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. 2024	Jun. 2025	Sep. 2025	3-months ended-			12-months ended-
	Sep. 2024	Jun. 2025	Sep. 2025	Sep. 2024	Jun. 2025	Sep. 2025	Sep. 2024	Jun. 2025	Sep. 2025
All workers(2)	167.0	171.444	172.905	0.9	0.9	0.9	3.9	3.6	3.5
Excluding incentive paid occupations(3)	167.0	171.315	172.786	1.0	0.8	0.9	3.9	3.6	3.5
Occupational group
Management, professional, and related	162.6	166.671	168.209	0.9	0.8	0.9	3.6	3.5	3.4
Management, business, and financial	162.5	166.614	167.541	0.7	0.9	0.6	3.1	3.2	3.1
Professional and related	162.9	166.866	168.838	1.2	0.7	1.2	4.0	3.7	3.6
Sales and office	169.5	175.100	175.941	0.4	1.3	0.5	3.2	3.7	3.8
Sales and related	165.1	171.743	171.984	-0.1	1.6	0.1	2.4	3.9	4.2
Office and administrative support	172.2	176.964	178.272	0.8	1.0	0.7	3.9	3.6	3.5
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance	164.9	169.434	171.251	1.0	1.0	1.1	4.0	3.8	3.9
Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	163.4	167.947	169.556	0.9	0.9	1.0	3.6	3.7	3.8
Installation, maintenance, and repair	166.7	171.138	173.195	1.2	1.1	1.2	4.4	3.8	3.9
Production, transportation, and material moving	171.9	176.611	177.855	0.8	1.0	0.7	5.1	3.6	3.5
Production	166.8	171.185	172.392	0.8	0.9	0.7	4.4	3.4	3.4
Transportation and material moving	178.4	183.484	184.775	0.8	1.1	0.7	5.6	3.7	3.6
Service occupations	179.2	184.063	186.027	1.1	0.7	1.1	4.3	3.8	3.8
Industry
Goods-producing industries(4)	160.6	165.212	166.341	0.7	1.1	0.7	3.5	3.6	3.6
Manufacturing	160.4	164.922	165.853	0.5	1.1	0.6	3.8	3.3	3.4
Service-providing industries(5)	168.1	172.585	174.107	0.9	0.9	0.9	3.8	3.6	3.6
Education and health services	166.7	170.566	172.896	1.7	0.6	1.4	4.4	4.1	3.7
Educational services	165.3	167.480	170.881	2.3	0.3	2.0	4.4	3.6	3.4
Elementary and secondary schools	165.5	167.325	171.008	2.4	0.2	2.2	4.2	3.5	3.3
Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and professional schools	163.9	166.977	169.997	2.2	0.4	1.8	4.6	4.2	3.7
Health care and social assistance	168.0	173.387	174.826	1.1	0.9	0.8	4.3	4.4	4.1
Hospitals	168.4	173.559	174.456	1.0	0.8	0.5	4.4	4.1	3.6
Nursing and residential care facilities	167.7	171.980	173.207	0.8	0.7	0.7	3.7	3.4	3.3
Public administration	174.0	178.143	180.735	1.8	0.2	1.5	5.4	4.2	3.9
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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