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Employment Cost Index News Release

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				EMPLOYMENT COST INDEX – September 2020
				
Compensation costs for civilian workers increased 0.5 percent, seasonally adjusted, for the 3-month
period ending in September 2020, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Wages and
salaries increased 0.4 percent and benefit costs increased 0.6 percent from June 2020. (See tables
A, 1,  2, and 3.)

Compensation costs for civilian workers increased 2.4 percent for the 12-month period ending in
September 2020 and increased 2.8 percent in September 2019. Wages and salaries increased 2.5 percent
over the year and increased 2.9 percent for the 12-month period ending in September 2019. Benefit
costs increased 2.3 percent and also increased 2.3 percent for the 12-month period ending in
September 2019. (See tables A, 4, 8, and 12.)

Compensation costs for private industry workers increased 2.4 percent over the year. In September
2019, the increase was 2.7 percent. Wages and salaries increased 2.7 percent for the 12-month
period ending in September 2020 and increased 3.0 percent in September 2019. The cost of
benefits rose 2.0 percent for the 12-month period ending in September 2020 and also increased 2.0
percent in September 2019. (See tables A, 5, 9, and 12.)

Employer costs for health benefits increased 1.8 percent for the 12-month period ending in September
2020. (For further information, see www.bls.gov/web/eci/echealth.pdf.)

Among private industry occupational groups, compensation cost increases for the 12-month period
ending in September 2020 ranged from 1.9 percent for management, professional, and related
occupations to 3.7 percent for service occupations. Within industry supersectors, compensation
cost increases ranged from 2.1 percent for education and health services to 4.1 percent for
leisure and hospitality. (See table 5.)

Compensation costs for state and local government workers increased 2.3 percent for the 12-month
period ending in September 2020, compared with an increase of 3.1 percent in September 2019. Wages
and salaries increased 1.8 percent for the 12-month period ending in September 2020 and 2.7 percent
a year ago. Benefit costs increased 3.2 percent for the 12-month period ending in September 2020.
The prior year increase was 3.5 percent. (See tables A, 7, 11, and 12.)

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Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic Impact on September 2020 Employment Cost Index
The Employment Cost Index (ECI) reference date was September 12, 2020. Response rates for September
were comparable with prior releases, and no changes in estimation procedures were necessary.
Additional information is available at www.bls.gov/covid19/effects-of-covid-19-on-workplace-
injuries-and-illnesses-compensation-and-occupational-requirements.htm#ECI.
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Table A. Major series of the Employment Cost Index [Percent change]
Category 3-month,
seasonally adjusted		 12-month, not seasonally adjusted
Jun.
2020		 Sep.
2020		 Sep.
2019		 Dec.
2019		 Mar.
2020		 Jun.
2020		 Sep.
2020

Civilian workers(1)

Compensation(2)

 0.5 0.5 2.8 2.7 2.8 2.7 2.4

Wages and salaries

 0.4 0.4 2.9 2.9 3.1 2.9 2.5

Benefits

 0.8 0.6 2.3 2.2 2.1 2.2 2.3

Private industry

Compensation(2)

 0.4 0.5 2.7 2.7 2.8 2.7 2.4

Wages and salaries

 0.4 0.5 3.0 3.0 3.3 2.9 2.7

Benefits

 0.7 0.5 2.0 1.9 1.6 2.0 2.0

State and local government

Compensation(2)

 0.6 0.4 3.1 2.9 2.8 2.7 2.3

Wages and salaries

 0.6 0.1 2.7 2.5 2.7 2.6 1.8

Benefits

 0.7 0.8 3.5 3.3 3.3 3.1 3.2

Footnotes
(1) Includes private industry and state and local government.
(2) Includes wages and salaries and benefits.

 


					   TECHNICAL NOTE

The Employment Cost Index (ECI) measures the change in the cost of labor, free from the influence of
employment shifts among occupations and industries. For information on survey concepts, coverage,
methods, nonresponse adjustment, and imputation see National Compensation Measures Handbook of
Methods at www.bls.gov/opub/hom/ncs/home.htm.

Sample size
Data for this reference period were collected from a probability sample of approximately 25,300
occupational observations selected from a sample of about 6,200 private industry establishments and
approximately 7,800 occupational observations selected from a sample of about 1,400 state and local
government establishments that provided data at the initial interview.

Standard errors
To assist users in ascertaining the reliability of ECI series, standard errors of all current quarter
not seasonally adjusted 3- and 12-month percent change series are also available, see
www.bls.gov/ncs/ect/ectvar.htm and the database query tool at www.bls.gov/ncs/ect/data.htm.
Standard errors provide users a measure of the precision of an estimate to ensure that it is within
an acceptable range for their intended purpose.

Historical listings
Historical listings are available at www.bls.gov/ect/#tables. The continuous occupational and
industry series listing uses the Standard Industrial Classification Manual and Occupational
Classification System series from 1975 through 2005 and the North American Industry Classification
System and Standard Occupational Classification from 2006 to the present. It provides the official
series deemed continuous after the change in classification systems. For more information on the
criteria used in defining continuous series, see the article published in the Monthly Labor Review at
www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2006/04/art2full.pdf.

Employer Costs for Employee Compensation data
The costs per hour worked of compensation components are published as part of the Employer Costs for
Employee Compensation news release (ECEC). The ECEC release dates are available at
www.bls.gov/schedule/news_release/ecec.htm. Historical ECEC data are available in summary documents
at www.bls.gov/ect/#tables. Since the ECEC is calculated with current employment weights rather than
the fixed weights used in computing the ECI, year-to-year changes in the cost levels usually differ
from those in the ECI.

Fixed employment weights
For additional information on the use of fixed employment weights in computing the ECI, see
www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2016/article/introducing-2012-fixed-employment-weights-for-the-employment-cost-
index.htm

Seasonal factors
Detailed information on seasonal factors for the 2020 reference year and the revisions of historical
seasonally adjusted data for the most recent five years can be found at www.bls.gov/ncs/ect/ectsfact.htm.

Table 1. Employment Cost Index for total compensation(1), by occupational group and industry [Seasonally adjusted]
Occupational group and industry Indexes (Dec.2005=100) Percent changes for 3-months ended-
Jun.
2020		 Sep.
2020		 Sep.
2018		 Dec.
2018		 Mar.
2019		 Jun.
2019		 Sep.
2019		 Dec.
2019		 Mar.
2020		 Jun.
2020		 Sep.
2020

Civilian workers

All workers(2)

 140.7 141.4 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.5 0.5

Industry

Goods-producing industries(3)

 137.7 138.1 0.3 0.6 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.5 0.7 0.3

Manufacturing

 137.1 137.7 0.2 0.6 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.5 0.7 0.4

Service-providing industries(4)

 141.4 142.1 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.9 0.4 0.5

Education and health services

 140.0 140.9 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.5 0.8 0.2 0.6

Educational services

 141.4 141.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.9 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.2

Elementary and secondary schools

 141.5 142.2 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.9 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.5

Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and professional schools

 140.9 140.4 0.5 0.8 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6 -0.4

Health care and social assistance

 138.7 140.2 0.8 0.7 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.5 0.7 -0.1 1.1

Hospitals

 140.3 141.0 0.5 0.9 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.5

Nursing and residential care facilities

 136.6 137.5 0.6 0.7 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.4 0.7 0.7 0.7

