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Table 1. Seasonally adjusted: Employment Cost Index for total compensation, by ownership, occupational group, and industry

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
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Last Modified Date: February 10, 2026