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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.
2020		 Jun.
2021		 Sep.
2021		 3-months ended- 12-months ended-
Sep.
2020		 Jun.
2021		 Sep.
2021		 Sep.
2020		 Jun.
2021		 Sep.
2021

All workers

 141.7 145.9 148.2 0.6 0.9 1.6 2.7 3.5 4.6

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 141.5 145.3 147.1 0.6 1.0 1.2 2.7 3.3 4.0

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related

 140.0 142.8 144.9 0.5 0.8 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.5

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 138.7 141.3 142.7 0.5 0.6 1.0 2.0 2.4 2.9

Management, business, and financial

 141.4 144.3 146.9 0.2 1.1 1.8 1.8 2.3 3.9

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 139.3 141.7 142.8 0.2 0.6 0.8 1.7 1.9 2.5

Professional and related

 138.9 141.7 143.5 0.7 0.6 1.3 2.1 2.7 3.3

Sales and office

 142.6 148.2 150.4 0.4 0.3 1.5 2.7 4.3 5.5

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 144.4 149.0 150.8 0.5 1.2 1.2 2.7 3.7 4.4

Sales and related

 139.3 146.5 148.9 0.0 -0.5 1.6 3.0 5.2 6.9

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 143.6 149.3 150.5 0.3 1.5 0.8 2.9 4.3 4.8

Office and administrative support

 145.0 149.2 151.3 0.6 1.1 1.4 2.5 3.5 4.3

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 140.3 144.3 145.8 0.6 1.1 1.0 2.7 3.4 3.9

Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

 140.1 144.5 145.9 0.5 1.5 1.0 2.2 3.7 4.1

Installation, maintenance, and repair

 140.7 144.3 145.7 0.8 0.8 1.0 3.2 3.4 3.6

Production, transportation, and material moving

 144.2 149.4 151.6 0.8 1.6 1.5 3.7 4.5 5.1

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 144.0 149.0 151.2 0.9 1.6 1.5 3.6 4.4 5.0

Production

 140.8 146.2 148.0 0.6 1.7 1.2 3.4 4.5 5.1

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 141.4 146.7 148.5 0.9 1.8 1.2 3.5 4.6 5.0

Transportation and material moving

 148.2 153.1 155.8 1.0 1.3 1.8 3.9 4.3 5.1

Service occupations

 146.2 152.9 156.2 0.9 1.9 2.2 4.1 5.5 6.8

Industry and occupational group

Goods-producing industries(2)

 140.2 144.0 145.1 0.4 1.4 0.8 2.7 3.2 3.5

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 139.9 143.9 145.1 0.4 1.3 0.8 2.3 3.3 3.7

Management, professional, and related

 138.8 141.3 141.7 0.1 1.0 0.3 2.2 1.9 2.1

Sales and office

 145.9 150.1 150.3 0.1 2.3 0.1 3.5 3.0 3.0

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 140.1 144.2 145.7 0.5 1.3 1.0 2.1 3.4 4.0

Production, transportation, and material moving

 139.9 144.8 146.7 0.6 1.7 1.3 3.3 4.2 4.9

Construction

 140.5 144.4 145.1 0.4 1.6 0.5 2.8 3.2 3.3

Manufacturing

 139.8 143.6 145.0 0.4 1.3 1.0 2.7 3.1 3.7

Management, professional, and related

 139.5 141.9 142.5 0.2 0.9 0.4 2.4 1.9 2.2

Sales and office

 141.0 145.5 147.1 -0.1 1.3 1.1 1.0 3.0 4.3

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 140.9 144.9 146.5 0.6 1.1 1.1 3.2 3.5 4.0

Production, transportation, and material moving

 139.7 144.6 146.5 0.6 1.6 1.3 3.3 4.1 4.9

Aircraft manufacturing

 148.1 150.7 150.3 0.5 0.5 -0.3 2.8 2.3 1.5

Service-providing industries(3)

 142.1 146.5 149.0 0.6 0.8 1.7 2.7 3.7 4.9

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 141.9 145.8 147.7 0.6 1.0 1.3 2.7 3.4 4.1

