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)
Indexes (Dec. 2005 = Percent changes for–
100)
Occupational group and industry 3-months ended– 12-months ended–
Mar. Dec. Mar.
2017 2017 2018
Mar. Dec. Mar. Mar. Dec. Mar.
2017 2017 2018 2017 2017 2018
Private industry workers
All workers.................................. 128.3 130.6 132.0 0.9 0.5 1.1 2.6 2.8 2.9
Excluding incentive paid occupations(1).. 128.5 130.7 132.1 .9 .5 1.1 2.6 2.7 2.8
Occupational group
Management, professional, and related...... 129.0 131.1 132.3 .7 .5 .9 2.1 2.3 2.6
Excluding incentive paid
occupations(1)...................... 128.2 130.1 131.3 .8 .5 .9 2.1 2.3 2.4
Management, business, and financial...... 129.9 132.3 133.7 .5 .4 1.1 2.2 2.4 2.9
Excluding incentive paid
occupations(1)...................... 128.9 130.8 132.3 .7 .4 1.1 2.4 2.2 2.6
Professional and related................. 128.2 130.2 131.3 .8 .5 .8 1.7 2.4 2.4
Sales and office........................... 127.7 129.8 131.8 1.2 .2 1.5 2.7 2.9 3.2
Excluding incentive paid
occupations(1)...................... 129.9 132.2 133.9 1.1 .5 1.3 3.1 2.9 3.1
Sales and related........................ 123.8 125.9 128.2 1.3 -.1 1.8 2.3 3.0 3.6
Excluding incentive paid
occupations(1)...................... 128.5 131.0 132.9 1.2 .4 1.5 3.5 3.1 3.4
Office and administrative support........ 130.7 132.9 134.5 .9 .5 1.2 2.8 2.6 2.9
Natural resources, construction, and
maintenance............................... 127.5 130.4 130.9 .6 .5 .4 2.6 2.9 2.7
Construction, extraction, farming,
fishing, and forestry................... 127.9 130.4 131.1 .8 .4 .5 3.1 2.8 2.5
Installation, maintenance, and repair.... 127.2 130.5 130.8 .5 .6 .2 1.9 3.1 2.8
Production, transportation, and material
moving.................................... 128.0 130.7 132.3 1.1 .5 1.2 3.3 3.2 3.4
Excluding incentive paid
occupations(1)...................... 128.3 130.8 132.5 1.1 .5 1.3 3.2 3.1 3.3
Production............................... 126.5 129.3 130.4 .9 .5 .9 2.8 3.1 3.1
Excluding incentive paid
occupations(1)...................... 126.8 129.5 130.7 1.0 .5 .9 2.9 3.1 3.1
Transportation and material moving....... 129.7 132.6 134.7 1.2 .4 1.6 3.7 3.5 3.9
Service occupations........................ 128.6 131.3 133.0 1.2 .8 1.3 3.7 3.3 3.4
Industry and occupational group
Goods-producing industries(2).............. 127.1 129.3 130.4 .7 .4 .9 2.6 2.5 2.6
Excluding incentive paid
occupations(1)...................... 127.6 129.8 130.9 .8 .5 .8 2.7 2.5 2.6
Management, professional, and related.. 127.7 129.0 130.7 .8 .4 1.3 2.2 1.8 2.3
Sales and office....................... 127.3 129.9 130.8 -.2 -.2 .7 1.8 1.9 2.7
Natural resources, construction, and
maintenance........................... 127.8 130.4 131.0 .9 .7 .5 2.9 3.0 2.5
Production, transportation, and
material moving....................... 126.1 128.8 129.8 .8 .5 .8 2.9 3.0 2.9
Construction............................. 126.1 128.4 129.5 .6 .4 .9 2.7 2.5 2.7
Manufacturing............................ 127.1 129.3 130.4 .7 .5 .9 2.5 2.5 2.6
Management, professional, and related 128.3 129.6 130.9 .8 .3 1.0 2.3 1.8 2.0
Sales and office..................... 128.7 131.6 132.6 .5 .6 .8 2.1 2.7 3.0
Natural resources, construction, and
maintenance......................... 128.0 131.0 131.3 .4 .9 .2 2.3 2.7 2.6
Production, transportation, and
material moving..................... 125.8 128.5 129.5 .8 .5 .8 2.8 3.0 2.9
Aircraft manufacturing................. 137.4 138.4 141.1 2.0 -.1 2.0 2.8 2.7 2.7
Service-providing industries(3)............ 128.6 131.0 132.5 .9 .5 1.1 2.5 2.8 3.0
