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
Indexes (Dec. 2005 = Percent changes for-
100)
Occupational group and industry 3-months ended- 12-months ended-
Mar. Dec. Mar.
2007 2007 2008
Mar. Dec. Mar. Mar. Dec. Mar.
2007 2007 2008 2007 2007 2008
Civilian workers
All workers(1)............................. 104.3 106.7 107.6 1.1 0.7 0.8 3.6 3.4 3.2
Excluding incentive paid occupations(2) 104.2 106.8 107.8 1.0 .6 .9 3.5 3.5 3.5
Occupational group
Management, professional, and related.... 104.7 107.1 108.2 1.1 .5 1.0 3.9 3.4 3.3
Management, business, and financial.... 104.7 106.7 108.2 1.6 .3 1.4 3.5 3.5 3.3
Professional and related............... 104.7 107.4 108.3 .9 .7 .8 4.1 3.5 3.4
Sales and office......................... 103.8 106.2 106.7 .8 .8 .5 3.4 3.1 2.8
Sales and related...................... 102.7 105.5 105.2 .2 1.2 -.3 2.9 2.9 2.4
Office and administrative support...... 104.5 106.8 107.8 1.2 .7 .9 3.7 3.4 3.2
Natural resources, construction, and
maintenance............................. 104.3 107.1 108.1 .9 .8 .9 3.6 3.6 3.6
Construction, extraction, farming,
fishing, and forestry................. 104.6 107.7 109.0 .9 1.0 1.2 3.9 3.9 4.2
Installation, maintenance, and repair.. 103.8 106.4 107.0 .7 .6 .6 3.2 3.2 3.1
Production, transportation, and material
moving.................................. 103.2 105.1 106.1 .7 .4 1.0 2.6 2.5 2.8
Production............................. 103.2 104.7 105.7 .9 .4 1.0 2.5 2.3 2.4
Transportation and material moving..... 103.3 105.5 106.6 .6 .4 1.0 2.8 2.7 3.2
Service occupations...................... 104.6 107.3 108.0 1.4 .8 .7 4.1 4.0 3.3
Industry
Goods-producing industries(3)............ 103.9 106.0 107.1 1.0 .6 1.0 3.2 3.0 3.1
Manufacturing.......................... 103.3 104.9 105.9 1.0 .4 1.0 2.6 2.5 2.5
Service-providing industries(4).......... 104.3 106.8 107.7 1.0 .6 .8 3.6 3.4 3.3
Education and health services.......... 104.4 107.4 108.0 .6 .8 .6 4.0 3.5 3.4
Education services................... 103.7 106.9 107.3 .2 .7 .4 3.5 3.3 3.5
Elementary and secondary schools... 103.6 106.6 107.0 .2 .6 .4 3.6 3.1 3.3
Junior colleges, colleges,
universities, and professional
schools........................... 103.9 107.5 107.9 .3 .8 .4 3.4 3.8 3.8
Health care and social assistance(5) 105.1 107.9 108.9 1.0 .7 .9 4.3 3.7 3.6
Hospitals.......................... 104.8 107.4 108.4 1.0 .7 .9 3.9 3.5 3.4
Nursing and residential care
facilities........................ 104.1 106.4 107.4 .8 .6 .9 3.4 3.0 3.2
Public administration.................... 104.5 107.4 108.2 1.0 .9 .7 4.0 3.8 3.5
1 Includes workers in the private nonfarm economy except those in private households, and workers in the
public sector, except the federal government. See "Technical note" for further explanation.
2 The index for this series is not strictly comparable with other series in this table. See "Technical
note" for further explanation.
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, scientific,
and technical services; management of companies and enterprises; administrative and support and waste
management and remediation services; education services; health care and social assistance; arts,
entertainment, and recreation; accommodation and food services; other services, except public administration.
5 Includes ambulatory health care services and social assistance, not shown separately.
NOTE: Dashes indicate data not available.
Last Modified Date: April 30, 2008
Bureau of Labor Statistics
