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.
2018		 Jun.
2018		 Jun.
2016		 Sep.
2016		 Dec.
2016		 Mar.
2017		 Jun.
2017		 Sep.
2017		 Dec.
2017		 Mar.
2018		 Jun.
2018

Civilian workers

All workers(2)

 132.5 133.3 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.8 0.5 0.7 0.6 0.8 0.6

Industry

Goods-producing industries(3)

 130.0 130.8 0.6 0.3 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.9 0.5 0.8 0.6

Manufacturing

 129.9 130.7 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.6 1.0 0.5 0.7 0.6

Service-providing industries(4)

 133.1 133.9 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.8 0.5 0.7 0.5 0.9 0.6

Education and health services

 132.4 133.2 0.6 0.7 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.6 0.7 0.6

Educational services

 132.9 133.7 0.6 0.9 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.6

Elementary and secondary schools

 132.8 133.7 0.6 0.9 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.7

Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and professional schools

 132.9 133.8 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.8 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.7

Health care and social assistance(5)

 132.0 132.7 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.3 0.6 0.8 0.5

Hospitals

 132.4 133.0 0.6 0.5 0.7 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5

Nursing and residential care facilities

 129.1 130.0 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.7

Public administration

 136.2 137.1 0.5 0.7 0.5 0.8 0.6 0.5 0.9 0.2 0.7

Private industry workers

All workers

 131.9 132.7 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.8 0.5 0.8 0.5 1.0 0.6

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related

 131.8 132.5 0.2 0.6 0.5 0.7 0.7 0.5 0.5 0.8 0.5

Management, business, and financial

 133.2 133.9 0.2 0.6 0.9 0.7 0.8 0.5 0.5 1.1 0.5

Professional and related

 130.7 131.4 0.3 0.5 0.2 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.5

Sales and office

 132.0 132.9 1.0 0.2 0.5 0.8 0.2 1.0 0.5 1.2 0.7

Sales and related

 128.1 128.1 1.5 -0.4 0.1 1.1 -0.2 1.4 0.4 1.7 0.0

Office and administrative support

 134.8 136.4 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.5 0.9 1.2

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 131.8 133.3 0.6 0.3 0.8 0.5 0.9 0.7 0.7 0.3 1.1

Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

 132.3 133.2 0.9 0.2 0.9 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.7

Installation, maintenance, and repair

 131.3 133.3 0.3 0.6 0.5 0.3 1.1 0.7 0.8 0.2 1.5

Production, transportation, and material moving

 132.4 133.2 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.6 1.1 0.6 0.9 0.6

Production

 130.2 131.1 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.6 1.0 0.6 0.7 0.7

Transportation and material moving

 135.3 135.9 0.6 0.7 0.9 0.9 0.5 1.1 0.7 1.2 0.4

Service occupations

 132.5 133.4 1.0 0.8 0.6 0.9 0.6 0.6 0.8 1.1 0.7

Industry

Goods-producing industries(3)

 130.0 130.8 0.6 0.4 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.9 0.5 0.9 0.6

Construction

 129.9 131.2 0.7 0.0 0.8 0.9 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.9 1.0

Manufacturing

 129.9 130.7 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.6 1.0 0.5 0.7 0.6

Aircraft manufacturing

 128.4 128.7 0.5 -0.8 1.2 1.5 0.7 8.4 0.5 1.6 0.2

Service-providing industries(5)

 132.5 133.4 0.6 0.6 0.4 0.8 0.6 0.7 0.5 1.0 0.7

Trade, transportation, and utilities

 134.0 134.8 0.7 0.4 0.5 1.0 0.5 0.8 0.6 1.1 0.6

Wholesale trade(6)

 130.0 129.9 0.6 -0.1 -0.1 1.5 0.3 0.8 0.4 1.0 -0.1

Retail trade

 134.5 135.9 0.8 0.6 0.7 1.0 0.4 0.8 0.6 1.1 1.0

Transportation and warehousing

 136.7 137.3 0.6 0.5 1.1 0.6 0.5 1.0 0.8 1.3 0.4

Utilities

 143.4 143.9 0.5 0.7 0.8 0.6 0.5 0.7 0.6 1.1 0.3

Information

 129.4 133.3 0.0 0.7 0.6 0.4 1.0 0.7 0.3 0.6 3.0

Financial activities

 132.3 133.5 0.7 1.2 0.6 0.4 0.9 0.4 0.2 1.7 0.9

Finance and insurance

 132.6 134.0 0.7 1.4 0.5 0.5 0.9 0.4 0.2 1.8 1.1

Credit intermediation and related activities

 130.8 131.8 0.3 1.4 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.4 -0.1 1.2 0.8

Insurance carriers and related activities

 134.2 135.9 0.6 1.3 0.3 0.8 1.1 0.0 0.5 0.9 1.3

Real estate and rental and leasing

 130.8 131.2 0.6 0.8 0.7 0.3 0.9 0.7 0.2 1.2 0.3

Professional and business services

 133.1 133.6 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.7 0.7 1.1 0.5 0.8 0.4

Professional, scientific, and technical services

 135.6 135.6 0.5 0.0 0.4 0.8 0.8 1.1 0.4 0.7 0.0

Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services

 129.3 130.4 0.4 0.3 -0.6 0.6 0.6 1.3 0.6 0.5 0.9

Education and health services

 131.4 132.1 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.3 0.6 0.8 0.5

Educational services

 131.7 132.5 0.6 0.3 0.7 0.6 0.3 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.6

Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and professional schools

 133.2 134.3 0.5 0.4 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.7 0.8

Health care and social assistance

 131.4 132.0 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.2 0.6 0.9 0.5

Hospitals

 132.0 132.7 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5

Nursing and residential care facilities

 127.5 128.3 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.8 0.6

Leisure and hospitality

 132.4 132.9 0.9 1.0 0.6 1.7 0.5 0.6 0.7 1.4 0.4

Accommodations and food services

 133.3 133.9 1.1 1.1 0.5 1.8 0.6 0.5 0.7 1.4 0.5

Other services, except public administration

 132.9 133.7 0.9 0.8 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.6 1.1 0.6

State and local government workers

All workers

 134.8 135.7 0.5 0.8 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.7 0.7 0.4 0.7

Industry

Education and health services

 133.6 134.5 0.6 0.9 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.7

Educational services

 133.2 134.1 0.6 0.9 0.5 0.7 0.5 0.5 0.7 0.5 0.7

Schools

 133.1 134.0 0.6 0.9 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.7

Elementary and secondary schools

 133.2 134.1 0.6 1.0 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.7

Health care and social assistance

 136.6 137.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.3 0.4 0.9 0.7 0.5 0.6

Hospitals

 133.8 134.5 0.7 0.5 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.9 0.7 0.3 0.5

Public administration

 136.2 137.1 0.5 0.7 0.5 0.8 0.6 0.5 0.9 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.
(6) The private wholesale trade industry compensation series is seasonal as of the 2018 seasonal adjustment revision. Historical data for this series are published beginning with 2002.

SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey

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Last Modified Date: July 31, 2018