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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.
2022
Jun.
2023
Sep.
2023
3-months ended- 12-months ended-
Sep.
2022
Jun.
2023
Sep.
2023
Sep.
2022
Jun.
2023
Sep.
2023

All workers

155.9 161.3 162.9 1.1 1.1 1.0 5.2 4.6 4.5

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

155.3 160.8 162.3 1.2 1.1 0.9 5.6 4.8 4.5

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related

150.8 155.8 157.6 0.9 1.2 1.2 4.1 4.2 4.5

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

149.3 154.4 155.9 1.0 1.2 1.0 4.6 4.5 4.4

Management, business, and financial

151.8 156.3 158.0 0.5 1.4 1.1 3.3 3.4 4.1

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

149.4 154.0 155.3 0.9 1.2 0.8 4.6 4.1 3.9

Professional and related

150.0 155.6 157.3 1.1 1.0 1.1 4.5 4.9 4.9

Sales and office

159.4 165.3 166.3 1.1 1.1 0.6 6.0 4.8 4.3

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

160.3 166.7 168.1 1.3 1.1 0.8 6.3 5.4 4.9

Sales and related

158.3 164.1 164.5 0.9 1.1 0.2 6.3 4.6 3.9

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

161.8 168.5 169.5 1.6 1.0 0.6 7.5 5.8 4.8

Office and administrative support

158.8 164.7 166.4 1.3 1.0 1.0 5.6 5.0 4.8

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

152.6 157.9 159.7 1.1 1.1 1.1 4.7 4.6 4.7

Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

152.4 157.5 159.0 1.1 1.2 1.0 4.5 4.5 4.3

Installation, maintenance, and repair

152.9 158.5 160.6 1.1 1.1 1.3 4.9 4.8 5.0

Production, transportation, and material moving

160.5 165.8 167.2 1.5 1.0 0.8 5.9 4.8 4.2

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

160.1 165.6 167.0 1.5 1.0 0.8 5.9 4.9 4.3

Production

156.7 162.4 163.6 1.6 1.0 0.7 5.9 5.2 4.4

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

157.1 162.8 164.0 1.4 1.0 0.7 5.8 5.1 4.4

Transportation and material moving

165.8 170.9 172.6 1.3 1.0 1.0 5.8 4.5 4.1

Service occupations

168.9 175.3 177.1 1.8 1.1 1.0 8.1 5.7 4.9

Industry and occupational group

Goods-producing industries(2)

152.4 157.7 158.6 1.1 1.1 0.6 5.0 4.6 4.1

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

152.2 157.2 158.2 1.1 1.0 0.6 4.9 4.5 3.9

Management, professional, and related

147.2 151.9 152.4 0.5 1.0 0.3 3.9 3.7 3.5

Sales and office

159.9 168.2 168.6 0.9 1.4 0.2 6.4 6.2 5.4

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

152.1 157.2 158.7 1.1 1.2 1.0 4.4 4.5 4.3

Production, transportation, and material moving

155.5 160.7 161.7 1.6 1.0 0.6 6.0 5.0 4.0

Construction

151.9 157.6 158.7 0.8 1.3 0.7 4.7 4.6 4.5

Manufacturing

152.5 157.5 158.4 1.2 1.0 0.6 5.2 4.5 3.9

Management, professional, and related

148.0 152.5 153.0 0.5 0.9 0.3 3.9 3.6 3.4

Sales and office

155.8 161.8 162.8 1.5 1.2 0.6 5.9 5.4 4.5

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

152.3 157.9 159.4 1.1 0.8 0.9 4.0 4.8 4.7

Production, transportation, and material moving

155.4 160.7 161.7 1.6 1.0 0.6 6.1 5.0 4.1

Aircraft manufacturing

155.3 159.7 159.9 0.5 0.9 0.1 3.3 3.4 3.0

Service-providing industries(3)

