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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-
Jun.
2021		 Sep.
2021		 Sep.
2019		 Dec.
2019		 Mar.
2020		 Jun.
2020		 Sep.
2020		 Dec.
2020		 Mar.
2021		 Jun.
2021		 Sep.
2021

Civilian workers

All workers(1)

 144.1 146.2 0.9 0.7 0.9 0.4 0.5 0.8 1.0 0.9 1.5

Industry

Goods-producing industries(2)

 143.8 145.0 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.5 0.6 0.6 1.3 0.8

Manufacturing

 143.5 145.2 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6 1.3 1.2

Service-providing industries(3)

 144.2 146.5 0.9 0.7 0.9 0.4 0.5 0.8 1.1 0.8 1.6

Education and health services

 139.3 141.0 0.9 0.5 0.7 0.0 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.7 1.2

Educational services

 135.7 137.0 1.1 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.1 0.5 0.4 0.4 1.0

Elementary and secondary schools

 134.8 135.8 1.2 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.7

Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and professional schools

 136.6 138.3 0.7 0.5 0.6 0.4 -0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 1.2

Health care and social assistance

 143.1 145.3 0.7 0.6 0.9 -0.4 1.2 0.6 0.8 0.9 1.5

Hospitals

 143.3 145.1 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.5 1.0 0.9 1.3

Nursing and residential care facilities

 142.7 145.6 0.8 0.6 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.9 0.9 1.3 2.0

Private industry workers

All workers

 145.8 148.1 0.8 0.7 0.9 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.1 1.0 1.6

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related

 142.7 144.8 0.7 0.5 0.8 0.1 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.8 1.5

Professional and related

 141.6 143.4 0.6 0.7 1.0 -0.1 0.7 0.6 0.8 0.6 1.3

Management, business, and financial

 144.2 146.8 0.7 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.2 0.5 0.5 1.1 1.8

Sales and office

 148.1 150.4 1.3 0.4 1.4 0.6 0.4 1.2 2.2 0.4 1.6

Office and administrative support

 149.1 151.3 0.9 0.6 0.8 0.6 0.6 0.9 0.7 1.2 1.5

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 144.2 145.7 0.9 0.7 1.2 0.1 0.7 0.6 1.2 0.9 1.0

Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

 144.3 146.0 1.0 0.7 1.4 -0.6 0.7 0.6 0.8 1.4 1.2

Installation, maintenance, and repair

 144.2 145.4 1.0 0.6 0.9 0.9 0.7 0.7 1.4 0.5 0.9

Production, transportation, and material moving

 149.4 151.6 0.9 1.1 0.8 0.9 0.8 1.0 0.8 1.8 1.5

Production

 146.1 148.1 0.7 1.0 0.8 0.9 0.7 0.8 1.2 1.7 1.3

Transportation and material moving

 153.3 155.8 1.2 1.2 0.9 1.0 0.8 1.2 0.4 1.8 1.6

Service occupations

 152.9 156.4 0.6 1.2 0.9 0.9 1.0 1.0 1.4 2.1 2.3

Industry

Goods-producing industries(2)

 143.9 145.1 1.0 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.4 0.7 0.6 1.3 0.8

Construction

 144.3 144.8 1.3 0.7 0.7 1.1 0.3 0.7 0.9 1.4 0.3

Manufacturing

 143.5 145.2 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6 1.3 1.2

Aircraft manufacturing

 150.3 150.4 0.3 0.6 -0.2 1.5 0.9 0.7 0.0 0.7 0.1

Service-providing industries(4)

 146.4 148.9 0.9 0.7 1.0 0.4 0.6 0.9 1.3 0.9 1.7

Trade, transportation, and utilities

 148.7 150.7 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.9 0.3 1.3 0.8 1.5 1.3

Wholesale trade

 140.0 141.5 0.5 0.4 0.9 1.3 -0.2 0.4 0.8 2.4 1.1

Retail trade

 152.2 154.7 1.0 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.5 1.9 1.0 1.2 1.7

Transportation and warehousing

 153.0 154.9 1.3 1.3 0.8 1.0 0.5 1.5 0.3 1.0 1.2

Utilities

 150.9 152.7 0.7 0.6 0.2 0.8 0.5 0.5 0.7 0.3 1.2

Information

 141.4 143.1 0.5 0.7 0.9 0.2 0.5 1.4 1.0 0.5 1.2

Financial activities

 146.6 150.5 1.3 0.6 0.9 0.5 0.1 0.8 5.0 -2.2 2.7

Finance and insurance

 148.2 152.6 1.5 0.6 1.0 0.4 0.0 1.0 6.0 -2.9 3.0

Credit intermediation and related activities

 145.3 156.5 1.6 0.5 0.8 0.6 0.6 0.4 0.0 3.7 7.7

Insurance carriers and related activities

 144.1 145.7 1.0 0.3 0.5 0.5 0.7 1.0 0.9 0.1 1.1

Real estate and rental and leasing

 140.2 141.7 0.7 0.7 0.3 0.8 0.5 0.3 0.4 1.2 1.1

Professional and business services

 146.0 148.3 0.8 0.6 1.4 0.1 0.4 0.9 0.3 1.1 1.6

Professional, scientific, and technical services

 147.2 149.8 0.8 0.5 1.8 -0.3 0.2 1.0 -0.2 1.2 1.8

Education and health services

 142.7 144.9 0.8 0.5 0.9 -0.3 1.0 0.6 0.7 0.8 1.5

Educational services

 140.2 142.4 1.2 0.4 1.0 0.6 -0.3 0.8 0.5 0.4 1.6

Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and professional schools

 139.8 141.4 0.6 0.6 0.9 0.4 -0.9 0.4 0.4 0.9 1.1

Health care and social assistance

 143.3 145.4 0.7 0.6 0.9 -0.6 1.3 0.6 0.8 1.0 1.5

Hospitals

 143.8 145.7 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.5 1.0 0.9 1.3

Nursing and resideal care facilities

 143.1 146.1 0.7 0.7 1.0 0.8 0.9 0.9 1.0 1.3 2.1

Leisure and hospitality

 155.4 159.5 0.7 1.2 1.0 1.0 1.2 0.4 1.6 2.8 2.6

Accommodation and food services

 158.3 162.5 0.8 1.3 1.0 1.1 1.6 0.6 1.7 2.9 2.6

Other services, except public administration

 147.6 150.0 -0.1 1.3 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.6 1.3 1.6 1.6

State and local government workers

All workers

 136.6 138.0 1.0 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.2 0.4 0.4 0.5 1.0

Industry

Education and health services

 135.5 136.7 1.1 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.2 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.9

Educational services

 134.8 135.9 1.1 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.2 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.8

Schools

 134.8 135.9 1.1 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.3 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.8

Elementary and secondary schools

 134.6 135.5 1.2 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.7

Health care and social assistance

 141.5 143.6 1.0 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.1 0.6 0.6 0.9 1.5

Hospitals

 140.6 142.8 1.1 0.8 0.7 0.5 0.2 0.5 0.5 1.0 1.6

Public administration

 137.7 139.7 0.7 0.7 0.5 0.6 0.1 0.5 0.4 0.5 1.5

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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Last Modified Date: October 29, 2021