month period ending in December 2025. Wages and salaries increased 0.8 percent and benefit costs 
increased 0.8 percent from September 2025. (See tables A, 1, 2, and 3.)

Compensation costs for state and local government workers increased 3.4 percent, not seasonally adjusted,
for the 12-month period ending in December 2025. Wages and salaries increased 3.3 percent and benefit 
costs increased 3.5 percent over the year. Inflation-adjusted (constant dollar) wages and salaries 
increased 0.6 percent over the year. (See tables A, 7, 11, and 12.)

The Employment Cost Index for March 2026 is scheduled to be released on Thursday, April 30, 2026, 
at 8:30 a.m. (ET).
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
Sep.
2025		 Dec.
2025		 Dec.
2024		 Sep.
2025		 Dec.
2025		 Dec.
2024		 Sep.
2025		 Dec.
2025

Civilian workers(1)

Compensation(2)

 0.8 0.7 3.8 3.5 3.4 0.8 0.5 0.7

Wages and salaries

 0.8 0.7 3.8 3.5 3.3 0.9 0.6 0.7

Benefits

 0.8 0.7 3.6 3.5 3.4 0.8 0.5 0.8

Private industry

Compensation(2)

 0.8 0.7 3.6 3.5 3.4 0.7 0.5 0.6

Wages and salaries

 0.8 0.7 3.7 3.6 3.3 0.8 0.6 0.7

Benefits

 0.8 0.7 3.3 3.5 3.4 0.4 0.5 0.7

Health benefits

 - - 3.4 6.1 6.4 - - -

State and local government

Compensation(2)

 0.8 0.8 4.7 3.6 3.4 1.7 0.6 0.7

Wages and salaries

 0.7 0.8 4.5 3.5 3.3 1.6 0.5 0.6

Benefits

 0.8 0.8 4.9 3.8 3.5 1.9 0.8 0.8

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 
28,700 occupational observations selected from a sample of about 6,700 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 ECI data are available in XLSX format at 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 2025 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. 

Additional information: Historical tables are available in XLSX format for constant dollar, current 
dollar, and continuous series, see www.bls.gov/eci/tables.htm. ECI release dates are available on the
release calendar at www.bls.gov/schedule/news_release/eci.htm. Subscribe to receive the BLS Economic 
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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-
Sep.
2025		 Dec.
2025		 Dec.
2023		 Mar.
2024		 Jun.
2024		 Sep.
2024		 Dec.
2024		 Mar.
2025		 Jun.
2025		 Sep.
2025		 Dec.
2025

Civilian workers

All workers(2)

 172.745 174.038 0.9 1.0 0.9 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.7

Industry

Goods-producing industries(3)

 166.477 167.494 1.0 1.0 0.6 0.9 0.7 1.0 0.9 1.0 0.6

Manufacturing

 166.032 166.965 1.0 1.2 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.7 1.0 0.8 0.6

Service-providing industries(4)

 174.092 175.434 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.8 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.8

Education and health services

 172.576 174.133 1.1 1.1 1.0 1.2 0.8 1.1 1.0 0.8 0.9

Educational services

 170.340 172.053 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.0 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 1.0

Elementary and secondary schools

 170.442 171.902 1.0 0.9 1.1 1.0 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.8 0.9

Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and professional schools

 169.504 171.229 1.1 1.2 1.1 1.2 1.0 0.8 1.0 0.8 1.0

Health care and social assistance

 174.743 176.173 0.9 1.2 1.0 1.1 0.8 1.3 1.1 0.8 0.8

Hospitals

 174.533 176.018 1.0 1.4 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.1 1.0 0.5 0.9

Nursing and residential care facilities

 173.370 174.512 0.9 1.1 0.9 0.8 0.7 1.2 0.7 0.7 0.7

Public administration

 180.554 182.180 1.3 1.5 1.4 1.1 1.3 1.1 0.6 0.8 0.9

Private industry workers

All workers

 172.191 173.452 0.9 1.0 0.9 0.8 0.9 0.8 1.0 0.8 0.7

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related

 166.821 168.085 0.7 1.0 0.8 0.7 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.8

Management, business, and financial

 166.665 167.705 0.6 0.9 0.7 0.7 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.6

Professional and related

 167.247 168.724 0.9 1.0 0.9 0.8 0.8 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.9

Sales and office

 175.258 175.883 0.9 1.1 0.5 0.7 0.8 0.8 1.4 0.7 0.4

Sales and related

 172.545 171.877 1.0 1.0 -0.1 0.5 0.9 0.6 1.9 0.7 -0.4

Office and administrative support

 177.014 178.813 0.8 1.1 1.0 0.8 0.7 0.9 1.0 0.7 1.0

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 170.474 171.906 1.1 0.9 0.8 1.0 1.0 0.7 1.0 1.1 0.8

Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

 168.681 170.284 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.9 1.0 1.0 0.8 1.0 1.0

Installation, maintenance, and repair

 172.495 173.730 1.6 0.9 0.7 1.0 1.0 0.5 1.1 1.2 0.7

Production, transportation, and material moving

 177.924 179.007 1.6 1.1 1.4 0.9 0.7 0.8 1.1 0.8 0.6

Production

 172.398 173.983 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.0 0.9 0.6 0.8 0.9 0.9

Transportation and material moving

 184.099 184.834 1.9 1.2 1.6 0.8 0.6 1.0 1.2 0.7 0.4

Service occupations

 185.579 187.339 0.9 1.0 1.3 0.8 1.1 0.9 0.7 0.8 0.9

Industry

Goods-producing industries(3)

 166.363 167.379 1.0 1.1 0.5 0.9 0.7 1.0 0.9 1.0 0.6

Construction

 166.928 168.174 1.0 0.8 -0.1 1.1 0.6 1.3 0.8 1.2 0.7

Manufacturing

 166.032 166.965 1.0 1.2 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.7 1.0 0.8 0.6

Aircraft manufacturing

 144.565 144.403 0.4 0.9 -0.1 1.0 2.1 0.6 1.0 1.3 -0.1

Service-providing industries(5)