Public administration

 145.6 146.3 0.8 0.7 0.9 0.6 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.6 0.5

Private industry workers

All workers

 139.9 140.6 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.4 0.5

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related

 138.3 138.9 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.7 0.3 0.4

Management, business, and financial

 140.1 140.5 0.5 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.4 0.3

Professional and related

 137.0 137.8 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.1 0.6

Sales and office

 141.5 141.7 0.8 0.9 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.9 0.7 0.1

Sales and related

 137.9 137.3 0.9 1.1 0.5 0.5 0.9 0.8 1.3 1.0 -0.4

Office and administrative support

 143.9 144.7 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 139.7 140.5 0.4 0.7 0.7 0.4 0.8 0.7 1.0 0.2 0.6

Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

 139.6 140.3 0.4 0.6 0.8 0.7 0.9 0.7 1.2 -0.6 0.5

Installation, maintenance, and repair

 139.8 140.6 0.4 0.6 0.5 0.1 0.7 0.6 0.8 1.0 0.6

Production, transportation, and material moving

 141.7 142.6 0.7 0.6 1.0 0.7 0.7 0.9 0.7 0.9 0.6

Production

 138.5 139.4 0.4 0.5 0.9 0.7 0.5 0.7 0.7 1.0 0.6

Transportation and material moving

 145.7 146.7 1.0 0.7 1.1 0.7 0.8 1.2 0.6 1.0 0.7

Service occupations

 143.1 144.4 0.9 0.9 0.9 1.0 0.7 1.1 0.8 0.8 0.9

Industry

Goods-producing industries(3)

 137.6 138.1 0.3 0.6 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.6 0.5 0.7 0.4

Construction

 139.0 139.4 0.4 0.7 0.8 0.9 1.0 0.7 0.5 0.9 0.3

Manufacturing

 137.1 137.7 0.2 0.6 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.5 0.7 0.4

Aircraft manufacturing

 122.3 123.4 -6.7 0.2 0.7 0.4 0.3 0.2 -1.6 1.5 0.9

Service-providing industries(5)

 140.6 141.4 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.9 0.4 0.6

Trade, transportation, and utilities

 143.1 143.7 1.2 0.6 0.8 0.5 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.4

Wholesale trade

 137.6 138.0 1.8 0.7 0.8 -0.3 0.7 0.1 1.2 0.7 0.3

Retail trade

 143.7 144.6 0.9 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.6 0.5 0.6

Transportation and warehousing

 147.4 147.9 1.1 0.6 0.9 0.8 0.8 1.3 0.6 0.9 0.3

Utilities

 152.8 153.5 0.8 0.6 1.6 0.7 0.6 0.8 0.1 0.9 0.5

Information

 138.2 138.9 0.8 0.4 0.5 -0.9 0.4 0.8 0.6 0.9 0.5

Financial activities

 140.5 141.0 0.3 0.6 0.9 0.4 1.2 0.5 0.8 0.6 0.4

Finance and insurance

 141.1 141.5 0.2 0.5 1.0 0.3 1.2 0.6 0.9 0.5 0.3

Credit intermediation and related activities

 139.9 140.5 0.3 0.8 0.9 0.4 1.4 0.6 0.7 0.9 0.4

Insurance carriers and related activities

 141.7 142.6 0.1 0.4 1.2 0.3 0.9 0.6 0.3 0.7 0.6

Real estate and rental and leasing

 137.8 138.7 0.6 1.0 0.7 0.5 0.7 0.5 0.1 0.9 0.7

Professional and business services

 140.7 141.2 0.8 0.6 0.4 0.8 0.7 0.6 1.2 0.1 0.4

Professional, scientific, and technical services

 142.4 142.8 1.1 0.6 0.2 0.8 0.6 0.6 1.3 -0.3 0.3

Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services

 138.2 139.0 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.6 0.6 1.1 0.7 0.6

Education and health services

 138.1 139.4 0.8 0.7 0.4 0.6 0.7 0.5 0.8 -0.1 0.9

Educational services

 139.7 139.2 0.6 0.6 0.4 0.6 1.0 0.4 1.0 0.6 -0.4

Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and professional schools

 141.2 140.0 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.9 0.4 -0.8

Health care and social assistance

 137.8 139.4 0.8 0.8 0.4 0.6 0.7 0.5 0.8 -0.3 1.2

Hospitals

 139.7 140.5 0.5 0.9 0.5 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.7 0.6

Nursing and residential care facilities

 134.7 135.8 0.5 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.8 0.7 0.8

Leisure and hospitality

 142.9 144.3 0.8 1.3 0.8 0.7 0.5 1.1 1.2 0.8 1.0

Accommodations and food services

 144.8 146.5 0.7 1.1 1.1 0.9 0.6 1.1 1.4 0.8 1.2

Other services, except public administration

 140.9 141.7 0.2 1.1 1.0 0.9 0.1 1.2 0.6 0.4 0.6

State and local government workers

All workers

 143.7 144.3 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.4

Industry

Education and health services

 142.2 142.7 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.9 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.4

Educational services

 141.8 142.3 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.9 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.4

Schools

 141.7 142.2 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.9 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.4

Elementary and secondary schools

 142.0 142.7 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.9 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.5

Health care and social assistance

 145.5 145.8 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.6 0.8 0.6 0.2

Hospitals

 142.7 143.1 0.5 0.8 1.0 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.6 0.3

Public administration

 145.6 146.3 0.8 0.7 0.9 0.6 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.6 0.5

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) 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.
(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; and other services, except public administration.

SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey

Table 2. Employment Cost Index for wages and salaries, by occupational group and industry [Seasonally adjusted]
Occupational group and industry Indexes (Dec. 2005=100) Percent changes for 3-months ended-
Jun.
2020		 Sep.
2020		 Sep.
2018		 Dec.
2018		 Mar.
2019		 Jun.
2019		 Sep.
2019		 Dec.
2019		 Mar.
2020		 Jun.
2020		 Sep.
2020

Civilian workers

All workers(1)

 139.6 140.2 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.9 0.4 0.4

Industry

Goods-producing industries(2)

 139.5 140.0 0.6 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.4

Manufacturing

 139.1 139.9 0.6 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.6

Service-providing industries(3)

 139.7 140.3 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.8 0.7 1.0 0.3 0.4

Education and health services

 135.8 136.7 0.8 0.7 0.5 0.6 0.9 0.4 0.8 0.0 0.7

Educational services

 133.8 133.8 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.5 1.1 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.0

Elementary and secondary schools

 132.5 132.9 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.5 1.2 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.3

Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and professional schools

 135.5 134.9 0.5 0.8 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.5 0.6 0.4 -0.4

Health care and social assistance

 138.2 139.8 0.9 0.7 0.5 0.5 0.7 0.6 0.9 -0.4 1.2

Hospitals

 139.3 139.9 0.5 0.9 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.4

Public administration

 135.8 135.8 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.0

Private industry workers

All workers

 140.8 141.5 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.7 1.0 0.4 0.5

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related

 139.3 139.8 0.8 0.6 0.5 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.9 0.1 0.4

Professional and related

 137.9 138.8 0.8 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.6 1.0 -0.1 0.7

