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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
Jun.
2021		 Mar.
2022		 Jun.
2022		 3-months ended- 12-months ended-
Jun.
2021		 Mar.
2022		 Jun.
2022		 Jun.
2021		 Mar.
2022		 Jun.
2022

All workers(1)

 144.1 149.6 151.7 0.8 1.3 1.4 3.2 4.7 5.3

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 143.5 149.1 150.8 0.9 1.4 1.1 3.0 4.9 5.1

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related

 140.6 144.9 146.5 0.6 1.0 1.1 2.2 3.7 4.2

Management, business, and financial

 143.3 147.6 149.9 1.0 1.0 1.6 2.1 4.0 4.6

Professional and related

 139.1 143.5 144.6 0.5 1.1 0.8 2.2 3.7 4.0

Sales and office

 147.3 153.2 156.4 0.3 1.5 2.1 4.1 4.4 6.2

Sales and related

 146.4 152.4 156.8 -0.4 1.6 2.9 5.2 3.7 7.1

Office and administrative support

 147.6 153.4 155.7 1.0 1.5 1.5 3.3 4.9 5.5

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 143.8 148.6 150.4 1.1 1.3 1.2 3.3 4.4 4.6

Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

 143.9 148.7 150.2 1.5 1.4 1.0 3.5 4.9 4.4

Installation, maintenance, and repair

 143.8 148.7 150.7 0.7 1.2 1.3 3.2 4.1 4.8

Production, transportation, and material moving

 149.1 155.8 157.7 1.5 1.4 1.2 4.3 6.1 5.8

Production

 146.3 152.1 154.2 1.8 1.3 1.4 4.5 5.8 5.4

Transportation and material moving

 152.2 159.9 161.6 1.3 1.5 1.1 4.2 6.4 6.2

Service occupations

 150.0 159.2 161.8 1.5 2.0 1.6 4.7 7.7 7.9

Industry

Goods-producing industries(3)

 143.9 148.3 150.7 1.4 1.2 1.6 3.1 4.5 4.7

Manufacturing

 143.6 148.7 150.7 1.3 1.6 1.3 3.1 4.9 4.9

Service-providing industries(4)

 144.1 149.9 151.8 0.7 1.4 1.3 3.2 4.8 5.3

Education and health services

 139.0 144.0 145.2 0.6 1.0 0.8 2.5 4.2 4.5

Educational services

 135.2 138.5 139.2 0.2 0.5 0.5 1.5 2.7 3.0

Elementary and secondary schools

 134.3 137.2 137.5 0.3 0.5 0.2 1.7 2.5 2.4

Junior colleges, colleges, and universities

 136.2 140.0 140.8 0.3 0.5 0.6 0.8 3.1 3.4

Health care and social assistance

 143.2 149.9 151.6 0.9 1.4 1.1 3.6 5.6 5.9

Hospitals

 143.3 149.6 151.3 0.9 1.3 1.1 2.9 5.4 5.6

Nursing and residential care facilities

 142.7 150.9 153.2 1.3 1.7 1.5 4.0 7.1 7.4

Public administration

 137.5 142.7 143.8 0.2 1.3 0.8 1.5 4.0 4.6

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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Last Modified Date: July 29, 2022