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Table 3. Seasonally adjusted: Employment Cost Index for benefits, by ownership, occupational group, and industry

Table 3. Employment Cost Index for benefits, by occupational group and industry [Seasonally adjusted]
Occupational group and industry Indexes (Dec. 2005=100) Percent changes for 3-months ended-
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)

 173.139 174.434 0.8 1.0 1.0 0.8 0.8 1.2 0.7 0.8 0.7

Private industry workers

All workers

 165.658 166.877 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.7 0.7 1.2 0.7 0.8 0.7

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related

 163.232 164.551 0.7 1.0 0.8 0.8 0.8 1.1 0.5 0.8 0.8

Sales and office

 168.837 170.098 0.6 0.9 0.5 0.7 0.7 1.2 1.0 0.9 0.7

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 164.245 165.392 0.7 1.0 0.3 0.7 0.7 1.0 0.8 0.8 0.7

Production, transportation, and material moving

 168.731 169.687 1.3 0.8 2.0 0.7 0.7 1.0 1.2 0.7 0.6

Service occupations

 167.728 169.006 0.6 0.8 1.3 0.8 0.7 1.4 0.8 0.7 0.8

Industry

Goods-producing industries(2)

 156.910 157.692 0.7 0.8 0.9 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.5

Manufacturing

 156.882 157.470 0.7 0.9 1.0 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.8 0.8 0.4

Service-providing industries(3)

 168.497 169.826 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.7 0.8 1.2 0.7 0.8 0.8

State and local government workers

All workers(1)

 199.396 200.960 1.0 1.2 1.4 1.2 1.1 1.1 0.8 0.8 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; and other services, except public administration.

SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey
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