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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
Jun.
2019		 Mar.
2020		 Jun.
2020		 3-months ended- 12-months ended-
Jun.
2019		 Mar.
2020		 Jun.
2020		 Jun.
2019		 Mar.
2020		 Jun.
2020

All workers

 136.9 140.4 140.9 0.7 1.2 0.4 3.0 3.3 2.9

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 136.9 140.1 140.6 0.8 1.1 0.4 2.9 3.2 2.7

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related

 136.4 139.1 139.3 0.7 1.0 0.1 2.6 2.7 2.1

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 135.2 137.9 138.0 0.7 1.0 0.1 2.4 2.7 2.1

Management, business, and financial

 137.9 140.4 141.1 0.8 0.9 0.5 2.8 2.6 2.3

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 136.2 138.5 139.0 0.8 0.8 0.4 2.6 2.5 2.1

Professional and related

 135.2 138.1 138.0 0.6 1.1 -0.1 2.3 2.8 2.1

Sales and office

 137.1 141.5 142.1 0.5 1.7 0.4 3.2 3.7 3.6

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 139.5 142.8 143.7 0.7 1.1 0.6 3.1 3.1 3.0

Sales and related

 133.1 138.6 139.3 0.2 2.1 0.5 3.3 4.3 4.7

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 138.7 141.9 143.2 0.9 1.2 0.9 3.3 3.2 3.2

Office and administrative support

 140.2 143.6 144.2 0.7 1.2 0.4 3.2 3.2 2.9

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 135.4 139.0 139.5 1.0 1.2 0.4 2.6 3.7 3.0

Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

 136.0 140.1 139.4 1.0 1.5 -0.5 2.8 4.1 2.5

Installation, maintenance, and repair

 134.9 137.9 139.6 1.0 0.7 1.2 2.4 3.3 3.5

Production, transportation, and material moving

 137.9 142.1 143.0 0.6 1.1 0.6 3.5 3.6 3.7

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 137.9 141.7 142.7 0.9 1.0 0.7 3.4 3.7 3.5

Production

 135.4 138.7 139.9 0.7 0.9 0.9 3.0 3.2 3.3

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 135.7 139.0 140.2 0.7 0.9 0.9 3.0 3.1 3.3

Transportation and material moving

 140.8 146.0 146.8 0.4 1.4 0.5 4.1 4.1 4.3

Service occupations

 139.7 143.9 144.9 1.0 1.2 0.7 4.3 4.0 3.7

Industry and occupational group

Goods-producing industries(2)

 135.3 138.5 139.6 0.8 0.7 0.8 3.0 3.2 3.2

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 135.8 138.9 139.3 0.9 1.0 0.3 3.0 3.2 2.6

Management, professional, and related

 135.1 138.1 138.6 0.7 1.2 0.4 2.8 3.0 2.6

Sales and office

 137.6 138.5 145.7 0.9 -2.6 5.2 3.8 1.5 5.9

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 135.9 139.8 139.4 1.1 1.3 -0.3 2.6 4.0 2.6

Production, transportation, and material moving

 134.5 138.1 139.0 0.7 1.0 0.7 3.1 3.4 3.3

Construction

 134.7 138.0 139.9 1.1 0.4 1.4 2.9 3.5 3.9

Manufacturing

 135.2 138.4 139.3 0.7 0.9 0.7 3.0 3.1 3.0

Management, professional, and related

 135.4 138.6 139.2 0.6 1.3 0.4 2.7 3.0 2.8

Sales and office

 138.8 140.7 141.2 0.9 -0.3 0.4 3.7 2.3 1.7

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 135.6 138.9 140.0 0.9 0.9 0.8 2.4 3.3 3.2

Production, transportation, and material moving

 134.2 137.7 138.9 0.8 0.9 0.9 3.1 3.4 3.5

Aircraft manufacturing

 144.1 145.5 147.3 0.2 1.0 1.2 2.1 1.2 2.2

Service-providing industries(3)

 137.3 140.9 141.3 0.7 1.3 0.3 3.0 3.3 2.9

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 137.2 140.5 141.0 0.7 1.2 0.4 2.8 3.2 2.8

