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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.
2024
Mar.
2025
Jun.
2025
3-months ended- 12-months ended-
Jun.
2024
Mar.
2025
Jun.
2025
Jun.
2024
Mar.
2025
Jun.
2025

All workers(2)

165.5 169.9 171.444 0.9 1.1 0.9 4.1 3.6 3.6

Excluding incentive paid occupations(3)

165.4 169.9 171.315 0.9 1.1 0.8 4.1 3.7 3.6

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related

161.1 165.4 166.671 0.9 1.2 0.8 3.9 3.6 3.5

Management, business, and financial

161.4 165.1 166.614 0.9 1.1 0.9 3.5 3.2 3.2

Professional and related

160.9 165.7 166.866 0.8 1.2 0.7 4.1 3.8 3.7

Sales and office

168.8 172.9 175.100 0.5 1.3 1.3 3.6 2.9 3.7

Sales and related

165.3 169.1 171.743 -0.3 1.3 1.6 2.7 2.0 3.9

Office and administrative support

170.8 175.2 176.964 1.1 1.3 1.0 4.2 3.7 3.6

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

163.3 167.8 169.434 0.9 0.9 1.0 4.1 3.7 3.8

Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

161.9 166.4 167.947 1.0 1.1 0.9 3.6 3.8 3.7

Installation, maintenance, and repair

164.8 169.3 171.138 0.7 0.7 1.1 4.6 3.5 3.8

Production, transportation, and material moving

170.5 174.8 176.611 1.4 1.1 1.0 5.1 3.9 3.6

Production

165.5 169.7 171.185 1.1 1.0 0.9 4.3 3.7 3.4

Transportation and material moving

176.9 181.4 183.484 1.5 1.2 1.1 5.7 4.1 3.7

Service occupations

177.3 182.8 184.063 1.1 1.2 0.7 4.5 4.3 3.8

Industry

Goods-producing industries(4)

159.5 163.4 165.212 0.7 1.2 1.1 3.5 3.2 3.6

Manufacturing

159.6 163.1 164.922 0.9 1.1 1.1 3.8 3.2 3.3

Service-providing industries(5)

166.6 171.1 172.585 0.9 1.2 0.9 4.2 3.6 3.6

Education and health services

163.9 169.5 170.566 0.7 1.1 0.6 4.5 4.2 4.1

Educational services

161.6 167.0 167.480 0.5 0.6 0.3 4.5 3.9 3.6

Elementary and secondary schools

161.6 167.0 167.325 0.4 0.5 0.2 4.3 3.8 3.5

Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and professional schools

160.3 166.3 166.977 0.5 0.8 0.4 4.5 4.3 4.2

Health care and social assistance

166.1 171.8 173.387 0.9 1.5 0.9 4.5 4.4 4.4

Hospitals

166.7 172.2 173.559 0.8 1.4 0.8 4.6 4.1 4.1

Nursing and residential care facilities

166.4 170.8 171.980 0.9 1.2 0.7 4.5 3.6 3.4

Public administration

171.0 177.8 178.143 0.9 1.3 0.2 6.1 5.0 4.2

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: July 31, 2025