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. 2023	Sep. 2024	Dec. 2024	3-months ended-			12-months ended-
	Dec. 2023	Sep. 2024	Dec. 2024	Dec. 2023	Sep. 2024	Dec. 2024	Dec. 2023	Sep. 2024	Dec. 2024
All workers(2)	161.9	167.0	168.0	0.7	0.9	0.6	4.2	3.9	3.8
Excluding incentive paid occupations(3)	161.7	167.0	168.0	0.6	1.0	0.6	4.2	3.9	3.9
Occupational group
Management, professional, and related	157.7	162.6	163.5	0.4	0.9	0.6	4.1	3.6	3.7
Management, business, and financial	158.0	162.5	163.3	0.3	0.7	0.5	3.9	3.1	3.4
Professional and related	157.6	162.9	163.7	0.6	1.2	0.5	4.2	4.0	3.9
Sales and office	165.4	169.5	170.7	0.7	0.4	0.7	4.0	3.2	3.2
Sales and related	163.0	165.1	166.9	1.1	-0.1	1.1	3.8	2.4	2.4
Office and administrative support	166.6	172.2	173.0	0.5	0.8	0.5	4.1	3.9	3.8
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance	160.1	164.9	166.3	0.9	1.0	0.8	4.4	4.0	3.9
Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	158.6	163.4	164.6	0.6	0.9	0.7	3.7	3.6	3.8
Installation, maintenance, and repair	161.8	166.7	168.1	1.3	1.2	0.8	5.3	4.4	3.9
Production, transportation, and material moving	165.8	171.9	172.9	1.4	0.8	0.6	4.6	5.1	4.3
Production	161.4	166.8	168.0	1.0	0.8	0.7	4.2	4.4	4.1
Transportation and material moving	171.8	178.4	179.2	1.7	0.8	0.4	4.9	5.6	4.3
Service occupations	172.9	179.2	180.6	0.6	1.1	0.8	4.3	4.3	4.5
Industry
Goods-producing industries(4)	156.4	160.6	161.5	0.8	0.7	0.6	3.9	3.5	3.3
Manufacturing	155.8	160.4	161.4	0.8	0.5	0.6	3.7	3.8	3.6
Service-providing industries(5)	162.9	168.1	169.1	0.6	0.9	0.6	4.2	3.8	3.8
Education and health services	161.0	166.7	167.7	0.8	1.7	0.6	4.5	4.4	4.2
Educational services	159.5	165.3	166.0	0.7	2.3	0.4	4.4	4.4	4.1
Elementary and secondary schools	159.9	165.5	166.1	0.6	2.4	0.4	4.4	4.2	3.9
Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and professional schools	157.9	163.9	165.0	0.8	2.2	0.7	4.2	4.6	4.5
Health care and social assistance	162.5	168.0	169.3	0.9	1.1	0.8	4.6	4.3	4.2
Hospitals	162.8	168.4	169.8	0.9	1.0	0.8	4.6	4.4	4.3
Nursing and residential care facilities	163.0	167.7	168.8	0.8	0.8	0.7	4.6	3.7	3.6
Public administration	166.7	174.0	175.6	1.0	1.8	0.9	5.1	5.4	5.3
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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