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
Dec.
2017		 Sep.
2018		 Dec.
2018		 3-months ended- 12-months ended-
Dec.
2017		 Sep.
2018		 Dec.
2018		 Dec.
2017		 Sep.
2018		 Dec.
2018

All workers(2)

 131.2 134.4 135.0 0.4 0.8 0.4 2.6 2.8 2.9

Excluding incentive paid occupations(3)

 131.5 134.5 135.2 0.5 0.7 0.5 2.6 2.8 2.8

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related

 131.2 133.9 134.5 0.4 0.8 0.4 2.4 2.4 2.5

Management, business, and financial

 131.9 135.0 135.5 0.2 0.7 0.4 2.5 2.6 2.7

Professional and related

 130.8 133.4 134.0 0.5 0.8 0.4 2.3 2.5 2.4

Sales and office

 130.6 134.9 135.5 0.2 1.0 0.4 2.5 3.5 3.8

Sales and related

 125.7 130.5 131.0 -0.1 1.5 0.4 2.8 3.7 4.2

Office and administrative support

 133.7 137.6 138.3 0.5 0.7 0.5 2.5 3.4 3.4

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 131.6 134.3 135.0 0.5 0.4 0.5 2.7 2.5 2.6

Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

 131.8 134.2 134.8 0.4 0.4 0.4 2.5 2.2 2.3

Installation, maintenance, and repair

 131.4 134.5 135.1 0.5 0.5 0.4 2.9 2.8 2.8

Production, transportation, and material moving

 131.4 134.5 135.1 0.4 0.7 0.4 3.1 2.8 2.8

Production

 129.4 131.8 132.5 0.5 0.4 0.5 2.9 2.3 2.4

Transportation and material moving

 133.9 137.8 138.3 0.4 1.0 0.4 3.3 3.3 3.3

Service occupations

 132.7 136.2 137.2 0.7 1.0 0.7 2.8 3.3 3.4

Industry

Goods-producing industries(4)

 128.9 131.3 131.9 0.4 0.3 0.5 2.5 2.3 2.3

Manufacturing

 128.9 130.9 131.6 0.4 0.1 0.5 2.7 1.9 2.1

Service-providing industries(5)

 131.6 135.0 135.6 0.4 0.9 0.4 2.6 3.0 3.0

Education and health services

 131.5 134.3 135.2 0.5 1.1 0.7 2.2 2.7 2.8

Educational services

 132.2 134.9 135.7 0.5 1.4 0.6 2.3 2.5 2.6

Elementary and secondary schools

 132.1 134.9 135.8 0.5 1.5 0.7 2.4 2.7 2.8

Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and professional schools

 132.4 134.7 135.7 0.5 1.1 0.7 2.2 2.2 2.5

Health care and social assistance

 130.9 133.8 134.7 0.6 0.8 0.7 2.0 2.8 2.9

Hospitals

 131.7 133.8 135.0 0.5 0.5 0.9 2.0 2.1 2.5

Nursing and residential care facilities

 127.9 130.7 131.6 0.6 0.6 0.7 2.4 2.8 2.9

Public administration

 135.7 138.3 139.2 0.7 1.2 0.7 2.8 2.7 2.6

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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