Management, business, and financial

 141.1 141.2 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.8 0.4 0.1

Sales and office

 142.2 142.3 0.9 0.9 0.7 0.7 0.9 0.8 1.1 0.7 0.1

Sales and related

 139.7 138.8 1.1 1.1 0.5 0.7 1.0 1.0 1.6 1.0 -0.7

Office and administrative support

 144.1 144.9 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.7 0.8 0.5 0.6

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 139.4 140.2 0.5 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.9 0.7 1.3 0.1 0.6

Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

 139.3 140.0 0.5 0.7 0.7 0.9 0.8 0.8 1.6 -0.7 0.5

Installation, maintenance, and repair

 139.5 140.5 0.4 0.7 0.5 0.7 1.0 0.5 1.0 1.0 0.7

Production, transportation, and material moving

 143.1 144.2 0.9 0.7 1.1 0.7 0.9 1.2 0.7 0.9 0.8

Production

 139.8 140.9 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.9 0.8 0.9 0.8

Transportation and material moving

 147.0 148.1 1.1 0.7 1.4 0.9 1.1 1.4 0.7 1.0 0.7

Service occupations

 144.8 146.3 1.0 1.0 1.1 1.1 0.7 1.3 0.9 0.8 1.1

Industry

Goods-producing industries(2)

 139.5 140.1 0.5 0.8 0.8 0.8 1.0 0.8 0.6 0.8 0.4

Construction

 139.9 140.2 0.5 0.8 0.7 1.0 1.3 0.8 0.5 1.3 0.2

Manufacturing

 139.1 139.9 0.6 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.6

Aircraft manufacturing

 146.9 148.3 0.4 0.8 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.6 -0.3 1.5 1.0

Service-providing industries(4)

 141.2 142.0 0.9 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.8 0.7 1.1 0.2 0.6

Trade, transportation, and utilities

 142.9 143.4 1.3 0.5 1.0 0.5 0.9 0.8 1.0 0.7 0.3

Retail trade

 145.3 146.0 0.8 0.5 0.9 0.9 1.0 1.0 0.8 0.6 0.5

Transportation and warehousing

 148.0 148.5 1.3 0.5 1.2 0.9 1.2 1.4 0.8 1.0 0.3

Utilities

 147.8 148.5 0.6 0.6 0.8 0.8 0.6 0.7 0.1 0.8 0.5

Information

 136.6 137.3 0.8 0.5 0.8 0.5 0.4 0.8 1.0 0.1 0.5

Financial activities

 141.4 141.5 0.2 0.6 1.0 0.1 1.3 0.6 1.1 0.4 0.1

Finance and insurance

 142.5 142.5 0.1 0.5 1.0 0.1 1.4 0.6 1.2 0.3 0.0

Credit intermediation and related activities

 138.5 139.5 0.3 0.6 1.1 0.2 1.5 0.6 0.8 0.5 0.8

Insurance carriers and related activities

 140.2 141.3 -0.1 0.4 1.3 0.0 1.0 0.4 0.5 0.3 0.8

Real estate and rental and leasing

 136.9 137.7 0.6 0.8 0.7 0.4 0.8 0.6 0.2 0.9 0.6

Professional and business services

 142.0 142.4 1.0 0.7 0.5 0.9 0.7 0.6 1.6 0.0 0.3

Professional, scientific, and technical services

 143.9 144.1 1.4 0.6 0.1 0.9 0.6 0.6 2.0 -0.5 0.1

Education and health services

 138.2 139.6 0.8 0.8 0.4 0.6 0.8 0.4 0.9 -0.3 1.0

Educational services

 138.4 137.8 0.7 0.5 0.5 0.6 1.1 0.3 1.1 0.7 -0.4

Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and professional schools

 138.7 137.4 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 1.0 0.4 -1.0

Health care and social assistance

 138.1 139.9 1.0 0.7 0.4 0.6 0.7 0.5 0.9 -0.6 1.3

Hospitals

 139.7 140.4 0.5 1.0 0.5 0.7 0.7 0.5 0.7 0.6 0.5

Leisure and hospitality

 146.5 148.1 0.9 1.5 0.9 0.9 0.5 1.2 1.3 0.8 1.1

Other services, except public administration

 141.6 142.6 0.1 1.2 1.0 0.9 0.0 1.4 0.6 0.5 0.7

State and local government workers

All workers

 134.5 134.6 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.8 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.1

Industry

Education and health services

 133.4 133.6 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.5 1.0 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.1

Educational services

 132.8 133.0 0.7 0.7 0.5 0.5 1.0 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.2

Schools

 132.8 133.0 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.5 1.1 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.2

Elementary and secondary schools

 132.3 132.7 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.5 1.2 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.3

Health care and social assistance

 138.5 138.5 0.5 0.5 0.7 0.5 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.5 0.0

Hospitals

 137.6 137.6 0.4 0.5 0.8 0.5 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.6 0.0

Public administration

 135.8 135.8 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.0

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) 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 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

Table 3. Employment Cost Index for benefits, by occupational group and industry [Seasonally adjusted]
Occupational group and industry Indexes (Dec. 2005=100) Percent changes for 3-months ended-
Jun.
2020		 Sep.
2020		 Sep.
2018		 Dec.
2018		 Mar.
2019		 Jun.
2019		 Sep.
2019		 Dec.
2019		 Mar.
2020		 Jun.
2020		 Sep.
2020

Civilian workers

All workers(1)

 143.2 144.0 0.4 0.7 0.7 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.4 0.8 0.6

Private industry workers

All workers

 137.8 138.5 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.2 0.7 0.5

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related

 136.1 136.8 0.2 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.0 0.7 0.5

Sales and office

 139.5 140.0 0.7 0.7 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.2 0.7 0.4

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 140.5 141.1 0.3 0.5 0.7 -0.4 0.7 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.4

Production, transportation, and material moving

 138.9 139.5 0.2 0.4 0.7 0.6 0.3 0.5 0.5 1.0 0.4

Service occupations

 137.4 138.1 0.7 0.5 0.2 0.9 0.3 0.6 0.2 1.0 0.5

Industry

Goods-producing industries(2)

 133.8 134.1 -0.4 0.3 0.9 0.5 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.6 0.2

Manufacturing

 133.3 133.5 -0.7 0.3 0.9 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.8 0.2

Service-providing industries(3)

 139.2 140.1 0.6 0.6 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.3 0.7 0.6

State and local government workers

All workers(1)

 162.0 163.3 0.9 0.9 1.0 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.9 0.7 0.8

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) 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

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
Sep.
2019		 Jun.
2020		 Sep.
2020		 3-months ended- 12-months ended-
Sep.
2019		 Jun.
2020		 Sep.
2020		 Sep.
2019		 Jun.
2020		 Sep.
2020

All workers(2)

 138.1 140.6 141.4 0.9 0.4 0.6 2.8 2.7 2.4

Excluding incentive paid occupations(3)

 138.2 140.7 141.5 0.8 0.5 0.6 2.8 2.6 2.4

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related

 137.3 139.2 140.0 0.8 0.3 0.6 2.5 2.2 2.0

Management, business, and financial

 138.5 140.5 141.0 0.7 0.5 0.4 2.6 2.2 1.8

Professional and related

 136.6 138.5 139.5 0.8 0.1 0.7 2.4 2.2 2.1

Sales and office

 138.9 141.9 142.4 1.0 0.6 0.4 3.0 3.2 2.5

Sales and related

 134.3 137.8 137.9 1.4 0.7 0.1 2.9 4.0 2.7

Office and administrative support

 141.7 144.3 145.1 0.8 0.6 0.6 3.0 2.6 2.4

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 137.8 140.3 141.0 0.9 0.4 0.5 2.6 2.7 2.3

Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

 138.2 140.1 140.8 0.9 -0.2 0.5 3.0 2.3 1.9

Installation, maintenance, and repair

 137.4 140.5 141.4 0.9 1.2 0.6 2.2 3.2 2.9

Production, transportation, and material moving

 138.6 142.1 143.1 0.8 0.8 0.7 3.0 3.3 3.2

Production

 135.3 138.7 139.5 0.5 0.9 0.6 2.7 3.0 3.1

Transportation and material moving

 142.4 146.0 147.2 1.0 0.6 0.8 3.3 3.5 3.4

Service occupations

 140.8 144.4 145.5 0.7 0.6 0.8 3.4 3.3 3.3

Industry

Goods-producing industries(4)

 135.2 137.8 138.2 0.8 0.8 0.3 3.0 2.8 2.2

Manufacturing

 134.5 137.2 137.6 0.5 0.7 0.3 2.8 2.5 2.3

Service-providing industries(5)

 138.6 141.2 142.0 0.8 0.4 0.6 2.7 2.7 2.5

Education and health services

 138.0 139.6 141.0 1.1 0.1 1.0 2.8 2.3 2.2

Educational services

 138.9 140.5 141.8 1.6 0.3 0.9 3.0 2.8 2.1

Elementary and secondary schools

 139.1 140.6 142.3 1.8 0.3 1.2 3.1 2.9 2.3

Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and professional schools

 138.6 140.3 140.6 1.2 0.3 0.2 2.9 2.5 1.4

Health care and social assistance

 137.2 138.7 140.2 0.7 -0.2 1.1 2.5 1.8 2.2

Hospitals

 137.6 140.3 140.9 0.7 0.6 0.4 2.8 2.6 2.4

Nursing and residential care facilities

 133.9 136.4 137.4 0.6 0.6 0.7 2.4 2.5 2.6

Public administration

 142.5 145.0 146.2 1.1 0.3 0.8 3.0 2.9 2.6

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

Table 5. Employment Cost Index for total compensation(1), for private industry workers, by occupational group and industry [Not seasonally adjusted]
Occupational group and industry Indexes (Dec. 2005=100) Percent changes for
Sep.
2019		 Jun.
2020		 Sep.
2020		 3-months ended- 12-months ended-
Sep.
2019		 Jun.
2020		 Sep.
2020		 Sep.
2019		 Jun.
2020		 Sep.
2020

All workers

 137.4 140.1 140.7 0.7 0.5 0.4 2.7 2.7 2.4

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 137.5 140.1 140.8 0.7 0.5 0.5 2.7 2.6 2.4

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related

 136.4 138.4 139.0 0.6 0.3 0.4 2.3 2.1 1.9

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 135.7 137.6 138.3 0.6 0.2 0.5 2.3 2.0 1.9

Management, business, and financial

 138.1 140.2 140.7 0.6 0.5 0.4 2.5 2.1 1.9

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 137.1 139.1 139.5 0.6 0.4 0.3 2.5 2.1 1.8

Professional and related

 135.1 137.0 137.8 0.5 0.1 0.6 2.1 1.9 2.0

Sales and office

 138.4 141.5 141.9 0.9 0.6 0.3 3.0 3.2 2.5

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 140.4 143.3 143.9 0.6 0.7 0.4 2.9 2.7 2.5

Sales and related

 134.2 137.7 137.8 1.4 0.7 0.1 2.9 4.0 2.7

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 138.4 141.8 142.2 0.4 1.0 0.3 2.7 2.9 2.7

Office and administrative support

 141.4 144.1 144.8 0.6 0.6 0.5 3.0 2.6 2.4

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 137.3 139.9 140.6 0.8 0.4 0.5 2.5 2.7 2.4

Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

 137.9 139.9 140.4 0.9 -0.2 0.4 3.1 2.3 1.8

Installation, maintenance, and repair

 136.7 139.9 140.8 0.8 1.2 0.6 2.1 3.2 3.0

Production, transportation, and material moving

 138.1 141.7 142.7 0.7 0.8 0.7 3.0 3.3 3.3

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 138.0 141.4 142.5 0.6 0.8 0.8 3.1 3.1 3.3

Production

 135.1 138.5 139.3 0.5 0.9 0.6 2.7 3.1 3.1

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 135.5 138.9 139.8 0.5 0.9 0.6 2.8 3.0 3.2

Transportation and material moving

 142.0 145.7 146.9 0.9 0.6 0.8 3.3 3.6 3.5

Service occupations

 139.2 143.2 144.3 0.5 0.7 0.8 3.5 3.4 3.7

Industry and occupational group

Goods-producing industries(3)

 135.1 137.7 138.2 0.7 0.7 0.4 3.0 2.7 2.3

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 135.3 137.6 138.1 0.6 0.4 0.4 2.8 2.3 2.1

Management, professional, and related

 132.9 135.0 135.2 0.5 0.4 0.1 2.7 2.0 1.7

Sales and office

 138.9 142.5 142.6 1.8 3.9 0.1 4.0 4.5 2.7

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 137.3 139.2 139.9 0.9 -0.1 0.5 3.0 2.3 1.9

Production, transportation, and material moving

 134.2 137.5 138.2 0.6 0.8 0.5 2.8 3.1 3.0

Construction

 136.4 139.1 139.7 1.3 1.1 0.4 3.5 3.3 2.4

Manufacturing

 134.5 137.2 137.6 0.5 0.7 0.3 2.8 2.5 2.3

Management, professional, and related

 133.9 136.1 136.3 0.5 0.5 0.1 2.6 2.1 1.8

Sales and office occupations

 138.8 140.1 139.9 0.5 0.4 -0.1 3.0 1.4 0.8

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 134.6 137.6 138.2 0.5 0.9 0.4 2.2 2.8 2.7

Production, transportation, and material moving

 133.9 137.2 137.9 0.7 0.9 0.5 2.9 3.2 3.0

Aircraft manufacturing

 122.4 122.3 123.0 0.0 1.3 0.6 1.5 -0.1 0.5

Service-providing industries(4)

 138.1 140.8 141.5 0.7 0.4 0.5 2.6 2.7 2.5

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 138.2 140.9 141.7 0.6 0.5 0.6 2.6 2.5 2.5

Management, professional, and related

 137.1 139.0 139.8 0.6 0.3 0.6 2.2 2.0 2.0

Sales and office

 138.4 141.4 141.8 0.9 0.3 0.3 2.9 3.1 2.5

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 137.4 140.9 141.8 0.7 1.1 0.6 1.9 3.3 3.2

Production, transportation, and material moving

 142.6 146.4 147.7 0.8 0.8 0.9 3.2 3.5 3.6

Service occupations

 139.2 143.1 144.3 0.6 0.7 0.8 3.5 3.4 3.7

Trade, transportation, and utilities

 140.1 143.3 143.8 0.6 0.8 0.3 2.6 2.9 2.6

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 140.7 144.1 144.5 0.5 0.8 0.3 2.9 2.9 2.7

