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. 2025	Jun. 2026	Sep. 2026	3-months ended-			12-months ended-
	Sep. 2025	Jun. 2026	Sep. 2026	Sep. 2025	Jun. 2026	Sep. 2026	Sep. 2025	Jun. 2026	Sep. 2026
All workers(2)	172.905	177.244	178.738	0.9	0.9	0.8	3.5	3.4	3.4
Excluding incentive paid occupations(3)	172.786	177.144	178.603	0.9	0.8	0.8	3.5	3.4	3.4
Occupational group
Management, professional, and related	168.209	172.477	174.121	0.9	0.9	1.0	3.4	3.5	3.5
Management, business, and financial	167.541	171.970	173.103	0.6	1.1	0.7	3.1	3.2	3.3
Professional and related	168.838	172.997	175.004	1.2	0.7	1.2	3.6	3.7	3.7
Sales and office	175.941	180.110	181.096	0.5	0.8	0.5	3.8	2.9	2.9
Sales and related	171.984	175.214	175.928	0.1	0.7	0.4	4.2	2.0	2.3
Office and administrative support	178.272	183.157	184.352	0.7	0.8	0.7	3.5	3.5	3.4
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance	171.251	175.715	177.348	1.1	0.9	0.9	3.9	3.7	3.6
Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	169.556	174.235	175.944	1.0	1.0	1.0	3.8	3.7	3.8
Installation, maintenance, and repair	173.195	177.411	178.956	1.2	0.9	0.9	3.9	3.7	3.3
Production, transportation, and material moving	177.855	182.258	183.775	0.7	1.0	0.8	3.5	3.2	3.3
Production	172.392	176.571	178.074	0.7	1.0	0.9	3.4	3.1	3.3
Transportation and material moving	184.775	189.415	190.968	0.7	1.0	0.8	3.6	3.2	3.4
Service occupations	186.027	190.756	192.080	1.1	0.7	0.7	3.8	3.6	3.3
Industry
Goods-producing industries(4)	166.341	170.773	171.614	0.7	1.2	0.5	3.6	3.4	3.2
Manufacturing	165.853	170.409	171.079	0.6	1.1	0.4	3.4	3.3	3.2
Service-providing industries(5)	174.107	178.429	180.041	0.9	0.8	0.9	3.6	3.4	3.4
Education and health services	172.896	176.988	179.367	1.4	0.6	1.3	3.7	3.8	3.7
Educational services	170.881	173.700	176.823	2.0	0.4	1.8	3.4	3.7	3.5
Elementary and secondary schools	171.008	173.492	177.062	2.2	0.3	2.1	3.3	3.7	3.5
Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and professional schools	169.997	172.960	175.532	1.8	0.4	1.5	3.7	3.6	3.3
Health care and social assistance	174.826	179.985	181.749	0.8	0.8	1.0	4.1	3.8	4.0
Hospitals	174.456	179.130	180.927	0.5	0.9	1.0	3.6	3.2	3.7
Nursing and residential care facilities	173.207	177.130	178.243	0.7	0.6	0.6	3.3	3.0	2.9
Public administration	180.735	184.977	186.930	1.5	0.5	1.1	3.9	3.8	3.4
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

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