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EMPLOYMENT COST INDEX – DECEMBER 2014 

Compensation costs for civilian workers increased 0.6 percent, seasonally adjusted, for the 3-month 

period ending December 2014, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Wages and salaries

(which make up about 70 percent of compensation costs) increased 0.5 percent, and benefits (which 

make up the remaining 30 percent of compensation) increased 0.6 percent.

Civilian Workers 

Compensation costs for civilian workers increased 2.2 percent for the 12-month period ending 

December 2014. In December 2013, the increase in compensation costs was 2.0 percent. Wages and 

salaries increased 2.1 percent for the 12-month period ending December 2014, compared with a 

1.9-percent increase in December 2013. Benefit costs increased 2.6 percent for the 12-month period 

ending December 2014, compared with a 2.2-percent increase for the 12-month period ending 

December 2013. (See tables A, 4, 8, and 12.) 

Private Industry Workers

Compensation costs for private industry workers increased 2.3 percent over the year. In December

2013 the increase was 2.0 percent. Wages and salaries increased 2.2 percent for the current 12-month 

period ending December 2014, about the same as the December 2013 increase of 2.1 percent. The cost 

Percent change

Chart 2. Employment Cost Index, 12-month percent change, not 

seasonally adjusted, state and local government workers, wages 

and salaries, Dec. 2012-Dec. 2014

Percent change

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

seasonally adjusted, civilian workers, compensation, Dec. 

2012-Dec. 2014

0.0

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.8

Dec 12 Mar 13 Jun 13 Sep 13 Dec 13 Mar 14 Jun 14 Sep 14 Dec 14

0.0

0.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

Dec 12 Mar 13 Jun 13 Sep 13 Dec 13 Mar 14 Jun 14 Sep 14 Dec 14
of benefits rose 2.5 percent for the 12-month period ending December 2014, which was higher than 

December 2013, when the increase was 1.9 percent. Employer costs for health benefits increased

2.4 percent over the year. The 12-month percent change for December 2013 was an increase of 

3.0 percent. (See tables A, 5, 9, and 12.) 

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

12-month period ending December 2014 ranged from 1.8 percent for service occupations to 2.6 percent 

for natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations. 

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

12-month period ranged from 0.6 percent for other services, except public administration to 5.6 percent

for information. 

State and Local Government Workers

Compensation costs for state and local government workers increased 2.0 percent for the 12-month 

period ending December 2014, compared with a 1.9-percent increase for December 2013. Wages and 

salaries increased 1.6 percent for the 12-month period ending December 2014, which was higher than 

the 1.1-percent increase in December 2013. Benefit costs increased 2.9 percent in December 2014. In 

December 2013, the increase was 3.3 percent. (See tables A, 7, 11, and 12.)

The Employment Cost Index for March 2015 is scheduled to be released on

Thursday, April 30, 2015, at 8:30 a.m. (EDT).

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New seasonal factors for 2015, along with revised seasonally adjusted indexes for the past five years 

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Table A. Major series of the Employment Cost Index

(Percent change)

CIVILIAN WORKERS1

Compensation2 0.7 0.6 2.0 1.8 2.0 2.2 2.2

Wages and salaries 0.8 0.5 1.9 1.6 1.8 2.1 2.1

Benefits 0.6 0.6 2.2 2.1 2.5 2.4 2.6

PRIVATE INDUSTRY

Compensation2 0.7 0.6 2.0 1.7 2.0 2.3 2.3

Wages and salaries 0.7 0.6 2.1 1.7 1.9 2.3 2.2

Benefits 0.6 0.6 1.9 1.8 2.4 2.3 2.5

STATE AND LOCAL 

GOVERNMENT

Compensation2 0.5 0.6 1.9 1.9 2.0 2.1 2.0

Wages and salaries 0.6 0.4 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.6 1.6

Benefits 0.3 1.0 3.3 3.0 3.2 3.0 2.9

1

 Includes private industry and state and local government.

