Transmission of material in this release is embargoed until USDL-13-0781 

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(Note: Employment Cost Index data for September 2012, December 2012, and March 2013 

contained errors in several series and have been corrected in the public database and historical 

listings available on the BLS website. This news release will not be corrected. The primary errors 

are in benefits data for private industry. Some additional series were also corrected. For further 

information see: www.bls.gov/bls/eci_corrections_043013.htm.) 

EMPLOYMENT COST INDEX – MARCH 2013 

Compensation costs for civilian workers increased 0.3 percent, seasonally adjusted, for the 3-month 

period ending March 2013, essentially unchanged from the 0.4 percent increase for the December 2012 

3-month period. Wages and salaries increased 0.5 percent for the current period compared to a 

0.3 percent increase for the December 2012 period. Benefit costs decelerated to 0.1 percent in 

March 2013, down from 0.6 percent in December 2012. 

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2.0

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Percent change

Chart 2. Employment Cost Index, 12-month percent change, 

not seasonally adjusted, Private industry, wages and salaries, 

Mar. 2011—Mar. 2013 

Percent change 

Chart 1. Employment Cost Index, 3-month percent change, 

seasonally adjusted, civilian workers, compensation, 

Mar. 2011—Mar. 2013 

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Benefits Data for Sales and Office Occupations Unavailable 

BLS has discovered an error in the benefits data for March 2013 primarily affecting private industry 

benefits data for sales and office occupations. As a result, benefits estimates for March 2013 have been 

temporarily suppressed for sales and office occupations found in tables 3 and 12 of this news release. 

Other benefit and compensation data may also be affected by this error. Details regarding the availability 

of corrected data are at www.bls.gov/bls/eci_corrections_043013.htm. 
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Civilian Workers 

Compensation costs for civilian workers increased 1.8 percent for the 12-month period ending 

March 2013, essentially unchanged from the March 2012 increase of 1.9 percent. Wages and salaries

increased 1.6 percent for the current 12-month period. In March 2012 the increase was 1.7 percent. 

Benefit costs increased 1.9 percent for the 12-month period ending March 2013, down from the 

March 2012 increase of 2.7 percent. 

Private Industry Workers 

Compensation costs for private industry workers increased 1.7 percent over the year. In March 2012 

the 12-month increase was 2.1 percent. Wages and salaries increased 1.7 percent for the current 

12-month period. For the 12-month period ending March 2012, the increase was 1.9 percent. The 

increase in the cost of benefits was 1.5 percent for the 12-month period ending March 2013, down from 

the March 2012 increase of 2.8 percent. 

Among occupational groups, compensation cost increases for private industry workers for the 

12-month period ending March 2013 ranged from 1.6 percent for sales and office occupations and 

service occupations to 1.9 percent for natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations. 

Among industry supersectors, compensation cost increases for private industry workers for the current 

12-month period ranged from 0.9 percent for leisure and hospitality to 2.2 percent for information. 

State and Local Government Workers 

Compensation costs for state and local government workers increased 1.9 percent for the 12-month 

period ending March 2013. In March 2012 the increase was 1.5 percent. Wages and salaries increased 

1.0 percent for the 12-month period ending March 2013, the same as the March 2012 change. Prior 

values for this series, which began in June 1982, ranged from 1.0 percent to 8.5 percent. Benefit costs

increased 3.5 percent in March 2013, up from the March 2012 increase of 2.3 percent. 

The Employment Cost Index for June 2013 is scheduled to be released on 

Wednesday, July 31, 2013, at 8:30 a.m. (EDT). 

Information in this release will be made available to sensory impaired individuals upon request— 

Voice phone: (202) 691-5200; Federal Relay Service: (800) 877-8339. 

This release incorporates annual revisions in seasonally adjusted Employment Cost Index (ECI) data for 

total compensation, wages and salaries, and benefit costs. Seasonally adjusted data for 2008-2012 were 

revised to reflect updated seasonal factors. 

Beginning with the December 2013 news release, the Employment Cost Index will introduce new 

employment weights based on the 2010 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system and the 

2012 industry North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). 

BLS news releases, including the ECI, are available through an e-mail subscription service at: 

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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 

 Dec. 

2012 

Mar. 

2013 

Mar. 

2012 

June 

2012 

Sept. 

2012 

Dec. 

2012 

Mar. 

2013 

CIVILIAN WORKERS1 

 

Compensation2 0.43 0.33 1.9 1.7 2.03 1.93 1.83

Wages and salaries 0.3 0.5 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.6 

Benefits 0.63 0.13 2.7 2.1 2.63 2.53 1.93

 

PRIVATE INDUSTRY 

 

Compensation2 0.43 0.33 2.1 1.8 2.03 1.93 1.73

Wages and salaries 0.3 0.5 1.9 1.8 1.8 1.7 1.7 

Benefits 0.63 -0.33 2.8 1.9 2.33 2.23 1.53

 

STATE AND LOCAL 

GOVERNMENT 

 

 

Compensation2 0.5 0.5 1.5 1.6 1.8 1.9 1.9 

Wages and salaries 0.3 0.2 1.0 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.0 

Benefits 0.7 1.1 2.3 2.7 3.2 3.4 3.5 

 

 1

 Includes private industry and state and local government. 

2

 Includes wages and salaries and benefits. 

3 Because of an error in the data, benefits data for private industry sales and office occupations have 

been temporarily suppressed. Other benefit and compensation data may also be affected by this error. 

Details regarding the availability of corrected data are at www.bls.gov/bls/eci_corrections_043013.htm. 

 
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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 2013 reference period were collected from a probability sample of 

approximately 45,900 occupational observations selected from a sample of about 9,200 establishments 

in private industry and approximately 9,100 occupations from a sample of about 1,400 establishments in 

state and local governments. 

Health insurance data

Data from the ECI that provide 12-month percent changes in employer costs for health insurance 

in private industry are available at www.bls.gov/ect/sp/echealth.pdf. 

Historical listings

Historical listings that provide all ECI data are available at www.bls.gov/ect/#tables. Included 

among these listings is one that provides continuous occupational and industry series. This listing uses 

the Standard Industrial Classification Manual and Census of Population series through 2005 and the 

North American Industry Classification System and Standard Occupational Classification from 2006 to 

the present. It provides the official series from the beginning of the ECI in 1975 through the current 

quarter. 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, based on data from the ECI, are 

published in a separate news release titled "Employer Costs for Employee Compensation" (ECEC). The 

next ECEC release is scheduled for 10:00 a.m. (EDT), Wednesday, June 12, 2013. 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. 
Table 1. Employment Cost Index for total compensation1, by occupational group and industry

(Seasonally adjusted)

Occupational group and industry

Indexes (Dec.

2005 = 100) Percent changes for 3-months ended–

Dec.

2012

Mar.

2013

June

2011

Sep.

2011

Dec.

2011

Mar.

2012

June

2012

Sep.

2012

Dec.

2012

Mar.

