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-
Occupational group and industry	Sep. 2025	Dec. 2025	Dec. 2023	Mar. 2024	Jun. 2024	Sep. 2024	Dec. 2024	Mar. 2025	Jun. 2025	Sep. 2025	Dec. 2025
Civilian workers
All workers(1)	172.657	173.949	1.0	1.1	0.9	0.8	1.0	0.8	1.0	0.8	0.7
Industry
Goods-producing industries(2)	170.945	172.072	1.1	1.2	0.4	1.0	0.8	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.7
Manufacturing	170.810	171.920	1.0	1.3	0.7	0.9	0.8	0.8	1.1	0.9	0.6
Service-providing industries(3)	173.026	174.346	1.1	1.0	1.0	0.8	1.0	0.7	1.0	0.7	0.8
Education and health services	168.121	169.740	1.1	1.1	1.0	1.1	0.9	1.0	1.0	0.9	1.0
Educational services	159.913	161.802	1.1	1.2	1.1	1.0	0.9	0.7	0.8	0.9	1.2
Elementary and secondary schools	158.209	159.839	1.1	1.1	1.0	0.9	0.9	0.6	0.8	0.9	1.0
Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and professional schools	161.649	163.368	1.1	1.2	0.9	1.2	1.0	0.9	0.9	0.8	1.1
Health care and social assistance	176.329	177.754	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.2	0.8	1.2	1.2	0.9	0.8
Hospitals	175.571	177.101	1.1	1.2	1.0	1.1	1.0	1.1	1.2	0.5	0.9
Public administration	167.922	169.227	1.2	1.5	1.3	1.0	1.1	1.1	0.9	0.5	0.8

Private industry workers
All workers	174.954	176.233	1.0	1.1	0.8	0.8	0.9	0.8	1.0	0.8	0.7
Occupational group
Management, professional, and related	168.386	169.625	0.7	1.0	0.9	0.7	0.9	0.9	1.0	0.8	0.7
Professional and related	169.406	170.925	1.0	0.9	1.0	0.8	0.9	1.0	1.0	0.9	0.9
Management, business, and financial	167.535	168.477	0.6	1.1	0.7	0.6	0.9	0.7	1.0	0.6	0.6
Sales and office	177.762	178.150	1.0	1.1	0.5	0.6	0.8	0.6	1.6	0.7	0.2
Sales and related	176.449	175.317	1.0	1.1	-0.1	0.5	0.9	0.5	2.1	0.6	-0.6
Office and administrative support	178.558	180.442	0.9	1.2	1.1	0.8	0.7	0.7	1.1	0.7	1.1
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance	173.399	174.963	1.3	0.9	1.0	1.2	1.1	0.7	1.0	1.2	0.9
Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	171.539	173.331	0.8	0.9	0.9	1.0	1.2	0.9	0.9	1.1	1.0
Installation, maintenance, and repair	175.567	176.875	1.9	0.9	1.1	1.2	1.1	0.4	1.1	1.3	0.7
Production, transportation, and material moving	182.527	183.671	1.7	1.4	1.1	1.0	0.7	0.8	1.0	0.8	0.6
Production	176.782	178.828	1.2	1.3	0.9	1.1	0.9	0.5	0.9	1.0	1.2
Transportation and material moving	188.678	189.210	2.0	1.5	1.3	0.9	0.5	1.0	1.1	0.7	0.3
Service occupations	191.051	192.953	0.9	1.1	1.2	0.9	1.1	0.8	0.7	0.9	1.0

