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# EMPLOYMENT 

# C OST 

# INDEX



# – MARCH 

# 2010
Compensation costsfor civilian workers increased 0.6 percent, seasonally adjusted, for the 3-month period ending March 2010, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Wages and salaries ( which make up about 70 percent of compen sation costs) increased 0.4 percent while benefits ( which make up the remaining 30 percent of compensation)—increased 1.1 percent.

Civilian Worker Data Compensation costsfor civilian workers increased 1.7 perc ent for the 12-month period ending March 2010. This was smaller than the 2.1 percent increas e for the 12-month period ending in March 2009. Wages and salariesincreased 1.5 percent for the current 12- month period, slowing from a 2.2 percent increase for the 12-month period ending in March 2009. Benefit costsrose 2.2 percent, compared with a 2.0 percent increase for the 12-month period ending March 2009. Private Industry Worker Data Compensation costsfor private industry workers increased 1. 6 percent, compared to 1.9 percent for the 12-month period ending March 2009. The wage and salaryseries increased 1.5 percent for the current 12-month period, compared to 2.0 percent for the period ending March 2009. The cost of benefits increased 2.0 percent for the 12-month period ending March 2010 primarily due to increases in the cost of health benefits and defined benefit retirement plans. In March 2009, benefits increased 1.6 percent. Employer costs for health benefitsincreased 4.5 percent for the 12-month period ending March 2010. In March 2009, the 12-month percent change was 4.6 percent. 0.0 1.0 2.0 3.0 4.0

M ar 08 Jun 08 Sep 08 Dec 08 M ar 09 Jun 09 Sep 09 Dec 09 M ar 10 Percent change 

### Chart 2. Employment Cost Index, 12-month percent change, not seasonally adju sted, private industry workers, wages and salaries, Mar. 2008-Mar. 2010 Percent change



### 0.0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8

M ar 08 Jun 08 Sep 08 Dec 08 M ar 09 Jun 09 Sep 09 Dec 09 M ar 10 

### Chart 1. Employment Cost Index, 3-month percent change, seasonally adjusted, civilian workers, compensation, Mar. 2008-Mar. 2010

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## Among occupational groups,compensation cost increases for private industry workers for the 12-month period ending March 2010 range d from 1.3 percent for management, professional, and related occupations to 2.1 percent for natural resources , construction, and maintenance occupations. Among industries,compensation cost increases for private industry workers for the current 12-month period ranged from 1.0 percent for professional and business servicesto 2.8 percent for financial activities. State and Local Government Workers Compensation costsfor State and local government workers increased 2.0 percent for the 12-month period ending March 2010. Prior published values ranged from 2.3 to 9.6 percent since the series began in June 1982. Wages and salariesincreased 1.8 percent. Prior published values ranged from 1.9 to 8.5 percent since the series began, also in June 1982. Benefit costsincreased 2.7 percent. Prior published values ranged from 1.2 to 8.3 percent since the series began in June 1990.
The Employment Cost Index for June 2010 isscheduled to be released on Friday, July 30, 2010, at 8:30 a.m. (EDT).

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## - 3 - Table A. Major series of the Employment Cost Index (Percent change)

CIVILIAN WORKERS 1 

### Compensation 2 

### 0.4 0.6 2.1 1.8 1.5 1.5 1.7 Wages and salaries 0.5 0.4 2.2 1.8 1.5 1.5 1.5 Benefits 0.5 1.1 2.0 1.8 1.6 1.5 2.2 PRIVATE INDUSTRY Compensation 2 

### 0.4 0.6 1.9 1.5 1.2 1.2 1.6 Wages and salaries 0.5 0.4 2.0 1.6 1.4 1.4 1.5 Benefits 0.3 1.4 1.6 1.3 1.1 1.0 2.0 STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT Compensation 2 

### 0.5 0.4 3.1 3.2 2.4 2.4 2.0 Wages and salaries 0.5 0.4 3.0 3.0 2.1 2.0 1.8 Benefits 0.9 0.3 3.4 3.6 3.2 3.2 2.7

1 

### Includes private industry and state and local government. 2

### Includes wages and salaries and benefits. Mar. 2010 12-month, not seasonally adjusted Category 3-month, seasonally adjusted Sep. 2009 Dec. 2009 Dec. 2009 Mar. 2010 Mar. 2009 Jun. 2009

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## 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. Detailed information on survey concepts, coverage, and methods can be found in BLS Handbook of Methods , Chapter 8, “National Compensation Measures,” Bureau of Labor Statistics, on the Internet at www.bls.gov/opub/hom/pdf/homch8.pdf. Sample size Data for the March 2010 reference period were collected from a probability sample of approximately 63,300 occupational observations selected from a sample of about 13,300 establishments in private industry and approximately 11,600 occupations from a sample of about 1,800 establishments in State and local governments. Health insurance data Data from the ECI that provides 12-month percent changes in employer costs for health insurance in private industry are also available at www.bls .gov/ect/sp/echealth.pdf. Historical listings Historical listings that provi de all ECI data are available at www.bls.gov/ect/#tables. Included among these listings is one that provides continuous o ccupational and industry series. This listing uses the Standard Industrial Classification Manual and Census of Popul ation series through 2005 and the North American Industry Classification System and Standard Occupational Clas sification from 2006 to the present. It provides the offi cial series from the beginning of the ECI in 1975 through the current quarter. For more information on the criteria used in defining continuousseries, see the article published in the Monthly Labor Reviewat www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2006/04/art2full.pdf. Employer Costs for Employee Compensation data The costs per hour worked of compensation components, based on data from the ECI, are published in a separate news rele ase titled "Employer Costs for Employee Compensation" (ECEC). The next ECEC release is scheduled for 10:00 AM EDT, Wednesday, June 9, 2010. Historical ECEC data are available in summary documents. Since the ECECis calculated with current employment weights rather than the fixed weights used in computing the EC I, year-to-year changes inthe cost levels usually differ from those in the ECI.

### 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–

Dec. 2009 Mar. 2010 June 2008 Sep. 2008 Dec. 2008 Mar. 2009 June 2009 Sep. 2009 Dec. 2009 Mar. 2010

**Civilian workers**
All workers 2 ................................................................ 111.1 111.8 0.7 0.6 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.6 Industry Goods-producing industries 3 .................................. 108.8 109.8 .6 .5 .5 .3 .2 .2 .4 .9

Manufacturing ..................................................... 107.2 108.4 .5 .5 .4 .4 .3 .1 .4 1.1 Service-providing industries 4 .................................. 111.7 112.3 .8 .6 .5 .4 .5 .3 .4 .5

Education and health services ............................ 113.3 113.7 .8 .7 .5 .7 .6 .3 .4 .4

Education services ......................................... 113.4 113.8 1.0 .8 .5 .9 .7 .0 .5 .4

Elementary and secondary schools ............ 113.8 114.2 1.0 .7 .6 1.0 .6 .3 .5 .4 Junior colleges, colleges,

universities, and professional schools ...... 112.6 112.9 .9 .8 .3 .8 .8 -.7 .7 .3 Health care and social assistance 5 ................ 113.2 113.6 .6 .7 .5 .7 .5 .4 .4 .4

Hospitals ..................................................... 113.5 114.1 .9 .7 .7 .6 .6 .4 .6 .5 Nursing and residential care facilities ......... 111.6 112.0 .8 .7 .6 .5 .5 .5 .3 .4 Public administration .......................................... 115.1 115.5 .6 1.1 .4 .8 1.0 .4 .6 .3 **Private industry workers**
All workers .................................................................. 110.4 111.1 .7 .6 .5 .2 .3 .4 .4 .6 Occupational group Management, professional, and related ................. 111.0 111.6 .7 .7 .5 .0 .2 .2 .4 .5

