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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.
2023
Jun.
2024
Sep.
2024
3-months ended- 12-months ended-
Sep.
2023
Jun.
2024
Sep.
2024
Sep.
2023
Jun.
2024
Sep.
2024

All workers(2)

160.8 165.5 167.0 1.1 0.9 0.9 4.3 4.1 3.9

Excluding incentive paid occupations(3)

160.7 165.4 167.0 1.1 0.9 1.0 4.4 4.1 3.9

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related

157.0 161.1 162.6 1.3 0.9 0.9 4.5 3.9 3.6

Management, business, and financial

157.6 161.4 162.5 1.1 0.9 0.7 4.3 3.5 3.1

Professional and related

156.7 160.9 162.9 1.4 0.8 1.2 4.6 4.1 4.0

Sales and office

164.2 168.8 169.5 0.7 0.5 0.4 4.3 3.6 3.2

Sales and related

161.3 165.3 165.1 0.2 -0.3 -0.1 3.9 2.7 2.4

Office and administrative support

165.7 170.8 172.2 1.1 1.1 0.8 4.5 4.2 3.9

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

158.6 163.3 164.9 1.1 0.9 1.0 4.2 4.1 4.0

Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

157.7 161.9 163.4 1.0 1.0 0.9 3.9 3.6 3.6

Installation, maintenance, and repair

159.7 164.8 166.7 1.3 0.7 1.2 4.7 4.6 4.4

Production, transportation, and material moving

163.5 170.5 171.9 0.8 1.4 0.8 3.9 5.1 5.1

Production

159.8 165.5 166.8 0.7 1.1 0.8 4.0 4.3 4.4

Transportation and material moving

168.9 176.9 178.4 0.9 1.5 0.8 3.9 5.7 5.6

Service occupations

171.8 177.3 179.2 1.2 1.1 1.1 4.8 4.5 4.3

Industry

Goods-producing industries(4)

155.1 159.5 160.6 0.6 0.7 0.7 3.8 3.5 3.5

Manufacturing

154.6 159.6 160.4 0.6 0.9 0.5 3.7 3.8 3.8

Service-providing industries(5)

161.9 166.6 168.1 1.3 0.9 0.9 4.5 4.2 3.8

Education and health services

159.7 163.9 166.7 1.8 0.7 1.7 4.8 4.5 4.4

Educational services

158.4 161.6 165.3 2.4 0.5 2.3 4.6 4.5 4.4

Elementary and secondary schools

158.9 161.6 165.5 2.5 0.4 2.4 4.6 4.3 4.2

Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and professional schools

156.7 160.3 163.9 2.2 0.5 2.2 4.4 4.5 4.6

Health care and social assistance

161.1 166.1 168.0 1.3 0.9 1.1 5.0 4.5 4.3

Hospitals

161.3 166.7 168.4 1.2 0.8 1.0 4.9 4.6 4.4

Nursing and residential care facilities

161.7 166.4 167.7 1.5 0.9 0.8 5.0 4.5 3.7

Public administration

165.1 171.0 174.0 2.4 0.9 1.8 4.9 6.1 5.4

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

Last Modified Date: October 31, 2024