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Table 9. Wages and salaries (not seasonally adjusted): Employment Cost Index for wages and salaries, for private industry workers, by occupational group and industry

Table 9. Employment Cost Index for wages and salaries, for private industry workers, by occupational group and industry [Not seasonally adjusted]
Occupational group and industry Index value (Dec. 2005=100) Percent changes for
Sep.
2024		 Jun.
2025		 Sep.
2025		 3-months ended- 12-months ended-
Sep.
2024		 Jun.
2025		 Sep.
2025		 Sep.
2024		 Jun.
2025		 Sep.
2025

All workers

 169.1 173.849 175.109 0.7 1.1 0.7 3.8 3.5 3.6

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 168.8 173.240 174.507 0.8 1.0 0.7 4.0 3.5 3.4

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related

 162.9 167.323 168.580 0.7 1.2 0.8 3.4 3.5 3.5

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 161.5 165.731 166.940 0.8 1.0 0.7 3.6 3.5 3.4

Management, business, and financial

 162.8 166.923 167.816 0.6 1.3 0.5 3.0 3.2 3.1

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 160.4 164.385 165.157 0.7 1.1 0.5 3.3 3.2 3.0

Professional and related

 163.2 167.912 169.506 0.8 1.0 0.9 3.8 3.7 3.9

Sales and office

 171.7 177.474 178.049 0.3 1.4 0.3 3.2 3.7 3.7

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 174.7 179.004 180.034 0.7 1.0 0.6 3.9 3.2 3.1

Sales and related

 168.5 175.642 175.616 -0.2 1.8 0.0 2.4 4.1 4.2

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 176.0 180.281 181.227 0.7 0.9 0.5 3.8 3.1 3.0

Office and administrative support

 173.1 177.474 178.637 0.8 1.1 0.7 4.0 3.3 3.2

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 166.8 171.433 173.469 1.1 1.1 1.2 4.4 3.9 4.0

Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

 164.9 169.821 171.632 1.0 1.0 1.1 3.7 4.0 4.1

Installation, maintenance, and repair

 168.9 173.328 175.620 1.2 1.1 1.3 5.2 3.9 4.0

Production, transportation, and material moving

 176.0 180.506 181.909 0.9 1.0 0.8 5.3 3.5 3.4

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 175.8 180.237 181.478 1.0 1.0 0.7 5.3 3.5 3.2

Production

 170.9 175.286 176.705 0.9 0.9 0.8 4.5 3.5 3.4

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 171.0 175.577 176.916 0.9 0.8 0.8 4.3 3.6 3.5

Transportation and material moving

 182.6 187.274 188.689 0.9 1.0 0.8 5.8 3.5 3.3

Service occupations

 184.6 189.539 191.210 0.9 0.8 0.9 4.2 3.6 3.6

Industry and occupational group

Goods-producing industries(2)

 164.5 169.627 170.921 0.7 1.1 0.8 3.7 3.9 3.9

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 164.6 169.567 170.833 0.8 1.1 0.7 4.0 3.8 3.8

Management, professional, and related

 158.0 163.295 163.997 0.4 1.4 0.4 3.7 3.8 3.8

Sales and office

 172.0 178.159 180.004 0.8 1.3 1.0 2.0 4.4 4.7

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 164.7 169.491 171.231 1.0 1.1 1.0 3.8 4.0 4.0

Production, transportation, and material moving

 168.8 173.620 174.931 0.9 0.9 0.8 4.4 3.8 3.6

Construction

 163.5 168.655 170.265 1.1 1.1 1.0 3.0 4.2 4.1

Manufacturing

 164.8 169.615 170.727 0.7 1.2 0.7 4.0 3.6 3.6

Management, professional, and related

 158.9 163.700 164.430 0.4 1.3 0.4 3.9 3.4 3.5

Sales and office

 168.3 172.563 173.893 0.4 1.4 0.8 3.4 3.0 3.3

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 166.4 171.822 173.293 1.3 1.5 0.9 4.4 4.6 4.1

Production, transportation, and material moving

 168.7 173.645 174.978 0.8 1.0 0.8 4.3 3.7 3.7

Aircraft manufacturing

 164.1 171.850 172.809 0.2 1.0 0.6 2.6 4.9 5.3

Service-providing industries(3)

