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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
Dec.
2023
Sep.
2024
Dec.
2024
3-months ended- 12-months ended-
Dec.
2023
Sep.
2024
Dec.
2024
Dec.
2023
Sep.
2024
Dec.
2024

All workers

164.1 169.1 170.2 0.7 0.7 0.7 4.3 3.8 3.7

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

163.5 168.8 169.7 0.7 0.8 0.5 4.3 4.0 3.8

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related

158.2 162.9 163.7 0.4 0.7 0.5 4.1 3.4 3.5

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

156.7 161.5 162.2 0.5 0.8 0.4 4.1 3.6 3.5

Management, business, and financial

158.3 162.8 163.5 0.2 0.6 0.4 3.6 3.0 3.3

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

155.8 160.4 161.1 0.3 0.7 0.4 3.7 3.3 3.4

Professional and related

158.4 163.2 164.2 0.7 0.8 0.6 4.6 3.8 3.7

Sales and office

167.8 171.7 173.1 0.9 0.3 0.8 4.0 3.2 3.2

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

169.2 174.7 175.5 0.7 0.7 0.5 4.4 3.9 3.7

Sales and related

166.5 168.5 170.6 1.2 -0.2 1.2 3.9 2.4 2.5

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

170.8 176.0 176.9 0.8 0.7 0.5 4.5 3.8 3.6

Office and administrative support

167.4 173.1 173.8 0.6 0.8 0.4 4.2 4.0 3.8

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

161.5 166.8 168.3 1.1 1.1 0.9 4.9 4.4 4.2

Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

159.9 164.9 166.4 0.6 1.0 0.9 4.0 3.7 4.1

Installation, maintenance, and repair

163.4 168.9 170.6 1.7 1.2 1.0 6.0 5.2 4.4

Production, transportation, and material moving

169.9 176.0 177.0 1.6 0.9 0.6 4.9 5.3 4.2

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

169.8 175.8 176.9 1.7 1.0 0.6 5.1 5.3 4.2

Production

165.3 170.9 172.2 1.0 0.9 0.8 4.4 4.5 4.2

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

165.7 171.0 172.3 1.0 0.9 0.8 4.4 4.3 4.0

Transportation and material moving

176.0 182.6 183.4 2.0 0.9 0.4 5.3 5.8 4.2

Service occupations

178.2 184.6 186.0 0.6 0.9 0.8 4.4 4.2 4.4

Industry and occupational group

Goods-producing industries(2)

160.2 164.5 165.6 1.0 0.7 0.7 4.1 3.7 3.4

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

159.4 164.6 165.7 0.8 0.8 0.7 3.8 4.0 4.0

Management, professional, and related

152.9 158.0 158.6 0.3 0.4 0.4 3.2 3.7 3.7

Sales and office

174.5 172.0 173.0 3.5 0.8 0.6 6.9 2.0 -0.9

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

159.7 164.7 166.0 0.6 1.0 0.8 4.1 3.8 3.9

Production, transportation, and material moving

163.4 168.8 170.0 1.1 0.9 0.7 4.1 4.4 4.0

Construction

160.5 163.5 164.4 1.1 1.1 0.6 4.5 3.0 2.4

Manufacturing

159.7 164.8 165.8 0.8 0.7 0.6 3.8 4.0 3.8

Management, professional, and related

153.8 158.9 159.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 3.3 3.9 3.7

Sales and office

164.0 168.3 169.2 0.7 0.4 0.5 3.8 3.4 3.2

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

161.1 166.4 168.2 1.1 1.3 1.1 4.5 4.4 4.4

Production, transportation, and material moving

163.4 168.7 170.0 1.1 0.8 0.8 4.1 4.3 4.0

Aircraft manufacturing

159.9 164.1 166.1 0.0 0.2 1.2 2.6 2.6 3.9

Service-providing industries(3)

