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Table 5. Compensation (not seasonally adjusted): Employment Cost Index for total compensation, for private industry workers, by occupational group and industry

Table 5. Employment Cost Index for total compensation(1), for private industry workers, by occupational group and industry [Not seasonally adjusted]
Occupational group and industry Indexes (Dec. 2005=100) Percent changes for
Sep.
2022
Jun.
2023
Sep.
2023
3-months ended- 12-months ended-
Sep.
2022
Jun.
2023
Sep.
2023
Sep.
2022
Jun.
2023
Sep.
2023

All workers

154.0 159.2 160.6 1.0 1.1 0.9 5.2 4.5 4.3

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

153.7 159.0 160.4 1.1 1.1 0.9 5.3 4.5 4.4

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related

149.6 154.7 156.2 0.7 1.2 1.0 4.3 4.2 4.4

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

148.7 153.8 155.2 0.9 1.1 0.9 4.6 4.3 4.4

Management, business, and financial

150.9 155.8 157.2 0.5 1.3 0.9 3.9 3.7 4.2

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

149.5 154.6 155.8 0.7 1.2 0.8 4.6 4.2 4.2

Professional and related

148.7 154.0 155.5 1.1 1.0 1.0 4.6 4.7 4.6

Sales and office

157.4 163.1 164.0 1.0 1.1 0.6 6.0 4.7 4.2

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

158.8 164.8 166.0 1.2 1.1 0.7 6.2 5.0 4.5

Sales and related

155.1 160.8 161.2 0.8 1.1 0.2 6.5 4.6 3.9

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

159.2 165.6 166.5 1.4 1.1 0.5 7.4 5.5 4.6

Office and administrative support

158.1 163.7 165.1 1.2 1.1 0.9 5.6 4.7 4.4

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

151.8 156.6 158.2 0.9 1.2 1.0 4.3 4.1 4.2

Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

151.4 155.8 157.3 0.9 1.1 1.0 4.1 3.8 3.9

Installation, maintenance, and repair

152.2 157.3 159.2 0.9 1.1 1.2 4.7 4.3 4.6

Production, transportation, and material moving

157.0 161.9 163.2 1.2 1.0 0.8 5.4 4.3 3.9

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

156.6 161.7 162.9 1.1 1.0 0.7 5.4 4.4 4.0

Production

153.5 158.7 159.8 1.1 1.0 0.7 5.4 4.5 4.1

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

154.0 159.1 160.2 1.0 1.0 0.7 5.4 4.4 4.0

Transportation and material moving

162.2 167.1 168.5 1.2 1.0 0.8 5.4 4.2 3.9

Service occupations

164.9 170.7 172.3 1.7 1.0 0.9 7.7 5.3 4.5

Industry and occupational group

Goods-producing industries(3)

149.4 154.1 155.1 0.8 1.0 0.6 4.6 4.0 3.8

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

149.3 153.8 154.8 0.8 1.0 0.7 4.5 3.8 3.7

Management, professional, and related

143.4 147.8 148.4 0.1 1.0 0.4 3.5 3.2 3.5

Sales and office

155.4 162.6 163.0 1.0 1.4 0.2 6.0 5.7 4.9

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

150.8 155.2 156.6 0.9 1.1 0.9 4.1 3.9 3.8

Production, transportation, and material moving

152.0 156.7 157.7 1.2 1.0 0.6 5.5 4.3 3.7

Construction

150.2 155.1 156.3 0.8 1.2 0.8 4.4 4.1 4.1

Manufacturing

149.1 153.7 154.6 0.7 0.9 0.6 4.6 3.9 3.7

Management, professional, and related

144.7 148.9 149.5 0.1 0.9 0.4 3.5 3.0 3.3

Sales and office occupations

153.2 158.5 159.4 1.4 1.1 0.6 5.7 4.9 4.0

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

148.5 153.4 154.4 0.7 1.0 0.7 3.6 4.0 4.0

Production, transportation, and material moving

151.7 156.5 157.4 1.2 1.0 0.6 5.5 4.4 3.8

Aircraft manufacturing

130.8 134.6 134.6 -7.8 0.7 0.0 -4.4 -5.1 2.9

Service-providing industries(4)

