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

Civilian workers

All workers(1)

 133.9 134.8 0.7 0.5 0.7 0.6 0.8 0.5 0.9 0.7 0.7

Industry

Goods-producing industries(2)

 133.1 134.1 0.6 0.5 0.7 0.6 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.8 0.8

Manufacturing

 133.0 134.2 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.8 0.9

Service-providing industries(3)

 134.1 135.0 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.8 0.6 0.9 0.7 0.7

Education and health services

 131.5 132.1 0.6 0.6 0.4 0.6 0.7 0.5 0.8 0.7 0.5

Educational services

 128.8 129.4 0.6 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.8 0.5 0.5

Elementary and secondary schools

 127.5 128.2 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.9 0.6 0.5

Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and professional schools

 130.9 131.7 0.9 0.2 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.6

Health care and social assistance

 134.4 135.0 0.5 0.7 0.2 0.7 0.9 0.6 0.9 0.7 0.4

Hospitals

 134.2 134.9 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.4 1.1 0.5

Nursing and residential care facilities

 131.5 132.3 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.9 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.6

Public administration

 130.7 131.6 0.8 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.7

Private industry workers

All workers

 134.9 135.9 0.7 0.6 0.8 0.6 0.9 0.6 0.8 0.7 0.7

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related

 134.7 135.4 0.6 0.8 0.5 0.5 0.8 0.5 0.8 0.5 0.5

Professional and related

 133.9 134.4 0.6 0.8 0.2 0.7 0.7 0.5 0.8 0.6 0.4

Sales and office

 135.4 136.4 0.8 0.4 1.0 0.6 1.2 0.8 1.1 0.9 0.7

Sales and related

 131.9 132.8 0.9 0.3 1.3 0.5 1.4 0.5 1.4 1.0 0.7

Office and administrative support

 137.9 139.1 0.6 0.5 0.8 0.8 0.9 1.0 0.8 0.8 0.8

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 133.4 134.3 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.7 0.7

Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

 133.7 134.8 0.9 0.4 0.9 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.7 0.8

Installation, maintenance, and repair

 133.1 133.7 0.6 1.0 0.6 0.8 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.7 0.5

Production, transportation, and material moving

 135.4 137.0 0.9 0.7 0.9 0.8 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.8 1.2

Production

 133.2 134.3 0.7 0.7 1.0 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.9

Transportation and material moving

 137.9 140.0 0.9 0.8 1.1 0.8 1.1 0.7 1.0 0.9 1.6

Service occupations(4)

 136.6 138.0 0.9 0.7 0.7 1.0 0.9 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.1

Industry

Goods-producing industries(2)

 133.1 134.2 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.8

Construction

 132.5 133.5 0.8 0.4 0.7 0.5 1.0 0.8 0.6 0.7 0.7

Manufacturing

 133.0 134.2 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.8 0.9

Aircraft manufacturing

 142.5 143.0 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.5 0.6 0.4 0.4 0.8 0.3

Service-providing industries(4)

 135.4 136.4 0.8 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.9 0.6 0.9 0.7 0.7

Trade, transportation, and utilities

 136.1 137.5 1.3 0.4 0.8 0.7 1.1 0.5 1.3 0.7 1.0

Retail trade

 137.9 139.3 1.2 0.5 0.8 0.8 1.0 0.9 0.8 0.5 1.0

Transportation and warehousing

 139.0 140.7 0.7 0.5 0.9 1.0 1.1 0.7 1.4 0.7 1.3

Utilities

 142.0 143.3 0.7 0.5 0.5 0.7 0.8 0.5 0.4 0.6 0.9

Information

 131.6 132.9 0.2 0.9 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.9 0.8 0.5 1.0

Financial activities

 135.4 136.8 -0.1 0.9 0.7 0.7 1.6 0.6 0.3 0.6 1.0

Finance and insurance

 136.3 137.6 -0.2 0.9 0.6 0.8 1.7 0.7 0.3 0.6 1.0

Credit intermediation and related activities

 132.0 133.6 0.5 0.7 0.6 0.4 1.2 0.7 0.4 0.5 1.2

Insurance carriers and related activities

 135.4 137.2 0.5 0.8 0.2 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.1 0.4 1.3

Professional and business services

 136.1 136.6 0.6 0.7 1.1 0.5 0.7 0.5 1.0 0.7 0.4

Professional, scientific, and technical services

 138.6 138.6 0.6 0.7 1.1 0.4 0.7 0.2 1.5 0.5 0.0

Education and health services

 134.2 134.8 0.6 0.6 0.2 0.7 0.9 0.5 0.9 0.8 0.4

Educational services

 132.7 133.3 0.6 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.8 0.4 0.5

Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and professional schools

 133.7 134.5 0.6 0.4 0.8 0.5 0.5 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6

Health care and social assistance

 134.5 135.1 0.6 0.7 0.2 0.7 0.9 0.7 0.9 0.7 0.4

Nursing and residential care facilities

 131.5 132.3 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.9 0.6

Leisure and hospitality

 138.7 139.5 1.6 0.8 0.7 0.8 1.2 0.7 1.1 1.5 0.6

Accommodations and food service

 139.1 140.2 1.6 0.8 0.5 0.8 1.3 0.7 1.0 1.3 0.8

Other services, except public administration

 135.7 137.0 0.4 0.5 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.7 -0.1 1.3 1.0

State and local government workers

All workers

 129.5 130.3 0.6 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.6

Industry

Education and health services

 128.6 129.3 0.6 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.8 0.5 0.5

Educational services

 128.1 128.7 0.6 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.6 0.8 0.6 0.5

Schools

 128.0 128.7 0.6 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.8 0.5 0.5

Elementary and secondary schools

 127.4 128.1 0.5 0.6 0.4 0.4 0.6 0.5 0.9 0.5 0.5

Health care and social assistance

 133.3 134.1 0.4 0.5 0.8 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6

Hospitals

 131.9 133.0 0.5 0.6 0.9 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.6 0.8

Public administration

 130.7 131.6 0.8 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.6 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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