Management, business, and financial ................ 110.3 111.1 .8 .6 .5 -.4 .2 .1 .5 .7 Professional and related ..................................... 111.6 112.1 .7 .7 .5 .5 .2 .2 .3 .4 Sales and office ...................................................... 109.3 109.9 .6 .4 .2 .1 .1 .6 .5 .5

Sales and related ................................................ 105.6 106.3 .6 -.3 -.5 -.6 -.3 .7 .5 .7 Office and administrative support ....................... 111.8 112.5 .6 .7 .5 .5 .5 .4 .4 .6 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance 111.3 112.3 .5 .6 .7 .3 .3 .5 .5 .9

Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and

forestry .............................................................. 112.5 113.3 .6 .6 .6 .2 .2 .5 .5 .7 Installation, maintenance, and repair .................. 109.8 111.1 .3 .8 .7 .3 .5 .3 .5 1.2 Production, transportation, and material moving .... 109.0 109.9 .5 .5 .5 .7 .4 .5 .4 .8

Production .......................................................... 108.4 109.5 .5 .6 .4 .8 .4 .4 .5 1.0 Transportation and material moving ................... 109.8 110.6 .6 .5 .4 .5 .4 .5 .4 .7 Service occupations ............................................... 111.9 112.3 .8 .6 .4 .7 .3 .7 .2 .4 Industry Goods-producing industries 3 .................................. 108.7 109.8 .6 .5 .4 .3 .2 .2 .4 1.0

Construction ....................................................... 111.8 112.2 .9 .5 .5 .0 .1 .3 .4 .4 Manufacturing ..................................................... 107.2 108.4 .5 .5 .4 .4 .3 .1 .4 1.1

Aircraft manufacturing .................................... 92.9 93.1 .6 1.3 .8 .5 .5 -.2 .4 .2 Service-providing industries 6 .................................. 110.9 111.5 .7 .6 .4 .2 .3 .5 .4 .5

Trade, transportation, and utilities ...................... 108.9 109.9 .9 .3 .1 .2 .3 .5 .3 .9

Retail trade ..................................................... 110.0 111.0 .9 .6 -.1 .2 .4 .9 .3 .9 Transportation and warehousing .................... 108.4 109.1 .5 .3 .5 .4 .2 .4 .3 .6 Utilities ............................................................ 112.4 115.5 1.0 .4 1.1 .4 .7 .5 1.2 2.8 Information .......................................................... 108.4 108.8 .2 1.0 .3 .1 -.1 .5 .4 .4 Financial activities .............................................. 108.9 109.7 .4 .3 .0 -.6 .8 .6 .6 .7

Finance and insurance ................................... 109.2 109.9 .4 .2 -.1 -.7 1.0 .6 .6 .6

Credit intermediation and related

activities .................................................... 108.4 109.0 .7 .6 .1 -.3 .8 .3 .7 .6 Insurance carriers and related activities ..... 110.4 111.3 .3 .5 .4 .5 .4 .5 .3 .8 Real estate and rental and leasing 7 ............... 107.9 108.7 .4 .7 .5 -.5 .5 .5 .5 .7

See footnotes at end of table.

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### Table 1. Employment Cost Index for total compensation 1 

### , by occupational group and industry — Continued (Seasonally adjusted)

Occupational group and industry Indexes (Dec. 2005 = 100) Percent changes for 3-months ended–

Dec. 2009 Mar. 2010 June 2008 Sep. 2008 Dec. 2008 Mar. 2009 June 2009 Sep. 2009 Dec. 2009 Mar. 2010

Industry Professional and business services ................... 112.5 112.9 0.8 0.9 0.8 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.4 0.4

Professional, scientific, and technical services 114.7 114.9 .9 1.0 1.2 -.1 .0 .3 .3 .2 Administrative and support and waste

management and remediation services ........ 110.8 111.1 .7 1.0 .5 .4 .2 -.1 .7 .3 Education and health services ............................ 112.9 113.3 .7 .7 .5 .7 .4 .4 .4 .4

Education services ......................................... 113.2 113.3 1.3 1.2 .4 .6 .4 .2 .4 .1

Junior colleges, colleges,

universities, and professional schools ...... 113.1 113.3 1.4 1.1 .5 .8 .4 -.2 .4 .2 Health care and social assistance 5 ................ 112.9 113.3 .6 .6 .5 .7 .4 .4 .4 .4

Hospitals ..................................................... 113.2 113.8 .9 .8 .7 .5 .5 .5 .5 .5 Nursing and residential care facilities ......... 110.9 111.4 .7 .7 .6 .5 .3 .5 .2 .5 Leisure and hospitality ........................................ 112.8 113.3 .5 1.1 .7 .6 .0 .4 .2 .4

Accommodation and food services ................. 113.6 113.8 .8 1.0 .8 .5 .0 .5 .2 .2 Other services, except public administration ...... 111.9 112.0 .6 .5 .4 .5 -.1 1.0 .2 .1

**State and local government workers**
All workers .................................................................. 114.2 114.7 .8 .9 .5 .8 .9 .2 .5 .4 Industry Education and health services ............................ 113.7 114.2 .9 .8 .5 .8 .9 .0 .5 .4

Education services ......................................... 113.5 113.9 .9 .7 .5 .9 .7 .0 .6 .4

Schools ....................................................... 113.5 113.9 .9 .7 .5 .9 .7 .0 .6 .4

Elementary and secondary schools ........ 113.8 114.3 1.0 .7 .6 1.0 .6 .4 .4 .4 Health care and social assistance 5 ................ 115.8 116.3 1.0 1.2 .7 .1 1.4 .1 .6 .4

Hospitals ..................................................... 114.7 115.2 .7 .7 .6 .7 1.2 .3 .7 .4 Public administration .......................................... 115.1 115.5 .6 1.1 .4 .8 1.0 .4 .6 .3

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 ambulatory health care services and social assistance, not shown separately.

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 Seasonally adjusted indexes and 3-month percent changes for this series are being published for the first time with the 2010 seasonal adjustment revisions. Historical data for this series are published beginning with March 2005. NOTE: ECI series are reviewed annually for seasonality. Seasonal adjustment is discontinued for the private wholesale trade compensation series as of March 2010, as no identifiable seasonality was found for this series.

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### 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–

Dec. 2009 Mar. 2010 June 2008 Sep. 2008 Dec. 2008 Mar. 2009 June 2009 Sep. 2009 Dec. 2009 Mar. 2010

**Civilian workers**
All workers 1 ................................................................ 111.3 111.7 0.8 0.6 0.5 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.4 Industry Goods-producing industries 2 .................................. 110.2 110.5 .7 .6 .6 .1 .2 .4 .4 .3

Manufacturing ..................................................... 109.1 109.3 .8 .6 .6 .1 .3 .3 .5 .2 Service-providing industries 3 .................................. 111.5 111.9 .8 .6 .5 .4 .5 .3 .5 .4

Education and health services ............................ 112.4 112.9 .8 .8 .5 .7 .5 .1 .4 .4

Education services ......................................... 111.8 112.3 .9 .9 .4 .7 .6 -.2 .5 .4

Elementary and secondary schools ............ 111.8 112.5 .9 .9 .5 .7 .5 .1 .4 .6 Junior colleges, colleges,

universities, and professional schools ...... 111.5 111.8 .8 .7 .3 .7 .8 -1.1 .8 .3 Health care and social assistance 4 ................ 113.2 113.6 .6 .7 .5 .7 .5 .4 .4 .4

Hospitals ..................................................... 113.7 114.0 1.0 .9 .7 .5 .7 .4 .5 .3 Public administration .......................................... 113.3 113.6 .6 1.1 .5 .7 1.1 .4 .4 .3 **Private industry workers**
All workers .................................................................. 111.0 111.4 .7 .6 .5 .2 .3 .4 .5 .4 Occupational group Management, professional, and related ................. 111.7 112.3 .7 .8 .5 .2 .2 .2 .4 .5

