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

All workers(2)

 133.3 136.2 136.9 0.6 0.9 0.5 2.8 2.8 2.7

Excluding incentive paid occupations(3)

 133.6 136.3 137.1 0.7 0.8 0.6 2.8 2.7 2.6

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related

 132.9 135.4 136.2 0.5 0.7 0.6 2.3 2.4 2.5

Management, business, and financial

 134.1 136.5 137.5 0.5 0.7 0.7 2.5 2.3 2.5

Professional and related

 132.3 134.8 135.5 0.5 0.6 0.5 2.2 2.4 2.4

Sales and office

 133.6 136.8 137.5 0.9 1.0 0.5 3.4 3.3 2.9

Sales and related

 128.6 132.2 132.5 0.6 0.9 0.2 3.5 3.4 3.0

Office and administrative support

 136.6 139.7 140.6 1.0 1.0 0.6 3.3 3.3 2.9

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 133.7 135.8 136.6 1.1 0.6 0.6 2.8 2.7 2.2

Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

 133.6 135.8 137.0 0.9 0.7 0.9 2.5 2.6 2.5

Installation, maintenance, and repair

 133.8 135.7 136.2 1.4 0.4 0.4 3.1 2.8 1.8

Production, transportation, and material moving

 133.6 136.8 137.5 0.5 1.3 0.5 3.2 2.9 2.9

Production

 131.3 133.7 134.6 0.6 0.9 0.7 3.1 2.5 2.5

Transportation and material moving

 136.4 140.4 141.0 0.4 1.5 0.4 3.4 3.4 3.4

Service occupations

 134.9 138.7 139.8 0.5 1.1 0.8 3.1 3.4 3.6

Industry

Goods-producing industries(4)

 130.9 133.1 134.1 0.8 0.9 0.8 2.8 2.5 2.4

Manufacturing

 130.8 132.9 133.8 0.6 1.0 0.7 2.9 2.2 2.3

Service-providing industries(5)

 133.8 136.7 137.5 0.7 0.8 0.6 2.8 2.9 2.8

Education and health services

 132.9 135.8 136.5 0.5 0.4 0.5 2.3 2.6 2.7

Educational services

 133.0 136.2 136.7 0.3 0.4 0.4 2.3 2.7 2.8

Elementary and secondary schools

 132.9 136.3 136.7 0.3 0.4 0.3 2.4 2.9 2.9

Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and professional schools

 133.3 136.3 136.9 0.4 0.4 0.4 2.2 2.6 2.7

Health care and social assistance

 132.7 135.5 136.2 0.5 0.6 0.5 2.3 2.6 2.6

Hospitals

 133.1 135.9 136.7 0.5 0.7 0.6 2.1 2.6 2.7

Nursing and residential care facilities

 129.9 132.3 133.1 0.6 0.5 0.6 2.9 2.5 2.5

Public administration

 136.7 140.4 140.9 0.4 0.9 0.4 2.2 3.1 3.1

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: July 31, 2019