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EMPLOYMENT COST INDEX – September 2017 

Compensation costs for civilian workers increased 0.7 percent, seasonally adjusted, for the 3-month 

period ending in September 2017, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Wages and 

salaries (which make up about 70 percent of compensation costs) increased 0.7 percent, and benefits

(which make up the remaining 30 percent of compensation) increased 0.8 percent. (See chart 1 and

tables A, 1, 2, and 3.) 

Civilian Workers

Compensation costs for civilian workers increased 2.5 percent for the 12-month period ending in

September 2017. In September 2016, compensation costs increased 2.3 percent. Wages and salaries 

increased 2.5 percent for the 12-month period ending in September 2017 and increased 2.4 percent 

for the 12-month period ending in September 2016. Benefit costs increased 2.4 percent for the 12-

month period ending in September 2017. In September 2016, the increase was 2.3 percent. (See chart 

2 and tables A, 4, 8, and 12.)

Chart 2. Twelve-month percent change, not seasonally 

adjusted, civilian workers, wages and salaries and 

benefits

Chart 1. Three-month percent change, seasonally 

adjusted, civilian workers, compensation

0.0

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.8

1.0

1.2

2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016

0.0

1.0

2.0

3.0

4.0

5.0

6.0

2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016

 Wages and salaries

 Benefits

Hurricanes Harvey and Irma

Hurricanes Harvey and Irma had minimal impact on data collection in the September 2017 

reference period. For further information on how recent hurricanes impacted survey response, see 

www.bls.gov/bls/hurricanes-harvey-irma-maria.htm. 
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Chart 5. Twelve-month percent change, not seasonally 

adjusted, state and local government, wages and salaries and 

benefits

Private Industry Workers

Compensation costs for private industry workers increased 2.5 percent over the year. In September

2016, the increase was 2.3 percent. Wages and salaries increased 2.6 percent for the current 12-

month period. In September 2016, the increase was 2.4 percent. The cost of benefits rose 2.4 percent

for the 12-month period ending in September 2017, higher than the 1.8 percent increase in September

2016. (See charts 3 and 4 and tables A, 5, 9, and 12.)

Employer costs for health benefits increased 1.1 percent for the 12-month period ending in 

September 2017. (For further information, see www.bls.gov/web/eci/echealth.pdf.)

Among occupational groups, compensation cost increases for private industry workers for the 12-

month period ending in September 2017 ranged from 2.3 percent for management, professional, and 

related occupations to 3.2 percent for production, transportation, and material moving occupations.

(See table 5.)

Among industry supersectors, compensation cost increases for private industry workers for the 12-

month period ending in September 2017 ranged from 1.9 percent for education and health services to

3.4 percent for leisure and hospitality. (See table 5.)

State and Local Government 

Compensation costs for state and local

government workers increased 2.4 percent

for the 12-month period ending in 

September 2017. In September 2016, the 

increase was 2.6 percent. Wages and

salaries increased 2.0 percent for the 12-

month period ending in September 2017,

the same as the September 2016 increase.

Benefit costs increased 3.0 percent for the 

12-month period ending in September

2017, less than the prior year’s increase of

3.7 percent. (See chart 5 and tables A, 7, 

11, and 12.)

Chart 4. Twelve-month percent change, not seasonally 

adjusted, private industry, wages and salaries and 

benefits

Chart 3. Twelve-month percent change, not 

seasonally adjusted, private industry, benefits and 

health benefits

0

2

4

6

8

2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016

Health benefits

Benefits

0

2

4

6

8

2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016

 Wages and salaries

 Benefits

0

2

4

6

8

2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016

 Wages and salaries

 Benefits
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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

June

2017

 Sept. 

2017 

Sept.

2016

Dec.

2016

Mar.

2017

June

2017

Sept.

2017

CIVILIAN

WORKERS1

Compensation2

Wages and salaries

Benefits

PRIVATE

INDUSTRY

Compensation2

Wages and salaries

Benefits

STATE AND

LOCAL

GOVERNMENT

Compensation2

Wages and salaries

Benefits

0.5

0.5

0.6

0.5

0.5

0.6

0.5

0.4

0.7

0.7

0.7

0.8

0.8

0.7

0.7 

0.6

0.5

0.8

2.3

2.4

2.3

2.3

2.4

1.8

2.6

2.0

3.7

2.2

2.3

2.1

2.2

2.3

1.8

2.4

2.1

3.1

2.4

2.5

2.2

2.3

2.6

1.9

2.6

2.2

3.1

2.4

2.3

2.5

2.4

2.4

2.2

2.6

2.1

3.2

2.5

2.5

2.4

2.5

2.6

2.4

2.4

2.0

3.0 

1 Includes private industry and state and local government.

2 Includes wages and salaries and benefits.

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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, methods, nonresponse adjustment, and imputation can be found in the BLS Handbook of 

Methods, Chapter 8, “National Compensation Measures,” at www.bls.gov/opub/hom/pdf/homch8.pdf.

Sample size

Data for the September 2017 reference period were collected from a probability sample of 

approximately 27,500 occupational observations selected from a sample of about 6,700 private 

industry establishments and approximately 8,100 occupational observations selected from a sample of 

about 1,400 state and local government establishments that provided data at the initial interview.

Standard errors

To assist users in ascertaining the reliability of Employment Cost Index (ECI) series, standard errors 

of all current quarter estimates except seasonally adjusted series are made available shortly after 

publication of the news release. Standard errors provide users a measure of the precision of an 

estimate to ensure that it is within an acceptable range for their intended purpose. For further 

information see www.bls.gov/ncs/ect/ectvar.htm.

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 Occupational Classification System 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 are published in a separate news release titled 

"Employer Costs for Employee Compensation" (ECEC). These releases are issued 3 months after the 

reference period. The ECEC release dates are available at www.bls.gov/schedule/2017/home.htm.

Historical ECEC data are available in summary documents at www.bls.gov/ect/#tables. Since the 

ECEC is calculated with current employment weights rather than the fixed weights used in computing 

the ECI, year-to-year changes in the cost levels usually differ from those in the ECI. For additional 

information on the use of fixed employment weights in computing the ECI, see 

www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2016/article/introducing-2012-fixed-employment-weights-for-theemployment-cost-index.htm.
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 Table 1. Employment Cost Index for total compensation,1 by occupational group and industry 

 

 (Seasonally adjusted)

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 Table 1. Employment Cost Index for total compensation,1 by occupational group and industry 

 

 (Seasonally adjusted)

Occupational group and industry

Indexes (Dec.

2005 = 100) Percent changes for 3 months ended–

Jun.

2017

Sep.

2017

Sep.

2015

Dec.

2015

Mar.

2016

Jun.

2016

Sep.

2016

Dec.

2016

Mar.

2017

Jun.

2017

Sep.

2017

 

 Civilian workers

All workers2 129.7 130.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.8 0.5 0.7

 Industry

 Goods-producing industries3 127.2 128.3 .4 .7 .5 .6 .3 .6 .6 .5 .9

 Manufacturing 127.0 128.3 .5 .7 .6 .6 .6 .5 .5 .6 1.0

 Service-providing industries4 130.3 131.2 .6 .5 .6 .6 .6 .5 .8 .5 .7

 Education and health services 130.2 130.7 .4 .6 .4 .6 .7 .5 .6 .5 .4

 Educational services 130.7 131.4 .5 .7 .5 .6 .8 .6 .7 .5 .5

 Elementary and secondary schools 130.5 131.3 .5 .9 .5 .6 .9 .5 .6 .5 .6

 Junior colleges, colleges, 

 universities, and professional schools

130.9 131.5 .6 .4 .3 .6 .5 .7 .8 .4 .5

 Health care and social assistance5 129.7 130.1 .4 .5 .4 .6 .5 .5 .5 .5 .3

 Hospitals 130.4 131.0 .4 .6 .5 .6 .5 .7 .5 .5 .5

 Nursing and residential care facilities 126.4 127.2 .6 .4 .7 .7 .6 .6 .5 .6 .6

 Public administration 134.1 134.7 .6 .6 .6 .5 .7 .5 .8 .6 .4

 Private industry workers

All workers 129.0 130.0 .6 .5 .6 .6 .5 .5 .8 .5 .8

 Occupational group

 Management, professional, and related 129.4 129.9 .6 .5 .5 .3 .5 .5 .7 .7 .4

 Management, business, and financial 130.6 131.2 .8 .6 .5 .2 .6 .7 .8 .8 .5

 Professional and related 128.6 129.0 .3 .6 .5 .3 .4 .2 .6 .7 .3

 Sales and office 128.5 129.9 .8 .6 .8 1.0 .2 .3 .9 .2 1.1

 Sales and related 123.7 125.6 1.0 .3 .7 1.3 -.2 -.2 1.3 -.2 1.5

 Office and administrative support 131.9 132.9 .6 .7 .9 .6 .7 .6 .5 .5 .8

 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance 129.6 130.5 .4 .5 .6 .6 .4 .6 .5 .9 .7

 Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and

 forestry

130.0 131.0 .6 .4 .7 .7 .3 .8 .9 .5 .8

 Installation, maintenance, and repair 129.1 130.0 .3 .5 .3 .5 .5 .5 .2 1.2 .7

 Production, transportation, and material moving 129.0 130.4 .5 .7 .7 .6 .6 .7 .8 .6 1.1

 Production 127.2 128.5 .6 .7 .7 .6 .6 .5 .6 .6 1.0

 Transportation and material moving 131.3 132.8 .5 .5 .9 .6 .7 .9 .9 .5 1.1

 Service occupations 129.2 129.9 .4 .6 .8 1.0 .7 .7 .9 .5 .5

 Industry

 Goods-producing industries3 127.2 128.3 .5 .7 .6 .6 .4 .6 .6 .5 .9

 Construction 127.4 128.1 .6 .7 .5 .7 .0 .7 1.0 .4 .5

 Manufacturing 127.0 128.3 .5 .7 .6 .6 .6 .5 .5 .6 1.0

 Aircraft manufacturing 116.0 125.8 -.5 .4 1.7 .6 -.9 1.2 1.5 .7 8.4

 Service-providing industries6 129.6 130.5 .6 .5 .6 .6 .6 .4 .8 .6 .7

 Trade, transportation, and utilities 130.6 131.8 1.0 .2 1.1 .6 .5 .5 1.0 .4 .9

 Retail trade 131.1 132.2 .9 .7 1.4 .7 .7 .7 .9 .5 .8

 Transportation and warehousing 132.6 134.0 .6 .4 1.2 .5 .6 1.1 .5 .6 1.1

 Utilities 139.8 140.8 .9 .6 .6 .5 .7 .9 .5 .4 .7

 Information 127.3 128.2 .7 .3 .7 .1 .8 .5 .3 1.1 .7

 Financial activities 129.3 129.9 .1 .8 .2 .8 1.2 .6 .2 1.0 .5

 Finance and insurance 129.5 130.0 .1 .9 .1 .8 1.4 .6 .2 1.0 .4

 Credit intermediation and related 

 activities

128.9 129.4 .5 .5 .6 .5 1.4 .6 .6 .8 .4

 Insurance carriers and related activities 132.5 132.4 .4 1.3 .4 .7 1.2 .2 .9 1.2 -.1

 See footnotes at end of table.
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 Table 1. Employment Cost Index for total compensation,1 by occupational group and industry – Continued 

 

 (Seasonally adjusted)

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 Table 1. Employment Cost Index for total compensation,1 by occupational group and industry – Continued 

 

 (Seasonally adjusted)

Occupational group and industry

Indexes (Dec.

2005 = 100) Percent changes for 3 months ended–

Jun.

2017

Sep.

2017

Sep.

2015

Dec.

2015

Mar.

2016

Jun.

2016

Sep.

2016

Dec.

2016

Mar.

2017

Jun.

2017

Sep.

2017

 

 Industry

 Real estate and rental and leasing 128.2 129.2 0.2 0.2 1.0 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.2 0.9 0.8

 Professional and business services 130.1 131.5 1.0 .6 .6 .4 .2 .2 .9 .6 1.1

 Professional, scientific, and technical services 132.6 134.2 1.0 .5 .6 .5 .2 .2 .8 .8 1.2

 Administrative and support and waste

 management and remediation services

126.1 127.6 1.0 .7 .6 .1 .2 -.5 .7 .5 1.2

 Education and health services 129.2 129.6 .3 .5 .4 .6 .5 .5 .5 .5 .3

 Educational services 129.7 130.2 .3 .5 .5 .6 .2 .8 .6 .4 .4

 Junior colleges, colleges, 

 universities, and professional schools

130.7 131.7 .4 .5 .3 .5 .4 .7 .6 .4 .8

 Health care and social assistance5 129.1 129.4 .3 .5 .4 .6 .5 .4 .6 .5 .2

 Hospitals 130.2 130.7 .3 .6 .4 .6 .6 .7 .6 .5 .4

 Nursing and residential care facilities 124.9 125.7 .5 .3 .7 .7 .7 .7 .5 .6 .6

 Leisure and hospitality 129.1 129.5 -.1 .8 1.0 .9 .8 .6 1.9 .5 .3

 Accommodation and food services 130.1 130.3 .1 .9 1.1 1.0 1.0 .6 1.8 .7 .2

 Other services, except public administration 129.8 130.8 .5 .5 .1 .9 .9 .7 .5 .5 .8

 State and local government workers

All workers 132.5 133.3 .6 .7 .5 .5 .8 .6 .6 .5 .6

 Industry

 Education and health services 131.3 132.1 .6 .8 .5 .5 .9 .5 .6 .5 .6

 Educational services 131.0 131.7 .6 .7 .5 .6 .9 .5 .7 .5 .5

 Schools 130.9 131.6 .6 .8 .5 .6 .9 .6 .6 .5 .5

 Elementary and secondary schools 130.9 131.7 .5 .9 .6 .6 .9 .5 .6 .6 .6

 Health care and social assistance5 133.6 135.1 .5 .8 .6 .5 .5 .6 .2 .2 1.1

 Hospitals 131.2 132.5 .6 .6 .6 .6 .5 .6 .2 .3 1.0

 Public administration 134.1 134.7 .6 .6 .6 .5 .7 .5 .8 .6 .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; educational 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–

Jun.

2017

Sep.

2017

Sep.

2015

Dec.

2015

Mar.

2016

Jun.

2016

Sep.

2016

Dec.

2016

Mar.

2017

Jun.

2017

Sep.

2017

 

 Civilian workers

All workers1 128.3 129.2 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.8 0.5 0.7

 Industry

 Goods-producing industries2 127.7 128.6 .6 .7 .6 .6 .5 .6 .7 .5 .7

 Manufacturing 127.7 128.7 .6 .7 .6 .6 .6 .6 .6 .5 .8

 Service-providing industries3 128.5 129.3 .6 .5 .6 .6 .6 .5 .8 .5 .6

 Education and health services 126.7 127.2 .3 .5 .5 .6 .5 .5 .6 .5 .4

 Educational services 124.7 125.2 .3 .4 .5 .5 .6 .5 .6 .4 .4

 Elementary and secondary schools 123.4 123.9 .3 .4 .4 .6 .5 .5 .5 .4 .4

 Junior colleges, colleges, 

 universities, and professional schools

126.7 127.3 .4 .3 .4 .6 .6 .6 .8 .2 .5

 Health care and social assistance4 129.0 129.3 .4 .5 .5 .6 .6 .4 .6 .7 .2

 Hospitals 129.4 130.1 .5 .5 .6 .6 .6 .7 .6 .5 .5

 Nursing and residential care facilities 125.7 126.5 .6 .4 .6 .7 .7 .7 .7 .7 .6

 Public administration 126.3 126.9 .5 .3 .5 .6 .6 .5 .7 .4 .5

 Private industry workers

All workers 129.0 129.9 .7 .6 .6 .7 .5 .5 .9 .5 .7

 Occupational group

 Management, professional, and related 130.0 130.4 .6 .6 .6 .3 .5 .5 .6 .8 .3

 Management, business, and financial 131.1 131.5 1.0 .6 .7 .2 .5 .9 .5 .8 .3

 Professional and related 129.2 129.5 .4 .6 .6 .4 .5 .2 .7 .8 .2

 Sales and office 127.9 129.5 .9 .5 .7 1.0 .2 .3 1.1 .0 1.3

 Sales and related 123.6 125.8 1.2 .2 .5 1.5 -.5 -.2 1.5 -.6 1.8

 Office and administrative support 131.2 132.2 .6 .8 1.0 .6 .7 .8 .7 .5 .8

 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance 128.7 129.7 .4 .4 .7 .7 .3 .8 .7 .8 .8

 Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and

 forestry

128.6 129.9 .6 .4 .9 .9 .2 1.0 1.0 .4 1.0

 Installation, maintenance, and repair 128.8 129.5 .2 .5 .4 .6 .6 .5 .3 1.3 .5

 Production, transportation, and material moving 128.7 130.1 .5 .7 .7 .8 .7 .8 .9 .5 1.1

 Production 127.4 128.6 .6 .7 .7 .8 .7 .6 .7 .8 .9

 Transportation and material moving 130.3 131.9 .4 .6 .9 .9 .6 1.0 1.1 .5 1.3

 Service occupations5 129.3 130.1 .4 .6 1.0 1.0 .9 .7 1.1 .6 .6

 

 Industry

 Goods-producing industries2 127.8 128.7 .6 .7 .6 .6 .5 .6 .8 .5 .7

 Construction 126.9 127.7 .7 .7 .5 .7 .0 .9 1.1 .4 .6

 Manufacturing 127.7 128.7 .6 .7 .6 .6 .6 .6 .6 .5 .8

 Aircraft manufacturing 137.7 138.6 .7 .6 .5 .8 .5 .8 .7 .8 .7

 Service-providing industries6 129.4 130.3 .6 .5 .7 .6 .6 .5 .8 .6 .7

 Trade, transportation, and utilities 129.5 130.6 1.1 .2 .9 .8 .3 .5 1.5 .3 .8

 Retail trade 131.4 132.4 .8 .7 1.0 .8 .6 .7 1.4 .4 .8

 Transportation and warehousing 131.2 132.5 .5 .5 1.2 .9 .6 1.3 .9 .4 1.0

 Utilities 137.4 137.7 .6 .5 .6 .5 .8 .9 .8 .6 .3

 Information 126.4 127.3 .7 .4 1.1 .6 .9 .6 .0 1.0 .7

 Financial activities 129.7 130.3 .1 .9 .3 1.0 1.2 .8 -.2 1.1 .5

 Finance and insurance 130.4 130.9 .1 1.0 .1 1.0 1.3 .7 -.2 1.1 .4

 Credit intermediation and related 

 activities

127.2 127.9 .6 .5 .6 .5 1.1 .6 .5 .8 .5

 Insurance carriers and related

 activities

132.1 131.7 .6 1.5 .6 1.0 1.4 .3 .5 1.4 -.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)

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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–

Jun.

2017

Sep.

2017

Sep.

2015

Dec.

2015

Mar.

2016

Jun.

2016

Sep.

2016

Dec.

2016

Mar.

2017

Jun.

2017

Sep.

2017

 

 Industry

 Professional and business services 130.1 131.7 1.3 .6 .7 .4 .2 .2 .7 .5 1.2

 Professional, scientific, and technical services 132.4 134.4 1.3 .5 .9 .5 .0 .2 .7 .6 1.5

 Administrative and support and waste

 management and remediation services

126.8 128.4 1.1 .7 .7 .2 .2 -.5 .8 .4 1.3

 Education and health services 128.9 129.2 .4 .4 .6 .6 .4 .6 .6 .6 .2

 Educational services 128.4 129.0 .3 .4 .6 .7 .2 .9 .6 .4 .5

 Junior colleges, colleges, 

 universities, and professional schools

128.6 129.8 .4 .3 .4 .6 .5 .8 .6 .3 .9

 Health care and social assistance4 129.0 129.3 .3 .5 .5 .6 .6 .4 .6 .7 .2

 Hospitals 129.8 130.3 .5 .6 .5 .7 .6 .7 .7 .6 .4

 Nursing and residential care facilities 125.6 126.4 .7 .3 .7 .7 .7 .7 .8 .7 .6

 Leisure and hospitality 130.8 131.3 -.2 .9 1.0 1.0 .9 .7 1.9 .6 .4

 Accommodation and food services 131.7 131.9 .1 .9 1.1 1.2 1.0 .8 1.8 .7 .2

 Other services, except public administration 130.2 131.2 .6 .5 .2 1.0 .9 .8 .3 .6 .8

 State and local government workers

All workers 125.3 125.9 .3 .4 .5 .5 .6 .5 .6 .4 .5

 Industry

 Education and health services 124.5 125.1 .3 .4 .4 .5 .6 .5 .6 .4 .5

 Educational services 124.0 124.5 .3 .4 .4 .5 .7 .4 .6 .4 .4

 Schools 124.0 124.5 .3 .4 .4 .5 .6 .5 .6 .4 .4

 Elementary and secondary schools 123.4 123.9 .3 .4 .4 .5 .7 .3 .5 .6 .4

 Health care and social assistance4 128.6 129.7 .5 .7 .4 .5 .4 .6 .4 .5 .9

 Hospitals 127.6 128.8 .5 .5 .5 .6 .4 .6 .4 .5 1.0

 Public administration 126.3 126.9 .5 .3 .5 .6 .6 .5 .7 .4 .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 The service occupations wages and salaries series is seasonal as of the 2017 seasonal adjustment revision. Historical data for this series are published beginning with

 March 2012. 

 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; educational 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–

Jun.

2017

Sep.

2017

Sep.

2015

Dec.

2015

Mar.

2016

Jun.

2016

Sep.

2016

Dec.

2016

Mar.

2017

Jun.

2017

Sep.

2017

 

 Civilian workers

All workers1 133.0 134.0 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.7 0.6 0.8

 Private industry workers

All workers 129.1 130.0 .5 .4 .5 .4 .5 .4 .6 .6 .7

 Occupational group

 Management, professional, and related 128.2 128.9 .3 .4 .1 .3 .4 .4 .7 .8 .5

 Sales and office 130.0 130.9 .6 .5 1.1 .6 .6 .2 .4 .7 .7

 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance 131.5 132.4 .6 .5 .2 .3 .4 .5 .2 .8 .7

 Production, transportation, and material moving 129.5 131.0 .6 .5 .6 .3 .6 .5 .5 .5 1.2

 Service occupations 128.6 129.3 .5 .5 .6 .6 .6 .5 .6 .4 .5

 Industry

 Goods-producing industries2 125.9 127.5 .2 .7 .3 .4 .3 .3 .4 .4 1.3

 Manufacturing 125.6 127.7 .1 .8 .4 .4 .4 .2 .5 .5 1.7

 Service-providing industries3 130.3 131.1 .5 .3 .6 .3 .6 .3 .8 .6 .6

 

 State and local government workers

All workers 147.0 148.2 .8 1.2 .6 .6 1.1 .7 .8 .7 .8

 1 Includes workers in the private nonfarm economy except those in private households, and workers in the public sector, except the federal government. 

 2 Includes mining, construction, and manufacturing. 

 3 Includes the following industries: wholesale trade; retail trade; transportation and warehousing; utilities; information; finance and insurance; real estate and rental

 and leasing; professional and technical services; management of companies and enterprises; administrative and waste services; educational services; health care 

 and social assistance; arts, entertainment and recreation; accommodation and food services; and other services, except public administration. 
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 Table 4. Employment Cost Index for total compensation,1 for civilian workers, by occupational group and industry 

 

 (Not seasonally adjusted)

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 Table 4. Employment Cost Index for total compensation,1 for civilian workers, by occupational group and industry 

 

 (Not seasonally adjusted)

 Percent changes for–

Occupational group and industry Indexes (Dec. 2005=100) 3-months ended– 12-months ended–

Sep.

2016

Jun.

2017

Sep.

2017

Sep.

2016

Jun.

2017

Sep.

2017

Sep.

2016

Jun.

2017

Sep.