Wholesale trade

 134.8 137.7 138.0 0.7 0.8 0.2 2.0 2.9 2.4

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 138.2 141.1 141.2 0.5 0.6 0.1 2.3 2.6 2.2

Retail trade

 140.9 144.2 144.7 0.4 0.9 0.3 2.8 2.8 2.7

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 139.5 143.3 143.8 0.4 1.1 0.3 2.9 3.1 3.1

Transportation and warehousing

 143.8 147.4 148.2 1.1 0.6 0.5 3.2 3.7 3.1

Utilities

 149.9 153.2 153.3 0.2 0.9 0.1 3.5 2.4 2.3

Information

 135.3 138.5 139.0 0.4 1.0 0.4 0.7 2.7 2.7

Financial activities

 138.0 140.9 141.2 1.0 1.1 0.2 3.1 3.1 2.3

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 138.0 140.8 141.5 0.4 0.9 0.5 2.8 2.5 2.5

Finance and insurance

 138.5 141.6 141.7 1.0 1.1 0.1 3.1 3.3 2.3

Credit intermediation and related activities

 137.0 140.4 140.7 1.2 1.4 0.2 3.6 3.7 2.7

Excluding incentive paid

 140.9 144.2 144.0 0.7 1.2 -0.1 3.1 3.1 2.2

Insurance carriers and related activities

 139.6 142.5 142.7 0.4 1.4 0.1 2.7 2.4 2.2

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 138.4 141.8 141.9 0.0 1.4 0.1 2.5 2.5 2.5

Real estate and rental and leasing

 135.9 137.9 138.8 0.7 0.7 0.7 2.9 2.2 2.1

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 139.4 141.8 142.7 0.5 0.6 0.6 2.9 2.2 2.4

Professional and business services

 138.3 140.9 141.4 0.7 0.1 0.4 2.6 2.5 2.2

Professional, scientific, and technical services

 140.4 142.5 142.9 0.6 -0.5 0.3 2.3 2.2 1.8

Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services

 135.0 138.3 139.0 0.6 0.7 0.5 2.9 3.1 3.0

Education and health services

 136.6 138.1 139.5 0.8 -0.1 1.0 2.5 1.9 2.1

Educational services

 137.3 139.2 139.6 1.6 0.4 0.3 2.6 3.0 1.7

Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and professional schools

 138.9 140.7 140.4 1.2 0.2 -0.2 2.5 2.5 1.1

Health care and social assistance

 136.4 137.9 139.4 0.6 -0.3 1.1 2.4 1.7 2.2

Hospitals

 137.1 139.8 140.4 0.5 0.7 0.4 2.8 2.5 2.4

Nursing and residential care facilities

 132.2 134.7 135.8 0.6 0.7 0.8 2.5 2.5 2.7

Nursing care facilities(2)

 131.4 134.0 134.9 0.4 0.7 0.7 2.2 2.4 2.7

Leisure and hospitality

 138.4 142.8 144.1 0.4 0.6 0.9 3.3 3.6 4.1

Accommodations and food service

 140.0 144.7 146.5 0.6 0.7 1.2 3.9 4.0 4.6

Other services, except public administration

 138.0 141.1 141.8 0.1 0.5 0.5 3.0 2.3 2.8

Footnotes
(1) Includes wages, salaries, and employer costs for employee benefits.
(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; and other services, except public administration.

SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey

Table 6. Employment Cost Index for total compensation(1), for private industry workers, by bargaining status and Census region and division [Not seasonally adjusted]
Bargaining status and Census region and division Indexes (Dec. 2005=100) Percent changes for
Sep.
2019		 Jun.
2020		 Sep.
2020		 3-months ended- 12-months ended-
Sep.
2019		 Jun.
2020		 Sep.
2020		 Sep.
2019		 Jun.
2020		 Sep.
2020

Bargaining status

Union

 141.4 144.7 145.6 0.4 1.1 0.6 2.6 2.8 3.0

Goods-producing industries(2)

 136.3 139.1 140.1 0.7 1.1 0.7 2.7 2.7 2.8

Manufacturing

 129.1 132.7 133.5 0.6 1.7 0.6 2.1 3.4 3.4

Service-providing industries(3)

 145.2 148.8 149.6 0.3 1.1 0.5 2.5 2.8 3.0

Nonunion

 136.8 139.4 140.1 0.7 0.4 0.5 2.7 2.7 2.4

Goods-producing industries(2)

 134.7 137.2 137.6 0.8 0.7 0.3 3.1 2.7 2.2

Manufacturing

 135.8 138.4 138.7 0.5 0.6 0.2 2.9 2.4 2.1

Service-providing industries(3)

 137.3 140.0 140.7 0.7 0.4 0.5 2.6 2.6 2.5

Census region and division(4)

Northeast

 140.0 142.6 143.1 0.7 0.6 0.4 3.0 2.6 2.2

New England

 143.4 145.7 146.5 1.0 0.6 0.5 2.6 2.6 2.2

Middle Atlantic

 138.8 141.5 141.9 0.6 0.6 0.3 3.2 2.5 2.2

South

 135.3 138.0 138.4 0.8 1.0 0.3 2.5 2.8 2.3

South Atlantic

 137.5 140.3 140.7 0.7 1.2 0.3 2.6 2.8 2.3

East South Central

 134.9 136.9 137.1 1.5 0.5 0.1 2.9 3.0 1.6

West South Central

 131.8 134.7 135.1 0.7 0.7 0.3 2.2 2.9 2.5

Midwest

 135.0 137.6 138.2 0.7 0.1 0.4 2.6 2.6 2.4

East North Central

 133.5 136.1 136.7 0.6 -0.2 0.4 2.5 2.6 2.4

West North Central

 138.7 141.3 142.0 0.8 0.9 0.5 2.6 2.7 2.4

West

 140.4 143.1 144.4 0.6 0.1 0.9 2.8 2.6 2.8

Mountain

 137.8 140.5 141.4 0.9 0.7 0.6 3.5 2.9 2.6

Pacific

 141.6 144.3 145.7 0.6 0.0 1.0 2.6 2.6 2.9

Footnotes
(1) Includes wages, salaries, and employer costs for employee benefits.
(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.
(4) The Census divisions are defined as follows: New England: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont; Middle Atlantic: New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania; South Atlantic: Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia; East South Central: Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, and Tennessee; West South Central: Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas; East North Central: Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin; West North Central: Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota; Mountain: Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming; and Pacific: Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon, and Washington.

