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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
Mar.
2022
Dec.
2022
Mar.
2023
3-months ended- 12-months ended-
Mar.
2022
Dec.
2022
Mar.
2023
Mar.
2022
Dec.
2022
Mar.
2023

All workers

151.8 157.4 159.5 1.4 1.0 1.3 5.0 5.1 5.1

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

151.4 156.7 159.0 1.6 0.9 1.5 5.2 5.2 5.0

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related

147.6 152.0 154.0 1.2 0.8 1.3 4.2 4.3 4.3

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

146.2 150.5 152.6 1.5 0.8 1.4 4.1 4.4 4.4

Management, business, and financial

148.6 152.8 154.1 1.0 0.7 0.9 4.1 3.9 3.7

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

146.4 150.2 152.1 1.7 0.5 1.3 3.9 4.3 3.9

Professional and related

146.8 151.5 154.0 1.3 1.0 1.7 4.3 4.6 4.9

Sales and office

154.3 161.3 163.5 1.6 1.2 1.4 4.5 6.2 6.0

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

155.7 162.0 164.9 1.6 1.1 1.8 5.7 5.7 5.9

Sales and related

152.6 160.3 162.3 1.7 1.3 1.2 3.7 6.8 6.4

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

157.0 163.4 166.8 1.9 1.0 2.1 6.7 6.0 6.2

Office and administrative support

154.4 160.6 163.0 1.6 1.1 1.5 4.9 5.7 5.6

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

149.0 153.9 156.2 1.2 0.9 1.5 4.4 4.6 4.8

Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

149.1 153.7 155.7 1.3 0.9 1.3 4.8 4.4 4.4

Installation, maintenance, and repair

149.1 154.2 156.8 1.3 0.9 1.7 4.2 4.8 5.2

Production, transportation, and material moving

156.2 161.9 164.1 1.5 0.9 1.4 6.2 5.2 5.1

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

155.8 161.6 164.0 1.4 0.9 1.5 6.2 5.2 5.3

Production

152.1 158.3 160.8 1.4 1.0 1.6 5.8 5.5 5.7

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

152.7 158.7 161.2 1.4 1.0 1.6 6.0 5.4 5.6

Transportation and material moving

161.7 167.2 169.2 1.5 0.8 1.2 6.7 5.0 4.6

Service occupations

163.0 170.7 173.4 2.2 1.1 1.6 8.6 7.0 6.4

Industry and occupational group

Goods-producing industries(2)

148.3 153.9 156.0 1.2 1.0 1.4 4.4 5.0 5.2

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

148.6 153.5 155.6 1.4 0.9 1.4 4.6 4.8 4.7

Management, professional, and related

145.1 148.2 150.4 1.7 0.7 1.5 3.7 3.9 3.7

Sales and office

150.5 163.2 165.8 -1.2 2.1 1.6 2.6 7.1 10.2

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

148.7 153.4 155.4 1.2 0.9 1.3 4.4 4.4 4.5

Production, transportation, and material moving

150.8 157.0 159.1 1.5 1.0 1.3 5.9 5.7 5.5

Construction

147.2 153.6 155.6 0.4 1.1 1.3 3.6 4.8 5.7

Manufacturing

148.7 153.9 156.0 1.6 0.9 1.4 4.9 5.1 4.9

Management, professional, and related

145.9 148.9 151.2 1.7 0.6 1.5 3.8 3.8 3.6

Sales and office

150.7 158.0 159.9 1.9 1.4 1.2 4.9 6.8 6.1

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

148.6 154.2 156.6 0.7 1.2 1.6 3.7 4.5 5.4

Production, transportation, and material moving

150.6 157.0 159.1 1.5 1.0 1.3 5.8 5.8 5.6

Aircraft manufacturing

153.5 155.9 158.2 2.2 0.4 1.5 2.4 3.8 3.1

Service-providing industries(3)

