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. 2022	Dec. 2022	Mar. 2023	3-months ended-			12-months ended-
	Mar. 2022	Dec. 2022	Mar. 2023	Mar. 2022	Dec. 2022	Mar. 2023	Mar. 2022	Dec. 2022	Mar. 2023
All workers	151.8	157.4	159.5	1.4	1.0	1.3	5.0	5.1	5.1
Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)	151.4	156.7	159.0	1.6	0.9	1.5	5.2	5.2	5.0
Occupational group
Management, professional, and related	147.6	152.0	154.0	1.2	0.8	1.3	4.2	4.3	4.3
Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)	146.2	150.5	152.6	1.5	0.8	1.4	4.1	4.4	4.4
Management, business, and financial	148.6	152.8	154.1	1.0	0.7	0.9	4.1	3.9	3.7
Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)	146.4	150.2	152.1	1.7	0.5	1.3	3.9	4.3	3.9
Professional and related	146.8	151.5	154.0	1.3	1.0	1.7	4.3	4.6	4.9
Sales and office	154.3	161.3	163.5	1.6	1.2	1.4	4.5	6.2	6.0
Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)	155.7	162.0	164.9	1.6	1.1	1.8	5.7	5.7	5.9
Sales and related	152.6	160.3	162.3	1.7	1.3	1.2	3.7	6.8	6.4
Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)	157.0	163.4	166.8	1.9	1.0	2.1	6.7	6.0	6.2
Office and administrative support	154.4	160.6	163.0	1.6	1.1	1.5	4.9	5.7	5.6
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance	149.0	153.9	156.2	1.2	0.9	1.5	4.4	4.6	4.8
Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	149.1	153.7	155.7	1.3	0.9	1.3	4.8	4.4	4.4
Installation, maintenance, and repair	149.1	154.2	156.8	1.3	0.9	1.7	4.2	4.8	5.2
Production, transportation, and material moving	156.2	161.9	164.1	1.5	0.9	1.4	6.2	5.2	5.1
Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)	155.8	161.6	164.0	1.4	0.9	1.5	6.2	5.2	5.3
Production	152.1	158.3	160.8	1.4	1.0	1.6	5.8	5.5	5.7
Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)	152.7	158.7	161.2	1.4	1.0	1.6	6.0	5.4	5.6
Transportation and material moving	161.7	167.2	169.2	1.5	0.8	1.2	6.7	5.0	4.6
Service occupations	163.0	170.7	173.4	2.2	1.1	1.6	8.6	7.0	6.4
Industry and occupational group
Goods-producing industries(2)	148.3	153.9	156.0	1.2	1.0	1.4	4.4	5.0	5.2
Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)	148.6	153.5	155.6	1.4	0.9	1.4	4.6	4.8	4.7
Management, professional, and related	145.1	148.2	150.4	1.7	0.7	1.5	3.7	3.9	3.7
Sales and office	150.5	163.2	165.8	-1.2	2.1	1.6	2.6	7.1	10.2
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance	148.7	153.4	155.4	1.2	0.9	1.3	4.4	4.4	4.5
Production, transportation, and material moving	150.8	157.0	159.1	1.5	1.0	1.3	5.9	5.7	5.5
Construction	147.2	153.6	155.6	0.4	1.1	1.3	3.6	4.8	5.7
Manufacturing	148.7	153.9	156.0	1.6	0.9	1.4	4.9	5.1	4.9
Management, professional, and related	145.9	148.9	151.2	1.7	0.6	1.5	3.8	3.8	3.6
Sales and office	150.7	158.0	159.9	1.9	1.4	1.2	4.9	6.8	6.1
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance	148.6	154.2	156.6	0.7	1.2	1.6	3.7	4.5	5.4
Production, transportation, and material moving	150.6	157.0	159.1	1.5	1.0	1.3	5.8	5.8	5.6
Aircraft manufacturing	153.5	155.9	158.2	2.2	0.4	1.5	2.4	3.8	3.1
Service-providing industries(3)	152.8	158.3	160.4	1.5	0.9	1.3	5.2	5.2	5.0
Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)	152.2	157.5	159.9	1.6	0.9	1.5	5.4	5.1	5.1
Management, professional, and related	148.0	152.6	154.5	1.2	0.8	1.2	4.3	4.3	4.4
Sales and office	154.7	161.1	163.2	1.9	1.1	1.3	4.7	6.1	5.5
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance	149.6	154.5	157.2	1.4	0.8	1.7	4.5	4.7	5.1
Production, transportation, and material moving	161.5	166.9	169.1	1.4	0.8	1.3	6.4	4.8	4.7
Service occupations	163.0	170.7	173.4	2.2	1.1	1.6	8.6	7.0	6.4
Trade, transportation, and utilities	156.0	161.2	163.2	1.5	0.9	1.2	6.3	4.9	4.6
Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)	155.4	160.8	163.4	1.5	0.9	1.6	5.7	5.0	5.1
Wholesale trade	146.5	150.8	152.6	2.0	0.7	1.2	6.8	5.0	4.2
Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)	147.7	152.8	155.2	1.7	0.8	1.6	5.4	5.2	5.1
Retail trade	161.4	167.8	170.2	1.5	1.0	1.4	7.4	5.5	5.5
Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)	159.0	165.2	168.3	1.7	0.8	1.9	6.9	5.7	5.8
Transportation and warehousing	158.3	162.5	164.0	0.8	1.1	0.9	4.3	3.5	3.6
Utilities	155.6	158.6	161.1	1.4	0.6	1.6	3.3	3.4	3.5
Information	146.7	151.4	153.7	1.7	1.4	1.5	4.3	4.9	4.8
Financial activities	149.8	155.2	155.7	1.4	0.7	0.3	0.2	5.0	3.9
Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)	149.2	153.5	156.4	2.2	0.5	1.9	4.6	5.1	4.8
Finance and insurance	150.5	155.9	156.0	1.1	0.7	0.1	-1.1	4.8	3.7
Credit intermediation and related activities	148.6	153.9	155.2	-1.4	0.3	0.8	6.1	2.1	4.4
Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)	151.0	156.2	159.4	2.4	0.5	2.0	4.8	5.9	5.6
Insurance carriers and related activities	148.9	153.7	156.5	1.8	0.5	1.8	3.5	5.1	5.1
Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)	146.2	149.7	152.8	1.8	0.5	2.1	3.6	4.2	4.5
Real estate and rental and leasing	147.2	152.2	154.5	2.3	0.6	1.5	6.0	5.8	5.0
Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)	151.9	157.1	159.3	2.2	0.8	1.4	5.9	5.7	4.9
Professional and business services	151.6	157.0	159.5	1.4	0.7	1.6	4.6	5.0	5.2
Professional, scientific, and technical services	152.3	157.5	159.9	1.2	0.4	1.5	4.2	4.7	5.0
Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services	154.0	159.8	162.5	1.9	0.8	1.7	6.4	5.8	5.5
Education and health services	149.1	155.4	157.4	1.4	1.4	1.3	5.4	5.6	5.6
Educational services	144.1	150.3	151.6	0.8	0.9	0.9	3.4	5.1	5.2
Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and professional schools	143.0	148.0	148.9	0.4	0.6	0.6	3.3	3.9	4.1
Health care and social assistance	150.2	156.5	158.7	1.5	1.5	1.4	5.8	5.7	5.7
Hospitals	150.4	156.7	159.3	1.4	1.6	1.7	5.5	5.7	5.9
Nursing and residential care facilities	151.7	159.6	161.8	1.9	1.4	1.4	7.4	7.2	6.7
Nursing care facilities(1)	150.2	158.9	160.9	1.8	1.7	1.3	7.0	7.7	7.1
Leisure and hospitality	165.3	172.3	175.3	2.2	0.7	1.7	9.0	6.6	6.0
Accommodation and food service	168.9	175.8	179.0	2.3	0.6	1.8	9.4	6.5	6.0
Other services, except public administration	154.5	158.4	161.8	1.7	0.3	2.1	6.3	4.3	4.7
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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