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

Civilian workers

All workers(1)

 131.8 133.0 0.5 0.5 0.8 0.5 0.7 0.5 0.9 0.5 0.9

Industry

Goods-producing industries(2)

 131.3 132.1 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.8 0.7 0.6

Manufacturing

 131.2 132.0 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.6

Service-providing industries(3)

 131.9 133.2 0.6 0.5 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.9 0.5 1.0

Education and health services

 129.5 130.6 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.6 0.7 0.5 0.8

Educational services

 127.0 128.1 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.9

Elementary and secondary schools

 125.7 126.9 0.7 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 1.0

Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and professional schools

 129.1 130.0 0.6 0.6 0.8 0.2 0.5 0.6 0.2 0.5 0.7

Health care and social assistance

 132.2 133.4 0.6 0.4 0.6 0.7 0.3 0.6 1.0 0.5 0.9

Hospitals

 132.2 132.9 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5

Nursing and residential care facilities

 129.4 130.3 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.9 0.7 0.7

Public administration

 128.9 129.9 0.6 0.4 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.3 0.6 0.7

Private industry workers

All workers

 132.8 133.9 0.5 0.5 0.9 0.5 0.8 0.5 1.0 0.6 0.8

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related

 132.9 133.9 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.4 0.6 0.9 0.4 0.8

Management, business, and financial

 134.3 135.0 0.6 0.9 0.6 0.7 0.4 0.7 1.1 0.3 0.5

Professional and related

 131.9 133.2 0.6 0.2 0.6 0.7 0.4 0.6 0.7 0.5 1.0

Sales and office

 132.5 134.2 0.1 0.3 1.0 0.1 1.2 0.5 1.4 0.5 1.3

Sales and related

 128.3 130.7 -0.7 0.0 1.4 -0.5 1.7 0.5 1.9 -0.2 1.8

Office and administrative support

 135.8 136.9 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.8 0.6 0.9 1.1 0.8

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 132.0 132.4 0.3 0.8 0.6 0.9 0.7 0.7 0.5 0.7 0.3

Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

 132.2 132.8 0.0 1.2 0.8 0.5 0.9 0.5 0.5 0.8 0.4

Installation, maintenance, and repair

 131.7 132.2 0.6 0.4 0.6 1.0 0.6 0.8 0.3 0.6 0.4

Production, transportation, and material moving

 133.1 134.3 0.7 0.8 0.9 0.6 1.0 0.8 1.0 0.6 0.9

Production

 131.4 132.1 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.6

Transportation and material moving

 135.2 136.8 0.6 1.1 0.9 0.5 1.2 0.8 1.3 0.4 1.2

Service occupations(4)

 134.0 135.2 1.0 0.6 0.9 0.7 0.7 1.0 1.0 0.9 0.9

Industry

Goods-producing industries(2)

 131.4 132.1 0.4 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.5 0.9 0.7 0.5

Construction

 131.0 131.6 0.0 1.0 0.9 0.5 0.6 0.5 1.1 1.0 0.4

Manufacturing

 131.2 132.0 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.6

Aircraft manufacturing

 140.8 141.3 0.5 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.3 0.3

Service-providing industries(4)

 133.2 134.5 0.6 0.5 0.8 0.6 0.7 0.6 1.1 0.5 1.0

Trade, transportation, and utilities

 133.5 135.3 0.3 0.6 1.3 0.4 0.8 0.6 1.2 0.4 1.3

Retail trade

 136.1 137.2 0.6 0.8 1.3 0.5 0.8 0.8 1.2 0.8 0.8

Transportation and warehousing

 136.2 138.2 0.6 1.3 0.8 0.5 1.0 0.8 1.4 0.6 1.4

Utilities

 140.7 141.2 0.9 0.9 0.7 0.6 0.4 0.7 0.9 0.5 0.3

Information

 129.9 131.2 0.8 0.6 0.1 1.0 0.7 0.3 0.7 1.0 1.0

Financial activities

 134.4 134.6 1.2 0.6 0.2 0.9 0.5 0.5 1.8 0.7 0.1

Finance and insurance

 135.5 135.5 1.3 0.5 0.2 1.0 0.4 0.5 2.0 0.9 0.0

Credit intermediation and related activities

 130.9 131.4 1.1 0.6 0.6 0.8 0.6 0.3 1.3 0.7 0.4

Insurance carriers and related activities

 135.4 134.8 1.4 0.3 0.5 1.3 -0.3 0.5 0.9 1.3 -0.4

Professional and business services

 133.7 135.3 0.1 0.2 0.6 0.6 1.2 0.5 0.8 0.3 1.2

Professional, scientific, and technical services

 135.7 138.0 -0.2 0.5 0.6 0.6 1.3 0.4 0.8 0.0 1.7

Education and health services

 132.0 133.3 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.2 0.7 0.9 0.5 1.0

Educational services

 131.1 132.2 0.2 0.8 0.6 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.6 0.8

Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and professional schools

 132.0 132.9 0.5 0.8 0.6 0.4 0.8 0.5 0.5 0.7 0.7

Health care and social assistance

 132.2 133.5 0.6 0.4 0.6 0.7 0.2 0.7 1.0 0.5 1.0

Hospitals

 132.6 133.3 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.5

Nursing and residential care facilities

 129.4 130.3 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.9 0.7 0.7

Leisure and hospitality

 135.1 136.5 1.1 0.6 1.7 0.5 0.7 0.9 1.3 0.5 1.0

Accommodations and food service

 135.9 137.2 1.3 0.5 1.6 0.7 0.5 0.8 1.4 0.6 1.0

Other services, except public administration

 134.2 134.0 0.8 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.9 0.6 -0.2

State and local government workers

All workers

 127.7 128.8 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.4 0.5 0.9

Industry

Education and health services

 126.8 127.9 0.7 0.4 0.6 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.9

Educational services

 126.2 127.3 0.7 0.4 0.6 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.9

Schools

 126.2 127.3 0.7 0.4 0.6 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.9

Elementary and secondary schools

 125.7 126.8 0.8 0.2 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.3 0.5 0.5 0.9

Health care and social assistance

 131.7 132.5 0.4 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.9 0.6 0.6 0.3 0.6

Hospitals

 130.6 131.1 0.3 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.9 0.5 0.5 0.3 0.4

Public administration

 128.9 129.9 0.6 0.4 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.3 0.6 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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