 170.2 174.944 176.198 0.7 1.1 0.7 3.8 3.5 3.5

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 169.9 174.241 175.509 0.8 1.0 0.7 4.0 3.4 3.3

Management, professional, and related

 163.7 167.985 169.311 0.8 1.1 0.8 3.4 3.4 3.4

Sales and office

 171.6 177.410 177.850 0.2 1.4 0.2 3.4 3.6 3.6

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 169.8 174.309 176.782 1.2 1.0 1.4 5.3 3.9 4.1

Production, transportation, and material moving

 182.7 187.013 188.492 0.9 1.0 0.8 5.9 3.3 3.2

Service occupations

 184.7 189.654 191.331 0.9 0.8 0.9 4.2 3.6 3.6

Trade, transportation, and utilities

 173.8 178.416 180.120 0.6 1.2 1.0 4.2 3.3 3.6

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 174.8 178.813 180.134 0.7 1.1 0.7 4.7 3.1 3.1

Wholesale trade

 160.0 164.304 166.330 0.1 1.0 1.2 2.6 2.8 4.0

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 164.0 167.159 168.236 0.6 0.9 0.6 3.5 2.6 2.6

Retail trade

 179.2 183.669 185.065 0.6 1.2 0.8 3.0 3.1 3.3

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 177.9 181.913 183.231 0.7 1.1 0.7 3.4 3.0 3.0

Transportation and warehousing

 181.6 186.650 188.497 1.0 1.5 1.0 8.4 3.8 3.8

Utilities

 171.1 176.532 178.167 0.9 1.0 0.9 3.8 4.1 4.1

Information

 160.6 163.262 164.168 1.5 1.2 0.6 3.5 3.1 2.2

Financial activities

 164.1 170.669 170.788 0.2 2.1 0.1 2.1 4.3 4.1

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 163.6 168.332 168.505 0.5 0.9 0.1 2.9 3.4 3.0

Finance and insurance

 164.3 171.004 171.523 -0.1 2.2 0.3 1.9 4.0 4.4

Credit intermediation and related activities

 163.9 169.848 170.053 -0.3 1.6 0.1 2.2 3.3 3.8

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 166.5 171.058 171.198 0.4 0.7 0.1 2.9 3.1 2.8

Insurance carriers and related activities

 163.3 170.296 169.311 -0.6 1.6 -0.6 2.1 3.6 3.7

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 160.3 165.109 165.275 0.4 1.2 0.1 3.2 3.4 3.1

Real estate and rental and leasing

 163.8 169.503 167.761 1.7 2.2 -1.0 3.3 5.3 2.4

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 167.1 172.589 172.123 0.7 1.6 -0.3 2.6 4.0 3.0

Professional and business services

 168.2 172.823 173.519 0.2 1.0 0.4 3.6 3.0 3.2

Professional, scientific, and technical services

 167.9 173.144 174.020 0.2 1.0 0.5 3.1 3.3 3.6

Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services

 171.6 175.842 177.191 0.7 0.9 0.8 3.7 3.2 3.3

Education and health services

 168.5 173.211 175.107 1.4 0.9 1.1 4.4 4.3 3.9

Educational services

 162.9 164.051 167.246 2.1 0.3 1.9 4.8 2.9 2.7

Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and professional schools

 159.2 161.397 164.136 2.4 0.4 1.7 4.3 3.8 3.1

Health care and social assistance

 169.7 175.111 176.760 1.3 1.0 0.9 4.3 4.5 4.2

Hospitals

 169.9 175.525 176.390 1.0 0.8 0.5 4.4 4.4 3.8

Nursing and residential care facilities

 172.9 177.313 178.558 0.9 0.6 0.7 3.9 3.4 3.3

Nursing care facilities(1)

 171.4 176.546 177.314 0.5 0.9 0.4 3.3 3.5 3.5

Leisure and hospitality

 185.2 189.219 190.303 0.7 0.4 0.6 3.6 2.9 2.8

Accommodation and food service

 189.0 193.639 194.554 0.6 0.5 0.5 3.6 3.1 2.9

Other services, except public administration

 173.6 177.403 179.995 0.6 0.5 1.5 4.7 2.8 3.7

Footnotes
(1) The index for this series is not strictly comparable with other series in this table.
(2) Includes mining, construction, and manufacturing.
(3) 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; and other services, except public administration.

SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey
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Last Modified Date: December 10, 2025