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EMPLOYMENT COST INDEX – SEPTEMBER 2013 

Compensation costs for civilian workers increased 0.4 percent, seasonally adjusted, for the 3-month 

period ending September 2013, following a 0.5 percent increase in June, the U.S. Bureau of Labor 

Statistics reported today. Wages and salaries (which make up about 70 percent of compensation costs) 

increased 0.3 percent in the September quarter, similar to the 0.4 percent increase for the previous 

period. Benefits (which make up the remaining 30 percent of compensation) increased 0.7 percent, 

compared to a 0.4 percent increase for the 3-month period ending in June. 

Civilian Workers 

Compensation costs for civilian workers increased 1.9 percent for the 12-month period ending 

September 2013, unchanged from the 12-month period ending in September 2012. Wages and salaries

increased 1.6 percent for the current 12-month period. In September 2012, the 12-month increase was 

1.7 percent. Benefit costs increased 2.2 percent for the 12-month period ending September 2013, 

compared with the 2.4 percent increase for the 12-month period ending September 2012.

Private Industry Workers 

Compensation costs for private industry workers increased 1.9 percent over the 12-month period 

ending September 2013, the same increase as in September 2012. Wages and salaries increased 1.8 

percent for the year ending in September 2013, the same increase as the period one year ago. The 

0.0

0.5

1.0

1.5

Sep 11 Dec 11 Mar 12 Jun 12 Sep 12 Dec 12 Mar 13 Jun 13 Sep 13

Percent change

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

not seasonally adjusted, state and local government, wages 

and salaries, Sept. 2011—Sept. 2013 

Percent change 

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

seasonally adjusted, civilian workers, compensation, Sept. 

2011—Sept. 2013 

0.0

0.2

0.4

0.6

Sep 11 Dec 11 Mar 12 Jun 12 Sep 12 Dec 12 Mar 13 Jun 13 Sep 13
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increase in the cost of benefits was 2.0 percent for the 12-month period ending September 2013, 

compared with a 2.2 percent increase in the period ending in September 2012. Health benefit costs 

increased 2.7 percent. In September 2012, the increase was 2.3 percent. 

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

12-month period ending September 2013 ranged from 1.4 percent for service occupations to 2.1 percent 

for management, professional, and related occupations. 

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

12-month period ranged from 1.1 percent for leisure and hospitality to 2.2 percent for financial activities 

industry and other services except public administration industry. 

State and Local Government Workers 

Compensation costs for state and local government workers increased 1.7 percent for the 12-month 

period ending September 2013. In September 2012 the increase was 1.8 percent. Wages and salaries

increased 0.9 percent for the 12-month period ending September 2013, compared with a 1.1 percent 

increase from a year earlier. Prior values for this series, which began in June 1982, ranged from 1.0 

percent to 8.5 percent. Benefit costs increased 2.9 percent in September 2013. In September 2012, the 

increase was 3.2 percent. 

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

Friday, January 31, 2014, at 8:30 a.m. (EST). 

Partial Federal Government Shutdown 

The release of these data occurs about 2 weeks later than originally scheduled because of the recent 

partial Federal government shutdown. Data collection for the estimates in this release had not been 

completed prior to the shutdown. However, they were collected after the shutdown ended. In addition, 

the processing of estimates and the production of the Employment Cost Index news release were 

delayed due to the shutdown. 

Corrections to ECI Data Series 

Some Employment Cost Index estimates from September 2012 through March 2013 were corrected on 

June 26, 2013. (Seasonally adjusted estimates were subject to corrections back to March 2008.) For 

further information, see: www.bls.gov/bls/eci_corrections_043013.htm.

Updated Employment Weights 

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 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). 

 
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Table A. Major series of the Employment Cost Index

(Percent change)

CIVILIAN WORKERS1

Compensation2 0.5 0.4 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.9

Wages and salaries 0.4 0.3 1.7 1.7 1.6 1.7 1.6

Benefits 0.4 0.7 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.2 2.2

PRIVATE INDUSTRY

Compensation2 0.6 0.4 1.9 1.8 1.9 1.9 1.9

Wages and salaries 0.6 0.3 1.8 1.7 1.7 1.9 1.8

Benefits 0.4 0.6 2.2 2.0 2.0 1.9 2.0

STATE AND LOCAL 

GOVERNMENT

Compensation2 0.3 0.4 1.8 1.9 1.9 1.8 1.7

Wages and salaries 0.2 0.3 1.1 1.1 1.0 1.0 0.9

Benefits 0.6 0.5 3.2 3.4 3.5 3.3 2.9

1

 Includes private industry and state and local government.

2

 Includes wages and salaries and benefits.

Sept. 2013

12-month, not seasonally adjusted

Category

3-month,

seasonally adjusted

June 2013 Sept. 2013 Sept. 2012 Dec. 2012 Mar. 2013 June 2013
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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 September 2013 reference period were collected from a probability sample of 

approximately 45,400 occupational observations selected from a sample of about 9,100 establishments 

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

state and local governments. 

Health benefit 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. (EST), Wednesday, December 11, 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. 

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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–

June 

2013

Sep. 

2013

Dec.

2011

Mar.

2012

June

2012

Sep.

2012

Dec.

2012

Mar.

2013

June

2013

Sep.

2013

Civilian workers

All workers2 ................................................................ 119.0 119.5 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.4

Industry

Goods-producing industries3 .................................. 116.9 117.4 .6 .0 .4 .6 .5 .4 .4 .4

Manufacturing ..................................................... 116.1 116.6 .5 .0 .4 .6 .5 .3 .4 .4

Service-providing industries4 .................................. 119.5 120.0 .4 .7 .5 .3 .4 .5 .5 .4

Education and health services ............................ 120.0 120.4 .5 .7 .4 .3 .4 .4 .4 .3

Education services ......................................... 119.7 119.9 .4 .5 .4 .4 .4 .4 .4 .2

Elementary and secondary schools ............ 119.5 119.5 .4 .4 .4 .4 .3 .4 .3 .0

Junior colleges, colleges, 

universities, and professional schools ...... 120.1 120.6 .3 .7 .5 .7 .6 .5 .6 .4

Health care and social assistance5 ................ 120.3 121.0 .5 .9 .4 .3 .4 .3 .4 .6

Hospitals ..................................................... 120.9 121.5 .4 .4 .4 .3 .4 .3 .6 .5

Nursing and residential care facilities ......... 116.7 117.2 .2 .4 .3 .3 .3 .3 .3 .4

Public administration .......................................... 121.7 122.6 .3 .6 .6 .5 .4 .5 .2 .7

Private industry workers

All workers .................................................................. 118.5 119.0 .4 .5 .5 .4 .4 .4 .6 .4

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related ................. 119.3 120.0 .5 .4 .6 .4 .6 .2 .8 .6

Management, business, and financial ................ 119.0 119.6 .5 .3 .8 .3 .4 .3 1.0 .5

Professional and related ..................................... 119.4 120.2 .5 .5 .5 .5 .6 .2 .6 .7

Sales and office ...................................................... 117.8 118.3 .5 .7 .5 .3 .3 .7 .4 .4

Sales and related ................................................ 114.3 114.8 .5 1.1 .4 .4 .1 1.1 .2 .4