2017

 

 Civilian workers

All workers2 127.5 129.7 130.7 0.6 0.5 0.8 2.3 2.4 2.5

 Excluding incentive paid occupations3 127.7 130.0 130.9 .6 .5 .7 2.4 2.4 2.5

 

 Occupational group

 Management, professional, and related 127.7 129.9 130.7 .7 .6 .6 2.0 2.4 2.3

 Management, business, and financial 128.0 130.8 131.6 .8 .8 .6 1.9 3.0 2.8

 Professional and related 127.6 129.4 130.2 .7 .5 .6 2.1 2.1 2.0

 Sales and office 127.3 129.2 130.4 .2 .5 .9 2.6 1.7 2.4

 Sales and related 122.8 124.2 125.8 -.4 .4 1.3 2.2 .7 2.4

 Office and administrative support 130.0 132.3 133.1 .6 .5 .6 2.8 2.4 2.4

 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance 127.5 130.1 131.0 .4 .9 .7 2.0 2.4 2.7

 Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and

 forestry

127.6 130.4 131.3 .2 .8 .7 2.2 2.4 2.9

 Installation, maintenance, and repair 127.5 129.8 130.8 .6 1.2 .8 1.8 2.4 2.6

 Production, transportation, and material moving 126.8 129.4 130.9 .7 .6 1.2 2.7 2.8 3.2

 Production 125.0 127.4 128.8 .6 .6 1.1 2.6 2.6 3.0

 Transportation and material moving 128.9 131.9 133.4 .7 .6 1.1 2.6 3.0 3.5

 Service occupations 128.4 130.9 131.8 .9 .5 .7 3.0 2.9 2.6

 Industry

 Goods-producing industries4 125.2 127.3 128.4 .4 .6 .9 2.2 2.1 2.6

 Manufacturing 125.1 127.1 128.4 .5 .6 1.0 2.5 2.1 2.6

 Service-providing industries5 127.9 130.2 131.1 .6 .6 .7 2.3 2.4 2.5

 Education and health services 128.2 129.9 130.8 .9 .4 .7 2.3 2.3 2.0

 Educational services 128.6 130.0 131.6 1.3 .2 1.2 2.5 2.4 2.3

 Elementary and secondary schools 128.5 129.8 131.4 1.6 .2 1.2 2.8 2.6 2.3

 Junior colleges, colleges, 

 universities, and professional schools

128.8 130.4 131.8 1.1 .0 1.1 1.9 2.4 2.3

 Health care and social assistance6 127.7 129.7 130.1 .5 .5 .3 1.9 2.0 1.9

 Hospitals 128.2 130.4 131.0 .5 .5 .5 2.2 2.2 2.2

 Nursing and residential care facilities 124.1 126.3 127.2 .6 .5 .7 2.2 2.4 2.5

 Public administration 131.7 133.7 134.7 1.0 .4 .7 2.5 2.5 2.3

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

 2 Includes workers in the private nonfarm economy except those in private households, and workers in the public sector, except the federal government. 

 3 The index for this series is not strictly comparable with other series in this table. 

 4 Includes mining, construction, and manufacturing. 

 5 Includes the following industries: wholesale trade; retail trade; transportation and warehousing; utilities; information; finance and insurance; real estate and rental

 and leasing; professional and technical services; management of companies and enterprises; administrative and waste services; educational services; health care

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

 6 Includes ambulatory health care services and social assistance, not shown separately. 
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 Table 5. Employment Cost Index for total compensation,1 for private industry workers, by occupational group and

 industry 

 (Not seasonally adjusted)

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 Table 5. Employment Cost Index for total compensation,1 for private industry workers, by occupational group and

 industry 

 (Not seasonally adjusted)

 Percent changes for–

Occupational group and industry Indexes (Dec. 2005=100) 3-months ended– 12-months ended–

Sep.

2016

Jun.

2017

Sep.

2017

Sep.

2016

Jun.

2017

Sep.

2017

Sep.

2016

Jun.

2017

Sep.

2017

 

 Private industry workers

All workers 126.8 129.2 130.0 0.5 0.7 0.6 2.3 2.4 2.5

 Excluding incentive paid occupations2 127.0 129.5 130.2 .5 .6 .5 2.3 2.5 2.5

 

 Occupational group

 Management, professional, and related 127.1 129.5 130.0 .5 .8 .4 1.8 2.4 2.3

 Excluding incentive paid occupations2 126.6 128.9 129.4 .5 .7 .4 1.9 2.3 2.2

 Management, business, and financial 127.7 130.6 131.3 .7 .8 .5 1.8 3.0 2.8

 Excluding incentive paid occupations2 127.1 130.0 130.5 .6 .8 .4 1.9 2.8 2.7

 Professional and related 126.7 128.7 129.1 .4 .7 .3 1.8 2.0 1.9

 Sales and office 126.7 128.7 129.9 .1 .5 .9 2.5 1.7 2.5

 Excluding incentive paid occupations2 128.6 131.1 131.9 .5 .5 .6 3.0 2.4 2.6

 Sales and related 122.7 124.1 125.7 -.5 .4 1.3 2.2 .6 2.4

 Excluding incentive paid occupations2 126.5 129.2 130.0 .5 .6 .6 3.2 2.6 2.8

 Office and administrative support 129.6 132.1 132.8 .5 .5 .5 2.9 2.4 2.5

 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance 127.1 129.7 130.6 .4 .9 .7 2.0 2.4 2.8

 Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and

 forestry

127.3 130.2 131.1 .2 .8 .7 2.2 2.4 3.0

 Installation, maintenance, and repair 126.9 129.2 130.2 .6 1.2 .8 1.8 2.5 2.6

 Production, transportation, and material moving 126.4 129.0 130.4 .6 .5 1.1 2.7 2.7 3.2

 Excluding incentive paid occupations2 126.6 129.2 130.4 .7 .5 .9 2.8 2.8 3.0

 Production 125.0 127.2 128.6 .6 .6 1.1 2.7 2.4 2.9

 Excluding incentive paid occupations2 125.2 127.5 128.8 .6 .6 1.0 2.8 2.5 2.9

 Transportation and material moving 128.4 131.4 133.0 .7 .6 1.2 2.6 3.1 3.6

 Service occupations 126.5 129.2 130.0 .8 .5 .6 3.2 2.9 2.8

 Industry and occupational group

 Goods-producing industries3 125.2 127.3 128.4 .4 .6 .9 2.2 2.1 2.6

 Excluding incentive paid occupations2 125.5 127.7 128.7 .4 .6 .8 2.3 2.2 2.5

 Management, professional, and related 123.9 125.6 126.6 .3 .4 .8 2.0 1.7 2.2

 Sales and office 126.8 128.1 129.7 .3 .7 1.2 2.2 1.3 2.3

 Natural resources, construction, and 

 maintenance

126.9 129.5 130.3 .2 .7 .6 2.1 2.3 2.7

 Production, transportation, and material moving 124.6 126.7 128.1 .7 .6 1.1 2.7 2.4 2.8

 Construction 124.9 127.3 128.3 .2 .6 .8 1.9 2.2 2.7

 Manufacturing 125.1 127.1 128.4 .5 .6 1.0 2.5 2.1 2.6

 Management, professional, and related 125.0 127.0 128.1 .3 .5 .9 2.3 1.9 2.5

 Sales and office 128.1 130.0 130.9 .3 .8 .7 2.3 1.8 2.2

 Natural resources, construction, and 

 maintenance

126.9 128.3 129.6 .6 .8 1.0 2.6 1.7 2.1

 Production, transportation, and material 

 moving

124.2 126.3 127.8 .6 .6 1.2 2.6 2.4 2.9

 Aircraft manufacturing 112.0 116.5 128.9 -1.5 .5 10.6 1.6 2.5 15.1

 See footnotes at end of table.
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 Table 5. Employment Cost Index for total compensation,1 for private industry workers, by occupational group 

 and industry – Continued 

 (Not seasonally adjusted)

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 Table 5. Employment Cost Index for total compensation,1 for private industry workers, by occupational group 

 and industry – Continued 

 (Not seasonally adjusted)

 Percent changes for–

Occupational group and industry Indexes (Dec. 2005=100) 3-months ended– 12-months ended–

Sep.

