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)
Indexes (Dec. Percent changes for 3-months ended–
2005 = 100)
Occupational group and industry
Dec. Mar. Mar. June Sep. Dec. Mar. June Sep. Dec. Mar.
2016 2017 2015 2015 2015 2015 2016 2016 2016 2016 2017
Civilian workers
All workers(1)............................. 126.6 127.6 0.7 0.2 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.8
Industry
Goods-producing industries(2)............ 126.2 127.1 .6 .7 .6 .7 .6 .6 .5 .6 .7
Manufacturing.......................... 126.4 127.1 .7 .7 .6 .7 .6 .6 .6 .6 .6
Service-providing industries(3).......... 126.8 127.8 .7 .2 .6 .5 .6 .6 .6 .5 .8
Education and health services.......... 125.3 126.1 .5 .5 .3 .5 .5 .6 .5 .5 .6
Educational services................. 123.5 124.2 .5 .5 .3 .4 .5 .5 .6 .5 .6
Elementary and secondary schools... 122.3 122.9 .4 .5 .3 .4 .4 .6 .5 .5 .5
Junior colleges, colleges,
universities, and professional
schools........................... 125.4 126.4 .6 .7 .4 .3 .4 .6 .6 .6 .8
Health care and social assistance(4) 127.3 128.1 .4 .5 .4 .5 .5 .6 .6 .4 .6
Hospitals.......................... 128.0 128.8 .4 .6 .5 .5 .6 .6 .6 .7 .6
Nursing and residential care
facilities........................ 123.9 124.8 .6 .7 .6 .4 .6 .7 .7 .7 .7
Public administration.................. 124.9 125.8 .4 .5 .5 .3 .5 .6 .6 .5 .7
Private industry workers
All workers................................ 127.2 128.3 .7 .2 .7 .6 .6 .7 .5 .5 .9
Occupational group
Management, professional, and related.... 128.2 129.0 .5 .6 .6 .6 .6 .3 .5 .5 .6
Management, business, and financial.... 129.3 130.0 .5 .6 1.0 .6 .7 .2 .5 .9 .5
Professional and related............... 127.4 128.2 .5 .5 .4 .6 .6 .4 .5 .2 .7
Sales and office......................... 126.5 127.9 1.5 -1.1 .9 .5 .7 1.0 .2 .3 1.1
Sales and related...................... 122.4 124.3 3.0 -3.2 1.2 .2 .5 1.5 -.5 -.2 1.5
Office and administrative support...... 129.7 130.6 .4 .6 .6 .8 1.0 .6 .7 .8 .7
Natural resources, construction, and
maintenance............................. 126.8 127.7 .3 .7 .4 .4 .7 .7 .3 .8 .7
Construction, extraction, farming,
fishing, and forestry................. 126.9 128.1 .2 .4 .6 .4 .9 .9 .2 1.0 1.0
Installation, maintenance, and repair.. 126.8 127.2 .3 .9 .2 .5 .4 .6 .6 .5 .3
Production, transportation, and material
moving.................................. 126.8 128.0 .6 .7 .5 .7 .7 .8 .7 .8 .9
Production............................. 125.5 126.4 .5 .6 .6 .7 .7 .8 .7 .6 .7
Transportation and material moving..... 128.3 129.7 .7 .7 .4 .6 .9 .9 .6 1.0 1.1
Service occupations(5)................... 127.2 128.6 .7 .0 .4 .6 1.0 1.0 .9 .7 1.1
Industry
Goods-producing industries(2)............ 126.2 127.2 .6 .7 .6 .7 .6 .6 .5 .6 .8
Construction........................... 125.1 126.4 .5 .6 .7 .7 .5 .7 .0 .9 1.1
Manufacturing.......................... 126.4 127.1 .7 .7 .6 .7 .6 .6 .6 .6 .6
Aircraft manufacturing............... 135.7 136.6 .9 .6 .7 .6 .5 .8 .5 .8 .7
Service-providing industries(6).......... 127.6 128.6 .7 .1 .6 .5 .7 .6 .6 .5 .8
Trade, transportation, and utilities... 127.2 129.1 .3 .4 1.1 .2 .9 .8 .3 .5 1.5