Industry
Goods-producing industries(2)	171.018	172.147	1.1	1.2	0.4	1.0	0.8	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.7
Construction	170.429	171.690	1.2	0.9	-0.5	1.4	0.5	1.4	0.8	1.3	0.7
Manufacturing	170.810	171.920	1.0	1.3	0.7	0.9	0.8	0.8	1.1	0.9	0.6
Aircraft manufacturing	173.172	173.991	0.4	1.1	0.4	0.7	1.6	1.5	1.1	1.1	0.5
Service-providing industries(4)	175.982	177.293	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.7	1.0	0.6	1.1	0.8	0.7
Trade, transportation, and utilities	180.140	180.749	1.6	1.0	0.8	0.8	0.7	0.7	1.0	1.1	0.3
Wholesale trade	166.528	166.563	0.8	1.5	-0.3	0.7	0.8	0.6	0.8	1.8	0.0
Retail trade	184.991	185.877	0.7	0.2	1.3	0.7	0.7	0.8	0.9	0.9	0.5
Transportation and warehousing	188.314	188.915	4.0	2.0	1.2	0.9	0.6	0.7	1.4	1.0	0.3
Utilities	178.189	179.953	1.5	0.4	1.0	0.9	0.9	0.9	1.2	1.0	1.0
Information	164.257	164.758	1.0	0.6	0.3	1.6	0.4	-0.2	1.2	0.7	0.3
Financial activities	170.450	171.799	0.4	0.1	1.2	0.3	1.4	0.7	1.8	0.2	0.8
Finance and insurance	171.225	172.436	0.5	-0.1	1.3	0.1	1.6	0.7	1.7	0.5	0.7
Credit intermediation and related activities	169.490	171.160	0.9	1.2	0.4	-0.2	1.7	1.0	0.9	0.1	1.0
Insurance carriers and related activities	169.137	170.872	0.0	0.6	1.7	-0.2	1.2	1.5	1.1	-0.2	1.0
Real estate and rental and leasing	167.406	169.410	0.2	0.7	0.8	1.6	0.5	0.9	2.2	-1.2	1.2
Professional and business services	173.248	174.496	0.7	1.6	1.0	0.2	1.3	0.4	1.1	0.4	0.7
Professional, scientific, and technical services	173.656	175.438	0.9	1.2	0.9	0.1	1.4	0.9	1.0	0.4	1.0
Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services	177.235	177.628	0.8	1.1	0.9	0.8	1.2	0.1	1.0	0.9	0.2
Education and health services	174.912	176.661	1.1	1.0	1.0	1.3	0.8	1.1	1.1	0.9	1.0
Educational services	166.353	169.800	1.2	1.4	0.9	1.1	0.6	0.4	0.6	1.0	2.1
Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and professional schools	163.229	165.969	1.0	1.2	0.7	1.3	1.1	0.7	0.7	0.6	1.7
Health care and social assistance	176.696	178.133	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.3	0.8	1.2	1.1	0.9	0.8
Hospitals	176.550	178.115	1.2	1.1	1.0	1.1	0.9	1.2	1.1	0.5	0.9
Leisure and hospitality	190.109	192.020	0.9	0.6	1.3	0.8	1.0	0.7	0.4	0.6	1.0
Accommodation and food services	194.341	195.992	0.9	0.5	1.5	0.7	1.1	0.9	0.4	0.6	0.8
Other services, except public administration	180.078	183.427	1.3	1.4	1.1	0.9	1.5	-0.2	0.6	1.8	1.9

State and local government workers
All workers	162.889	164.271	1.1	1.2	1.1	1.0	1.1	0.8	0.9	0.7	0.8
Industry
Education and health services	160.074	161.515	1.1	1.2	1.1	1.0	1.0	0.8	0.9	0.8	0.9
Educational services	158.606	160.068	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.0	1.0	0.7	0.9	0.8	0.9
Schools	158.621	160.082	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.0	1.0	0.7	0.9	0.8	0.9
Elementary and secondary schools	157.715	159.289	1.0	1.2	1.1	0.9	0.9	0.6	0.8	0.8	1.0
Health care and social assistance	172.350	173.636	0.8	1.4	1.0	1.1	1.1	0.8	1.3	0.4	0.7
Hospitals	170.911	172.257	0.7	1.3	1.1	1.1	1.2	0.7	1.6	0.2	0.8
Public administration	167.922	169.227	1.2	1.5	1.3	1.0	1.1	1.1	0.9	0.5	0.8
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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