2

 Includes wages and salaries and benefits.

Dec. 2014

12-month, not seasonally adjusted

Category

3-month,

seasonally adjusted

Sept. 2014 Dec. 2014 Dec. 2013 Mar. 2014 June 2014 Sept. 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 December 2014 reference period were collected from a probability sample of approximately 

37,700 occupational observations selected from a sample of about 8,700 private industry establishments

and approximately 9,000 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, March 11, 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. 

Updated employment weights and methodology changes 

Fixed employment weights are used each quarter to calculate aggregate indexes for civilian, private, and 

state and local government. These fixed weights are also used to derive all of the industry and 

occupation series indexes. Beginning in December 2013, the 2012 employment counts from the 

Bureau’s Occupational Employment Statistics were used. Additional methodology changes include a 

partial implementation of the new NCS national sample design and adjustments to aggregate seasonally 

adjusted series. For more information, please contact the National Compensation Survey at 

202-691-6199 or ncsinfo@bls.gov. 

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

(Seasonally adjusted)

Occupational group and industry

Indexes (Dec.

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

Sep. 

2014

Dec. 

2014

Dec.

2012

Mar.

2013

June

2013

Sep.

2013

Dec.

2013

Mar.

2014

June

2014

Sep.

2014

Dec.

2014

Civilian workers

All workers2 ................................................................ 122.2 122.9 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.3 0.7 0.7 0.6

Industry

Goods-producing industries3 .................................. 119.8 120.6 .5 .5 .3 .4 .5 .5 .4 .6 .7

Manufacturing ..................................................... 119.3 120.1 .5 .3 .5 .3 .6 .6 .5 .6 .7

Service-providing industries4 .................................. 122.8 123.4 .4 .5 .4 .5 .6 .2 .8 .7 .5

Education and health services ............................ 122.6 123.4 .3 .4 .4 .4 .6 .2 .5 .4 .7

Education services ......................................... 122.4 123.1 .3 .4 .4 .3 .6 .3 .4 .6 .6

Elementary and secondary schools ............ 122.0 122.7 .3 .4 .3 .2 .6 .3 .4 .6 .6

Junior colleges, colleges, 

universities, and professional schools ...... 123.0 123.9 .5 .5 .6 .4 .7 .5 .4 .4 .7

Health care and social assistance5 ................ 122.9 123.8 .4 .3 .4 .6 .5 .1 .7 .3 .7

Hospitals ..................................................... 123.3 123.9 .4 .3 .5 .5 .5 .2 .6 .3 .5

Nursing and residential care facilities ......... 118.7 119.5 .3 .3 .3 .3 .5 .2 .3 .4 .7

Public administration .......................................... 125.7 126.5 .3 .5 .4 .7 .7 .5 .9 .4 .6

Private industry workers

All workers .................................................................. 121.7 122.4 .4 .4 .5 .5 .5 .3 .8 .7 .6

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related ................. 122.7 123.3 .5 .3 .7 .6 .5 .1 1.0 .7 .5

Management, business, and financial ................ 123.0 123.4 .5 .4 .8 .6 .6 .0 1.2 1.1 .3

Professional and related ..................................... 122.5 123.2 .6 .3 .7 .6 .4 .2 .7 .6 .6

Sales and office ...................................................... 121.0 122.0 .2 .8 .4 .4 .7 .3 .8 .6 .8

Sales and related ................................................ 117.7 119.0 -.1 1.1 .3 .5 .8 .3 .6 .8 1.1

Office and administrative support ....................... 123.3 124.1 .5 .5 .5 .5 .5 .2 .9 .4 .6

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance 122.6 123.4 .4 .6 .3 .6 .5 .5 .9 .5 .7

Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and

forestry .............................................................. 121.9 122.9 .3 .8 .2 .6 .6 .3 .5 .4 .8

Installation, maintenance, and repair .................. 123.3 123.9 .7 .4 .4 .5 .4 .7 1.3 .6 .5

