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. 2023	Dec. 2023	Mar. 2024	3-months ended-			12-months ended-
	Mar. 2023	Dec. 2023	Mar. 2024	Mar. 2023	Dec. 2023	Mar. 2024	Mar. 2023	Dec. 2023	Mar. 2024
All workers	159.5	164.1	166.3	1.3	0.7	1.3	5.1	4.3	4.3
Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)	159.0	163.5	165.7	1.5	0.7	1.3	5.0	4.3	4.2
Occupational group
Management, professional, and related	154.0	158.2	160.1	1.3	0.4	1.2	4.3	4.1	4.0
Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)	152.6	156.7	158.8	1.4	0.5	1.3	4.4	4.1	4.1
Management, business, and financial	154.1	158.3	160.1	0.9	0.2	1.1	3.7	3.6	3.9
Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)	152.1	155.8	158.0	1.3	0.3	1.4	3.9	3.7	3.9
Professional and related	154.0	158.4	160.3	1.7	0.7	1.2	4.9	4.6	4.1
Sales and office	163.5	167.8	170.6	1.4	0.9	1.7	6.0	4.0	4.3
Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)	164.9	169.2	171.6	1.8	0.7	1.4	5.9	4.4	4.1
Sales and related	162.3	166.5	169.6	1.2	1.2	1.9	6.4	3.9	4.5
Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)	166.8	170.8	173.1	2.1	0.8	1.3	6.2	4.5	3.8
Office and administrative support	163.0	167.4	169.9	1.5	0.6	1.5	5.6	4.2	4.2
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance	156.2	161.5	163.2	1.5	1.1	1.1	4.8	4.9	4.5
Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	155.7	159.9	161.6	1.3	0.6	1.1	4.4	4.0	3.8
Installation, maintenance, and repair	156.8	163.4	165.0	1.7	1.7	1.0	5.2	6.0	5.2
Production, transportation, and material moving	164.1	169.9	172.6	1.4	1.6	1.6	5.1	4.9	5.2
Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)	164.0	169.8	172.4	1.5	1.7	1.5	5.3	5.1	5.1
Production	160.8	165.3	168.0	1.6	1.0	1.6	5.7	4.4	4.5
Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)	161.2	165.7	168.1	1.6	1.0	1.4	5.6	4.4	4.3
Transportation and material moving	169.2	176.0	178.8	1.2	2.0	1.6	4.6	5.3	5.7
Service occupations	173.4	178.2	180.7	1.6	0.6	1.4	6.4	4.4	4.2
Industry and occupational group
Goods-producing industries(2)	156.0	160.2	162.4	1.4	1.0	1.4	5.2	4.1	4.1
Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)	155.6	159.4	161.6	1.4	0.8	1.4	4.7	3.8	3.9
Management, professional, and related	150.4	152.9	155.6	1.5	0.3	1.8	3.7	3.2	3.5
Sales and office	165.8	174.5	177.1	1.6	3.5	1.5	10.2	6.9	6.8
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance	155.4	159.7	161.3	1.3	0.6	1.0	4.5	4.1	3.8
Production, transportation, and material moving	159.1	163.4	165.6	1.3	1.1	1.3	5.5	4.1	4.1
Construction	155.6	160.5	162.1	1.3	1.1	1.0	5.7	4.5	4.2
Manufacturing	156.0	159.7	162.3	1.4	0.8	1.6	4.9	3.8	4.0
Management, professional, and related	151.2	153.8	156.5	1.5	0.5	1.8	3.6	3.3	3.5
Sales and office	159.9	164.0	167.9	1.2	0.7	2.4	6.1	3.8	5.0
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance	156.6	161.1	162.9	1.6	1.1	1.1	5.4	4.5	4.0
Production, transportation, and material moving	159.1	163.4	165.8	1.3	1.1	1.5	5.6	4.1	4.2
Aircraft manufacturing	158.2	159.9	163.3	1.5	0.0	2.1	3.1	2.6	3.2
Service-providing industries(3)	160.4	165.2	167.4	1.3	0.7	1.3	5.0	4.4	4.4
Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)	159.9	164.6	166.8	1.5	0.7	1.3	5.1	4.5	4.3
Management, professional, and related	154.5	159.0	160.8	1.2	0.4	1.1	4.4	4.2	4.1
Sales and office	163.2	167.1	169.9	1.3	0.7	1.7	5.5	3.7	4.1
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance	157.2	164.2	166.0	1.7	1.9	1.1	5.1	6.3	5.6
Production, transportation, and material moving	169.1	176.0	179.0	1.3	2.0	1.7	4.7	5.5	5.9
Service occupations	173.4	178.3	180.8	1.6	0.6	1.4	6.4	4.5	4.3
Trade, transportation, and utilities	163.2	169.0	171.1	1.2	1.3	1.2	4.6	4.8	4.8
Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)	163.4	169.4	171.4	1.6	1.5	1.2	5.1	5.3	4.9
Wholesale trade	152.6	156.5	159.7	1.2	0.4	2.0	4.2	3.8	4.7
Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)	155.2	159.1	160.9	1.6	0.4	1.1	5.1	4.1	3.7
Retail trade	170.2	175.0	175.4	1.4	0.6	0.2	5.5	4.3	3.1
Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)	168.3	173.1	174.6	1.9	0.6	0.9	5.8	4.8	3.7
Transportation and warehousing	164.0	174.0	177.6	0.9	3.8	2.1	3.6	7.1	8.3
Utilities	161.1	166.7	168.3	1.6	1.2	1.0	3.5	5.1	4.5
Information	153.7	156.5	158.1	1.5	0.9	1.0	4.8	3.4	2.9
Financial activities	155.7	160.7	161.1	0.3	-0.1	0.2	3.9	3.5	3.5
Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)	156.4	159.2	161.5	1.9	0.1	1.4	4.8	3.7	3.3
Finance and insurance	156.0	161.3	161.6	0.1	0.0	0.2	3.7	3.5	3.6
Credit intermediation and related activities	155.2	160.6	162.5	0.8	0.2	1.2	4.4	4.4	4.7
Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)	159.4	162.0	164.7	2.0	0.1	1.7	5.6	3.7	3.3
Insurance carriers and related activities	156.5	159.0	160.8	1.8	-0.6	1.1	5.1	3.4	2.7
Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)	152.8	155.7	158.2	2.1	0.2	1.6	4.5	4.0	3.5
Real estate and rental and leasing	154.5	158.0	159.6	1.5	-0.3	1.0	5.0	3.8	3.3
Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)	159.3	162.4	164.5	1.4	-0.2	1.3	4.9	3.4	3.3
Professional and business services	159.5	162.8	166.2	1.6	0.2	2.1	5.2	3.7	4.2
Professional, scientific, and technical services	159.9	163.2	166.1	1.5	0.2	1.8	5.0	3.6	3.9
Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services	162.5	166.2	169.0	1.7	0.4	1.7	5.5	4.0	4.0
Education and health services	157.4	163.0	164.8	1.3	1.0	1.1	5.6	4.9	4.7
Educational services	151.6	156.6	158.5	0.9	0.7	1.2	5.2	4.2	4.6
Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and professional schools	148.9	153.6	154.9	0.6	0.6	0.8	4.1	3.8	4.0
Health care and social assistance	158.7	164.4	166.1	1.4	1.0	1.0	5.7	5.0	4.7
Hospitals	159.3	164.9	167.0	1.7	1.3	1.3	5.9	5.2	4.8
Nursing and residential care facilities	161.8	167.8	169.7	1.4	0.8	1.1	6.7	5.1	4.9
Nursing care facilities(1)	160.9	167.4	168.7	1.3	0.9	0.8	7.1	5.3	4.8
Leisure and hospitality	175.3	179.4	181.3	1.7	0.3	1.1	6.0	4.1	3.4
Accommodation and food service	179.0	183.1	184.9	1.8	0.4	1.0	6.0	4.2	3.3
Other services, except public administration	161.8	167.0	170.9	2.1	0.7	2.3	4.7	5.4	5.6
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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