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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.
2020		 Dec.
2020		 Dec.
2018		 Mar.
2019		 Jun.
2019		 Sep.
2019		 Dec.
2019		 Mar.
2020		 Jun.
2020		 Sep.
2020		 Dec.
2020

Civilian workers

All workers(2)

 141.4 142.4 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.5 0.5 0.7

Industry

Goods-producing industries(3)

 138.1 139.1 0.6 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.5 0.7 0.3 0.7

Manufacturing

 137.7 138.6 0.6 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.5 0.7 0.4 0.7

Service-providing industries(4)

 142.1 143.2 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.9 0.4 0.5 0.8

Education and health services

 140.9 141.7 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.5 0.8 0.2 0.6 0.6

Educational services

 141.7 142.5 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.9 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.2 0.6

Elementary and secondary schools

 142.2 143.1 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.9 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.6

Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and professional schools

 140.4 141.0 0.8 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6 -0.4 0.4

Health care and social assistance

 140.2 140.9 0.7 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.5 0.7 -0.1 1.1 0.5

Hospitals

 141.0 141.6 0.9 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.5 0.4

Nursing and residential care facilities

 137.5 138.6 0.7 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.4 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.8

Public administration

 146.3 147.1 0.7 0.9 0.6 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.6 0.5 0.5

Private industry workers

All workers

 140.6 141.8 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.4 0.5 0.9

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related

 138.9 139.7 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.7 0.3 0.4 0.6

Management, business, and financial

 140.5 141.2 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.4 0.3 0.5

Professional and related

 137.8 138.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.1 0.6 0.6

Sales and office

 141.7 143.6 0.9 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.9 0.7 0.1 1.3

Sales and related

 137.3 140.0 1.1 0.5 0.5 0.9 0.8 1.3 1.0 -0.4 2.0

Office and administrative support

 144.7 146.0 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.9

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 140.5 141.4 0.7 0.7 0.4 0.8 0.7 1.0 0.2 0.6 0.6

Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

 140.3 141.3 0.6 0.8 0.7 0.9 0.7 1.2 -0.6 0.5 0.7

Installation, maintenance, and repair

 140.6 141.5 0.6 0.5 0.1 0.7 0.6 0.8 1.0 0.6 0.6

Production, transportation, and material moving

 142.6 144.1 0.6 1.0 0.7 0.7 0.9 0.7 0.9 0.6 1.1

Production

 139.4 140.4 0.5 0.9 0.7 0.5 0.7 0.7 1.0 0.6 0.7

Transportation and material moving

 146.7 148.6 0.7 1.1 0.7 0.8 1.2 0.6 1.0 0.7 1.3

Service occupations

 144.4 145.8 0.9 0.9 1.0 0.7 1.1 0.8 0.8 0.9 1.0

Industry

Goods-producing industries(3)

 138.1 139.0 0.6 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.6 0.5 0.7 0.4 0.7

Construction

 139.4 140.4 0.7 0.8 0.9 1.0 0.7 0.5 0.9 0.3 0.7

Manufacturing

 137.7 138.6 0.6 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.5 0.7 0.4 0.7

Aircraft manufacturing

 123.4 123.9 0.2 0.7 0.4 0.3 0.2 -1.6 1.5 0.9 0.4

Service-providing industries(5)

 141.4 142.6 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.9 0.4 0.6 0.8

Trade, transportation, and utilities

 143.7 145.4 0.6 0.8 0.5 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.4 1.2

Wholesale trade

 138.0 138.1 0.7 0.8 -0.3 0.7 0.1 1.2 0.7 0.3 0.1

Retail trade

 144.6 147.2 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.6 0.5 0.6 1.8

Transportation and warehousing

 147.9 150.0 0.6 0.9 0.8 0.8 1.3 0.6 0.9 0.3 1.4

Utilities

 153.5 154.9 0.6 1.6 0.7 0.6 0.8 0.1 0.9 0.5 0.9

Information

 138.9 140.5 0.4 0.5 -0.9 0.4 0.8 0.6 0.9 0.5 1.2

Financial activities

 141.0 141.9 0.6 0.9 0.4 1.2 0.5 0.8 0.6 0.4 0.6

Finance and insurance

 141.5 142.5 0.5 1.0 0.3 1.2 0.6 0.9 0.5 0.3 0.7

Credit intermediation and related activities

 140.5 141.1 0.8 0.9 0.4 1.4 0.6 0.7 0.9 0.4 0.4

Insurance carriers and related activities

 142.6 143.8 0.4 1.2 0.3 0.9 0.6 0.3 0.7 0.6 0.8

Real estate and rental and leasing

 138.7 139.0 1.0 0.7 0.5 0.7 0.5 0.1 0.9 0.7 0.2

Professional and business services

 141.2 142.6 0.6 0.4 0.8 0.7 0.6 1.2 0.1 0.4 1.0

Professional, scientific, and technical services

 142.8 144.4 0.6 0.2 0.8 0.6 0.6 1.3 -0.3 0.3 1.1

Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services

 139.0 140.4 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.6 0.6 1.1 0.7 0.6 1.0

Education and health services

 139.4 140.2 0.7 0.4 0.6 0.7 0.5 0.8 -0.1 0.9 0.6

Educational services

 139.2 140.2 0.6 0.4 0.6 1.0 0.4 1.0 0.6 -0.4 0.7

Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and professional schools

 140.0 140.6 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.9 0.4 -0.8 0.4

Health care and social assistance

 139.4 140.2 0.8 0.4 0.6 0.7 0.5 0.8 -0.3 1.2 0.6

Hospitals

 140.5 141.1 0.9 0.5 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.7 0.6 0.4

Nursing and residential care facilities

 135.8 136.8 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.7

Leisure and hospitality

 144.3 144.8 1.3 0.8 0.7 0.5 1.1 1.2 0.8 1.0 0.3

Accommodations and food services

 146.5 147.4 1.1 1.1 0.9 0.6 1.1 1.4 0.8 1.2 0.6

Other services, except public administration

 141.7 142.6 1.1 1.0 0.9 0.1 1.2 0.6 0.4 0.6 0.6

State and local government workers

All workers

 144.3 145.0 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.4 0.5

Industry

Education and health services

 142.7 143.5 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.9 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.4 0.6

Educational services

 142.3 143.0 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.9 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.4 0.5

Schools

 142.2 143.0 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.9 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.4 0.6

Elementary and secondary schools

 142.7 143.5 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.9 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.6

Health care and social assistance

 145.8 146.7 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.6 0.8 0.6 0.2 0.6

Hospitals

 143.1 143.8 0.8 1.0 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.6 0.3 0.5

Public administration

 146.3 147.1 0.7 0.9 0.6 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.6 0.5 0.5

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 29, 2021