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

Civilian workers

All workers(2)

 133.3 134.3 0.6 0.5 0.8 0.5 0.7 0.6 0.8 0.6 0.8

Industry

Goods-producing industries(3)

 130.8 131.2 0.3 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.9 0.5 0.8 0.6 0.3

Manufacturing

 130.7 130.9 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.6 1.0 0.5 0.7 0.6 0.2

Service-providing industries(4)

 133.9 135.1 0.6 0.5 0.8 0.5 0.7 0.5 0.9 0.6 0.9

Education and health services

 133.2 134.3 0.7 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.8

Educational services

 133.7 134.8 0.9 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.8

Elementary and secondary schools

 133.7 134.8 0.9 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.7 0.8

Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and professional schools

 133.8 134.5 0.6 0.6 0.8 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.7 0.5

Health care and social assistance(5)

 132.7 133.8 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.3 0.6 0.8 0.5 0.8

Hospitals

 133.0 133.8 0.5 0.7 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6

Nursing and residential care facilities

 130.0 130.8 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.6

Public administration

 137.1 138.3 0.7 0.5 0.8 0.6 0.5 0.9 0.2 0.7 0.9

Private industry workers

All workers

 132.7 133.7 0.5 0.5 0.8 0.5 0.8 0.5 1.0 0.6 0.8

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related

 132.5 133.2 0.6 0.5 0.7 0.7 0.5 0.5 0.8 0.5 0.5

Management, business, and financial

 133.9 134.5 0.6 0.9 0.7 0.8 0.5 0.5 1.1 0.5 0.4

Professional and related

 131.4 132.3 0.5 0.2 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.7

Sales and office

 132.9 134.3 0.2 0.5 0.8 0.2 1.0 0.5 1.2 0.7 1.1

Sales and related

 128.1 130.0 -0.4 0.1 1.1 -0.2 1.4 0.4 1.7 0.0 1.5

Office and administrative support

 136.4 137.4 0.6 0.7 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.5 0.9 1.2 0.7

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 133.3 133.7 0.3 0.8 0.5 0.9 0.7 0.7 0.3 1.1 0.3

Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

 133.2 133.7 0.2 0.9 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.7 0.4

Installation, maintenance, and repair

 133.3 133.8 0.6 0.5 0.3 1.1 0.7 0.8 0.2 1.5 0.4

Production, transportation, and material moving

 133.2 134.0 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.6 1.1 0.6 0.9 0.6 0.6

Production

 131.1 131.5 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.6 1.0 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.3

Transportation and material moving

 135.9 137.2 0.7 0.9 0.9 0.5 1.1 0.7 1.2 0.4 1.0

Service occupations

 133.4 134.5 0.8 0.6 0.9 0.6 0.6 0.8 1.1 0.7 0.8

Industry

Goods-producing industries(3)

 130.8 131.1 0.4 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.9 0.5 0.9 0.6 0.2

Construction

 131.2 131.6 0.0 0.8 0.9 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.9 1.0 0.3

Manufacturing

 130.7 130.9 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.6 1.0 0.5 0.7 0.6 0.2

Aircraft manufacturing

 128.7 120.1 -0.8 1.2 1.5 0.7 8.4 0.5 1.6 0.2 -6.7

Service-providing industries(5)

 133.4 134.5 0.6 0.4 0.8 0.6 0.7 0.5 1.0 0.7 0.8

Trade, transportation, and utilities

 134.8 136.4 0.4 0.5 1.0 0.5 0.8 0.6 1.1 0.6 1.2

Wholesale trade(6)

 129.9 132.2 -0.1 -0.1 1.5 0.3 0.8 0.4 1.0 -0.1 1.8

Retail trade

 135.9 137.0 0.6 0.7 1.0 0.4 0.8 0.6 1.1 1.0 0.8

Transportation and warehousing

 137.3 139.0 0.5 1.1 0.6 0.5 1.0 0.8 1.3 0.4 1.2

Utilities

 143.9 144.8 0.7 0.8 0.6 0.5 0.7 0.6 1.1 0.3 0.6

Information

 133.3 134.4 0.7 0.6 0.4 1.0 0.7 0.3 0.6 3.0 0.8

Financial activities

 133.5 133.7 1.2 0.6 0.4 0.9 0.4 0.2 1.7 0.9 0.1

Finance and insurance

 134.0 134.1 1.4 0.5 0.5 0.9 0.4 0.2 1.8 1.1 0.1

Credit intermediation and related activities

 131.8 132.2 1.4 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.4 -0.1 1.2 0.8 0.3

Insurance carriers and related activities

 135.9 135.8 1.3 0.3 0.8 1.1 0.0 0.5 0.9 1.3 -0.1

Real estate and rental and leasing

 131.2 132.0 0.8 0.7 0.3 0.9 0.7 0.2 1.2 0.3 0.6

Professional and business services

 133.6 134.8 0.2 0.2 0.7 0.7 1.1 0.5 0.8 0.4 0.9

Professional, scientific, and technical services

 135.6 137.4 0.0 0.4 0.8 0.8 1.1 0.4 0.7 0.0 1.3

Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services

 130.4 131.2 0.3 -0.6 0.6 0.6 1.3 0.6 0.5 0.9 0.6

Education and health services

 132.1 133.2 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.3 0.6 0.8 0.5 0.8

Educational services

 132.5 133.5 0.3 0.7 0.6 0.3 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.8

Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and professional schools

 134.3 135.1 0.4 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.7 0.8 0.6

Health care and social assistance

 132.0 133.1 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.2 0.6 0.9 0.5 0.8

Hospitals

 132.7 133.5 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6

Nursing and residential care facilities

 128.3 129.0 0.7 0.7 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.8 0.6 0.5

Leisure and hospitality

 132.9 134.1 1.0 0.6 1.7 0.5 0.6 0.7 1.4 0.4 0.9

Accommodations and food services

 133.9 134.9 1.1 0.5 1.8 0.6 0.5 0.7 1.4 0.5 0.7

Other services, except public administration

 133.7 133.7 0.8 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.6 1.1 0.6 0.0

State and local government workers

All workers

 135.7 136.8 0.8 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.7 0.7 0.4 0.7 0.8

Industry

Education and health services

 134.5 135.5 0.9 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.7 0.7

Educational services

 134.1 135.1 0.9 0.5 0.7 0.5 0.5 0.7 0.5 0.7 0.7

Schools

 134.0 135.0 0.9 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.7 0.7

Elementary and secondary schools

 134.1 135.3 1.0 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.7 0.9

Health care and social assistance

 137.4 138.3 0.5 0.5 0.3 0.4 0.9 0.7 0.5 0.6 0.7

Hospitals

 134.5 135.2 0.5 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.9 0.7 0.3 0.5 0.5

Public administration

 137.1 138.3 0.7 0.5 0.8 0.6 0.5 0.9 0.2 0.7 0.9

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: October 31, 2018