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. 2025	Dec. 2025	Mar. 2026	3-months ended-			12-months ended-
	Mar. 2025	Dec. 2025	Mar. 2026	Mar. 2025	Dec. 2025	Mar. 2026	Mar. 2025	Dec. 2025	Mar. 2026
All workers(1)	169.7	173.708	175.385	1.0	0.5	1.0	3.5	3.3	3.4
Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)	169.2	173.211	174.829	1.0	0.5	0.9	3.5	3.3	3.3

Occupational group
Management, professional, and related	163.0	166.999	168.594	0.9	0.4	1.0	3.4	3.3	3.4
Management, business, and financial	164.2	167.473	169.014	0.8	0.2	0.9	3.1	2.8	2.9
Professional and related	162.7	167.105	168.742	1.1	0.6	1.0	3.8	3.8	3.7
Sales and office	174.0	177.556	179.506	1.0	0.3	1.1	2.7	3.1	3.2
Sales and related	172.5	174.853	177.109	1.2	-0.4	1.3	1.8	2.6	2.7
Office and administrative support	174.9	179.395	181.079	1.0	0.8	0.9	3.4	3.6	3.5
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance	169.3	174.275	175.688	0.8	0.7	0.8	4.1	3.7	3.8
Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	167.8	172.669	174.111	1.0	0.8	0.8	4.1	3.9	3.8
Installation, maintenance, and repair	170.9	176.157	177.537	0.5	0.6	0.8	4.0	3.6	3.9
Production, transportation, and material moving	178.5	182.537	184.198	1.0	0.5	0.9	3.7	3.3	3.2
Production	173.7	178.363	179.226	0.9	1.0	0.5	3.5	3.6	3.2
Transportation and material moving	184.5	188.216	190.472	1.0	0.2	1.2	3.8	3.1	3.2
Service occupations	184.2	188.512	190.352	1.1	0.7	1.0	4.2	3.5	3.3

Industry
Goods-producing industries(3)	167.6	171.758	172.984	1.3	0.5	0.7	3.3	3.8	3.2
Manufacturing	167.6	171.475	173.205	1.1	0.4	1.0	3.3	3.4	3.3
Service-providing industries(4)	170.1	174.067	175.821	0.9	0.4	1.0	3.5	3.3	3.4
Education and health services	165.0	169.881	171.224	0.9	0.8	0.8	4.0	3.9	3.8
Educational services	157.0	162.049	162.741	0.3	0.7	0.4	3.6	3.5	3.7
Elementary and secondary schools	155.2	160.195	160.936	0.3	0.5	0.5	3.5	3.5	3.7
Junior colleges, colleges, and universities	158.9	163.721	164.136	0.6	0.8	0.3	4.1	3.6	3.3
Health care and social assistance	173.0	177.876	179.780	1.3	0.8	1.1	4.3	4.1	3.9
Hospitals	173.0	177.103	178.542	1.2	0.9	0.8	4.2	3.6	3.2
Nursing and residential care facilities	175.1	178.729	180.490	1.2	0.6	1.0	3.8	3.3	3.1
Public administration	165.8	169.405	171.139	1.0	0.5	1.0	4.5	3.2	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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