2016

Jun.

2017

Sep.

2017

Sep.

2016

Jun.

2017

Sep.

2017

Sep.

2016

Jun.

2017

Sep.

2017

 Service-providing industries4 127.3 129.8 130.6 0.5 0.7 0.6 2.2 2.4 2.6

 Excluding incentive paid occupations2 127.6 130.2 130.8 .6 .7 .5 2.3 2.6 2.5

 Management, professional, and related 127.7 130.2 130.7 .6 .9 .4 1.8 2.5 2.3

 Sales and office 126.7 128.8 129.9 .0 .5 .9 2.6 1.7 2.5

 Natural resources, construction, and 

 maintenance

127.4 130.0 131.1 .6 1.3 .8 1.8 2.6 2.9

 Production, transportation, and material moving 128.7 131.9 133.3 .6 .7 1.1 2.6 3.1 3.6

 Service occupations 126.5 129.2 130.0 .9 .5 .6 3.2 3.0 2.8

 Trade, transportation, and utilities 128.2 130.9 131.9 .3 .6 .8 2.4 2.4 2.9

 Excluding incentive paid occupations2 128.8 131.7 132.3 .5 .7 .5 3.0 2.7 2.7

 Wholesale trade 125.0 127.3 128.2 -.2 .4 .7 .3 1.7 2.6

 Excluding incentive paid occupations2 127.8 130.4 130.9 .4 .9 .4 1.9 2.4 2.4

 Retail trade 128.5 131.4 132.3 .5 .8 .7 3.6 2.7 3.0

 Excluding incentive paid occupations2 127.2 130.3 131.0 .4 .5 .5 3.8 2.8 3.0

 Transportation and warehousing 129.9 132.8 134.2 .6 .6 1.1 2.8 2.9 3.3

 Utilities 137.3 140.2 140.9 .4 .6 .5 2.3 2.5 2.6

 Information 125.0 127.6 128.3 .6 1.2 .5 1.9 2.7 2.6

 Financial activities 127.0 129.6 129.9 1.0 1.4 .2 3.1 3.1 2.3

 Excluding incentive paid occupations2 127.5 130.1 130.6 .6 .9 .4 2.5 2.7 2.4

 Finance and insurance 127.3 129.9 130.1 1.1 1.5 .2 3.2 3.2 2.2

 Credit intermediation and related 

 activities

126.5 129.2 129.5 1.2 1.1 .2 3.0 3.4 2.4

 Excluding incentive paid occupations2 130.0 133.1 133.4 .9 .8 .2 2.9 3.3 2.6

 Insurance carriers and related activities 129.5 132.8 132.5 1.0 1.5 -.2 3.6 3.6 2.3

 Excluding incentive paid occupations2 128.3 130.9 131.3 .5 .8 .3 2.0 2.5 2.3

 Real estate and rental and leasing 125.9 128.3 129.2 .8 .9 .7 2.9 2.7 2.6

 Excluding incentive paid occupations2 129.3 131.4 132.2 .7 .9 .6 2.7 2.3 2.2

 Professional and business services 128.0 130.3 131.5 .0 .7 .9 1.7 1.8 2.7

 Professional, scientific, and technical services 130.0 132.8 134.0 -.2 .7 .9 1.7 1.9 3.1

 Administrative and support and waste

 management and remediation services

125.4 126.2 127.8 .3 .7 1.3 1.6 1.0 1.9

 Education and health services 127.2 129.2 129.6 .5 .5 .3 1.8 2.1 1.9

 Educational services 127.8 129.3 130.5 .8 .2 .9 1.8 2.0 2.1

 Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and 

 professional schools

128.8 130.3 132.0 .9 .2 1.3 1.7 2.1 2.5

 Health care and social assistance5 127.1 129.2 129.5 .5 .5 .2 1.9 2.1 1.9

 Hospitals 127.8 130.3 130.7 .4 .5 .3 2.1 2.4 2.3

 Nursing and residential care facilities 122.7 124.9 125.7 .7 .5 .6 2.3 2.5 2.4

 Nursing care facilities2 122.7 124.8 125.6 .6 .6 .6 2.0 2.3 2.4

 Leisure and hospitality 125.3 129.0 129.6 .9 .4 .5 3.6 3.9 3.4

 Accommodation and food services 126.2 130.0 130.4 1.1 .5 .3 4.0 4.2 3.3

 Other services, except public administration 127.9 129.9 131.1 1.1 .5 .9 2.3 2.7 2.5

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

 2 The index for this series is not strictly comparable with other series in this table. 

 3 Includes mining, construction, and manufacturing. 

 4 Includes the following industries: wholesale trade; retail trade; transportation and warehousing; utilities; information; finance and insurance; real estate and rental

 and leasing; professional and technical services; management of companies and enterprises; administrative and waste services; educational services; health care 

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

 5 Includes ambulatory health care services and social assistance, not shown separately. 
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 Table 6. Employment Cost Index for total compensation,1 for private industry workers, by bargaining status and 

 census region and division 

 (Not seasonally adjusted)

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 Table 6. Employment Cost Index for total compensation,1 for private industry workers, by bargaining status and 

 census region and division 

 (Not seasonally adjusted)

 Percent changes for–

Bargaining status and census region and division Indexes (Dec. 2005=100) 3-months ended– 12-months ended–

Sep.

2016

Jun.

2017

Sep.

2017

Sep.

2016

Jun.

2017

Sep.

2017

Sep.

2016

Jun.

2017

Sep.

2017

 

 Bargaining status

 Union 130.4 132.7 133.7 0.3 0.6 0.8 1.9 2.1 2.5

 Goods-producing industries2 127.1 129.4 131.2 .2 .8 1.4 2.1 2.1 3.2

 Manufacturing 121.9 123.9 126.8 .2 .8 2.3 2.2 1.8 4.0

 Service-providing industries3 133.2 135.5 136.1 .4 .5 .4 1.8 2.1 2.2

 Nonunion 126.3 128.6 129.5 .5 .6 .7 2.4 2.3 2.5

 Goods-producing industries2 124.6 126.6 127.6 .4 .6 .8 2.3 2.0 2.4

 Manufacturing 126.0 128.0 129.0 .6 .5 .8 2.5 2.2 2.4

 Service-providing industries3 126.7 129.2 130.0 .5 .8 .6 2.3 2.5 2.6

 Census region and division4

 

 Northeast

128.2 131.2 131.8 .4 .8 .5 2.5 2.7 2.8

 New England 130.2 133.8 134.9 -.8 .8 .8 2.0 1.9 3.6

 Middle Atlantic 127.4 130.2 130.7 .9 .7 .4 2.6 3.1 2.6

 South 126.2 127.9 128.7 .2 .6 .6 1.5 1.6 2.0

 South Atlantic 127.4 129.7 130.4 .0 .8 .5 1.7 1.8 2.4

 East South Central 125.1 127.0 128.8 .3 .4 1.4 2.8 1.8 3.0

 West South Central 124.6 125.3 125.9 .6 .7 .5 .8 1.1 1.0

 Midwest 125.3 127.4 128.0 .6 .5 .5 2.6 2.3 2.2

 East North Central 123.6 126.0 126.5 .5 .6 .4 2.3 2.4 2.3

 West North Central 129.5 130.9 131.7 .9 .1 .6 3.4 1.9 1.7

 West 127.9 131.0 132.3 .6 .8 1.0 2.6 3.0 3.4

 Mountain 125.8 128.7 129.4 .3 .9 .5 1.9 2.6 2.9

 Pacific 128.8 132.0 133.6 .6 .8 1.2 2.9 3.1 3.7

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

 2 Includes mining, construction, and manufacturing. 

 3 Includes the following industries: wholesale trade; retail trade; transportation and warehousing; utilities; information; finance and insurance; real estate and rental

 and leasing; professional and technical services; management of companies and enterprises; administrative and waste services; educational services; health care

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

 4 The census divisions are defined as follows: New England: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont; Middle Atlantic: New

 Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania; South Atlantic: Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and West

 Virginia; East South Central: Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, and Tennessee; West South Central: Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas; East North Central:

 Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin; West North Central: Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota; Mountain:

 Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming; and Pacific: Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon, and Washington. 

