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. 2021	Dec. 2021	Mar. 2022	3-months ended-			12-months ended-
	Mar. 2021	Dec. 2021	Mar. 2022	Mar. 2021	Dec. 2021	Mar. 2022	Mar. 2021	Dec. 2021	Mar. 2022
All workers(2)	143.7	147.9	150.2	1.1	0.8	1.6	2.6	4.0	4.5
Excluding incentive paid occupations(3)	143.5	147.8	150.1	0.8	1.0	1.6	2.5	3.9	4.6
Occupational group
Management, professional, and related	141.5	145.0	146.9	0.7	0.6	1.3	1.9	3.2	3.8
Management, business, and financial	142.3	146.0	148.0	0.7	0.3	1.4	1.8	3.3	4.0
Professional and related	141.1	144.5	146.3	0.7	0.8	1.2	2.0	3.1	3.7
Sales and office	146.4	150.1	152.7	1.9	0.9	1.7	3.8	4.5	4.3
Sales and related	144.3	147.2	150.0	3.3	1.0	1.9	5.4	5.4	4.0
Office and administrative support	147.3	151.6	154.2	0.9	0.9	1.7	2.6	3.8	4.7
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance	143.0	147.0	148.8	0.9	0.9	1.2	2.4	3.7	4.1
Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	142.7	146.9	148.8	0.8	0.8	1.3	1.6	3.7	4.3
Installation, maintenance, and repair	143.4	147.1	148.8	1.1	0.9	1.2	3.2	3.7	3.8
Production, transportation, and material moving	145.5	151.1	153.6	0.9	1.2	1.7	3.2	4.8	5.6
Production	141.9	147.5	149.9	1.0	1.2	1.6	3.2	5.0	5.6
Transportation and material moving	149.6	155.5	158.0	0.7	1.4	1.6	3.1	4.7	5.6
Service occupations	148.5	155.6	158.7	1.2	1.6	2.0	3.5	6.1	6.9
Industry
Goods-producing industries(4)	140.0	144.0	146.2	0.7	0.8	1.5	2.4	3.6	4.4
Manufacturing	139.4	143.5	146.2	0.6	0.7	1.9	2.3	3.6	4.9
Service-providing industries(5)	144.4	148.7	150.9	1.1	1.0	1.5	2.7	4.1	4.5
Education and health services	142.4	146.5	148.2	0.5	1.0	1.2	2.1	3.4	4.1
Educational services	142.7	145.9	147.0	0.2	0.5	0.8	1.9	2.5	3.0
Elementary and secondary schools	143.3	146.3	147.4	0.2	0.4	0.8	2.2	2.3	2.9
Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and professional schools	141.2	144.8	145.8	0.1	0.6	0.7	0.9	2.6	3.3
Health care and social assistance	142.2	147.3	149.5	0.9	1.6	1.5	2.3	4.5	5.1
Hospitals	143.0	147.7	150.0	1.0	1.6	1.6	2.6	4.3	4.9
Nursing and residential care facilities	139.9	146.4	148.8	1.0	1.8	1.6	3.2	5.7	6.4
Public administration	147.4	150.6	152.9	0.4	0.7	1.5	1.9	2.6	3.7
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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