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)
Indexes (Dec. 2005 = Percent changes for–
100)
Occupational group and industry 3-months ended– 12-months ended–
Mar. Dec. Mar.
2017 2017 2018
Mar. Dec. Mar. Mar. Dec. Mar.
2017 2017 2018 2017 2017 2018
Civilian workers
All workers(1)............................. 127.6 129.8 131.1 0.8 0.4 1.0 2.5 2.5 2.7
Excluding incentive paid occupations(2) 127.7 129.9 131.1 .8 .5 .9 2.6 2.5 2.7
Occupational group
Management, professional, and related.... 127.6 129.6 130.6 .6 .4 .8 2.1 2.2 2.4
Management, business, and financial.... 129.3 131.7 133.0 .5 .4 1.0 2.2 2.3 2.9
Professional and related............... 126.6 128.5 129.3 .7 .4 .6 1.9 2.2 2.1
Sales and office......................... 127.4 129.5 131.4 1.1 .2 1.5 2.6 2.8 3.1
Sales and related...................... 123.7 125.8 128.2 1.3 -.2 1.9 2.3 3.0 3.6
Office and administrative support...... 130.0 132.0 133.5 .9 .5 1.1 2.8 2.5 2.7
Natural resources, construction, and
maintenance............................. 127.4 130.3 130.8 .6 .5 .4 2.5 2.9 2.7
Construction, extraction, farming,
fishing, and forestry................. 127.7 130.2 130.8 .9 .5 .5 3.2 2.8 2.4
Installation, maintenance, and repair.. 127.3 130.5 130.8 .5 .5 .2 2.0 3.0 2.7
Production, transportation, and material
moving.................................. 128.0 130.8 132.3 1.0 .5 1.1 3.3 3.2 3.4
Production............................. 126.8 129.5 130.6 .9 .5 .8 3.1 3.0 3.0
Transportation and material moving..... 129.5 132.3 134.3 1.3 .4 1.5 3.6 3.4 3.7
Service occupations...................... 128.3 130.8 132.4 1.0 .8 1.2 3.4 3.0 3.2
Industry
Goods-producing industries(3)............ 127.0 129.3 130.4 .7 .5 .9 2.5 2.5 2.7
Manufacturing.......................... 127.1 129.3 130.4 .7 .5 .9 2.5 2.5 2.6
Service-providing industries(4).......... 127.7 129.9 131.2 .9 .4 1.0 2.5 2.6 2.7
Education and health services.......... 126.0 128.0 128.7 .5 .5 .5 2.2 2.1 2.1
Educational services................. 124.1 126.0 126.3 .3 .3 .2 2.2 1.9 1.8
Elementary and secondary schools... 122.7 124.6 124.9 .2 .2 .2 2.0 1.8 1.8
Junior colleges, colleges,
universities, and professional
schools........................... 126.3 128.2 128.4 .6 .5 .2 2.6 2.2 1.7
Health care and social assistance.... 128.2 130.2 131.5 .6 .6 1.0 2.2 2.2 2.6
Hospitals.......................... 128.8 130.9 131.5 .6 .6 .5 2.5 2.3 2.1
Nursing and residential care
facilities........................ 124.8 127.3 128.5 .7 .6 .9 2.7 2.7 3.0
Public administration.................. 125.9 127.7 128.3 .8 .6 .5 2.4 2.2 1.9
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.