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

Civilian workers

All workers(2)

 140.0 140.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.5

Industry

Goods-producing industries(3)

 136.7 137.7 0.7 0.3 0.6 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.5 0.7

Manufacturing

 136.2 137.1 0.6 0.2 0.6 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.5 0.7

Service-providing industries(4)

 140.8 141.4 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.9 0.4

Education and health services

 139.7 140.0 0.6 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.5 0.8 0.2

Educational services

 140.4 141.4 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.9 0.6 0.6 0.7

Elementary and secondary schools

 140.7 141.5 0.6 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.9 0.6 0.7 0.6

Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and professional schools

 140.0 140.9 0.7 0.5 0.8 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6

Health care and social assistance

 138.9 138.7 0.5 0.8 0.7 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.5 0.7 -0.1

Hospitals

 139.3 140.3 0.6 0.5 0.9 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.7

Nursing and residential care facilities

 135.6 136.6 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.4 0.7 0.7

Public administration

 144.7 145.6 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.9 0.6 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.6

Private industry workers

All workers

 139.3 139.9 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.4

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related

 137.9 138.3 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.7 0.3

Management, business, and financial

 139.5 140.1 0.5 0.5 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.4

Professional and related

 136.8 137.0 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.1

Sales and office

 140.5 141.5 1.0 0.8 0.9 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.9 0.7

Sales and related

 136.6 137.9 0.9 0.9 1.1 0.5 0.5 0.9 0.8 1.3 1.0

Office and administrative support

 143.1 143.9 1.1 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 139.4 139.7 1.0 0.4 0.7 0.7 0.4 0.8 0.7 1.0 0.2

Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

 140.4 139.6 0.7 0.4 0.6 0.8 0.7 0.9 0.7 1.2 -0.6

Installation, maintenance, and repair

 138.4 139.8 1.4 0.4 0.6 0.5 0.1 0.7 0.6 0.8 1.0

Production, transportation, and material moving

 140.4 141.7 0.7 0.7 0.6 1.0 0.7 0.7 0.9 0.7 0.9

Production

 137.1 138.5 0.7 0.4 0.5 0.9 0.7 0.5 0.7 0.7 1.0

Transportation and material moving

 144.3 145.7 0.7 1.0 0.7 1.1 0.7 0.8 1.2 0.6 1.0

Service occupations

 141.9 143.1 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.9 1.0 0.7 1.1 0.8 0.8

Industry

Goods-producing industries(3)

 136.6 137.6 0.7 0.3 0.6 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.6 0.5 0.7

Construction

 137.7 139.0 0.9 0.4 0.7 0.8 0.9 1.0 0.7 0.5 0.9

Manufacturing

 136.2 137.1 0.6 0.2 0.6 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.5 0.7

Aircraft manufacturing

 120.5 122.3 0.3 -6.7 0.2 0.7 0.4 0.3 0.2 -1.6 1.5

Service-providing industries(5)

 140.1 140.6 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.9 0.4

Trade, transportation, and utilities

 142.1 143.1 0.6 1.2 0.6 0.8 0.5 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.7

Wholesale trade

 136.6 137.6 -0.1 1.8 0.7 0.8 -0.3 0.7 0.1 1.2 0.7

Retail trade

 143.0 143.7 1.0 0.9 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.6 0.5

Transportation and warehousing

 146.1 147.4 0.7 1.1 0.6 0.9 0.8 0.8 1.3 0.6 0.9

Utilities

 151.4 152.8 0.5 0.8 0.6 1.6 0.7 0.6 0.8 0.1 0.9

Information

 137.0 138.2 3.1 0.8 0.4 0.5 -0.9 0.4 0.8 0.6 0.9

Financial activities

 139.7 140.5 0.9 0.3 0.6 0.9 0.4 1.2 0.5 0.8 0.6

Finance and insurance

 140.4 141.1 1.0 0.2 0.5 1.0 0.3 1.2 0.6 0.9 0.5

Credit intermediation and related activities

 138.6 139.9 0.7 0.3 0.8 0.9 0.4 1.4 0.6 0.7 0.9

Insurance carriers and related activities

 140.7 141.7 1.0 0.1 0.4 1.2 0.3 0.9 0.6 0.3 0.7

Real estate and rental and leasing

 136.6 137.8 0.5 0.6 1.0 0.7 0.5 0.7 0.5 0.1 0.9

Professional and business services

 140.5 140.7 0.4 0.8 0.6 0.4 0.8 0.7 0.6 1.2 0.1

Professional, scientific, and technical services

 142.9 142.4 0.1 1.1 0.6 0.2 0.8 0.6 0.6 1.3 -0.3

Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services

 137.3 138.2 0.9 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.6 0.6 1.1 0.7

Education and health services

 138.3 138.1 0.5 0.8 0.7 0.4 0.6 0.7 0.5 0.8 -0.1

Educational services

 138.8 139.7 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.4 0.6 1.0 0.4 1.0 0.6

Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and professional schools

 140.6 141.2 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.9 0.4

Health care and social assistance

 138.2 137.8 0.5 0.8 0.8 0.4 0.6 0.7 0.5 0.8 -0.3

Hospitals

 138.7 139.7 0.6 0.5 0.9 0.5 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.7

Nursing and residential care facilities

 133.8 134.7 0.6 0.5 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.8 0.7

Leisure and hospitality

 141.8 142.9 0.4 0.8 1.3 0.8 0.7 0.5 1.1 1.2 0.8

Accommodations and food services

 143.7 144.8 0.4 0.7 1.1 1.1 0.9 0.6 1.1 1.4 0.8

Other services, except public administration

 140.4 140.9 0.5 0.2 1.1 1.0 0.9 0.1 1.2 0.6 0.4

State and local government workers

All workers

 142.8 143.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.6 0.7 0.6

Industry

Education and health services

 141.3 142.2 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.9 0.6 0.6 0.6

Educational services

 140.9 141.8 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.9 0.6 0.6 0.6

Schools

 140.8 141.7 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.9 0.6 0.6 0.6

Elementary and secondary schools

 141.1 142.0 0.6 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.9 0.6 0.7 0.6

Health care and social assistance

 144.6 145.5 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.6 0.8 0.6

Hospitals

 141.8 142.7 0.7 0.5 0.8 1.0 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.6

Public administration

 144.7 145.6 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.9 0.6 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.6

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: July 31, 2020