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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.
2025		 Dec.
2025		 Mar.
2026		 3-months ended- 12-months ended-
Mar.
2025		 Dec.
2025		 Mar.
2026		 Mar.
2025		 Dec.
2025		 Mar.
2026

All workers

 171.9 175.885 177.672 1.0 0.4 1.0 3.4 3.3 3.4

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 171.6 175.441 177.163 1.1 0.5 1.0 3.6 3.4 3.2

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related

 165.4 169.279 171.060 1.0 0.4 1.1 3.3 3.4 3.4

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 164.1 167.756 169.569 1.2 0.5 1.1 3.3 3.4 3.3

Management, business, and financial

 164.8 168.103 169.686 0.8 0.2 0.9 2.9 2.8 3.0

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 162.6 165.647 167.322 0.9 0.3 1.0 2.9 2.8 2.9

Professional and related

 166.3 170.588 172.554 1.3 0.6 1.2 3.7 3.9 3.8

Sales and office

 175.0 178.431 180.432 1.1 0.2 1.1 2.6 3.1 3.1

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 177.3 180.864 182.506 1.0 0.5 0.9 3.3 3.1 2.9

Sales and related

 172.6 174.987 177.250 1.2 -0.4 1.3 1.8 2.6 2.7

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 178.7 181.262 182.770 1.0 0.0 0.8 3.2 2.5 2.3

Office and administrative support

 175.5 180.015 181.736 1.0 0.8 1.0 3.3 3.6 3.6

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 169.6 174.743 176.131 0.8 0.7 0.8 3.9 3.8 3.9

Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

 168.1 173.049 174.409 1.0 0.8 0.8 4.0 4.0 3.8

Installation, maintenance, and repair

 171.4 176.732 178.152 0.5 0.6 0.8 3.9 3.6 3.9

Production, transportation, and material moving

 178.8 182.851 184.514 1.0 0.5 0.9 3.6 3.3 3.2

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 178.4 182.555 184.040 0.8 0.6 0.8 3.5 3.2 3.2

Production

 173.8 178.430 179.279 0.9 1.0 0.5 3.5 3.6 3.2

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 174.1 178.325 179.535 1.0 0.8 0.7 3.6 3.5 3.1

Transportation and material moving

 185.4 189.071 191.359 1.1 0.2 1.2 3.7 3.1 3.2

Service occupations

 188.1 192.454 194.320 1.1 0.7 1.0 4.1 3.5 3.3

Industry and occupational group

Goods-producing industries(2)

 167.7 171.824 173.047 1.3 0.5 0.7 3.3 3.8 3.2

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 167.7 171.825 173.245 1.2 0.6 0.8 3.8 3.7 3.3

Management, professional, and related

 161.1 164.482 165.670 1.6 0.3 0.7 3.5 3.7 2.8

Sales and office

 175.9 179.954 180.649 1.7 0.0 0.4 -0.7 4.0 2.7

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 167.7 172.628 174.023 1.0 0.8 0.8 4.0 4.0 3.8

Production, transportation, and material moving

 172.0 176.101 177.401 1.2 0.7 0.7 3.9 3.6 3.1

Construction

 166.8 171.488 171.894 1.5 0.7 0.2 2.9 4.3 3.1

Manufacturing

 167.6 171.475 173.205 1.1 0.4 1.0 3.3 3.4 3.3

Management, professional, and related

 161.6 164.774 166.665 1.3 0.2 1.1 3.3 3.3 3.1

Sales and office

 170.2 173.084 175.659 0.6 -0.5 1.5 1.4 2.3 3.2

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 169.2 174.701 176.945 0.6 0.8 1.3 3.9 3.9 4.6

Production, transportation, and material moving

 172.0 176.316 177.638 1.2 0.8 0.7 3.7 3.7 3.3

Aircraft manufacturing

 170.2 173.016 176.631 2.5 0.1 2.1 4.2 4.2 3.8

Service-providing industries(3)

 173.0 176.948 178.857 1.0 0.4 1.1 3.3 3.3 3.4

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 172.6 176.432 178.222 1.1 0.5 1.0 3.5 3.3 3.3