 

 

 NOTE: The indexes for these series are not strictly comparable to those for the aggregate, occupation, and industry series. Dashes indicate data not available. 

 
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 Table 7. Employment Cost Index for total compensation,1 for State and local government workers, by occupational

 group and industry 

 (Not seasonally adjusted)

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 Table 7. Employment Cost Index for total compensation,1 for State and local government workers, by occupational

 group and industry 

 (Not seasonally adjusted)

 Percent changes for–

Occupational group and industry Indexes (Dec. 2005=100) 3-months ended– 12-months ended–

Sep.

2016

Jun.

2017

Sep.

2017

Sep.

2016

Jun.

2017

Sep.

2017

Sep.

2016

Jun.

2017

Sep.

2017

 

 State and local government workers

All workers 130.3 132.0 133.4 1.2 0.2 1.1 2.6 2.6 2.4

 Occupational group

 Management, professional, and related 129.3 130.8 132.3 1.3 .2 1.1 2.6 2.5 2.3

 Professional and related 129.1 130.6 132.1 1.3 .2 1.1 2.6 2.5 2.3

 Sales and office 132.3 133.6 134.8 1.3 .3 .9 2.8 2.3 1.9

 Office and administrative support 132.4 133.6 134.9 1.3 .2 1.0 2.8 2.2 1.9

 Service occupations 132.9 134.8 136.1 1.1 .3 1.0 2.5 2.6 2.4

 Industry

 Education and health services 129.3 130.6 132.2 1.5 .2 1.2 2.7 2.5 2.2

 Educational services 128.9 130.3 131.9 1.6 .2 1.2 2.7 2.7 2.3

 Schools2 128.8 130.2 131.8 1.5 .2 1.2 2.7 2.6 2.3

 Elementary and secondary schools 128.8 130.1 131.8 1.7 .2 1.3 3.0 2.7 2.3

 Health care and social assistance3 132.2 133.5 135.0 .7 .2 1.1 2.4 1.7 2.1

 Hospitals 129.8 131.1 132.6 .6 .2 1.1 2.3 1.6 2.2

 Public administration 131.7 133.7 134.7 1.0 .4 .7 2.5 2.5 2.3

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

 2 Includes elementary and secondary schools; junior colleges; colleges, universities, and professional schools. 

 3 Includes ambulatory health care services and social assistance, not shown separately. 
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 Table 8. Employment Cost Index for wages and salaries, for civilian workers, by occupational group and industry 

 

 (Not seasonally adjusted)

 Percent changes for–

Occupational group and industry Indexes (Dec. 2005=100) 3-months ended– 12-months ended–

Sep.

2016

Jun.

2017

Sep.

2017

Sep.

2016

Jun.

2017

Sep.

2017

Sep.

2016

Jun.

2017

Sep.

2017

 

 Civilian workers

All workers1 126.1 128.3 129.3 0.6 0.5 0.8 2.4 2.3 2.5

 Excluding incentive paid occupations2 126.1 128.4 129.2 .6 .5 .6 2.4 2.5 2.5

 

 Occupational group

 Management, professional, and related 126.4 128.4 129.1 .7 .6 .5 2.0 2.3 2.1

 Management, business, and financial 127.9 130.4 131.2 .9 .9 .6 2.2 2.8 2.6

 Professional and related 125.6 127.3 128.0 .6 .6 .5 2.0 2.0 1.9

 Sales and office 125.9 127.9 129.2 .0 .4 1.0 2.4 1.6 2.6

 Sales and related 122.7 124.0 126.0 -.8 .2 1.6 1.7 .2 2.7

 Office and administrative support 128.1 130.6 131.4 .6 .5 .6 3.0 2.6 2.6

 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance 125.9 128.6 129.6 .4 .9 .8 2.3 2.6 2.9

 Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and

 forestry

125.4 128.6 129.6 .1 .7 .8 2.5 2.6 3.3

 Installation, maintenance, and repair 126.4 128.7 129.8 .7 1.1 .9 2.0 2.5 2.7

 Production, transportation, and material moving 125.8 128.8 130.2 .7 .6 1.1 2.9 3.1 3.5

 Production 124.8 127.6 128.8 .7 .6 .9 2.9 3.0 3.2

 Transportation and material moving 127.1 130.2 131.8 .8 .5 1.2 3.0 3.3 3.7

 Service occupations 126.3 128.9 129.8 1.0 .5 .7 3.1 3.0 2.8

 Industry

 Goods-producing industries3 125.5 127.8 128.7 .5 .6 .7 2.4 2.3 2.5

 Manufacturing 125.7 127.9 128.7 .6 .6 .6 2.8 2.4 2.4

 Service-providing industries4 126.2 128.5 129.4 .6 .6 .7 2.3 2.4 2.5

 Education and health services 124.9 126.5 127.4 .8 .4 .7 2.0 2.1 2.0

 Educational services 123.2 124.3 125.6 1.1 .2 1.0 2.0 2.1 1.9

 Elementary and secondary schools 122.1 123.0 124.3 1.2 .2 1.1 2.0 1.9 1.8

 Junior colleges, colleges, 

 universities, and professional schools

124.9 126.3 127.6 1.1 .0 1.0 1.9 2.2 2.2

 Health care and social assistance5 126.8 129.0 129.4 .6 .6 .3 2.1 2.3 2.1

 Hospitals 127.1 129.4 130.1 .5 .5 .5 2.3 2.3 2.4

 Nursing and residential care facilities 123.0 125.7 126.5 .7 .7 .6 2.3 2.9 2.8

 Public administration 124.4 126.1 127.0 .8 .2 .7 2.0 2.2 2.1

 1 Includes workers in the private nonfarm economy except those in private households, and workers in the public sector, except the federal government. 

 2 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 adminstration. 

 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)

 Percent changes for–

Occupational group and industry Indexes (Dec. 2005=100) 3-months ended– 12-months ended–

Sep.

2016

Jun.

2017

Sep.

2017

Sep.

2016

Jun.

2017

Sep.

2017

Sep.

2016

Jun.

2017

Sep.

2017

 

 Private industry workers

All workers 126.7 129.1 130.0 0.5 0.6 0.7 2.4 2.4 2.6

 Excluding incentive paid occupations1 126.7 129.3 130.0 .6 .6 .5 2.5 2.6 2.6

 

 Occupational group

 Management, professional, and related 127.7 130.0 130.5 .6 .8 .4 2.1 2.4 2.2

 Excluding incentive paid occupations1 126.8 129.1 129.5 .6 .7 .3 2.1 2.4 2.1

 Management, business, and financial 128.4 131.0 131.8 .9 .8 .6 2.1 2.9 2.6

 Excluding incentive paid occupations1 127.2 129.8 130.3 .6 .7 .4 2.3 2.7 2.4

 Professional and related 127.2 129.3 129.6 .5 .9 .2 2.0 2.1 1.9

 Sales and office 126.1 128.2 129.5 -.1 .4 1.0 2.4 1.6 2.7

 Excluding incentive paid occupations1 127.8 130.6 131.5 .5 .5 .7 3.0 2.7 2.9

 Sales and related 122.8 124.1 126.0 -.8 .2 1.5 1.7 .2 2.6

 Excluding incentive paid occupations1 126.4 129.5 130.5 .6 .8 .8 2.8 3.0 3.2

 Office and administrative support 128.7 131.4 132.2 .5 .5 .6 3.1 2.7 2.7

 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance 126.0 128.8 129.8 .4 1.0 .8 2.3 2.6 3.0

 Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and

 forestry

125.6 128.8 129.9 .1 .7 .9 2.4 2.6 3.4

 Installation, maintenance, and repair 126.4 128.8 129.7 .7 1.3 .7 2.0 2.6 2.6

 Production, transportation, and material moving 125.9 128.8 130.1 .8 .6 1.0 3.0 3.1 3.3

