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EMPLOYMENT COST INDEX – MARCH 2015 

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

period ending March 2015, 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 0.6 percent. 

Civilian Workers 

Compensation costs for civilian workers increased 2.6 percent for the 12-month period ending 

March 2015, rising from the March 2014 increase in compensation costs of 1.8 percent. Wages and 

salaries increased 2.6 percent for the 12-month period ending March 2015, which was higher than the 

1.6-percent increase in March 2014. Benefit costs increased 2.7 percent for the 12-month period ending 

March 2015, compared with a 2.1-percent increase for the 12-month period ending March 2014. (See 

tables A, 4, 8, and 12.) 

Private Industry Workers 

Compensation costs for private industry workers increased 2.8 percent over the year, higher than the 

March 2014 increase of 1.7 percent. Wages and salaries increased 2.8 percent for the current 12-month 

period ending March 2015, also higher than the March 2014 increase of 1.7 percent. The cost of benefits

rose 2.6 percent for the 12-month period ending March 2015, which was higher than March 2014, when 

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Percent change

Chart 2. Employment Cost Index, 12-month percent 

change, not seasonally adjusted, private industry, wages 

and salaries, Mar. 2013-Mar. 2015 

Percent change 

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0.2

0.4

0.6

0.8

Mar 13 Jun 13 Sep 13 Dec 13 Mar 14 Jun 14 Sep 14 Dec 14 Mar 15

Chart 1. Employment Cost Index, 3-month percent 

change, seasonally adjusted, civilian workers, 

compensation, Mar. 2013-Mar. 2015 
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the increase was 1.8 percent. (See tables A, 5, 9, and 12.) Employer costs for health benefits increased 

2.5 percent over the year. The 12-month percent change for March 2014 was an increase of 2.4 percent. 

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

12-month period ending March 2015 ranged from 2.3 percent for natural resources, construction, and 

maintenance occupations and service occupations to 3.4 percent for sales and office occupations. 

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

12-month period ranged from 1.8 percent for construction to 6.1 percent for information. 

State and Local Government Workers 

Compensation costs for state and local government workers increased 2.1 percent for the 12-month 

period ending March 2015, compared with a 1.9-percent increase for March 2014. Wages and salaries

increased 1.8 percent for the 12-month period ending March 2015. In March 2014, the increase was 

1.2 percent. Benefit costs increased 2.8 percent in March 2015. In March 2014, the increase was 3.0 

percent. (See tables A, 7, 11, and 12.) 

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Table A. Major series of the Employment Cost Index

(Percent change)

CIVILIAN WORKERS1

Compensation2 0.5 0.7 1.8 2.0 2.2 2.2 2.6

Wages and salaries 0.6 0.7 1.6 1.8 2.1 2.1 2.6

Benefits 0.6 0.6 2.1 2.5 2.4 2.6 2.7

PRIVATE INDUSTRY

Compensation2 0.5 0.7 1.7 2.0 2.3 2.3 2.8

Wages and salaries 0.5 0.7 1.7 1.9 2.3 2.2 2.8

Benefits 0.5 0.6 1.8 2.4 2.3 2.5 2.6

STATE AND LOCAL 

GOVERNMENT

Compensation2 0.6 0.5 1.9 2.0 2.1 2.0 2.1

Wages and salaries 0.4 0.4 1.2 1.3 1.6 1.6 1.8

Benefits 0.9 0.5 3.0 3.2 3.0 2.9 2.8

1

 Includes private industry and state and local government.

2

 Includes wages and salaries and benefits.

Mar. 2015

12-month, not seasonally adjusted

Category

3-month,

seasonally adjusted

Dec. 2014 Mar. 2015 Mar. 2014 June 2014 Sept. 2014 Dec. 2014
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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 BLS Handbook of Methods, 

Chapter 8, “National Compensation Measures,” Bureau of Labor Statistics, on the Internet at 

www.bls.gov/opub/hom/pdf/homch8.pdf. 

Sample size 

Data for the March 2015 reference period were collected from a probability sample of approximately 

37,400 occupational observations selected from a sample of about 8,600 private industry establishments

and approximately 8,900 occupational observations selected from a sample of about 1,500 state and

local government establishments that provided data at the initial interview. 

Health insurance data 

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

private industry are available at www.bls.gov/web/eci/echealth.pdf. 

Historical listings 

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

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

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

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

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

For more information on the criteria used in defining continuous series, see the article published in the 

Monthly Labor Review at www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2006/04/art2full.pdf. 

Employer Costs for Employee Compensation data 

The costs per hour worked of compensation components, based on data from the ECI, are published in a 

separate news release titled "Employer Costs for Employee Compensation" (ECEC). The next ECEC 

release is scheduled for 10:00 a.m. (EDT), Wednesday, June 10, 2015. 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. 

Seasonal Adjustment Revisions 

Each year data series are reviewed for seasonal patterns. When seasonality is found, data are published 

as a seasonally adjusted series. Based on this review for 2015, the seasonally adjusted private industry 

service occupations wages and salaries series was dropped, while a seasonally adjusted series for private 

industry nursing and residential care facilities wages and salaries was added. Historical data for the latter 

series, beginning with March 2010, are now available. For additional information regarding the annual 

seasonal adjustment process please visit www.bls.gov/ncs/ect/ectsfact.htm. 
Table 1. Employment Cost Index for total compensation1, by occupational group and industry

(Seasonally adjusted)

Occupational group and industry

Indexes (Dec.

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

Dec. 

2014

Mar. 

2015

Mar.

2013

June

2013

Sep.

2013

Dec.

2013

Mar.

2014

June

2014

Sep.

2014

Dec.

2014

Mar.

2015

Civilian workers

All workers2 ................................................................ 122.8 123.6 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.3 0.7 0.7 0.5 0.7

Industry

Goods-producing industries3 .................................. 120.5 121.1 .6 .4 .3 .4 .6 .5 .5 .6 .5

Manufacturing ..................................................... 120.0 120.8 .4 .5 .4 .4 .7 .5 .6 .6 .7

Service-providing industries4 .................................. 123.4 124.2 .5 .5 .4 .5 .3 .8 .6 .6 .6

Education and health services ............................ 123.4 124.0 .4 .4 .4 .5 .3 .5 .4 .7 .5

Educational services ....................................... 123.1 123.8 .4 .5 .3 .5 .4 .5 .5 .6 .6

Elementary and secondary schools ............ 122.6 123.3 .4 .3 .2 .5 .4 .5 .5 .5 .6

Junior colleges, colleges, 

universities, and professional schools ...... 123.8 124.5 .5 .6 .5 .5 .6 .4 .4 .7 .6

Health care and social assistance5 ................ 123.7 124.2 .4 .4 .6 .5 .1 .7 .3 .7 .4

Hospitals ..................................................... 123.8 124.4 .3 .5 .6 .4 .2 .6 .3 .4 .5

Nursing and residential care facilities ......... 119.4 120.1 .4 .3 .4 .3 .3 .3 .5 .5 .6

Public administration .......................................... 126.5 126.8 .4 .4 .7 .7 .5 .9 .4 .6 .2

Private industry workers

All workers .................................................................. 122.3 123.2 .6 .5 .4 .5 .3 .8 .7 .5 .7

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related ................. 123.2 123.8 .4 .6 .6 .4 .3 .8 .7 .5 .5

Management, business, and financial ................ 123.4 124.1 .5 .7 .5 .6 .2 1.0 1.0 .4 .6

Professional and related ..................................... 123.1 123.7 .3 .6 .5 .4 .3 .7 .5 .6 .5

Sales and office ...................................................... 121.9 123.5 .9 .3 .4 .7 .3 .7 .7 .7 1.3

Sales and related ................................................ 118.8 121.8 1.2 .2 .5 .7 .3 .7 .7 .9 2.5