Management, business, and financial ................ 111.0 111.8 .8 .7 .5 -.2 .1 .2 .5 .8 Professional and related ..................................... 112.2 112.7 .8 .7 .6 .5 .3 .2 .2 .5 Sales and office ...................................................... 109.4 109.8 .7 .3 .1 .1 .1 .6 .5 .4

Sales and related ................................................ 105.9 106.8 .6 -.4 -.6 -.6 -.3 .8 .5 .9 Office and administrative support ....................... 112.0 112.1 .7 .7 .6 .5 .5 .4 .5 .1 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance 112.1 112.6 .6 .7 .7 .2 .3 .5 .5 .4

Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and

forestry .............................................................. 112.7 113.0 .6 .6 .7 .0 .2 .4 .4 .3 Installation, maintenance, and repair .................. 111.2 112.2 .7 .7 .8 .5 .4 .4 .5 .9 Production, transportation, and material moving .... 109.7 109.9 .8 .6 .5 .4 .5 .5 .4 .2

Production .......................................................... 109.5 109.6 .7 .8 .5 .5 .3 .5 .6 .1 Transportation and material moving ................... 110.1 110.4 .7 .4 .5 .4 .5 .5 .4 .3 Industry Goods-producing industries 2 .................................. 110.2 110.5 .7 .6 .6 .1 .2 .4 .4 .3

Construction ....................................................... 111.9 112.2 .8 .5 .5 .2 .1 .3 .2 .3 Manufacturing ..................................................... 109.1 109.3 .8 .6 .6 .1 .3 .3 .5 .2

Aircraft manufacturing .................................... 112.4 113.0 .8 .7 1.0 .8 .8 .9 .6 .5 Service-providing industries 5 .................................. 111.2 111.6 .8 .6 .5 .3 .3 .4 .5 .4

Trade, transportation, and utilities ...................... 109.0 109.6 1.2 .3 .0 .3 .3 .5 .4 .6

Transportation and warehousing .................... 108.5 108.9 .7 .6 .6 .3 .3 .4 .4 .4 Utilities ............................................................ 113.6 114.0 .8 .3 .5 1.1 .5 .4 1.2 .3 Information .......................................................... 109.3 109.6 .9 .9 .5 .1 .3 .5 .6 .3 Financial activities .............................................. 109.2 109.8 .2 .2 -.1 -.7 .8 .6 .7 .5

Finance and insurance ................................... 109.8 110.2 .2 .0 -.1 -.9 1.1 .6 .8 .4

Credit intermediation and related

activities .................................................... 108.1 107.3 .5 .5 .1 -.2 .5 .4 1.1 -.8 Insurance carriers and related

activities .................................................... 110.6 111.3 .2 .6 .3 .4 .3 .5 .2 .6 Professional and business services ................... 112.9 113.1 .8 1.0 .9 .1 .1 .1 .5 .2

Professional, scientific, and technical services 114.6 114.9 .9 1.1 1.2 .0 -.1 .3 .3 .3 Administrative and support and waste

management and remediation services ........ 111.5 111.4 .6 1.2 .4 .4 .3 -.1 1.0 -.1

See footnotes at end of table.

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### Table 2. Employment Cost Index for wages and salaries, by occupational group and industry — Continued (Seasonally adjusted)

Occupational group and industry Indexes (Dec. 2005 = 100) Percent changes for 3-months ended–

Dec. 2009 Mar. 2010 June 2008 Sep. 2008 Dec. 2008 Mar. 2009 June 2009 Sep. 2009 Dec. 2009 Mar. 2010

Industry Education and health services ............................ 112.8 113.2 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.7 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4

Education services ......................................... 112.5 112.5 .9 1.3 .2 .5 .4 .1 .6 .0

Junior colleges, colleges,

universities, and professional schools ...... 112.2 112.4 .9 1.3 .2 .7 .4 -.4 .7 .2 Health care and social assistance 4 ................ 112.9 113.3 .6 .6 .5 .8 .4 .5 .4 .4

Hospitals ..................................................... 113.4 113.7 1.0 .8 .8 .6 .5 .4 .5 .3 Leisure and hospitality ........................................ 113.8 114.3 .5 1.1 .9 .6 .0 .5 .2 .4

Accommodation and food services ................. 114.3 114.5 .8 1.0 .9 .6 .0 .5 .2 .2 Other services, except public administration ...... 112.5 112.2 .6 .4 .5 .5 .0 .9 .2 -.3

**State and local government workers**
All workers .................................................................. 112.5 113.0 .8 .9 .5 .6 .9 -.1 .5 .4 Industry Education and health services ............................ 112.1 112.6 .9 .8 .5 .6 .7 -.2 .5 .4

Education services ......................................... 111.6 112.3 .9 .8 .5 .7 .6 -.2 .5 .6

Schools ....................................................... 111.6 112.3 .9 .8 .5 .7 .6 -.2 .5 .6

Elementary and secondary schools ........ 111.8 112.5 1.0 .9 .5 .6 .6 .2 .4 .7 Health care and social assistance 4 ................ 115.5 115.9 1.0 1.3 .7 -.3 1.7 .0 .4 .3

Hospitals ..................................................... 115.0 115.3 .7 .7 .8 .4 1.3 .1 .6 .2 Public administration .......................................... 113.3 113.6 .6 1.1 .5 .7 1.1 .4 .4 .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 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. NOTE: ECI series are reviewed annually for seasonality. Seasonal adjustment is discontinued for the civilian nursing home and private retail trade wage series as of March 2010, as no identifiable seasonality was found for these series.

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### 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–

Dec. 2009 Mar. 2010 June 2008 Sep. 2008 Dec. 2008 Mar. 2009 June 2009 Sep. 2009 Dec. 2009 Mar. 2010

**Civilian workers**
All workers 1 ................................................................ 110.9 112.1 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.3 0.5 1.1 **Private industry workers**
All workers .................................................................. 108.9 110.4 .5 .5 .4 .2 .2 .3 .3 1.4 Occupational group Management, professional, and related ................. 109.2 110.0 .7 .6 .4 -.4 .3 .0 .4 .7 Sales and office ...................................................... 108.8 110.2 .5 .6 .3 .1 .1 .4 .3 1.3 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance 109.7 111.7 .2 .6 .5 .4 .3 .6 .5 1.8 Production, transportation, and material moving .... 107.5 109.9 .1 .3 .4 1.1 .3 .4 .4 2.2 Service occupations ............................................... 110.8 111.5 .9 .3 .4 .4 .4 .5 .4 .6 Industry Goods-producing industries 2 .................................. 106.0 108.4 .3 .1 .3 .6 .2 .0 .4 2.3

Manufacturing ..................................................... 103.7 106.6 -.1 .2 .2 .8 .2 -.2 .3 2.8 Service-providing industries 3 .................................. 110.1 111.2 .6 .6 .4 .1 .2 .4 .3 1.0 **State and local government workers**
All workers .................................................................. 117.9 118.3 .9 .8 .7 1.0 1.0 .4 .9 .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; education services; health care and social assistance; arts, entertainment and recreation; accommodation and food services; and other services, except public administration. NOTE: ECI series are reviewed annually for seasonality. Seasonal adjustment is discontinued for the private aircraft manufacturing benefit cost series as of March 2010, as no identifiable seasonality was found for this series.