2013

Civilian workers

All workers2 ................................................................ 117.9 118.2 0.6 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.3

Industry

Goods-producing industries3 .................................. 115.9 116.3 1.0 .3 .6 .0 .4 .6 .5 .3

Manufacturing ..................................................... 115.2 115.4 1.2 .2 .5 .0 .4 .6 .5 .2

Service-providing industries4 .................................. 118.4 118.7 .5 .3 .4 .7 .5 .4 .4 .3

Education and health services ............................ 119.0 119.5 .3 .3 .5 .7 .4 .3 .4 .4

Education services ......................................... 118.7 119.3 .3 .2 .4 .5 .4 .4 .4 .5

Elementary and secondary schools ............ 118.6 119.2 .3 .0 .4 .4 .4 .4 .3 .5

Junior colleges, colleges, 

universities, and professional schools ...... 118.8 119.4 .2 .3 .3 .7 .5 .7 .6 .5

Health care and social assistance5 ................ 119.4 119.8 .4 .3 .5 .9 .4 .3 .4 .3

Hospitals ..................................................... 119.8 120.1 .3 .4 .4 .4 .4 .3 .4 .3

Nursing and residential care facilities ......... 116.0 116.2 .5 .4 .2 .4 .3 .3 .3 .2

Public administration .......................................... 120.8 121.3 .3 .1 .3 .6 .6 .5 .4 .4

Private industry workers

All workers .................................................................. 117.3 117.7 .8 .4 .4 .5 .5 .4 .4 .3

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related ................. 118.1 118.2 .7 .3 .5 .4 .6 .4 .6 .1

Management, business, and financial ................ 117.5 117.7 .7 .5 .5 .3 .8 .3 .4 .2

Professional and related ..................................... 118.5 118.6 .6 .3 .5 .5 .5 .5 .6 .1

Sales and office ...................................................... 116.7 116.9 .9 .4 .5 .7 .5 .5 .3 .2

Sales and related ................................................ 113.2 113.5 1.2 .5 .5 1.1 .4 .7 .0 .3

Office and administrative support ....................... 119.1 119.2 .6 .4 .5 .5 .5 .4 .5 .1

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance 118.0 118.6 .8 .5 .4 .4 .4 .5 .4 .5

Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and

forestry .............................................................. 117.9 118.7 .4 .3 .6 .2 .3 .5 .2 .7

Installation, maintenance, and repair .................. 118.1 118.5 1.2 .8 .3 .7 .5 .6 .6 .3

Production, transportation, and material moving .... 116.1 116.7 1.1 .2 .5 .3 .3 .5 .4 .5

Production .......................................................... 115.1 115.6 1.2 .2 .5 .0 .4 .3 .3 .4

Transportation and material moving ................... 117.6 118.3 .7 .2 .6 .7 .3 .8 .6 .6

Service occupations ............................................... 117.5 117.7 .3 .2 .6 .3 .4 .4 .5 .2

Industry

Goods-producing industries3 .................................. 115.8 116.2 1.0 .2 .6 .1 .4 .6 .5 .3

Construction ....................................................... 116.3 117.1 .4 .3 .7 .2 .3 .5 .4 .7

Manufacturing ..................................................... 115.2 115.4 1.2 .2 .5 .0 .4 .6 .5 .2

Aircraft manufacturing .................................... 104.6 104.8 .6 -5.7 .3 1.8 .5 4.9 .4 .2

Service-providing industries6 .................................. 117.8 118.1 .6 .4 .4 .7 .5 .4 .3 .3

Trade, transportation, and utilities ...................... 116.9 116.9 .8 .6 .5 .8 .5 .6 .3 .0

Wholesale trade .............................................. 115.1 114.8 1.3 .8 .7 .8 .4 1.0 -.3 -.3

Retail trade ..................................................... 116.2 116.0 .7 .5 .5 .4 .5 .3 .3 -.2

Transportation and warehousing .................... 118.5 119.4 .4 .4 .4 1.6 .4 1.0 .9 .8

Utilities ............................................................ 126.5 126.3 .7 1.0 .8 .5 1.2 .6 1.0 -.2

Information .......................................................... 117.1 117.7 .4 .3 .3 2.2 .9 .3 .4 .5

Financial activities .............................................. 116.1 116.9 .6 .5 .2 .1 .8 .4 .2 .7

Finance and insurance ................................... 116.3 117.2 .6 .4 .2 .0 .8 .4 .2 .8

Credit intermediation and related

activities .................................................... 115.7 117.0 .6 .4 -.1 .3 .6 .1 .3 1.1

Insurance carriers and related activities ..... 117.0 117.1 .7 .3 .8 -.3 .6 1.0 -.2 .1

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 1. Employment Cost Index for total compensation1, by occupational group and industry — Continued

(Seasonally adjusted)

Occupational group and industry

Indexes (Dec.

2005 = 100) Percent changes for 3-months ended–

Dec.

2012

Mar.

2013

June

2011

Sep.

2011

Dec.

2011

Mar.

2012

June

2012

Sep.

2012

Dec.

2012

Mar.

2013

Industry

Real estate and rental and leasing ................. 115.5 115.3 0.6 1.1 0.5 0.2 1.1 0.4 0.4 -0.2

Professional and business services ................... 119.5 119.8 1.0 .3 .3 .5 .5 .3 .6 .3

Professional, scientific, and technical services 122.2 122.3 1.0 .2 .5 .3 .4 .4 .7 .1

Administrative and support and waste

management and remediation services ........ 116.0 116.8 .7 .2 .4 .4 .4 .3 .6 .7

Education and health services ............................ 119.0 119.3 .5 .3 .6 .9 .4 .3 .4 .3

Education services ......................................... 119.0 119.2 .6 .3 .8 .3 .4 .3 .4 .2

Junior colleges, colleges, 

universities, and professional schools ...... 119.5 119.9 .4 .3 .6 .8 .4 .5 .5 .3

Health care and social assistance5 ................ 119.0 119.3 .4 .3 .5 .9 .5 .3 .4 .3

Hospitals ..................................................... 119.4 119.7 .4 .3 .4 .4 .4 .3 .4 .3

Nursing and residential care facilities ......... 115.3 115.4 .6 .3 .2 .4 .2 .3 .3 .1

Leisure and hospitality ........................................ 116.5 116.5 .3 .3 .2 .3 .5 -.1 .4 .0

Accommodation and food services ................. 117.3 117.1 .2 .3 .2 .1 .7 -.3 .6 -.2

Other services, except public administration ...... 117.9 118.5 .3 .4 .8 .4 .4 .5 .3 .5

State and local government workers

All workers .................................................................. 120.0 120.6 .3 .3 .3 .5 .5 .4 .5 .5

Industry

Education and health services ............................ 119.1 119.7 .3 .2 .3 .6 .3 .5 .4 .5

Education services ......................................... 118.7 119.3 .2 .2 .3 .5 .4 .4 .5 .5

Schools ....................................................... 118.6 119.2 .2 .1 .4 .5 .4 .4 .4 .5

Elementary and secondary schools ........ 118.7 119.3 .3 .1 .4 .5 .3 .3 .4 .5

Health care and social assistance5 ................ 122.4 123.0 .3 .4 .4 .6 .4 .2 .5 .5

Hospitals ..................................................... 121.4 121.8 .3 .5 .3 .5 .5 .4 .3 .3

Public administration .......................................... 120.8 121.3 .3 .1 .3 .6 .6 .5 .4 .4

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.

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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.

2012

Mar.

2013

June

2011

Sep.

2011

Dec.

2011

Mar.

2012

June

2012

Sep.

2012

Dec.

2012

Mar.