Office and administrative support ....................... 124.0 124.6 .5 .5 .4 .6 .3 .7 .5 .6 .5

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance 123.4 123.6 .6 .3 .6 .5 .5 .9 .5 .7 .2

Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and

forestry .............................................................. 122.9 123.2 .7 .3 .6 .5 .4 .6 .3 .8 .2

Installation, maintenance, and repair .................. 123.9 124.1 .5 .3 .5 .4 .7 1.2 .7 .5 .2

Production, transportation, and material moving .... 120.7 121.7 .5 .3 .3 .5 .7 .5 .6 .4 .8

Production .......................................................... 119.5 120.3 .4 .4 .2 .5 .7 .3 .6 .6 .7

Transportation and material moving ................... 122.4 123.6 .6 .3 .4 .6 .6 .7 .6 .2 1.0

Service occupations ............................................... 121.1 121.9 .3 .4 .1 .5 .1 .3 .8 .5 .7

Industry

Goods-producing industries3 .................................. 120.4 121.0 .6 .4 .4 .3 .6 .5 .6 .5 .5

Construction ....................................................... 120.6 120.9 .8 .3 .4 .4 .2 .3 .6 .6 .2

Manufacturing ..................................................... 120.0 120.8 .4 .5 .4 .4 .7 .5 .6 .6 .7

Aircraft manufacturing .................................... 110.1 110.4 .2 .9 -1.6 .6 2.0 .7 2.0 .5 .3

Service-providing industries6 .................................. 122.9 123.8 .6 .5 .4 .5 .2 .9 .7 .5 .7

Trade, transportation, and utilities ...................... 122.8 123.2 .7 .5 .6 .8 .3 .8 1.1 .4 .3

Wholesale trade .............................................. 123.3 123.2 .3 1.1 .9 1.3 .1 1.4 1.7 .2 -.1

Retail trade ..................................................... 121.0 121.6 .8 .5 .4 .6 .2 .5 .9 .6 .5

Transportation and warehousing .................... 123.9 124.5 .8 .2 .6 .7 .4 .8 .7 .3 .5

Utilities ............................................................ 130.6 132.1 .1 .2 -.4 1.0 .6 .4 .9 .5 1.1

Information .......................................................... 125.1 126.4 .5 .5 .4 -.8 .7 4.7 .2 .5 1.0

Financial activities .............................................. 121.3 122.3 .7 .7 .7 .6 .3 .6 .3 .6 .8

Finance and insurance ................................... 121.5 122.4 .9 .6 .8 .5 .1 .6 .3 .7 .7

Credit intermediation and related

activities .................................................... 120.5 121.3 .9 .5 .5 .1 .2 .8 .4 .5 .7

Insurance carriers and related activities ..... 123.0 123.9 .4 1.1 1.4 .7 .4 .4 -.1 .7 .7

See footnotes at end of table.

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

(Seasonally adjusted)

Occupational group and industry

Indexes (Dec.

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

Dec. 

2014

Mar. 

2015

Mar.

2013

June

2013

Sep.

2013

Dec.

2013

Mar.

2014

June

2014

Sep.

2014

Dec.

2014

Mar.

2015

Industry

Real estate and rental and leasing ................. 120.2 122.0 0.1 0.5 0.4 1.3 0.8 0.4 0.7 -0.1 1.5

Professional and business services ................... 124.4 126.1 .5 .4 .3 .3 .3 1.0 .7 .5 1.4

Professional, scientific, and technical services 126.5 129.2 .3 .7 .4 .3 .4 .5 .6 .4 2.1

Administrative and support and waste

management and remediation services ........ 122.1 122.3 .7 .2 .1 .5 -.4 2.1 1.2 .7 .2

Education and health services ............................ 123.3 123.9 .4 .4 .6 .5 .2 .6 .3 .7 .5

Educational services ....................................... 123.7 124.5 .5 .7 .5 .5 .2 .5 .5 .6 .6

Junior colleges, colleges, 

universities, and professional schools ...... 124.7 125.3 .6 .7 .7 .5 .2 .6 .4 .6 .5

Health care and social assistance5 ................ 123.3 123.7 .4 .4 .5 .5 .2 .6 .3 .7 .3

Hospitals ..................................................... 123.5 124.1 .3 .5 .6 .3 .3 .5 .4 .4 .5

Nursing and residential care facilities ......... 118.2 118.5 .3 .3 .3 .3 .2 .3 .4 .5 .3

Leisure and hospitality ........................................ 119.6 120.5 .2 .4 .1 .3 .4 .3 .6 .4 .8

Accommodation and food services ................. 119.9 120.8 -.1 .6 .0 .3 .3 .3 .6 .3 .8

Other services, except public administration ...... 122.1 123.3 .5 1.0 .2 1.2 -.3 .3 .6 .0 1.0

State and local government workers

All workers .................................................................. 124.8 125.4 .5 .4 .3 .7 .5 .5 .5 .6 .5

Industry

Education and health services ............................ 123.4 124.2 .4 .4 .2 .6 .4 .4 .5 .6 .6

Educational services ....................................... 123.0 123.7 .3 .5 .2 .6 .5 .4 .5 .6 .6

Schools ....................................................... 122.9 123.6 .4 .4 .3 .5 .5 .5 .4 .6 .6

Elementary and secondary schools ........ 122.7 123.4 .3 .4 .2 .5 .4 .5 .5 .5 .6

Health care and social assistance5 ................ 126.9 128.0 .7 .4 .7 .5 -.2 .6 .6 .4 .9

Hospitals ..................................................... 125.1 125.6 .5 .6 .5 .5 -.3 .6 .4 .3 .4

Public administration .......................................... 126.5 126.8 .4 .4 .7 .7 .5 .9 .4 .6 .2

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–

Dec. 

2014

Mar. 

2015

Mar.

2013

June

2013

Sep.

2013

Dec.

2013

Mar.

2014

June

2014

Sep.

2014

Dec.

2014

Mar.

2015

Civilian workers

All workers1 ................................................................ 121.3 122.1 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.6 0.3 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.7

Industry

Goods-producing industries2 .................................. 120.2 120.9 .5 .6 .4 .3 .4 .6 .5 .6 .6

Manufacturing ..................................................... 120.0 120.7 .5 .6 .4 .5 .5 .7 .4 .6 .6

Service-providing industries3 .................................. 121.5 122.4 .4 .5 .3 .5 .3 .7 .7 .5 .7

Education and health services ............................ 120.6 121.2 .3 .4 .3 .4 .3 .5 .3 .6 .5

Educational services ....................................... 118.9 119.5 .3 .4 .1 .3 .3 .3 .5 .4 .5

Elementary and secondary schools ............ 118.0 118.4 .2 .3 .0 .3 .3 .3 .5 .3 .3

Junior colleges, colleges, 

universities, and professional schools ...... 120.3 121.0 .3 .5 .3 .4 .4 .3 .4 .5 .6

Health care and social assistance4 ................ 122.6 123.1 .4 .4 .4 .5 .2 .6 .3 .7 .4

Hospitals ..................................................... 122.5 123.0 .4 .4 .3 .4 .3 .3 .4 .4 .4

Nursing and residential care facilities ......... 117.9 118.7 .3 .3 .3 .3 .3 .2 .5 .3 .7

Public administration .......................................... 120.2 120.7 .3 .2 .4 .5 .3 .6 .5 .5 .4

Private industry workers

All workers .................................................................. 121.7 122.6 .6 .5 .3 .6 .3 .8 .7 .5 .7

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related ................. 122.9 123.5 .6 .6 .5 .5 .2 .7 .7 .4 .5

Management, business, and financial ................ 123.0 123.6 .7 .8 .4 .6 .2 .7 1.2 .2 .5

Professional and related ..................................... 122.9 123.4 .4 .6 .5 .4 .2 .7 .4 .6 .4

Sales and office ...................................................... 121.3 123.5 .8 .4 .4 .6 .3 .6 .7 .8 1.8

