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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
Sep.
2022		 Jun.
2023		 Sep.
2023		 3-months ended- 12-months ended-
Sep.
2022		 Jun.
2023		 Sep.
2023		 Sep.
2022		 Jun.
2023		 Sep.
2023

All workers(1)

 153.7 158.7 160.7 1.3 1.0 1.3 5.1 4.6 4.6

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 153.1 158.1 160.1 1.5 1.0 1.3 5.4 4.8 4.6

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related

 148.4 152.9 155.1 1.3 1.1 1.4 4.0 4.4 4.5

Management, business, and financial

 150.9 155.1 157.2 0.7 1.3 1.4 3.5 3.5 4.2

Professional and related

 147.0 151.7 154.1 1.7 0.9 1.6 4.3 4.9 4.8

Sales and office

 158.2 163.9 165.2 1.2 1.0 0.8 5.8 4.8 4.4

Sales and related

 158.1 163.9 164.3 0.8 1.1 0.2 6.2 4.5 3.9

Office and administrative support

 157.9 163.5 165.6 1.4 1.0 1.3 5.5 5.0 4.9

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 152.2 157.3 159.2 1.2 1.0 1.2 4.7 4.6 4.6

Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

 151.9 157.0 158.5 1.1 1.2 1.0 4.5 4.5 4.3

Installation, maintenance, and repair

 152.6 157.8 160.1 1.3 1.0 1.5 5.0 4.7 4.9

Production, transportation, and material moving

 160.1 165.4 166.9 1.5 1.0 0.9 5.8 4.9 4.2

Production

 156.6 162.3 163.5 1.6 1.1 0.7 5.8 5.3 4.4

Transportation and material moving

 165.0 170.0 171.8 1.5 1.0 1.1 5.9 4.6 4.1

Service occupations

 165.0 170.9 173.1 2.0 1.0 1.3 7.7 5.6 4.9

Industry

Goods-producing industries(3)

 152.3 157.6 158.5 1.1 1.1 0.6 5.0 4.6 4.1

Manufacturing

 152.5 157.5 158.4 1.2 1.0 0.6 5.2 4.5 3.9

Service-providing industries(4)

 154.0 158.9 161.1 1.4 1.0 1.4 5.1 4.7 4.6

Education and health services

 148.2 152.7 155.7 2.1 0.8 2.0 5.0 5.2 5.1

Educational services

 142.8 145.4 149.2 2.6 0.4 2.6 3.9 4.5 4.5

Elementary and secondary schools

 141.5 143.9 148.0 2.9 0.4 2.8 3.8 4.7 4.6

Junior colleges, colleges, and universities

 144.1 146.7 150.1 2.3 0.3 2.3 4.0 4.2 4.2

Health care and social assistance

 154.0 160.1 162.4 1.6 1.1 1.4 6.0 5.6 5.5

Hospitals

 153.6 160.0 162.1 1.5 1.0 1.3 5.9 5.8 5.5

Nursing and residential care facilities

 156.6 162.6 165.4 2.2 1.1 1.7 7.6 6.1 5.6

Public administration

 147.3 150.5 154.8 2.4 0.5 2.9 5.4 4.7 5.1

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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Last Modified Date: October 31, 2023