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

Civilian workers

All workers(2)

 137.0 138.0 0.7 0.6 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.7

Industry

Goods-producing industries(3)

 134.0 135.1 0.9 0.5 0.8 0.6 0.3 0.6 0.8 0.7 0.8

Manufacturing

 133.7 134.5 1.0 0.5 0.7 0.6 0.2 0.6 0.9 0.6 0.6

Service-providing industries(4)

 137.6 138.7 0.7 0.6 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.5 0.8

Education and health services

 136.8 138.0 0.5 0.5 0.7 0.6 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.9

Educational services

 137.5 138.8 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.9

Elementary and secondary schools

 137.6 139.0 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.9 0.7 0.7 0.7 1.0

Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and professional schools

 137.4 138.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.7

Health care and social assistance(5)

 136.2 137.2 0.3 0.6 0.8 0.5 0.8 0.7 0.5 0.6 0.7

Hospitals

 136.7 137.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.9 0.7 0.6 0.7

Nursing and residential care facilities

 133.2 134.0 0.7 0.6 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.5 0.7 0.6

Public administration

 141.4 142.5 0.4 0.8 0.3 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.6 0.8

Private industry workers

All workers

 136.2 137.3 0.8 0.5 0.9 0.6 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.5 0.8

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related

 135.5 136.4 0.5 0.5 0.8 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.7

Management, business, and financial

 137.2 138.1 0.6 0.4 1.0 0.5 0.7 0.5 0.5 0.8 0.7

Professional and related

 134.2 135.1 0.4 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.4 0.4 0.7

Sales and office

 136.9 138.3 0.9 0.5 1.1 0.8 1.0 0.9 0.6 0.4 1.0

Sales and related

 132.3 133.9 1.1 0.5 1.3 0.6 1.2 1.0 0.5 0.2 1.2

Office and administrative support

 140.2 141.4 0.7 0.7 0.8 1.1 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.9

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 136.0 137.2 0.8 0.6 0.5 1.0 0.4 0.7 0.7 0.4 0.9

Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

 136.5 137.8 0.8 0.5 0.5 0.7 0.4 0.6 0.8 0.7 1.0

Installation, maintenance, and repair

 135.4 136.5 0.8 0.8 0.4 1.3 0.5 0.7 0.4 0.1 0.8

Production, transportation, and material moving

 137.2 138.0 1.1 0.6 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.7 1.0 0.7 0.6

Production

 134.4 135.1 1.1 0.5 0.7 0.7 0.3 0.6 0.9 0.7 0.5

Transportation and material moving

 140.7 141.7 1.0 0.8 1.0 0.7 0.8 0.7 1.2 0.6 0.7

Service occupations

 138.5 139.3 0.6 0.8 1.0 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.8 1.2 0.6

Industry

Goods-producing industries(3)

 134.0 135.1 0.9 0.5 0.7 0.7 0.3 0.5 0.9 0.7 0.8

Construction

 134.6 136.2 0.6 0.5 0.9 0.8 0.5 0.6 0.8 0.8 1.2

Manufacturing

 133.7 134.5 1.0 0.5 0.7 0.6 0.2 0.6 0.9 0.6 0.6

Aircraft manufacturing

 121.7 122.1 8.5 0.4 1.5 0.3 -6.7 0.3 0.6 0.4 0.3

Service-providing industries(5)

 137.0 138.0 0.7 0.6 0.9 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.7

Trade, transportation, and utilities

 139.0 140.0 0.8 0.8 1.0 0.6 1.1 0.7 0.8 0.5 0.7

Wholesale trade

 133.8 134.8 0.8 0.4 1.0 -0.1 1.8 0.7 0.8 -0.3 0.7

Retail trade

 139.9 140.8 0.9 0.8 1.0 1.0 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.9 0.6

Transportation and warehousing

 142.1 143.4 0.9 0.9 1.0 0.7 1.2 0.6 1.0 0.6 0.9

Utilities

 149.3 149.9 0.7 0.7 1.0 0.5 0.6 0.6 1.8 0.7 0.4

Information

 134.5 135.0 0.5 0.5 0.6 2.9 0.8 0.4 0.8 -1.0 0.4

Financial activities

 136.2 137.9 0.6 0.3 1.5 0.8 0.4 0.7 0.9 0.2 1.2

Finance and insurance

 136.5 138.4 0.5 0.5 1.5 0.8 0.4 0.6 0.9 0.2 1.4

Credit intermediation and related activities

 134.8 136.8 0.5 -0.1 1.2 0.7 0.4 0.6 1.0 0.4 1.5

Insurance carriers and related activities

 138.2 139.6 0.3 0.6 0.8 0.8 0.3 0.4 1.2 0.1 1.0

Real estate and rental and leasing

 134.8 135.8 0.8 0.1 1.2 0.3 0.6 0.8 1.0 0.3 0.7

Professional and business services

 137.2 138.2 1.0 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.9 0.6 0.3 0.9 0.7

Professional, scientific, and technical services

 139.4 140.4 1.0 0.4 0.7 0.1 1.2 0.5 0.1 0.9 0.7

Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services

 134.2 135.0 1.3 0.6 0.5 0.9 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.6

Education and health services

 135.5 136.5 0.3 0.6 0.8 0.5 0.8 0.7 0.4 0.6 0.7

Educational services

 135.5 137.0 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.8 0.5 0.4 0.5 1.1

Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and professional schools

 137.7 138.5 0.7 0.5 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.5 0.6

Health care and social assistance

 135.5 136.4 0.2 0.6 0.8 0.6 0.8 0.8 0.4 0.6 0.7

Hospitals

 136.3 137.2 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.5 1.0 0.5 0.7 0.7

Nursing and residential care facilities

 131.3 132.2 0.6 0.6 0.8 0.6 0.5 0.8 0.5 0.5 0.7

Leisure and hospitality

 137.7 138.7 0.6 0.7 1.1 0.5 1.1 1.3 0.4 0.8 0.7

Accommodations and food services

 139.1 140.3 0.5 0.7 1.2 0.6 0.9 1.2 0.7 1.1 0.9

Other services, except public administration

 137.9 137.7 0.8 0.5 1.1 0.6 0.0 1.2 1.0 1.0 -0.1

State and local government workers

All workers

 139.8 140.9 0.6 0.7 0.4 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.8

Industry

Education and health services

 138.4 139.7 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.9

Educational services

 138.0 139.3 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.9

Schools

 137.9 139.2 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.9

Elementary and secondary schools

 138.1 139.4 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.9 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.9

Health care and social assistance

 141.4 142.6 1.0 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.9 0.6 0.8

Hospitals

 138.5 139.7 0.9 0.5 0.4 0.6 0.5 0.7 1.2 0.4 0.9

Public administration

 141.4 142.5 0.4 0.8 0.3 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.6 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: October 31, 2019