Office and administrative support ....................... 120.2 120.8 .5 .5 .5 .3 .5 .4 .6 .5

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance 119.0 119.8 .4 .4 .4 .5 .4 .6 .3 .7

Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and

forestry .............................................................. 118.9 119.8 .6 .2 .3 .5 .2 .8 .1 .8

Installation, maintenance, and repair .................. 119.1 119.8 .3 .7 .5 .6 .5 .5 .4 .6

Production, transportation, and material moving .... 117.1 117.4 .6 .2 .3 .5 .5 .5 .3 .3

Production .......................................................... 116.0 116.3 .6 -.2 .4 .3 .4 .3 .3 .3

Transportation and material moving ................... 118.6 119.1 .6 .7 .3 .7 .7 .7 .2 .4

Service occupations ............................................... 118.3 118.4 .6 .3 .4 .3 .6 .2 .5 .1

Industry

Goods-producing industries3 .................................. 116.9 117.4 .6 .1 .4 .6 .5 .5 .4 .4

Construction ....................................................... 117.5 118.2 .7 .2 .3 .5 .4 .8 .3 .6

Manufacturing ..................................................... 116.1 116.6 .5 .0 .4 .6 .5 .3 .4 .4

Aircraft manufacturing .................................... 105.7 104.0 .3 1.8 .5 4.9 .4 .2 .9 -1.6

Service-providing industries6 .................................. 119.0 119.5 .4 .7 .5 .3 .3 .5 .6 .4

Trade, transportation, and utilities ...................... 118.0 118.6 .5 .8 .5 .3 .3 .7 .5 .5

Wholesale trade .............................................. 116.7 117.6 .7 .8 .4 1.0 -.3 .3 1.1 .8

Retail trade ..................................................... 117.3 117.6 .5 .4 .5 -.3 .3 .9 .6 .3

Transportation and warehousing .................... 119.5 120.4 .4 1.6 .4 1.0 .9 .8 .0 .8

Utilities ............................................................ 126.7 126.2 .8 .5 1.2 .6 1.0 .1 .1 -.4

Information .......................................................... 118.4 119.0 .3 2.2 .9 .3 .4 .6 .5 .5

Financial activities .............................................. 117.8 118.4 .2 .1 .8 .4 .2 .7 .8 .5

Finance and insurance ................................... 118.2 118.9 .2 .0 .8 .4 .2 .9 .8 .6

Credit intermediation and related

activities .................................................... 117.7 118.0 -.1 .3 .6 .1 .3 1.1 .6 .3

Insurance carriers and related activities ..... 118.9 120.4 .8 -.3 .6 1.0 -.2 .3 1.4 1.3

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–

June 

2013

Sep. 

2013

Dec.

2011

Mar.

2012

June

2012

Sep.

2012

Dec.

2012

Mar.

2013

June

2013

Sep.

2013

Industry

Real estate and rental and leasing ................. 116.0 116.5 0.5 0.2 1.1 0.4 0.4 -0.2 0.6 0.4

Professional and business services ................... 120.5 121.0 .3 .5 .4 .4 .6 .3 .5 .4

Professional, scientific, and technical services 123.3 123.8 .5 .3 .4 .4 .7 .2 .7 .4

Administrative and support and waste

management and remediation services ........ 117.1 117.3 .4 .4 .4 .3 .6 .8 .2 .2

Education and health services ............................ 119.9 120.6 .6 .9 .4 .3 .4 .3 .5 .6

Education services ......................................... 120.3 120.9 .8 .3 .4 .3 .4 .3 .8 .5

Junior colleges, colleges, 

universities, and professional schools ...... 121.0 121.9 .6 .8 .4 .5 .5 .4 .8 .7

Health care and social assistance5 ................ 119.9 120.5 .5 .9 .5 .3 .4 .3 .5 .5

Hospitals ..................................................... 120.5 121.1 .4 .4 .4 .3 .4 .3 .6 .5

Nursing and residential care facilities ......... 115.8 116.2 .2 .4 .2 .3 .3 .2 .3 .3

Leisure and hospitality ........................................ 117.1 117.3 .2 .3 .5 -.1 .4 .1 .4 .2

Accommodation and food services ................. 117.7 117.9 .2 .1 .7 -.3 .6 -.2 .5 .2

Other services, except public administration ...... 119.8 120.1 .8 .4 .4 .5 .3 .5 1.1 .3

State and local government workers

All workers .................................................................. 120.9 121.4 .3 .5 .5 .4 .5 .4 .3 .4

Industry

Education and health services ............................ 120.1 120.3 .3 .6 .3 .5 .4 .4 .4 .2

Education services ......................................... 119.6 119.8 .3 .5 .4 .4 .5 .4 .3 .2

Schools ....................................................... 119.6 119.7 .4 .5 .4 .4 .4 .5 .3 .1

Elementary and secondary schools ........ 119.5 119.6 .4 .5 .3 .3 .4 .4 .3 .1

Health care and social assistance5 ................ 123.6 124.5 .4 .6 .4 .2 .5 .5 .5 .7

Hospitals ..................................................... 122.5 123.2 .3 .5 .5 .4 .3 .4 .5 .6

Public administration .......................................... 121.7 122.6 .3 .6 .6 .5 .4 .5 .2 .7

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–

June 

2013

Sep. 

2013

Dec.

2011

Mar.

2012

June

2012

Sep.

2012

Dec.

2012

Mar.

2013

June

2013

Sep.

2013

Civilian workers

All workers1 ................................................................ 117.7 118.1 0.3 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.4 0.3

Industry

Goods-producing industries2 .................................. 116.8 117.3 .4 .4 .4 .4 .4 .5 .6 .4

Manufacturing ..................................................... 116.3 116.8 .5 .4 .4 .4 .4 .5 .6 .4

Service-providing industries3 .................................. 118.0 118.4 .3 .5 .4 .3 .3 .4 .5 .3

Education and health services ............................ 117.8 118.1 .4 .5 .3 .3 .3 .3 .4 .3

Education services ......................................... 116.4 116.6 .4 .3 .3 .2 .3 .2 .3 .2

Elementary and secondary schools ............ 115.7 115.8 .4 .3 .2 .3 .2 .2 .2 .1

Junior colleges, colleges, 

universities, and professional schools ...... 117.5 117.7 .3 .6 .3 .6 .4 .3 .6 .2

Health care and social assistance4 ................ 119.3 119.8 .4 .8 .3 .3 .3 .4 .4 .4

Hospitals ..................................................... 119.9 120.3 .3 .4 .3 .3 .4 .4 .5 .3

Nursing and residential care facilities ......... 115.6 115.9 .1 .4 .2 .3 .3 .3 .3 .3

Public administration .......................................... 116.7 117.3 .3 .3 .3 .3 .3 .2 .1 .5

Private industry workers

All workers .................................................................. 118.0 118.4 .4 .5 .4 .4 .3 .5 .6 .3

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related ................. 119.3 119.9 .3 .3 .7 .3 .5 .3 .8 .5

Management, business, and financial ................ 119.1 119.4 .3 .3 .8 .2 .4 .5 1.1 .3