 Excluding incentive paid occupations1 126.1 129.1 130.2 .7 .6 .9 3.1 3.1 3.3

 Production 124.8 127.4 128.6 .7 .7 .9 3.0 2.8 3.0

 Excluding incentive paid occupations1 125.0 127.6 128.8 .7 .6 .9 3.0 2.8 3.0

 Transportation and material moving 127.2 130.4 132.1 .7 .5 1.3 3.1 3.2 3.9

 Service occupations 126.4 129.3 130.2 1.0 .5 .7 3.4 3.3 3.0

 Industry and occupational group

 Goods-producing industries2 125.5 127.9 128.8 .5 .6 .7 2.4 2.4 2.6

 Excluding incentive paid occupations1 125.8 128.4 129.2 .4 .6 .6 2.4 2.5 2.7

 Management, professional, and related 126.3 128.3 128.5 .5 .5 .2 2.4 2.1 1.7

 Sales and office 126.8 128.2 130.2 .2 .7 1.6 1.9 1.3 2.7

 Natural resources, construction, and 

 maintenance

125.6 128.7 129.5 .2 .7 .6 2.3 2.6 3.1

 Production, transportation, and material moving 124.4 126.9 128.1 .7 .6 .9 2.9 2.8 3.0

 Construction 124.2 126.8 127.9 .2 .6 .9 2.0 2.3 3.0

 Manufacturing 125.7 127.9 128.7 .6 .6 .6 2.8 2.4 2.4

 Management, professional, and related 127.0 129.0 129.2 .5 .5 .2 2.6 2.1 1.7

 Sales and office 127.6 129.8 130.8 .2 .9 .8 2.4 2.0 2.5

 Natural resources, construction, and 

 maintenance

127.1 128.8 129.8 .8 .6 .8 2.7 2.1 2.1

 Production, transportation, and material 

 moving

124.1 126.6 127.8 .7 .6 .9 2.9 2.8 3.0

 Aircraft manufacturing 134.5 138.0 138.5 .2 .4 .4 2.4 2.8 3.0

 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)

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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)

 Percent changes for–

Occupational group and industry Indexes (Dec. 2005=100) 3-months ended– 12-months ended–

Sep.

2016

Jun.

2017

Sep.

2017

Sep.

2016

Jun.

2017

Sep.

2017

Sep.

2016

Jun.

2017

Sep.

2017

 Service-providing industries3 127.1 129.5 130.4 0.5 0.7 0.7 2.4 2.4 2.6

 Excluding incentive paid occupations1 127.0 129.6 130.3 .6 .6 .5 2.5 2.6 2.6

 Management, professional, and related 127.9 130.3 130.9 .6 .9 .5 2.0 2.5 2.3

 Sales and office 126.1 128.2 129.4 -.1 .4 .9 2.5 1.6 2.6

 Natural resources, construction, and 

 maintenance

126.5 128.9 130.2 .6 1.3 1.0 2.3 2.5 2.9

 Production, transportation, and material moving 127.5 130.8 132.3 .7 .6 1.1 3.1 3.3 3.8

 Service occupations 126.4 129.3 130.2 1.0 .5 .7 3.4 3.3 3.0

 Trade, transportation, and utilities 126.7 129.6 130.8 .3 .5 .9 2.2 2.6 3.2

 Excluding incentive paid occupations1 126.9 130.2 130.8 .5 .7 .5 3.0 3.1 3.1

 Wholesale trade 122.3 124.5 125.7 -.4 .2 1.0 .0 1.4 2.8

 Excluding incentive paid occupations1 124.3 127.0 127.6 .4 1.0 .5 2.4 2.6 2.7

 Retail trade 128.3 131.6 132.6 .6 .8 .8 3.2 3.2 3.4

 Excluding incentive paid occupations1 126.5 130.1 130.8 .5 .6 .5 3.2 3.3 3.4

 Transportation and warehousing 128.2 131.3 132.8 .7 .5 1.1 3.1 3.1 3.6

 Utilities 134.5 137.6 137.9 .7 .7 .2 2.4 3.1 2.5

 Information 124.4 126.6 127.4 .6 1.3 .6 2.9 2.4 2.4

 Financial activities 127.6 130.1 130.5 1.0 1.5 .3 3.4 3.0 2.3

 Excluding incentive paid occupations1 127.7 130.2 130.7 .5 .9 .4 2.6 2.4 2.3

 Finance and insurance 128.4 130.9 131.1 1.1 1.6 .2 3.4 3.1 2.1

 Credit intermediation and related 

 activities

124.8 127.6 127.9 .8 1.2 .2 2.7 3.1 2.5

 Excluding incentive paid occupations1 128.3 131.4 131.8 .4 .8 .3 2.6 2.8 2.7

 Insurance carriers and related activities 129.4 132.4 131.8 1.3 1.7 -.5 4.5 3.6 1.9

 Excluding incentive paid occupations1 127.2 129.2 129.6 .6 .6 .3 2.4 2.1 1.9

 Real estate and rental and leasing 124.4 126.8 128.0 .8 1.0 .9 3.2 2.8 2.9

 Excluding incentive paid occupations1 128.1 130.1 131.0 .7 .9 .7 3.1 2.3 2.3

 Professional and business services 128.3 130.2 131.6 .0 .5 1.1 1.9 1.5 2.6

 Professional, scientific, and technical services 130.2 132.7 134.1 -.5 .5 1.1 1.9 1.5 3.0

 Administrative and support and waste

 management and remediation services

126.2 126.9 128.7 .4 .7 1.4 1.9 1.0 2.0

 Education and health services 126.7 128.8 129.3 .6 .5 .4 2.1 2.2 2.1

 Educational services 126.5 128.0 129.4 .8 .2 1.1 1.9 2.0 2.3

 Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and 

 professional schools

126.7 128.2 130.1 1.0 .2 1.5 1.8 2.2 2.7

 Health care and social assistance4 126.8 129.0 129.3 .6 .7 .2 2.2 2.3 2.0

 Hospitals 127.4 129.9 130.3 .5 .6 .3 2.3 2.4 2.3

 Nursing and residential care facilities 122.9 125.6 126.4 .7 .6 .6 2.4 3.0 2.8

 Nursing care facilities1 123.1 125.4 126.2 .8 .7 .6 2.3 2.7 2.5

 Leisure and hospitality 126.9 130.7 131.4 1.0 .5 .5 3.8 4.1 3.5

 Accommodation and food services 127.7 131.6 132.1 1.2 .5 .4 4.2 4.3 3.4

 Other services, except public administration 128.4 130.2 131.5 1.1 .5 1.0 2.6 2.5 2.4

 1 The index for this series is not strictly comparable with other series in this table. 

 2 Includes mining, construction, and manufacturing. 

 3 Includes the following industries: wholesale trade; retail trade; transportation and warehousing; utilities; information; finance and insurance; real estate and rental

 and leasing; professional and technical services; management of companies and enterprises; administrative and waste services; educational services; health care

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

 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)

 Percent changes for–

Bargaining status and census region and division Indexes (Dec. 2005=100) 3-months ended– 12-months ended–

Sep.

2016

Jun.

2017

Sep.

2017

Sep.

2016

Jun.

2017

Sep.

2017

Sep.

2016

Jun.

2017

Sep.

