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Table 1. Seasonally adjusted: Employment Cost Index for total compensation, by ownership, occupational group, and industry

Table 1. Employment Cost Index for total compensation(1), by occupational group and industry [Seasonally adjusted]
Occupational group and industry Indexes (Dec.2005=100) Percent changes for 3-months ended-
Dec.
2024		 Mar.
2025		 Mar.
2023		 Jun.
2023		 Sep.
2023		 Dec.
2023		 Mar.
2024		 Jun.
2024		 Sep.
2024		 Dec.
2024		 Mar.
2025

Civilian workers

All workers(2)

 168.3 169.8 1.0 1.1 1.1 0.9 1.0 0.9 0.8 0.9 0.9

Industry

Goods-producing industries(3)

 161.8 163.4 1.1 0.9 0.9 1.0 1.0 0.6 0.9 0.7 1.0

Manufacturing

 161.9 163.0 1.0 0.9 0.8 1.0 1.2 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.7

Service-providing industries(4)

 169.7 171.2 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.8 1.0 0.9

Education and health services

 167.8 169.6 1.2 1.0 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.0 1.2 0.8 1.1

Educational services

 166.2 167.6 1.2 0.9 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.0 0.8 0.8

Elementary and secondary schools

 166.3 167.7 1.1 1.0 1.1 1.0 0.9 1.1 1.0 0.8 0.8

Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and professional schools

 165.1 166.5 1.2 0.8 1.2 1.1 1.2 1.1 1.2 1.0 0.8

Health care and social assistance

 169.3 171.5 1.2 1.1 1.3 0.9 1.2 1.0 1.1 0.8 1.3

Hospitals

 170.0 171.8 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.0 1.4 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.1

Nursing and residential care facilities

 169.0 171.0 1.2 1.0 1.5 0.9 1.1 0.9 0.8 0.7 1.2

Public administration

 176.0 178.0 0.9 1.2 1.7 1.3 1.5 1.4 1.1 1.3 1.1

Private industry workers

All workers

 167.8 169.2 1.1 1.0 1.0 0.9 1.0 0.9 0.8 0.9 0.8

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related

 162.7 164.2 1.1 1.1 1.0 0.7 1.0 0.8 0.7 0.9 0.9

Management, business, and financial

 163.1 164.4 0.9 1.1 1.1 0.6 0.9 0.7 0.7 0.9 0.8

Professional and related

 162.5 164.2 1.2 1.1 1.0 0.9 1.0 0.9 0.8 0.8 1.0

Sales and office

 170.3 171.6 0.8 1.2 0.9 0.9 1.1 0.5 0.7 0.8 0.8

Sales and related

 167.2 168.2 0.6 1.4 0.8 1.0 1.0 -0.1 0.5 0.9 0.6

Office and administrative support

 172.4 174.0 1.1 0.9 1.0 0.8 1.1 1.0 0.8 0.7 0.9

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 165.8 167.0 1.2 1.0 1.2 1.1 0.9 0.8 1.0 1.0 0.7

Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

 164.1 165.7 0.9 0.9 1.0 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.9 1.0 1.0

Installation, maintenance, and repair

 167.7 168.6 1.4 1.0 1.2 1.6 0.9 0.7 1.0 1.0 0.5

Production, transportation, and material moving

 173.2 174.6 1.1 1.0 0.9 1.6 1.1 1.4 0.9 0.7 0.8

Production

 168.4 169.4 1.2 1.0 0.9 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.0 0.9 0.6

Transportation and material moving

 178.8 180.6 1.0 1.0 0.9 1.9 1.2 1.6 0.8 0.6 1.0

Service occupations

 181.0 182.7 1.2 1.0 0.9 0.9 1.0 1.3 0.8 1.1 0.9

Industry

Goods-producing industries(3)

 161.7 163.3 1.1 0.9 0.9 1.0 1.1 0.5 0.9 0.7 1.0

Construction

 161.7 163.8 1.1 0.9 1.0 1.0 0.8 -0.1 1.1 0.6 1.3

Manufacturing

 161.9 163.0 1.0 0.9 0.8 1.0 1.2 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.7

Aircraft manufacturing

 140.5 141.3 0.7 0.6 0.9 0.4 0.9 -0.1 1.0 2.1 0.6

Service-providing industries(5)

 169.4 170.8 1.1 1.1 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.9 0.8 0.9 0.8