Management, professional, and related

 140.2 143.1 145.4 0.5 0.8 1.6 2.0 2.6 3.7

Sales and office

 142.3 148.0 150.4 0.4 0.1 1.6 2.7 4.4 5.7

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 140.7 144.5 146.0 0.8 0.9 1.0 3.5 3.5 3.8

Production, transportation, and material moving

 148.6 154.0 156.5 1.0 1.4 1.6 4.0 4.7 5.3

Service occupations

 146.2 152.9 156.2 0.9 1.9 2.2 4.1 5.5 6.8

Trade, transportation, and utilities

 143.5 148.7 150.8 0.3 1.4 1.4 2.9 4.0 5.1

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 143.8 148.4 150.3 0.3 1.0 1.3 2.9 3.6 4.5

Wholesale trade

 135.4 139.7 141.8 0.2 1.8 1.5 2.4 3.4 4.7

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 137.9 141.4 143.0 0.1 0.9 1.1 2.3 2.7 3.7

Retail trade

 146.2 152.5 154.8 0.3 1.5 1.5 2.9 4.7 5.9

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 144.9 150.6 152.8 0.3 1.2 1.5 3.4 4.3 5.5

Transportation and warehousing

 148.8 152.8 155.0 0.7 0.7 1.4 3.5 3.4 4.2

Utilities

 148.4 151.5 152.5 0.0 0.5 0.7 2.1 2.1 2.8

Information

 137.6 141.7 143.3 0.5 0.8 1.1 2.4 3.5 4.1

Financial activities

 141.7 147.1 150.6 -0.1 -1.6 2.4 2.2 3.7 6.3

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 140.9 143.6 144.7 0.2 0.7 0.8 2.2 2.1 2.7

Finance and insurance

 142.6 148.8 152.8 -0.3 -2.2 2.7 2.1 4.0 7.2

Credit intermediation and related activities

 139.7 145.9 156.7 0.4 4.1 7.4 2.6 4.9 12.2

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 142.0 145.3 146.4 -0.1 0.8 0.8 1.6 2.3 3.1

Insurance carriers and related activities

 141.4 144.9 145.7 0.2 0.7 0.6 2.0 2.7 3.0

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 139.5 142.1 142.6 0.2 0.7 0.4 2.6 2.1 2.2

Real estate and rental and leasing

 137.7 140.1 141.8 0.7 0.9 1.2 2.3 2.4 3.0

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 141.9 144.9 146.6 0.7 1.0 1.2 2.6 2.8 3.3

Professional and business services

 142.6 146.0 148.3 0.4 0.8 1.6 2.6 2.8 4.0

Professional, scientific, and technical services

 144.3 147.1 149.8 0.3 0.7 1.8 2.2 2.2 3.8

Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services

 141.5 146.6 148.9 0.6 1.2 1.6 3.4 4.3 5.2

Education and health services

 139.7 142.7 145.0 1.2 0.8 1.6 2.2 3.3 3.8

Educational services

 138.3 139.7 142.8 0.4 0.2 2.2 1.6 1.4 3.3

Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and professional schools

 137.8 139.3 141.8 -0.3 0.7 1.8 1.0 0.8 2.9

Health care and social assistance

 140.0 143.3 145.4 1.3 0.9 1.5 2.3 3.7 3.9

Hospitals

 140.3 143.9 145.6 0.4 0.9 1.2 2.4 3.0 3.8

Nursing and residential care facilities

 138.4 143.1 146.0 0.8 1.3 2.0 3.3 4.2 5.5

Nursing care facilities(1)

 137.3 142.3 145.1 0.7 1.4 2.0 3.3 4.4 5.7

Leisure and hospitality

 147.9 155.3 159.1 1.0 2.4 2.4 4.4 6.1 7.6

Accommodation and food service

 150.1 158.3 162.2 1.4 2.5 2.5 5.0 6.9 8.1

Other services, except public administration

 142.8 147.7 150.1 0.7 1.6 1.6 3.1 4.2 5.1

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 29, 2021