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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
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

 166.3 170.2 171.9 1.3 0.7 1.0 4.3 3.7 3.4

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 165.7 169.7 171.6 1.3 0.5 1.1 4.2 3.8 3.6

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related

 160.1 163.7 165.4 1.2 0.5 1.0 4.0 3.5 3.3

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 158.8 162.2 164.1 1.3 0.4 1.2 4.1 3.5 3.3

Management, business, and financial

 160.1 163.5 164.8 1.1 0.4 0.8 3.9 3.3 2.9

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 158.0 161.1 162.6 1.4 0.4 0.9 3.9 3.4 2.9

Professional and related

 160.3 164.2 166.3 1.2 0.6 1.3 4.1 3.7 3.7

Sales and office

 170.6 173.1 175.0 1.7 0.8 1.1 4.3 3.2 2.6

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 171.6 175.5 177.3 1.4 0.5 1.0 4.1 3.7 3.3

Sales and related

 169.6 170.6 172.6 1.9 1.2 1.2 4.5 2.5 1.8

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 173.1 176.9 178.7 1.3 0.5 1.0 3.8 3.6 3.2

Office and administrative support

 169.9 173.8 175.5 1.5 0.4 1.0 4.2 3.8 3.3

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 163.2 168.3 169.6 1.1 0.9 0.8 4.5 4.2 3.9

Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

 161.6 166.4 168.1 1.1 0.9 1.0 3.8 4.1 4.0

Installation, maintenance, and repair

 165.0 170.6 171.4 1.0 1.0 0.5 5.2 4.4 3.9

Production, transportation, and material moving

 172.6 177.0 178.8 1.6 0.6 1.0 5.2 4.2 3.6

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 172.4 176.9 178.4 1.5 0.6 0.8 5.1 4.2 3.5

Production

 168.0 172.2 173.8 1.6 0.8 0.9 4.5 4.2 3.5

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 168.1 172.3 174.1 1.4 0.8 1.0 4.3 4.0 3.6

Transportation and material moving

 178.8 183.4 185.4 1.6 0.4 1.1 5.7 4.2 3.7

Service occupations

 180.7 186.0 188.1 1.4 0.8 1.1 4.2 4.4 4.1

Industry and occupational group

Goods-producing industries(2)

 162.4 165.6 167.7 1.4 0.7 1.3 4.1 3.4 3.3

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 161.6 165.7 167.7 1.4 0.7 1.2 3.9 4.0 3.8

Management, professional, and related

 155.6 158.6 161.1 1.8 0.4 1.6 3.5 3.7 3.5

Sales and office

 177.1 173.0 175.9 1.5 0.6 1.7 6.8 -0.9 -0.7

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 161.3 166.0 167.7 1.0 0.8 1.0 3.8 3.9 4.0

Production, transportation, and material moving

 165.6 170.0 172.0 1.3 0.7 1.2 4.1 4.0 3.9

Construction

 162.1 164.4 166.8 1.0 0.6 1.5 4.2 2.4 2.9

Manufacturing

 162.3 165.8 167.6 1.6 0.6 1.1 4.0 3.8 3.3

Management, professional, and related

 156.5 159.5 161.6 1.8 0.4 1.3 3.5 3.7 3.3

Sales and office

 167.9 169.2 170.2 2.4 0.5 0.6 5.0 3.2 1.4

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 162.9 168.2 169.2 1.1 1.1 0.6 4.0 4.4 3.9

Production, transportation, and material moving

 165.8 170.0 172.0 1.5 0.8 1.2 4.2 4.0 3.7

Aircraft manufacturing

 163.3 166.1 170.2 2.1 1.2 2.5 3.2 3.9 4.2

Service-providing industries(3)

 167.4 171.3 173.0 1.3 0.6 1.0 4.4 3.7 3.3

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 166.8 170.8 172.6 1.3 0.5 1.1 4.3 3.8 3.5