Professional and related ..................................... 119.4 120.2 .4 .4 .4 .5 .6 .2 .6 .7

Sales and office ...................................................... 117.2 117.6 .5 .8 .3 .5 .3 .7 .4 .3

Sales and related ................................................ 114.3 114.8 .7 1.2 .3 .7 -.1 1.0 .0 .5

Office and administrative support ....................... 119.3 119.7 .4 .3 .6 .3 .4 .5 .6 .3

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance 117.7 118.5 .2 .3 .3 .4 .2 .6 .3 .7

Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and

forestry .............................................................. 117.4 118.1 .3 .1 .3 .5 .0 .4 .1 .6

Installation, maintenance, and repair .................. 118.0 118.9 .1 .5 .3 .3 .3 .8 .3 .8

Production, transportation, and material moving .... 116.1 116.6 .4 .8 .2 .5 .4 .6 .3 .4

Production .......................................................... 115.5 115.9 .5 .5 .4 .3 .5 .4 .5 .4

Transportation and material moving ................... 117.0 117.5 .5 .9 .2 .6 .7 .7 -.1 .5

Service occupations ............................................... 117.7 117.6 .5 .2 .5 .3 .5 .3 .5 -.1

Industry

Goods-producing industries2 .................................. 116.7 117.3 .4 .4 .4 .4 .4 .5 .5 .5

Construction ....................................................... 116.5 117.1 .4 .1 .4 .4 .3 .5 .4 .5

Manufacturing ..................................................... 116.3 116.8 .5 .4 .4 .4 .4 .5 .6 .4

Aircraft manufacturing .................................... 123.5 124.3 .6 .7 .7 .8 .7 .4 1.2 .7

Service-providing industries5 .................................. 118.4 118.8 .3 .6 .5 .3 .3 .5 .6 .3

Trade, transportation, and utilities ...................... 116.7 117.3 .5 .9 .4 .5 .2 .6 .7 .5

Retail trade ..................................................... 117.2 117.5 .5 .5 .3 -.1 .4 .6 .6 .2

Transportation and warehousing .................... 117.4 118.2 .2 1.5 .4 1.1 .7 1.1 -.2 .6

Utilities ............................................................ 123.8 124.9 .5 .4 1.2 .2 .7 .8 .7 .9

Information .......................................................... 116.0 116.6 .2 .4 .5 .4 .6 .6 .3 .5

Financial activities .............................................. 118.2 118.5 .1 .4 1.0 .4 .1 .8 .9 .3

Finance and insurance ................................... 119.2 119.6 .1 .4 1.0 .4 .1 .9 .9 .3

Insurance carriers and related

activities .................................................... 118.7 120.3 .9 .3 .3 1.2 -.5 .2 1.6 1.4

Professional and business services ................... 120.3 120.6 .3 .4 .5 .3 .7 .4 .3 .2

Professional, scientific, and technical services 122.9 123.3 .3 .3 .4 .4 .7 .1 .6 .3

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–

June 

2013

Sep. 

2013

Dec.

2011

Mar.

2012

June

2012

Sep.

2012

Dec.

2012

Mar.

2013

June

2013

Sep.

2013

Industry

Administrative and support and waste

management and remediation services ........ 117.3 117.3 0.3 0.6 0.4 0.4 0.7 0.8 0.1 0.0

Education and health services ............................ 119.3 119.8 .5 .7 .4 .3 .4 .3 .6 .4

Education services ......................................... 119.4 119.9 .8 .3 .4 .2 .3 .2 .8 .4

Junior colleges, colleges, 

universities, and professional schools ...... 119.9 120.4 .6 .7 .4 .4 .5 .3 .9 .4

Health care and social assistance4 ................ 119.2 119.7 .4 .8 .3 .3 .3 .5 .4 .4

Hospitals ..................................................... 119.9 120.3 .3 .3 .4 .3 .3 .5 .6 .3

Leisure and hospitality ........................................ 117.7 117.8 .1 .2 .7 -.2 .3 .2 .4 .1

Accommodation and food services ................. 118.2 118.3 .2 .0 .8 -.3 .6 -.2 .5 .1

Other services, except public administration ...... 119.5 119.6 .8 .3 .4 .2 .3 .9 1.2 .1

State and local government workers

All workers .................................................................. 116.6 116.9 .3 .3 .3 .3 .3 .2 .2 .3

Industry

Education and health services ............................ 116.3 116.4 .3 .3 .3 .2 .3 .2 .3 .1

Education services ......................................... 115.8 115.9 .4 .3 .3 .3 .3 .1 .3 .1

Schools ....................................................... 115.8 115.9 .4 .3 .3 .3 .3 .2 .3 .1

Elementary and secondary schools ........ 115.6 115.7 .3 .4 .2 .1 .3 .1 .2 .1

Health care and social assistance4 ................ 120.1 120.6 .3 .4 .3 .1 .4 .3 .2 .4

Hospitals ..................................................... 119.7 120.1 .3 .3 .3 .3 .3 .3 .2 .3

Public administration .......................................... 116.7 117.3 .3 .3 .3 .3 .3 .2 .1 .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 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–

June 

2013

Sep. 

2013

Dec.

2011

Mar.

2012

June

2012

Sep.

2012

Dec.

2012

Mar.

2013

June

2013

Sep.

2013

Civilian workers

All workers1 ................................................................ 121.8 122.6 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.4 0.7

Private industry workers

All workers .................................................................. 119.6 120.3 .7 .4 .6 .4 .6 .4 .4 .6

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related ................. 119.2 120.2 .9 .5 .6 .5 .7 -.2 .8 .8

Sales and office ...................................................... 119.4 120.2 .4 .7 .7 .0 .4 .8 .4 .7

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance 121.8 122.5 .9 .6 .8 .8 .7 .8 .2 .6

Production, transportation, and material moving .... 118.9 119.1 .8 -.9 .7 .6 .5 .4 .2 .2

Service occupations ............................................... 120.2 120.8 .8 .7 .3 .6 .8 -.1 .5 .5

Industry

Goods-producing industries2 .................................. 117.1 117.6 .9 -.6 .5 .8 .7 .5 .1 .4

Manufacturing ..................................................... 115.8 116.3 .8 -1.0 .5 .9 .7 .2 .1 .4

Service-providing industries3 .................................. 120.6 121.4 .7 .9 .6 .3 .5 .3 .6 .7

State and local government workers

All workers .................................................................. 130.0 130.7 .4 1.0 .9 .9 .7 1.0 .6 .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 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 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–

Sep. 

2012

June 

2013

Sep. 

2013

3-months ended– 12-months ended–

Sep. 

2012

June 

2013

Sep. 

2013

Sep. 

2012

June 

2013

Sep. 