2013

Civilian workers

All workers1 ................................................................ 116.6 117.2 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.5

Industry

Goods-producing industries2 .................................. 115.5 116.1 .4 .4 .4 .4 .4 .4 .4 .5

Manufacturing ..................................................... 115.0 115.6 .5 .4 .5 .4 .4 .4 .4 .5

Service-providing industries3 .................................. 116.9 117.4 .4 .4 .3 .5 .4 .3 .3 .4

Education and health services ............................ 117.0 117.3 .3 .2 .4 .5 .3 .3 .3 .3

Education services ......................................... 115.8 116.0 .2 .1 .4 .3 .3 .2 .3 .2

Elementary and secondary schools ............ 115.3 115.5 .2 .0 .4 .3 .2 .3 .2 .2

Junior colleges, colleges, 

universities, and professional schools ...... 116.4 116.8 .4 .2 .3 .6 .3 .6 .4 .3

Health care and social assistance4 ................ 118.3 118.8 .4 .3 .4 .8 .3 .3 .3 .4

Hospitals ..................................................... 118.8 119.3 .3 .4 .3 .4 .3 .3 .4 .4

Nursing and residential care facilities ......... 115.0 115.3 .4 .2 .1 .4 .2 .3 .3 .3

Public administration .......................................... 116.4 116.6 .3 .2 .3 .3 .3 .3 .3 .2

Private industry workers

All workers .................................................................. 116.7 117.3 .5 .4 .4 .5 .4 .4 .3 .5

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related ................. 117.9 118.3 .4 .4 .3 .3 .7 .3 .5 .3

Management, business, and financial ................ 117.2 117.8 .4 .6 .3 .3 .8 .2 .4 .5

Professional and related ..................................... 118.4 118.7 .3 .4 .4 .4 .4 .5 .6 .2

Sales and office ...................................................... 115.9 116.7 .6 .5 .5 .8 .3 .5 .3 .7

Sales and related ................................................ 113.2 114.3 .9 .5 .7 1.2 .3 .7 -.1 1.0

Office and administrative support ....................... 117.9 118.5 .4 .5 .4 .3 .6 .3 .4 .5

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance 116.7 117.4 .6 .5 .2 .3 .3 .4 .2 .6

Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and

forestry .............................................................. 116.7 117.2 .3 .3 .3 .1 .3 .5 .0 .4

Installation, maintenance, and repair .................. 116.7 117.6 1.0 .9 .1 .5 .3 .3 .3 .8

Production, transportation, and material moving .... 115.1 115.8 .4 .4 .4 .8 .2 .5 .4 .6

Production .......................................................... 114.4 114.9 .5 .4 .5 .5 .4 .3 .5 .4

Transportation and material moving ................... 116.3 117.0 .4 .2 .5 .9 .2 .6 .7 .6

Service occupations ............................................... 116.8 117.1 .2 .2 .5 .2 .5 .3 .5 .3

Industry

Goods-producing industries2 .................................. 115.5 116.1 .4 .4 .4 .4 .4 .4 .4 .5

Construction ....................................................... 115.4 116.0 .4 .2 .4 .1 .4 .4 .3 .5

Manufacturing ..................................................... 115.0 115.6 .5 .4 .5 .4 .4 .4 .4 .5

Aircraft manufacturing .................................... 121.5 122.0 1.0 .7 .6 .7 .7 .8 .7 .4

Service-providing industries5 .................................. 117.1 117.7 .4 .4 .3 .6 .5 .3 .3 .5

Trade, transportation, and utilities ...................... 115.2 115.9 .5 .7 .5 .9 .4 .5 .2 .6

Retail trade ..................................................... 115.8 116.5 .4 .9 .5 .5 .3 -.1 .4 .6

Transportation and warehousing .................... 116.4 117.7 .3 .3 .2 1.5 .4 1.1 .7 1.1

Utilities ............................................................ 122.1 122.9 .8 .6 .5 .4 1.2 .2 .7 .7

Information .......................................................... 115.0 115.7 .0 .4 .2 .4 .5 .4 .6 .6

Financial activities .............................................. 116.2 117.1 .1 .6 .1 .4 1.0 .4 .1 .8

Finance and insurance ................................... 117.0 118.1 .1 .4 .1 .4 1.0 .4 .1 .9

Insurance carriers and related

activities .................................................... 116.6 116.8 .5 .3 .9 .3 .3 1.2 -.5 .2

Professional and business services ................... 119.4 119.9 .9 .3 .3 .4 .5 .3 .7 .4

Professional, scientific, and technical services 122.0 122.2 1.1 .3 .3 .3 .4 .4 .7 .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.

2012

Mar.

2013

June

2011

Sep.

2011

Dec.

2011

Mar.

2012

June

2012

Sep.

2012

Dec.

2012

Mar.

2013

Industry

Administrative and support and waste

management and remediation services ........ 116.1 117.1 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.6 0.4 0.4 0.7 0.8

Education and health services ............................ 118.2 118.6 .5 .3 .5 .7 .4 .3 .4 .3

Education services ......................................... 118.2 118.4 .5 .4 .8 .3 .4 .2 .3 .2

Junior colleges, colleges, 

universities, and professional schools ...... 118.4 118.8 .4 .3 .6 .7 .4 .4 .5 .3

Health care and social assistance4 ................ 118.1 118.7 .5 .3 .4 .8 .3 .3 .3 .5

Hospitals ..................................................... 118.7 119.2 .4 .4 .3 .3 .4 .3 .3 .5

Leisure and hospitality ........................................ 117.0 117.2 .2 .3 .1 .2 .7 -.2 .3 .2

Accommodation and food services ................. 117.8 117.6 .3 .3 .2 .0 .8 -.3 .6 -.2

Other services, except public administration ...... 117.0 118.1 .2 .4 .8 .3 .4 .2 .3 .9

State and local government workers

All workers .................................................................. 116.2 116.4 .3 .1 .3 .3 .3 .3 .3 .2

Industry

Education and health services ............................ 115.8 116.0 .2 .1 .3 .3 .3 .2 .3 .2

Education services ......................................... 115.4 115.5 .2 .0 .4 .3 .3 .3 .3 .1

Schools ....................................................... 115.3 115.5 .2 .0 .4 .3 .3 .3 .3 .2

Elementary and secondary schools ........ 115.3 115.4 .2 .0 .3 .4 .2 .1 .3 .1

Health care and social assistance4 ................ 119.6 119.9 .2 .3 .3 .4 .3 .1 .4 .3

Hospitals ..................................................... 119.1 119.5 .1 .3 .3 .3 .3 .3 .3 .3

Public administration .......................................... 116.4 116.6 .3 .2 .3 .3 .3 .3 .3 .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 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.

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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.

2012

Mar.

2013

June

2011

Sep.

2011

Dec.

2011

Mar.

2012

June

2012

Sep.

2012

Dec.

2012

Mar.

2013

Civilian workers

All workers1 ................................................................ 120.7 120.8 1.2 0.2 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.1

Private industry workers

All workers .................................................................. 118.8 118.4 1.4 .2 .7 .4 .6 .6 .6 -.3

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related ................. 118.5 117.9 1.2 .3 .9 .5 .6 .5 .7 -.5

Sales and office ...................................................... 118.7 2 ( ) 1.4 .3 .4 .7 .7 .6 .5 2 ( )

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance 120.6 121.2 1.3 .4 .9 .6 .8 .8 .7 .5

Production, transportation, and material moving .... 118.0 118.5 2.2 -.1 .7 -.5 .4 .6 .3 .4

Service occupations ............................................... 119.8 119.4 .6 .1 .8 .7 .3 .7 .8 -.3

Industry

Goods-producing industries3 .................................. 116.4 116.5 2.0 -.1 .9 -.6 .5 .8 .7 .1

Manufacturing ..................................................... 115.5 115.1 2.4 -.3 .8 -1.0 .5 .9 .7 -.3

Service-providing industries4 .................................. 119.7 119.2 1.2 .3 .7 .9 .6 .5 .5 -.4

State and local government workers

All workers .................................................................. 127.9 129.3 .5 .4 .4 1.0 .9 .9 .7 1.1

1 Includes workers in the private nonfarm economy except those in

private households, and workers in the public sector, except the federal

government. 2 Because of an error in the data, estimates for March 2013 have been

temporarily suppressed. Details regarding the timing and the extent of the

corrections are available at www.bls.gov/bls/eci_corrections_043013.htm. 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.