156.9 162.3 164.0 1.2 1.2 1.0 5.3 4.6 4.5

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

156.1 161.7 163.4 1.2 1.1 1.1 5.7 4.9 4.7

Management, professional, and related

151.4 156.5 158.3 0.9 1.3 1.2 4.1 4.3 4.6

Sales and office

159.3 164.9 166.0 1.1 1.0 0.7 5.9 4.6 4.2

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

153.3 158.9 161.2 1.1 1.1 1.4 5.0 4.7 5.2

Production, transportation, and material moving

165.5 170.9 172.6 1.3 1.1 1.0 5.8 4.7 4.3

Service occupations

168.9 175.3 177.2 1.8 1.1 1.1 8.1 5.7 4.9

Trade, transportation, and utilities

159.7 165.5 166.8 0.8 1.4 0.8 5.9 4.4 4.4

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

159.4 165.4 166.9 1.2 1.2 0.9 6.1 5.0 4.7

Wholesale trade

149.8 155.2 155.9 0.3 1.7 0.5 5.6 3.9 4.1

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

151.6 157.2 158.5 1.3 1.3 0.8 6.0 5.1 4.6

Retail trade

166.1 172.3 173.9 1.0 1.2 0.9 7.3 4.8 4.7

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

163.9 170.4 172.0 1.3 1.2 0.9 7.3 5.3 4.9

Transportation and warehousing

160.8 166.0 167.6 0.9 1.2 1.0 3.7 4.2 4.2

Utilities

157.7 163.1 164.8 0.7 1.2 1.0 3.4 4.2 4.5

Information

149.3 155.1 155.1 1.0 0.9 0.0 4.2 4.9 3.9

Financial activities

154.1 159.1 160.8 0.1 2.2 1.1 2.3 3.4 4.3

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

152.7 158.2 159.0 0.9 1.2 0.5 5.5 4.6 4.1

Finance and insurance

154.8 159.8 161.3 0.0 2.4 0.9 1.3 3.2 4.2

Credit intermediation and related activities

153.4 157.8 160.3 -0.9 1.7 1.6 -2.1 1.9 4.5

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

155.4 160.8 161.8 1.4 0.9 0.6 6.1 5.0 4.1

Insurance carriers and related activities

152.9 158.8 160.0 0.7 1.5 0.8 4.9 4.6 4.6

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

148.9 154.8 155.4 0.5 1.3 0.4 4.4 4.5 4.4

Real estate and rental and leasing

151.3 156.3 158.5 0.9 1.2 1.4 6.7 4.2 4.8

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

155.9 161.2 162.8 0.8 1.2 1.0 6.3 4.2 4.4

Professional and business services

155.9 160.6 162.4 1.3 0.7 1.1 5.1 4.4 4.2

Professional, scientific, and technical services

156.9 161.1 162.8 1.4 0.8 1.1 4.7 4.1 3.8

Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services

158.5 163.8 165.5 1.3 0.8 1.0 6.4 4.7 4.4

Education and health services

153.3 159.0 161.4 1.6 1.0 1.5 5.7 5.4 5.3

Educational services

148.9 152.3 155.5 1.8 0.5 2.1 4.3 4.1 4.4

Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and professional schools

147.1 149.7 152.7 1.9 0.5 2.0 3.7 3.7 3.8

Health care and social assistance

154.2 160.4 162.7 1.5 1.1 1.4 6.1 5.6 5.5

Hospitals

154.3 161.0 162.8 1.4 1.1 1.1 6.0 5.8 5.5

Nursing and residential care facilities

157.4 163.6 166.4 2.1 1.1 1.7 7.8 6.2 5.7

Nursing care facilities(1)

156.2 163.0 165.9 2.2 1.3 1.8 7.6 6.6 6.2

Leisure and hospitality

171.1 177.3 178.8 1.8 1.1 0.8 7.5 5.5 4.5

Accommodation and food service

174.7 181.3 182.4 1.7 1.3 0.6 7.7 5.5 4.4

Other services, except public administration

157.9 164.0 165.8 1.2 1.4 1.1 5.2 5.1 5.0

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

Last Modified Date: October 31, 2023