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### 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–

Mar. 2009 Dec. 2009 Mar. 2010 3-months ended– 12-months ended–
Mar. 2009 Dec. 2009 Mar. 2010 Mar. 2009 Dec. 2009 Mar. 2010

**Civilian workers**
All workers 2 ................................................................ 109.9 111.1 111.8 0.4 0.3 0.6 2.1 1.5 1.7 Excluding incentive paid occupations 3 ............... 110.5 111.6 112.4 .5 .3 .7 2.5 1.5 1.7 Occupational group Management, professional, and related ................. 110.9 111.7 112.5 .5 .2 .7 2.4 1.2 1.4

Management, business, and financial ................ 110.0 110.4 111.7 .2 .2 1.2 1.7 .5 1.5 Professional and related ..................................... 111.3 112.4 112.9 .5 .2 .4 2.7 1.5 1.4 Sales and office ...................................................... 108.4 109.7 110.3 .1 .3 .5 1.5 1.3 1.8

Sales and related ................................................ 104.3 105.8 105.9 -1.1 .4 .1 -.7 .3 1.5 Office and administrative support ....................... 110.8 112.1 113.0 .7 .3 .8 2.6 1.9 2.0 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance 110.1 111.6 112.5 .3 .4 .8 2.2 1.6 2.2

Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and

forestry .............................................................. 111.0 112.5 113.2 .2 .3 .6 2.3 1.5 2.0 Installation, maintenance, and repair .................. 109.1 110.4 111.6 .5 .4 1.1 2.2 1.7 2.3 Production, transportation, and material moving .... 108.0 109.3 110.3 .7 .2 .9 2.3 2.0 2.1

Production .......................................................... 107.2 108.4 109.6 .9 .3 1.1 2.3 2.1 2.2 Transportation and material moving ................... 108.9 110.4 111.2 .5 .2 .7 2.2 1.8 2.1 Service occupations ............................................... 111.5 113.0 113.5 .8 .4 .4 2.9 2.2 1.8 Industry Goods-producing industries 4 .................................. 108.0 108.7 109.8 .5 .2 1.0 1.8 1.1 1.7

Manufacturing ..................................................... 106.5 107.0 108.4 .6 .2 1.3 1.7 1.0 1.8 Service-providing industries 5 .................................. 110.3 111.5 112.2 .5 .2 .6 2.3 1.5 1.7

Education and health services ............................ 111.7 113.4 113.7 .5 .2 .3 2.9 2.1 1.8

Education services ......................................... 111.8 113.6 113.7 .4 .1 .1 3.2 2.1 1.7

Elementary and secondary schools ............ 111.9 114.0 114.1 .4 .1 .1 3.4 2.3 2.0 Junior colleges, colleges,

universities, and professional schools ...... 111.5 112.7 112.9 .5 .3 .2 2.8 1.6 1.3 Health care and social assistance 6 ................ 111.7 113.2 113.7 .8 .4 .4 2.6 2.2 1.8

Hospitals ..................................................... 111.7 113.4 114.1 .8 .4 .6 3.0 2.3 2.1 Nursing and residential care facilities ......... 110.3 111.5 112.1 .6 .2 .5 2.8 1.7 1.6 Public administration .......................................... 113.0 115.1 115.6 .9 .5 .4 3.0 2.8 2.3

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.

6 Includes ambulatory health care services and social assistance, not shown separately.

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### 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–

Mar. 2009 Dec. 2009 Mar. 2010 3-months ended– 12-months ended–
Mar. 2009 Dec. 2009 Mar. 2010 Mar. 2009 Dec. 2009 Mar. 2010
**Private industry workers**
All workers ...................................................................... 109.3 110.2 111.1 0.4 0.2 0.8 1.9 1.2 1.6 Excluding incentive paid occupations 2 ................... 110.0 110.9 111.8 .5 .3 .8 2.2 1.3 1.6 Occupational group Management, professional, and related ..................... 110.4 110.7 111.8 .5 .1 1.0 2.1 .7 1.3 Excluding incentive paid occupations 2 ........... 110.5 110.8 111.8 .4 .0 .9 2.2 .6 1.2 Management, business, and financial .................... 109.6 109.9 111.3 .1 .2 1.3 1.5 .4 1.6 Excluding incentive paid occupations 2 ........... 110.2 110.3 111.6 .2 .1 1.2 1.8 .3 1.3 Professional and related ......................................... 111.0 111.4 112.2 .6 .0 .7 2.5 1.0 1.1 Sales and office .......................................................... 107.9 109.2 109.8 .0 .4 .5 1.2 1.2 1.8 Excluding incentive paid occupations 2 ........... 110.3 111.4 112.2 .5 .3 .7 2.3 1.5 1.7 Sales and related .................................................... 104.3 105.8 105.8 -1.1 .5 .0 -.7 .3 1.4 Excluding incentive paid occupations 2 ........... 109.9 111.0 111.5 .2 .4 .5 1.9 1.2 1.5 Office and administrative support ........................... 110.5 111.6 112.6 .8 .3 .9 2.5 1.8 1.9 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance .... 109.9 111.2 112.2 .3 .3 .9 2.1 1.5 2.1

Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and

forestry .................................................................. 110.9 112.4 113.1 .1 .4 .6 2.1 1.4 2.0 Installation, maintenance, and repair ...................... 108.6 109.8 111.1 .5 .4 1.2 2.2 1.6 2.3 Production, transportation, and material moving ........ 107.7 108.9 109.9 .7 .3 .9 2.1 1.9 2.0 Excluding incentive paid occupations 2 ........... 107.9 109.1 110.2 .8 .3 1.0 2.4 2.0 2.1 Production .............................................................. 107.1 108.3 109.5 .9 .3 1.1 2.2 2.1 2.2 Excluding incentive paid occupations 2 ........... 107.2 108.4 109.6 .8 .4 1.1 2.4 2.0 2.2 Transportation and material moving ....................... 108.4 109.7 110.5 .5 .1 .7 1.9 1.7 1.9 Service occupations ................................................... 110.7 111.8 112.4 .8 .1 .5 2.7 1.8 1.5 Industry and occupational group Goods-producing industries 3 ...................................... 107.9 108.6 109.8 .4 .2 1.1 1.7 1.0 1.8 Excluding incentive paid occupations 2 ........... 108.3 108.9 110.2 .5 .2 1.2 1.9 1.0 1.8 Management, professional, and related ............. 106.8 106.4 108.0 .2 -.1 1.5 .7 -.2 1.1 Sales and office .................................................. 107.3 107.8 108.2 .2 .3 .4 2.1 .7 .8 Natural resources, construction, and

maintenance ..................................................... 110.4 111.7 112.6 .0 .4 .8 2.1 1.2 2.0 Production, transportation, and material moving 107.0 108.0 109.3 .8 .2 1.2 2.1 1.7 2.1 Construction ........................................................... 110.9 111.7 112.1 .0 .2 .4 1.8 .7 1.1 Manufacturing ......................................................... 106.5 107.0 108.4 .6 .2 1.3 1.7 1.0 1.8 Management, professional, and related ......... 105.7 105.5 107.2 .3 .1 1.6 .8 .1 1.4 Sales and office .............................................. 107.3 107.5 108.2 .3 .3 .7 2.2 .5 .8 Natural resources, construction, and

maintenance ................................................. 106.6 107.7 109.5 .6 .3 1.7 1.9 1.6 2.7 Production, transportation, and material

moving .......................................................... 106.7 107.8 109.1 .9 .3 1.2 2.1 1.9 2.2 Aircraft manufacturing ........................................ 92.6 92.4 93.5 1.4 .0 1.2 3.2 1.2 1.0

See footnotes at end of table.