 173.793 175.109 1.0 1.0 0.9 0.8 0.9 0.8 1.0 0.8 0.8

Trade, transportation, and utilities

 178.363 179.116 1.4 0.9 1.0 0.8 0.6 0.7 1.0 1.1 0.4

Wholesale trade

 168.526 168.938 0.8 1.3 0.1 0.7 0.9 0.3 0.6 1.6 0.2

Retail trade

 181.359 182.293 0.6 0.2 1.2 0.8 0.7 0.6 1.0 1.0 0.5

Transportation and warehousing

 183.778 184.427 3.3 1.6 1.6 0.9 0.5 1.1 1.4 0.9 0.4

Utilities

 183.598 185.480 0.9 0.5 0.9 0.9 1.0 1.0 1.1 0.9 1.0

Information

 165.999 166.615 0.9 0.9 -0.1 1.3 0.4 0.2 1.4 0.8 0.4

Financial activities

 169.599 170.993 0.5 0.4 1.1 0.5 1.4 1.5 0.9 0.4 0.8

Finance and insurance

 170.319 171.613 0.5 0.4 1.1 0.3 1.5 1.5 0.7 0.6 0.8

Credit intermediation and related activities

 171.046 172.676 0.8 1.4 0.7 0.2 1.9 2.2 -0.7 0.3 1.0

Insurance carriers and related activities

 170.035 171.717 0.3 0.7 1.2 -0.1 1.0 1.6 0.9 0.2 1.0

Real estate and rental and leasing

 166.285 168.200 0.2 0.6 0.8 1.3 0.6 1.2 1.9 -0.8 1.2

Professional and business services

 170.996 172.246 0.7 1.4 0.8 0.3 1.1 0.6 1.0 0.5 0.7

Professional, scientific, and technical services

 171.999 173.664 0.7 1.2 0.7 0.2 1.3 0.8 0.9 0.6 1.0

Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services

 172.102 172.669 0.7 1.0 0.9 0.8 1.1 0.2 1.1 0.8 0.3

Education and health services

 172.954 174.631 1.0 1.1 1.0 1.2 0.7 1.3 1.0 0.8 1.0

Educational services

 167.861 170.922 1.2 1.3 0.9 1.2 0.5 0.7 0.7 0.9 1.8

Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and professional schools

 166.954 169.493 1.0 1.2 0.8 1.4 0.9 0.7 0.9 0.7 1.5

Health care and social assistance

 173.985 175.412 0.9 1.1 1.0 1.1 0.8 1.3 1.1 0.8 0.8

Hospitals

 174.221 175.711 1.1 1.2 1.0 1.0 0.9 1.1 1.0 0.6 0.9

Nursing and residential care facilities

 171.597 172.752 0.8 1.1 1.0 0.7 0.7 1.2 0.7 0.6 0.7

Leisure and hospitality

 183.219 184.989 0.8 0.5 1.4 0.7 1.0 0.7 0.4 0.6 1.0

Accommodation and food services

 187.232 188.803 0.9 0.5 1.4 0.7 1.0 0.8 0.4 0.6 0.8

Other services, except public administration

 177.083 180.253 1.1 1.5 1.0 0.8 1.3 0.1 0.7 1.6 1.8

State and local government workers

All workers

 175.225 176.664 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.1 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.8

Industry

Education and health services

 172.016 173.403 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.0 1.0 0.8 0.9 0.7 0.8

Educational services

 170.975 172.357 1.0 1.0 1.1 1.0 1.0 0.8 0.9 0.7 0.8

Schools

 170.893 172.267 1.0 1.0 1.1 1.0 1.0 0.8 0.9 0.7 0.8

Elementary and secondary schools

 170.836 172.236 0.9 0.9 1.1 1.0 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.8

Health care and social assistance

 180.072 181.502 0.8 1.6 1.1 1.0 1.2 0.9 1.1 0.5 0.8

Hospitals

 175.850 177.304 0.7 1.5 1.1 1.0 1.1 0.8 1.3 0.4 0.8

Public administration

 180.554 182.180 1.3 1.5 1.4 1.1 1.3 1.1 0.6 0.8 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.

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-
Sep.
2025		 Dec.
2025		 Dec.
2023		 Mar.
2024		 Jun.
2024		 Sep.
2024		 Dec.
2024		 Mar.
2025		 Jun.
2025		 Sep.
2025		 Dec.
2025

Civilian workers

All workers(1)

 172.657 173.949 1.0 1.1 0.9 0.8 1.0 0.8 1.0 0.8 0.7

Industry

Goods-producing industries(2)

 170.945 172.072 1.1 1.2 0.4 1.0 0.8 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.7

Manufacturing

 170.810 171.920 1.0 1.3 0.7 0.9 0.8 0.8 1.1 0.9 0.6

Service-providing industries(3)

 173.026 174.346 1.1 1.0 1.0 0.8 1.0 0.7 1.0 0.7 0.8

Education and health services

 168.121 169.740 1.1 1.1 1.0 1.1 0.9 1.0 1.0 0.9 1.0

Educational services

 159.913 161.802 1.1 1.2 1.1 1.0 0.9 0.7 0.8 0.9 1.2

Elementary and secondary schools

 158.209 159.839 1.1 1.1 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.6 0.8 0.9 1.0

Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and professional schools

 161.649 163.368 1.1 1.2 0.9 1.2 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.8 1.1

Health care and social assistance

 176.329 177.754 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.2 0.8 1.2 1.2 0.9 0.8

Hospitals

 175.571 177.101 1.1 1.2 1.0 1.1 1.0 1.1 1.2 0.5 0.9

Public administration

 167.922 169.227 1.2 1.5 1.3 1.0 1.1 1.1 0.9 0.5 0.8

Private industry workers

All workers

 174.954 176.233 1.0 1.1 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.8 1.0 0.8 0.7

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related

 168.386 169.625 0.7 1.0 0.9 0.7 0.9 0.9 1.0 0.8 0.7

Professional and related

 169.406 170.925 1.0 0.9 1.0 0.8 0.9 1.0 1.0 0.9 0.9

Management, business, and financial

 167.535 168.477 0.6 1.1 0.7 0.6 0.9 0.7 1.0 0.6 0.6

Sales and office

 177.762 178.150 1.0 1.1 0.5 0.6 0.8 0.6 1.6 0.7 0.2

Sales and related

 176.449 175.317 1.0 1.1 -0.1 0.5 0.9 0.5 2.1 0.6 -0.6

Office and administrative support

 178.558 180.442 0.9 1.2 1.1 0.8 0.7 0.7 1.1 0.7 1.1

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 173.399 174.963 1.3 0.9 1.0 1.2 1.1 0.7 1.0 1.2 0.9

Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

 171.539 173.331 0.8 0.9 0.9 1.0 1.2 0.9 0.9 1.1 1.0

Installation, maintenance, and repair

 175.567 176.875 1.9 0.9 1.1 1.2 1.1 0.4 1.1 1.3 0.7

Production, transportation, and material moving

 182.527 183.671 1.7 1.4 1.1 1.0 0.7 0.8 1.0 0.8 0.6

Production

 176.782 178.828 1.2 1.3 0.9 1.1 0.9 0.5 0.9 1.0 1.2

Transportation and material moving

 188.678 189.210 2.0 1.5 1.3 0.9 0.5 1.0 1.1 0.7 0.3

Service occupations

 191.051 192.953 0.9 1.1 1.2 0.9 1.1 0.8 0.7 0.9 1.0

Industry

Goods-producing industries(2)