165.2 170.2 171.3 0.7 0.7 0.6 4.4 3.8 3.7

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

164.6 169.9 170.8 0.7 0.8 0.5 4.5 4.0 3.8

Management, professional, and related

159.0 163.7 164.5 0.4 0.8 0.5 4.2 3.4 3.5

Sales and office

167.1 171.6 173.1 0.7 0.2 0.9 3.7 3.4 3.6

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

164.2 169.8 171.7 1.9 1.2 1.1 6.3 5.3 4.6

Production, transportation, and material moving

176.0 182.7 183.6 2.0 0.9 0.5 5.5 5.9 4.3

Service occupations

178.3 184.7 186.1 0.6 0.9 0.8 4.5 4.2 4.4

Trade, transportation, and utilities

169.0 173.8 174.6 1.3 0.6 0.5 4.8 4.2 3.3

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

169.4 174.8 175.6 1.5 0.7 0.5 5.3 4.7 3.7

Wholesale trade

156.5 160.0 160.8 0.4 0.1 0.5 3.8 2.6 2.7

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

159.1 164.0 164.7 0.4 0.6 0.4 4.1 3.5 3.5

Retail trade

175.0 179.2 180.1 0.6 0.6 0.5 4.3 3.0 2.9

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

173.1 177.9 178.8 0.6 0.7 0.5 4.8 3.4 3.3

Transportation and warehousing

174.0 181.6 182.1 3.8 1.0 0.3 7.1 8.4 4.7

Utilities

166.7 171.1 172.2 1.2 0.9 0.6 5.1 3.8 3.3

Information

156.5 160.6 161.1 0.9 1.5 0.3 3.4 3.5 2.9

Financial activities

160.7 164.1 165.5 -0.1 0.2 0.9 3.5 2.1 3.0

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

159.2 163.6 164.1 0.1 0.5 0.3 3.7 2.9 3.1

Finance and insurance

161.3 164.3 166.0 0.0 -0.1 1.0 3.5 1.9 2.9

Credit intermediation and related activities

160.6 163.9 165.6 0.2 -0.3 1.0 4.4 2.2 3.1

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

162.0 166.5 166.7 0.1 0.4 0.1 3.7 2.9 2.9

Insurance carriers and related activities

159.0 163.3 164.1 -0.6 -0.6 0.5 3.4 2.1 3.2

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

155.7 160.3 160.8 0.2 0.4 0.3 4.0 3.2 3.3

Real estate and rental and leasing

158.0 163.8 163.8 -0.3 1.7 0.0 3.8 3.3 3.7

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

162.4 167.1 167.8 -0.2 0.7 0.4 3.4 2.6 3.3

Professional and business services

162.8 168.2 169.4 0.2 0.2 0.7 3.7 3.6 4.1

Professional, scientific, and technical services

163.2 167.9 169.0 0.2 0.2 0.7 3.6 3.1 3.6

Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services

166.2 171.6 173.1 0.4 0.7 0.9 4.0 3.7 4.2

Education and health services

163.0 168.5 169.6 1.0 1.4 0.7 4.9 4.4 4.0

Educational services

156.6 162.9 163.0 0.7 2.1 0.1 4.2 4.8 4.1

Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and professional schools

153.6 159.2 160.2 0.6 2.4 0.6 3.8 4.3 4.3

Health care and social assistance

164.4 169.7 171.1 1.0 1.3 0.8 5.0 4.3 4.1

Hospitals

164.9 169.9 171.7 1.3 1.0 1.1 5.2 4.4 4.1

Nursing and residential care facilities

167.8 172.9 174.1 0.8 0.9 0.7 5.1 3.9 3.8

Nursing care facilities(1)

167.4 171.4 172.7 0.9 0.5 0.8 5.3 3.3 3.2

Leisure and hospitality

179.4 185.2 186.2 0.3 0.7 0.5 4.1 3.6 3.8

Accommodation and food service

183.1 189.0 190.1 0.4 0.6 0.6 4.2 3.6 3.8

Other services, except public administration

167.0 173.6 175.3 0.7 0.6 1.0 5.4 4.7 5.0

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: January 31, 2025