2013

Civilian workers

All workers2 ................................................................ 117.4 119.0 119.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 1.9 1.9 1.9

Excluding incentive paid occupations3 ............... 117.7 119.3 119.9 .4 .4 .5 1.7 1.8 1.9

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related ................. 117.8 119.5 120.2 .4 .6 .6 1.9 1.9 2.0

Management, business, and financial ................ 117.3 119.5 119.8 .1 1.0 .3 1.9 2.0 2.1

Professional and related ..................................... 118.1 119.6 120.3 .6 .4 .6 1.9 1.9 1.9

Sales and office ...................................................... 116.7 118.3 118.8 .4 .6 .4 2.2 1.8 1.8

Sales and related ................................................ 113.2 114.6 115.2 .4 .8 .5 2.5 1.7 1.8

Office and administrative support ....................... 118.8 120.6 121.1 .4 .5 .4 1.9 1.9 1.9

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance 118.0 119.3 120.2 .6 .3 .8 1.9 1.7 1.9

Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and

forestry .............................................................. 118.0 119.1 120.0 .7 .3 .8 1.6 1.6 1.7

Installation, maintenance, and repair .................. 118.0 119.7 120.4 .6 .5 .6 2.2 2.0 2.0

Production, transportation, and material moving .... 116.1 117.5 118.0 .6 .3 .4 1.7 1.8 1.6

Production .......................................................... 114.9 116.2 116.5 .4 .3 .3 1.3 1.6 1.4

Transportation and material moving ................... 117.6 119.2 119.8 .8 .3 .5 2.2 2.1 1.9

Service occupations ............................................... 118.2 119.6 120.0 .5 .3 .3 1.7 1.7 1.5

Industry

Goods-producing industries4 .................................. 115.4 117.0 117.5 .6 .5 .4 1.7 2.0 1.8

Manufacturing ..................................................... 114.6 116.3 116.7 .5 .5 .3 1.6 2.0 1.8

Service-providing industries5 .................................. 117.8 119.3 119.9 .5 .5 .5 2.0 1.8 1.8

Education and health services ............................ 118.8 119.8 120.7 .8 .3 .8 2.0 1.6 1.6

Education services ......................................... 118.6 119.4 120.4 1.1 .2 .8 1.7 1.8 1.5

Elementary and secondary schools ............ 118.6 119.2 120.0 1.1 .2 .7 1.6 1.6 1.2

Junior colleges, colleges, 

universities, and professional schools ...... 118.5 119.7 121.0 1.4 .3 1.1 2.2 2.4 2.1

Health care and social assistance6 ................ 118.9 120.3 121.0 .3 .3 .6 2.1 1.5 1.8

Hospitals ..................................................... 119.3 120.8 121.5 .3 .4 .6 1.6 1.6 1.8

Nursing and residential care facilities ......... 115.7 116.7 117.2 .3 .2 .4 1.2 1.2 1.3

Public administration .......................................... 120.5 121.6 122.7 .8 .2 .9 2.0 1.8 1.8

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–

Sep. 

2012

June 

2013

Sep. 

2013

3-months ended– 12-months ended–

Sep. 

2012

June 

2013

Sep. 

2013

Sep. 

2012

June 

2013

Sep. 

2013

Private industry workers

All workers ...................................................................... 116.8 118.6 119.0 0.3 0.6 0.3 1.9 1.9 1.9

Excluding incentive paid occupations2 ................... 117.2 119.0 119.4 .3 .6 .3 1.8 1.9 1.9

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related ..................... 117.4 119.4 119.9 .3 .8 .4 2.0 2.0 2.1

Excluding incentive paid occupations2 ........... 117.4 119.4 119.9 .3 .7 .4 1.8 2.0 2.1

Management, business, and financial .................... 116.9 119.3 119.6 .0 1.1 .3 1.8 2.1 2.3

Excluding incentive paid occupations2 ........... 117.2 119.4 119.8 .1 .9 .3 1.8 2.0 2.2

Professional and related ......................................... 117.7 119.5 120.2 .3 .5 .6 2.0 1.9 2.1

Sales and office .......................................................... 116.2 118.0 118.4 .3 .7 .3 2.1 1.8 1.9

Excluding incentive paid occupations2 ........... 117.4 119.3 119.8 .2 .5 .4 1.7 1.8 2.0

Sales and related .................................................... 113.1 114.5 115.1 .4 .8 .5 2.5 1.7 1.8

Excluding incentive paid occupations2 ........... 115.3 117.3 117.8 -.1 .6 .4 1.2 1.6 2.2

Office and administrative support ........................... 118.4 120.4 120.7 .3 .6 .2 1.9 1.9 1.9

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance .... 117.7 119.1 119.9 .6 .4 .7 1.9 1.8 1.9

Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and

forestry .................................................................. 117.8 118.9 119.9 .6 .3 .8 1.6 1.5 1.8

Installation, maintenance, and repair ...................... 117.5 119.3 119.9 .6 .6 .5 2.3 2.1 2.0

Production, transportation, and material moving ........ 115.7 117.2 117.5 .5 .4 .3 1.7 1.8 1.6

Excluding incentive paid occupations2 ........... 115.7 117.3 117.6 .4 .3 .3 1.6 1.8 1.6

Production .............................................................. 114.8 116.1 116.3 .3 .3 .2 1.2 1.5 1.3

Excluding incentive paid occupations2 ........... 115.0 116.3 116.5 .4 .4 .2 1.3 1.6 1.3

Transportation and material moving ....................... 117.0 118.6 119.2 .9 .3 .5 2.3 2.2 1.9

Service occupations ................................................... 116.8 118.3 118.4 .3 .3 .1 1.6 1.6 1.4

Industry and occupational group

Goods-producing industries3 ...................................... 115.3 117.0 117.5 .5 .5 .4 1.7 2.0 1.9

Excluding incentive paid occupations2 ........... 115.6 117.3 117.8 .5 .4 .4 1.6 2.0 1.9

Management, professional, and related ............. 114.3 116.5 116.9 .4 .7 .3 2.1 2.4 2.3

Sales and office .................................................. 115.4 117.5 118.0 .8 1.0 .4 3.2 2.6 2.3

Natural resources, construction, and

maintenance ..................................................... 117.3 118.7 119.6 .9 .4 .8 1.5 2.1 2.0

Production, transportation, and material moving 114.6 115.9 116.1 .5 .3 .2 1.3 1.7 1.3

Construction ........................................................... 116.0 117.6 118.4 .7 .5 .7 1.8 2.1 2.1

Manufacturing ......................................................... 114.6 116.3 116.7 .5 .5 .3 1.6 2.0 1.8

Management, professional, and related ......... 114.1 116.2 116.8 .4 .5 .5 1.9 2.2 2.4

Sales and office .............................................. 116.5 118.3 118.8 1.0 1.0 .4 2.8 2.5 2.0

Natural resources, construction, and

maintenance ................................................. 116.0 117.9 118.5 1.3 .5 .5 1.5 3.0 2.2

Production, transportation, and material

moving .......................................................... 114.3 115.7 115.9 .4 .4 .2 1.2 1.7 1.4

Aircraft manufacturing ........................................ 104.2 105.8 104.0 4.8 .6 -1.7 7.6 6.4 -.2

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–

Sep. 

2012

June 

2013

Sep. 

2013

3-months ended– 12-months ended–

Sep. 

2012

June 

2013

Sep. 

2013

Sep. 

2012

June 

2013

Sep. 