 171.018 172.147 1.1 1.2 0.4 1.0 0.8 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.7

Construction

 170.429 171.690 1.2 0.9 -0.5 1.4 0.5 1.4 0.8 1.3 0.7

Manufacturing

 170.810 171.920 1.0 1.3 0.7 0.9 0.8 0.8 1.1 0.9 0.6

Aircraft manufacturing

 173.172 173.991 0.4 1.1 0.4 0.7 1.6 1.5 1.1 1.1 0.5

Service-providing industries(4)

 175.982 177.293 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.7 1.0 0.6 1.1 0.8 0.7

Trade, transportation, and utilities

 180.140 180.749 1.6 1.0 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.7 1.0 1.1 0.3

Wholesale trade

 166.528 166.563 0.8 1.5 -0.3 0.7 0.8 0.6 0.8 1.8 0.0

Retail trade

 184.991 185.877 0.7 0.2 1.3 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.5

Transportation and warehousing

 188.314 188.915 4.0 2.0 1.2 0.9 0.6 0.7 1.4 1.0 0.3

Utilities

 178.189 179.953 1.5 0.4 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.9 1.2 1.0 1.0

Information

 164.257 164.758 1.0 0.6 0.3 1.6 0.4 -0.2 1.2 0.7 0.3

Financial activities

 170.450 171.799 0.4 0.1 1.2 0.3 1.4 0.7 1.8 0.2 0.8

Finance and insurance

 171.225 172.436 0.5 -0.1 1.3 0.1 1.6 0.7 1.7 0.5 0.7

Credit intermediation and related activities

 169.490 171.160 0.9 1.2 0.4 -0.2 1.7 1.0 0.9 0.1 1.0

Insurance carriers and related activities

 169.137 170.872 0.0 0.6 1.7 -0.2 1.2 1.5 1.1 -0.2 1.0

Real estate and rental and leasing

 167.406 169.410 0.2 0.7 0.8 1.6 0.5 0.9 2.2 -1.2 1.2

Professional and business services

 173.248 174.496 0.7 1.6 1.0 0.2 1.3 0.4 1.1 0.4 0.7

Professional, scientific, and technical services

 173.656 175.438 0.9 1.2 0.9 0.1 1.4 0.9 1.0 0.4 1.0

Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services

 177.235 177.628 0.8 1.1 0.9 0.8 1.2 0.1 1.0 0.9 0.2

Education and health services

 174.912 176.661 1.1 1.0 1.0 1.3 0.8 1.1 1.1 0.9 1.0

Educational services

 166.353 169.800 1.2 1.4 0.9 1.1 0.6 0.4 0.6 1.0 2.1

Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and professional schools

 163.229 165.969 1.0 1.2 0.7 1.3 1.1 0.7 0.7 0.6 1.7

Health care and social assistance

 176.696 178.133 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.3 0.8 1.2 1.1 0.9 0.8

Hospitals

 176.550 178.115 1.2 1.1 1.0 1.1 0.9 1.2 1.1 0.5 0.9

Leisure and hospitality

 190.109 192.020 0.9 0.6 1.3 0.8 1.0 0.7 0.4 0.6 1.0

Accommodation and food services

 194.341 195.992 0.9 0.5 1.5 0.7 1.1 0.9 0.4 0.6 0.8

Other services, except public administration

 180.078 183.427 1.3 1.4 1.1 0.9 1.5 -0.2 0.6 1.8 1.9

State and local government workers

All workers

 162.889 164.271 1.1 1.2 1.1 1.0 1.1 0.8 0.9 0.7 0.8

Industry

Education and health services

 160.074 161.515 1.1 1.2 1.1 1.0 1.0 0.8 0.9 0.8 0.9

Educational services

 158.606 160.068 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.0 1.0 0.7 0.9 0.8 0.9

Schools

 158.621 160.082 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.0 1.0 0.7 0.9 0.8 0.9

Elementary and secondary schools

 157.715 159.289 1.0 1.2 1.1 0.9 0.9 0.6 0.8 0.8 1.0

Health care and social assistance

 172.350 173.636 0.8 1.4 1.0 1.1 1.1 0.8 1.3 0.4 0.7

Hospitals

 170.911 172.257 0.7 1.3 1.1 1.1 1.2 0.7 1.6 0.2 0.8

Public administration

 167.922 169.227 1.2 1.5 1.3 1.0 1.1 1.1 0.9 0.5 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; 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-
Sep.
2025		 Dec.
2025		 Dec.
2023		 Mar.
2024		 Jun.
2024		 Sep.
2024		 Dec.
2024		 Mar.
2025		 Jun.
2025		 Sep.
2025		 Dec.
2025

Civilian workers

All workers(1)

 173.139 174.434 0.8 1.0 1.0 0.8 0.8 1.2 0.7 0.8 0.7

Private industry workers

All workers

 165.658 166.877 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.7 0.7 1.2 0.7 0.8 0.7

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related

 163.232 164.551 0.7 1.0 0.8 0.8 0.8 1.1 0.5 0.8 0.8

Sales and office

 168.837 170.098 0.6 0.9 0.5 0.7 0.7 1.2 1.0 0.9 0.7

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 164.245 165.392 0.7 1.0 0.3 0.7 0.7 1.0 0.8 0.8 0.7

Production, transportation, and material moving

 168.731 169.687 1.3 0.8 2.0 0.7 0.7 1.0 1.2 0.7 0.6

Service occupations

 167.728 169.006 0.6 0.8 1.3 0.8 0.7 1.4 0.8 0.7 0.8

Industry

Goods-producing industries(2)

 156.910 157.692 0.7 0.8 0.9 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.5

Manufacturing

 156.882 157.470 0.7 0.9 1.0 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.8 0.8 0.4

Service-providing industries(3)

 168.497 169.826 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.7 0.8 1.2 0.7 0.8 0.8

State and local government workers

All workers(1)

 199.396 200.960 1.0 1.2 1.4 1.2 1.1 1.1 0.8 0.8 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
Dec.
2024		 Sep.
2025		 Dec.
2025		 3-months ended- 12-months ended-
Dec.
2024		 Sep.
2025		 Dec.
2025		 Dec.
2024		 Sep.
2025		 Dec.
2025

All workers(2)

 168.0 172.905 173.642 0.6 0.9 0.4 3.8 3.5 3.4

Excluding incentive paid occupations(3)