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Table 4. Employment Cost Index for total compensation1, for civilian workers, by occupational group and

industry

(Not seasonally adjusted)

Occupational group and industry

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

Mar.

2012

Dec.

2012

Mar.

2013

3-months ended– 12-months ended–

Mar.

2012

Dec.

2012

Mar.

2013

Mar.

2012

Dec.

2012

Mar.

2013

Civilian workers

All workers2 ................................................................ 116.2 117.7 118.3 0.6 0.2 0.5 1.9 1.9 1.8

Excluding incentive paid occupations3 ............... 116.7 118.1 118.6 .6 .3 .4 1.8 1.8 1.6

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related ................. 116.8 118.1 118.8 .9 .3 .6 1.8 2.0 1.7

Management, business, and financial ................ 116.2 117.5 118.2 .8 .2 .6 2.0 1.9 1.7

Professional and related ..................................... 117.1 118.5 119.1 .8 .3 .5 1.7 2.0 1.7

Sales and office ...................................................... 115.4 116.9 117.2 .7 .0 .3 2.5 2.0 1.6

Sales and related ................................................ 111.4 113.3 113.1 .5 -.2 -.2 3.2 2.3 1.5

Office and administrative support ....................... 117.7 119.1 119.7 .8 .2 .5 2.0 2.0 1.7

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance 116.7 118.1 118.8 .5 .1 .6 2.2 1.7 1.8

Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and

forestry .............................................................. 116.7 118.0 118.6 .2 .0 .5 1.6 1.3 1.6

Installation, maintenance, and repair .................. 116.6 118.3 118.9 .9 .3 .5 2.9 2.3 2.0

Production, transportation, and material moving .... 114.9 116.5 117.0 .3 .3 .4 2.0 1.7 1.8

Production .......................................................... 113.9 115.1 115.6 .1 .2 .4 1.9 1.1 1.5

Transportation and material moving ................... 116.2 118.2 118.8 .5 .4 .5 2.1 2.2 2.2

Service occupations ............................................... 117.3 118.7 119.2 .6 .3 .4 1.4 1.8 1.6

Industry

Goods-producing industries4 .................................. 114.1 115.6 116.3 .2 .2 .6 1.8 1.5 1.9

Manufacturing ..................................................... 113.4 114.9 115.5 .3 .3 .5 1.8 1.6 1.9

Service-providing industries5 .................................. 116.6 118.1 118.6 .7 .3 .4 2.0 2.0 1.7

Education and health services ............................ 117.5 119.0 119.5 .6 .2 .4 1.7 1.9 1.7

Education services ......................................... 117.1 118.8 119.2 .3 .2 .3 1.4 1.8 1.8

Elementary and secondary schools ............ 117.1 118.7 119.1 .3 .1 .3 1.2 1.6 1.7

Junior colleges, colleges, 

universities, and professional schools ...... 116.7 118.8 119.4 .6 .3 .5 1.5 2.4 2.3

Health care and social assistance6 ................ 118.0 119.3 119.9 1.0 .3 .5 2.2 2.1 1.6

Hospitals ..................................................... 118.5 119.7 120.2 .6 .3 .4 1.7 1.6 1.4

Nursing and residential care facilities ......... 115.0 115.9 116.4 .6 .2 .4 1.4 1.4 1.2

Public administration .......................................... 119.1 120.7 121.4 .8 .2 .6 1.4 2.1 1.9

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 compensation1, for private industry workers, by occupational group

and industry

(Not seasonally adjusted)

Occupational group and industry

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

Mar.

2012

Dec.

2012

Mar.

2013

3-months ended– 12-months ended–

Mar.

2012

Dec.

2012

Mar.

2013

Mar.

2012

Dec.

2012

Mar.

2013

Private industry workers

All workers ...................................................................... 115.7 117.2 117.7 0.6 0.3 0.4 2.1 1.9 1.7

Excluding incentive paid occupations2 ................... 116.2 117.6 118.1 .6 .3 .4 1.9 1.8 1.6

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related ..................... 116.4 117.7 118.4 .9 .3 .6 2.0 2.0 1.7

Excluding incentive paid occupations2 ........... 116.5 117.7 118.4 .8 .3 .6 1.9 1.8 1.6

Management, business, and financial .................... 116.0 117.1 117.9 .9 .2 .7 2.1 1.8 1.6

Excluding incentive paid occupations2 ........... 116.3 117.3 118.2 .8 .1 .8 1.9 1.6 1.6

Professional and related ......................................... 116.8 118.2 118.8 1.0 .4 .5 1.9 2.2 1.7

Sales and office .......................................................... 115.0 116.5 116.8 .7 .0 .3 2.6 2.0 1.6

Excluding incentive paid occupations2 ........... 116.6 118.0 118.3 .7 .3 .3 2.0 1.9 1.5

Sales and related .................................................... 111.4 113.2 113.0 .6 -.3 -.2 3.3 2.3 1.4

Excluding incentive paid occupations2 ........... 114.8 116.1 115.8 .5 .3 -.3 1.9 1.7 .9

Office and administrative support ........................... 117.5 118.8 119.4 .9 .3 .5 2.1 2.0 1.6

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance .... 116.3 117.8 118.5 .4 .1 .6 2.2 1.7 1.9

Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and

forestry .................................................................. 116.6 117.9 118.5 .1 .1 .5 1.6 1.2 1.6

Installation, maintenance, and repair ...................... 116.1 117.8 118.5 1.0 .3 .6 3.1 2.4 2.1

Production, transportation, and material moving ........ 114.5 116.1 116.6 .3 .3 .4 2.0 1.7 1.8

Excluding incentive paid occupations2 ........... 114.6 116.1 116.7 .1 .3 .5 1.8 1.4 1.8

Production .............................................................. 113.8 115.0 115.5 .0 .2 .4 1.9 1.1 1.5

Excluding incentive paid occupations2 ........... 114.0 115.2 115.6 .0 .2 .3 1.9 1.1 1.4

Transportation and material moving ....................... 115.5 117.6 118.1 .5 .5 .4 2.2 2.3 2.3

Service occupations ................................................... 116.0 117.4 117.8 .5 .4 .3 1.3 1.7 1.6

Industry and occupational group

Goods-producing industries3 ...................................... 114.1 115.6 116.2 .3 .3 .5 1.9 1.6 1.8

Excluding incentive paid occupations2 ........... 114.5 116.0 116.6 .3 .3 .5 1.8 1.6 1.8

Management, professional, and related ............. 113.2 114.6 115.6 .8 .3 .9 2.2 2.0 2.1

Sales and office .................................................. 113.5 115.6 115.9 .9 .2 .3 2.8 2.8 2.1

Natural resources, construction, and

maintenance ..................................................... 115.8 117.6 118.1 -.1 .3 .4 1.4 1.5 2.0

Production, transportation, and material moving 113.4 114.8 115.3 -.2 .2 .4 1.6 1.1 1.7

Construction ........................................................... 114.6 116.3 116.9 .1 .3 .5 1.6 1.6 2.0

Manufacturing ......................................................... 113.4 114.9 115.5 .3 .3 .5 1.8 1.6 1.9

Management, professional, and related ......... 113.2 114.4 115.4 .9 .3 .9 2.1 2.0 1.9

Sales and office .............................................. 115.1 116.6 116.7 1.2 .2 .1 2.6 2.6 1.4

Natural resources, construction, and

maintenance ................................................. 113.7 116.4 117.1 -.4 .3 .6 1.5 1.9 3.0

Production, transportation, and material

moving .......................................................... 113.1 114.5 115.0 -.3 .2 .4 1.5 1.0 1.7

Aircraft manufacturing ........................................ 99.2 104.2 105.2 2.6 .0 1.0 -3.0 7.8 6.0

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 5. Employment Cost Index for total compensation1, 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.