Sales and related ................................................ 119.2 123.4 1.2 .1 .5 .7 .3 .6 .9 1.0 3.5

Office and administrative support ....................... 122.7 123.3 .6 .5 .4 .5 .4 .5 .5 .6 .5

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance 121.4 121.8 .5 .3 .6 .3 .5 .6 .5 .6 .3

Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and

forestry .............................................................. 121.0 121.3 .4 .2 .5 .4 .3 .8 .3 .7 .3

Installation, maintenance, and repair .................. 121.9 122.3 .6 .4 .7 .4 .7 .4 .7 .4 .4

Production, transportation, and material moving .... 120.0 120.8 .5 .3 .3 .6 .6 .7 .6 .4 .7

Production .......................................................... 119.3 119.8 .4 .5 .4 .5 .6 .4 .7 .6 .4

Transportation and material moving ................... 120.9 122.0 .6 .1 .3 .6 .7 .8 .7 .1 .9

Industry

Goods-producing industries2 .................................. 120.2 120.9 .5 .5 .5 .3 .4 .6 .5 .6 .6

Construction ....................................................... 119.4 119.9 .5 .4 .4 .3 .2 .4 .6 .6 .5

Manufacturing ..................................................... 120.0 120.7 .5 .6 .4 .5 .5 .7 .4 .6 .6

Aircraft manufacturing .................................... 128.6 129.8 .4 1.2 .6 .8 .8 .7 .5 .6 .9

Service-providing industries5 .................................. 122.1 123.1 .5 .6 .3 .6 .2 .8 .7 .5 .8

Trade, transportation, and utilities ...................... 121.6 122.1 .6 .7 .5 .9 .2 1.0 1.3 .3 .4

Retail trade ..................................................... 121.1 121.7 .6 .6 .3 .7 .1 .6 1.1 .6 .5

Transportation and warehousing .................... 121.9 122.6 .9 -.1 .5 .7 .8 .8 .7 .3 .5

Utilities ............................................................ 128.8 129.9 .7 .7 .7 .6 .8 .5 .8 .5 .8

Information .......................................................... 118.7 119.4 .5 .4 .3 -.1 .4 .9 .0 .6 .6

Financial activities .............................................. 121.6 122.6 .7 .8 .5 .8 .4 .3 .5 .6 .8

Finance and insurance ................................... 122.5 123.3 .8 .7 .7 .6 .2 .2 .5 .7 .7

Credit intermediation and related

activities .................................................... 119.3 120.0 .9 .5 .3 .3 .1 .3 .8 .6 .6

Insurance carriers and related

activities .................................................... 121.9 122.9 .3 1.3 1.5 .7 .5 .0 -.4 .5 .8

Professional and business services ................... 124.0 126.0 .6 .3 .2 .4 .1 1.0 .8 .5 1.6

Professional, scientific, and technical services 126.1 129.7 .3 .5 .3 .2 .3 .7 .6 .4 2.8

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 2. Employment Cost Index for wages and salaries, by occupational group and industry — Continued

(Seasonally adjusted)

Occupational group and industry

Indexes (Dec.

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

Dec. 

2014

Mar. 

2015

Mar.

2013

June

2013

Sep.

2013

Dec.

2013

Mar.

2014

June

2014

Sep.

2014

Dec.

2014

Mar.

2015

Industry

Administrative and support and waste

management and remediation services ........ 121.8 121.7 0.8 0.1 0.1 0.6 -0.4 1.7 1.3 0.7 -0.1

Education and health services ............................ 122.5 123.1 .4 .5 .4 .5 .2 .6 .3 .7 .5

Educational services ....................................... 122.3 123.1 .4 .7 .3 .4 .2 .4 .5 .5 .7

Junior colleges, colleges, 

universities, and professional schools ...... 122.8 123.3 .5 .8 .5 .5 .1 .4 .3 .7 .4

Health care and social assistance4 ................ 122.6 123.1 .5 .4 .4 .5 .2 .6 .2 .8 .4

Hospitals ..................................................... 122.7 123.2 .3 .5 .4 .3 .4 .4 .3 .5 .4

Nursing and residential care facilities6 ....... 117.7 118.3 .3 .3 .2 .3 .3 .3 .3 .4 .5

Leisure and hospitality ........................................ 120.6 121.6 .2 .4 .0 .3 .6 .4 .7 .4 .8

Accommodation and food services ................. 120.9 121.9 -.1 .5 .0 .3 .4 .4 .6 .5 .8

Other services, except public administration ...... 122.3 123.3 .9 1.1 .1 1.3 -.4 .5 .7 .2 .8

State and local government workers

All workers .................................................................. 119.4 119.9 .3 .3 .2 .4 .3 .4 .5 .4 .4

Industry

Education and health services ............................ 118.7 119.2 .3 .3 .1 .3 .3 .3 .4 .4 .4

Educational services ....................................... 118.3 118.8 .2 .3 .1 .3 .4 .3 .5 .4 .4

Schools ....................................................... 118.2 118.8 .2 .3 .1 .3 .3 .3 .5 .3 .5

Elementary and secondary schools ........ 117.9 118.4 .2 .3 .1 .3 .3 .3 .6 .3 .4

Health care and social assistance4 ................ 122.5 123.1 .3 .3 .3 .4 -.1 .4 .4 .4 .5

Hospitals ..................................................... 121.7 121.9 .3 .3 .2 .4 -.2 .4 .4 .3 .2

Public administration .......................................... 120.2 120.7 .3 .2 .4 .5 .3 .6 .5 .5 .4

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; educational services; health care and social

assistance; arts, entertainment and recreation; accommodation and food services; and other services, except public administration. 6 The nursing and residential care facilities wages and salaries series is seasonal as of the 2015 seasonal adjustment revision. Historical data for this series are

published beginning with March 2010.

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Table 3. Employment Cost Index for benefits, by occupational group and industry

(Seasonally adjusted)

Occupational group and industry

Indexes (Dec.

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

Dec. 

2014

Mar. 

2015

Mar.

2013

June

2013

Sep.

2013

Dec.

2013

Mar.

2014

June

2014

Sep.

2014

Dec.

2014

Mar.

2015

Civilian workers

All workers1 ................................................................ 126.4 127.1 0.7 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.5 1.1 0.5 0.6 0.6

Private industry workers

All workers .................................................................. 123.8 124.5 .5 .5 .5 .3 .5 1.1 .5 .5 .6

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related ................. 123.8 124.6 .1 .6 .8 .5 .2 1.1 .6 .7 .6

Sales and office ...................................................... 123.7 123.8 .9 .3 .6 .6 .3 1.2 .3 .6 .1

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance 127.6 127.7 .8 .2 .6 .6 .6 1.5 .6 .8 .1

Production, transportation, and material moving .... 122.2 123.5 .5 .3 .1 .4 .8 .3 .6 .5 1.1

Service occupations ............................................... 122.3 122.9 .3 .4 .4 .3 -.2 .2 .5 .5 .5

Industry

Goods-producing industries2 .................................. 120.8 121.4 .8 .3 .3 .4 .9 .2 .8 .4 .5

Manufacturing ..................................................... 119.9 120.8 .5 .3 .3 .3 1.2 .1 .9 .5 .8

Service-providing industries3 .................................. 125.0 125.7 .5 .5 .7 .3 .3 1.3 .5 .5 .6

State and local government workers

All workers .................................................................. 136.0 136.7 .9 .6 .8 .9 .7 .9 .4 .9 .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; and other services, except public administration.

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

industry

(Not seasonally adjusted)

Occupational group and industry

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

Mar. 

2014

Dec. 

2014

Mar. 

2015

3-months ended– 12-months ended–

Mar. 

2014

Dec. 

2014

Mar. 

2015

Mar. 

2014

Dec. 

2014

Mar. 