 168.0 172.786 173.618 0.6 0.9 0.5 3.9 3.5 3.3

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related

 163.5 168.209 168.879 0.6 0.9 0.4 3.7 3.4 3.3

Management, business, and financial

 163.3 167.541 167.893 0.5 0.6 0.2 3.4 3.1 2.8

Professional and related

 163.7 168.838 169.734 0.5 1.2 0.5 3.9 3.6 3.7

Sales and office

 170.7 175.941 176.418 0.7 0.5 0.3 3.2 3.8 3.3

Sales and related

 166.9 171.984 171.577 1.1 0.1 -0.2 2.4 4.2 2.8

Office and administrative support

 173.0 178.272 179.438 0.5 0.7 0.7 3.8 3.5 3.7

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 166.3 171.251 172.374 0.8 1.1 0.7 3.9 3.9 3.7

Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

 164.6 169.556 170.791 0.7 1.0 0.7 3.8 3.8 3.8

Installation, maintenance, and repair

 168.1 173.195 174.189 0.8 1.2 0.6 3.9 3.9 3.6

Production, transportation, and material moving

 172.9 177.855 178.665 0.6 0.7 0.5 4.3 3.5 3.3

Production

 168.0 172.392 173.653 0.7 0.7 0.7 4.1 3.4 3.4

Transportation and material moving

 179.2 184.775 185.262 0.4 0.7 0.3 4.3 3.6 3.4

Service occupations

 180.6 186.027 187.148 0.8 1.1 0.6 4.5 3.8 3.6

Industry

Goods-producing industries(4)

 161.5 166.341 167.085 0.6 0.7 0.4 3.3 3.6 3.5

Manufacturing

 161.4 165.853 166.456 0.6 0.6 0.4 3.6 3.4 3.1

Service-providing industries(5)

 169.1 174.107 174.843 0.6 0.9 0.4 3.8 3.6 3.4

Education and health services

 167.7 172.896 174.055 0.6 1.4 0.7 4.2 3.7 3.8

Educational services

 166.0 170.881 171.894 0.4 2.0 0.6 4.1 3.4 3.6

Elementary and secondary schools

 166.1 171.008 171.751 0.4 2.2 0.4 3.9 3.3 3.4

Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and professional schools

 165.0 169.997 171.195 0.7 1.8 0.7 4.5 3.7 3.8

Health care and social assistance

 169.3 174.826 176.108 0.8 0.8 0.7 4.2 4.1 4.0

Hospitals

 169.8 174.456 175.821 0.8 0.5 0.8 4.3 3.6 3.5

Nursing and residential care facilities

 168.8 173.207 174.222 0.7 0.7 0.6 3.6 3.3 3.2

Public administration

 175.6 180.735 181.766 0.9 1.5 0.6 5.3 3.9 3.5

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) 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
Dec.
2024		 Sep.
2025		 Dec.
2025		 3-months ended- 12-months ended-
Dec.
2024		 Sep.
2025		 Dec.
2025		 Dec.
2024		 Sep.
2025		 Dec.
2025

All workers

 167.4 172.307 173.017 0.6 0.7 0.4 3.6 3.5 3.4

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 167.3 172.124 172.950 0.5 0.7 0.5 3.7 3.4 3.4

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related

 162.2 166.935 167.581 0.5 0.7 0.4 3.4 3.4 3.3

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 161.3 165.964 166.698 0.4 0.6 0.4 3.5 3.3 3.3

Management, business, and financial

 162.6 166.822 167.134 0.4 0.5 0.2 3.2 3.0 2.8

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 161.3 165.429 165.894 0.4 0.4 0.3 3.3 3.0 2.8

Professional and related

 162.1 167.303 168.260 0.5 0.8 0.6 3.6 3.7 3.8

Sales and office

 170.2 175.416 175.826 0.7 0.4 0.2 3.0 3.7 3.3

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 172.7 177.559 178.293 0.4 0.5 0.4 3.5 3.2 3.2

Sales and related

 166.8 171.836 171.422 1.1 0.1 -0.2 2.4 4.1 2.8

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 173.0 177.362 177.454 0.5 0.5 0.1 3.2 3.1 2.6

Office and administrative support

 171.9 177.142 178.310 0.4 0.6 0.7 3.7 3.4 3.7

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 165.6 170.603 171.704 0.8 1.0 0.6 3.7 3.8 3.7

Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

 163.9 168.872 170.075 0.7 1.0 0.7 3.7 3.8 3.8

Installation, maintenance, and repair

 167.5 172.562 173.543 0.8 1.1 0.6 3.7 3.9 3.6

Production, transportation, and material moving

 172.4 177.415 178.238 0.5 0.7 0.5 4.2 3.4 3.4

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 172.2 177.000 177.923 0.6 0.6 0.5 4.2 3.4 3.3

Production

 168.0 172.281 173.549 0.7 0.7 0.7 4.2 3.3 3.3

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 168.2 172.556 173.600 0.7 0.7 0.6 4.0 3.3 3.2

Transportation and material moving

 178.7 184.325 184.822 0.4 0.7 0.3 4.2 3.6 3.4

Service occupations

 180.5 185.776 186.890 0.7 0.8 0.6 4.2 3.6 3.5

Industry and occupational group

Goods-producing industries(3)

 161.4 166.232 166.974 0.6 0.7 0.4 3.3 3.6 3.5

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 161.5 166.237 167.037 0.6 0.7 0.5 3.6 3.5 3.4

Management, professional, and related

 153.7 158.343 158.761 0.3 0.4 0.3 3.2 3.4 3.3

Sales and office

 167.2 173.482 173.457 0.5 0.9 0.0 0.1 4.3 3.7

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 163.2 168.147 169.313 0.6 0.9 0.7 3.6 3.7 3.7

Production, transportation, and material moving

 165.6 170.191 171.082 0.7 0.7 0.5 4.0 3.5 3.3

Construction

 161.5 166.886 167.927 0.5 0.9 0.6 2.4 3.8 4.0

Manufacturing

 161.4 165.853 166.456 0.6 0.6 0.4 3.6 3.4 3.1

Management, professional, and related

 155.0 159.231 159.542 0.3 0.4 0.2 3.3 3.1 2.9

Sales and office occupations

 165.4 169.892 169.303 0.4 0.7 -0.3 3.1 3.2 2.4

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 162.7 167.449 168.503 1.1 0.7 0.6 4.3 4.0 3.6

Production, transportation, and material moving

 165.4 170.001 171.012 0.7 0.7 0.6 4.0 3.5 3.4

Aircraft manufacturing

 139.8 143.927 143.124 2.0 0.4 -0.6 3.8 5.0 2.4

Service-providing industries(4)

 169.0 173.987 174.692 0.5 0.7 0.4 3.6 3.5 3.4

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 169.0 173.841 174.676 0.5 0.7 0.5 3.7 3.4 3.4