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### Table 5. Employment Cost Index for total compensation 1 

### , for private industry workers, by occupational group **and industry — Continued** (Not seasonally adjusted)

Occupational group and industry Indexes (Dec. 2005 = 100) Percent changes for–

Mar. 2009 Dec. 2009 Mar. 2010 3-months ended– 12-months ended–
Mar. 2009 Dec. 2009 Mar. 2010 Mar. 2009 Dec. 2009 Mar. 2010

Service-providing industries 4 ...................................... 109.8 110.8 111.6 0.4 0.3 0.7 1.9 1.3 1.6 Excluding incentive paid occupations 2 ........... 110.6 111.5 112.4 .5 .2 .8 2.4 1.3 1.6 Management, professional, and related ............. 111.1 111.6 112.5 .5 .2 .8 2.4 .9 1.3 Sales and office .................................................. 108.0 109.4 110.0 .0 .4 .5 1.1 1.3 1.9 Natural resources, construction, and

maintenance ..................................................... 109.0 110.4 111.7 .6 .3 1.2 2.2 1.8 2.5 Production, transportation, and material moving 108.5 109.9 110.6 .6 .2 .6 2.0 1.9 1.9 Service occupations ........................................... 110.7 111.9 112.4 .8 .2 .4 2.6 1.9 1.5 Trade, transportation, and utilities .......................... 107.8 108.8 109.9 .3 .2 1.0 1.6 1.2 1.9 Excluding incentive paid occupations 2 ....... 109.3 110.4 111.5 .6 .3 1.0 2.2 1.6 2.0 Wholesale trade .................................................. 107.1 107.0 108.0 .3 .2 .9 1.3 .2 .8 Excluding incentive paid occupations 2 ....... 109.6 110.5 111.5 .5 .4 .9 2.0 1.3 1.7 Retail trade ......................................................... 108.3 110.0 110.9 .2 .3 .8 1.6 1.8 2.4 Excluding incentive paid occupations 2 ....... 109.7 110.8 111.7 .5 .2 .8 2.2 1.5 1.8 Transportation and warehousing ........................ 107.4 108.2 109.0 .5 -.1 .7 1.7 1.2 1.5 Utilities ................................................................ 109.6 112.0 115.4 .6 .7 3.0 2.9 2.8 5.3 Information .............................................................. 107.7 108.3 109.0 .3 .3 .6 1.5 .8 1.2
Financial activities .................................................. 106.8 108.6 109.8 -.3 .3 1.1 .0 1.4 2.8 Excluding incentive paid occupations 2 ....... 109.4 110.4 111.7 .6 .3 1.2 1.9 1.5 2.1 Finance and insurance ....................................... 106.9 108.8 110.0 -.3 .2 1.1 -.1 1.5 2.9

Credit intermediation and related

activities ........................................................ 106.6 108.2 109.1 .1 .7 .8 1.0 1.6 2.3

Excluding incentive paid occupations 2 ....... 110.4 111.3 113.1 .3 .0 1.6 2.0 1.1 2.4 Insurance carriers and related activities ......... 109.1 110.0 111.3 .8 -.2 1.2 1.6 1.7 2.0

Excluding incentive paid occupations 2 ....... 109.7 110.8 112.1 1.1 .3 1.2 2.6 2.1 2.2 Real estate and rental and leasing ..................... 106.6 107.7 109.0 .0 .3 1.2 1.0 1.0 2.3 Excluding incentive paid occupations 2 ....... 109.9 110.6 111.3 .3 .2 .6 1.7 .9 1.3 Professional and business services ....................... 111.9 112.4 113.0 .3 .3 .5 2.7 .7 1.0

Professional, scientific, and technical services ... 114.3 114.5 115.2 .4 .2 .6 2.9 .5 .8 Administrative and support and waste

management and remediation services ............ 109.9 110.7 111.1 .5 .6 .4 2.6 1.2 1.1 Education and health services ................................ 111.5 112.8 113.3 .8 .2 .4 2.7 2.0 1.6

Education services ............................................. 111.9 113.2 113.2 .5 .0 .0 3.5 1.7 1.2

Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and

professional schools ..................................... 112.4 113.1 113.2 .7 -.1 .1 3.8 1.3 .7 Health care and social assistance 5 .................... 111.5 112.8 113.3 .9 .3 .4 2.5 2.1 1.6

Hospitals ......................................................... 111.5 113.2 113.9 .7 .5 .6 3.0 2.3 2.2 Nursing and residential care facilities ............. 109.9 110.9 111.5 .5 .2 .5 2.6 1.5 1.5

Nursing care facilities 2 ................................ 110.1 111.2 111.9 .6 .3 .6 2.7 1.6 1.6 Leisure and hospitality ............................................ 112.2 112.7 113.5 .7 .0 .7 2.9 1.2 1.2

Accommodation and food services ..................... 113.0 113.5 114.0 .8 .1 .4 3.2 1.2 .9 Other services, except public administration .......... 110.8 111.5 112.2 .8 -.3 .6 1.9 1.5 1.3

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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### 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–

Mar. 2009 Dec. 2009 Mar. 2010 3-months ended– 12-months ended–
Mar. 2009 Dec. 2009 Mar. 2010 Mar. 2009 Dec. 2009 Mar. 2010
**Bargaining status**
Union ...................................................................... 109.1 111.1 112.8 1.0 0.5 1.5 3.0 2.9 3.4

Goods-producing industries 2 .............................. 108.0 110.0 112.0 1.0 .5 1.8 3.3 2.9 3.7

Manufacturing ................................................. 104.4 105.8 108.6 1.6 .4 2.6 3.0 2.9 4.0 Service-providing industries 3 .............................. 109.9 111.9 113.5 1.0 .5 1.4 2.7 2.8 3.3 Nonunion ................................................................ 109.4 110.1 110.9 .3 .2 .7 1.8 .9 1.4

Goods-producing industries 2 .............................. 107.9 108.2 109.1 .2 .2 .8 1.3 .5 1.1

Manufacturing ................................................. 107.1 107.5 108.5 .3 .2 .9 1.4 .7 1.3 Service-providing industries 3 .............................. 109.8 110.6 111.3 .4 .2 .6 1.9 1.1 1.4 **Census region and division** 4
Northeast ................................................................ 109.8 111.0 111.8 .3 .3 .7 2.2 1.4 1.8

New England ...................................................... 109.9 111.5 112.3 .4 .3 .7 3.0 1.8 2.2 Middle Atlantic .................................................... 109.8 110.8 111.6 .3 .2 .7 1.9 1.2 1.6 South ...................................................................... 109.8 110.7 111.5 .5 .1 .7 1.9 1.3 1.5

South Atlantic ..................................................... 110.3 111.5 112.2 .5 .2 .6 1.7 1.5 1.7 East South Central ............................................. 108.5 109.3 110.0 .5 .1 .6 1.9 1.2 1.4 West South Central ............................................ 109.4 109.9 110.8 .4 .0 .8 2.0 .8 1.3
Midwest .................................................................. 107.9 108.6 109.9 .3 .2 1.2 1.8 .9 1.9

East North Central .............................................. 107.0 107.8 109.2 .0 .3 1.3 1.4 .7 2.1 West North Central ............................................. 109.9 110.7 111.6 .8 .1 .8 2.4 1.6 1.5
West ....................................................................... 109.9 110.7 111.4 .5 .4 .6 1.9 1.2 1.4

Mountain ............................................................. 110.5 111.0 111.3 .1 .1 .3 1.9 .5 .7 Pacific ................................................................. 109.7 110.5 111.4 .5 .4 .8 2.0 1.3 1.5

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; education services; health care and social assistance; arts, entertainment and recreation; accommodation and food services; and other services, except public administration.

4 The states (including the District of Columbia) that comprise the census divisions are: 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. Dashes indicate data not available.