2015

Civilian workers

All workers2 ................................................................ 120.5 122.7 123.6 0.4 0.4 0.7 1.8 2.2 2.6

Excluding incentive paid occupations3 ............... 120.9 122.8 123.6 .6 .4 .7 1.8 2.2 2.2

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related ................. 121.0 123.2 123.9 .4 .2 .6 1.9 2.2 2.4

Management, business, and financial ................ 120.7 123.3 124.1 .4 .1 .6 2.0 2.6 2.8

Professional and related ..................................... 121.2 123.1 123.9 .4 .3 .6 1.8 2.0 2.2

Sales and office ...................................................... 119.7 122.3 123.7 .3 .6 1.1 1.8 2.4 3.3

Sales and related ................................................ 115.7 119.1 121.4 -.3 .9 1.9 1.8 2.7 4.9

Office and administrative support ....................... 122.2 124.2 125.0 .7 .4 .6 1.8 2.3 2.3

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance 121.2 123.5 123.9 .7 .4 .3 1.9 2.6 2.2

Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and

forestry .............................................................. 120.9 123.1 123.3 .3 .7 .2 1.9 2.2 2.0

Installation, maintenance, and repair .................. 121.5 123.9 124.5 .9 .1 .5 2.0 2.9 2.5

Production, transportation, and material moving .... 119.3 121.0 122.1 .8 .2 .9 1.8 2.2 2.3

Production .......................................................... 117.9 119.5 120.5 .9 .4 .8 1.8 2.2 2.2

Transportation and material moving ................... 121.0 122.9 124.0 .6 .1 .9 1.8 2.2 2.5

Service occupations ............................................... 120.9 122.9 123.7 .2 .5 .7 1.3 1.9 2.3

Industry

Goods-producing industries4 .................................. 118.6 120.4 121.1 .7 .4 .6 1.9 2.2 2.1

Manufacturing ..................................................... 118.1 119.8 120.8 .9 .4 .8 2.1 2.4 2.3

Service-providing industries5 .................................. 120.8 123.1 124.1 .3 .3 .8 1.8 2.2 2.7

Education and health services ............................ 121.5 123.4 124.0 .2 .5 .5 1.7 1.8 2.1

Educational services ....................................... 121.2 123.1 123.7 .3 .3 .5 1.7 1.9 2.1

Elementary and secondary schools ............ 120.7 122.6 123.1 .2 .2 .4 1.4 1.8 2.0

Junior colleges, colleges, 

universities, and professional schools ...... 122.0 123.9 124.5 .5 .5 .5 2.2 2.1 2.0

Health care and social assistance6 ................ 121.8 123.7 124.3 .2 .7 .5 1.6 1.7 2.1

Hospitals ..................................................... 122.3 123.8 124.4 .3 .4 .5 1.7 1.6 1.7

Nursing and residential care facilities ......... 118.0 119.4 120.1 .3 .5 .6 1.3 1.5 1.8

Public administration .......................................... 124.2 126.4 126.9 .6 .5 .4 2.3 2.4 2.2

1 Includes wages, salaries, and employer costs for employee benefits. 2 Includes workers in the private nonfarm economy except those in private households, and workers in the public sector, except the federal government. 3 The index for this series is not strictly comparable with other series in this table. 4 Includes mining, construction, and manufacturing. 5 Includes the following industries: wholesale trade; retail trade; transportation and warehousing; utilities; information; finance and insurance; real estate

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

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

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

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Table 5. Employment Cost Index for total compensation1, for private industry workers, by occupational group

and industry

(Not seasonally adjusted)

Occupational group and industry

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

Mar. 

2014

Dec. 

2014

Mar. 

2015

3-months ended– 12-months ended–

Mar. 

2014

Dec. 

2014

Mar. 

2015

Mar. 

2014

Dec. 

2014

Mar. 

2015

Private industry workers

All workers ...................................................................... 119.9 122.2 123.2 0.4 0.4 0.8 1.7 2.3 2.8

Excluding incentive paid occupations2 ................... 120.4 122.2 123.1 .6 .3 .7 1.8 2.1 2.2

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related ..................... 120.7 123.0 123.8 .4 .2 .7 1.9 2.3 2.6

Excluding incentive paid occupations2 ........... 120.8 122.6 123.5 .6 .2 .7 1.9 2.1 2.2

Management, business, and financial .................... 120.3 123.0 123.9 .3 .0 .7 1.9 2.6 3.0

Excluding incentive paid occupations2 ........... 120.7 122.8 123.9 .6 .4 .9 2.0 2.3 2.7

Professional and related ......................................... 121.0 122.9 123.7 .4 .3 .7 1.8 2.0 2.2

Sales and office .......................................................... 119.3 121.9 123.4 .3 .7 1.2 1.8 2.4 3.4

Excluding incentive paid occupations2 ........... 120.8 122.6 123.3 .8 .3 .6 1.8 2.3 2.1

Sales and related .................................................... 115.6 119.0 121.3 -.3 .9 1.9 1.8 2.7 4.9

Excluding incentive paid occupations2 ........... 118.6 120.1 120.7 .8 .3 .5 1.7 2.0 1.8

Office and administrative support ........................... 121.8 123.8 124.6 .6 .4 .6 1.8 2.2 2.3

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance .... 120.8 123.2 123.6 .6 .3 .3 1.9 2.6 2.3

Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and

forestry .................................................................. 120.7 122.9 123.1 .3 .7 .2 1.8 2.2 2.0

Installation, maintenance, and repair ...................... 121.0 123.5 124.1 .9 .0 .5 2.0 3.0 2.6

Production, transportation, and material moving ........ 118.9 120.6 121.7 .8 .2 .9 1.9 2.2 2.4

Excluding incentive paid occupations2 ........... 119.0 120.7 121.7 .8 .3 .8 1.8 2.3 2.3

Production .............................................................. 117.8 119.4 120.4 .9 .5 .8 1.8 2.3 2.2

Excluding incentive paid occupations2 ........... 117.9 119.5 120.6 .9 .4 .9 1.8 2.2 2.3

Transportation and material moving ....................... 120.4 122.4 123.5 .6 .1 .9 1.9 2.3 2.6

Service occupations ................................................... 119.2 121.1 122.0 .2 .5 .7 1.1 1.8 2.3

Industry and occupational group

Goods-producing industries3 ...................................... 118.5 120.3 121.0 .7 .3 .6 1.8 2.2 2.1

Excluding incentive paid occupations2 ........... 118.9 120.6 121.4 .7 .4 .7 1.8 2.1 2.1

Management, professional, and related ............. 117.8 119.3 120.3 .9 .1 .8 1.8 2.1 2.1

Sales and office .................................................. 118.4 121.2 121.4 -.1 .5 .2 1.8 2.3 2.5

Natural resources, construction, and

maintenance ..................................................... 120.4 122.5 122.7 .4 .6 .2 1.9 2.2 1.9

Production, transportation, and material moving 117.6 119.3 120.2 .9 .5 .8 1.8 2.3 2.2

Construction ........................................................... 118.6 120.7 120.7 .0 .5 .0 1.4 1.8 1.8

Manufacturing ......................................................... 118.1 119.8 120.8 .9 .4 .8 2.1 2.4 2.3

Management, professional, and related ......... 118.2 119.9 121.1 1.3 .3 1.0 2.2 2.7 2.5

Sales and office .............................................. 119.9 122.0 122.7 .3 .3 .6 2.4 2.0 2.3

Natural resources, construction, and

maintenance ................................................. 119.8 121.6 122.2 1.1 .5 .5 2.1 2.6 2.0

Production, transportation, and material

moving .......................................................... 117.3 118.9 119.9 .9 .5 .8 1.8 2.2 2.2

Aircraft manufacturing ........................................ 107.4 110.3 111.3 3.2 -.1 .9 2.1 6.0 3.6

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 5. Employment Cost Index for total compensation1, for private industry workers, by occupational group

and industry — Continued

(Not seasonally adjusted)

Occupational group and industry

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

Mar. 