Management, professional, and related

 163.6 168.397 169.073 0.5 0.7 0.4 3.5 3.4 3.3

Sales and office

 170.5 175.614 176.072 0.7 0.3 0.3 3.4 3.7 3.3

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 169.2 174.320 175.320 1.0 1.2 0.6 3.8 4.0 3.6

Production, transportation, and material moving

 179.5 184.855 185.639 0.4 0.7 0.4 4.3 3.4 3.4

Service occupations

 180.7 185.913 187.007 0.7 0.8 0.6 4.3 3.6 3.5

Trade, transportation, and utilities

 173.1 178.435 178.698 0.4 0.9 0.1 3.3 3.5 3.2

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 174.3 178.818 179.386 0.4 0.7 0.3 3.7 3.0 2.9

Wholesale trade

 163.7 168.468 168.182 0.4 1.1 -0.2 2.9 3.4 2.7

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 168.0 171.223 171.338 0.4 0.6 0.1 3.6 2.3 2.0

Retail trade

 176.4 181.366 181.931 0.5 0.8 0.3 2.9 3.3 3.1

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 175.5 179.983 180.625 0.5 0.7 0.4 3.2 3.0 2.9

Transportation and warehousing

 177.6 184.019 184.286 0.3 0.8 0.1 4.6 3.9 3.8

Utilities

 177.6 183.615 184.843 0.6 0.7 0.7 3.3 4.0 4.1

Information

 161.6 165.964 166.224 0.2 0.6 0.2 2.6 2.9 2.9

Financial activities

 164.4 169.843 170.294 0.8 0.1 0.3 3.4 4.1 3.6

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 164.7 169.605 169.874 0.4 0.1 0.2 3.4 3.4 3.1

Finance and insurance

 164.9 170.499 170.844 1.0 0.2 0.2 3.4 4.4 3.6

Credit intermediation and related activities

 167.4 171.480 171.879 1.2 0.1 0.2 4.3 3.7 2.7

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 170.4 174.444 174.614 0.7 0.1 0.1 4.2 3.1 2.5

Insurance carriers and related activities

 164.6 170.111 170.610 0.4 -0.4 0.3 2.9 3.7 3.7

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 162.9 167.832 168.028 0.2 0.1 0.1 3.0 3.3 3.1

Real estate and rental and leasing

 162.2 166.835 167.827 -0.1 -0.7 0.6 3.4 2.8 3.5

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 165.9 170.675 171.395 0.3 -0.2 0.4 3.2 3.2 3.3

Professional and business services

 166.9 171.182 171.585 0.7 0.4 0.2 3.7 3.2 2.8

Professional, scientific, and technical services

 167.4 172.218 172.775 0.6 0.5 0.3 3.4 3.5 3.2

Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services

 167.8 172.019 172.007 0.7 0.6 0.0 3.8 3.3 2.5

Education and health services

 167.6 173.158 174.581 0.5 1.0 0.8 4.0 3.9 4.2

Educational services

 163.8 168.641 170.847 -0.1 1.8 1.3 3.9 2.9 4.3

Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and professional schools

 163.3 167.704 169.602 0.6 1.6 1.1 4.3 3.3 3.9

Health care and social assistance

 168.4 174.075 175.356 0.7 0.8 0.7 4.1 4.0 4.1

Hospitals

 169.4 174.071 175.455 0.8 0.5 0.8 4.2 3.6 3.6

Nursing and residential care facilities

 167.2 171.527 172.567 0.6 0.6 0.6 3.5 3.2 3.2

Nursing care facilities(2)

 166.1 170.254 171.355 0.7 0.3 0.6 2.8 3.2 3.2

Leisure and hospitality

 179.2 183.220 184.103 0.4 0.6 0.5 3.6 2.7 2.7

Accommodation and food service

 183.0 187.240 187.842 0.5 0.5 0.3 3.6 2.8 2.6

Other services, except public administration

 172.0 177.007 179.196 0.8 1.3 1.2 4.7 3.7 4.2

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 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
Dec.
2024		 Sep.
2025		 Dec.
2025		 3-months ended- 12-months ended-
Dec.
2024		 Sep.
2025		 Dec.
2025		 Dec.
2024		 Sep.
2025		 Dec.
2025

Bargaining status

Union

 172.1 177.899 179.053 1.1 0.8 0.6 5.1 4.5 4.0

Goods-producing industries(2)

 161.9 167.582 168.301 0.9 1.0 0.4 4.5 4.5 4.0

Manufacturing

 156.2 161.560 162.279 1.4 0.9 0.4 5.0 4.8 3.9

Service-providing industries(3)

 179.0 184.951 186.340 1.1 0.7 0.8 5.4 4.4 4.1

Nonunion

 166.7 171.555 172.221 0.5 0.6 0.4 3.4 3.5 3.3

Goods-producing industries(2)

 161.1 165.766 166.512 0.5 0.6 0.5 2.9 3.4 3.4

Manufacturing

 162.9 167.202 167.789 0.5 0.5 0.4 3.4 3.1 3.0

Service-providing industries(3)

 168.0 172.950 173.601 0.5 0.6 0.4 3.4 3.4 3.3

Census region and division(4)

Northeast

 168.4 173.419 174.224 0.6 0.6 0.5 3.3 3.6 3.5

New England

 171.9 177.071 178.214 0.6 0.7 0.6 2.9 3.6 3.7

Middle Atlantic

 167.2 172.094 172.769 0.6 0.6 0.4 3.5 3.5 3.3

South

 165.0 169.977 170.714 0.6 0.8 0.4 3.3 3.6 3.5

South Atlantic

 168.6 173.204 174.122 0.6 0.7 0.5 3.5 3.3 3.3

East South Central

 164.0 169.684 170.557 0.6 0.8 0.5 2.9 4.1 4.0

West South Central

 159.5 164.836 165.176 0.7 1.1 0.2 3.4 4.1 3.6

Midwest

 163.7 168.730 169.299 0.3 0.5 0.3 3.3 3.4 3.4

East North Central

 162.4 167.293 167.890 0.2 0.6 0.4 3.2 3.3 3.4

West North Central

 167.0 172.137 172.649 0.6 0.4 0.3 3.7 3.7 3.4

West

 173.2 178.045 178.771 0.6 0.6 0.4 4.3 3.5 3.2

Mountain

 170.7 175.033 175.859 0.5 0.5 0.5 3.6 3.0 3.0

Pacific

 174.5 179.483 180.164 0.8 0.7 0.4 4.6 3.6 3.2

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
Dec.
2024		 Sep.
2025		 Dec.
2025		 3-months ended- 12-months ended-
Dec.
2024		 Sep.
2025		 Dec.
2025		 Dec.
2024		 Sep.
2025		 Dec.
2025

