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
	Jun. 2025	Mar. 2026	Jun. 2026	3-months ended-			12-months ended-
	Jun. 2025	Mar. 2026	Jun. 2026	Jun. 2025	Mar. 2026	Jun. 2026	Jun. 2025	Mar. 2026	Jun. 2026
All workers(1)	171.362	175.385	176.821	1.0	1.0	0.8	3.6	3.4	3.2
Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)	170.718	174.829	176.216	0.9	0.9	0.8	3.6	3.3	3.2

Occupational group
Management, professional, and related	164.611	168.594	170.029	1.0	1.0	0.9	3.5	3.4	3.3
Management, business, and financial	166.136	169.014	171.048	1.2	0.9	1.2	3.3	2.9	3.0
Professional and related	163.976	168.742	169.762	0.8	1.0	0.6	3.7	3.7	3.5
Sales and office	176.390	179.506	180.593	1.4	1.1	0.6	3.7	3.2	2.4
Sales and related	175.484	177.109	177.876	1.7	1.3	0.4	4.1	2.7	1.4
Office and administrative support	176.697	181.079	182.435	1.0	0.9	0.7	3.5	3.5	3.2
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance	170.932	175.688	177.458	1.0	0.8	1.0	3.9	3.8	3.8
Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	169.453	174.111	176.095	1.0	0.8	1.1	4.0	3.8	3.9
Installation, maintenance, and repair	172.669	177.537	179.067	1.0	0.8	0.9	3.8	3.9	3.7
Production, transportation, and material moving	180.166	184.198	185.974	0.9	0.9	1.0	3.5	3.2	3.2
Production	175.236	179.226	181.117	0.9	0.5	1.1	3.6	3.2	3.4
Transportation and material moving	186.351	190.472	192.191	1.0	1.2	0.9	3.5	3.2	3.1
Service occupations	185.347	190.352	191.711	0.6	1.0	0.7	3.7	3.3	3.4

Industry
Goods-producing industries(3)	169.545	172.984	175.239	1.2	0.7	1.3	3.9	3.2	3.4
Manufacturing	169.615	173.205	175.213	1.2	1.0	1.2	3.6	3.3	3.3
Service-providing industries(4)	171.698	175.821	177.118	0.9	1.0	0.7	3.6	3.4	3.2
Education and health services	166.071	171.224	172.107	0.6	0.8	0.5	4.1	3.8	3.6
Educational services	157.379	162.741	163.185	0.2	0.4	0.3	3.5	3.7	3.7
Elementary and secondary schools	155.482	160.936	161.295	0.2	0.5	0.2	3.3	3.7	3.7
Junior colleges, colleges, and universities	159.398	164.136	164.584	0.3	0.3	0.3	4.0	3.3	3.3
Health care and social assistance	174.760	179.780	181.040	1.0	1.1	0.7	4.5	3.9	3.6
Hospitals	174.550	178.542	180.114	0.9	0.8	0.9	4.4	3.2	3.2
Nursing and residential care facilities	176.225	180.490	181.553	0.6	1.0	0.6	3.4	3.1	3.0
Public administration	166.315	171.139	171.869	0.3	1.0	0.4	4.1	3.2	3.3
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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