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
	Mar. 2025	Dec. 2025	Mar. 2026	3-months ended-			12-months ended-
	Mar. 2025	Dec. 2025	Mar. 2026	Mar. 2025	Dec. 2025	Mar. 2026	Mar. 2025	Dec. 2025	Mar. 2026
All workers(2)	169.9	173.642	175.743	1.1	0.4	1.2	3.6	3.4	3.4
Excluding incentive paid occupations(3)	169.9	173.618	175.685	1.1	0.5	1.2	3.7	3.3	3.4
Occupational group
Management, professional, and related	165.4	168.879	170.981	1.2	0.4	1.2	3.6	3.3	3.4
Management, business, and financial	165.1	167.893	170.100	1.1	0.2	1.3	3.2	2.8	3.0
Professional and related	165.7	169.734	171.764	1.2	0.5	1.2	3.8	3.7	3.7
Sales and office	172.9	176.418	178.765	1.3	0.3	1.3	2.9	3.3	3.4
Sales and related	169.1	171.577	174.051	1.3	-0.2	1.4	2.0	2.8	2.9
Office and administrative support	175.2	179.438	181.676	1.3	0.7	1.2	3.7	3.7	3.7
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance	167.8	172.374	174.090	0.9	0.7	1.0	3.7	3.7	3.7
Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	166.4	170.791	172.529	1.1	0.7	1.0	3.8	3.8	3.7
Installation, maintenance, and repair	169.3	174.189	175.879	0.7	0.6	1.0	3.5	3.6	3.9
Production, transportation, and material moving	174.8	178.665	180.469	1.1	0.5	1.0	3.9	3.3	3.2
Production	169.7	173.653	174.791	1.0	0.7	0.7	3.7	3.4	3.0
Transportation and material moving	181.4	185.262	187.591	1.2	0.3	1.3	4.1	3.4	3.4
Service occupations	182.8	187.148	189.424	1.2	0.6	1.2	4.3	3.6	3.6
Industry
Goods-producing industries(4)	163.4	167.085	168.815	1.2	0.4	1.0	3.2	3.5	3.3
Manufacturing	163.1	166.456	168.588	1.1	0.4	1.3	3.2	3.1	3.4
Service-providing industries(5)	171.1	174.843	177.010	1.2	0.4	1.2	3.6	3.4	3.5
Education and health services	169.5	174.055	175.938	1.1	0.7	1.1	4.2	3.8	3.8
Educational services	167.0	171.894	173.011	0.6	0.6	0.6	3.9	3.6	3.6
Elementary and secondary schools	167.0	171.751	172.888	0.5	0.4	0.7	3.8	3.4	3.5
Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and professional schools	166.3	171.195	172.201	0.8	0.7	0.6	4.3	3.8	3.5
Health care and social assistance	171.8	176.108	178.634	1.5	0.7	1.4	4.4	4.0	4.0
Hospitals	172.2	175.821	177.464	1.4	0.8	0.9	4.1	3.5	3.1
Nursing and residential care facilities	170.8	174.222	176.063	1.2	0.6	1.1	3.6	3.2	3.1
Public administration	177.8	181.766	184.087	1.3	0.6	1.3	5.0	3.5	3.5
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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