All workers

 170.6 175.524 176.380 0.7 1.7 0.5 4.7 3.6 3.4

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related

 167.2 171.935 172.683 0.6 1.8 0.4 4.4 3.5 3.3

Professional and related

 166.9 171.658 172.420 0.6 1.9 0.4 4.4 3.5 3.3

Sales and office

 175.3 180.602 181.726 0.9 1.5 0.6 5.0 4.0 3.7

Office and administrative support

 175.3 180.554 181.689 0.9 1.4 0.6 5.0 3.9 3.6

Service occupations

 180.4 186.289 187.433 1.0 1.8 0.6 5.3 4.3 3.9

Industry

Education and health services

 167.6 172.446 173.223 0.6 1.9 0.5 4.2 3.5 3.4

Educational services

 166.6 171.468 172.180 0.5 2.1 0.4 4.2 3.5 3.3

Schools

 166.5 171.401 172.112 0.5 2.1 0.4 4.1 3.5 3.4

Elementary and secondary schools

 166.6 171.386 172.051 0.4 2.2 0.4 4.0 3.3 3.3

Health care and social assistance

 175.6 180.081 181.364 1.1 1.0 0.7 4.9 3.7 3.3

Hospitals

 171.6 176.080 177.347 1.1 0.8 0.7 4.9 3.7 3.3

Public administration

 175.6 180.735 181.766 0.9 1.5 0.6 5.3 3.9 3.5

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
Dec.
2024		 Sep.
2025		 Dec.
2025		 3-months ended- 12-months ended-
Dec.
2024		 Sep.
2025		 Dec.
2025		 Dec.
2024		 Sep.
2025		 Dec.
2025

All workers(1)

 168.1 172.925 173.708 0.7 0.9 0.5 3.8 3.5 3.3

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 167.6 172.298 173.211 0.6 0.9 0.5 3.9 3.4 3.3

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related

 161.6 166.299 166.999 0.6 1.0 0.4 3.7 3.5 3.3

Management, business, and financial

 162.9 167.159 167.473 0.4 0.6 0.2 3.4 3.1 2.8

Professional and related

 161.0 166.133 167.105 0.6 1.3 0.6 3.8 3.8 3.8

Sales and office

 172.2 177.113 177.556 0.9 0.4 0.3 3.2 3.8 3.1

Sales and related

 170.5 175.475 174.853 1.3 0.0 -0.4 2.5 4.3 2.6

Office and administrative support

 173.2 178.045 179.395 0.5 0.8 0.8 3.9 3.3 3.6

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 168.0 172.996 174.275 1.0 1.2 0.7 4.3 4.0 3.7

Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

 166.2 171.250 172.669 0.9 1.1 0.8 4.2 4.0 3.9

Installation, maintenance, and repair

 170.1 175.034 176.157 1.0 1.4 0.6 4.5 3.9 3.6

Production, transportation, and material moving

 176.7 181.612 182.537 0.6 0.8 0.5 4.2 3.4 3.3

Production

 172.1 176.657 178.363 0.8 0.8 1.0 4.2 3.4 3.6

Transportation and material moving

 182.6 187.835 188.216 0.4 0.8 0.2 4.3 3.3 3.1

Service occupations

 182.2 187.288 188.512 0.8 1.0 0.7 4.5 3.6 3.5

Industry

Goods-producing industries(3)

 165.5 170.853 171.758 0.6 0.8 0.5 3.4 3.9 3.8

Manufacturing

 165.8 170.727 171.475 0.6 0.7 0.4 3.8 3.6 3.4

Service-providing industries(4)

 168.5 173.305 174.067 0.7 0.9 0.4 3.9 3.5 3.3

Education and health services

 163.5 168.591 169.881 0.6 1.5 0.8 4.1 3.7 3.9

Educational services

 156.5 160.962 162.049 0.4 2.3 0.7 4.2 3.3 3.5

Elementary and secondary schools

 154.8 159.417 160.195 0.3 2.5 0.5 4.0 3.3 3.5

Junior colleges, colleges, and universities

 158.0 162.466 163.721 0.8 1.9 0.8 4.4 3.6 3.6

Health care and social assistance

 170.8 176.405 177.876 0.8 0.9 0.8 4.1 4.1 4.1

Hospitals

 170.9 175.485 177.103 1.1 0.5 0.9 4.3 3.8 3.6

Nursing and residential care facilities

 173.1 177.600 178.729 0.7 0.8 0.6 3.7 3.3 3.3

Public administration

 164.1 168.496 169.405 0.9 1.3 0.5 4.9 3.6 3.2

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
Dec.
2024		 Sep.
2025		 Dec.
2025		 3-months ended- 12-months ended-
Dec.
2024		 Sep.
2025		 Dec.
2025		 Dec.
2024		 Sep.
2025		 Dec.
2025

All workers

 170.2 175.109 175.885 0.7 0.7 0.4 3.7 3.6 3.3

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 169.7 174.507 175.441 0.5 0.7 0.5 3.8 3.4 3.4

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related

 163.7 168.580 169.279 0.5 0.8 0.4 3.5 3.5 3.4

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 162.2 166.940 167.756 0.4 0.7 0.5 3.5 3.4 3.4

Management, business, and financial

 163.5 167.816 168.103 0.4 0.5 0.2 3.3 3.1 2.8

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 161.1 165.157 165.647 0.4 0.5 0.3 3.4 3.0 2.8

Professional and related

 164.2 169.506 170.588 0.6 0.9 0.6 3.7 3.9 3.9

Sales and office

 173.1 178.049 178.431 0.8 0.3 0.2 3.2 3.7 3.1

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 175.5 180.034 180.864 0.5 0.6 0.5 3.7 3.1 3.1

Sales and related

 170.6 175.616 174.987 1.2 0.0 -0.4 2.5 4.2 2.6

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 176.9 181.227 181.262 0.5 0.5 0.0 3.6 3.0 2.5

Office and administrative support

 173.8 178.637 180.015 0.4 0.7 0.8 3.8 3.2 3.6

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 168.3 173.469 174.743 0.9 1.2 0.7 4.2 4.0 3.8

Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

 166.4 171.632 173.049 0.9 1.1 0.8 4.1 4.1 4.0

Installation, maintenance, and repair

 170.6 175.620 176.732 1.0 1.3 0.6 4.4 4.0 3.6

Production, transportation, and material moving

 177.0 181.909 182.851 0.6 0.8 0.5 4.2 3.4 3.3

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 176.9 181.478 182.555 0.6 0.7 0.6 4.2 3.2 3.2

Production

 172.2 176.705 178.430 0.8 0.8 1.0 4.2 3.4 3.6

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 172.3 176.916 178.325 0.8 0.8 0.8 4.0 3.5 3.5