2014

Dec. 

2014

Mar. 

2015

3-months ended– 12-months ended–

Mar. 

2014

Dec. 

2014

Mar. 

2015

Mar. 

2014

Dec. 

2014

Mar. 

2015

Service-providing industries4 ...................................... 120.4 122.8 123.8 0.3 0.4 0.8 1.7 2.3 2.8

Excluding incentive paid occupations2 ........... 120.9 122.8 123.7 .6 .3 .7 1.7 2.2 2.3

Management, professional, and related ............. 121.3 123.7 124.5 .3 .3 .6 1.9 2.3 2.6

Sales and office .................................................. 119.4 121.9 123.6 .3 .6 1.4 1.8 2.4 3.5

Natural resources, construction, and

maintenance ..................................................... 121.5 124.2 124.8 .8 -.1 .5 1.8 3.1 2.7

Production, transportation, and material moving 120.5 122.5 123.6 .6 .1 .9 1.7 2.3 2.6

Service occupations ........................................... 119.1 121.1 122.0 .1 .6 .7 1.0 1.8 2.4

Trade, transportation, and utilities .......................... 120.0 122.6 123.2 .4 .2 .5 2.3 2.6 2.7

Excluding incentive paid occupations2 ....... 120.6 122.2 123.2 .8 .3 .8 1.9 2.1 2.2

Wholesale trade .................................................. 119.3 123.3 123.2 .1 .2 -.1 3.4 3.4 3.3

Excluding incentive paid occupations2 ....... 120.8 122.5 123.5 .7 .3 .8 2.4 2.1 2.2

Retail trade ......................................................... 118.5 120.9 121.5 .2 .5 .5 1.7 2.2 2.5

Excluding incentive paid occupations2 ....... 118.5 119.9 120.7 .6 .3 .7 1.7 1.8 1.9

Transportation and warehousing ........................ 121.8 123.6 124.6 .8 .0 .8 1.9 2.3 2.3

Utilities ................................................................ 128.3 130.0 132.1 1.1 .1 1.6 1.4 2.4 3.0

Information .............................................................. 118.8 124.4 126.0 .8 .2 1.3 .8 5.6 6.1

Financial activities .................................................. 119.4 121.0 122.2 .4 .2 1.0 2.1 1.8 2.3

Excluding incentive paid occupations2 ....... 120.2 121.8 123.2 .8 .2 1.1 2.2 2.1 2.5

Finance and insurance ....................................... 119.5 121.1 122.2 .3 .2 .9 2.0 1.7 2.3

Credit intermediation and related

activities ........................................................ 118.4 120.3 121.3 .3 .4 .8 1.3 1.9 2.4

Excluding incentive paid occupations2 ....... 121.9 124.1 125.4 1.0 .4 1.0 2.3 2.8 2.9

Insurance carriers and related activities ......... 121.5 122.6 123.7 .5 .3 .9 3.6 1.4 1.8

Excluding incentive paid occupations2 ....... 120.8 122.8 124.1 .8 .1 1.1 2.3 2.4 2.7

Real estate and rental and leasing ..................... 119.1 120.2 122.0 .9 -.1 1.5 3.2 1.9 2.4

Excluding incentive paid occupations2 ....... 122.1 123.6 125.2 1.1 .3 1.3 3.0 2.3 2.5

Professional and business services ....................... 121.7 124.2 126.1 .4 .3 1.5 1.4 2.5 3.6

Professional, scientific, and technical services ... 124.8 126.3 129.3 .6 .2 2.4 1.8 1.9 3.6

Administrative and support and waste

management and remediation services ............ 117.1 122.0 122.1 -.5 .7 .1 .3 3.7 4.3

Education and health services ................................ 121.4 123.3 123.8 .2 .6 .4 1.7 1.7 2.0

Educational services ........................................... 121.6 123.9 124.3 -.1 .3 .3 1.9 1.8 2.2

Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and

professional schools ..................................... 122.6 124.8 125.1 .0 .4 .2 2.2 1.8 2.0

Health care and social assistance5 .................... 121.4 123.2 123.8 .2 .7 .5 1.7 1.7 2.0

Hospitals ......................................................... 122.0 123.5 124.1 .4 .5 .5 1.8 1.6 1.7

Nursing and residential care facilities ............. 116.9 118.2 118.6 .3 .5 .3 1.1 1.5 1.5

Nursing care facilities2 ................................ 116.8 118.3 118.7 .3 .5 .3 1.0 1.6 1.6

Leisure and hospitality ............................................ 118.1 119.6 120.5 .4 .3 .8 1.3 1.7 2.0

Accommodation and food services ..................... 118.6 120.0 120.8 .3 .3 .7 1.2 1.5 1.9

Other services, except public administration .......... 121.1 121.8 123.4 .0 -.4 1.3 1.9 .6 1.9

1 Includes wages, salaries, and employer costs for employee benefits. 2 The index for this series is not strictly comparable with other series in this table. 3 Includes mining, construction, and manufacturing. 4 Includes the following industries: wholesale trade; retail trade; transportation and warehousing; utilities; information; finance and insurance; real estate

and rental and leasing; professional and technical services; management of companies and enterprises; administrative and waste services; 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 compensation1, for private industry workers, by bargaining status

and census region and division

(Not seasonally adjusted)

Bargaining status and census region and division

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

Mar. 

2014

Dec. 

2014

Mar. 

2015

3-months ended– 12-months ended–

Mar. 

2014

Dec. 

2014

Mar. 

2015

Mar. 

2014

Dec. 

2014

Mar. 

2015

Bargaining status

Union ...................................................................... 123.5 126.7 127.4 0.7 0.7 0.6 1.6 3.3 3.2

Goods-producing industries2 .............................. 120.6 122.4 123.0 .8 .4 .5 1.7 2.3 2.0

Manufacturing ................................................. 115.4 117.4 118.1 1.1 .5 .6 1.3 2.8 2.3

Service-providing industries3 .............................. 126.0 130.0 130.8 .6 .8 .6 1.7 3.8 3.8

Nonunion ................................................................ 119.4 121.5 122.5 .3 .3 .8 1.8 2.1 2.6

Goods-producing industries2 .............................. 117.9 119.7 120.4 .6 .4 .6 1.9 2.1 2.1

Manufacturing ................................................. 118.8 120.6 121.6 .8 .4 .8 2.1 2.4 2.4

Service-providing industries3 .............................. 119.8 122.0 123.1 .3 .3 .9 1.7 2.2 2.8

Census region and division4

Northeast ................................................................ 120.5 123.2 125.3 .3 .4 1.7 1.5 2.6 4.0

New England ...................................................... 121.5 124.8 130.6 -.1 -.3 4.6 2.2 2.6 7.5

Middle Atlantic .................................................... 120.1 122.6 123.4 .4 .7 .7 1.3 2.5 2.7

South ...................................................................... 120.6 122.7 123.2 .4 .3 .4 1.7 2.2 2.2

South Atlantic ..................................................... 121.3 123.4 124.2 .6 .4 .6 1.8 2.3 2.4

East South Central ............................................. 118.4 119.8 120.7 .5 .4 .8 1.4 1.7 1.9

West South Central ............................................ 120.3 122.6 122.6 .1 .2 .0 1.5 2.0 1.9

Midwest .................................................................. 118.4 120.3 121.2 .5 .2 .7 1.7 2.1 2.4

East North Central .............................................. 117.3 119.1 120.2 .5 .3 .9 1.6 2.1 2.5

West North Central ............................................. 121.0 123.3 123.7 .3 .2 .3 1.6 2.2 2.2

West ....................................................................... 120.1 122.5 123.1 .4 .5 .5 2.1 2.4 2.5

Mountain ............................................................. 119.5 120.6 121.9 .3 .4 1.1 2.5 1.2 2.0

Pacific ................................................................. 120.5 123.3 123.7 .5 .5 .3 2.0 2.8 2.7

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 compensation1, for State and local government workers, by

occupational group and industry

(Not seasonally adjusted)

Occupational group and industry

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

Mar. 

