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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.
2020		 Dec.
2020		 Mar.
2021		 3-months ended- 12-months ended-
Mar.
2020		 Dec.
2020		 Mar.
2021		 Mar.
2020		 Dec.
2020		 Mar.
2021

All workers

 140.4 142.6 144.6 1.2 0.6 1.4 3.3 2.8 3.0

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 140.1 142.4 143.9 1.1 0.6 1.1 3.2 2.7 2.7

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related

 139.1 140.4 141.6 1.0 0.3 0.9 2.7 2.0 1.8

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 137.9 139.2 140.5 1.0 0.4 0.9 2.7 2.0 1.9

Management, business, and financial

 140.4 141.7 142.7 0.9 0.2 0.7 2.6 1.8 1.6

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 138.5 139.8 140.9 0.8 0.4 0.8 2.5 1.7 1.7

Professional and related

 138.1 139.5 140.8 1.1 0.4 0.9 2.8 2.1 2.0

Sales and office

 141.5 144.1 147.7 1.7 1.1 2.5 3.7 3.5 4.4

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 142.8 145.7 147.3 1.1 0.9 1.1 3.1 3.2 3.2

Sales and related

 138.6 141.5 147.2 2.1 1.6 4.0 4.3 4.2 6.2

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 141.9 145.7 147.1 1.2 1.5 1.0 3.2 3.9 3.7

Office and administrative support

 143.6 146.0 147.6 1.2 0.7 1.1 3.2 2.9 2.8

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 139.0 141.2 142.7 1.2 0.6 1.1 3.7 2.8 2.7

Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

 140.1 141.0 142.3 1.5 0.6 0.9 4.1 2.2 1.6

Installation, maintenance, and repair

 137.9 141.4 143.1 0.7 0.5 1.2 3.3 3.3 3.8

Production, transportation, and material moving

 142.1 145.5 147.1 1.1 0.9 1.1 3.6 3.6 3.5

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 141.7 145.2 146.7 1.0 0.8 1.0 3.7 3.5 3.5

Production

 138.7 141.8 143.7 0.9 0.7 1.3 3.2 3.2 3.6

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 139.0 142.3 144.1 0.9 0.6 1.3 3.1 3.3 3.7

Transportation and material moving

 146.0 149.7 151.1 1.4 1.0 0.9 4.1 4.0 3.5

Service occupations

 143.9 147.6 150.1 1.2 1.0 1.7 4.0 3.8 4.3

Industry and occupational group

Goods-producing industries(2)

 138.5 141.0 142.0 0.7 0.6 0.7 3.2 2.5 2.5

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 138.9 140.7 142.0 1.0 0.6 0.9 3.2 2.3 2.2

Management, professional, and related

 138.1 139.2 139.9 1.2 0.3 0.5 3.0 2.1 1.3

Sales and office

 138.5 146.9 146.7 -2.6 0.7 -0.1 1.5 3.3 5.9

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 139.8 141.0 142.4 1.3 0.6 1.0 4.0 2.2 1.9

Production, transportation, and material moving

 138.1 140.8 142.4 1.0 0.6 1.1 3.4 3.0 3.1

Construction

 138.0 141.2 142.1 0.4 0.5 0.6 3.5 2.8 3.0

Manufacturing

 138.4 140.7 141.8 0.9 0.6 0.8 3.1 2.6 2.5

Management, professional, and related

 138.6 140.2 140.6 1.3 0.5 0.3 3.0 2.5 1.4

Sales and office

 140.7 142.1 143.6 -0.3 0.8 1.1 2.3 0.7 2.1

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 138.9 142.1 143.3 0.9 0.9 0.8 3.3 3.3 3.2

Production, transportation, and material moving

 137.7 140.7 142.3 0.9 0.7 1.1 3.4 3.1 3.3

Aircraft manufacturing

 145.5 148.2 149.9 1.0 0.1 1.1 1.2 2.8 3.0

Service-providing industries(3)

 140.9 143.1 145.3 1.3 0.7 1.5 3.3 2.9 3.1

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 140.5 142.9 144.4 1.2 0.7 1.0 3.2 2.9 2.8