2013

Service-providing industries4 ...................................... 117.3 119.1 119.6 0.3 0.6 0.4 2.0 1.8 2.0

Excluding incentive paid occupations2 ........... 117.7 119.5 120.0 .3 .5 .4 1.8 1.8 2.0

Management, professional, and related ............. 118.0 120.0 120.5 .3 .8 .4 2.0 2.0 2.1

Sales and office .................................................. 116.3 118.0 118.5 .3 .6 .4 2.0 1.7 1.9

Natural resources, construction, and

maintenance ..................................................... 118.4 119.7 120.4 .3 .3 .6 2.5 1.4 1.7

Production, transportation, and material moving 117.2 118.8 119.4 .7 .3 .5 2.3 2.1 1.9

Service occupations ........................................... 116.8 118.3 118.4 .3 .3 .1 1.7 1.6 1.4

Trade, transportation, and utilities .......................... 116.3 118.2 118.7 .3 .8 .4 2.2 1.9 2.1

Excluding incentive paid occupations2 ....... 116.9 119.0 119.4 .1 .5 .3 1.7 1.9 2.1

Wholesale trade .................................................. 115.4 116.8 117.7 .9 1.2 .8 2.9 2.1 2.0

Excluding incentive paid occupations2 ....... 116.8 118.6 119.4 .3 .5 .7 1.4 1.8 2.2

Retail trade ......................................................... 115.3 117.4 117.7 -.4 .8 .3 1.1 1.4 2.1

Excluding incentive paid occupations2 ....... 115.3 117.2 117.6 -.4 .6 .3 1.1 1.2 2.0

Transportation and warehousing ........................ 117.6 119.7 120.5 1.0 .2 .7 3.5 2.8 2.5

Utilities ................................................................ 125.4 127.4 126.3 .2 .7 -.9 3.2 1.8 .7

Information .............................................................. 116.6 118.6 119.0 .2 .7 .3 3.7 1.9 2.1

Financial activities .................................................. 116.0 118.0 118.5 .3 .9 .4 1.5 2.1 2.2

Excluding incentive paid occupations2 ....... 116.5 118.4 118.9 .1 .7 .4 1.1 1.7 2.1

Finance and insurance ....................................... 116.2 118.4 119.0 .3 1.0 .5 1.3 2.2 2.4

Credit intermediation and related

activities ........................................................ 115.3 117.8 118.0 .0 .8 .2 .9 2.2 2.3

Excluding incentive paid occupations2 ....... 117.8 120.1 120.6 .2 .8 .4 .8 2.1 2.4

Insurance carriers and related activities ......... 117.3 119.2 120.5 .9 1.6 1.1 2.1 2.5 2.7

Excluding incentive paid occupations2 ....... 117.0 119.2 119.7 .1 .9 .4 1.4 2.0 2.3

Real estate and rental and leasing ..................... 115.0 116.0 116.4 .3 .5 .3 2.2 1.2 1.2

Excluding incentive paid occupations2 ....... 118.1 119.3 119.7 .2 .6 .3 2.5 1.2 1.4

Professional and business services ....................... 118.7 120.7 120.9 .2 .6 .2 1.7 1.9 1.9

Professional, scientific, and technical services ... 121.3 123.4 123.7 .2 .7 .2 1.7 2.0 2.0

Administrative and support and waste

management and remediation services ............ 115.2 117.4 117.2 .0 .5 -.2 1.7 1.9 1.7

Education and health services ................................ 118.6 119.9 120.6 .5 .4 .6 2.2 1.6 1.7

Education services ............................................. 118.9 119.9 121.3 .9 .5 1.2 1.8 1.8 2.0

Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and

professional schools ..................................... 119.3 120.6 122.3 1.1 .5 1.4 2.4 2.2 2.5

Health care and social assistance5 .................... 118.5 119.9 120.5 .3 .4 .5 2.3 1.5 1.7

Hospitals ......................................................... 118.9 120.4 121.0 .3 .4 .5 1.6 1.6 1.8

Nursing and residential care facilities ............. 114.9 115.8 116.2 .3 .2 .3 1.1 1.0 1.1

Nursing care facilities2 ................................ 115.1 116.0 116.1 .2 .3 .1 .9 1.0 .9

Leisure and hospitality ............................................ 116.0 116.9 117.3 .0 .3 .3 .8 .8 1.1

Accommodation and food services ..................... 116.7 117.5 117.9 .0 .3 .3 .7 .7 1.0

Other services, except public administration .......... 117.6 119.8 120.2 .6 .8 .3 2.3 2.5 2.2

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–

Sep. 

2012

June 

2013

Sep. 

2013

3-months ended– 12-months ended–

Sep. 

2012

June 

2013

Sep. 

2013

Sep. 

2012

June 

2013

Sep. 

2013

Bargaining status

Union ...................................................................... 120.2 122.1 122.5 0.8 0.5 0.3 2.4 2.3 1.9

Goods-producing industries2 .............................. 117.7 118.8 119.2 .9 .2 .3 1.2 1.9 1.3

Manufacturing ................................................. 113.6 114.1 113.8 .7 .2 -.3 .4 1.2 .2

Service-providing industries3 .............................. 122.2 124.9 125.2 .6 .8 .2 3.3 2.8 2.5

Nonunion ................................................................ 116.3 118.0 118.5 .3 .6 .4 1.8 1.7 1.9

Goods-producing industries2 .............................. 114.6 116.4 116.9 .4 .6 .4 1.9 2.0 2.0

Manufacturing ................................................. 115.0 117.0 117.5 .5 .6 .4 2.0 2.3 2.2

Service-providing industries3 .............................. 116.8 118.5 119.0 .3 .6 .4 1.8 1.7 1.9

Census region and division4

Northeast ................................................................ 117.6 119.4 119.7 .4 .6 .3 1.6 2.0 1.8

New England ...................................................... 118.0 120.0 120.5 .5 .9 .4 1.5 2.2 2.1

Middle Atlantic .................................................... 117.4 119.2 119.5 .3 .5 .3 1.6 1.9 1.8

South ...................................................................... 117.2 119.3 119.7 .3 .6 .3 2.2 2.1 2.1

South Atlantic ..................................................... 117.8 119.8 120.2 .4 .6 .3 2.3 2.1 2.0

East South Central ............................................. 115.3 116.9 117.5 .2 .1 .5 2.0 1.6 1.9

West South Central ............................................ 117.0 119.3 119.8 .2 .7 .4 2.0 2.1 2.4

Midwest .................................................................. 115.6 117.0 117.4 .3 .5 .3 1.8 1.5 1.6

East North Central .............................................. 114.6 116.0 116.4 .1 .5 .3 1.3 1.3 1.6

West North Central ............................................. 118.2 119.4 119.9 .6 .3 .4 2.8 1.6 1.4

West ....................................................................... 116.8 118.5 119.2 .4 .8 .6 1.9 1.9 2.1

Mountain ............................................................. 116.5 118.1 118.7 .4 1.3 .5 1.5 1.8 1.9

Pacific ................................................................. 117.0 118.7 119.5 .4 .5 .7 2.1 1.9 2.1

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–

Sep. 

2012

June 

2013

Sep. 

2013

3-months ended– 12-months ended–

Sep. 

2012

June 

2013

Sep. 

2013

Sep. 

2012

June 

2013

Sep. 