2014

Dec. 

2014

Mar. 

2015

3-months ended– 12-months ended–

Mar. 

2014

Dec. 

2014

Mar. 

2015

Mar. 

2014

Dec. 

2014

Mar. 

2015

State and local government workers

All workers .................................................................. 122.8 124.7 125.4 0.5 0.4 0.6 1.9 2.0 2.1

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related ................. 121.8 123.7 124.3 .5 .3 .5 1.8 2.1 2.1

Professional and related ..................................... 121.6 123.5 124.2 .5 .4 .6 1.8 2.1 2.1

Sales and office ...................................................... 124.3 126.4 127.2 .7 .4 .6 2.1 2.4 2.3

Office and administrative support ....................... 124.3 126.5 127.2 .7 .5 .6 2.1 2.5 2.3

Service occupations ............................................... 124.9 127.1 127.8 .5 .4 .6 2.0 2.3 2.3

Industry

Education and health services ................................ 121.6 123.4 124.1 .4 .3 .6 1.7 1.9 2.1

Educational services ........................................... 121.1 123.0 123.6 .4 .4 .5 1.7 2.0 2.1

Schools2 ......................................................... 121.1 123.0 123.6 .4 .4 .5 1.7 2.0 2.1

Elementary and secondary schools ............ 120.9 122.8 123.3 .3 .4 .4 1.5 1.9 2.0

Health care and social assistance3 .................... 125.0 126.8 128.0 .0 .3 .9 1.5 1.4 2.4

Hospitals ......................................................... 123.5 125.0 125.7 -.2 .2 .6 1.1 1.1 1.8

Public administration .............................................. 124.2 126.4 126.9 .6 .5 .4 2.3 2.4 2.2

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

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Table 8. Employment Cost Index for wages and salaries, for civilian workers, by occupational group and

industry

(Not seasonally adjusted)

Occupational group and industry

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

Mar. 

2014

Dec. 

2014

Mar. 

2015

3-months ended– 12-months ended–

Mar. 

2014

Dec. 

2014

Mar. 

2015

Mar. 

2014

Dec. 

2014

Mar. 

2015

Civilian workers

All workers1 ................................................................ 119.0 121.2 122.1 0.3 0.4 0.7 1.6 2.1 2.6

Excluding incentive paid occupations2 ............... 119.3 121.0 121.7 .4 .3 .6 1.5 1.9 2.0

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related ................. 119.7 121.7 122.3 .3 .2 .5 1.7 2.0 2.2

Management, business, and financial ................ 119.9 122.3 123.0 .3 -.1 .6 1.9 2.3 2.6

Professional and related ..................................... 119.5 121.3 121.9 .3 .3 .5 1.5 1.8 2.0

Sales and office ...................................................... 118.4 121.1 122.9 .1 .7 1.5 1.7 2.4 3.8

Sales and related ................................................ 115.4 119.3 122.6 -.5 1.0 2.8 1.7 2.8 6.2

Office and administrative support ....................... 120.4 122.2 122.9 .6 .5 .6 1.8 2.1 2.1

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance 119.3 121.3 121.6 .4 .4 .2 1.8 2.1 1.9

Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and

forestry .............................................................. 118.6 121.0 121.0 .2 .7 .0 1.4 2.2 2.0

Installation, maintenance, and repair .................. 120.1 121.7 122.3 .7 .1 .5 2.1 2.0 1.8

Production, transportation, and material moving .... 118.1 119.9 120.8 .7 .2 .8 1.9 2.2 2.3

Production .......................................................... 117.5 119.2 120.0 .9 .4 .7 2.1 2.3 2.1

Transportation and material moving ................... 118.9 120.9 121.8 .6 .0 .7 1.7 2.3 2.4

Service occupations ............................................... 118.8 120.9 121.7 .3 .5 .7 1.3 2.0 2.4

Industry

Goods-producing industries3 .................................. 118.2 120.1 120.8 .5 .4 .6 1.8 2.1 2.2

Manufacturing ..................................................... 118.0 119.8 120.8 .7 .3 .8 2.0 2.2 2.4

Service-providing industries4 .................................. 119.2 121.4 122.3 .3 .3 .7 1.6 2.1 2.6

Education and health services ............................ 118.9 120.7 121.1 .2 .5 .3 1.4 1.7 1.9

Educational services ....................................... 117.4 119.1 119.4 .2 .3 .3 1.2 1.6 1.7

Elementary and secondary schools ............ 116.5 118.1 118.4 .1 .3 .3 1.0 1.5 1.6

Junior colleges, colleges, 

universities, and professional schools ...... 118.8 120.5 120.9 .3 .5 .3 1.7 1.7 1.8

Health care and social assistance5 ................ 120.6 122.6 123.1 .2 .7 .4 1.5 1.8 2.1

Hospitals ..................................................... 121.1 122.5 123.0 .3 .5 .4 1.5 1.5 1.6

Nursing and residential care facilities ......... 116.7 118.0 118.8 .2 .5 .7 1.2 1.3 1.8

Public administration .......................................... 118.4 120.2 120.8 .4 .5 .5 1.5 2.0 2.0

1 Includes workers in the private nonfarm economy except those in private households, and workers in the public sector, except the federal government. 2 The index for this series is not strictly comparable with other series in this table. 3 Includes mining, construction, and manufacturing. 4 Includes the following industries: wholesale trade; retail trade; transportation and warehousing; utilities; information; finance and insurance; real estate

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

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

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

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Table 9. Employment Cost Index for wages and salaries, for private industry workers, by occupational group and

industry

(Not seasonally adjusted)

Occupational group and industry

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

Mar. 

2014

Dec. 

2014

Mar. 

2015

3-months ended– 12-months ended–

Mar. 

2014

Dec. 

2014

Mar. 

2015

Mar. 

2014

Dec. 

2014

Mar. 

2015

Private industry workers

All workers ...................................................................... 119.3 121.6 122.6 0.3 0.3 0.8 1.7 2.2 2.8

Excluding incentive paid occupations1 ................... 119.7 121.5 122.2 .5 .3 .6 1.6 2.0 2.1

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related ..................... 120.6 122.8 123.4 .3 .2 .5 1.9 2.2 2.3

Excluding incentive paid occupations1 ........... 120.5 122.1 122.9 .4 .2 .7 1.8 1.7 2.0

Management, business, and financial .................... 120.2 122.7 123.4 .3 -.1 .6 2.0 2.4 2.7

Excluding incentive paid occupations1 ........... 120.4 122.0 123.0 .6 .3 .8 1.9 1.9 2.2

Professional and related ......................................... 120.9 122.8 123.4 .3 .4 .5 1.8 1.9 2.1

Sales and office .......................................................... 118.5 121.3 123.2 .1 .7 1.6 1.7 2.4 4.0

Excluding incentive paid occupations1 ........... 119.9 121.6 122.4 .6 .4 .7 1.7 2.0 2.1

Sales and related .................................................... 115.5 119.4 122.7 -.4 1.0 2.8 1.7 2.9 6.2

Excluding incentive paid occupations1 ........... 118.3 120.0 120.9 .6 .3 .8 1.5 2.0 2.2

Office and administrative support ........................... 120.8 122.5 123.3 .6 .4 .7 1.9 2.0 2.1

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance .... 119.3 121.4 121.7 .4 .4 .2 1.8 2.2 2.0

Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and

forestry .................................................................. 118.7 121.1 121.2 .2 .7 .1 1.4 2.2 2.1

Installation, maintenance, and repair ...................... 120.1 121.7 122.3 .8 .1 .5 2.2 2.1 1.8

