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

All workers

 161.6 166.4 167.4 0.6 0.6 0.6 4.1 3.6 3.6

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 161.4 166.5 167.3 0.6 0.7 0.5 4.1 3.8 3.7

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related

 156.8 161.4 162.2 0.4 0.6 0.5 4.0 3.3 3.4

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 155.9 160.6 161.3 0.5 0.7 0.4 4.1 3.5 3.5

Management, business, and financial

 157.5 161.9 162.6 0.2 0.5 0.4 3.8 3.0 3.2

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 156.2 160.6 161.3 0.3 0.6 0.4 3.9 3.1 3.3

Professional and related

 156.4 161.3 162.1 0.6 0.7 0.5 4.2 3.7 3.6

Sales and office

 165.2 169.1 170.2 0.7 0.4 0.7 3.8 3.1 3.0

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 166.9 172.0 172.7 0.5 0.6 0.4 4.1 3.6 3.5

Sales and related

 162.9 165.0 166.8 1.1 -0.1 1.1 3.8 2.4 2.4

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 167.6 172.1 173.0 0.7 0.6 0.5 4.4 3.4 3.2

Office and administrative support

 165.8 171.3 171.9 0.4 0.7 0.4 3.9 3.8 3.7

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 159.7 164.3 165.6 0.9 0.9 0.8 4.4 3.9 3.7

Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

 158.1 162.7 163.9 0.5 0.8 0.7 3.7 3.4 3.7

Installation, maintenance, and repair

 161.5 166.1 167.5 1.4 1.0 0.8 5.3 4.3 3.7

Production, transportation, and material moving

 165.5 171.5 172.4 1.4 0.8 0.5 4.6 5.1 4.2

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 165.3 171.2 172.2 1.5 0.8 0.6 4.7 5.1 4.2

Production

 161.3 166.8 168.0 0.9 0.8 0.7 4.1 4.4 4.2

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 161.8 167.0 168.2 1.0 0.8 0.7 4.2 4.2 4.0

Transportation and material moving

 171.5 178.0 178.7 1.8 0.7 0.4 5.0 5.6 4.2

Service occupations

 173.2 179.3 180.5 0.5 0.8 0.7 4.0 4.1 4.2

Industry and occupational group

Goods-producing industries(3)

 156.3 160.5 161.4 0.8 0.6 0.6 3.8 3.5 3.3

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 155.9 160.6 161.5 0.7 0.6 0.6 3.7 3.7 3.6

Management, professional, and related

 148.9 153.2 153.7 0.3 0.3 0.3 3.2 3.2 3.2

Sales and office

 167.1 166.4 167.2 2.5 0.7 0.5 5.8 2.1 0.1

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 157.5 162.2 163.2 0.6 0.9 0.6 3.8 3.6 3.6

Production, transportation, and material moving

 159.2 164.4 165.6 1.0 0.7 0.7 3.9 4.2 4.0

Construction

 157.7 160.7 161.5 0.9 0.8 0.5 4.2 2.8 2.4

Manufacturing

 155.8 160.4 161.4 0.8 0.5 0.6 3.7 3.8 3.6

Management, professional, and related

 150.1 154.5 155.0 0.4 0.3 0.3 3.2 3.3 3.3

Sales and office occupations

 160.4 164.7 165.4 0.6 0.5 0.4 3.5 3.3 3.1

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 156.0 161.0 162.7 1.0 0.9 1.1 3.9 4.3 4.3

Production, transportation, and material moving

 159.0 164.2 165.4 1.0 0.7 0.7 3.9 4.3 4.0

Aircraft manufacturing

 134.7 137.1 139.8 0.1 0.1 2.0 2.6 1.9 3.8

Service-providing industries(4)

 163.1 168.1 169.0 0.6 0.7 0.5 4.2 3.7 3.6

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 163.0 168.2 169.0 0.6 0.8 0.5 4.2 3.8 3.7