2013

State and local government workers

All workers .................................................................. 119.7 120.7 121.7 0.9 0.2 0.8 1.8 1.8 1.7

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related ................. 119.0 119.9 120.8 .9 .2 .8 1.8 1.7 1.5

Professional and related ..................................... 118.8 119.7 120.6 .9 .2 .8 1.7 1.7 1.5

Sales and office ...................................................... 120.7 121.9 122.9 1.1 .2 .8 1.9 2.1 1.8

Office and administrative support ....................... 120.8 121.9 123.0 1.0 .1 .9 1.8 1.9 1.8

Service occupations ............................................... 121.5 122.6 123.7 .9 .2 .9 1.9 1.8 1.8

Industry

Education and health services ................................ 119.0 119.8 120.7 1.1 .2 .8 1.8 1.8 1.4

Education services ............................................. 118.6 119.3 120.2 1.2 .2 .8 1.8 1.8 1.3

Schools2 ......................................................... 118.5 119.2 120.2 1.1 .1 .8 1.7 1.7 1.4

Elementary and secondary schools ............ 118.7 119.2 120.1 1.1 .1 .8 1.6 1.5 1.2

Health care and social assistance3 .................... 121.9 123.5 124.6 .4 .3 .9 1.7 1.7 2.2

Hospitals ......................................................... 121.0 122.5 123.2 .4 .3 .6 1.8 1.7 1.8

Public administration .............................................. 120.5 121.6 122.7 .8 .2 .9 2.0 1.8 1.8

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–

Sep. 

2012

June 

2013

Sep. 

2013

3-months ended– 12-months ended–

Sep. 

2012

June 

2013

Sep. 

2013

Sep. 

2012

June 

2013

Sep. 

2013

Civilian workers

All workers1 ................................................................ 116.3 117.8 118.2 0.4 0.6 0.3 1.7 1.7 1.6

Excluding incentive paid occupations2 ............... 116.5 118.0 118.5 .4 .4 .4 1.5 1.7 1.7

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related ................. 116.8 118.5 118.9 .3 .7 .3 1.6 1.8 1.8

Management, business, and financial ................ 116.6 118.9 119.1 .1 1.0 .2 1.6 2.1 2.1

Professional and related ..................................... 116.9 118.2 118.9 .4 .4 .6 1.5 1.5 1.7

Sales and office ...................................................... 115.8 117.2 117.7 .6 .7 .4 2.2 1.8 1.6

Sales and related ................................................ 113.7 114.6 115.2 .9 1.0 .5 3.1 1.7 1.3

Office and administrative support ....................... 117.2 118.9 119.3 .4 .5 .3 1.6 1.9 1.8

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance 116.6 117.6 118.5 .5 .3 .8 1.2 1.4 1.6

Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and

forestry .............................................................. 116.6 117.2 118.1 .6 .2 .8 1.1 1.1 1.3

Installation, maintenance, and repair .................. 116.6 118.1 119.1 .4 .4 .8 1.2 1.7 2.1

Production, transportation, and material moving .... 114.9 116.3 116.8 .6 .3 .4 2.0 1.8 1.7

Production .......................................................... 114.0 115.6 116.1 .4 .4 .4 1.7 1.8 1.8

Transportation and material moving ................... 115.9 117.1 117.7 .8 .2 .5 2.2 1.8 1.6

Service occupations ............................................... 116.5 117.6 117.8 .4 .3 .2 1.3 1.4 1.1

Industry

Goods-producing industries3 .................................. 115.1 116.8 117.4 .5 .6 .5 1.7 2.0 2.0

Manufacturing ..................................................... 114.6 116.4 116.9 .5 .6 .4 1.9 2.1 2.0

Service-providing industries4 .................................. 116.5 117.9 118.4 .3 .5 .4 1.7 1.6 1.6

Education and health services ............................ 116.7 117.6 118.3 .5 .3 .6 1.5 1.3 1.4

Education services ......................................... 115.7 116.1 116.9 .7 .1 .7 1.1 1.0 1.0

Elementary and secondary schools ............ 115.3 115.6 116.1 .6 .2 .4 1.0 .9 .7

Junior colleges, colleges, 

universities, and professional schools ...... 116.2 117.0 118.1 1.2 .2 .9 1.8 1.9 1.6

Health care and social assistance5 ................ 117.9 119.3 119.8 .3 .4 .4 1.8 1.5 1.6

Hospitals ..................................................... 118.3 119.8 120.2 .3 .4 .3 1.4 1.6 1.6

Nursing and residential care facilities ......... 114.7 115.6 116.0 .3 .3 .3 .9 1.0 1.1

Public administration .......................................... 116.1 116.7 117.3 .3 .0 .5 1.1 .8 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–

Sep. 

2012

June 

2013

Sep. 

2013

3-months ended– 12-months ended–

Sep. 

2012

June 

2013

Sep. 

2013

Sep. 

2012

June 

2013

Sep. 

2013

Private industry workers

All workers ...................................................................... 116.4 118.1 118.5 0.4 0.7 0.3 1.8 1.9 1.8

Excluding incentive paid occupations1 ................... 116.6 118.4 118.9 .3 .5 .4 1.6 1.9 2.0

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related ..................... 117.3 119.4 119.8 .3 .8 .3 1.7 2.1 2.1

Excluding incentive paid occupations1 ........... 117.2 119.3 119.7 .3 .8 .3 1.5 2.1 2.1

Management, business, and financial .................... 116.7 119.3 119.4 .0 1.2 .1 1.6 2.2 2.3

Excluding incentive paid occupations1 ........... 116.9 119.2 119.5 .1 .8 .3 1.5 2.1 2.2

Professional and related ......................................... 117.7 119.5 120.2 .4 .6 .6 1.8 2.0 2.1

Sales and office .......................................................... 115.8 117.3 117.8 .5 .7 .4 2.3 1.8 1.7

Excluding incentive paid occupations1 ........... 116.8 118.6 119.0 .3 .6 .3 1.7 1.8 1.9

Sales and related .................................................... 113.7 114.6 115.2 .8 .9 .5 3.0 1.6 1.3

Excluding incentive paid occupations1 ........... 115.7 117.4 117.8 .2 .7 .3 1.4 1.6 1.8

Office and administrative support ........................... 117.4 119.3 119.7 .3 .6 .3 1.7 2.0 2.0

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance .... 116.6 117.6 118.5 .5 .3 .8 1.2 1.4 1.6

Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and

forestry .................................................................. 116.8 117.3 118.2 .7 .2 .8 1.2 1.1 1.2

Installation, maintenance, and repair ...................... 116.4 118.0 119.0 .4 .4 .8 1.2 1.8 2.2

Production, transportation, and material moving ........ 114.7 116.2 116.7 .6 .3 .4 2.0 1.9 1.7

Excluding incentive paid occupations1 ........... 114.8 116.4 116.9 .5 .3 .4 1.9 1.9 1.8

Production .............................................................. 113.9 115.5 116.0 .4 .4 .4 1.7 1.8 1.8

Excluding incentive paid occupations1 ........... 114.1 115.7 116.1 .4 .5 .3 1.9 1.8 1.8

Transportation and material moving ....................... 115.7 117.0 117.7 .8 .1 .6 2.2 1.9 1.7