Trade, transportation, and utilities

 173.5 174.7 1.1 1.1 1.0 1.4 0.9 1.0 0.8 0.6 0.7

Wholesale trade

 164.5 165.0 0.8 1.4 0.9 0.8 1.3 0.1 0.7 0.9 0.3

Retail trade

 176.8 177.8 1.5 1.0 1.0 0.6 0.2 1.2 0.8 0.7 0.6

Transportation and warehousing

 177.8 179.7 0.8 1.1 0.9 3.3 1.6 1.6 0.9 0.5 1.1

Utilities

 178.3 180.1 1.2 1.4 1.2 0.9 0.5 0.9 0.9 1.0 1.0

Information

 162.0 162.4 1.1 1.1 0.3 0.9 0.9 -0.1 1.3 0.4 0.2

Financial activities

 165.1 167.5 0.4 1.4 1.0 0.5 0.4 1.1 0.5 1.4 1.5

Finance and insurance

 165.6 168.1 0.3 1.5 1.0 0.5 0.4 1.1 0.3 1.5 1.5

Credit intermediation and related activities

 168.1 171.8 1.2 0.6 1.4 0.8 1.4 0.7 0.2 1.9 2.2

Insurance carriers and related activities

 165.6 168.2 1.1 0.8 0.9 0.3 0.7 1.2 -0.1 1.0 1.6

Real estate and rental and leasing

 162.6 164.5 1.1 0.9 1.2 0.2 0.6 0.8 1.3 0.6 1.2

Professional and business services

 167.5 168.5 1.2 0.9 1.0 0.7 1.4 0.8 0.3 1.1 0.6

Professional, scientific, and technical services

 168.2 169.6 1.1 0.9 0.9 0.7 1.2 0.7 0.2 1.3 0.8

Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services

 168.5 168.9 1.2 0.9 1.1 0.7 1.0 0.9 0.8 1.1 0.2

Education and health services

 167.7 169.8 1.2 1.0 1.3 1.0 1.1 1.0 1.2 0.7 1.3

Educational services

 163.9 165.1 1.1 0.7 1.1 1.2 1.3 0.9 1.2 0.5 0.7

Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and professional schools

 163.2 164.4 0.9 0.8 1.0 1.0 1.2 0.8 1.4 0.9 0.7

Health care and social assistance

 168.5 170.7 1.2 1.2 1.3 0.9 1.1 1.0 1.1 0.8 1.3

Hospitals

 169.7 171.5 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.2 1.0 1.0 0.9 1.1

Nursing and residential care facilities

 167.4 169.4 1.3 1.0 1.5 0.8 1.1 1.0 0.7 0.7 1.2

Leisure and hospitality

 180.1 181.4 1.4 1.0 0.8 0.8 0.5 1.4 0.7 1.0 0.7

Accommodation and food services

 183.9 185.4 1.4 1.1 0.6 0.9 0.5 1.4 0.7 1.0 0.8

Other services, except public administration

 173.0 173.2 1.3 1.3 1.4 1.1 1.5 1.0 0.8 1.3 0.1

State and local government workers

All workers

 170.9 172.5 1.1 1.0 1.4 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.1 0.9

Industry

Education and health services

 167.8 169.2 1.1 1.0 1.1 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.0 1.0 0.8

Educational services

 166.8 168.2 1.2 1.0 1.2 1.0 1.0 1.1 1.0 1.0 0.8

Schools

 166.7 168.1 1.2 1.0 1.1 1.0 1.0 1.1 1.0 1.0 0.8

Elementary and secondary schools

 166.8 168.2 1.1 1.0 1.1 0.9 0.9 1.1 1.0 0.8 0.8

Health care and social assistance

 175.7 177.2 1.0 1.0 1.5 0.8 1.6 1.1 1.0 1.2 0.9

Hospitals

 171.5 172.9 1.1 1.0 1.5 0.7 1.5 1.1 1.0 1.1 0.8

Public administration

 176.0 178.0 0.9 1.2 1.7 1.3 1.5 1.4 1.1 1.3 1.1

Footnotes
(1) Includes wages, salaries, and employer costs for employee benefits.
(2) Includes workers in the private nonfarm economy except those in private households, and workers in the public sector, except the federal government.
(3) Includes mining, construction, and manufacturing.
(4) 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; other services, except public administration; and public administration.
(5) 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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