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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.
2023
Jun.
2024
Sep.
2024
3-months ended- 12-months ended-
Sep.
2023
Jun.
2024
Sep.
2024
Sep.
2023
Jun.
2024
Sep.
2024

All workers

160.6 165.4 166.4 0.9 1.0 0.6 4.3 3.9 3.6

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

160.4 165.3 166.5 0.9 1.0 0.7 4.4 4.0 3.8

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related

156.2 160.4 161.4 1.0 0.9 0.6 4.4 3.7 3.3

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

155.2 159.5 160.6 0.9 0.9 0.7 4.4 3.7 3.5

Management, business, and financial

157.2 161.1 161.9 0.9 1.0 0.5 4.2 3.4 3.0

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

155.8 159.7 160.6 0.8 0.8 0.6 4.2 3.3 3.1

Professional and related

155.5 160.1 161.3 1.0 0.9 0.7 4.6 4.0 3.7

Sales and office

164.0 168.5 169.1 0.6 0.4 0.4 4.2 3.3 3.1

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

166.0 170.9 172.0 0.7 0.9 0.6 4.5 3.7 3.6

Sales and related

161.2 165.2 165.0 0.2 -0.3 -0.1 3.9 2.7 2.4

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

166.5 171.1 172.1 0.5 0.8 0.6 4.6 3.3 3.4

Office and administrative support

165.1 170.1 171.3 0.9 1.1 0.7 4.4 3.9 3.8

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

158.2 162.8 164.3 1.0 0.9 0.9 4.2 4.0 3.9

Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

157.3 161.4 162.7 1.0 1.1 0.8 3.9 3.6 3.4

Installation, maintenance, and repair

159.2 164.4 166.1 1.2 0.7 1.0 4.6 4.5 4.3

Production, transportation, and material moving

163.2 170.2 171.5 0.8 1.4 0.8 3.9 5.1 5.1

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

162.9 169.9 171.2 0.7 1.4 0.8 4.0 5.1 5.1

Production

159.8 165.5 166.8 0.7 1.1 0.8 4.1 4.3 4.4

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

160.2 165.7 167.0 0.7 1.1 0.8 4.0 4.1 4.2

Transportation and material moving

168.5 176.7 178.0 0.8 1.6 0.7 3.9 5.7 5.6

Service occupations

172.3 177.8 179.3 0.9 1.3 0.8 4.5 4.2 4.1

Industry and occupational group

Goods-producing industries(3)

155.1 159.5 160.5 0.6 0.8 0.6 3.8 3.5 3.5

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

154.8 159.6 160.6 0.7 1.1 0.6 3.7 3.8 3.7

Management, professional, and related

148.4 152.7 153.2 0.4 0.9 0.3 3.5 3.3 3.2

Sales and office

163.0 165.2 166.4 0.2 -2.5 0.7 4.9 1.6 2.1

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

156.6 160.8 162.2 0.9 1.1 0.9 3.8 3.6 3.6

Production, transportation, and material moving

157.7 163.3 164.4 0.6 1.3 0.7 3.7 4.2 4.2

Construction

156.3 159.4 160.7 0.8 0.1 0.8 4.1 2.8 2.8

Manufacturing

154.6 159.6 160.4 0.6 0.9 0.5 3.7 3.8 3.8

Management, professional, and related

149.5 154.0 154.5 0.4 1.0 0.3 3.3 3.4 3.3

Sales and office occupations

159.4 163.9 164.7 0.6 0.1 0.5 4.0 3.4 3.3

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

154.4 159.6 161.0 0.7 1.1 0.9 4.0 4.0 4.3

Production, transportation, and material moving

157.4 163.1 164.2 0.6 1.2 0.7 3.8 4.2 4.3

Aircraft manufacturing

134.6 137.0 137.1 0.0 -0.1 0.1 2.9 1.8 1.9

Service-providing industries(4)