Management, professional, and related

 136.6 139.3 139.5 0.7 1.0 0.1 2.5 2.7 2.1

Sales and office

 137.0 141.7 141.8 0.4 1.9 0.1 3.2 3.8 3.5

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 134.7 138.0 139.6 0.8 1.0 1.2 2.4 3.3 3.6

Production, transportation, and material moving

 141.4 146.1 147.1 0.4 1.2 0.7 4.0 3.8 4.0

Service occupations

 139.6 143.9 144.9 1.0 1.3 0.7 4.3 4.1 3.8

Trade, transportation, and utilities

 138.2 141.9 143.0 0.6 1.2 0.8 3.4 3.3 3.5

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 138.6 142.2 143.3 1.0 1.2 0.8 3.3 3.6 3.4

Wholesale trade

 131.0 134.1 135.1 -0.5 1.5 0.7 3.4 1.8 3.1

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 134.0 137.1 137.7 0.6 1.1 0.4 2.5 2.9 2.8

Retail trade

 140.9 144.3 145.7 1.3 1.0 1.0 3.3 3.7 3.4

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 139.1 142.8 144.4 1.0 1.3 1.1 3.7 3.7 3.8

Transportation and warehousing

 141.5 146.9 147.8 0.4 1.4 0.6 3.8 4.3 4.5

Utilities

 145.0 146.9 148.4 1.0 0.9 1.0 2.8 2.3 2.3

Information

 133.7 136.3 136.9 0.8 1.1 0.4 2.7 2.8 2.4

Financial activities

 137.3 140.6 141.8 0.7 1.2 0.9 1.9 3.1 3.3

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 137.4 139.8 140.6 0.5 1.1 0.6 2.5 2.3 2.3

Finance and insurance

 138.2 141.7 143.1 0.7 1.3 1.0 1.7 3.3 3.5

Credit intermediation and related activities

 134.4 137.7 139.1 0.7 1.2 1.0 2.3 3.1 3.5

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 138.9 141.5 142.1 0.5 1.3 0.4 2.7 2.4 2.3

Insurance carriers and related activities

 137.9 139.6 141.1 0.7 0.9 1.1 1.5 2.0 2.3

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 136.0 137.9 139.2 0.8 1.2 0.9 2.7 2.2 2.4

Real estate and rental and leasing

 133.4 136.1 136.8 0.0 0.7 0.5 2.5 2.0 2.5

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 137.4 140.3 140.9 0.1 0.7 0.4 2.8 2.2 2.5

Professional and business services

 137.9 142.2 142.0 0.7 1.9 -0.1 3.0 3.9 3.0

Professional, scientific, and technical services

 140.1 145.0 143.9 0.7 2.5 -0.8 3.1 4.2 2.7

Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services

 135.9 139.6 140.6 0.8 1.4 0.7 3.3 3.6 3.5

Education and health services

 135.5 138.6 138.1 0.5 0.9 -0.4 2.7 2.8 1.9

Educational services

 133.6 137.2 137.8 0.5 0.6 0.4 2.2 3.2 3.1

Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and professional schools

 134.8 138.0 138.2 0.4 0.6 0.1 2.5 2.8 2.5

Health care and social assistance

 135.9 138.9 138.2 0.5 0.9 -0.5 2.7 2.7 1.7

Hospitals

 136.2 138.8 139.7 0.7 0.7 0.6 2.6 2.6 2.6

Nursing and residential care facilities

 133.1 136.3 137.3 0.5 1.1 0.7 2.9 2.9 3.2

Nursing care facilities(1)

 132.4 135.2 136.3 0.6 1.0 0.8 2.9 2.7 2.9

Leisure and hospitality

 140.9 145.5 146.4 0.6 1.5 0.6 4.2 3.9 3.9

Accommodation and food service

 142.0 147.0 148.1 0.9 1.5 0.7 4.4 4.5 4.3

Other services, except public administration

 138.5 141.0 141.8 1.1 0.8 0.6 3.3 2.9 2.4

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: July 31, 2020