Transportation and material moving

 183.4 188.689 189.071 0.4 0.8 0.2 4.2 3.3 3.1

Service occupations

 186.0 191.210 192.454 0.8 0.9 0.7 4.4 3.6 3.5

Industry and occupational group

Goods-producing industries(2)

 165.6 170.921 171.824 0.7 0.8 0.5 3.4 3.9 3.8

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 165.7 170.833 171.825 0.7 0.7 0.6 4.0 3.8 3.7

Management, professional, and related

 158.6 163.997 164.482 0.4 0.4 0.3 3.7 3.8 3.7

Sales and office

 173.0 180.004 179.954 0.6 1.0 0.0 -0.9 4.7 4.0

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 166.0 171.231 172.628 0.8 1.0 0.8 3.9 4.0 4.0

Production, transportation, and material moving

 170.0 174.931 176.101 0.7 0.8 0.7 4.0 3.6 3.6

Construction

 164.4 170.265 171.488 0.6 1.0 0.7 2.4 4.1 4.3

Manufacturing

 165.8 170.727 171.475 0.6 0.7 0.4 3.8 3.6 3.4

Management, professional, and related

 159.5 164.430 164.774 0.4 0.4 0.2 3.7 3.5 3.3

Sales and office

 169.2 173.893 173.084 0.5 0.8 -0.5 3.2 3.3 2.3

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 168.2 173.293 174.701 1.1 0.9 0.8 4.4 4.1 3.9

Production, transportation, and material moving

 170.0 174.978 176.316 0.8 0.8 0.8 4.0 3.7 3.7

Aircraft manufacturing

 166.1 172.809 173.016 1.2 0.6 0.1 3.9 5.3 4.2

Service-providing industries(3)

 171.3 176.198 176.948 0.6 0.7 0.4 3.7 3.5 3.3

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 170.8 175.509 176.432 0.5 0.7 0.5 3.8 3.3 3.3

Management, professional, and related

 164.5 169.311 170.038 0.5 0.8 0.4 3.5 3.4 3.4

Sales and office

 173.1 177.850 178.278 0.9 0.2 0.2 3.6 3.6 3.0

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 171.7 176.782 177.875 1.1 1.4 0.6 4.6 4.1 3.6

Production, transportation, and material moving

 183.6 188.492 189.291 0.5 0.8 0.4 4.3 3.2 3.1

Service occupations

 186.1 191.331 192.555 0.8 0.9 0.6 4.4 3.6 3.5

Trade, transportation, and utilities

 174.6 180.120 180.275 0.5 1.0 0.1 3.3 3.6 3.3

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 175.6 180.134 180.677 0.5 0.7 0.3 3.7 3.1 2.9

Wholesale trade

 160.8 166.330 165.845 0.5 1.2 -0.3 2.7 4.0 3.1

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 164.7 168.236 168.263 0.4 0.6 0.0 3.5 2.6 2.2

Retail trade

 180.1 185.065 185.646 0.5 0.8 0.3 2.9 3.3 3.1

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 178.8 183.231 183.918 0.5 0.7 0.4 3.3 3.0 2.9

Transportation and warehousing

 182.1 188.497 188.527 0.3 1.0 0.0 4.7 3.8 3.5

Utilities

 172.2 178.167 179.455 0.6 0.9 0.7 3.3 4.1 4.2

Information

 161.1 164.168 164.382 0.3 0.6 0.1 2.9 2.2 2.0

Financial activities

 165.5 170.788 171.291 0.9 0.1 0.3 3.0 4.1 3.5

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 164.1 168.505 168.756 0.3 0.1 0.1 3.1 3.0 2.8

Finance and insurance

 166.0 171.523 171.890 1.0 0.3 0.2 2.9 4.4 3.5

Credit intermediation and related activities

 165.6 170.053 170.587 1.0 0.1 0.3 3.1 3.8 3.0

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 166.7 171.198 171.397 0.1 0.1 0.1 2.9 2.8 2.8

Insurance carriers and related activities

 164.1 169.311 169.877 0.5 -0.6 0.3 3.2 3.7 3.5

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 160.8 165.275 165.472 0.3 0.1 0.1 3.3 3.1 2.9

Real estate and rental and leasing

 163.8 167.761 168.901 0.0 -1.0 0.7 3.7 2.4 3.1

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 167.8 172.123 172.918 0.4 -0.3 0.5 3.3 3.0 3.1

Professional and business services

 169.4 173.519 173.908 0.7 0.4 0.2 4.1 3.2 2.7

Professional, scientific, and technical services

 169.0 174.020 174.614 0.7 0.5 0.3 3.6 3.6 3.3

Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services

 173.1 177.191 177.014 0.9 0.8 -0.1 4.2 3.3 2.3

Education and health services

 169.6 175.107 176.746 0.7 1.1 0.9 4.0 3.9 4.2

Educational services

 163.0 167.246 169.690 0.1 1.9 1.5 4.1 2.7 4.1

Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and professional schools

 160.2 164.136 166.213 0.6 1.7 1.3 4.3 3.1 3.8

Health care and social assistance

 171.1 176.760 178.246 0.8 0.9 0.8 4.1 4.2 4.2

Hospitals

 171.7 176.390 178.073 1.1 0.5 1.0 4.1 3.8 3.7

Nursing and residential care facilities

 174.1 178.558 179.740 0.7 0.7 0.7 3.8 3.3 3.2

Nursing care facilities(1)

 172.7 177.314 178.505 0.8 0.4 0.7 3.2 3.5 3.4

Leisure and hospitality

 186.2 190.303 191.299 0.5 0.6 0.5 3.8 2.8 2.7

Accommodation and food service

 190.1 194.554 195.237 0.6 0.5 0.4 3.8 2.9 2.7

Other services, except public administration

 175.3 179.995 182.361 1.0 1.5 1.3 5.0 3.7 4.0

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
Dec.
2024		 Sep.
2025		 Dec.
2025		 3-months ended- 12-months ended-
Dec.
2024		 Sep.
2025		 Dec.
2025		 Dec.
2024		 Sep.
2025		 Dec.
2025

Bargaining status

Union

 171.6 177.625 179.043 1.2 1.0 0.8 5.5 4.8 4.3

Goods-producing industries(1)

 160.3 166.394 167.569 1.1 1.2 0.7 4.8 4.9 4.5

Manufacturing

 159.6 165.489 166.946 1.4 1.1 0.9 5.0 5.1 4.6

Service-providing industries(2)

 178.4 184.481 186.030 1.3 0.9 0.8 5.7 4.8 4.3

Nonunion

 170.1 174.939 175.661 0.6 0.7 0.4 3.5 3.5 3.3

Goods-producing industries(1)

