Table 8. Wages and salaries (not seasonally adjusted): Employment Cost Index for wages and salaries, for civilian workers, by occupational group and industry

Table 8. Employment Cost Index for wages and salaries, for civilian workers, by occupational group and industry [Not seasonally adjusted]
Occupational group and industry Indexes (Dec. 2005=100) Percent changes for
Dec.
2017		 Sep.
2018		 Dec.
2018		 3-months ended- 12-months ended-
Dec.
2017		 Sep.
2018		 Dec.
2018		 Dec.
2017		 Sep.
2018		 Dec.
2018

All workers(1)

 129.8 133.1 133.8 0.4 0.9 0.5 2.5 2.9 3.1

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 129.9 132.9 133.6 0.5 0.8 0.5 2.5 2.9 2.8

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related

 129.6 132.4 133.0 0.4 0.9 0.5 2.2 2.6 2.6

Management, business, and financial

 131.7 134.6 135.2 0.4 0.8 0.4 2.3 2.6 2.7

Professional and related

 128.5 131.2 131.7 0.4 0.9 0.4 2.2 2.5 2.5

Sales and office

 129.5 133.9 134.5 0.2 1.1 0.4 2.8 3.6 3.9

Sales and related

 125.8 130.9 131.4 -0.2 1.7 0.4 3.0 3.9 4.5

Office and administrative support

 132.0 135.8 136.6 0.5 0.7 0.6 2.5 3.3 3.5

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 130.3 132.5 133.2 0.5 0.5 0.5 2.9 2.2 2.2

Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

 130.2 132.6 133.4 0.5 0.5 0.6 2.8 2.3 2.5

Installation, maintenance, and repair

 130.5 132.4 133.2 0.5 0.5 0.6 3.0 2.0 2.1

Production, transportation, and material moving

 130.8 134.4 135.1 0.5 0.9 0.5 3.2 3.2 3.3

Production

 129.5 132.4 133.3 0.5 0.6 0.7 3.0 2.8 2.9

Transportation and material moving

 132.3 136.6 137.1 0.4 1.2 0.4 3.4 3.6 3.6

Service occupations

 130.8 134.4 135.6 0.8 0.9 0.9 3.0 3.5 3.7

Industry

Goods-producing industries(3)

 129.3 132.2 132.9 0.5 0.6 0.5 2.5 2.7 2.8

Manufacturing

 129.3 132.0 132.9 0.5 0.5 0.7 2.5 2.6 2.8

Service-providing industries(4)

 129.9 133.2 133.9 0.4 1.0 0.5 2.6 2.9 3.1

Education and health services

 128.0 130.8 131.6 0.5 1.2 0.6 2.1 2.7 2.8

Educational services

 126.0 128.4 129.0 0.3 1.3 0.5 1.9 2.2 2.4

Elementary and secondary schools

 124.6 127.2 127.7 0.2 1.5 0.4 1.8 2.3 2.5

Junior colleges, colleges, and universities

 128.2 130.2 131.1 0.5 1.2 0.7 2.2 2.0 2.3

Health care and social assistance

 130.2 133.4 134.4 0.6 0.9 0.7 2.2 3.1 3.2

Hospitals

 130.9 132.8 134.2 0.6 0.4 1.1 2.3 2.1 2.5

Nursing and residential care facilities

 127.3 130.3 131.4 0.6 0.7 0.8 2.7 3.0 3.2

Public administration

 127.7 129.9 130.8 0.6 0.9 0.7 2.2 2.3 2.4

Footnotes
(1) Includes workers in the private nonfarm economy except those in private households, and workers in the public sector, except the federal government.
(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; other services, except public administration; and public administration.

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

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