U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Department of Labor Logo United States Department of Labor
Dot gov

The .gov means it's official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you're on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Economic News Release
PRINT:Print
ECT XYZ Program Links

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.
2024		 Sep.
2025		 Dec.
2025		 3-months ended- 12-months ended-
Dec.
2024		 Sep.
2025		 Dec.
2025		 Dec.
2024		 Sep.
2025		 Dec.
2025

All workers

 170.2 175.109 175.885 0.7 0.7 0.4 3.7 3.6 3.3

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 169.7 174.507 175.441 0.5 0.7 0.5 3.8 3.4 3.4

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related

 163.7 168.580 169.279 0.5 0.8 0.4 3.5 3.5 3.4

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 162.2 166.940 167.756 0.4 0.7 0.5 3.5 3.4 3.4

Management, business, and financial

 163.5 167.816 168.103 0.4 0.5 0.2 3.3 3.1 2.8

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 161.1 165.157 165.647 0.4 0.5 0.3 3.4 3.0 2.8

Professional and related

 164.2 169.506 170.588 0.6 0.9 0.6 3.7 3.9 3.9

Sales and office

 173.1 178.049 178.431 0.8 0.3 0.2 3.2 3.7 3.1

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 175.5 180.034 180.864 0.5 0.6 0.5 3.7 3.1 3.1

Sales and related

 170.6 175.616 174.987 1.2 0.0 -0.4 2.5 4.2 2.6

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 176.9 181.227 181.262 0.5 0.5 0.0 3.6 3.0 2.5

Office and administrative support

 173.8 178.637 180.015 0.4 0.7 0.8 3.8 3.2 3.6

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 168.3 173.469 174.743 0.9 1.2 0.7 4.2 4.0 3.8

Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

 166.4 171.632 173.049 0.9 1.1 0.8 4.1 4.1 4.0

Installation, maintenance, and repair

 170.6 175.620 176.732 1.0 1.3 0.6 4.4 4.0 3.6

Production, transportation, and material moving

 177.0 181.909 182.851 0.6 0.8 0.5 4.2 3.4 3.3

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 176.9 181.478 182.555 0.6 0.7 0.6 4.2 3.2 3.2

Production

 172.2 176.705 178.430 0.8 0.8 1.0 4.2 3.4 3.6

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 172.3 176.916 178.325 0.8 0.8 0.8 4.0 3.5 3.5

Transportation and material moving

 183.4 188.689 189.071 0.4 0.8 0.2 4.2 3.3 3.1

Service occupations

 186.0 191.210 192.454 0.8 0.9 0.7 4.4 3.6 3.5

Industry and occupational group

Goods-producing industries(2)

 165.6 170.921 171.824 0.7 0.8 0.5 3.4 3.9 3.8

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 165.7 170.833 171.825 0.7 0.7 0.6 4.0 3.8 3.7

Management, professional, and related

 158.6 163.997 164.482 0.4 0.4 0.3 3.7 3.8 3.7

Sales and office

 173.0 180.004 179.954 0.6 1.0 0.0 -0.9 4.7 4.0

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 166.0 171.231 172.628 0.8 1.0 0.8 3.9 4.0 4.0

Production, transportation, and material moving

 170.0 174.931 176.101 0.7 0.8 0.7 4.0 3.6 3.6

Construction

 164.4 170.265 171.488 0.6 1.0 0.7 2.4 4.1 4.3

Manufacturing

 165.8 170.727 171.475 0.6 0.7 0.4 3.8 3.6 3.4

Management, professional, and related

 159.5 164.430 164.774 0.4 0.4 0.2 3.7 3.5 3.3

Sales and office

 169.2 173.893 173.084 0.5 0.8 -0.5 3.2 3.3 2.3

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 168.2 173.293 174.701 1.1 0.9 0.8 4.4 4.1 3.9

Production, transportation, and material moving

 170.0 174.978 176.316 0.8 0.8 0.8 4.0 3.7 3.7

Aircraft manufacturing

 166.1 172.809 173.016 1.2 0.6 0.1 3.9 5.3 4.2

Service-providing industries(3)