Retail trade......................... 129.0 130.8 .5 1.1 .8 .7 1.0 .8 .6 .7 1.4
Transportation and warehousing....... 129.5 130.6 .4 .7 .5 .5 1.2 .9 .6 1.3 .9
Utilities............................ 135.5 136.6 .8 .5 .6 .5 .6 .5 .8 .9 .8
Information............................ 125.1 125.1 .5 .5 .7 .4 1.1 .6 .9 .6 .0
Financial activities................... 128.5 128.3 .8 .5 .1 .9 .3 1.0 1.2 .8 -.2
Finance and insurance................ 129.2 129.0 .7 .5 .1 1.0 .1 1.0 1.3 .7 -.2
Credit intermediation and related
activities........................ 125.5 126.2 .7 .6 .6 .5 .6 .5 1.1 .6 .5
Insurance carriers and related
activities........................ 129.7 130.3 .7 .2 .6 1.5 .6 1.0 1.4 .3 .5
Professional and business services..... 128.5 129.4 1.5 -1.2 1.3 .6 .7 .4 .2 .2 .7
Professional, scientific, and
technical services.................. 130.8 131.7 2.5 -2.3 1.3 .5 .9 .5 .0 .2 .7
Administrative and support and waste
management and remediation services 125.3 126.3 .1 .4 1.1 .7 .7 .2 .2 -.5 .8
Education and health services.......... 127.3 128.1 .5 .4 .4 .4 .6 .6 .4 .6 .6
Educational services................. 127.2 127.9 .6 .2 .3 .4 .6 .7 .2 .9 .6
Junior colleges, colleges,
universities, and professional
schools........................... 127.4 128.2 .5 .3 .4 .3 .4 .6 .5 .8 .6
Health care and social assistance(4) 127.3 128.1 .4 .5 .3 .5 .5 .6 .6 .4 .6
Hospitals.......................... 128.3 129.1 .4 .6 .5 .6 .5 .7 .6 .7 .7
Nursing and residential care
facilities........................ 123.8 124.8 .5 .7 .7 .3 .7 .7 .7 .7 .8
Leisure and hospitality................ 127.6 130.0 .7 .5 -.2 .9 1.0 1.0 .9 .7 1.9
Accommodation and food services...... 128.5 130.8 .7 .2 .1 .9 1.1 1.2 1.0 .8 1.8
Other services, except public
administration........................ 129.1 129.4 1.0 .6 .6 .5 .2 1.0 .9 .8 .3
State and local government workers
All workers................................ 124.0 124.8 .5 .5 .3 .4 .5 .5 .6 .5 .6
Industry
Education and health services.......... 123.3 124.0 .5 .6 .3 .4 .4 .5 .6 .5 .6
Educational services................. 122.8 123.5 .5 .5 .3 .4 .4 .5 .7 .4 .6
Schools............................ 122.8 123.5 .5 .6 .3 .4 .4 .5 .6 .5 .6
Elementary and secondary schools 122.1 122.7 .4 .5 .3 .4 .4 .5 .7 .3 .5
Health care and social assistance(4) 127.5 128.0 .6 .4 .5 .7 .4 .5 .4 .6 .4
Hospitals.......................... 126.5 127.0 .2 .5 .5 .5 .5 .6 .4 .6 .4
Public administration.................. 124.9 125.8 .4 .5 .5 .3 .5 .6 .6 .5 .7
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 ambulatory health care services and social assistance, not shown separately.
5 The service occupations wages and salaries series is seasonal as of the 2017 revision. The seasonally adjusted
series was first published with the 2011 revision and the series continued to be seasonally adjusted until the 2015
revision when it was discontinued for 2015, as no identifiable seasonality was found for this series. Historical data
for this series is published beginning with March 2006.
6 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.