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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
Mar.
2022
Dec.
2022
Mar.
2023
3-months ended- 12-months ended-
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

Last Modified Date: April 28, 2023