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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.
2018		 Sep.
2019		 Dec.
2019		 3-months ended- 12-months ended-
Dec.
2018		 Sep.
2019		 Dec.
2019		 Dec.
2018		 Sep.
2019		 Dec.
2019

All workers

 134.7 138.0 138.7 0.5 0.8 0.5 3.1 3.0 3.0

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 134.6 137.8 138.6 0.5 0.7 0.6 3.0 2.9 3.0

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related

 134.6 137.2 137.7 0.4 0.6 0.4 2.7 2.3 2.3

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 133.4 136.0 136.5 0.5 0.6 0.4 2.5 2.4 2.3

Management, business, and financial

 135.8 138.9 139.2 0.4 0.7 0.2 2.6 2.7 2.5

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 134.0 137.0 137.4 0.4 0.6 0.3 2.4 2.6 2.5

Professional and related

 133.7 136.0 136.6 0.4 0.6 0.4 2.7 2.1 2.2

Sales and office

 135.0 138.8 139.2 0.5 1.2 0.3 4.0 3.4 3.1

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 136.9 140.6 141.2 0.4 0.8 0.4 3.6 3.2 3.1

Sales and related

 131.5 135.3 135.8 0.4 1.7 0.4 4.4 3.3 3.3

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 135.8 139.5 140.2 0.4 0.6 0.5 3.7 3.1 3.2

Office and administrative support

 137.6 141.4 141.9 0.6 0.9 0.4 3.5 3.4 3.1

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 133.4 136.6 137.4 0.6 0.9 0.6 2.3 3.0 3.0

Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

 133.6 137.1 138.0 0.5 0.8 0.7 2.5 3.2 3.3

Installation, maintenance, and repair

 133.1 136.3 136.9 0.5 1.0 0.4 2.0 2.9 2.9

Production, transportation, and material moving

 135.1 139.1 140.5 0.5 0.9 1.0 3.4 3.5 4.0

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 135.2 139.0 140.3 0.7 0.8 0.9 3.4 3.6 3.8

Production

 133.1 136.2 137.4 0.7 0.6 0.9 2.9 3.0 3.2

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 133.4 136.6 137.8 0.7 0.7 0.9 3.0 3.1 3.3

Transportation and material moving

 137.5 142.6 144.0 0.4 1.3 1.0 3.7 4.1 4.7

Service occupations

 136.4 140.5 142.2 0.9 0.6 1.2 3.9 3.9 4.3

Industry and occupational group

Goods-producing industries(2)

 133.0 136.5 137.5 0.6 0.9 0.7 2.9 3.3 3.4

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 133.3 136.7 137.5 0.5 0.7 0.6 2.7 3.1 3.2

Management, professional, and related

 132.7 135.8 136.4 0.5 0.5 0.4 2.9 2.8 2.8

Sales and office

 135.3 140.9 142.2 0.7 2.4 0.9 4.2 4.9 5.1

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 133.6 137.2 138.0 0.5 1.0 0.6 2.5 3.2 3.3

Production, transportation, and material moving

 132.2 135.4 136.7 0.7 0.7 1.0 2.6 3.1 3.4

Construction

 132.4 136.7 137.4 0.5 1.5 0.5 3.1 3.7 3.8

Manufacturing

 132.9 136.1 137.1 0.7 0.7 0.7 2.8 3.1 3.2

Management, professional, and related

 133.1 136.2 136.8 0.5 0.6 0.4 2.7 2.9 2.8

Sales and office

 136.0 139.6 141.1 0.7 0.6 1.1 3.3 3.4 3.7

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 133.6 136.5 137.6 0.5 0.7 0.8 2.0 2.7 3.0

Production, transportation, and material moving

 131.9 135.2 136.5 0.8 0.7 1.0 2.6 3.3 3.5

Aircraft manufacturing

 141.5 144.1 144.1 0.2 0.0 0.0 2.2 2.1 1.8

Service-providing industries(3)

 135.2 138.4 139.1 0.5 0.8 0.5 3.2 2.9 2.9

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 135.0 138.2 138.9 0.5 0.7 0.5 3.1 2.9 2.9