2012

Dec.

2012

Mar.

2013

3-months ended– 12-months ended–

Mar.

2012

Dec.

2012

Mar.

2013

Mar.

2012

Dec.

2012

Mar.

2013

Service-providing industries4 ...................................... 116.3 117.7 118.2 0.9 0.3 0.4 2.2 2.1 1.6

Excluding incentive paid occupations2 ........... 116.8 118.1 118.7 .7 .3 .5 1.9 1.8 1.6

Management, professional, and related ............. 117.0 118.3 118.9 .9 .3 .5 1.9 2.0 1.6

Sales and office .................................................. 115.1 116.6 116.9 .7 .0 .3 2.5 2.0 1.6

Natural resources, construction, and

maintenance ..................................................... 117.2 118.2 119.1 1.4 -.2 .8 3.5 2.2 1.6

Production, transportation, and material moving 116.0 117.7 118.3 .8 .4 .5 2.6 2.3 2.0

Service occupations ........................................... 116.0 117.4 117.8 .5 .5 .3 1.3 1.7 1.6

Trade, transportation, and utilities .......................... 115.2 116.7 116.8 1.0 .1 .1 2.9 2.3 1.4

Excluding incentive paid occupations2 ....... 116.1 117.5 117.9 .7 .2 .3 2.1 1.9 1.6

Wholesale trade .................................................. 113.9 114.9 114.8 1.0 -.4 -.1 3.6 1.9 .8

Excluding incentive paid occupations2 ....... 116.2 117.1 117.3 .6 .3 .2 2.7 1.4 .9

Retail trade ......................................................... 114.9 116.1 115.9 .4 .2 -.2 2.2 1.5 .9

Excluding incentive paid occupations2 ....... 115.0 116.1 115.8 .3 .1 -.3 1.5 1.3 .7

Transportation and warehousing ........................ 115.7 118.1 119.4 1.8 .4 1.1 2.8 4.0 3.2

Utilities ................................................................ 122.9 125.7 126.3 1.1 .2 .5 3.0 3.4 2.8

Information .............................................................. 115.2 116.9 117.7 2.4 .3 .7 3.2 3.9 2.2

Financial activities .................................................. 114.4 115.9 116.8 .2 -.1 .8 1.3 1.5 2.1

Excluding incentive paid occupations2 ....... 115.6 116.6 117.5 .1 .1 .8 1.3 1.0 1.6

Finance and insurance ....................................... 114.6 116.0 117.1 .1 -.2 .9 1.1 1.3 2.2

Credit intermediation and related

activities ........................................................ 114.4 115.7 116.9 .3 .3 1.0 1.2 1.4 2.2

Excluding incentive paid occupations2 ....... 117.3 118.1 119.2 .1 .3 .9 1.6 .8 1.6

Insurance carriers and related activities ......... 115.3 116.5 117.1 .1 -.7 .5 1.4 1.1 1.6

Excluding incentive paid occupations2 ....... 115.6 117.0 117.9 -.1 .0 .8 1.0 1.1 2.0

Real estate and rental and leasing ..................... 113.5 115.2 115.5 .5 .2 .3 2.4 2.0 1.8

Excluding incentive paid occupations2 ....... 116.4 118.1 118.6 .6 .0 .4 2.2 2.1 1.9

Professional and business services ....................... 117.9 119.3 119.9 .7 .5 .5 2.1 1.9 1.7

Professional, scientific, and technical services ... 120.7 121.9 122.5 .8 .5 .5 2.1 1.8 1.5

Administrative and support and waste

management and remediation services ............ 114.3 116.0 116.7 .4 .7 .6 1.8 1.8 2.1

Education and health services ................................ 117.6 118.9 119.4 .9 .3 .4 2.2 2.1 1.5

Education services ............................................. 117.6 119.0 119.2 .3 .1 .2 2.1 1.4 1.4

Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and

professional schools ..................................... 117.8 119.5 119.9 .8 .2 .3 2.2 2.2 1.8

Health care and social assistance5 .................... 117.6 118.9 119.4 1.0 .3 .4 2.3 2.1 1.5

Hospitals ......................................................... 118.1 119.4 119.8 .5 .4 .3 1.6 1.6 1.4

Nursing and residential care facilities ............. 114.4 115.2 115.5 .6 .3 .3 1.5 1.3 1.0

Nursing care facilities2 ................................ 114.7 115.2 115.4 .4 .1 .2 1.3 .9 .6

Leisure and hospitality ............................................ 115.6 116.5 116.6 .3 .4 .1 1.0 1.1 .9

Accommodation and food services ..................... 116.3 117.3 117.2 .3 .5 -.1 .8 1.1 .8

Other services, except public administration .......... 116.6 117.7 118.8 .9 .1 .9 1.9 1.8 1.9

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 compensation1, 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.

2012

Dec.

2012

Mar.

2013

3-months ended– 12-months ended–

Mar.

2012

Dec.

2012

Mar.

2013

Mar.

2012

Dec.

2012

Mar.

2013

Bargaining status

Union ...................................................................... 118.3 120.5 121.3 0.3 0.2 0.7 2.3 2.2 2.5

Goods-producing industries2 .............................. 115.8 118.0 118.5 -.9 .3 .4 1.3 .9 2.3

Manufacturing ................................................. 112.1 113.7 113.8 -1.5 .1 .1 1.1 -.1 1.5

Service-providing industries3 .............................. 120.4 122.6 123.7 1.3 .3 .9 3.1 3.2 2.7

Nonunion ................................................................ 115.3 116.7 117.1 .7 .3 .3 2.0 1.9 1.6

Goods-producing industries2 .............................. 113.5 114.9 115.5 .5 .3 .5 2.0 1.8 1.8

Manufacturing ................................................. 113.9 115.3 116.0 .8 .3 .6 2.1 2.0 1.8

Service-providing industries3 .............................. 115.8 117.1 117.6 .7 .2 .4 2.0 1.8 1.6

Census region and division4

Northeast ................................................................ 116.5 117.9 118.6 .3 .3 .6 1.8 1.6 1.8

New England ...................................................... 116.9 118.5 118.8 .5 .3 .3 1.8 1.9 1.6

Middle Atlantic .................................................... 116.4 117.6 118.5 .3 .1 .8 1.8 1.4 1.8

South ...................................................................... 116.0 117.8 118.4 .9 .4 .5 2.3 2.4 2.1

South Atlantic ..................................................... 116.4 118.4 118.9 .9 .4 .4 2.3 2.6 2.1

East South Central ............................................. 114.0 115.9 116.4 .7 .4 .4 1.7 2.4 2.1

West South Central ............................................ 116.2 117.7 118.3 1.0 .5 .5 2.7 2.3 1.8

Midwest .................................................................. 114.7 115.9 116.2 .7 .2 .3 2.2 1.8 1.3

East North Central .............................................. 113.9 114.8 115.1 .6 .1 .3 2.1 1.4 1.1

West North Central ............................................. 116.9 118.7 119.0 1.1 .3 .3 2.6 2.7 1.8

West ....................................................................... 115.7 116.9 117.5 .5 .0 .5 1.9 1.6 1.6

Mountain ............................................................. 115.4 115.7 116.4 .1 -.7 .6 1.8 .3 .9

Pacific ................................................................. 115.9 117.4 118.0 .7 .3 .5 2.0 2.0 1.8

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 compensation1, 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.

