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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-
Dec.
2020		 Mar.
2021		 Mar.
2019		 Jun.
2019		 Sep.
2019		 Dec.
2019		 Mar.
2020		 Jun.
2020		 Sep.
2020		 Dec.
2020		 Mar.
2021

Civilian workers

All workers(2)

 142.4 143.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.7 0.9

Industry

Goods-producing industries(3)

 139.0 140.0 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.4 0.6 0.7

Manufacturing

 138.6 139.3 0.9 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.4 0.7 0.5

Service-providing industries(4)

 143.2 144.5 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.8 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.9

Education and health services

 141.7 142.6 0.6 0.6 0.9 0.5 0.7 0.2 0.6 0.6 0.6

Educational services

 142.5 143.1 0.7 0.7 0.9 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.3 0.6 0.4

Elementary and secondary schools

 143.1 143.8 0.7 0.7 1.0 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5

Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and professional schools

 141.1 141.4 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6 -0.3 0.5 0.2

Health care and social assistance

 141.0 142.1 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.5 0.7 -0.1 1.1 0.6 0.8

Hospitals

 141.7 143.0 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.5 0.5 0.9

Nursing and residential care facilities

 138.7 139.9 0.5 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.9 0.9

Public administration

 147.2 147.5 0.7 0.6 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.2

Private industry workers

All workers

 141.8 143.2 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.5 0.6 0.8 1.0

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related

 139.7 140.6 0.4 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.3 0.5 0.5 0.6

Management, business, and financial

 141.3 142.0 0.4 0.8 0.6 0.6 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5

Professional and related

 138.6 139.6 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.7 0.1 0.6 0.6 0.7

Sales and office

 143.4 146.0 0.7 0.5 1.0 0.4 1.1 0.6 0.4 1.1 1.8

Sales and related

 139.7 144.3 0.9 0.2 1.4 0.3 1.6 0.6 0.1 1.5 3.3

Office and administrative support

 146.0 146.9 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.8 0.6

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 141.4 142.8 0.6 0.4 0.9 0.6 1.0 0.2 0.6 0.6 1.0

Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

 141.3 142.4 0.7 0.8 0.9 0.7 1.1 -0.4 0.5 0.6 0.8

Installation, maintenance, and repair

 141.6 143.2 0.4 0.1 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.9 0.6 0.7 1.1

Production, transportation, and material moving

 144.0 144.9 1.0 0.7 0.7 0.9 0.7 0.9 0.7 0.9 0.6

Production

 140.4 141.6 0.8 0.7 0.5 0.7 0.8 0.9 0.6 0.8 0.9

Transportation and material moving

 148.4 148.9 1.2 0.7 0.9 1.1 0.7 0.9 0.8 1.1 0.3

Service occupations

 145.7 147.5 0.9 1.0 0.7 1.0 0.9 0.8 0.9 0.9 1.2

Industry

Goods-producing industries(3)

 139.0 139.9 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.4 0.7 0.6

Construction

 140.3 141.5 0.8 0.7 1.1 0.7 0.6 0.9 0.3 0.6 0.9

Manufacturing

 138.6 139.3 0.9 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.4 0.7 0.5

Aircraft manufacturing

 123.9 124.7 0.7 0.3 0.2 0.4 -1.6 1.4 0.8 0.5 0.6

Service-providing industries(5)

 142.6 144.1 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.1

Trade, transportation, and utilities

 145.4 146.5 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.3 1.2 0.8

Wholesale trade

 138.4 139.6 0.4 0.1 0.5 0.4 0.8 1.1 0.0 0.4 0.9

Retail trade

 147.0 148.5 0.7 0.9 0.7 0.8 0.6 0.6 0.6 1.6 1.0

Transportation and warehousing

 149.9 150.1 1.0 0.8 1.0 1.0 0.6 0.9 0.5 1.3 0.1

Utilities

 154.7 155.5 1.8 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.2 0.8 0.6 0.7 0.5

Information

 140.5 141.4 0.5 -1.0 0.5 0.8 0.6 0.8 0.6 1.2 0.6

Financial activities

 142.0 147.1 0.8 0.3 1.2 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.4 0.7 3.6

Finance and insurance

 142.6 148.8 0.8 0.4 1.2 0.7 0.8 0.6 0.4 0.7 4.3

Credit intermediation and related activities

 141.1 141.4 1.0 0.3 1.4 0.7 0.7 0.9 0.5 0.4 0.2

Insurance carriers and related activities

 143.7 144.8 1.2 0.3 0.9 0.6 0.3 0.7 0.6 0.8 0.8

Real estate and rental and leasing

 138.9 139.4 0.8 0.4 0.6 0.6 0.1 0.8 0.6 0.2 0.4

Professional and business services

 142.6 143.4 0.4 1.0 0.7 0.5 1.1 0.3 0.4 0.8 0.6

Professional, scientific, and technical services

 144.4 144.7 0.1 1.0 0.6 0.4 1.2 -0.1 0.3 1.0 0.2

Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services

 140.4 142.1 0.8 0.8 0.6 0.6 1.1 0.7 0.6 1.0 1.2

Education and health services

 140.2 141.2 0.4 0.6 0.7 0.5 0.8 -0.1 0.9 0.6 0.7

Educational services

 140.3 140.7 0.4 0.5 1.1 0.4 0.9 0.6 -0.2 0.7 0.3

Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and professional schools

 140.7 141.1 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.8 0.4 -0.7 0.4 0.3

Health care and social assistance

 140.2 141.3 0.4 0.6 0.7 0.5 0.8 -0.3 1.2 0.6 0.8

Hospitals

 141.1 142.5 0.5 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.7 0.5 0.5 1.0

Nursing and residential care facilities

 136.9 138.1 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.9

Leisure and hospitality

 145.0 147.0 0.4 0.9 0.7 1.2 0.9 1.0 1.1 0.3 1.4

Accommodation and food services

 147.6 149.8 0.7 1.2 0.8 1.1 1.0 1.0 1.4 0.6 1.5

Other services, except public administration

 142.6 144.1 0.9 1.0 0.1 1.2 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.6 1.1

State and local government workers

All workers

 145.1 145.7 0.7 0.6 0.9 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.4

Industry

Education and health services

 143.5 144.2 0.7 0.7 0.9 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.4 0.6 0.5

Educational services

 143.1 143.7 0.7 0.7 0.9 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.4 0.6 0.4

Schools

 143.0 143.7 0.7 0.7 0.9 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.4 0.6 0.5

Elementary and secondary schools

 143.6 144.3 0.7 0.7 0.9 0.5 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5

Health care and social assistance

 146.8 147.6 0.7 0.6 0.9 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.3 0.6 0.5

Hospitals

 143.9 144.7 1.0 0.6 0.9 0.8 0.6 0.6 0.4 0.5 0.6

Public administration

 147.2 147.5 0.7 0.6 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.2

Footnotes
(1) Includes wages, salaries, and employer costs for employee benefits.
(2) Includes workers in the private nonfarm economy except those in private households, and workers in the public sector, except the federal government.
(3) 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: April 30, 2021