Management, professional, and related

 134.9 137.5 137.9 0.4 0.7 0.3 2.7 2.3 2.2

Sales and office

 134.9 138.6 139.0 0.4 1.2 0.3 3.9 3.2 3.0

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 133.1 135.9 136.7 0.6 0.9 0.6 2.0 2.7 2.7

Production, transportation, and material moving

 138.1 142.9 144.3 0.4 1.1 1.0 3.9 3.9 4.5

Service occupations

 136.4 140.5 142.1 1.0 0.6 1.1 4.0 4.0 4.2

Trade, transportation, and utilities

 135.7 139.5 140.2 0.2 0.9 0.5 3.4 3.0 3.3

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 135.7 139.7 140.5 0.3 0.8 0.6 3.3 3.3 3.5

Wholesale trade

 130.4 132.2 132.1 0.7 0.9 -0.1 3.5 2.1 1.3

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 131.8 134.8 135.6 0.2 0.6 0.6 2.8 2.4 2.9

Retail trade

 137.5 142.1 142.9 0.1 0.9 0.6 3.2 3.4 3.9

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 135.9 140.2 141.0 0.4 0.8 0.6 3.4 3.6 3.8

Transportation and warehousing

 138.4 143.7 144.9 -0.1 1.6 0.8 4.0 3.8 4.7

Utilities

 141.4 145.3 145.6 0.1 0.2 0.2 2.3 2.9 3.0

Information

 131.3 134.4 134.8 0.0 0.5 0.3 3.0 2.4 2.7

Financial activities

 135.0 138.7 139.0 0.2 1.0 0.2 3.1 3.0 3.0

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 135.0 137.9 138.3 0.4 0.4 0.3 3.1 2.5 2.4

Finance and insurance

 135.8 139.7 139.9 0.1 1.1 0.1 3.2 3.0 3.0

Credit intermediation and related activities

 131.6 136.1 136.1 0.2 1.3 0.0 2.8 3.6 3.4

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 135.9 139.7 139.7 0.1 0.6 0.0 3.0 2.9 2.8

Insurance carriers and related activities

 134.7 138.6 138.3 -0.1 0.5 -0.2 2.0 2.7 2.7

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 133.2 135.9 136.3 0.2 -0.1 0.3 2.6 2.2 2.3

Real estate and rental and leasing

 131.9 134.6 135.2 0.7 0.9 0.4 2.9 2.7 2.5

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 135.7 138.3 139.3 0.8 0.7 0.7 3.4 2.7 2.7

Professional and business services

 135.8 139.0 139.5 0.4 0.8 0.4 2.9 2.8 2.7

Professional, scientific, and technical services

 138.1 141.2 141.4 0.1 0.8 0.1 2.9 2.4 2.4

Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services

 133.4 136.9 137.7 0.8 0.7 0.6 2.9 3.4 3.2

Education and health services

 134.2 136.7 137.4 0.7 0.9 0.5 3.2 2.6 2.4

Educational services

 133.0 136.1 136.4 0.3 1.9 0.2 2.3 2.6 2.6

Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and professional schools

 134.0 136.5 137.2 0.5 1.3 0.5 2.5 2.4 2.4

Health care and social assistance

 134.5 136.9 137.7 0.7 0.7 0.6 3.3 2.5 2.4

Hospitals

 134.7 137.0 137.9 1.1 0.6 0.7 2.7 2.9 2.4

Nursing and residential care facilities

 131.4 134.0 134.8 0.8 0.7 0.6 3.2 2.8 2.6

Nursing care facilities(1)

 131.0 132.9 133.8 1.1 0.4 0.7 3.1 2.5 2.1

Leisure and hospitality

 138.4 141.6 143.4 1.5 0.5 1.3 4.6 3.8 3.6

Accommodation and food service

 138.8 142.9 144.8 1.2 0.6 1.3 4.4 4.2 4.3

Other services, except public administration

 135.4 138.5 139.9 0.8 0.0 1.0 2.7 3.1 3.3

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: January 31, 2020