Table 5. COMPENSATION (NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED): Employment Cost Index for total compensation, for private industry workers, by occupational group and industry


    Table 5.    Employment Cost Index for total compensation(1), for private industry workers, by occupational
    group and industry
                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                   
                                                    Indexes (Dec. 2005 =             Percent changes for–          
                                                            100)                                                   
                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                   
           Occupational group and industry                                   3-months ended–     12-months ended–  
                                                    June    Mar.    June                                           
                                                    2011    2012    2012                                           
                                                                           June   Mar.   June   June   Mar.   June 
                                                                           2011   2012   2012   2011   2012   2012 
                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                   
              Private industry workers                                                                             
                                                                                                                   
    All workers..................................  114.3   115.7   116.4     0.9    0.6    0.6    2.3    2.1    1.8
        Excluding incentive paid occupations(2)..  114.9   116.2   116.8      .8     .6     .5    2.3    1.9    1.7
                                                                                                                   
                 Occupational group                                                                                
                                                                                                                   
      Management, professional, and related......  114.8   116.4   117.1      .6     .9     .6    2.3    2.0    2.0
            Excluding incentive paid                                                                               
             occupations(2)......................  115.1   116.5   117.1      .7     .8     .5    2.5    1.9    1.7
        Management, business, and financial......  114.5   116.0   116.9      .8     .9     .8    2.5    2.1    2.1
            Excluding incentive paid                                                                               
             occupations(2)......................  114.9   116.3   117.1      .7     .8     .7    2.7    1.9    1.9
        Professional and related.................  115.1   116.8   117.3      .4    1.0     .4    2.2    1.9    1.9
                                                                                                                   
      Sales and office...........................  113.3   115.0   115.9     1.1     .7     .8    2.3    2.6    2.3
            Excluding incentive paid                                                                               
             occupations(2)......................  115.0   116.6   117.2      .6     .7     .5    2.0    2.0    1.9
        Sales and related........................  109.8   111.4   112.6     1.9     .6    1.1    2.1    3.3    2.6
            Excluding incentive paid                                                                               
             occupations(2)......................  113.6   114.8   115.4      .8     .5     .5    1.3    1.9    1.6
        Office and administrative support........  115.8   117.5   118.1      .6     .9     .5    2.4    2.1    2.0
                                                                                                                   
      Natural resources, construction, and                                                                         
       maintenance...............................  114.9   116.3   117.0     1.0     .4     .6    2.0    2.2    1.8
        Construction, extraction, farming,                                                                         
         fishing, and forestry...................  115.5   116.6   117.1      .6     .1     .4    1.7    1.6    1.4
        Installation, maintenance, and repair....  114.2   116.1   116.8     1.4    1.0     .6    2.4    3.1    2.3
                                                                                                                   
      Production, transportation, and material                                                                     
       moving....................................  113.5   114.5   115.1     1.2     .3     .5    2.7    2.0    1.4
            Excluding incentive paid                                                                               
             occupations(2)......................  113.8   114.6   115.2     1.1     .1     .5    2.8    1.8    1.2
        Production...............................  113.2   113.8   114.4     1.3     .0     .5    2.9    1.9    1.1
            Excluding incentive paid                                                                               
             occupations(2)......................  113.4   114.0   114.5     1.3     .0     .4    3.0    1.9    1.0
        Transportation and material moving.......  114.0   115.5   116.0      .9     .5     .4    2.5    2.2    1.8
                                                                                                                   
      Service occupations........................  114.7   116.0   116.4      .2     .5     .3    1.8    1.3    1.5
                                                                                                                   
           Industry and occupational group                                                                         
                                                                                                                   
      Goods-producing industries(3)..............  113.2   114.1   114.7     1.1     .3     .5    2.6    1.9    1.3
            Excluding incentive paid                                                                               
             occupations(2)......................  113.7   114.5   115.0     1.1     .3     .4    2.8    1.8    1.1
          Management, professional, and related..  112.1   113.2   113.8     1.2     .8     .5    3.2    2.2    1.5
          Sales and office.......................  111.4   113.5   114.5      .9     .9     .9    2.4    2.8    2.8
          Natural resources, construction, and                                                                     
           maintenance...........................  115.2   115.8   116.3      .9    -.1     .4    1.9    1.4    1.0
          Production, transportation, and                                                                          
           material moving.......................  113.0   113.4   114.0     1.3    -.2     .5    2.9    1.6     .9
                                                                                                                   
        Construction.............................  113.6   114.6   115.2      .7     .1     .5    1.2    1.6    1.4
                                                                                                                   
        Manufacturing............................  112.7   113.4   114.0     1.2     .3     .5    3.3    1.8    1.2
            Management, professional, and related  112.0   113.2   113.7     1.0     .9     .4    3.7    2.1    1.5
            Sales and office.....................  113.2   115.1   115.4      .9    1.2     .3    3.9    2.6    1.9
            Natural resources, construction, and                                                                   
             maintenance.........................  114.0   113.7   114.5     1.8    -.4     .7    3.5    1.5     .4
            Production, transportation, and                                                                        
             material moving.....................  112.8   113.1   113.8     1.3    -.3     .6    2.9    1.5     .9
                                                                                                                   
          Aircraft manufacturing.................  102.7    99.2    99.4      .4    2.6     .2   10.0   -3.0   -3.2
                                                                                                                   
