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

Civilian workers

All workers(2)

 174.047 175.618 1.0 0.9 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.9

Industry

Goods-producing industries(3)

 167.566 168.748 1.0 0.6 0.9 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.7 0.7

Manufacturing

 166.984 168.577 1.2 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.7 0.9 0.8 0.6 1.0

Service-providing industries(4)

 175.433 177.074 1.0 1.0 0.8 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.9

Education and health services

 174.162 175.995 1.1 1.0 1.2 0.8 1.0 1.0 0.8 0.9 1.1

Educational services

 172.017 173.561 1.1 1.1 1.0 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 1.0 0.9

Elementary and secondary schools

 171.887 173.600 0.9 1.1 1.0 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 1.0

Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and professional schools

 171.205 172.487 1.2 1.0 1.3 0.9 0.9 1.0 0.8 1.0 0.7

Health care and social assistance

 176.258 178.333 1.0 1.0 1.2 0.8 1.2 1.0 0.9 0.8 1.2

Hospitals

 176.099 177.054 1.2 1.0 1.1 0.9 1.0 1.0 0.6 0.9 0.5

Nursing and residential care facilities

 174.584 176.201 1.0 1.0 0.8 0.8 1.1 0.6 0.8 0.7 0.9

Public administration

 182.199 184.257 1.5 1.4 1.2 1.2 1.1 0.7 0.9 0.8 1.1

Private industry workers

All workers

 173.462 174.974 1.0 0.9 0.8 0.9 0.8 1.0 0.8 0.7 0.9

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related

 168.143 169.764 1.0 0.8 0.7 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.8 1.0

Management, business, and financial

 167.748 169.387 0.9 0.7 0.7 0.9 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 1.0

Professional and related

 168.796 170.402 1.0 0.9 0.8 0.9 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.9 1.0

Sales and office

 176.005 177.497 1.1 0.2 0.7 0.9 0.8 1.2 0.8 0.5 0.8

Sales and related

 172.100 173.587 1.2 -0.5 0.5 1.2 0.7 1.4 0.7 -0.1 0.9

Office and administrative support

 178.834 180.326 1.1 1.0 0.9 0.7 0.9 1.0 0.8 1.0 0.8

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 171.803 173.468 1.0 0.7 0.9 1.0 0.8 0.9 1.0 0.8 1.0

Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

 170.268 171.681 0.8 0.9 0.9 1.0 0.9 0.9 1.0 1.0 0.8

Installation, maintenance, and repair

 173.526 175.482 1.2 0.6 1.0 1.0 0.8 1.0 1.0 0.7 1.1

Production, transportation, and material moving

 179.132 180.407 1.2 1.3 0.9 0.8 0.9 1.0 0.8 0.7 0.7

Production

 173.864 174.574 1.2 1.0 1.0 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.4

Transportation and material moving

 185.125 186.822 1.2 1.6 0.8 0.7 0.9 1.0 0.8 0.6 0.9

Service occupations

 187.183 188.841 1.1 1.3 0.9 0.9 1.0 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.9

Industry

Goods-producing industries(3)

 167.450 168.630 1.0 0.5 0.9 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.7 0.7

Construction

 168.306 168.818 0.7 -0.1 1.1 0.7 1.1 0.9 1.1 0.9 0.3

Manufacturing

 166.984 168.577 1.2 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.7 0.9 0.8 0.6 1.0

Aircraft manufacturing

 144.357 149.261 1.0 -0.1 0.7 2.3 0.6 1.0 1.1 0.0 3.4

Service-providing industries(5)

 175.108 176.694 1.0 0.9 0.8 0.9 0.8 1.0 0.8 0.7 0.9

Trade, transportation, and utilities

 179.038 181.031 1.0 1.0 0.7 0.6 0.8 1.0 1.0 0.5 1.1

Wholesale trade

 168.745 170.831 1.4 0.1 0.6 0.8 0.5 0.6 1.3 0.2 1.2

Retail trade

 182.270 183.909 0.2 1.2 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.9 0.9 0.6 0.9

Transportation and warehousing

 184.376 186.813 1.7 1.7 0.8 0.4 1.1 1.5 0.8 0.4 1.3

Utilities

 185.503 187.617 0.5 0.9 0.9 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.9 1.0 1.1

Information

 166.589 168.990 1.0 -0.3 1.4 0.4 0.4 1.3 0.8 0.4 1.4

Financial activities

 171.152 173.334 0.3 1.1 0.6 1.3 1.3 0.9 0.5 0.8 1.3

Finance and insurance

 171.756 173.876 0.3 1.1 0.4 1.5 1.3 0.8 0.8 0.7 1.2

Credit intermediation and related activities

 172.788 174.151 1.2 0.7 0.4 1.8 1.9 -0.6 0.6 0.8 0.8

Insurance carriers and related activities

 171.926 172.910 0.6 1.1 0.2 1.0 1.4 0.8 0.5 1.0 0.6

Real estate and rental and leasing

 168.448 170.955 0.6 0.7 1.3 0.7 1.0 1.8 -0.8 1.4 1.5

Professional and business services

 172.282 173.046 1.4 0.8 0.4 1.1 0.5 1.0 0.6 0.7 0.4

Professional, scientific, and technical services

 173.607 174.337 1.2 0.9 0.2 1.1 0.9 0.9 0.6 0.9 0.4

Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services

 172.721 173.471 1.0 0.9 0.7 1.3 0.2 1.0 0.7 0.5 0.4

Education and health services

 174.681 176.575 1.1 1.0 1.2 0.7 1.2 1.0 0.9 1.0 1.1

Educational services

 170.754 171.709 1.4 0.9 1.2 0.4 0.8 0.8 0.9 1.7 0.6

Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and professional schools

 169.395 170.227 1.2 0.8 1.4 0.8 0.7 0.9 0.8 1.4 0.5

Health care and social assistance

 175.501 177.566 1.1 1.0 1.2 0.8 1.2 1.0 0.9 0.8 1.2

Hospitals

 175.799 176.508 1.2 1.0 1.1 0.9 1.1 0.9 0.7 0.9 0.4

Nursing and residential care facilities

 172.829 174.412 1.0 1.0 0.8 0.7 1.1 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.9

Leisure and hospitality

 184.894 185.988 0.5 1.5 0.7 0.9 0.7 0.5 0.7 0.8 0.6

Accommodation and food services

 188.731 189.706 0.5 1.5 0.7 0.9 0.8 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.5

Other services, except public administration

 179.720 180.395 1.7 1.1 0.6 1.1 0.5 0.8 1.4 1.5 0.4

State and local government workers

All workers

 176.670 178.506 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.0 1.0 0.8 0.8 0.8 1.0

Industry

Education and health services

 173.405 175.148 1.1 1.1 1.0 1.0 0.8 0.9 0.7 0.8 1.0

Educational services

 172.354 174.043 1.0 1.1 1.0 1.0 0.8 0.9 0.8 0.8 1.0

Schools

 172.264 173.959 1.0 1.1 1.1 0.9 0.8 0.9 0.8 0.8 1.0

Elementary and secondary schools

 172.226 173.987 0.9 1.1 1.0 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.8 1.0

Health care and social assistance

 181.540 183.696 1.6 1.1 1.1 1.2 0.8 1.0 0.6 0.8 1.2

Hospitals

 177.354 179.525 1.5 1.1 1.1 1.2 0.8 1.3 0.5 0.8 1.2

Public administration

 182.199 184.257 1.5 1.4 1.2 1.2 1.1 0.7 0.9 0.8 1.1

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, 2026