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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.
2018		 Jun.
2019		 Sep.
2019		 3-months ended- 12-months ended-
Sep.
2018		 Jun.
2019		 Sep.
2019		 Sep.
2018		 Jun.
2019		 Sep.
2019

All workers(2)

 134.4 136.9 138.1 0.8 0.5 0.9 2.8 2.7 2.8

Excluding incentive paid occupations(3)

 134.5 137.1 138.2 0.7 0.6 0.8 2.8 2.6 2.8

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related

 133.9 136.2 137.3 0.8 0.6 0.8 2.4 2.5 2.5

Management, business, and financial

 135.0 137.5 138.5 0.7 0.7 0.7 2.6 2.5 2.6

Professional and related

 133.4 135.5 136.6 0.8 0.5 0.8 2.5 2.4 2.4

Sales and office

 134.9 137.5 138.9 1.0 0.5 1.0 3.5 2.9 3.0

Sales and related

 130.5 132.5 134.3 1.5 0.2 1.4 3.7 3.0 2.9

Office and administrative support

 137.6 140.6 141.7 0.7 0.6 0.8 3.4 2.9 3.0

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 134.3 136.6 137.8 0.4 0.6 0.9 2.5 2.2 2.6

Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

 134.2 137.0 138.2 0.4 0.9 0.9 2.2 2.5 3.0

Installation, maintenance, and repair

 134.5 136.2 137.4 0.5 0.4 0.9 2.8 1.8 2.2

Production, transportation, and material moving

 134.5 137.5 138.6 0.7 0.5 0.8 2.8 2.9 3.0

Production

 131.8 134.6 135.3 0.4 0.7 0.5 2.3 2.5 2.7

Transportation and material moving

 137.8 141.0 142.4 1.0 0.4 1.0 3.3 3.4 3.3

Service occupations

 136.2 139.8 140.8 1.0 0.8 0.7 3.3 3.6 3.4

Industry

Goods-producing industries(4)

 131.3 134.1 135.2 0.3 0.8 0.8 2.3 2.4 3.0

Manufacturing

 130.9 133.8 134.5 0.1 0.7 0.5 1.9 2.3 2.8

Service-providing industries(5)

 135.0 137.5 138.6 0.9 0.6 0.8 3.0 2.8 2.7

Education and health services

 134.3 136.5 138.0 1.1 0.5 1.1 2.7 2.7 2.8

Educational services

 134.9 136.7 138.9 1.4 0.4 1.6 2.5 2.8 3.0

Elementary and secondary schools

 134.9 136.7 139.1 1.5 0.3 1.8 2.7 2.9 3.1

Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and professional schools

 134.7 136.9 138.6 1.1 0.4 1.2 2.2 2.7 2.9

Health care and social assistance

 133.8 136.2 137.2 0.8 0.5 0.7 2.8 2.6 2.5

Hospitals

 133.8 136.7 137.6 0.5 0.6 0.7 2.1 2.7 2.8

Nursing and residential care facilities

 130.7 133.1 133.9 0.6 0.6 0.6 2.8 2.5 2.4

Public administration

 138.3 140.9 142.5 1.2 0.4 1.1 2.7 3.1 3.0

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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Last Modified Date: October 31, 2019