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

All workers

 138.0 140.9 141.7 0.8 0.4 0.6 3.0 2.9 2.7

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 137.8 140.6 141.5 0.7 0.4 0.6 2.9 2.7 2.7

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related

 137.2 139.3 140.0 0.6 0.1 0.5 2.3 2.1 2.0

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 136.0 138.0 138.7 0.6 0.1 0.5 2.4 2.1 2.0

Management, business, and financial

 138.9 141.1 141.4 0.7 0.5 0.2 2.7 2.3 1.8

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 137.0 139.0 139.3 0.6 0.4 0.2 2.6 2.1 1.7

Professional and related

 136.0 138.0 138.9 0.6 -0.1 0.7 2.1 2.1 2.1

Sales and office

 138.8 142.1 142.6 1.2 0.4 0.4 3.4 3.6 2.7

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 140.6 143.7 144.4 0.8 0.6 0.5 3.2 3.0 2.7

Sales and related

 135.3 139.3 139.3 1.7 0.5 0.0 3.3 4.7 3.0

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 139.5 143.2 143.6 0.6 0.9 0.3 3.1 3.2 2.9

Office and administrative support

 141.4 144.2 145.0 0.9 0.4 0.6 3.4 2.9 2.5

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 136.6 139.5 140.3 0.9 0.4 0.6 3.0 3.0 2.7

Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

 137.1 139.4 140.1 0.8 -0.5 0.5 3.2 2.5 2.2

Installation, maintenance, and repair

 136.3 139.6 140.7 1.0 1.2 0.8 2.9 3.5 3.2

Production, transportation, and material moving

 139.1 143.0 144.2 0.9 0.6 0.8 3.5 3.7 3.7

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 139.0 142.7 144.0 0.8 0.7 0.9 3.6 3.5 3.6

Production

 136.2 139.9 140.8 0.6 0.9 0.6 3.0 3.3 3.4

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 136.6 140.2 141.4 0.7 0.9 0.9 3.1 3.3 3.5

Transportation and material moving

 142.6 146.8 148.2 1.3 0.5 1.0 4.1 4.3 3.9

Service occupations

 140.5 144.9 146.2 0.6 0.7 0.9 3.9 3.7 4.1

Industry and occupational group

Goods-producing industries(2)

 136.5 139.6 140.2 0.9 0.8 0.4 3.3 3.2 2.7

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 136.7 139.3 139.9 0.7 0.3 0.4 3.1 2.6 2.3

Management, professional, and related

 135.8 138.6 138.8 0.5 0.4 0.1 2.8 2.6 2.2

Sales and office

 140.9 145.7 145.9 2.4 5.2 0.1 4.9 5.9 3.5

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 137.2 139.4 140.1 1.0 -0.3 0.5 3.2 2.6 2.1

Production, transportation, and material moving

 135.4 139.0 139.9 0.7 0.7 0.6 3.1 3.3 3.3

Construction

 136.7 139.9 140.5 1.5 1.4 0.4 3.7 3.9 2.8

Manufacturing

 136.1 139.3 139.8 0.7 0.7 0.4 3.1 3.0 2.7

Management, professional, and related

 136.2 139.2 139.5 0.6 0.4 0.2 2.9 2.8 2.4

Sales and office

 139.6 141.2 141.0 0.6 0.4 -0.1 3.4 1.7 1.0

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 136.5 140.0 140.9 0.7 0.8 0.6 2.7 3.2 3.2

Production, transportation, and material moving

 135.2 138.9 139.7 0.7 0.9 0.6 3.3 3.5 3.3

Aircraft manufacturing

 144.1 147.3 148.1 0.0 1.2 0.5 2.1 2.2 2.8

Service-providing industries(3)

 138.4 141.3 142.1 0.8 0.3 0.6 2.9 2.9 2.7

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 138.2 141.0 141.9 0.7 0.4 0.6 2.9 2.8 2.7

