Table 2. Seasonally adjusted: Employment Cost Index for wages and salaries, by ownership, occupational group, and industry

Table 2. Employment Cost Index for wages and salaries, by occupational group and industry [Seasonally adjusted]
Occupational group and industry Indexes (Dec. 2005=100) Percent changes for 3-months ended-
Mar.
2019		 Jun.
2019		 Jun.
2017		 Sep.
2017		 Dec.
2017		 Mar.
2018		 Jun.
2018		 Sep.
2018		 Dec.
2018		 Mar.
2019		 Jun.
2019

Civilian workers

All workers(1)

 134.8 135.7 0.5 0.7 0.6 0.8 0.5 0.9 0.7 0.7 0.7

Industry

Goods-producing industries(2)

 134.1 135.2 0.5 0.7 0.6 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.8 0.8 0.8

Manufacturing

 134.2 135.1 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.8 0.9 0.7

Service-providing industries(3)

 135.0 135.8 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.8 0.6 0.9 0.7 0.7 0.6

Education and health services

 132.1 132.9 0.6 0.4 0.6 0.7 0.5 0.8 0.7 0.5 0.6

Educational services

 129.4 130.1 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.8 0.5 0.5 0.5

Elementary and secondary schools

 128.2 128.7 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.9 0.6 0.5 0.4

Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and professional schools

 131.7 132.5 0.2 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.6

Health care and social assistance

 135.0 135.8 0.7 0.2 0.7 0.9 0.6 0.9 0.7 0.4 0.6

Hospitals

 134.9 135.7 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.4 1.1 0.5 0.6

Nursing and residential care facilities

 132.3 133.1 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.9 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.6 0.6

Public administration

 131.6 132.5 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.7

Private industry workers

All workers

 135.9 136.7 0.6 0.8 0.6 0.9 0.6 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.6

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related

 135.4 136.3 0.8 0.5 0.5 0.8 0.5 0.8 0.5 0.5 0.7

Professional and related

 134.4 135.1 0.8 0.2 0.7 0.7 0.5 0.8 0.6 0.4 0.5

Sales and office

 136.4 137.0 0.4 1.0 0.6 1.2 0.8 1.1 0.9 0.7 0.4

Sales and related

 132.8 133.1 0.3 1.3 0.5 1.4 0.5 1.4 1.0 0.7 0.2

Office and administrative support

 139.1 140.0 0.5 0.8 0.8 0.9 1.0 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.6

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 134.3 135.3 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.7 0.7 0.7

Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

 134.8 135.8 0.4 0.9 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.7 0.8 0.8

Installation, maintenance, and repair

 133.7 134.8 1.0 0.6 0.8 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.7 0.5 0.8

Production, transportation, and material moving

 137.0 137.9 0.7 0.9 0.8 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.8 1.2 0.7

Production

 134.3 135.3 0.7 1.0 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.9 0.8

Transportation and material moving

 140.0 140.9 0.8 1.1 0.8 1.1 0.7 1.0 0.9 1.6 0.7

Service occupations(4)

 138.0 139.7 0.7 0.7 1.0 0.9 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.1 1.2

Industry

Goods-producing industries(2)

 134.2 135.2 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.7

Construction

 133.5 134.6 0.4 0.7 0.5 1.0 0.8 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.9

Manufacturing

 134.2 135.1 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.8 0.9 0.7

Aircraft manufacturing

 143.0 143.7 0.8 0.7 0.5 0.6 0.4 0.4 0.8 0.3 0.5

Service-providing industries(4)

 136.4 137.2 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.9 0.6 0.9 0.7 0.7 0.6

Trade, transportation, and utilities

 137.5 138.1 0.4 0.8 0.7 1.1 0.5 1.3 0.7 1.0 0.4

Retail trade

 139.3 140.6 0.5 0.8 0.8 1.0 0.9 0.8 0.5 1.0 0.9

Transportation and warehousing

 140.7 141.4 0.5 0.9 1.0 1.1 0.7 1.4 0.7 1.3 0.5

Utilities

 143.3 144.6 0.5 0.5 0.7 0.8 0.5 0.4 0.6 0.9 0.9

Information

 132.9 133.5 0.9 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.9 0.8 0.5 1.0 0.5

Financial activities

 136.8 136.7 0.9 0.7 0.7 1.6 0.6 0.3 0.6 1.0 -0.1

Finance and insurance

 137.6 137.5 0.9 0.6 0.8 1.7 0.7 0.3 0.6 1.0 -0.1

Credit intermediation and related activities

 133.6 133.9 0.7 0.6 0.4 1.2 0.7 0.4 0.5 1.2 0.2

Insurance carriers and related activities

 137.2 136.9 0.8 0.2 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.1 0.4 1.3 -0.2

Professional and business services

 136.6 137.9 0.7 1.1 0.5 0.7 0.5 1.0 0.7 0.4 1.0

Professional, scientific, and technical services

 138.6 140.1 0.7 1.1 0.4 0.7 0.2 1.5 0.5 0.0 1.1

Education and health services

 134.8 135.6 0.6 0.2 0.7 0.9 0.5 0.9 0.8 0.4 0.6

Educational services

 133.3 134.0 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.8 0.4 0.5 0.5

Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and professional schools

 134.5 135.3 0.4 0.8 0.5 0.5 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6

Health care and social assistance

 135.1 135.9 0.7 0.2 0.7 0.9 0.7 0.9 0.7 0.4 0.6

Nursing and residential care facilities

 132.3 133.1 0.7 0.6 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.9 0.6 0.6

Leisure and hospitality

 139.5 140.9 0.8 0.7 0.8 1.2 0.7 1.1 1.5 0.6 1.0

Accommodations and food service

 140.2 141.9 0.8 0.5 0.8 1.3 0.7 1.0 1.3 0.8 1.2

Other services, except public administration

 137.0 138.5 0.5 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.7 -0.1 1.3 1.0 1.1

State and local government workers

All workers

 130.3 131.0 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.5

Industry

Education and health services

 129.3 130.0 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.8 0.5 0.5 0.5

Educational services

 128.7 129.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.6 0.8 0.6 0.5 0.5

Schools

 128.7 129.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.8 0.5 0.5 0.5

Elementary and secondary schools

 128.1 128.7 0.6 0.4 0.4 0.6 0.5 0.9 0.5 0.5 0.5

Health care and social assistance

 134.1 134.7 0.5 0.8 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.4

Hospitals

 133.0 133.4 0.6 0.9 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.6 0.8 0.3

Public administration

 131.6 132.5 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.7

Footnotes
(1) Includes workers in the private nonfarm economy except those in private households, and workers in the public sector, except the federal government.
(2) Includes mining, construction, and manufacturing.
(3) 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.
(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; and other services, except public administration.

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

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