Production, transportation, and material moving .... 120.3 120.7 .4 .5 .3 .3 .5 .6 .5 .8 .3

Production .......................................................... 118.8 119.5 .3 .4 .4 .2 .5 .7 .3 .7 .6

Transportation and material moving ................... 122.2 122.4 .6 .5 .3 .4 .5 .6 .8 .7 .2

Service occupations ............................................... 120.5 121.2 .5 .3 .4 .1 .5 .0 .4 .8 .6

Industry

Goods-producing industries3 .................................. 119.8 120.5 .5 .5 .4 .4 .4 .5 .5 .6 .6

Construction ....................................................... 119.9 120.7 .5 .7 .3 .4 .5 .1 .3 .7 .7

Manufacturing ..................................................... 119.3 120.1 .5 .3 .5 .3 .6 .6 .5 .6 .7

Aircraft manufacturing .................................... 109.6 110.0 .4 .3 .8 -1.6 .6 2.1 .7 2.0 .4

Service-providing industries6 .................................. 122.3 123.0 .4 .4 .6 .4 .6 .2 .9 .7 .6

Trade, transportation, and utilities ...................... 122.3 122.9 .3 .6 .6 .6 .9 .1 .8 1.2 .5

Wholesale trade .............................................. 123.1 123.4 -.3 .3 1.1 .9 1.3 .1 1.4 1.7 .2

Retail trade ..................................................... 120.3 121.2 .3 .8 .4 .5 .7 .2 .3 1.0 .7

Transportation and warehousing .................... 123.5 124.1 .9 .6 .4 .6 .7 .3 1.0 .6 .5

Utilities ............................................................ 129.9 130.7 1.0 .0 .2 -.3 1.1 .5 .2 1.0 .6

Information .......................................................... 124.5 125.1 .5 .5 .5 .5 -.9 .7 4.8 .1 .5

Financial activities .............................................. 120.6 121.4 .3 .6 .6 .8 .7 .2 .5 .4 .7

Finance and insurance ................................... 120.7 121.6 .3 .8 .6 .8 .5 .1 .6 .3 .7

Credit intermediation and related

activities .................................................... 120.0 120.6 .5 .8 .4 .6 .2 .1 .7 .7 .5

Insurance carriers and related activities ..... 121.9 123.1 -.2 .5 1.1 1.3 .8 .3 .5 -.3 1.0

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–

Sep. 

2014

Dec. 

2014

Dec.

2012

Mar.

2013

June

2013

Sep.

2013

Dec.

2013

Mar.

2014

June

2014

Sep.

2014

Dec.

2014

Industry

Real estate and rental and leasing ................. 120.3 120.2 0.3 0.1 0.5 0.4 1.3 0.8 0.4 0.7 -0.1

Professional and business services ................... 123.9 124.4 .6 .3 .5 .4 .3 .2 1.1 .8 .4

Professional, scientific, and technical services 126.0 126.5 .7 .2 .7 .4 .3 .3 .6 .6 .4

Administrative and support and waste

management and remediation services ........ 121.5 122.0 .6 .6 .3 .3 .3 -.6 2.3 1.4 .4

Education and health services ............................ 122.5 123.4 .3 .4 .4 .6 .5 .2 .6 .3 .7

Education services ......................................... 123.1 123.9 .4 .3 .7 .7 .5 .1 .5 .7 .6

Junior colleges, colleges, 

universities, and professional schools ...... 123.9 124.8 .6 .5 .7 .7 .5 .1 .6 .5 .7

Health care and social assistance5 ................ 122.4 123.3 .3 .4 .4 .5 .5 .2 .6 .3 .7

Hospitals ..................................................... 122.9 123.6 .4 .4 .4 .5 .4 .4 .5 .2 .6

Nursing and residential care facilities ......... 117.6 118.3 .3 .3 .3 .3 .3 .2 .3 .4 .6

Leisure and hospitality ........................................ 119.2 119.6 .4 .2 .3 .2 .3 .5 .2 .8 .3

