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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.
2019		 Dec.
2019		 Dec.
2017		 Mar.
2018		 Jun.
2018		 Sep.
2018		 Dec.
2018		 Mar.
2019		 Jun.
2019		 Sep.
2019		 Dec.
2019

Civilian workers

All workers(2)

 138.0 138.9 0.6 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.7

Industry

Goods-producing industries(3)

 135.1 135.9 0.5 0.8 0.6 0.3 0.6 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.6

Manufacturing

 134.5 135.4 0.5 0.7 0.6 0.2 0.6 0.9 0.6 0.6 0.7

Service-providing industries(4)

 138.7 139.6 0.6 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.5 0.8 0.6

Education and health services

 138.0 138.6 0.5 0.7 0.6 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.9 0.4

Educational services

 138.8 139.4 0.6 0.5 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.9 0.4

Elementary and secondary schools

 139.0 139.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.9 0.7 0.7 0.7 1.0 0.4

Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and professional schools

 138.4 139.2 0.5 0.5 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.6

Health care and social assistance(5)

 137.2 137.9 0.6 0.8 0.5 0.8 0.7 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.5

Hospitals

 137.6 138.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.9 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.7

Nursing and residential care facilities

 134.0 134.7 0.6 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.5 0.7 0.6 0.5

Public administration

 142.5 143.6 0.8 0.3 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.6 0.8 0.8

Private industry workers

All workers

 137.3 138.2 0.5 0.9 0.6 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.5 0.8 0.7

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related

 136.4 137.0 0.5 0.8 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.4

Management, business, and financial

 138.1 138.6 0.4 1.0 0.5 0.7 0.5 0.5 0.8 0.7 0.4

Professional and related

 135.1 135.8 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.4 0.4 0.7 0.5

Sales and office

 138.3 139.3 0.5 1.1 0.8 1.0 0.9 0.6 0.4 1.0 0.7

Sales and related

 133.9 135.0 0.5 1.3 0.6 1.2 1.0 0.5 0.2 1.2 0.8

Office and administrative support

 141.4 142.2 0.7 0.8 1.1 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.9 0.6

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 137.2 138.0 0.6 0.5 1.0 0.4 0.7 0.7 0.4 0.9 0.6

Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

 137.8 138.6 0.5 0.5 0.7 0.4 0.6 0.8 0.7 1.0 0.6

Installation, maintenance, and repair

 136.5 137.4 0.8 0.4 1.3 0.5 0.7 0.4 0.1 0.8 0.7

Production, transportation, and material moving

 138.0 139.4 0.6 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.7 1.0 0.7 0.6 1.0

Production

 135.1 136.1 0.5 0.7 0.7 0.3 0.6 0.9 0.7 0.5 0.7

Transportation and material moving

 141.7 143.5 0.8 1.0 0.7 0.8 0.7 1.2 0.6 0.7 1.3

Service occupations

 139.3 140.8 0.8 1.0 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.8 1.2 0.6 1.1

Industry

Goods-producing industries(3)

 135.1 135.9 0.5 0.7 0.7 0.3 0.5 0.9 0.7 0.8 0.6

Construction

 136.2 137.0 0.5 0.9 0.8 0.5 0.6 0.8 0.8 1.2 0.6

Manufacturing

 134.5 135.4 0.5 0.7 0.6 0.2 0.6 0.9 0.6 0.6 0.7

Aircraft manufacturing

 122.1 122.5 0.4 1.5 0.3 -6.7 0.3 0.6 0.4 0.3 0.3

Service-providing industries(5)

 138.0 138.9 0.6 0.9 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.7

Trade, transportation, and utilities

 140.0 141.1 0.8 1.0 0.6 1.1 0.7 0.8 0.5 0.7 0.8

Wholesale trade

 134.8 135.0 0.4 1.0 -0.1 1.8 0.7 0.8 -0.3 0.7 0.1

Retail trade

 140.8 142.1 0.8 1.0 1.0 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.9 0.6 0.9

Transportation and warehousing

 143.4 145.3 0.9 1.0 0.7 1.2 0.6 1.0 0.6 0.9 1.3

Utilities

 149.9 151.2 0.7 1.0 0.5 0.6 0.6 1.8 0.7 0.4 0.9

Information

 135.0 136.0 0.5 0.6 2.9 0.8 0.4 0.8 -1.0 0.4 0.7

Financial activities

 137.9 138.6 0.3 1.5 0.8 0.4 0.7 0.9 0.2 1.2 0.5

Finance and insurance

 138.4 139.2 0.5 1.5 0.8 0.4 0.6 0.9 0.2 1.4 0.6

Credit intermediation and related activities

 136.8 137.6 -0.1 1.2 0.7 0.4 0.6 1.0 0.4 1.5 0.6

Insurance carriers and related activities

 139.6 140.3 0.6 0.8 0.8 0.3 0.4 1.2 0.1 1.0 0.5

Real estate and rental and leasing

 135.8 136.3 0.1 1.2 0.3 0.6 0.8 1.0 0.3 0.7 0.4

Professional and business services

 138.2 139.0 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.9 0.6 0.3 0.9 0.7 0.6

Professional, scientific, and technical services

 140.4 141.0 0.4 0.7 0.1 1.2 0.5 0.1 0.9 0.7 0.4

Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services

 135.0 135.9 0.6 0.5 0.9 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.6 0.7

Education and health services

 136.5 137.2 0.6 0.8 0.5 0.8 0.7 0.4 0.6 0.7 0.5

Educational services

 137.0 137.4 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.8 0.5 0.4 0.5 1.1 0.3

Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and professional schools

 138.5 139.3 0.5 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.5 0.6 0.6

Health care and social assistance

 136.4 137.1 0.6 0.8 0.6 0.8 0.8 0.4 0.6 0.7 0.5

Hospitals

 137.2 138.0 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.5 1.0 0.5 0.7 0.7 0.6

Nursing and residential care facilities

 132.2 132.9 0.6 0.8 0.6 0.5 0.8 0.5 0.5 0.7 0.5

Leisure and hospitality

 138.7 140.4 0.7 1.1 0.5 1.1 1.3 0.4 0.8 0.7 1.2

Accommodations and food services

 140.3 142.0 0.7 1.2 0.6 0.9 1.2 0.7 1.1 0.9 1.2

Other services, except public administration

 137.7 139.4 0.5 1.1 0.6 0.0 1.2 1.0 1.0 -0.1 1.2

State and local government workers

All workers

 140.9 141.8 0.7 0.4 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.6

Industry

Education and health services

 139.7 140.3 0.6 0.5 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.9 0.4

Educational services

 139.3 139.9 0.5 0.5 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.9 0.4

Schools

 139.2 139.8 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.9 0.4

Elementary and secondary schools

 139.4 140.1 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.9 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.9 0.5

Health care and social assistance

 142.6 143.5 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.9 0.6 0.8 0.6

Hospitals

 139.7 140.6 0.5 0.4 0.6 0.5 0.7 1.2 0.4 0.9 0.6

Public administration

 142.5 143.6 0.8 0.3 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.6 0.8 0.8

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: January 31, 2020