 166.8 171.988 172.847 0.6 0.7 0.5 3.2 3.7 3.6

Manufacturing

 167.3 172.077 172.735 0.5 0.6 0.4 3.7 3.4 3.2

Service-providing industries(2)

 170.8 175.619 176.315 0.6 0.7 0.4 3.6 3.4 3.2

Census region and division(3)

Northeast

 170.0 174.933 175.803 0.7 0.7 0.5 3.5 3.6 3.4

New England

 175.6 180.955 182.264 0.7 0.8 0.7 2.9 3.8 3.8

Middle Atlantic

 167.9 172.647 173.350 0.8 0.7 0.4 3.6 3.6 3.2

South

 168.7 173.897 174.700 0.7 0.9 0.5 3.4 3.8 3.6

South Atlantic

 172.9 177.619 178.633 0.7 0.7 0.6 3.6 3.4 3.3

East South Central

 166.7 172.365 173.308 0.8 0.9 0.5 3.3 4.3 4.0

West South Central

 162.6 168.579 168.928 0.6 1.2 0.2 3.2 4.3 3.9

Midwest

 165.4 170.498 171.103 0.4 0.6 0.4 3.3 3.5 3.4

East North Central

 163.7 168.722 169.337 0.2 0.6 0.4 3.1 3.3 3.4

West North Central

 169.4 174.675 175.263 0.7 0.5 0.3 3.9 3.8 3.5

West

 177.0 181.576 182.393 0.7 0.7 0.4 4.4 3.3 3.0

Mountain

 174.8 178.935 179.880 0.5 0.5 0.5 3.8 2.9 2.9

Pacific

 178.2 182.922 183.677 0.8 0.7 0.4 4.7 3.5 3.1

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
Dec.
2024		 Sep.
2025		 Dec.
2025		 3-months ended- 12-months ended-
Dec.
2024		 Sep.
2025		 Dec.
2025		 Dec.
2024		 Sep.
2025		 Dec.
2025

All workers

 159.2 163.697 164.519 0.7 1.9 0.5 4.5 3.5 3.3

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related

 156.2 160.636 161.348 0.6 2.0 0.4 4.3 3.4 3.3

Professional and related

 155.7 160.318 161.063 0.6 2.2 0.5 4.3 3.6 3.4

Sales and office

 161.4 165.962 167.070 0.9 1.5 0.7 4.7 3.7 3.5

Office and administrative support

 161.9 166.455 167.578 0.9 1.4 0.7 4.6 3.7 3.5

Service occupations

 169.6 174.436 175.596 1.0 1.7 0.7 5.1 3.9 3.5

Industry

Education and health services

 156.5 161.066 161.860 0.6 2.2 0.5 4.3 3.5 3.4

Educational services

 155.1 159.719 160.451 0.5 2.4 0.5 4.2 3.4 3.5

Schools

 155.2 159.733 160.464 0.5 2.4 0.5 4.3 3.5 3.4

Elementary and secondary schools

 154.5 158.959 159.659 0.4 2.5 0.4 4.2 3.3 3.3

Health care and social assistance

 168.4 172.579 173.875 1.1 0.9 0.8 4.7 3.7 3.3

Hospitals

 167.0 171.201 172.492 1.1 0.8 0.8 4.7 3.6 3.3

Public administration

 164.1 168.496 169.405 0.9 1.3 0.5 4.9 3.6 3.2

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
Dec.
2024		 Sep.
2025		 Dec.
2025		 3-months ended- 12-months ended-
Dec.
2024		 Sep.
2025		 Dec.
2025		 Dec.
2024		 Sep.
2025		 Dec.
2025

Civilian workers

All workers(1)

 167.8 172.916 173.550 0.5 0.7 0.4 3.6 3.5 3.4

Private industry workers

All workers

 160.7 165.630 166.191 0.4 0.5 0.3 3.3 3.5 3.4

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related

 158.6 163.165 163.692 0.4 0.4 0.3 3.3 3.3 3.2

Sales and office

 162.7 168.565 169.045 0.2 0.5 0.3 2.8 3.9 3.9

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 159.7 164.370 165.102 0.4 0.7 0.4 2.6 3.4 3.4

Production, transportation, and material moving

 163.1 168.266 168.853 0.4 0.5 0.3 4.2 3.6 3.5

Service occupations

 162.6 167.867 168.570 0.4 0.6 0.4 3.6 3.6 3.7

Industry

Goods-producing industries(2)

 153.0 156.862 157.285 0.4 0.5 0.3 3.0 2.9 2.8

Manufacturing

 153.1 156.694 157.027 0.5 0.4 0.2 3.2 2.9 2.6

Aircraft manufacturing

 111.8 113.088 111.207 3.3 0.1 -1.7 3.8 4.5 -0.5

Service-providing industries(3)

 163.3 168.523 169.121 0.4 0.5 0.4 3.4 3.6 3.6

Bargaining status

Union

 173.2 178.648 179.408 0.8 0.6 0.4 4.6 3.9 3.6

Nonunion

 158.2 163.079 163.611 0.3 0.5 0.3 3.1 3.4 3.4

State and local government workers

All workers

 194.2 199.999 200.927 0.8 1.5 0.5 4.9 3.8 3.5

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
Dec.
2024		 Sep.
2025		 Dec.
2025		 Dec.
2024		 Sep.
2025		 Dec.
2025

Northeast

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

 2.6 3.3 3.6 2.6 3.2 3.6

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

 2.8 3.8 3.4 3.0 3.9 3.3

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

 3.6 3.4 3.1 4.0 3.4 2.6

South

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

 4.8 2.9 3.1 5.4 2.8 3.1

Dallas-Fort Worth, TX-OK CSA

 3.6 3.7 3.4 3.4 3.5 3.1

Houston-Pasadena, TX CSA

 6.0 4.5 2.8 5.2 5.0 3.9

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

 2.5 5.7 4.7 2.9 5.9 4.7

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

 3.7 2.2 2.7 3.9 1.9 2.4

Midwest

Chicago-Naperville, IL-IN-WI CSA

 2.7 4.0 4.9 2.7 3.9 4.8

Detroit-Warren-Ann Arbor, MI CSA

 4.5 2.1 1.9 3.8 3.3 3.1

Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI CSA

 3.7 3.7 3.8 3.7 3.6 3.7

West

Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA CSA

 4.2 3.4 3.3 4.3 3.4 3.2

Phoenix-Mesa, AZ CSA

 2.8 3.1 3.2 2.8 2.6 2.8

San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA CSA

 6.3 3.7 2.6 6.6 3.9 2.6

Seattle-Tacoma, WA CSA

 5.7 4.7 3.5 5.7 4.3 3.6

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: February 10, 2026