Management, professional, and related

 166.1 170.038 171.893 1.0 0.4 1.1 3.3 3.4 3.5

Sales and office

 174.9 178.278 180.418 1.0 0.2 1.2 2.9 3.0 3.2

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 172.5 177.875 179.251 0.5 0.6 0.8 3.9 3.6 3.9

Production, transportation, and material moving

 185.2 189.291 191.216 0.9 0.4 1.0 3.5 3.1 3.2

Service occupations

 188.2 192.555 194.442 1.1 0.6 1.0 4.1 3.5 3.3

Trade, transportation, and utilities

 176.3 180.275 182.484 1.0 0.1 1.2 3.0 3.3 3.5

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 176.9 180.677 182.085 0.7 0.3 0.8 3.2 2.9 2.9

Wholesale trade

 162.6 165.845 168.601 1.1 -0.3 1.7 1.8 3.1 3.7

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 165.7 168.263 169.679 0.6 0.0 0.8 3.0 2.2 2.4

Retail trade

 181.5 185.646 187.164 0.8 0.3 0.8 3.5 3.1 3.1

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 180.0 183.918 184.845 0.7 0.4 0.5 3.1 2.9 2.7

Transportation and warehousing

 183.9 188.527 191.246 1.0 0.0 1.4 3.5 3.5 4.0

Utilities

 174.7 179.455 181.761 1.5 0.7 1.3 3.8 4.2 4.0

Information

 161.3 164.382 166.992 0.1 0.1 1.6 2.0 2.0 3.5

Financial activities

 167.1 171.291 173.922 1.0 0.3 1.5 3.7 3.5 4.1

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 166.8 168.756 171.770 1.6 0.1 1.8 3.3 2.8 3.0

Finance and insurance

 167.4 171.890 174.437 0.8 0.2 1.5 3.6 3.5 4.2

Credit intermediation and related activities

 167.2 170.587 172.159 1.0 0.3 0.9 2.9 3.0 3.0

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 169.9 171.397 174.382 1.9 0.1 1.7 3.2 2.8 2.6

Insurance carriers and related activities

 167.6 169.877 172.516 2.1 0.3 1.6 4.2 3.5 2.9

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 163.2 165.472 167.993 1.5 0.1 1.5 3.2 2.9 2.9

Real estate and rental and leasing

 165.8 168.901 171.930 1.2 0.7 1.8 3.9 3.1 3.7

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 169.8 172.918 175.958 1.2 0.5 1.8 3.2 3.1 3.6

Professional and business services

 171.1 173.908 175.476 1.0 0.2 0.9 2.9 2.7 2.6

Professional, scientific, and technical services

 171.5 174.614 176.156 1.5 0.3 0.9 3.3 3.3 2.7

Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services

 174.2 177.014 178.604 0.6 -0.1 0.9 3.1 2.3 2.5

Education and health services

 171.6 176.746 178.398 1.2 0.9 0.9 4.1 4.2 4.0

Educational services

 163.6 169.690 169.986 0.4 1.5 0.2 3.2 4.1 3.9

Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and professional schools

 160.8 166.213 165.838 0.4 1.3 -0.2 3.8 3.8 3.1

Health care and social assistance

 173.3 178.246 180.159 1.3 0.8 1.1 4.3 4.2 4.0

Hospitals

 174.1 178.073 179.417 1.4 1.0 0.8 4.3 3.7 3.1

Nursing and residential care facilities

 176.2 179.740 181.518 1.2 0.7 1.0 3.8 3.2 3.0

Nursing care facilities(1)

 174.9 178.505 180.562 1.3 0.7 1.2 3.7 3.4 3.2

Leisure and hospitality

 188.4 191.299 193.069 1.2 0.5 0.9 3.9 2.7 2.5

Accommodation and food service

 192.6 195.237 197.133 1.3 0.4 1.0 4.2 2.7 2.4

Other services, except public administration

 176.5 182.361 183.558 0.7 1.3 0.7 3.3 4.0 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
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Last Modified Date: April 30, 2026