Production, transportation, and material moving ........ 118.0 119.9 120.8 .7 .3 .8 1.9 2.3 2.4

Excluding incentive paid occupations1 ........... 118.3 120.0 120.9 .9 .3 .8 2.0 2.3 2.2

Production .............................................................. 117.4 119.1 119.9 .9 .4 .7 2.1 2.3 2.1

Excluding incentive paid occupations1 ........... 117.5 119.2 120.0 .9 .4 .7 2.1 2.3 2.1

Transportation and material moving ....................... 118.9 120.9 121.9 .6 -.1 .8 1.7 2.3 2.5

Service occupations ................................................... 118.5 120.7 121.6 .2 .5 .7 1.1 2.0 2.6

Industry and occupational group

Goods-producing industries2 ...................................... 118.2 120.1 120.8 .5 .4 .6 1.8 2.1 2.2

Excluding incentive paid occupations1 ........... 118.7 120.4 121.3 .6 .3 .7 1.8 2.0 2.2

Management, professional, and related ............. 118.9 120.4 121.7 .5 .1 1.1 1.5 1.8 2.4

Sales and office .................................................. 118.1 121.3 121.2 -.1 .5 -.1 2.3 2.6 2.6

Natural resources, construction, and

maintenance ..................................................... 118.8 121.1 121.3 .3 .7 .2 1.6 2.3 2.1

Production, transportation, and material moving 117.2 118.8 119.7 .8 .4 .8 2.1 2.1 2.1

Construction ........................................................... 117.3 119.6 119.7 -.1 .5 .1 1.3 1.9 2.0

Manufacturing ......................................................... 118.0 119.8 120.8 .7 .3 .8 2.0 2.2 2.4

Management, professional, and related ......... 119.1 120.8 122.2 .9 .3 1.2 1.9 2.4 2.6

Sales and office .............................................. 119.1 121.3 121.9 .1 .2 .5 2.4 1.9 2.4

Natural resources, construction, and

maintenance ................................................. 119.4 121.6 122.1 .8 .4 .4 2.1 2.7 2.3

Production, transportation, and material

moving .......................................................... 117.0 118.6 119.4 .8 .5 .7 2.1 2.2 2.1

Aircraft manufacturing ........................................ 127.0 127.7 130.5 2.1 -.1 2.2 3.5 2.7 2.8

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 9. Employment Cost Index for wages and salaries, for private industry workers, by occupational group and

industry — Continued

(Not seasonally adjusted)

Occupational group and industry

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

Mar. 

2014

Dec. 

2014

Mar. 

2015

3-months ended– 12-months ended–

Mar. 

2014

Dec. 

2014

Mar. 

2015

Mar. 

2014

Dec. 

2014

Mar. 

2015

Service-providing industries3 ...................................... 119.7 122.1 123.1 0.3 0.4 0.8 1.7 2.3 2.8

Excluding incentive paid occupations1 ........... 120.0 121.8 122.5 .4 .3 .6 1.6 1.9 2.1

Management, professional, and related ............. 120.9 123.2 123.7 .3 .2 .4 1.9 2.2 2.3

Sales and office .................................................. 118.5 121.3 123.4 .1 .7 1.7 1.6 2.4 4.1

Natural resources, construction, and

maintenance ..................................................... 120.1 121.7 122.2 .7 .0 .4 2.0 2.0 1.7

Production, transportation, and material moving 119.0 121.1 122.1 .6 .0 .8 1.7 2.4 2.6

Service occupations ........................................... 118.5 120.7 121.6 .2 .6 .7 1.1 2.0 2.6

Trade, transportation, and utilities .......................... 118.4 121.5 122.0 .2 .2 .4 2.2 2.8 3.0

Excluding incentive paid occupations1 ....... 118.9 120.7 121.4 .6 .3 .6 1.7 2.1 2.1

Wholesale trade .................................................. 116.6 121.1 121.0 -.1 -.1 -.1 3.5 3.8 3.8

Excluding incentive paid occupations1 ....... 117.5 118.9 119.8 .6 .2 .8 2.1 1.8 2.0

Retail trade ......................................................... 118.2 121.1 121.5 .0 .5 .3 1.6 2.5 2.8

Excluding incentive paid occupations1 ....... 118.1 119.9 120.5 .4 .4 .5 1.5 2.0 2.0

Transportation and warehousing ........................ 119.7 121.7 122.5 .8 -.1 .7 1.9 2.5 2.3

Utilities ................................................................ 126.6 128.3 129.9 1.1 .0 1.2 2.9 2.5 2.6

Information .............................................................. 116.9 118.5 119.4 .6 .4 .8 1.1 2.0 2.1

Financial activities .................................................. 119.8 121.3 122.4 .5 .2 .9 2.4 1.8 2.2

Excluding incentive paid occupations1 ....... 120.4 121.9 123.3 .9 .2 1.1 2.4 2.2 2.4

Finance and insurance ....................................... 120.5 122.0 123.0 .4 .2 .8 2.2 1.7 2.1

Credit intermediation and related

activities ........................................................ 117.3 119.0 120.0 .3 .4 .8 1.1 1.8 2.3

Excluding incentive paid occupations1 ....... 121.2 123.0 124.2 .9 .5 1.0 2.2 2.4 2.5

Insurance carriers and related activities ......... 121.5 121.6 122.6 .5 .1 .8 4.1 .6 .9

Excluding incentive paid occupations1 ....... 119.9 121.3 122.5 .8 -.2 1.0 2.3 1.9 2.2

Real estate and rental and leasing ..................... 117.0 118.3 120.1 1.0 .1 1.5 3.4 2.2 2.6

Excluding incentive paid occupations1 ....... 120.4 122.0 123.6 1.3 .5 1.3 3.3 2.6 2.7

Professional and business services ....................... 121.2 123.9 126.0 .2 .4 1.7 1.1 2.4 4.0

Professional, scientific, and technical services ... 124.0 126.0 129.7 .4 .3 2.9 1.3 2.0 4.6

Administrative and support and waste

management and remediation services ............ 117.3 121.7 121.5 -.6 .7 -.2 .3 3.1 3.6

Education and health services ................................ 120.5 122.6 123.0 .1 .7 .3 1.6 1.8 2.1

Educational services ........................................... 120.3 122.6 122.9 -.2 .3 .2 1.7 1.7 2.2

Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and

professional schools ..................................... 120.9 123.0 123.1 -.2 .5 .1 1.8 1.5 1.8

Health care and social assistance4 .................... 120.6 122.6 123.1 .2 .8 .4 1.7 1.9 2.1

Hospitals ......................................................... 121.2 122.7 123.2 .4 .5 .4 1.7 1.7 1.7

Nursing and residential care facilities ............. 116.6 117.8 118.4 .3 .5 .5 1.2 1.3 1.5

Nursing care facilities1 ................................ 116.4 117.9 118.5 .2 .5 .5 1.0 1.5 1.8

Leisure and hospitality ............................................ 118.9 120.7 121.7 .6 .4 .8 1.5 2.1 2.4

Accommodation and food services ..................... 119.2 121.0 122.0 .4 .4 .8 1.3 1.9 2.3

Other services, except public administration .......... 120.8 121.9 123.5 .1 -.3 1.3 2.1 1.0 2.2

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)

Bargaining status and census region and division

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

Mar. 

2014

Dec. 

2014

Mar. 

2015

3-months ended– 12-months ended–

Mar. 

2014

Dec. 

2014

Mar. 

2015

Mar. 

2014

Dec. 

2014

Mar. 