      Service-providing industries(4)............  114.6   116.3   117.0      .7     .9     .6    2.2    2.2    2.1
            Excluding incentive paid                                                                               
             occupations(2)......................  115.3   116.8   117.4      .6     .7     .5    2.2    1.9    1.8
          Management, professional, and related..  115.4   117.0   117.7      .5     .9     .6    2.2    1.9    2.0
          Sales and office.......................  113.6   115.1   116.0     1.2     .7     .8    2.3    2.5    2.1
          Natural resources, construction, and                                                                     
           maintenance...........................  114.4   117.2   118.0     1.1    1.4     .7    2.0    3.5    3.1
          Production, transportation, and                                                                          
           material moving.......................  114.2   116.0   116.4     1.0     .8     .3    2.6    2.6    1.9
          Service occupations....................  114.7   116.0   116.4      .2     .5     .3    1.8    1.3    1.5
                                                                                                                   
        Trade, transportation, and utilities.....  113.2   115.2   116.0     1.1    1.0     .7    2.1    2.9    2.5
              Excluding incentive paid                                                                             
               occupations(2)....................  114.5   116.1   116.8      .7     .7     .6    2.1    2.1    2.0
          Wholesale trade........................  111.4   113.9   114.4     1.4    1.0     .4    2.3    3.6    2.7
              Excluding incentive paid                                                                             
               occupations(2)....................  114.5   116.2   116.5     1.2     .6     .3    2.4    2.7    1.7
          Retail trade...........................  113.5   114.9   115.8     1.0     .4     .8    1.4    2.2    2.0
              Excluding incentive paid                                                                             
               occupations(2)....................  114.0   115.0   115.8      .6     .3     .7    1.5    1.5    1.6
          Transportation and warehousing.........  113.1   115.7   116.4      .5    1.8     .6    2.8    2.8    2.9
          Utilities..............................  120.9   122.9   125.2     1.3    1.1    1.9    3.3    3.0    3.6
                                                                                                                   
        Information..............................  112.3   115.2   116.4      .6    2.4    1.0    2.3    3.2    3.7
                                                                                                                   
        Financial activities.....................  113.8   114.4   115.6      .8     .2    1.0    3.0    1.3    1.6
              Excluding incentive paid                                                                             
               occupations(2)....................  114.9   115.6   116.4      .7     .1     .7    2.7    1.3    1.3
          Finance and insurance..................  114.3   114.6   115.8      .9     .1    1.0    3.0    1.1    1.3
            Credit intermediation and related                                                                      
             activities..........................  113.9   114.4   115.3      .8     .3     .8    3.6    1.2    1.2
              Excluding incentive paid                                                                             
               occupations(2)....................  116.7   117.3   117.6     1.0     .1     .3    2.8    1.6     .8
            Insurance carriers and related                                                                         
             activities..........................  114.8   115.3   116.3     1.0     .1     .9    2.3    1.4    1.3
              Excluding incentive paid                                                                             
               occupations(2)....................  115.4   115.6   116.9      .8    -.1    1.1    2.2    1.0    1.3
          Real estate and rental and leasing.....  111.4   113.5   114.6      .5     .5    1.0    2.8    2.4    2.9
              Excluding incentive paid                                                                             
               occupations(2)....................  114.3   116.4   117.9      .4     .6    1.3    2.7    2.2    3.1
                                                                                                                   
        Professional and business services.......  116.6   117.9   118.5     1.0     .7     .5    2.8    2.1    1.6
          Professional, scientific, and technical                                                                  
           services..............................  119.2   120.7   121.0      .8     .8     .2    3.0    2.1    1.5
          Administrative and support and waste                                                                     
           management and remediation services...  113.4   114.3   115.2     1.0     .4     .8    2.2    1.8    1.6
                                                                                                                   
        Education and health services............  115.5   117.6   118.0      .3     .9     .3    1.6    2.2    2.2
          Education services.....................  115.6   117.6   117.8      .3     .3     .2    2.0    2.1    1.9
            Junior colleges, colleges,                                                                             
             universities, and professional                                                                        
             schools.............................  115.4   117.8   118.0      .1     .8     .2    1.9    2.2    2.3
          Health care and social assistance(5)...  115.5   117.6   118.1      .4    1.0     .4    1.6    2.3    2.3
            Hospitals............................  116.6   118.1   118.5      .3     .5     .3    1.8    1.6    1.6
            Nursing and residential care                                                                           
             facilities..........................  113.3   114.4   114.6      .5     .6     .2    1.4    1.5    1.1
              Nursing care facilities(2).........  113.9   114.7   114.9      .6     .4     .2    1.5    1.3     .9
                                                                                                                   
        Leisure and hospitality..................  114.6   115.6   116.0      .1     .3     .3    1.1    1.0    1.2
          Accommodation and food services........  115.3   116.3   116.7     -.1     .3     .3    1.1     .8    1.2
                                                                                                                   
        Other services, except public                                                                              
         administration..........................  114.5   116.6   116.9      .1     .9     .3    1.6    1.9    2.1

      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; education services;
    health care and social assistance; arts, entertainment and recreation; accommodation and food services; and
    other services, except public administration.
      5 Includes ambulatory health care services and social assistance, not shown separately.

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