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
Mar.
2018		 Dec.
2018		 Mar.
2019		 3-months ended- 12-months ended-
Mar.
2018		 Dec.
2018		 Mar.
2019		 Mar.
2018		 Dec.
2018		 Mar.
2019

All workers(1)

 131.1 133.8 134.9 1.0 0.5 0.8 2.7 3.1 2.9

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 131.1 133.6 134.7 0.9 0.5 0.8 2.7 2.8 2.7

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related

 130.6 133.0 133.7 0.8 0.5 0.5 2.4 2.6 2.4

Management, business, and financial

 133.0 135.2 136.1 1.0 0.4 0.7 2.9 2.7 2.3

Professional and related

 129.3 131.7 132.4 0.6 0.4 0.5 2.1 2.5 2.4

Sales and office

 131.4 134.5 136.0 1.5 0.4 1.1 3.1 3.9 3.5

Sales and related

 128.2 131.4 132.8 1.9 0.4 1.1 3.6 4.5 3.6

Office and administrative support

 133.5 136.6 138.0 1.1 0.6 1.0 2.7 3.5 3.4

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 130.8 133.2 133.9 0.4 0.5 0.5 2.7 2.2 2.4

Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

 130.8 133.4 134.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 2.4 2.5 2.8

Installation, maintenance, and repair

 130.8 133.2 133.5 0.2 0.6 0.2 2.7 2.1 2.1

Production, transportation, and material moving

 132.3 135.1 137.0 1.1 0.5 1.4 3.4 3.3 3.6

Production

 130.6 133.3 134.6 0.8 0.7 1.0 3.0 2.9 3.1

Transportation and material moving

 134.3 137.1 139.7 1.5 0.4 1.9 3.7 3.6 4.0

Service occupations

 132.4 135.6 137.2 1.2 0.9 1.2 3.2 3.7 3.6

Industry

Goods-producing industries(3)

 130.4 132.9 134.1 0.9 0.5 0.9 2.7 2.8 2.8

Manufacturing

 130.4 132.9 134.2 0.9 0.7 1.0 2.6 2.8 2.9

Service-providing industries(4)

 131.2 133.9 135.0 1.0 0.5 0.8 2.7 3.1 2.9

Education and health services

 128.7 131.6 132.1 0.5 0.6 0.4 2.1 2.8 2.6

Educational services

 126.3 129.0 129.3 0.2 0.5 0.2 1.8 2.4 2.4

Elementary and secondary schools

 124.9 127.7 128.0 0.2 0.4 0.2 1.8 2.5 2.5

Junior colleges, colleges, and universities

 128.4 131.1 131.6 0.2 0.7 0.4 1.7 2.3 2.5

Health care and social assistance

 131.5 134.4 135.1 1.0 0.7 0.5 2.6 3.2 2.7

Hospitals

 131.5 134.2 134.9 0.5 1.1 0.5 2.1 2.5 2.6

Nursing and residential care facilities

 128.5 131.4 132.4 0.9 0.8 0.8 3.0 3.2 3.0

Public administration

 128.3 130.8 131.7 0.5 0.7 0.7 1.9 2.4 2.7

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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