2012

Dec.

2012

Mar.

2013

3-months ended– 12-months ended–

Mar.

2012

Dec.

2012

Mar.

2013

Mar.

2012

Dec.

2012

Mar.

2013

State and local government workers

All workers .................................................................. 118.3 119.9 120.5 0.5 0.2 0.5 1.5 1.9 1.9

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related ................. 117.6 119.2 119.7 .6 .2 .4 1.5 2.0 1.8

Professional and related ..................................... 117.5 119.0 119.6 .5 .2 .5 1.4 1.8 1.8

Sales and office ...................................................... 118.9 120.9 121.6 .4 .2 .6 1.5 2.1 2.3

Office and administrative support ....................... 119.1 121.0 121.7 .4 .2 .6 1.4 2.0 2.2

Service occupations ............................................... 120.1 121.7 122.4 .5 .2 .6 1.4 1.8 1.9

Industry

Education and health services ................................ 117.5 119.1 119.6 .4 .1 .4 1.4 1.8 1.8

Education services ............................................. 117.0 118.7 119.2 .3 .1 .4 1.3 1.8 1.9

Schools2 ......................................................... 117.0 118.7 119.1 .4 .2 .3 1.3 1.9 1.8

Elementary and secondary schools ............ 117.2 118.7 119.1 .3 .0 .3 1.2 1.5 1.6

Health care and social assistance3 .................... 121.1 122.2 123.1 .8 .2 .7 1.8 1.7 1.7

Hospitals ......................................................... 120.1 121.2 122.0 .8 .2 .7 1.6 1.7 1.6

Public administration .............................................. 119.1 120.7 121.4 .8 .2 .6 1.4 2.1 1.9

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.

2012

Dec.

2012

Mar.

2013

3-months ended– 12-months ended–

Mar.

2012

Dec.

2012

Mar.

2013

Mar.

2012

Dec.

2012

Mar.

2013

Civilian workers

All workers1 ................................................................ 115.3 116.5 117.1 0.6 0.2 0.5 1.7 1.7 1.6

Excluding incentive paid occupations2 ............... 115.6 116.8 117.5 .4 .3 .6 1.4 1.5 1.6

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related ................. 115.9 117.1 117.7 .6 .3 .5 1.5 1.6 1.6

Management, business, and financial ................ 115.6 116.8 117.7 .6 .2 .8 1.5 1.7 1.8

Professional and related ..................................... 116.0 117.4 117.7 .5 .4 .3 1.4 1.7 1.5

Sales and office ...................................................... 114.3 115.8 116.4 .5 .0 .5 2.3 1.8 1.8

Sales and related ................................................ 111.4 113.1 113.5 .5 -.5 .4 3.3 2.1 1.9

Office and administrative support ....................... 116.2 117.5 118.3 .6 .3 .7 1.7 1.7 1.8

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance 115.7 116.7 117.2 .3 .1 .4 1.7 1.1 1.3

Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and

forestry .............................................................. 115.6 116.6 117.0 .0 .0 .3 1.0 .9 1.2

Installation, maintenance, and repair .................. 115.7 116.9 117.6 .4 .3 .6 2.3 1.5 1.6

Production, transportation, and material moving .... 113.9 115.2 115.9 .7 .3 .6 1.9 1.9 1.8

Production .......................................................... 113.3 114.3 115.1 .8 .3 .7 1.9 1.7 1.6

Transportation and material moving ................... 114.6 116.4 116.9 .7 .4 .4 1.8 2.3 2.0

Service occupations ............................................... 115.7 117.0 117.3 .3 .4 .3 1.0 1.4 1.4

Industry

Goods-producing industries3 .................................. 114.0 115.4 116.1 .4 .3 .6 1.6 1.7 1.8

Manufacturing ..................................................... 113.6 114.8 115.7 .8 .2 .8 1.9 1.9 1.8

Service-providing industries4 .................................. 115.5 116.8 117.3 .5 .3 .4 1.7 1.7 1.6

Education and health services ............................ 115.8 117.0 117.3 .4 .3 .3 1.4 1.5 1.3

Education services ......................................... 114.8 115.9 116.0 .2 .2 .1 1.1 1.1 1.0

Elementary and secondary schools ............ 114.5 115.4 115.4 .1 .1 .0 .8 .9 .8

Junior colleges, colleges, 

universities, and professional schools ...... 114.7 116.5 116.8 .4 .3 .3 1.3 2.0 1.8

Health care and social assistance5 ................ 117.1 118.3 118.8 .8 .3 .4 1.9 1.8 1.5

Hospitals ..................................................... 117.6 118.8 119.3 .3 .4 .4 1.6 1.4 1.4

Nursing and residential care facilities ......... 114.2 115.0 115.3 .4 .3 .3 1.1 1.1 1.0

Public administration .......................................... 115.6 116.3 116.7 .5 .2 .3 1.0 1.1 1.0

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.

2012

Dec.

2012

Mar.

2013

3-months ended– 12-months ended–

Mar.

2012

Dec.

2012

Mar.

2013

Mar.

2012

Dec.

2012

Mar.

2013

Private industry workers

All workers ...................................................................... 115.3 116.6 117.3 0.6 0.2 0.6 1.9 1.7 1.7

Excluding incentive paid occupations1 ................... 115.7 117.0 117.8 .4 .3 .7 1.5 1.6 1.8

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related ..................... 116.3 117.7 118.4 .7 .3 .6 1.7 1.9 1.8

Excluding incentive paid occupations1 ........... 116.4 117.6 118.4 .5 .3 .7 1.6 1.6 1.7

Management, business, and financial .................... 115.7 116.9 117.9 .6 .2 .9 1.6 1.7 1.9

Excluding incentive paid occupations1 ........... 116.1 117.0 118.2 .6 .1 1.0 1.4 1.4 1.8

Professional and related ......................................... 116.7 118.2 118.8 .7 .4 .5 1.7 2.0 1.8

Sales and office .......................................................... 114.3 115.8 116.5 .6 .0 .6 2.4 1.9 1.9

Excluding incentive paid occupations1 ........... 115.9 117.1 117.9 .5 .3 .7 1.7 1.6 1.7

Sales and related .................................................... 111.5 113.2 113.6 .5 -.4 .4 3.4 2.1 1.9

Excluding incentive paid occupations1 ........... 114.9 116.0 116.6 .3 .3 .5 1.5 1.3 1.5

Office and administrative support ........................... 116.4 117.7 118.6 .6 .3 .8 1.7 1.7 1.9

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance .... 115.6 116.7 117.2 .2 .1 .4 1.7 1.1 1.4

Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and

forestry .................................................................. 115.7 116.7 117.1 .0 -.1 .3 1.0 .9 1.2

Installation, maintenance, and repair ...................... 115.5 116.7 117.5 .4 .3 .7 2.5 1.5 1.7

Production, transportation, and material moving ........ 113.7 115.1 115.8 .8 .3 .6 1.9 2.0 1.8

Excluding incentive paid occupations1 ........... 113.9 115.2 116.0 .7 .3 .7 1.7 1.9 1.8

