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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.
2024
Dec.
2024
Dec.
2022
Mar.
2023
Jun.
2023
Sep.
2023
Dec.
2023
Mar.
2024
Jun.
2024
Sep.
2024
Dec.
2024

Civilian workers

All workers(2)

166.8 168.3 1.1 1.2 1.0 1.0 0.9 1.2 0.9 0.8 0.9

Industry

Goods-producing industries(3)

160.6 161.8 0.9 1.1 0.9 0.9 1.0 1.1 0.5 0.9 0.7

Manufacturing

160.6 161.8 0.9 1.0 0.9 0.8 0.9 1.2 0.9 0.8 0.7

Service-providing industries(4)

168.1 169.6 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.0 0.9 1.2 1.0 0.8 0.9

Education and health services

166.4 167.7 1.3 1.2 1.0 1.3 0.9 1.1 1.0 1.2 0.8

Educational services

164.9 166.1 1.2 1.2 0.9 1.2 0.9 1.1 1.1 1.2 0.7

Elementary and secondary schools

165.0 166.2 1.1 1.2 1.0 1.1 0.9 0.9 1.1 1.0 0.7

Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and professional schools

163.5 164.9 1.1 1.3 0.8 1.2 1.0 1.3 1.0 1.3 0.9

Health care and social assistance

168.0 169.3 1.4 1.2 1.1 1.3 0.9 1.2 1.0 1.1 0.8

Hospitals

168.4 169.9 1.4 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.0 1.4 1.0 1.0 0.9

Nursing and residential care facilities

167.8 169.0 1.2 1.2 1.0 1.5 0.9 1.1 1.0 0.7 0.7

Public administration

173.6 175.8 1.0 1.0 1.2 1.4 1.3 1.7 1.5 0.8 1.3

Private industry workers

All workers

166.3 167.7 1.1 1.2 1.0 0.9 0.9 1.1 0.9 0.7 0.8

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related

161.3 162.6 1.1 1.1 1.0 1.0 0.7 1.0 0.9 0.7 0.8

Management, business, and financial

161.6 163.0 1.0 1.1 1.1 1.0 0.6 1.1 0.7 0.6 0.9

Professional and related

161.2 162.4 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.0 0.9 1.0 1.0 0.7 0.7

Sales and office

168.6 170.1 1.2 1.2 1.1 0.7 0.9 1.4 0.4 0.4 0.9

Sales and related

165.0 167.0 1.3 1.2 1.1 0.4 1.1 1.6 -0.4 -0.1 1.2

Office and administrative support

171.2 172.2 1.3 1.2 1.0 1.0 0.7 1.1 1.1 0.8 0.6

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

164.2 165.8 1.0 1.1 1.0 1.2 1.1 0.9 0.8 1.0 1.0

Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

162.5 164.1 1.0 0.9 1.0 1.0 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.9 1.0

Installation, maintenance, and repair

166.1 167.7 0.9 1.4 1.0 1.3 1.6 0.9 0.6 1.2 1.0

Production, transportation, and material moving

172.0 173.0 0.8 1.2 1.0 0.9 1.5 1.3 1.4 0.8 0.6

Production

166.9 168.2 1.0 1.2 1.0 0.9 1.1 1.2 1.1 1.0 0.8

Transportation and material moving

177.9 178.6 0.7 1.1 1.1 0.8 1.8 1.3 1.7 0.8 0.4

Service occupations

179.2 180.8 1.2 1.3 1.1 0.9 0.8 1.1 1.3 0.8 0.9

Industry

Goods-producing industries(3)

160.6 161.7 0.9 1.1 0.8 0.9 1.0 1.1 0.5 0.9 0.7

Construction

160.7 161.6 1.0 1.3 0.7 1.1 1.0 0.9 -0.3 1.1 0.6

Manufacturing

160.6 161.8 0.9 1.0 0.9 0.8 0.9 1.2 0.9 0.8 0.7

Aircraft manufacturing

137.2 140.7 1.1 0.8 0.2 0.8 0.7 1.0 -0.6 0.8 2.6

Service-providing industries(5)