Accommodation and food services ................. 119.5 119.9 .6 -.1 .4 .1 .3 .3 .1 .7 .3

Other services, except public administration ...... 122.3 122.2 .4 .5 1.0 .3 1.0 -.4 .3 .8 -.1

State and local government workers

All workers .................................................................. 124.0 124.8 .3 .5 .4 .3 .7 .5 .5 .5 .6

Industry

Education and health services ............................ 122.7 123.5 .4 .4 .4 .2 .6 .4 .4 .5 .7

Education services ......................................... 122.2 123.0 .4 .4 .3 .3 .6 .5 .4 .4 .7

Schools ....................................................... 122.2 123.0 .4 .3 .4 .3 .6 .4 .4 .5 .7

Elementary and secondary schools ........ 122.1 122.8 .3 .3 .4 .2 .6 .3 .4 .6 .6

Health care and social assistance5 ................ 126.3 127.1 .5 .5 .5 .6 .6 -.3 .6 .6 .6

Hospitals ..................................................... 124.7 125.2 .4 .4 .5 .6 .6 -.4 .6 .5 .4

Public administration .......................................... 125.7 126.5 .3 .5 .4 .7 .7 .5 .9 .4 .6

1 Includes wages, salaries, and employer costs for employee benefits. 2 Includes workers in the private nonfarm economy except those in private

households, and workers in the public sector, except the federal government. 3 Includes mining, construction, and manufacturing. 4 Includes the following industries: wholesale trade; retail trade; transportation

and warehousing; utilities; information; finance and insurance; real estate and

rental and leasing; professional and technical services; management of companies

and enterprises; administrative and waste services; educational services; health

care and social assistance; arts, entertainment and recreation; accommodation

and food services; other services, except public administration; and public

administration.

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

separately. 6 Includes the following industries: wholesale trade; retail trade; transportation

and warehousing; utilities; information; finance and insurance; real estate and

rental and leasing; professional and technical services; management of companies

and enterprises; administrative and waste services; education services; health care

and social assistance; arts, entertainment and recreation; accommodation and

food services; and other services, except public administration.

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

(Seasonally adjusted)

Occupational group and industry

Indexes (Dec.

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

Sep. 

2014

Dec. 

2014

Dec.

2012

Mar.

2013

June

2013

Sep.

2013

Dec.

2013

Mar.

2014

June

2014

Sep.

2014

Dec.

2014

Civilian workers

All workers1 ................................................................ 120.7 121.3 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.3 0.6 0.8 0.5

Industry

Goods-producing industries2 .................................. 119.5 120.3 .4 .5 .5 .4 .5 .3 .7 .4 .7

Manufacturing ..................................................... 119.3 120.1 .4 .5 .6 .4 .5 .4 .8 .3 .7

Service-providing industries3 .................................. 120.9 121.5 .3 .4 .4 .4 .5 .3 .7 .7 .5

Education and health services ............................ 119.9 120.7 .3 .3 .3 .3 .4 .3 .4 .4 .7

Education services ......................................... 118.4 119.0 .3 .2 .3 .3 .3 .3 .3 .6 .5

Elementary and secondary schools ............ 117.6 118.0 .2 .2 .3 .1 .3 .3 .2 .7 .3

Junior colleges, colleges, 

universities, and professional schools ...... 119.6 120.4 .4 .3 .5 .3 .5 .3 .3 .3 .7

Health care and social assistance4 ................ 121.7 122.6 .3 .4 .4 .4 .5 .2 .5 .3 .7

Hospitals ..................................................... 122.0 122.5 .4 .4 .4 .3 .4 .3 .3 .4 .4

Nursing and residential care facilities ......... 117.4 118.0 .3 .3 .3 .3 .5 .2 .2 .4 .5

Public administration .......................................... 119.6 120.2 .2 .3 .2 .4 .5 .3 .6 .5 .5