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### 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–

Mar. 2009 Dec. 2009 Mar. 2010 3-months ended– 12-months ended–
Mar. 2009 Dec. 2009 Mar. 2010 Mar. 2009 Dec. 2009 Mar. 2010
**State and local government workers**
All workers .................................................................. 112.3 114.3 114.6 0.6 0.3 0.3 3.1 2.4 2.0 Occupational group Management, professional, and related ................. 112.0 113.9 114.1 .4 .2 .2 2.9 2.1 1.9

Professional and related ..................................... 111.9 114.0 114.0 .4 .3 .0 3.0 2.3 1.9 Sales and office ...................................................... 112.4 114.7 115.3 1.0 .3 .5 3.3 3.1 2.6

Office and administrative support ....................... 112.8 115.0 115.6 .9 .3 .5 3.2 2.9 2.5 Service occupations ............................................... 113.4 115.6 116.1 .9 .6 .4 3.4 2.8 2.4 Industry Education and health services ................................ 111.9 114.0 114.1 .4 .3 .1 3.0 2.2 2.0

Education services ............................................. 111.8 113.7 113.8 .5 .2 .1 3.1 2.2 1.8

Schools 2 ......................................................... 111.8 113.7 113.8 .5 .2 .1 3.1 2.2 1.8

Elementary and secondary schools ............ 112.0 114.1 114.1 .5 .1 .0 3.4 2.4 1.9 Health care and social assistance 3 .................... 113.3 115.8 116.2 .1 .4 .3 2.9 2.3 2.6

Hospitals ......................................................... 112.4 114.5 115.2 1.0 .4 .6 2.9 2.9 2.5 Public administration .............................................. 113.0 115.1 115.6 .9 .5 .4 3.0 2.8 2.3

1 Includes wages, salaries, and employer costs for employee benefits. 2 Includes elementary and secondary schools; junior colleges; colleges, universities, and professional schools. 3 Includes ambulatory health care services and social assistance, not shown separately.

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### 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–

Mar. 2009 Dec. 2009 Mar. 2010 3-months ended– 12-months ended–
Mar. 2009 Dec. 2009 Mar. 2010 Mar. 2009 Dec. 2009 Mar. 2010

**Civilian workers**
All workers 1 ................................................................ 110.0 111.2 111.7 0.4 0.3 0.4 2.2 1.5 1.5 Excluding incentive paid occupations 2 ............... 110.7 111.8 112.3 .5 .3 .4 2.7 1.5 1.4 Occupational group Management, professional, and related ................. 111.0 111.8 112.5 .5 .3 .6 2.6 1.2 1.4

Management, business, and financial ................ 110.4 110.9 112.1 .3 .3 1.1 2.0 .7 1.5 Professional and related ..................................... 111.2 112.2 112.7 .5 .1 .4 2.7 1.4 1.3 Sales and office ...................................................... 108.1 109.7 109.9 .0 .5 .2 1.3 1.5 1.7

Sales and related ................................................ 104.3 106.2 106.2 -1.2 .5 .0 -.9 .6 1.8 Office and administrative support ....................... 110.6 111.9 112.3 .7 .3 .4 2.6 1.9 1.5 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance 110.7 112.1 112.6 .1 .4 .4 2.4 1.4 1.7

Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and

forestry .............................................................. 111.4 112.7 112.8 .1 .4 .1 2.2 1.3 1.3 Installation, maintenance, and repair .................. 110.0 111.5 112.3 .4 .4 .7 2.8 1.7 2.1 Production, transportation, and material moving .... 108.5 109.9 110.1 .5 .3 .2 2.3 1.8 1.5

Production .......................................................... 108.2 109.4 109.8 .7 .2 .4 2.4 1.8 1.5 Transportation and material moving ................... 108.8 110.4 110.6 .3 .2 .2 2.1 1.8 1.7 Service occupations ............................................... 111.2 112.7 113.0 .8 .3 .3 3.0 2.2 1.6 Industry Goods-producing industries 3 .................................. 109.2 110.1 110.5 .2 .3 .4 2.0 1.0 1.2

Manufacturing ..................................................... 108.1 108.9 109.4 .4 .3 .5 2.1 1.1 1.2 Service-providing industries 4 .................................. 110.2 111.4 111.9 .5 .3 .4 2.3 1.5 1.5

Education and health services ............................ 111.0 112.6 112.8 .5 .3 .2 2.8 1.9 1.6

Education services ......................................... 110.5 112.0 112.2 .3 .2 .2 3.0 1.6 1.5

Elementary and secondary schools ............ 110.4 112.1 112.3 .3 .1 .2 3.2 1.8 1.7 Junior colleges, colleges,

universities, and professional schools ...... 110.7 111.7 111.7 .4 .4 .0 2.6 1.3 .9 Health care and social assistance 5 ................ 111.7 113.2 113.6 .7 .4 .4 2.6 2.1 1.7

Hospitals ..................................................... 112.0 113.7 114.0 .6 .4 .3 3.3 2.2 1.8 Nursing and residential care facilities ......... 110.3 111.7 112.1 .5 .3 .4 2.7 1.8 1.6 Public administration .......................................... 111.3 113.3 113.7 .8 .4 .4 2.9 2.6 2.2

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.

5 Includes ambulatory health care services and social assistance, not shown separately.

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### 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 Indexes (Dec. 2005 = 100) Percent changes for–

Mar. 2009 Dec. 2009 Mar. 2010 3-months ended– 12-months ended–
Mar. 2009 Dec. 2009 Mar. 2010 Mar. 2009 Dec. 2009 Mar. 2010
**Private industry workers**
All workers ...................................................................... 109.8 110.9 111.4 0.4 0.3 0.5 2.0 1.4 1.5 Excluding incentive paid occupations 1 ................... 110.6 111.6 112.2 .5 .3 .5 2.5 1.4 1.4 Occupational group Management, professional, and related ..................... 111.1 111.5 112.5 .5 .2 .9 2.4 .9 1.3 Excluding incentive paid occupations 1 ........... 111.2 111.7 112.5 .5 .2 .7 2.5 .9 1.2 Management, business, and financial .................... 110.3 110.8 112.0 .3 .4 1.1 1.9 .7 1.5 Excluding incentive paid occupations 1 ........... 111.0 111.2 112.4 .3 .1 1.1 2.4 .5 1.3 Professional and related ......................................... 111.6 112.1 112.8 .6 .0 .6 2.7 1.1 1.1 Sales and office .......................................................... 107.9 109.4 109.6 -.1 .4 .2 1.1 1.3 1.6 Excluding incentive paid occupations 1 ........... 110.6 111.9 112.4 .5 .4 .4 2.4 1.7 1.6 Sales and related .................................................... 104.3 106.2 106.2 -1.3 .5 .0 -.9 .5 1.8 Excluding incentive paid occupations 1 ........... 110.6 112.1 112.6 .2 .4 .4 2.1 1.5 1.8 Office and administrative support ........................... 110.6 111.8 112.2 .8 .4 .4 2.7 1.9 1.4 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance .... 110.6 112.0 112.5 .1 .4 .4 2.3 1.4 1.7

Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and

forestry .................................................................. 111.4 112.7 112.9 -.1 .4 .2 2.0 1.1 1.3 Installation, maintenance, and repair ...................... 109.7 111.2 112.1 .4 .5 .8 2.7 1.7 2.2 Production, transportation, and material moving ........ 108.3 109.6 109.8 .5 .2 .2 2.2 1.7 1.4 Excluding incentive paid occupations 1 ........... 108.6 109.9 110.3 .6 .3 .4 2.5 1.8 1.6 Production .............................................................. 108.1 109.3 109.6 .7 .3 .3 2.4 1.8 1.4 Excluding incentive paid occupations 1 ........... 108.2 109.4 109.7 .6 .3 .3 2.6 1.7 1.4 Transportation and material moving ....................... 108.5 110.1 110.2 .2 .2 .1 1.9 1.7 1.6 Service occupations ................................................... 111.0 112.3 112.6 .8 .2 .3 2.9 2.0 1.4 Industry and occupational group Goods-producing industries 2 ...................................... 109.2 110.0 110.5 .2 .2 .5 2.0 .9 1.2 Excluding incentive paid occupations 1 ........... 109.7 110.5 111.0 .3 .3 .5 2.1 1.0 1.2 Management, professional, and related ............. 109.3 109.4 110.5 .5 .0 1.0 1.5 .6 1.1 Sales and office .................................................. 108.1 108.8 108.4 .2 .4 -.4 2.2 .8 .3 Natural resources, construction, and

maintenance ..................................................... 111.1 112.3 112.6 -.2 .4 .3 2.1 .9 1.4 Production, transportation, and material moving 108.0 109.1 109.4 .4 .2 .3 2.2 1.4 1.3 Construction ........................................................... 111.2 111.9 112.1 .1 .2 .2 2.0 .7 .8 Manufacturing ......................................................... 108.1 108.9 109.4 .4 .3 .5 2.1 1.1 1.2 Management, professional, and related ......... 108.4 108.7 110.0 .6 .1 1.2 1.6 .8 1.5 Sales and office .............................................. 108.2 108.7 108.3 .1 .4 -.4 2.6 .6 .1 Natural resources, construction, and

maintenance ................................................. 108.8 109.9 110.4 -.2 .2 .5 1.9 .8 1.5 Production, transportation, and material

moving .......................................................... 107.7 108.9 109.2 .4 .3 .3 2.2 1.5 1.4 Aircraft manufacturing ........................................ 110.5 111.5 113.7 2.2 .0 2.0 3.3 3.1 2.9

See footnotes at end of table.

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### Table 9. Employment Cost Index for wages and salaries, for private industry workers, by occupational group and **industry — Continued** (Not seasonally adjusted)

Occupational group and industry Indexes (Dec. 2005 = 100) Percent changes for–

Mar. 2009 Dec. 2009 Mar. 2010 3-months ended– 12-months ended–
Mar. 2009 Dec. 2009 Mar. 2010 Mar. 2009 Dec. 2009 Mar. 2010

Service-providing industries 3 ...................................... 110.0 111.1 111.7 0.4 0.3 0.5 2.1 1.4 1.5 Excluding incentive paid occupations 1 ........... 110.9 111.9 112.5 .5 .2 .5 2.7 1.5 1.4 Management, professional, and related ............. 111.4 111.9 112.8 .5 .2 .8 2.6 1.0 1.3 Sales and office .................................................. 107.9 109.5 109.8 -.1 .5 .3 1.0 1.4 1.8 Natural resources, construction, and

maintenance ..................................................... 109.9 111.6 112.5 .5 .4 .8 2.8 2.1 2.4 Production, transportation, and material moving 108.6 110.2 110.4 .5 .2 .2 2.2 1.9 1.7 Service occupations ........................................... 111.0 112.3 112.6 .8 .1 .3 2.8 2.0 1.4 Trade, transportation, and utilities .......................... 107.8 108.9 109.5 .4 .2 .6 1.8 1.4 1.6 Excluding incentive paid occupations 1 ....... 109.5 110.8 111.4 .6 .3 .5 2.5 1.7 1.7 Wholesale trade .................................................. 106.8 106.4 107.1 .4 .2 .7 1.5 .0 .3 Excluding incentive paid occupations 1 ....... 109.9 110.7 111.2 .5 .3 .5 2.3 1.3 1.2 Retail trade ......................................................... 108.3 110.4 111.0 .2 .4 .5 1.8 2.1 2.5 Excluding incentive paid occupations 1 ....... 109.8 111.2 111.8 .5 .2 .5 2.5 1.7 1.8 Transportation and warehousing ........................ 107.2 108.3 108.7 .3 .0 .4 2.1 1.3 1.4 Utilities ................................................................ 111.0 113.3 113.9 1.3 1.0 .5 2.8 3.4 2.6 Information .............................................................. 107.8 109.1 109.6 .3 .4 .5 2.4 1.5 1.7
Financial activities .................................................. 106.8 108.9 109.8 -.4 .4 .8 -.4 1.6 2.8 Excluding incentive paid occupations 1 ....... 110.1 111.0 112.2 .6 .3 1.1 1.9 1.5 1.9 Finance and insurance ....................................... 107.1 109.4 110.2 -.5 .4 .7 -.7 1.7 2.9

Credit intermediation and related

activities ........................................................ 106.1 107.8 107.4 .3 .9 -.4 .9 1.9 1.2

Excluding incentive paid occupations 1 ....... 111.1 111.7 112.3 .6 .1 .5 2.2 1.2 1.1 Insurance carriers and related activities ......... 109.4 110.2 111.2 .6 -.4 .9 1.4 1.3 1.6

Excluding incentive paid occupations 1 ....... 109.9 111.0 111.8 .9 .3 .7 2.6 1.9 1.7 Real estate and rental and leasing ..................... 105.6 106.8 107.9 -.1 .5 1.0 1.1 1.0 2.2 Excluding incentive paid occupations 1 ....... 109.4 110.2 110.3 .4 .5 .1 1.9 1.1 .8 Professional and business services ....................... 112.3 112.7 113.3 .4 .4 .5 2.9 .7 .9

Professional, scientific, and technical services ... 114.4 114.4 115.2 .4 .2 .7 3.2 .4 .7 Administrative and support and waste

management and remediation services ............ 110.2 111.4 111.4 .5 .9 .0 2.6 1.5 1.1 Education and health services ................................ 111.4 112.8 113.2 .7 .3 .4 2.6 2.0 1.6

Education services ............................................. 111.1 112.6 112.5 .3 .4 -.1 3.0 1.6 1.3

Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and

professional schools ..................................... 111.2 112.4 112.3 .5 .4 -.1 3.2 1.5 1.0 Health care and social assistance 4 .................... 111.5 112.8 113.3 .8 .3 .4 2.6 2.0 1.6

Hospitals ......................................................... 111.8 113.4 113.7 .6 .4 .3 3.3 2.1 1.7 Nursing and residential care facilities ............. 110.3 111.5 111.8 .5 .3 .3 2.7 1.6 1.4

Nursing care facilities 1 ................................ 110.2 111.5 112.0 .6 .3 .4 2.6 1.8 1.6 Leisure and hospitality ............................................ 113.1 113.8 114.5 .7 .1 .6 3.1 1.3 1.2

Accommodation and food services ..................... 113.7 114.3 114.7 .8 .1 .3 3.4 1.3 .9 Other services, except public administration .......... 111.4 112.1 112.3 .9 -.4 .2 2.0 1.5 .8

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; education services; health care and social assistance; arts, entertainment and recreation; accommodation and food services; and other services, except public administration.

4 Includes ambulatory health care services and social assistance, not shown separately.

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### 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–

Mar. 2009 Dec. 2009 Mar. 2010 3-months ended– 12-months ended–
Mar. 2009 Dec. 2009 Mar. 2010 Mar. 2009 Dec. 2009 Mar. 2010
**Bargaining status**
Union ...................................................................... 108.8 110.9 111.5 0.6 0.6 0.5 3.1 2.6 2.5

Goods-producing industries 1 .............................. 108.2 109.8 110.2 .5 .3 .4 2.9 1.9 1.8

Manufacturing ................................................. 106.0 107.3 107.8 .5 .3 .5 2.5 1.7 1.7 Service-providing industries 2 .............................. 109.2 111.6 112.4 .8 .7 .7 3.2 3.0 2.9 Nonunion ................................................................ 110.0 110.9 111.4 .4 .3 .5 1.9 1.2 1.3

Goods-producing industries 1 .............................. 109.5 110.1 110.6 .2 .2 .5 1.7 .7 1.0