NOTE: The indexes for these series are not strictly comparable to those for the aggregate, occupation, and industry series.
SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey

Table 7. Employment Cost Index for total compensation(1), for state and local government workers, by occupational group and industry [Not seasonally adjusted]
Occupational group and industry Indexes (Dec. 2005=100) Percent changes for
Sep.
2019		 Jun.
2020		 Sep.
2020		 3-months ended- 12-months ended-
Sep.
2019		 Jun.
2020		 Sep.
2020		 Sep.
2019		 Jun.
2020		 Sep.
2020

All workers

 141.0 142.9 144.3 1.4 0.3 1.0 3.1 2.7 2.3

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related

 139.6 141.4 142.7 1.5 0.3 0.9 3.0 2.8 2.2

Professional and related

 139.4 141.2 142.6 1.5 0.3 1.0 3.1 2.8 2.3

Sales and office

 143.4 145.6 147.1 1.3 0.3 1.0 3.1 2.9 2.6

Office and administrative support

 143.5 145.7 147.2 1.3 0.3 1.0 3.1 2.9 2.6

Service occupations

 144.3 146.9 148.2 1.2 0.4 0.9 3.1 3.0 2.7

Industry

Education and health services

 139.7 141.3 142.7 1.5 0.3 1.0 3.0 2.7 2.1

Educational services

 139.3 140.9 142.4 1.5 0.4 1.1 3.0 2.7 2.2

Schools

 139.2 140.8 142.3 1.5 0.4 1.1 3.0 2.7 2.2

Elementary and secondary schools

 139.5 141.0 142.8 1.7 0.3 1.3 3.1 2.8 2.4

Health care and social assistance

 142.5 144.9 145.7 1.1 0.2 0.6 3.1 2.8 2.2

Hospitals

 139.6 142.3 143.0 1.1 0.3 0.5 3.3 3.0 2.4

Public administration

 142.5 145.0 146.2 1.1 0.3 0.8 3.0 2.9 2.6

Footnotes
(1) Includes wages, salaries, and employer costs for employee benefits.

SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey

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.
2019		 Jun.
2020		 Sep.
2020		 3-months ended- 12-months ended-
Sep.
2019		 Jun.
2020		 Sep.
2020		 Sep.
2019		 Jun.
2020		 Sep.
2020

All workers(1)

 137.0 139.6 140.4 1.0 0.4 0.6 2.9 2.9 2.5

Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)

 136.8 139.3 140.1 0.9 0.4 0.6 2.9 2.7 2.4

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related

 135.7 137.6 138.3 0.9 0.2 0.5 2.5 2.3 1.9

Management, business, and financial

 138.2 140.3 140.7 0.7 0.4 0.3 2.7 2.3 1.8

Professional and related

 134.3 136.1 137.0 0.9 0.1 0.7 2.4 2.3 2.0

Sales and office

 138.3 141.5 142.0 1.2 0.5 0.4 3.3 3.6 2.7

Sales and related

 135.2 139.2 139.2 1.7 0.5 0.0 3.3 4.7 3.0

Office and administrative support

 140.3 142.9 143.8 0.9 0.4 0.6 3.3 2.8 2.5

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 136.4 139.2 140.0 0.9 0.4 0.6 2.9 3.0 2.6

Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

 136.7 139.0 139.6 0.8 -0.4 0.4 3.1 2.5 2.1

Installation, maintenance, and repair

 136.2 139.4 140.5 1.0 1.1 0.8 2.9 3.4 3.2

Production, transportation, and material moving

 139.0 142.9 144.1 0.9 0.7 0.8 3.4 3.8 3.7

Production

 136.3 140.0 141.0 0.6 0.8 0.7 2.9 3.3 3.4

Transportation and material moving

 142.0 146.0 147.5 1.3 0.5 1.0 4.0 4.1 3.9

Service occupations

 139.4 143.2 144.4 0.8 0.6 0.8 3.7 3.5 3.6

Industry

Goods-producing industries(3)

 136.5 139.6 140.1 0.9 0.9 0.4 3.3 3.2 2.6

Manufacturing

 136.1 139.3 139.8 0.7 0.7 0.4 3.1 3.0 2.7

Service-providing industries(4)

 137.1 139.6 140.5 1.0 0.3 0.6 2.9 2.8 2.5

Education and health services

 134.3 135.6 136.9 1.3 -0.1 1.0 2.7 2.3 1.9

Educational services

 132.0 133.2 134.3 1.8 0.3 0.8 2.8 2.7 1.7

Elementary and secondary schools

 130.9 132.0 133.4 2.0 0.3 1.1 2.9 2.9 1.9

Junior colleges, colleges, and universities

 133.7 135.1 135.2 1.2 0.3 0.1 2.7 2.3 1.1

Health care and social assistance

 136.8 138.2 139.8 0.7 -0.5 1.2 2.5 1.8 2.2

Hospitals

 136.6 139.2 139.8 0.7 0.5 0.4 2.9 2.6 2.3

Nursing and residential care facilities

 134.1 137.2 138.2 0.7 0.7 0.7 2.9 3.0 3.1

Public administration

 133.4 135.5 135.9 0.9 0.3 0.3 2.7 2.5 1.9

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

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
Sep.
2019		 Jun.
2020		 Sep.
2020		 3-months ended- 12-months ended-
Sep.
2019		 Jun.
2020		 Sep.
2020		 Sep.
2019		 Jun.
2020		 Sep.
2020

All workers

 138.0 140.9 141.7 0.8 0.4 0.6 3.0 2.9 2.7

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 137.8 140.6 141.5 0.7 0.4 0.6 2.9 2.7 2.7

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related

 137.2 139.3 140.0 0.6 0.1 0.5 2.3 2.1 2.0

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 136.0 138.0 138.7 0.6 0.1 0.5 2.4 2.1 2.0

Management, business, and financial

 138.9 141.1 141.4 0.7 0.5 0.2 2.7 2.3 1.8

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 137.0 139.0 139.3 0.6 0.4 0.2 2.6 2.1 1.7

Professional and related

 136.0 138.0 138.9 0.6 -0.1 0.7 2.1 2.1 2.1

Sales and office

 138.8 142.1 142.6 1.2 0.4 0.4 3.4 3.6 2.7

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 140.6 143.7 144.4 0.8 0.6 0.5 3.2 3.0 2.7

Sales and related

 135.3 139.3 139.3 1.7 0.5 0.0 3.3 4.7 3.0

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 139.5 143.2 143.6 0.6 0.9 0.3 3.1 3.2 2.9

Office and administrative support

 141.4 144.2 145.0 0.9 0.4 0.6 3.4 2.9 2.5

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 136.6 139.5 140.3 0.9 0.4 0.6 3.0 3.0 2.7

Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

 137.1 139.4 140.1 0.8 -0.5 0.5 3.2 2.5 2.2

Installation, maintenance, and repair

 136.3 139.6 140.7 1.0 1.2 0.8 2.9 3.5 3.2

Production, transportation, and material moving

 139.1 143.0 144.2 0.9 0.6 0.8 3.5 3.7 3.7

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 139.0 142.7 144.0 0.8 0.7 0.9 3.6 3.5 3.6

Production

 136.2 139.9 140.8 0.6 0.9 0.6 3.0 3.3 3.4

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 136.6 140.2 141.4 0.7 0.9 0.9 3.1 3.3 3.5

Transportation and material moving

 142.6 146.8 148.2 1.3 0.5 1.0 4.1 4.3 3.9

Service occupations

 140.5 144.9 146.2 0.6 0.7 0.9 3.9 3.7 4.1

Industry and occupational group

Goods-producing industries(2)

 136.5 139.6 140.2 0.9 0.8 0.4 3.3 3.2 2.7

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 136.7 139.3 139.9 0.7 0.3 0.4 3.1 2.6 2.3

Management, professional, and related

 135.8 138.6 138.8 0.5 0.4 0.1 2.8 2.6 2.2

Sales and office

 140.9 145.7 145.9 2.4 5.2 0.1 4.9 5.9 3.5

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 137.2 139.4 140.1 1.0 -0.3 0.5 3.2 2.6 2.1

