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. 2024	Sep. 2025	Dec. 2025	3-months ended-			12-months ended-
	Dec. 2024	Sep. 2025	Dec. 2025	Dec. 2024	Sep. 2025	Dec. 2025	Dec. 2024	Sep. 2025	Dec. 2025
All workers(1)	168.1	172.925	173.708	0.7	0.9	0.5	3.8	3.5	3.3
Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)	167.6	172.298	173.211	0.6	0.9	0.5	3.9	3.4	3.3

Occupational group
Management, professional, and related	161.6	166.299	166.999	0.6	1.0	0.4	3.7	3.5	3.3
Management, business, and financial	162.9	167.159	167.473	0.4	0.6	0.2	3.4	3.1	2.8
Professional and related	161.0	166.133	167.105	0.6	1.3	0.6	3.8	3.8	3.8
Sales and office	172.2	177.113	177.556	0.9	0.4	0.3	3.2	3.8	3.1
Sales and related	170.5	175.475	174.853	1.3	0.0	-0.4	2.5	4.3	2.6
Office and administrative support	173.2	178.045	179.395	0.5	0.8	0.8	3.9	3.3	3.6
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance	168.0	172.996	174.275	1.0	1.2	0.7	4.3	4.0	3.7
Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	166.2	171.250	172.669	0.9	1.1	0.8	4.2	4.0	3.9
Installation, maintenance, and repair	170.1	175.034	176.157	1.0	1.4	0.6	4.5	3.9	3.6
Production, transportation, and material moving	176.7	181.612	182.537	0.6	0.8	0.5	4.2	3.4	3.3
Production	172.1	176.657	178.363	0.8	0.8	1.0	4.2	3.4	3.6
Transportation and material moving	182.6	187.835	188.216	0.4	0.8	0.2	4.3	3.3	3.1
Service occupations	182.2	187.288	188.512	0.8	1.0	0.7	4.5	3.6	3.5

Industry
Goods-producing industries(3)	165.5	170.853	171.758	0.6	0.8	0.5	3.4	3.9	3.8
Manufacturing	165.8	170.727	171.475	0.6	0.7	0.4	3.8	3.6	3.4
Service-providing industries(4)	168.5	173.305	174.067	0.7	0.9	0.4	3.9	3.5	3.3
Education and health services	163.5	168.591	169.881	0.6	1.5	0.8	4.1	3.7	3.9
Educational services	156.5	160.962	162.049	0.4	2.3	0.7	4.2	3.3	3.5
Elementary and secondary schools	154.8	159.417	160.195	0.3	2.5	0.5	4.0	3.3	3.5
Junior colleges, colleges, and universities	158.0	162.466	163.721	0.8	1.9	0.8	4.4	3.6	3.6
Health care and social assistance	170.8	176.405	177.876	0.8	0.9	0.8	4.1	4.1	4.1
Hospitals	170.9	175.485	177.103	1.1	0.5	0.9	4.3	3.8	3.6
Nursing and residential care facilities	173.1	177.600	178.729	0.7	0.8	0.6	3.7	3.3	3.3
Public administration	164.1	168.496	169.405	0.9	1.3	0.5	4.9	3.6	3.2
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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