Management, professional, and related

 160.8 164.5 166.1 1.1 0.5 1.0 4.1 3.5 3.3

Sales and office

 169.9 173.1 174.9 1.7 0.9 1.0 4.1 3.6 2.9

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 166.0 171.7 172.5 1.1 1.1 0.5 5.6 4.6 3.9

Production, transportation, and material moving

 179.0 183.6 185.2 1.7 0.5 0.9 5.9 4.3 3.5

Service occupations

 180.8 186.1 188.2 1.4 0.8 1.1 4.3 4.4 4.1

Trade, transportation, and utilities

 171.1 174.6 176.3 1.2 0.5 1.0 4.8 3.3 3.0

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 171.4 175.6 176.9 1.2 0.5 0.7 4.9 3.7 3.2

Wholesale trade

 159.7 160.8 162.6 2.0 0.5 1.1 4.7 2.7 1.8

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 160.9 164.7 165.7 1.1 0.4 0.6 3.7 3.5 3.0

Retail trade

 175.4 180.1 181.5 0.2 0.5 0.8 3.1 2.9 3.5

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 174.6 178.8 180.0 0.9 0.5 0.7 3.7 3.3 3.1

Transportation and warehousing

 177.6 182.1 183.9 2.1 0.3 1.0 8.3 4.7 3.5

Utilities

 168.3 172.2 174.7 1.0 0.6 1.5 4.5 3.3 3.8

Information

 158.1 161.1 161.3 1.0 0.3 0.1 2.9 2.9 2.0

Financial activities

 161.1 165.5 167.1 0.2 0.9 1.0 3.5 3.0 3.7

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 161.5 164.1 166.8 1.4 0.3 1.6 3.3 3.1 3.3

Finance and insurance

 161.6 166.0 167.4 0.2 1.0 0.8 3.6 2.9 3.6

Credit intermediation and related activities

 162.5 165.6 167.2 1.2 1.0 1.0 4.7 3.1 2.9

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 164.7 166.7 169.9 1.7 0.1 1.9 3.3 2.9 3.2

Insurance carriers and related activities

 160.8 164.1 167.6 1.1 0.5 2.1 2.7 3.2 4.2

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 158.2 160.8 163.2 1.6 0.3 1.5 3.5 3.3 3.2

Real estate and rental and leasing

 159.6 163.8 165.8 1.0 0.0 1.2 3.3 3.7 3.9

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 164.5 167.8 169.8 1.3 0.4 1.2 3.3 3.3 3.2

Professional and business services

 166.2 169.4 171.1 2.1 0.7 1.0 4.2 4.1 2.9

Professional, scientific, and technical services

 166.1 169.0 171.5 1.8 0.7 1.5 3.9 3.6 3.3

Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services

 169.0 173.1 174.2 1.7 0.9 0.6 4.0 4.2 3.1

Education and health services

 164.8 169.6 171.6 1.1 0.7 1.2 4.7 4.0 4.1

Educational services

 158.5 163.0 163.6 1.2 0.1 0.4 4.6 4.1 3.2

Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and professional schools

 154.9 160.2 160.8 0.8 0.6 0.4 4.0 4.3 3.8

Health care and social assistance

 166.1 171.1 173.3 1.0 0.8 1.3 4.7 4.1 4.3

Hospitals

 167.0 171.7 174.1 1.3 1.1 1.4 4.8 4.1 4.3

Nursing and residential care facilities

 169.7 174.1 176.2 1.1 0.7 1.2 4.9 3.8 3.8

Nursing care facilities(1)

 168.7 172.7 174.9 0.8 0.8 1.3 4.8 3.2 3.7

Leisure and hospitality

 181.3 186.2 188.4 1.1 0.5 1.2 3.4 3.8 3.9

Accommodation and food service

 184.9 190.1 192.6 1.0 0.6 1.3 3.3 3.8 4.2

Other services, except public administration

 170.9 175.3 176.5 2.3 1.0 0.7 5.6 5.0 3.3

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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