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

All workers(1)

 133.8 137.0 137.7 0.5 1.0 0.5 3.1 2.9 2.9

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 133.6 136.8 137.5 0.5 0.9 0.5 2.8 2.9 2.9

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related

 133.0 135.7 136.1 0.5 0.9 0.3 2.6 2.5 2.3

Management, business, and financial

 135.2 138.2 138.6 0.4 0.7 0.3 2.7 2.7 2.5

Professional and related

 131.7 134.3 134.8 0.4 0.9 0.4 2.5 2.4 2.4

Sales and office

 134.5 138.3 138.7 0.4 1.2 0.3 3.9 3.3 3.1

Sales and related

 131.4 135.2 135.7 0.4 1.7 0.4 4.5 3.3 3.3

Office and administrative support

 136.6 140.3 140.8 0.6 0.9 0.4 3.5 3.3 3.1

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 133.2 136.4 137.2 0.5 0.9 0.6 2.2 2.9 3.0

Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

 133.4 136.7 137.6 0.6 0.8 0.7 2.5 3.1 3.1

Installation, maintenance, and repair

 133.2 136.2 136.9 0.6 1.0 0.5 2.1 2.9 2.8

Production, transportation, and material moving

 135.1 139.0 140.3 0.5 0.9 0.9 3.3 3.4 3.8

Production

 133.3 136.3 137.5 0.7 0.6 0.9 2.9 2.9 3.2

Transportation and material moving

 137.1 142.0 143.4 0.4 1.3 1.0 3.6 4.0 4.6

Service occupations

 135.6 139.4 140.8 0.9 0.8 1.0 3.7 3.7 3.8

Industry

Goods-producing industries(3)

 132.9 136.5 137.4 0.5 0.9 0.7 2.8 3.3 3.4

Manufacturing

 132.9 136.1 137.1 0.7 0.7 0.7 2.8 3.1 3.2

Service-providing industries(4)

 133.9 137.1 137.7 0.5 1.0 0.4 3.1 2.9 2.8

Education and health services

 131.6 134.3 134.9 0.6 1.3 0.4 2.8 2.7 2.5

Educational services

 129.0 132.0 132.4 0.5 1.8 0.3 2.4 2.8 2.6

Elementary and secondary schools

 127.7 130.9 131.2 0.4 2.0 0.2 2.5 2.9 2.7

Junior colleges, colleges, and universities

 131.1 133.7 134.3 0.7 1.2 0.4 2.3 2.7 2.4

Health care and social assistance

 134.4 136.8 137.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 3.2 2.5 2.5

Hospitals

 134.2 136.6 137.6 1.1 0.7 0.7 2.5 2.9 2.5

Nursing and residential care facilities

 131.4 134.1 134.8 0.8 0.7 0.5 3.2 2.9 2.6

Public administration

 130.8 133.4 134.2 0.7 0.9 0.6 2.4 2.7 2.6

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: January 31, 2020