Production .............................................................. 113.2 114.2 115.0 .8 .3 .7 1.9 1.7 1.6

Excluding incentive paid occupations1 ........... 113.4 114.3 115.1 .9 .2 .7 1.9 1.7 1.5

Transportation and material moving ....................... 114.4 116.3 116.8 .7 .5 .4 2.0 2.4 2.1

Service occupations ................................................... 115.4 116.8 117.2 .3 .5 .3 1.1 1.5 1.6

Industry and occupational group

Goods-producing industries2 ...................................... 114.0 115.4 116.1 .4 .3 .6 1.6 1.7 1.8

Excluding incentive paid occupations1 ........... 114.5 115.9 116.6 .4 .3 .6 1.5 1.7 1.8

Management, professional, and related ............. 114.4 115.9 117.1 .6 .2 1.0 1.7 1.9 2.4

Sales and office .................................................. 113.2 115.1 115.5 .8 .0 .3 2.9 2.5 2.0

Natural resources, construction, and

maintenance ..................................................... 115.3 116.7 116.9 .0 .3 .2 1.1 1.2 1.4

Production, transportation, and material moving 112.9 114.0 114.8 .6 .3 .7 1.6 1.6 1.7

Construction ........................................................... 113.9 115.5 115.8 -.2 .3 .3 1.1 1.2 1.7

Manufacturing ......................................................... 113.6 114.8 115.7 .8 .2 .8 1.9 1.9 1.8

Management, professional, and related ......... 114.3 115.8 116.9 .8 .3 .9 1.8 2.1 2.3

Sales and office .............................................. 114.9 116.0 116.3 1.2 -.1 .3 2.7 2.2 1.2

Natural resources, construction, and

maintenance ................................................. 114.1 116.0 116.9 .5 .3 .8 1.7 2.2 2.5

Production, transportation, and material

moving .......................................................... 112.7 113.7 114.6 .6 .2 .8 1.7 1.5 1.7

Aircraft manufacturing ........................................ 119.6 120.6 122.7 2.0 .0 1.7 2.9 2.8 2.6

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.

2012

Dec.

2012

Mar.

2013

3-months ended– 12-months ended–

Mar.

2012

Dec.

2012

Mar.

2013

Mar.

2012

Dec.

2012

Mar.

2013

Service-providing industries3 ...................................... 115.6 117.0 117.7 0.6 0.3 0.6 1.9 1.8 1.8

Excluding incentive paid occupations1 ........... 116.1 117.4 118.1 .5 .3 .6 1.5 1.6 1.7

Management, professional, and related ............. 116.6 118.0 118.7 .7 .4 .6 1.6 1.9 1.8

Sales and office .................................................. 114.4 115.9 116.6 .5 .0 .6 2.4 1.8 1.9

Natural resources, construction, and

maintenance ..................................................... 116.2 116.8 117.8 .6 -.2 .9 2.7 1.1 1.4

Production, transportation, and material moving 114.7 116.4 117.0 1.0 .4 .5 2.2 2.5 2.0

Service occupations ........................................... 115.4 116.8 117.2 .3 .5 .3 1.1 1.5 1.6

Trade, transportation, and utilities .......................... 113.9 115.1 115.8 .9 .0 .6 2.7 1.9 1.7

Excluding incentive paid occupations1 ....... 114.7 115.8 116.9 .5 .2 .9 1.7 1.5 1.9

Wholesale trade .................................................. 111.6 112.4 112.7 1.3 -.7 .3 3.5 2.0 1.0

Excluding incentive paid occupations1 ....... 113.6 114.4 115.1 .7 .4 .6 2.0 1.4 1.3

Retail trade ......................................................... 114.9 115.7 116.3 .4 .3 .5 2.4 1.1 1.2

Excluding incentive paid occupations1 ....... 114.9 115.5 116.3 .3 .1 .7 1.4 .9 1.2

Transportation and warehousing ........................ 113.7 116.3 117.5 1.4 .4 1.0 2.2 3.7 3.3

Utilities ................................................................ 119.6 121.7 122.9 .7 .3 1.0 2.3 2.4 2.8

Information .............................................................. 113.1 114.8 115.6 .4 .3 .7 1.0 2.0 2.2

Financial activities .................................................. 114.3 116.0 117.0 .4 -.3 .9 1.2 1.9 2.4

Excluding incentive paid occupations1 ....... 115.6 116.7 117.6 .3 .0 .8 1.1 1.3 1.7

Finance and insurance ....................................... 115.0 116.8 117.9 .4 -.3 .9 1.0 2.0 2.5

Credit intermediation and related

activities ........................................................ 113.0 114.7 116.0 .9 .3 1.1 1.1 2.4 2.7

Excluding incentive paid occupations1 ....... 116.2 117.6 118.6 .9 .3 .9 1.3 2.1 2.1

Insurance carriers and related activities ......... 115.3 116.3 116.7 .4 -.9 .3 1.9 1.3 1.2

Excluding incentive paid occupations1 ....... 115.1 116.5 117.2 .2 -.1 .6 1.2 1.4 1.8

Real estate and rental and leasing ..................... 111.5 112.9 113.1 .4 .4 .2 2.1 1.6 1.4

Excluding incentive paid occupations1 ....... 114.6 115.9 116.6 .4 .1 .6 1.8 1.6 1.7

Professional and business services ....................... 117.6 119.3 119.9 .5 .7 .5 1.7 2.0 2.0

Professional, scientific, and technical services ... 120.4 121.8 122.4 .7 .6 .5 1.9 1.8 1.7

Administrative and support and waste

management and remediation services ............ 114.1 116.2 116.9 .4 .9 .6 1.6 2.2 2.5

Education and health services ................................ 116.9 118.2 118.6 .7 .3 .3 2.0 1.8 1.5

Education services ............................................. 117.1 118.3 118.3 .3 .2 .0 2.1 1.3 1.0

Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and

professional schools ..................................... 116.8 118.5 118.8 .6 .3 .3 2.1 2.1 1.7

Health care and social assistance4 .................... 116.9 118.2 118.6 .8 .4 .3 2.0 1.9 1.5

Hospitals ......................................................... 117.4 118.8 119.2 .3 .4 .3 1.6 1.5 1.5

Nursing and residential care facilities ............. 114.1 114.9 115.2 .4 .3 .3 1.2 1.1 1.0

Nursing care facilities1 ................................ 114.3 114.8 115.2 .4 .1 .3 1.1 .8 .8

Leisure and hospitality ............................................ 116.1 117.1 117.2 .3 .3 .1 .8 1.1 .9

Accommodation and food services ..................... 116.6 117.8 117.7 .1 .5 -.1 .8 1.1 .9

Other services, except public administration .......... 116.1 116.7 118.3 .8 .0 1.4 1.7 1.3 1.9

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.

2012

Dec.

2012

Mar.

2013

3-months ended– 12-months ended–

Mar.

2012

Dec.

2012

Mar.

2013

Mar.

2012

Dec.

2012

Mar.