Management, professional, and related

 158.1 162.8 163.6 0.4 0.7 0.5 4.1 3.4 3.5

Sales and office

 164.9 169.3 170.5 0.5 0.2 0.7 3.6 3.2 3.4

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 163.0 167.6 169.2 1.5 1.0 1.0 5.5 4.4 3.8

Production, transportation, and material moving

 172.1 178.8 179.5 1.7 0.8 0.4 5.1 5.7 4.3

Service occupations

 173.3 179.4 180.7 0.5 0.8 0.7 4.0 4.1 4.3

Trade, transportation, and utilities

 167.5 172.4 173.1 1.1 0.5 0.4 4.6 4.1 3.3

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 168.1 173.6 174.3 1.3 0.7 0.4 5.0 4.6 3.7

Wholesale trade

 159.1 163.0 163.7 0.4 0.2 0.4 3.9 2.8 2.9

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 162.2 167.4 168.0 0.2 0.6 0.4 4.0 3.5 3.6

Retail trade

 171.5 175.6 176.4 0.5 0.6 0.5 4.1 2.9 2.9

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 170.1 174.7 175.5 0.5 0.6 0.5 4.5 3.3 3.2

Transportation and warehousing

 169.8 177.1 177.6 3.2 0.8 0.3 6.3 7.7 4.6

Utilities

 171.9 176.6 177.6 0.6 0.8 0.6 4.7 3.3 3.3

Information

 157.5 161.3 161.6 0.7 1.2 0.2 3.4 3.1 2.6

Financial activities

 159.0 163.1 164.4 -0.1 0.2 0.8 3.4 2.5 3.4

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 159.3 164.0 164.7 0.1 0.4 0.4 3.4 3.0 3.4

Finance and insurance

 159.5 163.3 164.9 0.0 -0.1 1.0 3.4 2.4 3.4

Credit intermediation and related activities

 160.5 165.4 167.4 0.1 0.1 1.2 4.2 3.1 4.3

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 163.5 169.2 170.4 0.1 0.5 0.7 3.7 3.5 4.2

Insurance carriers and related activities

 159.9 164.0 164.6 -0.4 -0.6 0.4 3.1 2.1 2.9

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 158.2 162.5 162.9 0.2 0.0 0.2 3.5 2.9 3.0

Real estate and rental and leasing

 156.9 162.3 162.2 -0.3 1.4 -0.1 3.3 3.1 3.4

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 160.8 165.4 165.9 -0.2 0.7 0.3 3.1 2.6 3.2

Professional and business services

 161.0 165.8 166.9 0.2 0.2 0.7 3.7 3.2 3.7

Professional, scientific, and technical services

 161.9 166.4 167.4 0.1 0.2 0.6 3.7 2.9 3.4

Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services

 161.6 166.6 167.8 0.4 0.7 0.7 3.9 3.5 3.8

Education and health services

 161.1 166.7 167.6 0.9 1.3 0.5 4.5 4.4 4.0

Educational services

 157.7 163.9 163.8 0.8 2.1 -0.1 4.2 4.7 3.9

Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and professional schools

 156.5 162.4 163.3 0.6 2.3 0.6 3.8 4.4 4.3

Health care and social assistance

 161.8 167.3 168.4 0.9 1.1 0.7 4.6 4.3 4.1

Hospitals

 162.5 168.0 169.4 1.0 0.9 0.8 4.6 4.4 4.2

Nursing and residential care facilities

 161.6 166.2 167.2 0.7 0.7 0.6 4.6 3.6 3.5

Nursing care facilities(2)

 161.6 165.0 166.1 0.9 0.2 0.7 4.8 3.0 2.8

Leisure and hospitality

 173.0 178.4 179.2 0.3 0.7 0.4 4.0 3.4 3.6

Accommodation and food service

 176.7 182.1 183.0 0.3 0.5 0.5 4.1 3.4 3.6

Other services, except public administration

 164.3 170.7 172.0 0.6 0.6 0.8 5.1 4.5 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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Last Modified Date: January 31, 2025