Management, professional, and related

 139.3 140.7 141.9 1.0 0.4 0.9 2.7 2.0 1.9

Sales and office

 141.7 143.8 147.8 1.9 1.1 2.8 3.8 3.5 4.3

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 138.0 141.4 143.2 1.0 0.5 1.3 3.3 3.4 3.8

Production, transportation, and material moving

 146.1 150.1 151.8 1.2 1.0 1.1 3.8 4.0 3.9

Service occupations

 143.9 147.6 150.1 1.3 1.0 1.7 4.1 3.9 4.3

Trade, transportation, and utilities

 141.9 144.9 146.7 1.2 1.0 1.2 3.3 3.4 3.4

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 142.2 145.5 147.0 1.2 1.2 1.0 3.6 3.6 3.4

Wholesale trade

 134.1 135.3 137.2 1.5 -0.1 1.4 1.8 2.4 2.3

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 137.1 138.8 140.1 1.1 0.7 0.9 2.9 2.4 2.2

Retail trade

 144.3 148.6 150.3 1.0 1.6 1.1 3.7 4.0 4.2

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 142.8 147.2 148.8 1.3 1.6 1.1 3.7 4.4 4.2

Transportation and warehousing

 146.9 150.5 151.8 1.4 1.1 0.9 4.3 3.9 3.3

Utilities

 146.9 148.7 150.7 0.9 0.2 1.3 2.3 2.1 2.6

Information

 136.3 138.9 140.6 1.1 0.9 1.2 2.8 3.0 3.2

Financial activities

 140.6 142.2 149.5 1.2 0.4 5.1 3.1 2.3 6.3

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 139.8 141.1 142.6 1.1 0.1 1.1 2.3 2.0 2.0

Finance and insurance

 141.7 143.3 152.1 1.3 0.5 6.1 3.3 2.4 7.3

Credit intermediation and related activities

 137.7 139.4 140.1 1.2 -0.2 0.5 3.1 2.4 1.7

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 141.5 142.4 144.1 1.3 0.3 1.2 2.4 1.9 1.8

Insurance carriers and related activities

 139.6 142.1 143.9 0.9 0.5 1.3 2.0 2.7 3.1

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 137.9 139.8 141.1 1.2 0.2 0.9 2.2 2.6 2.3

Real estate and rental and leasing

 136.1 137.8 138.9 0.7 0.1 0.8 2.0 1.9 2.1

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 140.3 142.0 143.5 0.7 0.1 1.1 2.2 1.9 2.3

Professional and business services

 142.2 143.6 144.9 1.9 0.7 0.9 3.9 2.9 1.9

Professional, scientific, and technical services

 145.0 145.2 146.1 2.5 0.6 0.6 4.2 2.7 0.8

Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services

 139.6 142.9 144.8 1.4 1.0 1.3 3.6 3.8 3.7

Education and health services

 138.6 140.6 141.5 0.9 0.6 0.6 2.8 2.3 2.1

Educational services

 137.2 139.3 139.4 0.6 0.7 0.1 3.2 2.1 1.6

Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and professional schools

 138.0 138.2 138.4 0.6 0.3 0.1 2.8 0.7 0.3

Health care and social assistance

 138.9 140.8 142.0 0.9 0.6 0.9 2.7 2.3 2.2

Hospitals

 138.8 141.1 142.6 0.7 0.6 1.1 2.6 2.3 2.7

Nursing and residential care facilities

 136.3 139.7 141.3 1.1 0.9 1.1 2.9 3.6 3.7

Nursing care facilities(1)

 135.2 138.7 140.4 1.0 1.0 1.2 2.7 3.7 3.8

Leisure and hospitality

 145.5 148.5 151.7 1.5 0.4 2.2 3.9 3.6 4.3

Accommodation and food service

 147.0 151.1 154.4 1.5 0.7 2.2 4.5 4.4 5.0

Other services, except public administration

 141.0 143.2 145.4 0.8 0.3 1.5 2.9 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: April 30, 2021