Manufacturing ................................................. 108.6 109.3 109.8 .4 .2 .5 1.9 1.0 1.1 Service-providing industries 2 .............................. 110.1 111.0 111.6 .4 .2 .5 2.0 1.2 1.4 **Census region and division** 3
Northeast ................................................................ 109.9 111.1 111.7 .3 .3 .5 2.2 1.4 1.6

New England ...................................................... 110.5 112.1 112.6 .2 .4 .4 3.2 1.6 1.9 Middle Atlantic .................................................... 109.7 110.7 111.3 .3 .3 .5 2.0 1.2 1.5 South ...................................................................... 110.4 111.5 111.9 .4 .2 .4 2.1 1.4 1.4

South Atlantic ..................................................... 110.8 112.2 112.5 .5 .3 .3 2.0 1.7 1.5 East South Central ............................................. 109.2 110.2 110.8 .2 .1 .5 1.9 1.1 1.5 West South Central ............................................ 110.1 110.9 111.3 .3 .1 .4 2.1 1.0 1.1
Midwest .................................................................. 108.4 109.2 109.9 .4 .3 .6 2.0 1.1 1.4

East North Central .............................................. 107.5 108.3 109.1 .1 .3 .7 1.6 .8 1.5 West North Central ............................................. 110.7 111.4 111.9 .9 .2 .4 2.6 1.5 1.1
West ....................................................................... 110.5 111.6 112.1 .4 .4 .4 2.0 1.4 1.4

Mountain ............................................................. 111.1 111.9 112.3 .1 .0 .4 2.0 .8 1.1 Pacific ................................................................. 110.3 111.5 112.0 .5 .5 .4 2.0 1.5 1.5

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; education services; health care and social assistance; arts, entertainment and recreation; accommodation and food services; and other services, except public administration.

3 The states (including the District of Columbia) that comprise the census divisions are: 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. Dashes indicate data not available.

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### 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–

Mar. 2009 Dec. 2009 Mar. 2010 3-months ended– 12-months ended–
Mar. 2009 Dec. 2009 Mar. 2010 Mar. 2009 Dec. 2009 Mar. 2010
**State and local government workers**
All workers .................................................................. 110.9 112.6 112.9 0.5 0.2 0.3 3.0 2.0 1.8 Occupational group Management, professional, and related ................. 110.7 112.3 112.5 .3 .2 .2 2.9 1.7 1.6

Professional and related ..................................... 110.6 112.3 112.5 .3 .2 .2 2.9 1.8 1.7 Sales and office ...................................................... 110.5 112.4 112.9 .7 .3 .4 2.9 2.5 2.2

Office and administrative support ....................... 111.0 112.9 113.3 .8 .3 .4 3.0 2.5 2.1 Service occupations ............................................... 112.0 113.8 114.3 1.0 .4 .4 3.4 2.6 2.1 Industry Education and health services ................................ 110.7 112.3 112.5 .2 .2 .2 3.0 1.6 1.6

Education services ............................................. 110.4 111.9 112.1 .3 .2 .2 3.0 1.6 1.5

Schools 1 ......................................................... 110.4 111.9 112.1 .3 .2 .2 3.0 1.6 1.5

Elementary and secondary schools ............ 110.3 112.1 112.3 .2 .1 .2 3.2 1.8 1.8 Health care and social assistance 2 .................... 113.1 115.6 115.9 -.3 .3 .3 2.7 1.9 2.5

Hospitals ......................................................... 112.8 114.9 115.4 .6 .4 .4 2.7 2.5 2.3 Public administration .............................................. 111.3 113.3 113.7 .8 .4 .4 2.9 2.6 2.2

1 Includes elementary and secondary schools; junior colleges; colleges, universities, and professional schools. 2 Includes ambulatory health care services and social assistance, not shown separately.

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### 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–

Mar. 2009 Dec. 2009 Mar. 2010 3-months ended– 12-months ended–
Mar. 2009 Dec. 2009 Mar. 2010 Mar. 2009 Dec. 2009 Mar. 2010

**Civilian workers**
All workers 1 ................................................................ 109.7 110.7 112.1 0.5 0.1 1.3 2.0 1.5 2.2 **Private industry workers**
All workers .................................................................. 108.2 108.8 110.4 .5 .1 1.5 1.6 1.0 2.0 Occupational group Management, professional, and related ................. 108.8 108.8 110.2 .3 -.1 1.3 1.4 .3 1.3 Sales and office ...................................................... 108.0 108.7 110.2 .2 .2 1.4 1.4 .8 2.0 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance 108.2 109.5 111.6 .5 .2 1.9 1.6 1.7 3.1 Production, transportation, and material moving .... 106.4 107.4 110.0 1.2 .3 2.4 1.9 2.2 3.4 Service occupations ............................................... 109.7 110.5 111.7 .8 .1 1.1 2.0 1.6 1.8 Industry
Goods-producing industries 2 .................................. 105.4 105.8 108.4 .7 .1 2.5 1.3 1.1 2.8

Manufacturing ..................................................... 103.5 103.6 106.6 1.0 .2 2.9 1.2 1.1 3.0

Aircraft manufacturing .................................... 73.4 72.1 71.9 .1 .1 -.3 3.2 -1.6 -2.0 Service-providing industries 3 .................................. 109.3 109.9 111.3 .4 .0 1.3 1.6 .9 1.8 Bargaining status Union ...................................................................... 109.5 111.4 114.9 1.6 .5 3.1 2.7 3.3 4.9 Nonunion ................................................................ 107.9 108.2 109.5 .3 .0 1.2 1.3 .6 1.5 **State and local government workers**
All workers .................................................................. 115.2 117.9 118.3 .9 .3 .3 3.4 3.2 2.7

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; education services; health care and social assistance; arts, entertainment and recreation; accommodation and food services; and other services, except public administration.

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### Table 13. Employment Cost Index for total compensation, 1 

### and wages and salaries, for **private industry workers, by area** (Not seasonally adjusted)

Census region and metropolitan area Percent changes for 12-months ended– Total compensation Wages and salaries
Mar. 2009 Dec. 2009 Mar. 2010 Mar. 2009 Dec. 2009 Mar. 2010

**Northeast**

Boston-Worcester-Manchester, MA-NH CSA ......... 3.5 1.5 2.0 3.9 1.4 1.8 New York-Newark-Bridgeport, NY-NJ-CT-PA CSA 1.7 1.3 1.6 1.8 1.4 1.5 Philadelphia-Camden-Vineland, PA-NJ-DE-MD

CSA ...................................................................... 4.4 1.4 1.4 4.6 1.2 .6 **South**

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Gainesville, GA-AL CSA .... .8 .4 1.6 .7 .0 .8 Dallas-Fort Worth, TX CSA .................................... 1.9 .6 1.4 2.5 .5 .8 Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX CSA ................... 2.1 .6 .8 2.3 .8 .8 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL MSA 1.6 .5 .4 3.3 1.0 .2 Washington-Baltimore-Northern Virginia,

DC-MD-VA-WV CSA ............................................ 2.0 1.6 1.7 2.2 2.0 1.6
**Midwest**

Chicago-Naperville-Michigan City, IL-IN-WI CSA ... 1.9 .6 2.4 1.5 .5 1.8 Detroit-Warren-Flint, MI CSA .................................. 2.6 1.1 2.6 3.3 1.1 1.2 Minneapolis-St. Paul-St. Cloud, MN-WI CSA ......... .5 .3 2.0 1.1 1.1 2.2
**West**

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside, CA CSA ........ 1.4 1.3 1.5 1.5 1.6 1.8 Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ MSA ....................... 2.5 -2.4 -.8 3.0 -2.5 -1.7 San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA CSA .......... 1.5 1.4 1.6 1.3 1.1 1.2 Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA2 ...................... – 1.4 .8 – 2.2 1.3

1 Includes wages, salaries, and employer costs for employee benefits. 2 Data for these series are published beginning with the 12-months ended September 2009.

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