Private industry workers

All workers .................................................................. 121.1 121.8 .4 .4 .6 .4 .5 .2 .8 .7 .6

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related ................. 122.5 123.0 .6 .4 .7 .5 .6 .0 .8 .8 .4

Management, business, and financial ................ 122.8 123.0 .4 .6 .8 .4 .6 .1 .9 1.3 .2

Professional and related ..................................... 122.3 123.0 .6 .3 .7 .6 .4 .1 .7 .5 .6

Sales and office ...................................................... 120.3 121.3 .2 .7 .3 .5 .7 .2 .6 .8 .8

Sales and related ................................................ 117.9 119.4 -.3 1.0 .1 .5 1.0 .1 .6 1.0 1.2

Office and administrative support ....................... 122.0 122.7 .4 .5 .6 .4 .5 .3 .6 .5 .6

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance 120.7 121.4 .3 .4 .3 .5 .5 .5 .5 .5 .6

Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and

forestry .............................................................. 120.1 121.1 .1 .4 .2 .5 .4 .2 .8 .3 .8

Installation, maintenance, and repair .................. 121.4 121.8 .5 .7 .3 .7 .4 .7 .3 .7 .4

Production, transportation, and material moving .... 119.6 120.0 .5 .4 .4 .4 .5 .6 .6 .8 .3

Production .......................................................... 118.6 119.3 .4 .4 .4 .5 .5 .6 .4 .7 .6

Transportation and material moving ................... 120.9 120.9 .6 .5 .2 .4 .5 .6 .9 .7 .0

Service occupations ............................................... 120.1 120.7 .5 .3 .3 .0 .6 .1 .5 1.0 .5

Industry

Goods-producing industries2 .................................. 119.5 120.3 .4 .5 .5 .4 .5 .3 .7 .4 .7

Construction ....................................................... 118.7 119.6 .5 .4 .4 .4 .3 .1 .3 .7 .7

Manufacturing ..................................................... 119.3 120.1 .4 .5 .6 .4 .5 .4 .8 .3 .7

Aircraft manufacturing .................................... 127.8 128.6 .7 .6 1.1 .6 .8 .8 .6 .5 .6

Service-providing industries5 .................................. 121.6 122.2 .3 .5 .5 .4 .6 .2 .8 .8 .5

Trade, transportation, and utilities ...................... 121.2 121.7 .2 .5 .8 .5 .9 .2 1.0 1.3 .4

Retail trade ..................................................... 120.4 121.3 .5 .5 .5 .3 .8 .0 .5 1.2 .7

Transportation and warehousing .................... 121.6 122.0 .9 .6 .3 .5 .7 .4 1.1 .7 .3

Utilities ............................................................ 128.2 128.7 .7 .7 .7 .7 .6 .8 .5 .8 .4

Information .......................................................... 118.0 118.7 .6 .5 .3 .5 -.2 .4 .9 .1 .6

Financial activities .............................................. 120.9 121.7 .3 .6 .7 .6 .8 .4 .2 .5 .7

Finance and insurance ................................... 121.6 122.5 .2 .8 .7 .6 .7 .2 .2 .5 .7

Credit intermediation and related

activities6 .................................................. 118.7 119.4 .6 .7 .5 .3 .3 -.1 .4 .9 .6

Insurance carriers and related

activities .................................................... 121.1 121.9 -.4 .4 1.3 1.3 .9 .6 .0 -.6 .6

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–

Sep. 

2014

Dec. 

2014

Dec.

2012

Mar.

2013

June

2013

Sep.

2013

Dec.

2013

Mar.

2014

June

2014

Sep.

2014

Dec.

