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Table 5. Compensation (not seasonally adjusted): Employment Cost Index for total compensation, for private industry workers, by occupational group and industry

Table 5. Employment Cost Index for total compensation(1), for private industry workers, by occupational group and industry [Not seasonally adjusted]
Occupational group and industry Indexes (Dec. 2005=100) Percent changes for
Mar.
2024		 Dec.
2024		 Mar.
2025		 3-months ended- 12-months ended-
Mar.
2024		 Dec.
2024		 Mar.
2025		 Mar.
2024		 Dec.
2024		 Mar.
2025

All workers

 163.8 167.4 169.4 1.4 0.6 1.2 4.1 3.6 3.4

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 163.7 167.3 169.4 1.4 0.5 1.3 4.1 3.7 3.5

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related

 158.9 162.2 164.3 1.3 0.5 1.3 3.9 3.4 3.4

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 158.1 161.3 163.5 1.4 0.4 1.4 3.9 3.5 3.4

Management, business, and financial

 159.5 162.6 164.4 1.3 0.4 1.1 3.7 3.2 3.1

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 158.5 161.3 163.4 1.5 0.4 1.3 3.8 3.3 3.1

Professional and related

 158.6 162.1 164.4 1.4 0.5 1.4 4.1 3.6 3.7

Sales and office

 167.9 170.2 172.4 1.6 0.7 1.3 4.1 3.0 2.7

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 169.3 172.7 174.9 1.4 0.4 1.3 3.9 3.5 3.3

Sales and related

 165.7 166.8 168.9 1.7 1.1 1.3 4.2 2.4 1.9

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 169.8 173.0 175.0 1.3 0.5 1.2 3.7 3.2 3.1

Office and administrative support

 168.3 171.9 174.1 1.5 0.4 1.3 4.0 3.7 3.4

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 161.3 165.6 167.1 1.0 0.8 0.9 4.2 3.7 3.6

Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

 159.7 163.9 165.7 1.0 0.7 1.1 3.6 3.7 3.8

Installation, maintenance, and repair

 163.2 167.5 168.6 1.1 0.8 0.7 4.9 3.7 3.3

Production, transportation, and material moving

 167.9 172.4 174.4 1.5 0.5 1.2 4.7 4.2 3.9

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 167.6 172.2 174.0 1.4 0.6 1.0 4.7 4.2 3.8

Production

 163.7 168.0 169.6 1.5 0.7 1.0 4.2 4.2 3.6

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 163.9 168.2 169.9 1.3 0.7 1.0 4.1 4.0 3.7

Transportation and material moving

 173.9 178.7 181.0 1.4 0.4 1.3 5.1 4.2 4.1

Service occupations

 175.6 180.5 182.8 1.4 0.7 1.3 3.9 4.2 4.1

Industry and occupational group

Goods-producing industries(3)

 158.3 161.4 163.3 1.3 0.6 1.2 3.8 3.3 3.2

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 157.9 161.5 163.4 1.3 0.6 1.2 3.7 3.6 3.5

Management, professional, and related

 151.3 153.7 155.8 1.6 0.3 1.4 3.3 3.2 3.0

Sales and office

 169.5 167.2 169.9 1.4 0.5 1.6 5.7 0.1 0.2

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 159.0 163.2 164.9 1.0 0.6 1.0 3.6 3.6 3.7

Production, transportation, and material moving

 161.2 165.6 167.5 1.3 0.7 1.1 3.9 4.0 3.9

Construction

 159.2 161.5 163.8 1.0 0.5 1.4 3.8 2.4 2.9

Manufacturing

 158.1 161.4 163.1 1.5 0.6 1.1 3.8 3.6 3.2

Management, professional, and related

 152.5 155.0 156.7 1.6 0.3 1.1 3.3 3.3 2.8

Sales and office occupations

 163.8 165.4 166.7 2.1 0.4 0.8 4.5 3.1 1.8

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 157.9 162.7 163.7 1.2 1.1 0.6 3.9 4.3 3.7

Production, transportation, and material moving

 161.2 165.4 167.3 1.4 0.7 1.1 4.1 4.0 3.8

Aircraft manufacturing

 137.2 139.8 141.8 1.9 2.0 1.4 2.7 3.8 3.4

Service-providing industries(4)