2015

Bargaining status

Union ...................................................................... 120.5 123.1 123.7 0.6 0.8 0.5 1.8 2.8 2.7

Goods-producing industries1 .............................. 117.7 119.5 119.9 .6 .4 .3 1.7 2.1 1.9

Manufacturing ................................................. 115.6 116.9 117.8 .7 .2 .8 1.9 1.8 1.9

Service-providing industries2 .............................. 122.6 125.6 126.3 .7 1.0 .6 1.8 3.1 3.0

Nonunion ................................................................ 119.2 121.5 122.4 .3 .4 .7 1.7 2.2 2.7

Goods-producing industries1 .............................. 118.3 120.3 121.1 .4 .4 .7 1.8 2.1 2.4

Manufacturing ................................................. 118.7 120.5 121.5 .8 .4 .8 2.2 2.3 2.4

Service-providing industries2 .............................. 119.4 121.7 122.8 .2 .3 .9 1.7 2.1 2.8

Census region and division3

Northeast ................................................................ 119.4 122.2 124.7 .3 .4 2.0 1.5 2.6 4.4

New England ...................................................... 121.4 125.3 133.1 -.3 -.6 6.2 2.4 2.9 9.6

Middle Atlantic .................................................... 118.6 120.9 121.6 .4 .7 .6 1.1 2.4 2.5

South ...................................................................... 120.7 122.8 123.3 .4 .3 .4 1.7 2.2 2.2

South Atlantic ..................................................... 121.3 123.4 124.1 .5 .4 .6 1.8 2.2 2.3

East South Central ............................................. 117.8 119.4 120.2 .4 .5 .7 1.3 1.8 2.0

West South Central ............................................ 120.8 123.1 123.2 .2 .2 .1 1.8 2.1 2.0

Midwest .................................................................. 117.4 119.1 119.8 .3 .2 .6 1.6 1.7 2.0

East North Central .............................................. 116.0 117.5 118.4 .3 .3 .8 1.7 1.6 2.1

West North Central ............................................. 120.7 123.1 123.1 .0 .2 .0 1.4 2.0 2.0

West ....................................................................... 119.5 122.2 122.6 .3 .6 .3 2.0 2.5 2.6

Mountain ............................................................. 119.0 121.5 122.5 .2 .6 .8 2.6 2.3 2.9

Pacific ................................................................. 119.8 122.5 122.7 .3 .6 .2 1.9 2.5 2.4

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)

Occupational group and industry

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

Mar. 

2014

Dec. 

2014

Mar. 

2015

3-months ended– 12-months ended–

Mar. 

2014

Dec. 

2014

Mar. 

2015

Mar. 

2014

Dec. 

2014

Mar. 

2015

State and local government workers

All workers .................................................................. 117.8 119.4 119.9 0.3 0.3 0.4 1.2 1.6 1.8

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related ................. 117.4 118.9 119.4 .3 .3 .4 1.2 1.5 1.7

Professional and related ..................................... 117.4 118.9 119.3 .3 .3 .3 1.2 1.5 1.6

Sales and office ...................................................... 117.4 119.3 119.8 .5 .5 .4 1.3 2.1 2.0

Office and administrative support ....................... 117.7 119.7 120.2 .5 .5 .4 1.2 2.2 2.1

Service occupations ............................................... 119.4 121.4 121.9 .3 .5 .4 1.4 2.0 2.1

Industry

Education and health services ................................ 117.3 118.8 119.2 .3 .3 .3 1.1 1.5 1.6

Educational services ........................................... 116.8 118.4 118.8 .3 .3 .3 1.1 1.6 1.7

Schools1 ......................................................... 116.8 118.4 118.7 .3 .3 .3 1.1 1.6 1.6

Elementary and secondary schools ............ 116.4 118.0 118.3 .1 .3 .3 1.0 1.5 1.6

Health care and social assistance2 .................... 121.1 122.5 123.3 .0 .3 .7 .9 1.2 1.8

Hospitals ......................................................... 120.5 121.7 122.1 .0 .3 .3 .7 1.0 1.3

Public administration .............................................. 118.4 120.2 120.8 .4 .5 .5 1.5 2.0 2.0

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

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Table 12. Employment Cost Index for benefits, by occupational group, industry, and bargaining status

(Not seasonally adjusted)

Occupational group, industry, and bargaining status

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

Mar. 

2014

Dec. 

2014

Mar. 

2015

3-months ended– 12-months ended–

Mar. 

2014

Dec. 

2014

Mar. 

2015

Mar. 

2014

Dec. 

2014

Mar. 

2015

Civilian workers

All workers1 ................................................................ 123.9 126.2 127.2 0.7 0.4 0.8 2.1 2.6 2.7

Private industry workers

All workers .................................................................. 121.4 123.5 124.5 .7 .3 .8 1.8 2.5 2.6

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related ................. 121.1 123.4 124.7 .7 .2 1.1 2.0 2.7 3.0

Sales and office ...................................................... 121.3 123.4 123.8 .7 .3 .3 1.8 2.4 2.1

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance 123.9 127.1 127.6 .8 .2 .4 1.9 3.4 3.0

Production, transportation, and material moving .... 120.5 122.1 123.5 .8 .4 1.1 1.5 2.2 2.5

Service occupations ............................................... 121.1 122.2 123.1 .1 .5 .7 .9 1.0 1.7

Industry

Goods-producing industries2 .................................. 119.2 120.7 121.4 1.0 .3 .6 1.9 2.3 1.8

Manufacturing ..................................................... 118.1 119.8 120.9 1.3 .4 .9 2.0 2.7 2.4

Aircraft manufacturing .................................... 86.4 91.7 90.8 4.9 .0 -1.0 -.1 11.3 5.1

Service-providing industries3 .................................. 122.3 124.6 125.8 .7 .3 1.0 1.8 2.6 2.9

Bargaining status

Union ...................................................................... 128.5 132.6 133.4 .9 .5 .6 1.5 4.2 3.8

Nonunion ................................................................ 119.9 121.7 122.7 .7 .2 .8 1.9 2.2 2.3

State and local government workers

All workers .................................................................. 133.1 135.8 136.8 .8 .4 .7 3.0 2.9 2.8

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 13. Employment Cost Index for total compensation,1 and wages and salaries, for

private industry workers, by area

(Not seasonally adjusted)

Census region and metropolitan area

Percent changes for 12-months ended–

Total compensation Wages and salaries

Mar. 

2014

Dec. 

2014

Mar. 

2015

Mar. 

2014

Dec. 

2014

Mar. 

2015

Northeast

Boston-Worcester-Manchester, MA-NH CSA ......... 2.0 3.2 3.6 2.2 3.5 3.9

New York-Newark-Bridgeport, NY-NJ-CT-PA CSA 1.4 2.8 2.6 1.2 2.6 2.5

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

CSA ...................................................................... 1.6 2.0 2.5 1.4 2.0 2.3

South

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Gainesville, GA-AL CSA .... 1.2 3.2 3.9 .7 1.6 1.8

Dallas-Fort Worth, TX CSA .................................... 2.2 2.5 2.3 2.7 2.3 2.3

Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX CSA ................... 1.8 1.7 1.9 2.4 2.1 2.1

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL MSA 1.7 2.1 2.1 2.3 2.5 1.9

Washington-Baltimore-Northern Virginia,

DC-MD-VA-WV CSA ............................................ 1.5 1.4 1.1 1.4 1.2 .7

Midwest

Chicago-Naperville-Michigan City, IL-IN-WI CSA ... 1.6 3.3 3.3 1.8 1.9 2.4

Detroit-Warren-Flint, MI CSA .................................. 1.8 1.0 -.1 1.1 .2 .2

Minneapolis-St. Paul-St. Cloud, MN-WI CSA ......... 1.6 2.3 2.3 1.4 2.6 2.3

West

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside, CA CSA ........ 1.3 2.8 3.3 1.1 2.4 3.4

Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ MSA ....................... 1.4 1.3 2.2 1.2 1.4 2.4

San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA CSA .......... 3.6 4.8 2.9 3.4 4.9 2.5

Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA ........................ 1.7 4.8 4.4 1.7 2.7 2.9

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

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