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. 2021	Jun. 2022	Sep. 2022	3-months ended-			12-months ended-
	Sep. 2021	Jun. 2022	Sep. 2022	Sep. 2021	Jun. 2022	Sep. 2022	Sep. 2021	Jun. 2022	Sep. 2022
All workers	148.2	154.2	155.9	1.6	1.6	1.1	4.6	5.7	5.2
Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)	147.1	153.4	155.3	1.2	1.3	1.2	4.0	5.6	5.6
Occupational group
Management, professional, and related	144.9	149.5	150.8	1.5	1.3	0.9	3.5	4.7	4.1
Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)	142.7	147.8	149.3	1.0	1.1	1.0	2.9	4.6	4.6
Management, business, and financial	146.9	151.1	151.8	1.8	1.7	0.5	3.9	4.7	3.3
Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)	142.8	148.0	149.4	0.8	1.1	0.9	2.5	4.4	4.6
Professional and related	143.5	148.3	150.0	1.3	1.0	1.1	3.3	4.7	4.5
Sales and office	150.4	157.7	159.4	1.5	2.2	1.1	5.5	6.4	6.0
Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)	150.8	158.2	160.3	1.2	1.6	1.3	4.4	6.2	6.3
Sales and related	148.9	156.9	158.3	1.6	2.8	0.9	6.9	7.1	6.3
Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)	150.5	159.3	161.8	0.8	1.5	1.6	4.8	6.7	7.5
Office and administrative support	151.3	157.8	159.8	1.4	1.6	1.3	4.3	5.8	5.6
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance	145.8	151.0	152.6	1.0	1.3	1.1	3.9	4.6	4.7
Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	145.9	150.7	152.4	1.0	1.1	1.1	4.1	4.3	4.5
Installation, maintenance, and repair	145.7	151.3	152.9	1.0	1.5	1.1	3.6	4.9	4.9
Production, transportation, and material moving	151.6	158.2	160.5	1.5	1.3	1.5	5.1	5.9	5.9
Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)	151.2	157.8	160.1	1.5	1.3	1.5	5.0	5.9	5.9
Production	148.0	154.3	156.7	1.2	1.4	1.6	5.1	5.5	5.9
Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)	148.5	154.9	157.1	1.2	1.4	1.4	5.0	5.6	5.8
Transportation and material moving	155.8	162.6	164.9	1.8	1.1	1.4	5.1	6.2	5.8
Service occupations	156.2	165.9	168.9	2.2	1.8	1.8	6.8	8.5	8.1
Industry and occupational group
Goods-producing industries(2)	145.1	150.8	152.4	0.8	1.7	1.1	3.5	4.7	5.0
Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)	145.1	150.5	152.2	0.8	1.3	1.1	3.7	4.6	4.9
Management, professional, and related	141.7	146.5	147.2	0.3	1.0	0.5	2.1	3.7	3.9
Sales and office	150.3	158.4	159.9	0.1	5.2	0.9	3.0	5.5	6.4
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance	145.7	150.5	152.1	1.0	1.2	1.1	4.0	4.4	4.4
Production, transportation, and material moving	146.7	153.1	155.5	1.3	1.5	1.6	4.9	5.7	6.0
Construction	145.1	150.7	151.9	0.5	2.4	0.8	3.3	4.4	4.7
Manufacturing	145.0	150.7	152.5	1.0	1.3	1.2	3.7	4.9	5.2
Management, professional, and related	142.5	147.2	148.0	0.4	0.9	0.5	2.2	3.7	3.9
Sales and office	147.1	153.5	155.8	1.1	1.9	1.5	4.3	5.5	5.9
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance	146.5	150.7	152.3	1.1	1.4	1.1	4.0	4.0	4.0
Production, transportation, and material moving	146.5	153.0	155.4	1.3	1.6	1.6	4.9	5.8	6.1
Aircraft manufacturing	150.3	154.5	155.3	-0.3	0.7	0.5	1.5	2.5	3.3
Service-providing industries(3)	149.0	155.1	156.9	1.7	1.5	1.2	4.9	5.9	5.3
Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)	147.7	154.2	156.1	1.3	1.3	1.2	4.1	5.8	5.7
Management, professional, and related	145.4	150.0	151.4	1.6	1.4	0.9	3.7	4.8	4.1
Sales and office	150.4	157.6	159.3	1.6	1.9	1.1	5.7	6.5	5.9
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance	146.0	151.7	153.3	1.0	1.4	1.1	3.8	5.0	5.0
Production, transportation, and material moving	156.5	163.3	165.5	1.6	1.1	1.3	5.3	6.0	5.8
Service occupations	156.2	165.9	168.9	2.2	1.8	1.8	6.8	8.5	8.1
Trade, transportation, and utilities	150.8	158.5	159.7	1.4	1.6	0.8	5.1	6.6	5.9
Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)	150.3	157.5	159.4	1.3	1.4	1.2	4.5	6.1	6.1
Wholesale trade	141.8	149.4	149.8	1.5	2.0	0.3	4.7	6.9	5.6
Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)	143.0	149.6	151.6	1.1	1.3	1.3	3.7	5.8	6.0
Retail trade	154.8	164.4	166.1	1.5	1.9	1.0	5.9	7.8	7.3
Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)	152.8	161.8	163.9	1.5	1.8	1.3	5.5	7.4	7.3
Transportation and warehousing	155.0	159.3	160.8	1.4	0.6	0.9	4.2	4.3	3.7
Utilities	152.5	156.6	157.7	0.7	0.6	0.7	2.8	3.4	3.4
Information	143.3	147.8	149.3	1.1	0.7	1.0	4.1	4.3	4.2
Financial activities	150.6	153.9	154.1	2.4	2.7	0.1	6.3	4.6	2.3
Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)	144.7	151.3	152.7	0.8	1.4	0.9	2.7	5.4	5.5
Finance and insurance	152.8	154.8	154.8	2.7	2.9	0.0	7.2	4.0	1.3
Credit intermediation and related activities	156.7	154.8	153.4	7.4	4.2	-0.9	12.2	6.1	-2.1
Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)	146.4	153.2	155.4	0.8	1.5	1.4	3.1	5.4	6.1
Insurance carriers and related activities	145.7	151.8	152.9	0.6	1.9	0.7	3.0	4.8	4.9
Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)	142.6	148.2	148.9	0.4	1.4	0.5	2.2	4.3	4.4
Real estate and rental and leasing	141.8	150.0	151.3	1.2	1.9	0.9	3.0	7.1	6.7
Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)	146.6	154.7	155.9	1.2	1.8	0.8	3.3	6.8	6.3
Professional and business services	148.3	153.9	155.9	1.6	1.5	1.3	4.0	5.4	5.1
Professional, scientific, and technical services	149.8	154.7	156.9	1.8	1.6	1.4	3.8	5.2	4.7
Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services	148.9	156.5	158.5	1.6	1.6	1.3	5.2	6.8	6.4
Education and health services	145.0	150.9	153.3	1.6	1.2	1.6	3.8	5.7	5.7
Educational services	142.8	146.3	148.9	2.2	1.5	1.8	3.3	4.7	4.3
Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and professional schools	141.8	144.3	147.1	1.8	0.9	1.9	2.9	3.6	3.7
Health care and social assistance	145.4	151.9	154.2	1.5	1.1	1.5	3.9	6.0	6.1
Hospitals	145.6	152.2	154.3	1.2	1.2	1.4	3.8	5.8	6.0
Nursing and residential care facilities	146.0	154.1	157.4	2.0	1.6	2.1	5.5	7.7	7.8
Nursing care facilities(1)	145.1	152.9	156.2	2.0	1.8	2.2	5.7	7.4	7.6
Leisure and hospitality	159.1	168.1	171.1	2.4	1.7	1.8	7.6	8.2	7.5
Accommodation and food service	162.2	171.8	174.7	2.5	1.7	1.7	8.1	8.5	7.7
Other services, except public administration	150.1	156.0	157.9	1.6	1.0	1.2	5.1	5.6	5.2
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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