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
	Mar. 2022	Dec. 2022	Mar. 2023	3-months ended-			12-months ended-
	Mar. 2022	Dec. 2022	Mar. 2023	Mar. 2022	Dec. 2022	Mar. 2023	Mar. 2022	Dec. 2022	Mar. 2023
All workers	150.2	155.3	157.4	1.6	0.8	1.4	4.8	5.1	4.8
Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)	150.1	155.0	157.3	1.7	0.8	1.5	5.0	5.0	4.8
Occupational group
Management, professional, and related	146.6	150.8	152.9	1.5	0.8	1.4	4.2	4.4	4.3
Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)	145.8	149.8	152.1	1.7	0.7	1.5	4.1	4.5	4.3
Management, business, and financial	147.9	151.8	153.8	1.4	0.6	1.3	4.2	4.1	4.0
Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)	146.8	150.4	152.7	1.9	0.6	1.5	4.0	4.4	4.0
Professional and related	145.6	150.1	152.4	1.5	0.9	1.5	4.2	4.7	4.7
Sales and office	152.6	159.1	161.3	1.8	1.1	1.4	4.4	6.1	5.7
Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)	154.4	160.3	163.0	1.8	0.9	1.7	5.4	5.7	5.6
Sales and related	149.9	156.9	159.0	1.9	1.2	1.3	3.9	6.7	6.1
Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)	154.7	160.6	163.8	2.1	0.9	2.0	6.5	6.0	5.9
Office and administrative support	153.8	159.6	161.9	1.7	0.9	1.4	4.7	5.6	5.3
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance	148.4	152.9	154.8	1.2	0.7	1.2	4.0	4.2	4.3
Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	148.4	152.5	154.1	1.2	0.7	1.0	4.2	4.0	3.8
Installation, maintenance, and repair	148.5	153.3	155.6	1.2	0.7	1.5	3.8	4.4	4.8
Production, transportation, and material moving	153.4	158.2	160.3	1.7	0.8	1.3	5.7	4.8	4.5
Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)	153.0	157.9	160.1	1.6	0.8	1.4	5.7	4.8	4.6
Production	149.9	154.9	157.1	1.8	0.9	1.4	5.8	5.2	4.8
Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)	150.4	155.3	157.5	1.7	0.8	1.4	5.8	5.0	4.7
Transportation and material moving	158.5	163.4	165.5	1.6	0.7	1.3	5.7	4.7	4.4
Service occupations	159.4	166.6	169.0	2.2	1.0	1.4	7.8	6.9	6.0
Industry and occupational group
Goods-producing industries(3)	146.2	150.6	152.5	1.5	0.8	1.3	4.5	4.6	4.3
Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)	146.4	150.3	152.3	1.7	0.7	1.3	4.6	4.4	4.0
Management, professional, and related	142.1	144.3	146.4	2.0	0.6	1.5	4.0	3.6	3.0
Sales and office	148.0	158.0	160.4	-0.2	1.7	1.5	3.1	6.5	8.4
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance	147.7	151.8	153.5	1.2	0.7	1.1	4.1	4.0	3.9
Production, transportation, and material moving	148.2	153.2	155.1	1.8	0.8	1.2	5.6	5.2	4.7
Construction	146.1	151.4	153.3	0.6	0.8	1.3	3.4	4.3	4.9
Manufacturing	146.2	150.3	152.3	1.9	0.8	1.3	4.9	4.7	4.2
Management, professional, and related	143.4	145.5	147.6	2.1	0.6	1.4	4.1	3.6	2.9
Sales and office occupations	148.8	155.0	156.8	2.1	1.2	1.2	4.9	6.4	5.4
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance	145.7	150.1	151.9	1.0	1.1	1.2	3.8	4.1	4.3
Production, transportation, and material moving	147.9	153.0	154.9	1.9	0.9	1.2	5.6	5.4	4.7
Aircraft manufacturing	141.0	131.3	133.6	3.0	0.4	1.8	12.8	-4.1	-5.2
Service-providing industries(4)	151.3	156.6	158.8	1.6	0.8	1.4	4.9	5.2	5.0
Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)	151.2	156.4	158.8	1.7	0.9	1.5	5.0	5.2	5.0
Management, professional, and related	147.4	151.9	154.1	1.4	0.8	1.4	4.2	4.5	4.5
Sales and office	153.1	159.2	161.4	2.0	1.0	1.4	4.6	6.1	5.4
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance	149.6	154.5	156.8	1.2	0.8	1.5	4.0	4.5	4.8
Production, transportation, and material moving	159.1	163.8	166.1	1.5	0.7	1.4	5.9	4.5	4.4
Service occupations	159.4	166.6	169.0	2.2	1.0	1.4	7.8	6.9	6.0
Trade, transportation, and utilities	155.3	160.1	162.2	1.8	0.8	1.3	5.9	4.9	4.4
Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)	155.2	160.1	162.7	1.7	0.8	1.6	5.4	4.9	4.8
Wholesale trade	148.8	153.2	155.2	2.2	0.7	1.3	6.4	5.2	4.3
Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)	150.9	155.9	158.4	1.8	0.8	1.6	5.2	5.2	5.0
Retail trade	158.8	164.7	167.4	1.8	0.9	1.6	7.0	5.6	5.4
Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)	157.0	162.8	166.0	2.0	0.7	2.0	6.5	5.8	5.7
Transportation and warehousing	156.3	159.8	161.2	1.0	0.9	0.9	3.9	3.3	3.1
Utilities	160.8	164.2	166.8	1.5	0.7	1.6	3.3	3.6	3.7
Information	147.1	152.3	154.5	1.7	1.1	1.4	4.0	5.3	5.0
Financial activities	148.5	153.8	155.1	1.7	0.6	0.8	1.2	5.3	4.4
Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)	149.3	154.0	156.9	2.3	0.5	1.9	4.6	5.5	5.1
Finance and insurance	148.8	154.3	155.4	1.6	0.7	0.7	0.3	5.3	4.4
Credit intermediation and related activities	148.5	154.1	156.3	-0.2	0.3	1.4	5.2	3.6	5.3
Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)	152.0	157.6	161.1	2.4	0.4	2.2	4.3	6.2	6.0
Insurance carriers and related activities	150.1	155.1	157.8	2.0	0.5	1.7	3.8	5.4	5.1
Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)	148.8	152.9	155.8	2.1	0.5	1.9	3.9	4.9	4.7
Real estate and rental and leasing	146.9	151.9	153.9	2.1	0.5	1.3	5.2	5.6	4.8
Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)	151.0	156.0	158.1	2.0	0.6	1.3	4.9	5.3	4.7
Professional and business services	150.2	155.2	157.9	1.6	0.7	1.7	4.5	4.9	5.1
Professional, scientific, and technical services	151.1	156.1	158.9	1.3	0.4	1.8	4.1	4.6	5.2
Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services	150.4	155.5	158.2	2.0	0.9	1.7	5.8	5.4	5.2
Education and health services	148.3	154.1	156.1	1.5	1.2	1.3	5.0	5.5	5.3
Educational services	145.4	151.4	152.8	1.0	1.0	0.9	3.5	5.1	5.1
Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and professional schools	145.8	150.8	151.9	0.6	0.7	0.7	3.4	4.1	4.2
Health care and social assistance	148.9	154.7	156.8	1.6	1.3	1.4	5.3	5.5	5.3
Hospitals	149.8	155.4	157.8	1.6	1.3	1.5	5.0	5.4	5.3
Nursing and residential care facilities	147.6	154.5	156.6	1.8	1.2	1.4	6.7	6.6	6.1
Nursing care facilities(2)	146.6	154.2	156.0	1.7	1.4	1.2	6.5	7.0	6.4
Leisure and hospitality	159.8	166.3	169.3	2.2	0.7	1.8	8.4	6.4	5.9
Accommodation and food service	163.4	169.8	173.0	2.4	0.6	1.9	8.8	6.4	5.9
Other services, except public administration	152.6	156.3	159.7	1.7	0.3	2.2	5.8	4.1	4.7
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

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