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
	Jun. 2025	Mar. 2026	Jun. 2026	3-months ended-			12-months ended-
	Jun. 2025	Mar. 2026	Jun. 2026	Jun. 2025	Mar. 2026	Jun. 2026	Jun. 2025	Mar. 2026	Jun. 2026
All workers(2)	171.444	175.743	177.244	0.9	1.2	0.9	3.6	3.4	3.4
Excluding incentive paid occupations(3)	171.315	175.685	177.144	0.8	1.2	0.8	3.6	3.4	3.4
Occupational group
Management, professional, and related	166.671	170.981	172.477	0.8	1.2	0.9	3.5	3.4	3.5
Management, business, and financial	166.614	170.100	171.970	0.9	1.3	1.1	3.2	3.0	3.2
Professional and related	166.866	171.764	172.997	0.7	1.2	0.7	3.7	3.7	3.7
Sales and office	175.100	178.765	180.110	1.3	1.3	0.8	3.7	3.4	2.9
Sales and related	171.743	174.051	175.214	1.6	1.4	0.7	3.9	2.9	2.0
Office and administrative support	176.964	181.676	183.157	1.0	1.2	0.8	3.6	3.7	3.5
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance	169.434	174.090	175.715	1.0	1.0	0.9	3.8	3.7	3.7
Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	167.947	172.529	174.235	0.9	1.0	1.0	3.7	3.7	3.7
Installation, maintenance, and repair	171.138	175.879	177.411	1.1	1.0	0.9	3.8	3.9	3.7
Production, transportation, and material moving	176.611	180.469	182.258	1.0	1.0	1.0	3.6	3.2	3.2
Production	171.185	174.791	176.571	0.9	0.7	1.0	3.4	3.0	3.1
Transportation and material moving	183.484	187.591	189.415	1.1	1.3	1.0	3.7	3.4	3.2
Service occupations	184.063	189.424	190.756	0.7	1.2	0.7	3.8	3.6	3.6
Industry
Goods-producing industries(4)	165.212	168.815	170.773	1.1	1.0	1.2	3.6	3.3	3.4
Manufacturing	164.922	168.588	170.409	1.1	1.3	1.1	3.3	3.4	3.3
Service-providing industries(5)	172.585	177.010	178.429	0.9	1.2	0.8	3.6	3.5	3.4
Education and health services	170.566	175.938	176.988	0.6	1.1	0.6	4.1	3.8	3.8
Educational services	167.480	173.011	173.700	0.3	0.6	0.4	3.6	3.6	3.7
Elementary and secondary schools	167.325	172.888	173.492	0.2	0.7	0.3	3.5	3.5	3.7
Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and professional schools	166.977	172.201	172.960	0.4	0.6	0.4	4.2	3.5	3.6
Health care and social assistance	173.387	178.634	179.985	0.9	1.4	0.8	4.4	4.0	3.8
Hospitals	173.559	177.464	179.130	0.8	0.9	0.9	4.1	3.1	3.2
Nursing and residential care facilities	171.980	176.063	177.130	0.7	1.1	0.6	3.4	3.1	3.0
Public administration	178.143	184.087	184.977	0.2	1.3	0.5	4.2	3.5	3.8
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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