2014

Industry

Professional and business services ................... 123.5 124.1 0.7 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.0 1.1 0.9 0.5

Professional, scientific, and technical services 125.7 126.2 .7 .2 .6 .3 .3 .1 .9 .6 .4

Administrative and support and waste

management and remediation services ........ 121.2 121.7 .7 .6 .3 .3 .4 -.6 1.9 1.4 .4

Education and health services ............................ 121.7 122.6 .4 .3 .5 .4 .5 .2 .6 .3 .7

Education services ......................................... 121.8 122.5 .3 .3 .7 .5 .4 .0 .5 .7 .6

Junior colleges, colleges, 

universities, and professional schools ...... 122.0 122.9 .5 .4 .8 .5 .6 -.1 .5 .3 .7

Health care and social assistance4 ................ 121.6 122.6 .4 .4 .4 .4 .5 .2 .6 .2 .8

Hospitals ..................................................... 122.1 122.7 .4 .4 .4 .4 .3 .5 .4 .3 .5

Leisure and hospitality ........................................ 120.1 120.6 .3 .2 .3 .2 .3 .7 .3 .8 .4

Accommodation and food services ................. 120.4 120.9 .5 .0 .3 .2 .3 .5 .3 .7 .4

Other services, except public administration ...... 122.2 122.3 .3 .9 1.1 .2 1.3 -.4 .5 .8 .0

State and local government workers

All workers .................................................................. 118.9 119.4 .2 .3 .3 .3 .3 .3 .3 .6 .4

Industry

Education and health services ............................ 118.3 118.7 .3 .2 .3 .2 .3 .3 .3 .6 .3

Education services ......................................... 117.8 118.3 .2 .3 .2 .3 .3 .3 .2 .6 .4

Schools ....................................................... 117.8 118.3 .3 .2 .3 .2 .3 .4 .2 .6 .4

Elementary and secondary schools ........ 117.5 117.9 .2 .2 .2 .2 .3 .2 .2 .7 .3

Health care and social assistance4 ................ 122.1 122.6 .3 .3 .2 .4 .4 -.1 .3 .6 .4

Hospitals ..................................................... 121.4 121.8 .3 .3 .2 .3 .4 -.3 .4 .6 .3

Public administration .......................................... 119.6 120.2 .2 .3 .2 .4 .5 .3 .6 .5 .5

1 Includes workers in the private nonfarm economy except those in private

households, and workers in the public sector, except the federal government. 2 Includes mining, construction, and manufacturing. 3 Includes the following industries: wholesale trade; retail trade; transportation

and warehousing; utilities; information; finance and insurance; real estate and

rental and leasing; professional and technical services; management of companies

and enterprises; administrative and waste services; educational services; health

care and social assistance; arts, entertainment and recreation; accommodation

and food services; other services, except public administration; and public

administration.

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

separately.

5 Includes the following industries: wholesale trade; retail trade; transportation

and warehousing; utilities; information; finance and insurance; real estate and

rental and leasing; professional and technical services; management of companies

and enterprises; administrative and waste services; education services; health care

and social assistance; arts, entertainment and recreation; accommodation and

food services; and other services, except public administration. 6 The credit intermediation and related activities wages and salaries series is

seasonal as of the 2014 revision. The seasonally adjusted series was first

published with the 2008 revision and the series continued to be seasonally

adjusted until the 2013 revision when it was discontinued for 2013, as no

identifiable seasonality was found for this series. Historical data for this series is

published beginning with March 2003.

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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–

Sep. 

2014

Dec. 

2014

Dec.

2012

Mar.

2013

June

2013

Sep.

2013

Dec.

2013

Mar.

2014

June

2014

Sep.

2014

Dec.

2014

Civilian workers

All workers1 ................................................................ 125.7 126.5 0.6 0.6 0.4 0.7 0.6 0.4 1.0 0.6 0.6

Private industry workers

All workers .................................................................. 123.2 123.9 .6 .4 .4 .6 .4 .3 1.1 .6 .6

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related ................. 123.1 123.9 .6 .1 .7 .8 .4 .1 1.2 .7 .6

Sales and office ...................................................... 123.0 123.7 .4 .8 .4 .6 .5 .4 1.2 .3 .6

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance 126.6 127.6 .7 .8 .2 .6 .6 .6 1.6 .5 .8