155.3 160.6 162.1 1.0 1.1 0.9 5.4 4.5 4.4

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

155.0 160.6 162.0 1.1 1.1 0.9 5.5 4.8 4.5

Management, professional, and related

150.7 155.9 157.5 0.9 1.2 1.0 4.4 4.4 4.5

Sales and office

157.6 163.1 164.1 1.0 1.1 0.6 6.0 4.6 4.1

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

153.3 158.6 160.6 0.9 1.1 1.3 4.7 4.4 4.8

Production, transportation, and material moving

162.6 167.7 169.2 1.2 1.0 0.9 5.3 4.4 4.1

Service occupations

164.9 170.7 172.4 1.7 1.0 1.0 7.7 5.3 4.5

Trade, transportation, and utilities

158.8 164.4 165.6 0.8 1.4 0.7 5.8 4.3 4.3

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

158.8 164.7 166.0 1.0 1.2 0.8 5.7 4.8 4.5

Wholesale trade

152.2 157.9 158.5 0.5 1.7 0.4 5.8 4.2 4.1

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

154.7 160.7 161.8 1.2 1.5 0.7 5.9 5.1 4.6

Retail trade

163.2 169.3 170.6 0.9 1.1 0.8 7.2 4.7 4.5

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

161.6 167.9 169.2 1.2 1.1 0.8 7.2 5.1 4.7

Transportation and warehousing

158.4 163.1 164.5 0.9 1.2 0.9 3.5 3.9 3.9

Utilities

163.1 169.2 170.9 0.7 1.4 1.0 3.4 4.5 4.8

Information

150.6 156.2 156.4 0.9 1.1 0.1 4.7 4.7 3.9

Financial activities

152.9 157.9 159.1 0.3 1.8 0.8 3.6 3.5 4.1

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

153.2 158.6 159.2 0.7 1.1 0.4 5.8 4.3 3.9

Finance and insurance

153.3 158.4 159.5 0.1 1.9 0.7 3.0 3.5 4.0

Credit intermediation and related activities

153.7 158.4 160.4 -0.4 1.3 1.3 0.6 2.7 4.4

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

157.0 162.4 163.4 1.2 0.8 0.6 6.4 4.7 4.1

Insurance carriers and related activities

154.4 160.0 160.6 0.7 1.4 0.4 5.5 4.3 4.0

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

152.1 157.8 157.9 0.5 1.3 0.1 5.0 4.2 3.8

Real estate and rental and leasing

151.1 155.6 157.4 0.8 1.1 1.2 6.3 3.8 4.2

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

155.1 160.0 161.2 0.7 1.2 0.7 5.9 3.9 3.9

Professional and business services

154.1 159.2 160.7 1.1 0.8 0.9 5.0 4.5 4.3

Professional, scientific, and technical services

155.5 160.2 161.7 1.3 0.8 0.9 4.8 4.4 4.0

Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services

154.1 159.5 161.0 0.9 0.8 0.9 5.8 4.5 4.5

Education and health services

152.2 157.5 159.7 1.4 0.9 1.4 5.5 4.9 4.9

Educational services

149.9 153.5 156.5 1.7 0.5 2.0 4.4 4.1 4.4

Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and professional schools

149.8 152.6 155.6 1.8 0.5 2.0 4.0 3.7 3.9

Health care and social assistance

152.7 158.4 160.4 1.4 1.0 1.3 5.8 5.2 5.0

Hospitals

153.4 159.4 160.9 1.3 1.0 0.9 5.8 5.2 4.9

Nursing and residential care facilities

152.7 158.1 160.4 1.9 1.0 1.5 7.2 5.5 5.0

Nursing care facilities(2)

152.1 157.9 160.2 1.9 1.2 1.5 7.3 5.8 5.3

Leisure and hospitality

165.2 171.1 172.5 1.7 1.1 0.8 7.2 5.4 4.4

Accommodation and food service

168.8 175.2 176.1 1.6 1.3 0.5 7.4 5.5 4.3

Other services, except public administration

155.8 161.6 163.4 1.1 1.2 1.1 5.0 4.9 4.9

Footnotes
(1) Includes wages, salaries, and employer costs for employee benefits.
(2) The index for this series is not strictly comparable with other series in this table.
(3) Includes mining, construction, and manufacturing.
(4) 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; and other services, except public administration.

SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey

Last Modified Date: October 31, 2023