Table 8. Wages and salaries (not seasonally adjusted): Employment Cost Index for wages and salaries, for civilian workers, by occupational group and industry

Table 8. Employment Cost Index for wages and salaries, for civilian 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	Mar. 2024	Dec. 2024	Mar. 2025
All workers(1)	164.0	168.1	169.7	1.3	0.7	1.0	4.4	3.8	3.5
Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)	163.4	167.6	169.2	1.3	0.6	1.0	4.4	3.9	3.5

Occupational group
Management, professional, and related	157.6	161.6	163.0	1.1	0.6	0.9	4.2	3.7	3.4
Management, business, and financial	159.3	162.9	164.2	1.1	0.4	0.8	4.0	3.4	3.1
Professional and related	156.8	161.0	162.7	1.1	0.6	1.1	4.3	3.8	3.8
Sales and office	169.5	172.2	174.0	1.6	0.9	1.0	4.5	3.2	2.7
Sales and related	169.4	170.5	172.5	1.8	1.3	1.2	4.5	2.5	1.8
Office and administrative support	169.1	173.2	174.9	1.4	0.5	1.0	4.4	3.9	3.4
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance	162.7	168.0	169.3	1.1	1.0	0.8	4.5	4.3	4.1
Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	161.2	166.2	167.8	1.1	0.9	1.0	3.9	4.2	4.1
Installation, maintenance, and repair	164.4	170.1	170.9	1.0	1.0	0.5	5.2	4.5	4.0
Production, transportation, and material moving	172.2	176.7	178.5	1.6	0.6	1.0	5.2	4.2	3.7
Production	167.9	172.1	173.7	1.6	0.8	0.9	4.5	4.2	3.5
Transportation and material moving	177.8	182.6	184.5	1.5	0.4	1.0	5.6	4.3	3.8
Service occupations	176.8	182.2	184.2	1.4	0.8	1.1	4.5	4.5	4.2

Industry
Goods-producing industries(3)	162.3	165.5	167.6	1.4	0.6	1.3	4.1	3.4	3.3
Manufacturing	162.3	165.8	167.6	1.6	0.6	1.1	4.0	3.8	3.3
Service-providing industries(4)	164.3	168.5	170.1	1.3	0.7	0.9	4.5	3.9	3.5
Education and health services	158.6	163.5	165.0	1.0	0.6	0.9	4.7	4.1	4.0
Educational services	151.5	156.5	157.0	0.9	0.4	0.3	4.6	4.2	3.6
Elementary and secondary schools	149.9	154.8	155.2	0.7	0.3	0.3	4.6	4.0	3.5
Junior colleges, colleges, and universities	152.6	158.0	158.9	0.9	0.8	0.6	4.3	4.4	4.1
Health care and social assistance	165.9	170.8	173.0	1.1	0.8	1.3	4.7	4.1	4.3
Hospitals	166.0	170.9	173.0	1.3	1.1	1.2	4.8	4.3	4.2
Nursing and residential care facilities	168.7	173.1	175.1	1.1	0.7	1.2	4.8	3.7	3.8
Public administration	158.6	164.1	165.8	1.4	0.9	1.0	5.9	4.9	4.5
Footnotes (1) Includes workers in the private nonfarm economy except those in private households, and workers in the public sector, except the federal government. (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; other services, except public administration; and public administration.
SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey

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