Service occupations ................................................... 116.2 117.6 117.6 .3 .3 .0 1.4 1.6 1.2

Industry and occupational group

Goods-producing industries2 ...................................... 115.1 116.8 117.4 .5 .6 .5 1.7 2.0 2.0

Excluding incentive paid occupations1 ........... 115.5 117.2 117.8 .5 .5 .5 1.6 2.0 2.0

Management, professional, and related ............. 115.7 118.1 118.4 .4 .9 .3 1.9 2.5 2.3

Sales and office .................................................. 115.1 117.1 117.7 .9 1.4 .5 3.2 2.6 2.3

Natural resources, construction, and

maintenance ..................................................... 116.4 117.3 118.3 .8 .3 .9 1.2 1.6 1.6

Production, transportation, and material moving 113.7 115.3 115.8 .4 .4 .4 1.6 1.9 1.8

Construction ........................................................... 115.2 116.4 117.3 .7 .5 .8 1.4 1.7 1.8

Manufacturing ......................................................... 114.6 116.4 116.9 .5 .6 .4 1.9 2.1 2.0

Management, professional, and related ......... 115.5 117.7 118.1 .3 .7 .3 1.9 2.3 2.3

Sales and office .............................................. 116.1 117.6 118.1 .8 1.1 .4 2.7 2.1 1.7

Natural resources, construction, and

maintenance ................................................. 115.6 117.5 118.6 1.0 .5 .9 1.6 2.7 2.6

Production, transportation, and material

moving .......................................................... 113.5 115.1 115.5 .4 .4 .3 1.6 1.9 1.8

Aircraft manufacturing ........................................ 120.6 123.7 124.3 .6 .8 .5 2.7 3.2 3.1

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–

Sep. 

2012

June 

2013

Sep. 

2013

3-months ended– 12-months ended–

Sep. 

2012

June 

2013

Sep. 

2013

Sep. 

2012

June 

2013

Sep. 

2013

Service-providing industries3 ...................................... 116.7 118.4 118.9 0.3 0.6 0.4 1.8 1.8 1.9

Excluding incentive paid occupations1 ........... 117.0 118.7 119.2 .3 .5 .4 1.6 1.8 1.9

Management, professional, and related ............. 117.5 119.6 120.1 .2 .8 .4 1.6 2.0 2.2

Sales and office .................................................. 115.9 117.4 117.8 .5 .7 .3 2.2 1.8 1.6

Natural resources, construction, and

maintenance ..................................................... 117.0 118.1 118.9 .3 .3 .7 1.3 1.2 1.6

Production, transportation, and material moving 115.9 117.3 117.9 .8 .3 .5 2.4 2.0 1.7

Service occupations ........................................... 116.2 117.6 117.6 .3 .3 .0 1.4 1.6 1.2

Trade, transportation, and utilities .......................... 115.1 116.8 117.4 .5 .9 .5 2.3 2.0 2.0

Excluding incentive paid occupations1 ....... 115.6 117.4 118.0 .3 .4 .5 1.7 1.8 2.1

Wholesale trade .................................................. 113.2 114.2 115.1 1.2 1.3 .8 3.4 2.1 1.7

Excluding incentive paid occupations1 ....... 114.0 115.7 116.4 .3 .5 .6 1.3 1.8 2.1

Retail trade ......................................................... 115.4 117.4 117.6 -.2 .9 .2 1.2 1.6 1.9

Excluding incentive paid occupations1 ....... 115.4 117.1 117.5 -.2 .7 .3 1.1 1.3 1.8

Transportation and warehousing ........................ 115.8 117.5 118.4 1.2 .0 .8 3.2 2.7 2.2

Utilities ................................................................ 121.3 124.2 124.9 .0 1.0 .6 2.4 2.4 3.0

Information .............................................................. 114.4 116.2 116.6 .4 .5 .3 1.7 1.9 1.9

Financial activities .................................................. 116.3 118.3 118.7 .4 1.1 .3 2.0 2.2 2.1

Excluding incentive paid occupations1 ....... 116.7 118.6 118.9 .1 .9 .3 1.6 1.7 1.9

Finance and insurance ....................................... 117.2 119.4 119.8 .5 1.3 .3 2.1 2.4 2.2

Credit intermediation and related

activities ........................................................ 114.3 117.0 116.8 -.1 .9 -.2 1.8 2.3 2.2

Excluding incentive paid occupations1 ....... 117.3 119.7 119.9 .3 .9 .2 1.9 2.3 2.2

Insurance carriers and related activities ......... 117.4 118.9 120.5 1.2 1.9 1.3 2.7 2.5 2.6

Excluding incentive paid occupations1 ....... 116.6 118.4 118.7 .2 1.0 .3 1.7 1.7 1.8

Real estate and rental and leasing ..................... 112.5 113.9 114.2 .3 .7 .3 1.5 1.5 1.5

Excluding incentive paid occupations1 ....... 115.8 117.5 117.8 .1 .8 .3 1.8 1.6 1.7

Professional and business services ....................... 118.5 120.5 120.5 .2 .5 .0 1.5 1.9 1.7

Professional, scientific, and technical services ... 121.1 123.0 123.2 .2 .5 .2 1.4 1.8 1.7

Administrative and support and waste

management and remediation services ............ 115.2 117.5 117.2 .2 .5 -.3 1.8 2.2 1.7

Education and health services ................................ 117.8 119.1 119.8 .4 .4 .6 1.9 1.5 1.7

Education services ............................................. 118.1 118.9 120.3 .9 .5 1.2 1.6 1.5 1.9

Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and

professional schools ..................................... 118.2 119.4 120.8 1.2 .5 1.2 2.2 2.2 2.2

Health care and social assistance4 .................... 117.7 119.2 119.7 .3 .5 .4 1.9 1.6 1.7

Hospitals ......................................................... 118.3 119.8 120.3 .4 .5 .4 1.5 1.7 1.7

Nursing and residential care facilities ............. 114.6 115.5 115.8 .3 .3 .3 .9 1.0 1.0

Nursing care facilities1 ................................ 114.7 115.5 115.7 .2 .3 .2 .7 .9 .9

Leisure and hospitality ............................................ 116.7 117.4 117.8 .1 .2 .3 .8 .7 .9

Accommodation and food services ..................... 117.2 117.9 118.4 .1 .2 .4 .7 .7 1.0

Other services, except public administration .......... 116.7 119.4 119.7 .3 .9 .3 1.7 2.7 2.6

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–

Sep. 

2012

June 

2013

Sep. 

2013

3-months ended– 12-months ended–

Sep. 

2012

June 

2013

Sep. 

2013

Sep. 

2012

June 

2013

Sep. 