 171.3 176.198 176.948 0.6 0.7 0.4 3.7 3.5 3.3

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 170.8 175.509 176.432 0.5 0.7 0.5 3.8 3.3 3.3

Management, professional, and related

 164.5 169.311 170.038 0.5 0.8 0.4 3.5 3.4 3.4

Sales and office

 173.1 177.850 178.278 0.9 0.2 0.2 3.6 3.6 3.0

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 171.7 176.782 177.875 1.1 1.4 0.6 4.6 4.1 3.6

Production, transportation, and material moving

 183.6 188.492 189.291 0.5 0.8 0.4 4.3 3.2 3.1

Service occupations

 186.1 191.331 192.555 0.8 0.9 0.6 4.4 3.6 3.5

Trade, transportation, and utilities

 174.6 180.120 180.275 0.5 1.0 0.1 3.3 3.6 3.3

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 175.6 180.134 180.677 0.5 0.7 0.3 3.7 3.1 2.9

Wholesale trade

 160.8 166.330 165.845 0.5 1.2 -0.3 2.7 4.0 3.1

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 164.7 168.236 168.263 0.4 0.6 0.0 3.5 2.6 2.2

Retail trade

 180.1 185.065 185.646 0.5 0.8 0.3 2.9 3.3 3.1

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 178.8 183.231 183.918 0.5 0.7 0.4 3.3 3.0 2.9

Transportation and warehousing

 182.1 188.497 188.527 0.3 1.0 0.0 4.7 3.8 3.5

Utilities

 172.2 178.167 179.455 0.6 0.9 0.7 3.3 4.1 4.2

Information

 161.1 164.168 164.382 0.3 0.6 0.1 2.9 2.2 2.0

Financial activities

 165.5 170.788 171.291 0.9 0.1 0.3 3.0 4.1 3.5

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 164.1 168.505 168.756 0.3 0.1 0.1 3.1 3.0 2.8

Finance and insurance

 166.0 171.523 171.890 1.0 0.3 0.2 2.9 4.4 3.5

Credit intermediation and related activities

 165.6 170.053 170.587 1.0 0.1 0.3 3.1 3.8 3.0

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 166.7 171.198 171.397 0.1 0.1 0.1 2.9 2.8 2.8

Insurance carriers and related activities

 164.1 169.311 169.877 0.5 -0.6 0.3 3.2 3.7 3.5

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 160.8 165.275 165.472 0.3 0.1 0.1 3.3 3.1 2.9

Real estate and rental and leasing

 163.8 167.761 168.901 0.0 -1.0 0.7 3.7 2.4 3.1

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 167.8 172.123 172.918 0.4 -0.3 0.5 3.3 3.0 3.1

Professional and business services

 169.4 173.519 173.908 0.7 0.4 0.2 4.1 3.2 2.7

Professional, scientific, and technical services

 169.0 174.020 174.614 0.7 0.5 0.3 3.6 3.6 3.3

Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services

 173.1 177.191 177.014 0.9 0.8 -0.1 4.2 3.3 2.3

Education and health services

 169.6 175.107 176.746 0.7 1.1 0.9 4.0 3.9 4.2

Educational services

 163.0 167.246 169.690 0.1 1.9 1.5 4.1 2.7 4.1

Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and professional schools

 160.2 164.136 166.213 0.6 1.7 1.3 4.3 3.1 3.8

Health care and social assistance

 171.1 176.760 178.246 0.8 0.9 0.8 4.1 4.2 4.2

Hospitals

 171.7 176.390 178.073 1.1 0.5 1.0 4.1 3.8 3.7

Nursing and residential care facilities

 174.1 178.558 179.740 0.7 0.7 0.7 3.8 3.3 3.2

Nursing care facilities(1)

 172.7 177.314 178.505 0.8 0.4 0.7 3.2 3.5 3.4

Leisure and hospitality

 186.2 190.303 191.299 0.5 0.6 0.5 3.8 2.8 2.7

Accommodation and food service

 190.1 194.554 195.237 0.6 0.5 0.4 3.8 2.9 2.7

Other services, except public administration

 175.3 179.995 182.361 1.0 1.5 1.3 5.0 3.7 4.0

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
Table of Contents
Last Modified Date: February 10, 2026