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.
2017		 Mar.
2018		 Jun.
2018		 3-months ended- 12-months ended-
Jun.
2017		 Mar.
2018		 Jun.
2018		 Jun.
2017		 Mar.
2018		 Jun.
2018

All workers(1)

 128.3 131.1 131.9 0.5 1.0 0.6 2.3 2.7 2.8

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 128.4 131.1 131.9 0.5 0.9 0.6 2.5 2.7 2.7

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related

 128.4 130.6 131.2 0.6 0.8 0.5 2.3 2.4 2.2

Management, business, and financial

 130.4 133.0 133.5 0.9 1.0 0.4 2.8 2.9 2.4

Professional and related

 127.3 129.3 130.0 0.6 0.6 0.5 2.0 2.1 2.1

Sales and office

 127.9 131.4 132.4 0.4 1.5 0.8 1.6 3.1 3.5

Sales and related

 124.0 128.2 128.7 0.2 1.9 0.4 0.2 3.6 3.8

Office and administrative support

 130.6 133.5 134.8 0.5 1.1 1.0 2.6 2.7 3.2

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 128.6 130.8 131.8 0.9 0.4 0.8 2.6 2.7 2.5

Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

 128.6 130.8 132.0 0.7 0.5 0.9 2.6 2.4 2.6

Installation, maintenance, and repair

 128.7 130.8 131.8 1.1 0.2 0.8 2.5 2.7 2.4

Production, transportation, and material moving

 128.8 132.3 133.2 0.6 1.1 0.7 3.1 3.4 3.4

Production

 127.6 130.6 131.6 0.6 0.8 0.8 3.0 3.0 3.1

Transportation and material moving

 130.2 134.3 135.0 0.5 1.5 0.5 3.3 3.7 3.7

Service occupations

 128.9 132.4 133.2 0.5 1.2 0.6 3.0 3.2 3.3

Industry

Goods-producing industries(3)

 127.8 130.4 131.4 0.6 0.9 0.8 2.3 2.7 2.8

Manufacturing

 127.9 130.4 131.3 0.6 0.9 0.7 2.4 2.6 2.7

Service-providing industries(4)

 128.5 131.2 131.9 0.6 1.0 0.5 2.4 2.7 2.6

Education and health services

 126.5 128.7 129.3 0.4 0.5 0.5 2.1 2.1 2.2

Educational services

 124.3 126.3 126.7 0.2 0.2 0.3 2.1 1.8 1.9

Elementary and secondary schools

 123.0 124.9 125.3 0.2 0.2 0.3 1.9 1.8 1.9

Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and professional schools

 126.3 128.4 128.7 0.0 0.2 0.2 2.2 1.7 1.9

Health care and social assistance

 129.0 131.5 132.2 0.6 1.0 0.5 2.3 2.6 2.5

Hospitals

 129.4 131.5 132.3 0.5 0.5 0.6 2.3 2.1 2.2

Nursing and residential care facilities

 125.7 128.5 129.4 0.7 0.9 0.7 2.9 3.0 2.9

Public administration

 126.1 128.3 128.7 0.2 0.5 0.3 2.2 1.9 2.1

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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