U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Table 2. Employment Cost Index for wages and salaries, by occupational group and industry
Indexes (Dec. Percent changes for 3-months ended–
2005 = 100)
Occupational group and industry
Sep. Dec. Mar. June Sep. Dec. Mar. June Sep. Dec.
2011 2011 2010 2010 2010 2010 2011 2011 2011 2011
Civilian workers
All workers(1)............................. 114.2 114.7 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.4
Industry
Goods-producing industries(2)............ 113.1 113.6 .3 .4 .5 .3 .4 .5 .4 .4
Manufacturing.......................... 112.5 112.9 .3 .5 .5 .4 .5 .5 .4 .4
Service-providing industries(3).......... 114.5 114.9 .4 .5 .2 .5 .4 .4 .3 .3
Education and health services.......... 114.7 115.2 .4 .4 .1 .4 .4 .3 .0 .4
Education services................... 113.8 114.3 .4 .4 -.1 .5 .4 .4 -.4 .4
Elementary and secondary schools... 113.6 114.1 .5 .5 -.3 .4 .4 .4 -.5 .4
Junior colleges, colleges,
universities, and professional
schools........................... 113.7 114.0 .2 .4 .1 .5 .4 .4 .1 .3
Health care and social assistance(4) 115.7 116.2 .4 .4 .3 .3 .3 .3 .3 .4
Hospitals.......................... 116.7 117.1 .4 .5 .3 .4 .4 .3 .4 .3
Public administration.................. 114.7 115.0 .3 .4 .2 .3 .3 .3 .1 .3
Private industry workers
All workers................................ 114.2 114.7 .5 .4 .4 .4 .4 .5 .4 .4
Occupational group
Management, professional, and related.... 115.3 115.8 .5 .5 .4 .4 .4 .4 .4 .4
Management, business, and financial.... 115.0 115.3 .6 .5 .4 .5 .2 .5 .7 .2
Professional and related............... 115.5 116.1 .4 .4 .5 .4 .5 .5 .3 .5
Sales and office......................... 113.2 113.6 .5 .5 .3 .6 .3 .6 .6 .4
Sales and related...................... 110.2 110.7 .8 .8 -.1 .8 .0 .9 .7 .5
Office and administrative support...... 115.4 115.8 .2 .4 .6 .4 .6 .4 .5 .4
Natural resources, construction, and
maintenance............................. 115.2 115.4 .4 .2 .3 .2 .4 .7 .6 .2
Construction, extraction, farming,
fishing, and forestry................. 115.3 115.7 .3 .3 .4 .2 .5 .3 .4 .3
Installation, maintenance, and repair.. 115.0 115.1 .7 .0 .0 .4 .1 1.0 1.0 .1
Production, transportation, and material
moving.................................. 112.3 112.9 .2 .4 .5 .4 .4 .4 .2 .5
Production............................. 111.9 112.4 .2 .4 .4 .2 .4 .4 .3 .5
Transportation and material moving..... 112.9 113.5 .3 .4 .6 .5 .3 .3 .1 .6
Service occupations(5)................... 114.4 115.2 .2 .2 .3 .4 .5 .1 .1 .7
Industry
Goods-producing industries(2)............ 113.1 113.6 .2 .5 .5 .3 .4 .5 .4 .4
Construction........................... 113.5 114.1 .2 .2 .4 .0 .0 .5 .2 .5
Manufacturing.......................... 112.5 112.9 .3 .5 .5 .4 .5 .5 .4 .4
Aircraft manufacturing............... 117.6 118.2 .6 .5 .9 .5 .2 .9 .9 .5
Service-providing industries(6).......... 114.6 115.0 .4 .4 .4 .5 .3 .5 .4 .3
Trade, transportation, and utilities... 112.4 113.0 .6 .6 .1 .5 .1 .5 .7 .5
Retail trade(7)...................... 113.8 114.5 .6 .6 -.1 .3 .3 .5 .7 .6
Transportation and warehousing....... 111.9 112.2 .5 .6 .8 .6 .2 .3 .2 .3
Utilities............................ 118.5 119.1 .3 .4 .9 .4 .9 .8 .6 .5
Information............................ 112.4 112.7 .3 .5 .5 .0 1.2 .2 .2 .3
Financial activities................... 114.0 114.1 .6 .7 .3 1.2 .6 .1 .8 .1
Finance and insurance................ 114.7 114.9 .5 1.1 .4 1.3 .5 -.1 .7 .2
Credit intermediation and related
activities........................ 112.5 112.0 -.4 .7 .6 1.3 1.4 -.4 .9 -.5
Insurance carriers and related
activities........................ 114.1 115.2 .6 .5 .2 .6 .3 .4 .4 1.0
Professional and business services..... 116.8 117.1 .3 .5 .6 .5 .4 1.0 .2 .3
Professional, scientific, and
technical services.................. 119.5 119.7 .4 .6 .7 .7 .5 1.2 .1 .2
Administrative and support and waste
management and remediation services 113.2 113.8 -.2 .0 .4 .4 .0 .8 .0 .5
Education and health services.......... 115.5 116.1 .4 .4 .4 .4 .3 .4 .3 .5
Education services................... 115.7 116.7 .1 .4 .6 .6 .3 .4 .3 .9
Junior colleges, colleges,
universities, and professional
schools........................... 115.2 115.9 .2 .6 .3 .5 .5 .3 .3 .6
Health care and social assistance(4) 115.4 115.9 .5 .3 .4 .3 .2 .4 .3 .4
Hospitals.......................... 116.5 117.0 .4 .5 .2 .4 .5 .3 .4 .5
Leisure and hospitality................ 115.7 115.9 .4 .3 .1 .3 .0 .3 .3 .2
Accommodation and food services...... 116.3 116.5 .2 .3 .1 .3 .2 .3 .4 .2
Other services, except public
administration........................ 114.5 115.5 -.1 .4 .4 .4 .6 -.1 .4 .9
State and local government workers
All workers................................ 114.3 114.7 .4 .4 -.1 .4 .4 .4 -.2 .3
Industry
Education and health services.......... 114.0 114.3 .4 .4 -.2 .4 .4 .4 -.3 .3
Education services................... 113.5 113.9 .5 .4 -.2 .5 .4 .4 -.4 .4
Schools............................ 113.5 113.9 .5 .4 -.2 .4 .4 .4 -.4 .4
Elementary and secondary schools 113.6 114.1 .5 .5 -.3 .4 .4 .4 -.5 .5
Health care and social assistance(4) 117.8 118.1 .3 .4 .1 .6 .5 .1 .3 .3
Hospitals.......................... 117.4 117.5 .3 .3 .3 .4 .5 .1 .4 .1
Public administration.................. 114.7 115.0 .3 .4 .2 .3 .3 .3 .1 .3
1 Includes workers in the private nonfarm economy except those in private households, and workers in the public
sector, except the federal government.
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; other services, except
public administration; and public administration.
4 Includes ambulatory health care services and social assistance, not shown separately.
5 Seasonally adjusted indexes and 3-month percent changes for this series are being published for the first
time with the 2011 seasonal adjustment revisions. Historical data for this series are published beginning with
March 2006.
6 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; education services; health care and
social assistance; arts, entertainment and recreation; accommodation and food services; and other services,
except public administration.
7 The retail trade wages series is seasonal as of the 2011 revision. Seasonality was first found in the 2006
revision and the series continued to be seasonally adjusted until the 2010 revision when it was discontinued for
one year. Historical data for this series is published beginning with March 2001.