167.8 169.3 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.0 0.9 1.1 0.9 0.7 0.9

Trade, transportation, and utilities

172.4 173.4 1.0 1.1 1.2 0.9 1.4 0.8 1.1 0.8 0.6

Wholesale trade

162.9 164.5 1.3 0.8 1.3 0.8 0.9 1.4 -0.1 0.6 1.0

Retail trade

175.7 176.9 1.1 1.3 1.0 1.1 0.8 -0.1 1.4 0.9 0.7

Transportation and warehousing

177.1 177.1 0.6 1.0 1.4 0.7 3.0 1.9 1.9 0.7 0.0

Utilities

176.7 178.3 1.0 1.1 1.4 1.3 0.9 0.4 0.9 1.0 0.9

Information

161.3 162.1 1.4 1.0 1.0 0.3 1.0 0.9 -0.2 1.4 0.5

Financial activities

162.8 165.1 1.2 0.5 1.4 1.0 0.6 0.5 1.0 0.4 1.4

Finance and insurance

163.0 165.7 1.3 0.3 1.4 0.9 0.7 0.5 0.9 0.2 1.7

Credit intermediation and related activities

164.5 168.2 1.3 1.4 0.4 1.3 1.1 1.6 0.4 0.0 2.2

Insurance carriers and related activities

163.9 165.6 1.2 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.2 0.7 1.2 -0.1 1.0

Real estate and rental and leasing

161.9 162.6 0.9 1.0 1.0 1.2 0.1 0.6 0.8 1.4 0.4

Professional and business services

165.5 167.3 1.0 1.4 0.9 0.9 0.6 1.5 0.8 0.2 1.1

Professional, scientific, and technical services

166.0 168.0 0.9 1.3 0.9 0.7 0.7 1.4 0.8 0.0 1.2

Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services

166.5 168.4 1.2 1.3 0.9 1.0 0.7 1.1 0.9 0.7 1.1

Education and health services

166.5 167.6 1.4 1.2 1.1 1.2 1.0 1.1 1.0 1.2 0.7

Educational services

163.3 163.7 1.3 1.2 0.7 1.2 1.1 1.5 0.8 1.3 0.2

Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and professional schools

161.8 163.2 1.0 0.9 0.7 1.2 0.9 1.2 0.7 1.5 0.9

Health care and social assistance

167.2 168.4 1.4 1.2 1.2 1.3 0.9 1.1 1.0 1.1 0.7

Hospitals

168.2 169.6 1.3 1.3 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.4 1.0 1.0 0.8

Nursing and residential care facilities

166.2 167.4 1.2 1.3 1.0 1.5 0.8 1.1 0.9 0.7 0.7

Leisure and hospitality

178.2 180.2 1.2 1.3 1.0 0.8 0.9 0.5 1.4 0.6 1.1

Accommodation and food services

182.0 184.0 1.2 1.3 1.2 0.6 1.0 0.4 1.5 0.6 1.1

Other services, except public administration

170.5 172.6 0.8 1.6 1.3 1.2 1.0 1.8 1.0 0.6 1.2

State and local government workers

All workers

169.1 170.7 1.1 1.2 1.1 1.3 1.0 1.3 1.2 1.1 0.9

Industry

Education and health services

166.3 167.7 1.2 1.2 1.0 1.2 0.9 1.2 1.1 1.1 0.8

Educational services

165.3 166.7 1.2 1.2 1.0 1.1 0.9 1.1 1.1 1.1 0.8

Schools

165.3 166.6 1.1 1.2 1.0 1.1 0.9 1.1 1.1 1.2 0.8

Elementary and secondary schools

165.5 166.7 1.1 1.2 1.0 1.1 0.9 0.9 1.1 1.1 0.7

Health care and social assistance

173.6 175.6 1.3 1.1 1.0 1.3 0.7 1.7 1.1 0.9 1.2

Hospitals

169.5 171.4 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.4 0.6 1.7 1.2 0.8 1.1

Public administration

173.6 175.8 1.0 1.0 1.2 1.4 1.3 1.7 1.5 0.8 1.3

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

Last Modified Date: January 31, 2025