152.8 158.3 160.4 1.5 0.9 1.3 5.2 5.2 5.0

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

152.2 157.5 159.9 1.6 0.9 1.5 5.4 5.1 5.1

Management, professional, and related

148.0 152.6 154.5 1.2 0.8 1.2 4.3 4.3 4.4

Sales and office

154.7 161.1 163.2 1.9 1.1 1.3 4.7 6.1 5.5

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

149.6 154.5 157.2 1.4 0.8 1.7 4.5 4.7 5.1

Production, transportation, and material moving

161.5 166.9 169.1 1.4 0.8 1.3 6.4 4.8 4.7

Service occupations

163.0 170.7 173.4 2.2 1.1 1.6 8.6 7.0 6.4

Trade, transportation, and utilities

156.0 161.2 163.2 1.5 0.9 1.2 6.3 4.9 4.6

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

155.4 160.8 163.4 1.5 0.9 1.6 5.7 5.0 5.1

Wholesale trade

146.5 150.8 152.6 2.0 0.7 1.2 6.8 5.0 4.2

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

147.7 152.8 155.2 1.7 0.8 1.6 5.4 5.2 5.1

Retail trade

161.4 167.8 170.2 1.5 1.0 1.4 7.4 5.5 5.5

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

159.0 165.2 168.3 1.7 0.8 1.9 6.9 5.7 5.8

Transportation and warehousing

158.3 162.5 164.0 0.8 1.1 0.9 4.3 3.5 3.6

Utilities

155.6 158.6 161.1 1.4 0.6 1.6 3.3 3.4 3.5

Information

146.7 151.4 153.7 1.7 1.4 1.5 4.3 4.9 4.8

Financial activities

149.8 155.2 155.7 1.4 0.7 0.3 0.2 5.0 3.9

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

149.2 153.5 156.4 2.2 0.5 1.9 4.6 5.1 4.8

Finance and insurance

150.5 155.9 156.0 1.1 0.7 0.1 -1.1 4.8 3.7

Credit intermediation and related activities

148.6 153.9 155.2 -1.4 0.3 0.8 6.1 2.1 4.4

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

151.0 156.2 159.4 2.4 0.5 2.0 4.8 5.9 5.6

Insurance carriers and related activities

148.9 153.7 156.5 1.8 0.5 1.8 3.5 5.1 5.1

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

146.2 149.7 152.8 1.8 0.5 2.1 3.6 4.2 4.5

Real estate and rental and leasing

147.2 152.2 154.5 2.3 0.6 1.5 6.0 5.8 5.0

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

151.9 157.1 159.3 2.2 0.8 1.4 5.9 5.7 4.9

Professional and business services

151.6 157.0 159.5 1.4 0.7 1.6 4.6 5.0 5.2

Professional, scientific, and technical services

152.3 157.5 159.9 1.2 0.4 1.5 4.2 4.7 5.0

Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services

154.0 159.8 162.5 1.9 0.8 1.7 6.4 5.8 5.5

Education and health services

149.1 155.4 157.4 1.4 1.4 1.3 5.4 5.6 5.6

Educational services

144.1 150.3 151.6 0.8 0.9 0.9 3.4 5.1 5.2

Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and professional schools

143.0 148.0 148.9 0.4 0.6 0.6 3.3 3.9 4.1

Health care and social assistance

150.2 156.5 158.7 1.5 1.5 1.4 5.8 5.7 5.7

Hospitals

150.4 156.7 159.3 1.4 1.6 1.7 5.5 5.7 5.9

Nursing and residential care facilities

151.7 159.6 161.8 1.9 1.4 1.4 7.4 7.2 6.7

Nursing care facilities(1)

150.2 158.9 160.9 1.8 1.7 1.3 7.0 7.7 7.1

Leisure and hospitality

165.3 172.3 175.3 2.2 0.7 1.7 9.0 6.6 6.0

Accommodation and food service

168.9 175.8 179.0 2.3 0.6 1.8 9.4 6.5 6.0

Other services, except public administration

154.5 158.4 161.8 1.7 0.3 2.1 6.3 4.3 4.7

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

Last Modified Date: April 28, 2023