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Table 4. Compensation (not seasonally adjusted): Employment Cost Index for total compensation, for civilian workers, by occupational group and industry

Table 4. Employment Cost Index for total compensation(1), for civilian workers, by occupational group and industry [Not seasonally adjusted]
Occupational group and industry Indexes (Dec. 2005=100) Percent changes for
Jun.
2023		 Mar.
2024		 Jun.
2024		 3-months ended- 12-months ended-
Jun.
2023		 Mar.
2024		 Jun.
2024		 Jun.
2023		 Mar.
2024		 Jun.
2024

All workers(2)

 159.0 164.0 165.5 1.0 1.3 0.9 4.5 4.2 4.1

Excluding incentive paid occupations(3)

 158.9 163.9 165.4 1.0 1.4 0.9 4.7 4.2 4.1

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related

 155.0 159.7 161.1 1.0 1.3 0.9 4.4 4.1 3.9

Management, business, and financial

 155.9 160.0 161.4 1.2 1.3 0.9 3.9 3.9 3.5

Professional and related

 154.5 159.6 160.9 0.8 1.3 0.8 4.7 4.2 4.1

Sales and office

 163.0 168.0 168.8 1.1 1.6 0.5 4.7 4.2 3.6

Sales and related

 160.9 165.8 165.3 1.1 1.7 -0.3 4.6 4.2 2.7

Office and administrative support

 163.9 169.0 170.8 1.0 1.4 1.1 4.7 4.1 4.2

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 156.8 161.8 163.3 1.0 1.1 0.9 4.1 4.3 4.1

Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

 156.2 160.3 161.9 1.0 1.1 1.0 3.9 3.7 3.6

Installation, maintenance, and repair

 157.6 163.6 164.8 1.0 1.1 0.7 4.4 4.9 4.6

Production, transportation, and material moving

 162.2 168.2 170.5 1.0 1.4 1.4 4.4 4.7 5.1

Production

 158.7 163.7 165.5 1.0 1.4 1.1 4.5 4.2 4.3

Transportation and material moving

 167.4 174.3 176.9 1.0 1.5 1.5 4.3 5.1 5.7

Service occupations

 169.7 175.3 177.3 1.0 1.4 1.1 5.4 4.3 4.5

Industry

Goods-producing industries(4)

 154.1 158.4 159.5 1.0 1.3 0.7 4.0 3.9 3.5

Manufacturing

 153.7 158.1 159.6 0.9 1.5 0.9 3.9 3.8 3.8

Service-providing industries(5)

 159.9 165.1 166.6 1.0 1.4 0.9 4.6 4.3 4.2

Education and health services

 156.9 162.7 163.9 0.7 1.1 0.7 5.0 4.4 4.5

Educational services

 154.7 160.8 161.6 0.4 0.8 0.5 4.7 4.3 4.5

Elementary and secondary schools

 155.0 160.9 161.6 0.4 0.6 0.4 4.9 4.2 4.3

Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and professional schools

 153.4 159.5 160.3 0.3 1.0 0.5 4.6 4.3 4.5

Health care and social assistance

 159.0 164.6 166.1 1.0 1.3 0.9 5.2 4.6 4.5

Hospitals

 159.4 165.4 166.7 0.9 1.6 0.8 5.1 4.7 4.6

Nursing and residential care facilities

 159.3 164.9 166.4 1.0 1.2 0.9 5.5 4.5 4.5

Public administration

 161.2 169.4 171.0 0.7 1.6 0.9 4.7 5.8 6.1

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) The index for this series is not strictly comparable with other series in this table.
(4) Includes mining, construction, and manufacturing.
(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; other services, except public administration; and public administration.

SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey
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Last Modified Date: July 31, 2024