Production, transportation, and material moving

 135.4 139.0 139.9 0.7 0.7 0.6 3.1 3.3 3.3

Construction

 136.7 139.9 140.5 1.5 1.4 0.4 3.7 3.9 2.8

Manufacturing

 136.1 139.3 139.8 0.7 0.7 0.4 3.1 3.0 2.7

Management, professional, and related

 136.2 139.2 139.5 0.6 0.4 0.2 2.9 2.8 2.4

Sales and office

 139.6 141.2 141.0 0.6 0.4 -0.1 3.4 1.7 1.0

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 136.5 140.0 140.9 0.7 0.8 0.6 2.7 3.2 3.2

Production, transportation, and material moving

 135.2 138.9 139.7 0.7 0.9 0.6 3.3 3.5 3.3

Aircraft manufacturing

 144.1 147.3 148.1 0.0 1.2 0.5 2.1 2.2 2.8

Service-providing industries(3)

 138.4 141.3 142.1 0.8 0.3 0.6 2.9 2.9 2.7

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 138.2 141.0 141.9 0.7 0.4 0.6 2.9 2.8 2.7

Management, professional, and related

 137.5 139.5 140.2 0.7 0.1 0.5 2.3 2.1 2.0

Sales and office

 138.6 141.8 142.3 1.2 0.1 0.4 3.2 3.5 2.7

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 135.9 139.6 140.7 0.9 1.2 0.8 2.7 3.6 3.5

Production, transportation, and material moving

 142.9 147.1 148.6 1.1 0.7 1.0 3.9 4.0 4.0

Service occupations

 140.5 144.9 146.2 0.6 0.7 0.9 4.0 3.8 4.1

Trade, transportation, and utilities

 139.5 143.0 143.5 0.9 0.8 0.3 3.0 3.5 2.9

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 139.7 143.3 143.8 0.8 0.8 0.3 3.3 3.4 2.9

Wholesale trade

 132.2 135.1 135.4 0.9 0.7 0.2 2.1 3.1 2.4

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 134.8 137.7 137.9 0.6 0.4 0.1 2.4 2.8 2.3

Retail trade

 142.1 145.7 146.2 0.9 1.0 0.3 3.4 3.4 2.9

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 140.2 144.4 144.9 0.8 1.1 0.3 3.6 3.8 3.4

Transportation and warehousing

 143.7 147.8 148.8 1.6 0.6 0.7 3.8 4.5 3.5

Utilities

 145.3 148.4 148.4 0.2 1.0 0.0 2.9 2.3 2.1

Information

 134.4 136.9 137.6 0.5 0.4 0.5 2.4 2.4 2.4

Financial activities

 138.7 141.8 141.7 1.0 0.9 -0.1 3.0 3.3 2.2

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 137.9 140.6 140.9 0.4 0.6 0.2 2.5 2.3 2.2

Finance and insurance

 139.7 143.1 142.6 1.1 1.0 -0.3 3.0 3.5 2.1

Credit intermediation and related activities

 136.1 139.1 139.7 1.3 1.0 0.4 3.6 3.5 2.6

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 139.7 142.1 142.0 0.6 0.4 -0.1 2.9 2.3 1.6

Insurance carriers and related activities

 138.6 141.1 141.4 0.5 1.1 0.2 2.7 2.3 2.0

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 135.9 139.2 139.5 -0.1 0.9 0.2 2.2 2.4 2.6

Real estate and rental and leasing

 134.6 136.8 137.7 0.9 0.5 0.7 2.7 2.5 2.3

Excluding incentive paid occupations(1)

 138.3 140.9 141.9 0.7 0.4 0.7 2.7 2.5 2.6

Professional and business services

 139.0 142.0 142.6 0.8 -0.1 0.4 2.8 3.0 2.6

Professional, scientific, and technical services

 141.2 143.9 144.3 0.8 -0.8 0.3 2.4 2.7 2.2

Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services

 136.9 140.6 141.5 0.7 0.7 0.6 3.4 3.5 3.4

Education and health services

 136.7 138.1 139.7 0.9 -0.4 1.2 2.6 1.9 2.2

Educational services

 136.1 137.8 138.3 1.9 0.4 0.4 2.6 3.1 1.6

Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and professional schools

 136.5 138.2 137.8 1.3 0.1 -0.3 2.4 2.5 1.0

Health care and social assistance

 136.9 138.2 140.0 0.7 -0.5 1.3 2.5 1.7 2.3

Hospitals

 137.0 139.7 140.3 0.6 0.6 0.4 2.9 2.6 2.4

Nursing and residential care facilities

 134.0 137.3 138.4 0.7 0.7 0.8 2.8 3.2 3.3

Nursing care facilities(1)

 132.9 136.3 137.3 0.4 0.8 0.7 2.5 2.9 3.3

Leisure and hospitality

 141.6 146.4 147.9 0.5 0.6 1.0 3.8 3.9 4.4

Accommodation and food service

 142.9 148.1 150.1 0.6 0.7 1.4 4.2 4.3 5.0

Other services, except public administration

 138.5 141.8 142.8 0.0 0.6 0.7 3.1 2.4 3.1

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

Table 10. Employment Cost Index for wages and salaries, for private industry workers, by bargaining status and Census region and division [Not seasonally adjusted]
Bargaining status and Census region and division Indexes (Dec.2005=100) Percent changes for-
Sep.
2019		 Jun.
2020		 Sep.
2020		 3-months ended- 12-months ended-
Sep.
2019		 Jun.
2020		 Sep.
2020		 Sep.
2019		 Jun.
2020		 Sep.
2020

Bargaining status

Union

 138.1 141.2 142.2 0.8 0.7 0.7 3.4 3.1 3.0

Goods-producing industries(1)

 133.1 135.8 136.9 0.6 0.7 0.8 2.7 2.6 2.9

Manufacturing

 129.6 133.5 134.7 0.8 1.2 0.9 2.1 3.8 3.9

Service-providing industries(2)

 141.4 144.7 145.6 0.9 0.7 0.6 3.8 3.3 3.0

Nonunion

 138.0 140.9 141.6 0.8 0.4 0.5 2.9 2.9 2.6

Goods-producing industries(1)

 137.3 140.5 140.9 1.0 0.9 0.3 3.4 3.3 2.6

Manufacturing

 137.4 140.5 140.9 0.7 0.6 0.3 3.2 2.9 2.5

Service-providing industries(2)

 138.2 141.0 141.8 0.8 0.2 0.6 2.8 2.8 2.6

Census region and division(3)

Northeast

 139.8 142.7 143.1 0.7 0.6 0.3 3.3 2.8 2.4

New England

 145.4 147.8 148.7 1.2 0.5 0.6 2.9 2.9 2.3

Middle Atlantic

 137.8 140.8 141.1 0.7 0.6 0.2 3.5 2.8 2.4

South

 136.7 139.7 140.1 0.9 0.9 0.3 2.8 3.1 2.5

South Atlantic

 139.1 142.2 142.7 0.9 1.3 0.4 3.0 3.1 2.6

East South Central

 135.6 137.8 138.0 1.6 0.5 0.1 3.1 3.3 1.8

West South Central

 133.2 136.2 136.5 0.8 0.6 0.2 2.3 3.0 2.5

Midwest

 135.0 137.9 138.7 0.7 -0.2 0.6 2.7 2.9 2.7

East North Central

 133.4 136.3 137.0 0.8 -0.7 0.5 2.9 2.9 2.7

West North Central

 139.1 142.0 142.8 0.9 0.9 0.6 2.7 3.0 2.7

West

 141.4 144.3 145.8 0.9 0.0 1.0 3.1 2.9 3.1

Mountain

 139.0 141.8 142.8 1.1 0.7 0.7 3.6 3.1 2.7

Pacific

 142.5 145.5 147.1 0.8 -0.2 1.1 3.0 2.9 3.2

Footnotes
(1) Includes mining, construction, and manufacturing.
(2) 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.
(3) The Census divisions are defined as follows: New England: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont; Middle Atlantic: New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania; South Atlantic: Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia; East South Central: Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, and Tennessee; West South Central: Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas; East North Central: Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin; West North Central: Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota; Mountain: Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming; and Pacific: Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon, and Washington.