 165.4 169.0 171.1 1.4 0.5 1.2 4.2 3.6 3.4

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 165.3 169.0 171.2 1.4 0.5 1.3 4.1 3.7 3.6

Management, professional, and related

 160.2 163.6 165.7 1.3 0.5 1.3 4.0 3.5 3.4

Sales and office

 167.7 170.5 172.7 1.7 0.7 1.3 3.9 3.4 3.0

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 164.8 169.2 170.3 1.1 1.0 0.7 5.1 3.8 3.3

Production, transportation, and material moving

 174.8 179.5 181.5 1.6 0.4 1.1 5.2 4.3 3.8

Service occupations

 175.7 180.7 183.0 1.4 0.7 1.3 4.0 4.3 4.2

Trade, transportation, and utilities

 169.4 173.1 174.8 1.1 0.4 1.0 4.4 3.3 3.2

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 170.0 174.3 175.6 1.1 0.4 0.7 4.5 3.7 3.3

Wholesale trade

 162.1 163.7 165.2 1.9 0.4 0.9 4.4 2.9 1.9

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 164.2 168.0 168.8 1.2 0.4 0.5 3.7 3.6 2.8

Retail trade

 172.0 176.4 177.7 0.3 0.5 0.7 2.7 2.9 3.3

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 171.4 175.5 176.6 0.8 0.5 0.6 3.3 3.2 3.0

Transportation and warehousing

 172.8 177.6 179.9 1.8 0.3 1.3 7.2 4.6 4.1

Utilities

 173.6 177.6 180.3 1.0 0.6 1.5 4.1 3.3 3.9

Information

 159.5 161.6 162.7 1.3 0.2 0.7 3.2 2.6 2.0

Financial activities

 160.4 164.4 167.4 0.9 0.8 1.8 3.4 3.4 4.4

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 161.9 164.7 168.7 1.6 0.4 2.4 3.2 3.4 4.2

Finance and insurance

 160.8 164.9 168.1 0.8 1.0 1.9 3.5 3.4 4.5

Credit intermediation and related activities

 163.2 167.4 171.5 1.7 1.2 2.4 4.4 4.3 5.1

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 166.8 170.4 175.9 2.0 0.7 3.2 3.5 4.2 5.5

Insurance carriers and related activities

 162.1 164.6 168.3 1.4 0.4 2.2 2.7 2.9 3.8

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 160.9 162.9 165.7 1.7 0.2 1.7 3.3 3.0 3.0

Real estate and rental and leasing

 158.4 162.2 164.6 1.0 -0.1 1.5 2.9 3.4 3.9

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 162.7 165.9 168.2 1.2 0.3 1.4 2.9 3.2 3.4

Professional and business services

 164.2 166.9 168.9 2.0 0.7 1.2 4.0 3.7 2.9

Professional, scientific, and technical services

 165.0 167.4 170.0 1.9 0.6 1.6 3.8 3.4 3.0

Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services

 164.1 167.8 169.3 1.5 0.7 0.9 3.7 3.8 3.2

Education and health services

 163.1 167.6 170.0 1.2 0.5 1.4 4.5 4.0 4.2

Educational services

 159.6 163.8 164.9 1.2 -0.1 0.7 4.5 3.9 3.3

Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and professional schools

 158.0 163.3 164.2 1.0 0.6 0.6 4.0 4.3 3.9

Health care and social assistance

 163.8 168.4 171.0 1.2 0.7 1.5 4.5 4.1 4.4

Hospitals

 165.2 169.4 171.9 1.7 0.8 1.5 4.7 4.2 4.1

Nursing and residential care facilities

 163.4 167.2 169.3 1.1 0.6 1.3 4.3 3.5 3.6

Nursing care facilities(2)

 163.1 166.1 168.2 0.9 0.7 1.3 4.6 2.8 3.1

Leisure and hospitality

 174.7 179.2 181.3 1.0 0.4 1.2 3.2 3.6 3.8

Accommodation and food service

 178.3 183.0 185.3 0.9 0.5 1.3 3.1 3.6 3.9

Other services, except public administration

 168.2 172.0 173.9 2.4 0.8 1.1 5.3 4.7 3.4

Footnotes
(1) Includes wages, salaries, and employer costs for employee benefits.
(2) The index for this series is not strictly comparable with other series in this table.
(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; and other services, except public administration.

SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey
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