Management, professional, and related

 137.5 139.5 140.2 0.7 0.1 0.5 2.3 2.1 2.0

Sales and office

 138.6 141.8 142.3 1.2 0.1 0.4 3.2 3.5 2.7

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 135.9 139.6 140.7 0.9 1.2 0.8 2.7 3.6 3.5

Production, transportation, and material moving

 142.9 147.1 148.6 1.1 0.7 1.0 3.9 4.0 4.0

Service occupations

 140.5 144.9 146.2 0.6 0.7 0.9 4.0 3.8 4.1

Trade, transportation, and utilities

 139.5 143.0 143.5 0.9 0.8 0.3 3.0 3.5 2.9

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 139.7 143.3 143.8 0.8 0.8 0.3 3.3 3.4 2.9

Wholesale trade

 132.2 135.1 135.4 0.9 0.7 0.2 2.1 3.1 2.4

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 134.8 137.7 137.9 0.6 0.4 0.1 2.4 2.8 2.3

Retail trade

 142.1 145.7 146.2 0.9 1.0 0.3 3.4 3.4 2.9

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 140.2 144.4 144.9 0.8 1.1 0.3 3.6 3.8 3.4

Transportation and warehousing

 143.7 147.8 148.8 1.6 0.6 0.7 3.8 4.5 3.5

Utilities

 145.3 148.4 148.4 0.2 1.0 0.0 2.9 2.3 2.1

Information

 134.4 136.9 137.6 0.5 0.4 0.5 2.4 2.4 2.4

Financial activities

 138.7 141.8 141.7 1.0 0.9 -0.1 3.0 3.3 2.2

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 137.9 140.6 140.9 0.4 0.6 0.2 2.5 2.3 2.2

Finance and insurance

 139.7 143.1 142.6 1.1 1.0 -0.3 3.0 3.5 2.1

Credit intermediation and related activities

 136.1 139.1 139.7 1.3 1.0 0.4 3.6 3.5 2.6

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 139.7 142.1 142.0 0.6 0.4 -0.1 2.9 2.3 1.6

Insurance carriers and related activities

 138.6 141.1 141.4 0.5 1.1 0.2 2.7 2.3 2.0

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 135.9 139.2 139.5 -0.1 0.9 0.2 2.2 2.4 2.6

Real estate and rental and leasing

 134.6 136.8 137.7 0.9 0.5 0.7 2.7 2.5 2.3

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 138.3 140.9 141.9 0.7 0.4 0.7 2.7 2.5 2.6

Professional and business services

 139.0 142.0 142.6 0.8 -0.1 0.4 2.8 3.0 2.6

Professional, scientific, and technical services

 141.2 143.9 144.3 0.8 -0.8 0.3 2.4 2.7 2.2

Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services

 136.9 140.6 141.5 0.7 0.7 0.6 3.4 3.5 3.4

Education and health services

 136.7 138.1 139.7 0.9 -0.4 1.2 2.6 1.9 2.2

Educational services

 136.1 137.8 138.3 1.9 0.4 0.4 2.6 3.1 1.6

Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and professional schools

 136.5 138.2 137.8 1.3 0.1 -0.3 2.4 2.5 1.0

Health care and social assistance

 136.9 138.2 140.0 0.7 -0.5 1.3 2.5 1.7 2.3

Hospitals

 137.0 139.7 140.3 0.6 0.6 0.4 2.9 2.6 2.4

Nursing and residential care facilities

 134.0 137.3 138.4 0.7 0.7 0.8 2.8 3.2 3.3

Nursing care facilities(1)

 132.9 136.3 137.3 0.4 0.8 0.7 2.5 2.9 3.3

Leisure and hospitality

 141.6 146.4 147.9 0.5 0.6 1.0 3.8 3.9 4.4

Accommodation and food service

 142.9 148.1 150.1 0.6 0.7 1.4 4.2 4.3 5.0

Other services, except public administration

 138.5 141.8 142.8 0.0 0.6 0.7 3.1 2.4 3.1

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: October 30, 2020