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

Civilian workers

All workers(1)

 133.0 133.8 0.5 0.8 0.5 0.7 0.5 0.9 0.5 0.9 0.6

Industry

Goods-producing industries(2)

 132.1 133.0 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.7

Manufacturing

 132.0 133.1 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.8

Service-providing industries(3)

 133.2 134.0 0.5 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.9 0.5 1.0 0.6

Education and health services

 130.6 131.5 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.6 0.7 0.5 0.8 0.7

Educational services

 128.1 128.8 0.5 0.6 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.9 0.5

Elementary and secondary schools

 126.9 127.5 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 1.0 0.5

Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and professional schools

 130.0 131.0 0.6 0.8 0.2 0.5 0.6 0.2 0.5 0.7 0.8

Health care and social assistance

 133.4 134.4 0.4 0.6 0.7 0.3 0.6 1.0 0.5 0.9 0.7

Hospitals

 132.9 134.2 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 1.0

Nursing and residential care facilities

 130.3 131.5 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.9 0.7 0.7 0.9

Public administration

 129.9 130.8 0.4 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.3 0.6 0.7 0.7

Private industry workers

All workers

 133.9 134.8 0.5 0.9 0.5 0.8 0.5 1.0 0.6 0.8 0.7

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related

 133.9 134.7 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.4 0.6 0.9 0.4 0.8 0.6

Management, business, and financial

 135.0 135.9 0.9 0.6 0.7 0.4 0.7 1.1 0.3 0.5 0.6

Professional and related

 133.2 133.9 0.2 0.6 0.7 0.4 0.6 0.7 0.5 1.0 0.5

Sales and office

 134.2 135.3 0.3 1.0 0.1 1.2 0.5 1.4 0.5 1.3 0.8

Sales and related

 130.7 131.9 0.0 1.4 -0.5 1.7 0.5 1.9 -0.2 1.8 0.9

Office and administrative support

 136.9 137.8 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.8 0.6 0.9 1.1 0.8 0.7

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 132.4 133.5 0.8 0.6 0.9 0.7 0.7 0.5 0.7 0.3 0.8

Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

 132.8 133.7 1.2 0.8 0.5 0.9 0.5 0.5 0.8 0.4 0.7

Installation, maintenance, and repair

 132.2 133.2 0.4 0.6 1.0 0.6 0.8 0.3 0.6 0.4 0.8

Production, transportation, and material moving

 134.3 135.4 0.8 0.9 0.6 1.0 0.8 1.0 0.6 0.9 0.8

Production

 132.1 133.2 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.6 0.9

Transportation and material moving

 136.8 137.9 1.1 0.9 0.5 1.2 0.8 1.3 0.4 1.2 0.8

Service occupations(4)

 135.2 136.6 0.6 0.9 0.7 0.7 1.0 1.0 0.9 0.9 1.0

Industry

Goods-producing industries(2)

 132.1 133.1 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.5 0.9 0.7 0.5 0.8

Construction

 131.6 132.3 1.0 0.9 0.5 0.6 0.5 1.1 1.0 0.4 0.5

Manufacturing

 132.0 133.1 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.8

Aircraft manufacturing

 141.3 142.5 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.3 0.3 0.9

Service-providing industries(4)

 134.5 135.3 0.5 0.8 0.6 0.7 0.6 1.1 0.5 1.0 0.6

Trade, transportation, and utilities

 135.3 135.9 0.6 1.3 0.4 0.8 0.6 1.2 0.4 1.3 0.4

Retail trade

 137.2 137.7 0.8 1.3 0.5 0.8 0.8 1.2 0.8 0.8 0.4

Transportation and warehousing

 138.2 138.9 1.3 0.8 0.5 1.0 0.8 1.4 0.6 1.4 0.5

Utilities

 141.2 142.0 0.9 0.7 0.6 0.4 0.7 0.9 0.5 0.3 0.6

Information

 131.2 131.6 0.6 0.1 1.0 0.7 0.3 0.7 1.0 1.0 0.3

Financial activities

 134.6 135.1 0.6 0.2 0.9 0.5 0.5 1.8 0.7 0.1 0.4

Finance and insurance

 135.5 135.9 0.5 0.2 1.0 0.4 0.5 2.0 0.9 0.0 0.3

Credit intermediation and related activities

 131.4 131.9 0.6 0.6 0.8 0.6 0.3 1.3 0.7 0.4 0.4

Insurance carriers and related activities

 134.8 135.0 0.3 0.5 1.3 -0.3 0.5 0.9 1.3 -0.4 0.1

Professional and business services

 135.3 136.0 0.2 0.6 0.6 1.2 0.5 0.8 0.3 1.2 0.5

Professional, scientific, and technical services

 138.0 138.6 0.5 0.6 0.6 1.3 0.4 0.8 0.0 1.7 0.4

Education and health services

 133.3 134.2 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.2 0.7 0.9 0.5 1.0 0.7

Educational services

 132.2 132.7 0.8 0.6 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.6 0.8 0.4

Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and professional schools

 132.9 133.7 0.8 0.6 0.4 0.8 0.5 0.5 0.7 0.7 0.6

Health care and social assistance

 133.5 134.5 0.4 0.6 0.7 0.2 0.7 1.0 0.5 1.0 0.7

Hospitals

 133.3 134.7 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.5 1.0

Nursing and residential care facilities

 130.3 131.4 0.7 0.8 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.9 0.7 0.7 0.9

Leisure and hospitality

 136.5 138.8 0.6 1.7 0.5 0.7 0.9 1.3 0.5 1.0 1.7

Accommodations and food service

 137.2 139.1 0.5 1.6 0.7 0.5 0.8 1.4 0.6 1.0 1.4

Other services, except public administration

 134.0 135.6 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.9 0.6 -0.2 1.2

State and local government workers

All workers

 128.8 129.6 0.5 0.6 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.4 0.5 0.9 0.6

Industry

Education and health services

 127.9 128.6 0.4 0.6 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.9 0.5

Educational services

 127.3 128.1 0.4 0.6 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.9 0.6

Schools

 127.3 128.1 0.4 0.6 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.9 0.6

Elementary and secondary schools

 126.8 127.4 0.2 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.3 0.5 0.5 0.9 0.5

Health care and social assistance

 132.5 133.3 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.9 0.6 0.6 0.3 0.6 0.6

Hospitals

 131.1 131.9 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.9 0.5 0.5 0.3 0.4 0.6

Public administration

 129.9 130.8 0.4 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.3 0.6 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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