2013

Bargaining status

Union ...................................................................... 115.6 117.4 118.4 0.6 0.4 0.9 1.8 2.2 2.4

Goods-producing industries1 .............................. 113.5 115.0 115.7 .5 .5 .6 1.6 1.9 1.9

Manufacturing ................................................. 111.5 112.5 113.5 .7 .4 .9 1.9 1.6 1.8

Service-providing industries2 .............................. 117.0 119.1 120.4 .6 .3 1.1 1.7 2.4 2.9

Nonunion ................................................................ 115.2 116.5 117.2 .5 .2 .6 1.8 1.7 1.7

Goods-producing industries1 .............................. 114.2 115.5 116.2 .4 .2 .6 1.7 1.6 1.8

Manufacturing ................................................. 114.1 115.4 116.2 .7 .2 .7 1.8 1.9 1.8

Service-providing industries2 .............................. 115.5 116.8 117.4 .6 .3 .5 1.9 1.7 1.6

Census region and division3

Northeast ................................................................ 115.8 117.0 117.6 .4 .3 .5 1.8 1.5 1.6

New England ...................................................... 116.6 118.2 118.6 .5 .3 .3 1.8 1.9 1.7

Middle Atlantic .................................................... 115.4 116.5 117.3 .3 .1 .7 1.8 1.3 1.6

South ...................................................................... 116.0 117.8 118.7 .7 .4 .8 2.0 2.3 2.3

South Atlantic ..................................................... 116.4 118.5 119.2 .7 .4 .6 2.1 2.5 2.4

East South Central ............................................. 114.1 115.4 116.3 .5 .4 .8 1.3 1.7 1.9

West South Central ............................................ 116.1 117.7 118.7 .8 .5 .8 2.1 2.2 2.2

Midwest .................................................................. 113.8 115.0 115.5 .8 .3 .4 1.8 1.9 1.5

East North Central .............................................. 112.7 113.5 114.1 .7 .1 .5 1.6 1.4 1.2

West North Central ............................................. 116.5 118.5 119.0 1.0 .4 .4 2.2 2.7 2.1

West ....................................................................... 115.4 116.4 117.1 .4 -.1 .6 1.6 1.3 1.5

Mountain ............................................................. 115.2 115.2 116.0 .0 -.9 .7 1.3 .0 .7

Pacific ................................................................. 115.5 117.0 117.6 .5 .3 .5 1.7 1.8 1.8

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.

2012

Dec.

2012

Mar.

2013

3-months ended– 12-months ended–

Mar.

2012

Dec.

2012

Mar.

2013

Mar.

2012

Dec.

2012

Mar.

2013

State and local government workers

All workers .................................................................. 115.2 116.2 116.4 0.3 0.2 0.2 1.0 1.1 1.0

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related ................. 114.9 115.9 116.0 .3 .2 .1 1.0 1.2 1.0

Professional and related ..................................... 114.9 115.9 116.0 .3 .3 .1 1.0 1.1 1.0

Sales and office ...................................................... 114.5 115.6 115.9 .3 .1 .3 .9 1.2 1.2

Office and administrative support ....................... 114.9 115.9 116.3 .3 .1 .3 .9 1.1 1.2

Service occupations ............................................... 116.6 117.4 117.8 .3 .1 .3 1.0 .9 1.0

Industry

Education and health services ................................ 114.8 115.8 116.0 .2 .1 .2 .9 1.0 1.0

Education services ............................................. 114.3 115.4 115.5 .2 .1 .1 .8 1.1 1.0

Schools1 ......................................................... 114.3 115.4 115.5 .2 .1 .1 .8 1.1 1.0

Elementary and secondary schools ............ 114.5 115.3 115.3 .2 .1 .0 .8 .9 .7

Health care and social assistance2 .................... 118.8 119.4 120.0 .6 .3 .5 1.3 1.1 1.0

Hospitals ......................................................... 118.2 119.0 119.7 .6 .3 .6 1.0 1.3 1.3

Public administration .............................................. 115.6 116.3 116.7 .5 .2 .3 1.0 1.1 1.0

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.

2012

Dec.

2012

Mar.

2013

3-months ended– 12-months ended–

Mar.

2012

Dec.

2012

Mar.

2013

Mar.

2012

Dec.

2012

Mar.

2013

Civilian workers

All workers1 ................................................................ 118.6 120.4 120.9 0.9 0.2 0.4 2.7 2.5 1.9

Private industry workers

All workers .................................................................. 116.9 118.4 118.6 .9 .3 .2 2.8 2.2 1.5

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related ................. 116.8 117.9 118.4 1.4 .2 .4 3.0 2.3 1.4

Sales and office ...................................................... 116.7 118.4 2 ( ) 1.0 .3 2 ( ) 2.9 2.5 2 ( )

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance 117.9 120.3 121.2 .9 .2 .7 3.3 3.0 2.8

Production, transportation, and material moving .... 116.1 118.0 118.2 -.8 .3 .2 2.3 .9 1.8

Service occupations ............................................... 118.1 119.3 119.8 1.5 .4 .4 2.3 2.5 1.4

Industry

Goods-producing industries3 .................................. 114.2 116.0 116.5 -.2 .3 .4 2.2 1.4 2.0

Manufacturing ..................................................... 113.2 115.0 115.2 -.6 .3 .2 1.9 1.0 1.8

Aircraft manufacturing .................................... 77.3 86.6 86.5 3.6 .0 -.1 -11.6 16.1 11.9

Service-providing industries4 .................................. 118.0 119.4 119.4 1.4 .3 .0 3.1 2.6 1.2

Bargaining status

Union ...................................................................... 122.9 125.6 126.2 .1 .1 .5 3.3 2.3 2.7

Nonunion ................................................................ 115.6 116.9 117.0 1.0 .3 .1 2.7 2.2 1.2

State and local government workers

All workers .................................................................. 124.8 127.8 129.2 1.0 .2 1.1 2.3 3.4 3.5

1 Includes workers in the private nonfarm economy except those in

private households, and workers in the public sector, except the federal

government. 2 Because of an error in the data, estimates for March 2013 have been

temporarily suppressed. Details regarding the timing and the extent of the

corrections are available at www.bls.gov/bls/eci_corrections_043013.htm. 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.

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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.

2012

Dec.

2012

Mar.

2013

Mar.

2012

Dec.

2012

Mar.

2013

Northeast

Boston-Worcester-Manchester, MA-NH CSA ......... 1.9 1.6 1.5 1.6 1.3 1.5

New York-Newark-Bridgeport, NY-NJ-CT-PA CSA 1.8 1.6 2.0 1.5 1.4 1.7

Philadelphia-Camden-Vineland, PA-NJ-DE-MD

CSA ...................................................................... 2.1 1.8 2.1 2.3 2.4 2.5

South

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Gainesville, GA-AL CSA .... 3.2 4.8 4.1 2.7 4.4 4.1

Dallas-Fort Worth, TX CSA .................................... 2.6 1.3 1.3 1.1 1.2 1.8

Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX CSA ................... 1.7 2.8 1.8 1.5 2.8 2.1

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL MSA 1.6 2.0 1.6 1.5 1.9 1.8

Washington-Baltimore-Northern Virginia,

DC-MD-VA-WV CSA ............................................ 1.8 1.4 2.1 1.4 1.1 2.2

Midwest

Chicago-Naperville-Michigan City, IL-IN-WI CSA ... 1.8 2.0 1.6 1.3 1.3 1.4

Detroit-Warren-Flint, MI CSA .................................. 1.9 -.2 1.7 1.2 2.5 2.5

Minneapolis-St. Paul-St. Cloud, MN-WI CSA ......... 1.8 .9 1.3 1.3 .4 1.2

West

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside, CA CSA ........ 1.6 2.6 1.9 1.4 2.4 1.7

Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ MSA ....................... 1.5 .6 .7 1.0 1.2 2.1

San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA CSA .......... 2.1 2.7 2.7 1.4 2.4 2.8

Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA ........................ .8 3.1 3.2 1.7 2.0 2.1

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

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