Table 4. Compensation (not seasonally adjusted): Employment Cost Index for total compensation, for civilian workers, by occupational group and industry

Table 4. Employment Cost Index for total compensation(1), for civilian workers, by occupational group and industry [Not seasonally adjusted]
Occupational group and industry	Indexes (Dec. 2005=100)			Percent changes for
	Sep. 2021	Jun. 2022	Sep. 2022	3-months ended-			12-months ended-
	Sep. 2021	Jun. 2022	Sep. 2022	Sep. 2021	Jun. 2022	Sep. 2022	Sep. 2021	Jun. 2022	Sep. 2022
All workers(2)	146.7	152.1	154.1	1.4	1.3	1.3	3.7	5.1	5.0
Excluding incentive paid occupations(3)	146.3	151.8	153.9	1.2	1.1	1.4	3.4	5.0	5.2
Occupational group
Management, professional, and related	144.2	148.4	150.3	1.3	1.0	1.3	3.0	4.3	4.2
Management, business, and financial	145.5	150.1	151.1	1.5	1.4	0.7	3.2	4.7	3.8
Professional and related	143.4	147.5	149.8	1.2	0.8	1.6	2.8	4.1	4.5
Sales and office	148.7	155.7	157.5	1.3	2.0	1.2	4.4	6.1	5.9
Sales and related	145.8	153.8	155.2	1.4	2.5	0.9	5.7	7.0	6.4
Office and administrative support	150.3	156.5	158.5	1.2	1.5	1.3	3.6	5.4	5.5
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance	145.7	150.6	152.2	0.9	1.2	1.1	3.3	4.3	4.5
Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	145.7	150.3	151.8	0.8	1.0	1.0	3.5	4.0	4.2
Installation, maintenance, and repair	145.8	151.0	152.6	1.0	1.5	1.1	3.1	4.6	4.7
Production, transportation, and material moving	149.3	155.4	157.3	1.5	1.2	1.2	4.3	5.6	5.4
Production	145.8	151.8	153.6	1.3	1.3	1.2	4.5	5.5	5.3
Transportation and material moving	153.3	159.6	161.7	1.5	1.0	1.3	4.1	5.7	5.5
Service occupations	153.2	161.0	164.0	1.9	1.4	1.9	5.3	7.0	7.0
Industry
Goods-producing industries(4)	142.9	148.2	149.4	0.9	1.4	0.8	3.4	4.7	4.5
Manufacturing	142.5	148.0	149.1	1.2	1.2	0.7	3.6	5.1	4.6
Service-providing industries(5)	147.3	152.8	154.9	1.4	1.3	1.4	3.7	5.2	5.2
Education and health services	145.1	149.4	152.4	1.4	0.8	2.0	2.9	4.4	5.0
Educational services	145.2	147.7	151.4	1.5	0.5	2.5	2.4	3.3	4.3
Elementary and secondary schools	145.7	147.8	151.9	1.5	0.3	2.8	2.4	2.9	4.3
Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and professional schools	143.9	146.7	150.1	1.6	0.6	2.3	2.3	3.6	4.3
Health care and social assistance	145.0	151.2	153.4	1.3	1.1	1.5	3.4	5.6	5.8
Hospitals	145.4	151.6	153.7	1.0	1.1	1.4	3.2	5.3	5.7
Nursing and residential care facilities	143.8	151.0	154.0	1.7	1.5	2.0	4.7	6.8	7.1
Public administration	149.6	154.0	157.4	1.1	0.7	2.2	2.3	4.1	5.2
Footnotes (1) Includes wages, salaries, and employer costs for employee benefits. (2) Includes workers in the private nonfarm economy except those in private households, and workers in the public sector, except the federal government. (3) The index for this series is not strictly comparable with other series in this table. (4) Includes mining, construction, and manufacturing. (5) 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.
SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey

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