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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.
2019		 Sep.
2020		 Dec.
2020		 3-months ended- 12-months ended-
Dec.
2019		 Sep.
2020		 Dec.
2020		 Dec.
2019		 Sep.
2020		 Dec.
2020

All workers(1)

 137.7 140.4 141.3 0.5 0.6 0.6 2.9 2.5 2.6

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 137.5 140.1 140.9 0.5 0.6 0.6 2.9 2.4 2.5

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related

 136.1 138.3 138.7 0.3 0.5 0.3 2.3 1.9 1.9

Management, business, and financial

 138.6 140.7 141.0 0.3 0.3 0.2 2.5 1.8 1.7

Professional and related

 134.8 137.0 137.5 0.4 0.7 0.4 2.4 2.0 2.0

Sales and office

 138.7 142.0 143.4 0.3 0.4 1.0 3.1 2.7 3.4

Sales and related

 135.7 139.2 141.4 0.4 0.0 1.6 3.3 3.0 4.2

Office and administrative support

 140.8 143.8 144.7 0.4 0.6 0.6 3.1 2.5 2.8

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 137.2 140.0 140.8 0.6 0.6 0.6 3.0 2.6 2.6

Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

 137.6 139.6 140.5 0.7 0.4 0.6 3.1 2.1 2.1

Installation, maintenance, and repair

 136.9 140.5 141.2 0.5 0.8 0.5 2.8 3.2 3.1

Production, transportation, and material moving

 140.3 144.1 145.3 0.9 0.8 0.8 3.8 3.7 3.6

Production

 137.5 141.0 141.9 0.9 0.7 0.6 3.2 3.4 3.2

Transportation and material moving

 143.4 147.5 149.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 4.6 3.9 3.9

Service occupations

 140.8 144.4 145.7 1.0 0.8 0.9 3.8 3.6 3.5

Industry

Goods-producing industries(3)

 137.4 140.1 140.9 0.7 0.4 0.6 3.4 2.6 2.5

Manufacturing

 137.1 139.8 140.7 0.7 0.4 0.6 3.2 2.7 2.6

Service-providing industries(4)

 137.7 140.5 141.3 0.4 0.6 0.6 2.8 2.5 2.6

Education and health services

 134.9 136.9 137.6 0.4 1.0 0.5 2.5 1.9 2.0

Educational services

 132.4 134.3 134.8 0.3 0.8 0.4 2.6 1.7 1.8

Elementary and secondary schools

 131.2 133.4 133.8 0.2 1.1 0.3 2.7 1.9 2.0

Junior colleges, colleges, and universities

 134.3 135.2 135.6 0.4 0.1 0.3 2.4 1.1 1.0

Health care and social assistance

 137.7 139.8 140.7 0.7 1.2 0.6 2.5 2.2 2.2

Hospitals

 137.6 139.8 140.6 0.7 0.4 0.6 2.5 2.3 2.2

Nursing and residential care facilities

 134.8 138.2 139.4 0.5 0.7 0.9 2.6 3.1 3.4

Public administration

 134.2 135.9 136.5 0.6 0.3 0.4 2.6 1.9 1.7

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 29, 2021