2013

Bargaining status

Union ...................................................................... 116.9 119.0 119.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 2.0 2.4 2.3

Goods-producing industries1 .............................. 114.4 115.9 116.8 .5 .2 .8 1.4 1.8 2.1

Manufacturing ................................................. 112.1 113.9 114.4 .3 .4 .4 1.4 1.9 2.1

Service-providing industries2 .............................. 118.7 121.3 121.7 .7 .7 .3 2.5 2.9 2.5

Nonunion ................................................................ 116.3 117.9 118.4 .3 .6 .4 1.7 1.7 1.8

Goods-producing industries1 .............................. 115.3 117.0 117.5 .5 .7 .4 1.8 2.0 1.9

Manufacturing ................................................. 115.2 117.1 117.5 .5 .8 .3 1.9 2.2 2.0

Service-providing industries2 .............................. 116.5 118.2 118.6 .3 .7 .3 1.7 1.7 1.8

Census region and division3

Northeast ................................................................ 116.7 118.4 118.7 .3 .7 .3 1.6 1.7 1.7

New England ...................................................... 117.8 119.8 120.5 .5 1.0 .6 1.6 2.2 2.3

Middle Atlantic .................................................... 116.4 117.9 118.0 .3 .5 .1 1.7 1.6 1.4

South ...................................................................... 117.3 119.3 119.7 .5 .5 .3 2.0 2.2 2.0

South Atlantic ..................................................... 118.0 120.0 120.2 .6 .7 .2 2.3 2.3 1.9

East South Central ............................................. 114.9 116.4 116.8 .1 .1 .3 1.3 1.4 1.7

West South Central ............................................ 117.1 119.5 120.0 .4 .7 .4 1.8 2.5 2.5

Midwest .................................................................. 114.7 116.0 116.6 .3 .4 .5 1.8 1.5 1.7

East North Central .............................................. 113.4 114.7 115.3 .3 .5 .5 1.4 1.4 1.7

West North Central ............................................. 118.0 119.2 119.8 .8 .2 .5 2.7 1.8 1.5

West ....................................................................... 116.5 118.1 118.8 .3 .9 .6 1.7 1.7 2.0

Mountain ............................................................. 116.3 117.8 118.3 .5 1.6 .4 1.1 1.8 1.7

Pacific ................................................................. 116.7 118.3 119.1 .3 .6 .7 2.0 1.7 2.1

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–

Sep. 

2012

June 

2013

Sep. 

2013

3-months ended– 12-months ended–

Sep. 

2012

June 

2013

Sep. 

2013

Sep. 

2012

June 

2013

Sep. 

2013

State and local government workers

All workers .................................................................. 116.0 116.5 117.1 0.5 0.1 0.5 1.1 1.0 0.9

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related ................. 115.7 116.1 116.7 .6 .1 .5 1.1 1.0 .9

Professional and related ..................................... 115.6 116.1 116.8 .5 .1 .6 1.0 1.0 1.0

Sales and office ...................................................... 115.5 115.9 116.4 .7 .0 .4 1.1 1.0 .8

Office and administrative support ....................... 115.8 116.3 116.7 .6 .0 .3 1.0 1.0 .8

Service occupations ............................................... 117.3 117.8 118.4 .5 .0 .5 1.2 .9 .9

Industry

Education and health services ................................ 115.7 116.1 116.7 .7 .1 .5 1.1 1.0 .9

Education services ............................................. 115.3 115.6 116.3 .8 .1 .6 1.1 1.0 .9

Schools1 ......................................................... 115.3 115.6 116.2 .8 .1 .5 1.1 1.0 .8

Elementary and secondary schools ............ 115.2 115.4 116.0 .5 .1 .5 .9 .7 .7

Health care and social assistance2 .................... 119.1 120.1 120.6 .2 .1 .4 1.0 1.0 1.3

Hospitals ......................................................... 118.6 119.7 120.0 .2 .0 .3 1.1 1.1 1.2

Public administration .............................................. 116.1 116.7 117.3 .3 .0 .5 1.1 .8 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–

Sep. 

2012

June 

2013

Sep. 

2013

3-months ended– 12-months ended–

Sep. 

2012

June 

2013

Sep. 

2013

Sep. 

2012

June 

2013

Sep. 

2013

Civilian workers

All workers1 ................................................................ 120.0 121.9 122.7 0.6 0.4 0.7 2.4 2.2 2.2

Private industry workers

All workers .................................................................. 117.9 119.8 120.3 .3 .5 .4 2.2 1.9 2.0

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related ................. 117.7 119.5 120.2 .3 .7 .6 2.6 1.8 2.1

Sales and office ...................................................... 117.4 119.6 120.1 -.2 .4 .4 1.9 1.7 2.3

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance 120.0 122.2 122.7 .8 .5 .4 3.3 2.6 2.2

Production, transportation, and material moving .... 117.6 119.1 119.2 .4 .3 .1 1.1 1.7 1.4

Service occupations ............................................... 118.7 120.4 120.7 .3 .3 .2 2.4 1.8 1.7

Industry

Goods-producing industries2 .................................. 115.7 117.4 117.7 .7 .3 .3 1.6 2.2 1.7

Manufacturing ..................................................... 114.7 116.1 116.4 .6 .3 .3 1.1 1.8 1.5

Aircraft manufacturing .................................... 86.6 86.8 82.4 11.9 .3 -5.1 15.9 12.1 -4.8

Service-providing industries3 .................................. 118.8 120.8 121.4 .1 .6 .5 2.4 1.8 2.2

Bargaining status

Union ...................................................................... 125.5 127.3 127.1 1.0 .6 -.2 2.9 2.4 1.3

Nonunion ................................................................ 116.4 118.3 118.9 .2 .5 .5 2.1 1.8 2.1

State and local government workers

All workers .................................................................. 127.6 129.5 131.3 1.8 .2 1.4 3.2 3.3 2.9

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

Sep. 

2012

June 

2013

Sep. 

2013

Sep. 

2012

June 

2013

Sep. 

2013

Northeast

Boston-Worcester-Manchester, MA-NH CSA ......... 1.5 2.3 1.9 1.1 2.3 2.2

New York-Newark-Bridgeport, NY-NJ-CT-PA CSA 1.8 2.1 2.0 1.7 1.6 1.5

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

CSA ...................................................................... 1.5 2.6 2.8 2.0 2.4 2.3

South

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Gainesville, GA-AL CSA .... 3.8 5.2 4.0 3.2 5.2 3.9

Dallas-Fort Worth, TX CSA .................................... 1.0 1.6 2.3 .8 2.0 2.3

Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX CSA ................... 2.5 2.1 1.9 2.2 2.5 2.5

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL MSA 1.3 2.1 2.4 1.2 2.2 2.6

Washington-Baltimore-Northern Virginia,

DC-MD-VA-WV CSA ............................................ 1.6 1.6 1.7 1.2 1.5 1.6

Midwest

Chicago-Naperville-Michigan City, IL-IN-WI CSA ... 1.9 1.9 1.3 1.4 1.8 1.4

Detroit-Warren-Flint, MI CSA .................................. -.3 1.2 1.7 1.9 2.2 2.3

Minneapolis-St. Paul-St. Cloud, MN-WI CSA ......... 1.4 1.6 1.5 1.1 1.4 1.1

West

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside, CA CSA ........ 1.7 2.3 2.2 1.3 2.1 2.2

Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ MSA ....................... .2 1.7 1.5 .7 2.4 2.1

San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA CSA .......... 2.6 2.4 3.4 2.3 2.6 3.3

Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA ........................ 3.2 4.2 2.9 1.9 3.2 3.0

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

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