Excluding incentive paid
occupations(1)...................... 128.8 131.0 132.5 .9 .5 1.1 2.6 2.7 2.9
Management, professional, and related.. 129.2 131.4 132.6 .7 .4 .9 2.0 2.4 2.6
Sales and office....................... 127.7 129.8 131.9 1.3 .3 1.6 2.7 2.9 3.3
Natural resources, construction, and
maintenance........................... 127.2 130.5 130.9 .3 .2 .3 2.1 2.9 2.9
Production, transportation, and
material moving....................... 130.0 132.9 135.0 1.3 .5 1.6 3.7 3.6 3.8
Service occupations.................... 128.6 131.2 133.0 1.2 .8 1.4 3.7 3.2 3.4
Trade, transportation, and utilities..... 128.9 131.2 132.9 1.4 .3 1.3 3.0 3.2 3.1
Excluding incentive paid
occupations(1).................... 129.3 131.4 133.0 1.3 .5 1.2 3.4 2.9 2.9
Wholesale trade........................ 124.3 126.0 127.3 2.0 .2 1.0 2.0 3.4 2.4
Excluding incentive paid
occupations(1).................... 125.8 128.2 129.5 1.0 .5 1.0 2.4 2.9 2.9
Retail trade........................... 130.5 133.2 134.7 1.2 .5 1.1 3.6 3.3 3.2
Excluding incentive paid
occupations(1).................... 129.3 131.4 132.8 1.4 .5 1.1 3.9 3.1 2.7
Transportation and warehousing......... 130.6 133.1 135.4 1.2 .2 1.7 3.6 3.1 3.7
Utilities.............................. 136.7 138.2 140.2 1.3 .2 1.4 2.9 2.4 2.6
Information.............................. 125.0 127.5 128.4 .1 .1 .7 2.0 2.1 2.7
Financial activities..................... 128.2 130.9 133.0 .0 .3 1.6 2.9 2.1 3.7
Excluding incentive paid
occupations(1).................... 129.1 130.9 133.0 .7 .2 1.6 2.3 2.1 3.0
Finance and insurance.................. 128.8 131.6 133.8 .0 .4 1.7 2.9 2.2 3.9
Credit intermediation and related
activities.......................... 126.1 128.0 129.9 .7 .1 1.5 2.8 2.2 3.0
Excluding incentive paid
occupations(1).................... 130.4 132.0 134.1 1.3 .2 1.6 2.7 2.6 2.8
Insurance carriers and related
activities.......................... 130.2 132.1 133.5 .6 .2 1.1 3.2 2.1 2.5
Excluding incentive paid
occupations(1).................... 128.4 129.8 131.3 .8 .2 1.2 2.4 1.9 2.3
Real estate and rental and leasing..... 125.6 128.2 129.8 .2 .2 1.2 2.7 2.2 3.3
Excluding incentive paid
occupations(1).................... 128.9 131.3 133.0 .2 .2 1.3 2.2 2.1 3.2
Professional and business services....... 129.5 132.0 133.5 .9 .3 1.1 1.4 2.9 3.1
Professional, scientific, and technical
services.............................. 132.1 134.2 136.1 1.3 .1 1.4 1.5 2.9 3.0
Administrative and support and waste
management and remediation services... 126.0 129.6 130.3 .6 .7 .5 .7 3.4 3.4
Education and health services............ 128.1 130.1 131.2 .6 .6 .8 2.3 2.2 2.4
Educational services................... 127.7 130.0 130.1 .2 .5 .1 2.4 2.0 1.9
Junior colleges, colleges,
universities, and professional
schools............................. 128.0 130.7 130.9 .2 .5 .2 2.5 2.3 2.3
Health care and social assistance...... 128.1 130.2 131.5 .6 .7 1.0 2.2 2.3 2.7
Hospitals............................ 129.1 131.1 131.8 .6 .6 .5 2.6 2.2 2.1
Nursing and residential care
facilities.......................... 124.8 127.3 128.5 .8 .7 .9 3.0 2.8 3.0
Nursing care facilities(1)......... 124.5 127.0 127.9 .5 .6 .7 2.6 2.5 2.7
Leisure and hospitality.................. 130.1 132.3 134.7 2.1 .7 1.8 4.6 3.8 3.5
Accommodation and food services........ 130.9 133.0 135.4 2.1 .7 1.8 4.8 3.7 3.4
Other services, except public
administration.......................... 129.5 131.8 133.2 .6 .2 1.1 2.9 2.4 2.9
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.