2017

 

 Bargaining status

 Union 127.2 129.2 129.9 0.3 0.5 0.5 1.9 1.9 2.1

 Goods-producing industries1 123.7 126.1 126.8 .3 .7 .6 2.1 2.3 2.5

 Manufacturing 121.4 123.6 124.5 .5 .7 .7 2.2 2.3 2.6

 Service-providing industries2 129.8 131.5 132.2 .5 .4 .5 2.0 1.8 1.8

 Nonunion 126.6 129.1 130.0 .5 .7 .7 2.4 2.5 2.7

 Goods-producing industries1 125.9 128.3 129.3 .5 .6 .8 2.5 2.4 2.7

 Manufacturing 126.6 128.9 129.7 .6 .6 .6 2.8 2.4 2.4

 Service-providing industries2 126.8 129.3 130.3 .5 .7 .8 2.4 2.5 2.8

 Census region and division3

 Northeast 127.7 130.7 131.5 .4 .8 .6 2.8 2.8 3.0

 New England 131.1 135.2 136.4 -1.3 .8 .9 2.0 1.8 4.0

 Middle Atlantic 126.3 129.1 129.6 .9 .9 .4 3.0 3.1 2.6

 South 126.8 128.6 129.5 .2 .7 .7 1.7 1.7 2.1

 South Atlantic 127.9 130.3 131.1 -.1 .9 .6 1.8 1.8 2.5

 East South Central 125.2 127.2 129.1 .4 .4 1.5 2.9 2.0 3.1

 West South Central 125.5 126.3 127.1 .8 .7 .6 .9 1.4 1.3

 Midwest 124.8 126.9 127.5 .7 .4 .5 2.8 2.4 2.2

 East North Central 122.8 125.3 125.9 .6 .6 .5 2.5 2.6 2.5

 West North Central 129.4 130.7 131.6 .9 -.2 .7 3.3 2.0 1.7

 West 127.9 130.9 132.2 .7 .8 1.0 2.8 3.1 3.4

 Mountain 126.4 129.3 130.0 .4 1.0 .5 1.9 2.7 2.8

 Pacific 128.6 131.7 133.2 .9 .8 1.1 3.2 3.3 3.6

 1 Includes mining, construction, and manufacturing. 

 2 Includes the following industries: wholesale trade; retail trade; transportation and warehousing; utilities; information; finance and insurance; real estate and rental

 and leasing; professional and technical services; management of companies and enterprises; administrative and waste services; educational services; health care

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

 3 The census divisions are defined as follows: New England: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont; Middle Atlantic: New

 Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania; South Atlantic: Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and West

 Virginia; East South Central: Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, and Tennessee; West South Central: Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas; East North Central:

 Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin; West North Central: Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota; Mountain:

 Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming; and Pacific: Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon, and Washington. 

 

 

 NOTE: The indexes for these series are not strictly comparable to those for the aggregate, occupation, and industry series. 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)

 Percent changes for–

Occupational group and industry Indexes (Dec. 2005=100) 3-months ended– 12-months ended–

Sep.

2016

Jun.

2017

Sep.

2017

Sep.

2016

Jun.

2017

Sep.

2017

Sep.

2016

Jun.

2017

Sep.

2017

 

 State and local government workers

All workers 123.6 125.0 126.1 1.0 0.2 0.9 2.0 2.1 2.0

 Occupational group

 Management, professional, and related 123.0 124.3 125.4 1.0 .2 .9 2.0 2.1 2.0

 Professional and related 122.9 124.1 125.2 1.0 .2 .9 2.0 2.0 1.9

 Sales and office 123.6 124.7 125.5 1.1 .1 .6 2.1 2.0 1.5

 Office and administrative support 124.0 125.1 125.9 1.1 .1 .6 2.1 2.0 1.5

 Service occupations 125.8 127.5 128.6 1.0 .2 .9 2.2 2.3 2.2

 Industry

 Education and health services 123.1 124.2 125.4 1.2 .2 1.0 2.1 2.1 1.9

 Educational services 122.6 123.6 124.9 1.2 .2 1.1 2.0 2.0 1.9

 Schools1 122.6 123.6 124.8 1.2 .2 1.0 2.0 2.1 1.8

 Elementary and secondary schools 122.1 123.0 124.3 1.3 .3 1.1 2.1 2.1 1.8

 Health care and social assistance2 126.8 128.5 129.7 .5 .3 .9 2.0 1.8 2.3

 Hospitals 125.7 127.5 128.8 .5 .3 1.0 2.0 1.9 2.5

 Public administration 124.4 126.1 127.0 .8 .2 .7 2.0 2.2 2.1

 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)

 Percent changes for–

Occupational group, industry, and bargaining status Indexes (Dec. 2005=100) 3-months ended– 12-months ended–

Sep.

2016

Jun.

2017

Sep.

2017

Sep.

2016

Jun.

2017

Sep.

2017

Sep.

2016

Jun.

2017

Sep.

2017

 

 Civilian workers

All workers1 130.8 133.0 134.0 0.8 0.6 0.8 2.3 2.5 2.4

 Private industry workers

All workers 127.0 129.3 130.0 .4 .7 .5 1.8 2.2 2.4

 Occupational group

 Management, professional, and related 125.8 128.3 128.9 .3 .7 .5 1.2 2.3 2.5

 Sales and office 128.3 130.1 130.8 .5 .6 .5 2.9 1.9 1.9

 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance 129.4 131.7 132.4 .2 .9 .5 1.4 2.0 2.3

 Production, transportation, and material moving 127.4 129.6 131.0 .5 .6 1.1 2.0 2.2 2.8

 Service occupations 126.6 128.6 129.2 .5 .2 .5 2.3 2.1 2.1

 Industry

 Goods-producing industries2 124.6 126.1 127.6 .2 .6 1.2 1.8 1.4 2.4

 Manufacturing 124.1 125.6 127.7 .3 .5 1.7 2.1 1.5 2.9

 Aircraft manufacturing 88.0 93.4 118.2 -4.1 .5 26.6 .6 1.7 34.3

 Service-providing industries3 128.0 130.5 131.0 .4 .7 .4 1.8 2.4 2.3

 

 Bargaining status

 Union 135.6 138.4 139.9 .2 .7 1.1 1.8 2.3 3.2

 Nonunion 125.3 127.4 128.0 .5 .6 .5 1.9 2.2 2.2

 State and local government workers

All workers 144.3 146.4 148.6 1.7 .3 1.5 3.7 3.2 3.0

 1 Includes workers in the private nonfarm economy except those in private households, and workers in the public sector, except the federal government. 

 2 Includes mining, construction, and manufacturing. 

 3 Includes the following industries: wholesale trade; retail trade; transportation and warehousing; utilities; information; finance and insurance; real estate and rental

 and leasing; professional and technical services; management of companies and enterprises; administrative and waste services; educational services; health care

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

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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)

 

Percent changes for 12 months ended–

Census region and metropolitan area2 Total compensation Wages and salaries

Sep.

2016

Jun.

2017

Sep.

2017

Sep.

2016

Jun.

2017

Sep.

2017

Northeast

 Boston–Worcester–Manchester, MA–NH CSA 1.9 2.7 3.0 2.5 2.9 2.8

 New York–Newark–Bridgeport, NY–NJ–CT–PA CSA 2.3 3.3 2.9 3.2 3.5 3.2

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

 CSA

2.3 2.3 2.1 2.3 2.0 1.8

South

 Atlanta–Sandy Springs–Gainesville, GA–AL CSA 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.7 2.6 2.7

 Dallas–Fort Worth, TX CSA 1.9 2.4 1.4 2.3 3.1 1.9

 Houston–Baytown–Huntsville, TX CSA 1.3 2.1 2.1 1.7 2.5 2.6

 Miami–Fort Lauderdale–Pompano Beach, FL MSA 1.9 3.7 3.7 2.1 3.9 3.9

 Washington–Baltimore–Northern Virginia,

 DC–MD–VA–WV CSA

1.8 1.9 2.5 2.1 2.5 3.3

Midwest

 Chicago–Naperville–Michigan City, IL–IN–WI CSA 2.4 2.8 2.4 2.6 2.8 2.3

 Detroit–Warren–Flint, MI CSA 2.5 2.1 2.5 2.6 2.2 2.8

 Minneapolis–St. Paul–St. Cloud, MN–WI CSA 2.9 3.0 1.1 2.8 3.0 1.0

West

 Los Angeles–Long Beach–Riverside, CA CSA 3.3 2.9 3.6 3.8 2.7 3.2

 Phoenix–Mesa–Scottsdale, AZ MSA 2.8 2.6 2.8 2.6 2.9 3.0

 San Jose–San Francisco–Oakland, CA CSA 2.6 3.1 2.9 3.0 3.1 2.9

 Seattle–Tacoma–Olympia, WA CSA 2.4 2.7 7.6 3.6 3.6 3.8

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

 2 Note that some of these areas are Consolidated Statistical Areas (CSAs) and others are Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs). 

 For more information on metropolitan area definitions, visit the U.S. Census Bureau's Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical

 Areas page on the Internet at https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/metro-micro.html