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

Civilian workers

All workers(2)

 143.7 144.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.7 0.9 0.7

Industry

Goods-producing industries(3)

 140.0 141.5 0.7 0.8 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.4 0.6 0.7 1.1

Manufacturing

 139.3 140.7 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.4 0.7 0.5 1.0

Service-providing industries(4)

 144.5 145.5 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.8 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.9 0.7

Education and health services

 142.6 143.5 0.6 0.9 0.5 0.7 0.2 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6

Educational services

 143.1 143.8 0.7 0.9 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.3 0.6 0.4 0.5

Elementary and secondary schools

 143.8 144.6 0.7 1.0 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.6

Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and professional schools

 141.4 142.1 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6 -0.3 0.5 0.2 0.5

Health care and social assistance

 142.1 143.2 0.6 0.7 0.5 0.7 -0.1 1.1 0.6 0.8 0.8

Hospitals

 143.0 144.0 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.5 0.5 0.9 0.7

Nursing and residential care facilities

 139.9 141.5 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.9 0.9 1.1

Public administration

 147.5 148.5 0.6 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.2 0.7

Private industry workers

All workers

 143.2 144.3 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.5 0.6 0.8 1.0 0.8

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related

 140.6 141.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.3 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.7

Management, business, and financial

 142.0 143.1 0.8 0.6 0.6 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.8

Professional and related

 139.6 140.4 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.7 0.1 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.6

Sales and office

 146.0 146.4 0.5 1.0 0.4 1.1 0.6 0.4 1.1 1.8 0.3

Sales and related

 144.3 143.6 0.2 1.4 0.3 1.6 0.6 0.1 1.5 3.3 -0.5

Office and administrative support

 146.9 148.2 0.7 0.8 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.8 0.6 0.9

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 142.8 144.0 0.4 0.9 0.6 1.0 0.2 0.6 0.6 1.0 0.8

Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

 142.4 144.1 0.8 0.9 0.7 1.1 -0.4 0.5 0.6 0.8 1.2

Installation, maintenance, and repair

 143.2 143.9 0.1 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.9 0.6 0.7 1.1 0.5

Production, transportation, and material moving

 144.9 146.8 0.7 0.7 0.9 0.7 0.9 0.7 0.9 0.6 1.3

Production

 141.6 143.6 0.7 0.5 0.7 0.8 0.9 0.6 0.8 0.9 1.4

Transportation and material moving

 148.9 150.8 0.7 0.9 1.1 0.7 0.9 0.8 1.1 0.3 1.3

Service occupations

 147.5 150.0 1.0 0.7 1.0 0.9 0.8 0.9 0.9 1.2 1.7

Industry

Goods-producing industries(3)

 139.9 141.4 0.7 0.8 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.4 0.7 0.6 1.1

Construction

 141.5 143.2 0.7 1.1 0.7 0.6 0.9 0.3 0.6 0.9 1.2

Manufacturing

 139.3 140.7 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.4 0.7 0.5 1.0

Aircraft manufacturing

 124.7 125.4 0.3 0.2 0.4 -1.6 1.4 0.8 0.5 0.6 0.6

Service-providing industries(5)

 144.1 145.1 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.1 0.7

Trade, transportation, and utilities

 146.5 148.2 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.3 1.2 0.8 1.2

Wholesale trade

 139.6 142.4 0.1 0.5 0.4 0.8 1.1 0.0 0.4 0.9 2.0

Retail trade

 148.5 149.9 0.9 0.7 0.8 0.6 0.6 0.6 1.6 1.0 0.9

Transportation and warehousing

 150.1 151.0 0.8 1.0 1.0 0.6 0.9 0.5 1.3 0.1 0.6

Utilities

 155.5 156.2 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.2 0.8 0.6 0.7 0.5 0.5

Information

 141.4 142.1 -1.0 0.5 0.8 0.6 0.8 0.6 1.2 0.6 0.5

Financial activities

 147.1 144.6 0.3 1.2 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.4 0.7 3.6 -1.7

Finance and insurance

 148.8 145.5 0.4 1.2 0.7 0.8 0.6 0.4 0.7 4.3 -2.2

Credit intermediation and related activities

 141.4 144.6 0.3 1.4 0.7 0.7 0.9 0.5 0.4 0.2 2.3

Insurance carriers and related activities

 144.8 144.9 0.3 0.9 0.6 0.3 0.7 0.6 0.8 0.8 0.1

Real estate and rental and leasing

 139.4 140.5 0.4 0.6 0.6 0.1 0.8 0.6 0.2 0.4 0.8

Professional and business services

 143.4 144.5 1.0 0.7 0.5 1.1 0.3 0.4 0.8 0.6 0.8

Professional, scientific, and technical services

 144.7 145.9 1.0 0.6 0.4 1.2 -0.1 0.3 1.0 0.2 0.8

Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services

 142.1 143.6 0.8 0.6 0.6 1.1 0.7 0.6 1.0 1.2 1.1

Education and health services

 141.2 142.2 0.6 0.7 0.5 0.8 -0.1 0.9 0.6 0.7 0.7

Educational services

 140.7 141.1 0.5 1.1 0.4 0.9 0.6 -0.2 0.7 0.3 0.3

Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and professional schools

 141.1 142.0 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.8 0.4 -0.7 0.4 0.3 0.6

Health care and social assistance

 141.3 142.4 0.6 0.7 0.5 0.8 -0.3 1.2 0.6 0.8 0.8

Hospitals

 142.5 143.5 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.7 0.5 0.5 1.0 0.7

Nursing and residential care facilities

 138.1 139.9 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.9 1.3

Leisure and hospitality

 147.0 150.7 0.9 0.7 1.2 0.9 1.0 1.1 0.3 1.4 2.5

Accommodation and food services

 149.8 153.7 1.2 0.8 1.1 1.0 1.0 1.4 0.6 1.5 2.6

Other services, except public administration

 144.1 146.1 1.0 0.1 1.2 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.6 1.1 1.4

State and local government workers

All workers

 145.7 146.6 0.6 0.9 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.4 0.6

Industry

Education and health services

 144.2 145.0 0.7 0.9 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.4 0.6 0.5 0.6

Educational services

 143.7 144.5 0.7 0.9 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.4 0.6 0.4 0.6

Schools

 143.7 144.4 0.7 0.9 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.4 0.6 0.5 0.5

Elementary and secondary schools

 144.3 145.2 0.7 0.9 0.5 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.6

Health care and social assistance

 147.6 149.0 0.6 0.9 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.3 0.6 0.5 0.9

Hospitals

 144.7 146.2 0.6 0.9 0.8 0.6 0.6 0.4 0.5 0.6 1.0

Public administration

 147.5 148.5 0.6 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.2 0.7

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) 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: July 30, 2021