162.1 167.0 168.1 0.9 1.0 0.7 4.4 4.0 3.7

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

162.0 166.9 168.2 0.9 1.0 0.8 4.5 3.9 3.8

Management, professional, and related

157.5 161.7 162.8 1.0 0.9 0.7 4.5 3.7 3.4

Sales and office

164.1 168.9 169.3 0.6 0.7 0.2 4.1 3.6 3.2

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

160.6 165.9 167.6 1.3 0.7 1.0 4.8 4.6 4.4

Production, transportation, and material moving

169.2 177.4 178.8 0.9 1.5 0.8 4.1 5.8 5.7

Service occupations

172.4 177.9 179.4 1.0 1.3 0.8 4.5 4.2 4.1

Trade, transportation, and utilities

165.6 171.5 172.4 0.7 1.2 0.5 4.3 4.3 4.1

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

166.0 172.4 173.6 0.8 1.4 0.7 4.5 4.7 4.6

Wholesale trade

158.5 162.7 163.0 0.4 0.4 0.2 4.1 3.0 2.8

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

161.8 166.4 167.4 0.7 1.3 0.6 4.6 3.5 3.5

Retail trade

170.6 174.6 175.6 0.8 1.5 0.6 4.5 3.1 2.9

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

169.2 173.6 174.7 0.8 1.3 0.6 4.7 3.4 3.3

Transportation and warehousing

164.5 175.7 177.1 0.9 1.7 0.8 3.9 7.7 7.7

Utilities

170.9 175.2 176.6 1.0 0.9 0.8 4.8 3.5 3.3

Information

156.4 159.4 161.3 0.1 -0.1 1.2 3.9 2.0 3.1

Financial activities

159.1 162.8 163.1 0.8 1.5 0.2 4.1 3.1 2.5

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

159.2 163.4 164.0 0.4 0.9 0.4 3.9 3.0 3.0

Finance and insurance

159.5 163.4 163.3 0.7 1.6 -0.1 4.0 3.2 2.4

Credit intermediation and related activities

160.4 165.3 165.4 1.3 1.3 0.1 4.4 4.4 3.1

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

163.4 168.4 169.2 0.6 1.0 0.5 4.1 3.7 3.5

Insurance carriers and related activities

160.6 165.0 164.0 0.4 1.8 -0.6 4.0 3.1 2.1

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

157.9 162.5 162.5 0.1 1.0 0.0 3.8 3.0 2.9

Real estate and rental and leasing

157.4 160.0 162.3 1.2 1.0 1.4 4.2 2.8 3.1

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

161.2 164.3 165.4 0.7 1.0 0.7 3.9 2.7 2.6

Professional and business services

160.7 165.5 165.8 0.9 0.8 0.2 4.3 4.0 3.2

Professional, scientific, and technical services

161.7 166.1 166.4 0.9 0.7 0.2 4.0 3.7 2.9

Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services

161.0 165.5 166.6 0.9 0.9 0.7 4.5 3.8 3.5

Education and health services

159.7 164.6 166.7 1.4 0.9 1.3 4.9 4.5 4.4

Educational services

156.5 160.6 163.9 2.0 0.6 2.1 4.4 4.6 4.7

Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and professional schools

155.6 158.8 162.4 2.0 0.5 2.3 3.9 4.1 4.4

Health care and social assistance

160.4 165.4 167.3 1.3 1.0 1.1 5.0 4.4 4.3

Hospitals

160.9 166.5 168.0 0.9 0.8 0.9 4.9 4.5 4.4

Nursing and residential care facilities

160.4 165.0 166.2 1.5 1.0 0.7 5.0 4.4 3.6

Nursing care facilities(2)

160.2 164.7 165.0 1.5 1.0 0.2 5.3 4.3 3.0

Leisure and hospitality

172.5 177.2 178.4 0.8 1.4 0.7 4.4 3.6 3.4

Accommodation and food service

176.1 181.2 182.1 0.5 1.6 0.5 4.3 3.4 3.4

Other services, except public administration

163.4 169.7 170.7 1.1 0.9 0.6 4.9 5.0 4.5

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, 2024