NOTE: The indexes for these series are not strictly comparable to those for the aggregate, occupation, and industry series.
SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey

Table 11. Employment Cost Index for wages and salaries, for state and local government workers, by occupational group and industry [Not seasonally adjusted]
Occupational group and industry Indexes (Dec. 2005=100) Percent changes for-
Sep.
2019		 Jun.
2020		 Sep.
2020		 3-months ended- 12-months ended-
Sep.
2019		 Jun.
2020		 Sep.
2020		 Sep.
2019		 Jun.
2020		 Sep.
2020

All workers

 132.5 134.0 134.9 1.5 0.2 0.7 2.7 2.6 1.8

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related

 131.6 133.0 133.9 1.5 0.3 0.7 2.7 2.5 1.7

Professional and related

 131.4 132.8 133.8 1.5 0.3 0.8 2.8 2.6 1.8

Sales and office

 132.4 134.0 134.9 1.3 0.3 0.7 2.7 2.5 1.9

Office and administrative support

 132.9 134.5 135.4 1.3 0.3 0.7 2.8 2.5 1.9

Service occupations

 135.6 137.6 138.4 1.3 0.4 0.6 3.0 2.8 2.1

Industry

Education and health services

 131.7 133.0 134.0 1.6 0.3 0.8 2.7 2.6 1.7

Educational services

 131.3 132.3 133.5 1.8 0.3 0.9 2.9 2.6 1.7

Schools

 131.2 132.3 133.5 1.7 0.3 0.9 2.8 2.6 1.8

Elementary and secondary schools

 130.8 131.8 133.3 1.9 0.3 1.1 2.8 2.7 1.9

Health care and social assistance

 135.9 138.2 138.5 1.0 0.2 0.2 2.6 2.8 1.9

Hospitals

 134.5 137.2 137.5 1.1 0.2 0.2 2.6 3.1 2.2

Public administration

 133.4 135.5 135.9 0.9 0.3 0.3 2.7 2.5 1.9

SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey

Table 12. Employment Cost Index for benefits, by occupational group, industry, and bargaining status [Not seasonally adjusted]
Occupational group, industry, and bargaining status Indexes (Dec. 2005=100) Percent changes for-
Sep.
2019		 Jun.
2020		 Sep.
2020		 3-months ended- 12-months ended-
Sep.
2019		 Jun.
2020		 Sep.
2020		 Sep.
2019		 Jun.
2020		 Sep.
2020

Civilian workers

All workers(1)

 140.7 143.0 143.9 0.6 0.6 0.6 2.3 2.2 2.3

Private industry workers

All workers

 135.8 138.0 138.5 0.4 0.8 0.4 2.0 2.0 2.0

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related

 134.5 136.3 136.9 0.4 0.7 0.4 2.1 1.8 1.8

Sales and office

 137.6 139.8 140.1 0.3 1.0 0.2 2.1 1.9 1.8

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 138.7 140.7 141.2 0.7 0.7 0.4 1.6 2.2 1.8

Production, transportation, and material moving

 136.1 138.9 139.5 0.3 0.9 0.4 1.9 2.4 2.5

Service occupations

 134.8 137.4 138.0 0.2 0.8 0.4 1.9 2.2 2.4

Industry

Goods-producing industries(2)

 132.3 133.9 134.2 0.5 0.7 0.2 2.3 1.7 1.4

Manufacturing

 131.7 133.4 133.5 0.5 0.9 0.1 2.2 1.8 1.4

Aircraft manufacturing

 99.3 95.6 96.3 0.1 1.3 0.7 0.8 -3.6 -3.0

Service-providing industries(3)

 137.2 139.5 140.1 0.4 0.8 0.4 1.9 2.0 2.1

Bargaining status

Union

 146.9 150.3 151.1 -0.1 1.6 0.5 1.4 2.2 2.9

Nonunion

 133.6 135.6 136.0 0.5 0.7 0.3 2.1 2.0 1.8

State and local government workers

All workers

 158.5 161.4 163.6 1.3 0.3 1.4 3.5 3.1 3.2

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) 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

Table 13. Employment Cost Index for total compensation and wages and salaries, for private industry workers by area [Not seasonally adjusted]
Census region and metropolitan area(1) 12-month percent changes -
Total compensation(2) Wages and salaries
Sep.
2019		 Jun.
2020		 Sep.
2020		 Sep.
2019		 Jun.
2020		 Sep.
2020

Northeast

Boston-Worcester-Providence, MA-RI-NH-CT CSA

 2.7 4.0 3.4 2.9 4.3 3.7

New York-Newark, NY-NJ-CT-PA CSA

 3.8 2.2 1.9 4.0 2.6 1.9

Philadelphia-Reading-Camden, PA-NJ-DE-MD CSA

 1.7 2.2 2.5 1.8 2.5 2.8

South

Atlanta-Athens-Clarke County-Sandy Springs, GA CSA

 3.3 3.3 2.5 3.9 3.6 2.6

Dallas-Fort Worth, TX-OK CSA

 2.3 3.5 3.1 3.0 3.7 2.4

Houston-The Woodlands, TX CSA

 1.7 2.7 2.2 1.5 2.6 2.2

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Port St. Lucie, FL CSA

 2.2 1.8 1.5 2.5 1.8 1.6

Washington-Baltimore-Arlington, DC-MD-VA-WV-PA CSA

 2.4 3.6 3.6 2.4 3.9 3.9

Midwest

Chicago-Naperville, IL-IN-WI CSA

 2.3 2.8 2.4 2.3 3.4 2.8

Detroit-Warren-Ann Arbor, MI CSA

 2.8 2.3 2.7 3.0 3.0 3.0

Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI CSA

 3.1 2.6 1.6 2.8 3.1 2.1

West

Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA CSA

 3.7 3.5 2.7 4.2 4.0 3.1

Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ MSA

 3.6 3.7 3.3 4.0 4.4 3.8

San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA CSA

 2.4 2.9 3.5 2.9 3.3 4.0

Seattle-Tacoma, WA CSA

 2.4 2.3 2.6 2.4 3.4 3.6

Footnotes
(1) These areas include Consolidated Statistical Areas (CSAs) and Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs). Beginning with the December 2018 release, area definitions are based on Office of Management and Budget Bulletin No. 13-01, dated February 28, 2013. Previous area definitions are based on Office of Management and Budget Bulletin No. 04-03, dated February 18, 2004. For more information on metropolitan area definitions, see www.census.gov/programs-surveys/metro-micro.html.
(2) Includes wages, salaries, and employer costs for employee benefits.

SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey

Last Modified Date: October 30, 2020