Production, transportation, and material moving .... 121.6 122.2 .4 .5 .3 .1 .4 .8 .2 .7 .5

Service occupations ............................................... 121.8 122.6 .7 .0 .5 .6 .4 -.5 .2 .7 .6

Industry

Goods-producing industries2 .................................. 120.2 121.0 .7 .5 .1 .4 .6 .8 .0 .8 .7

Manufacturing ..................................................... 119.2 120.2 .6 .3 .2 .3 .5 .9 .1 .9 .8

Service-providing industries3 .................................. 124.4 125.0 .4 .4 .6 .7 .4 .2 1.4 .5 .5

State and local government workers

All workers .................................................................. 134.6 136.0 .6 .9 .7 .6 1.0 .7 .9 .3 1.0

1 Includes workers in the private nonfarm economy except those in private

households, and workers in the public sector, except the federal government. 2 Includes mining, construction, and manufacturing. 3 Includes the following industries: wholesale trade; retail trade; transportation

and warehousing; utilities; information; finance and insurance; real estate and

rental and leasing; professional and technical services; management of companies

and enterprises; administrative and waste services; education services; health care

and social assistance; arts, entertainment and recreation; accommodation and

food services; and other services, except public administration.

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

industry

(Not seasonally adjusted)

Occupational group and industry

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

Dec. 

2013

Sep. 

2014

Dec. 

2014

3-months ended– 12-months ended–

Dec. 

2013

Sep. 

2014

Dec. 

2014

Dec. 

2013

Sep. 

2014

Dec. 

2014

Civilian workers

All workers2 ................................................................ 120.0 122.2 122.7 0.3 0.7 0.4 2.0 2.2 2.2

Excluding incentive paid occupations3 ............... 120.2 122.3 122.8 .3 .5 .4 1.9 2.0 2.2

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related ................. 120.5 122.9 123.2 .2 .7 .2 2.0 2.2 2.2

Management, business, and financial ................ 120.2 123.2 123.3 .3 .7 .1 2.4 2.8 2.6

Professional and related ..................................... 120.7 122.7 123.1 .3 .7 .3 1.9 2.0 2.0

Sales and office ...................................................... 119.4 121.6 122.3 .5 .6 .6 2.3 2.4 2.4

Sales and related ................................................ 116.0 118.0 119.1 .7 .7 .9 2.7 2.4 2.7

Office and administrative support ....................... 121.4 123.7 124.2 .2 .4 .4 2.0 2.1 2.3

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance 120.4 123.0 123.5 .2 .6 .4 1.9 2.3 2.6

Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and

forestry .............................................................. 120.5 122.3 123.1 .4 .6 .7 2.1 1.9 2.2

Installation, maintenance, and repair .................. 120.4 123.8 123.9 .0 .7 .1 1.8 2.8 2.9

Production, transportation, and material moving .... 118.4 120.7 121.0 .3 .8 .2 1.6 2.3 2.2

Production .......................................................... 116.9 119.0 119.5 .3 .7 .4 1.6 2.1 2.2

Transportation and material moving ................... 120.3 122.8 122.9 .4 .7 .1 1.8 2.5 2.2

Service occupations ............................................... 120.6 122.3 122.9 .5 .8 .5 1.6 1.9 1.9

Industry

Goods-producing industries4 .................................. 117.8 119.9 120.4 .3 .6 .4 1.9 2.0 2.2

Manufacturing ..................................................... 117.0 119.3 119.8 .3 .5 .4 1.8 2.2 2.4

Service-providing industries5 .................................. 120.4 122.7 123.1 .4 .7 .3 2.0 2.3 2.2

Education and health services ............................ 121.2 122.8 123.4 .4 .7 .5 1.8 1.7 1.8

Education services ......................................... 120.8 122.7 123.1 .3 1.1 .3 1.7 1.9 1.9

Elementary and secondary schools ............ 120.4 122.3 122.6 .3 1.2 .2 1.4 1.9 1.8

Junior colleges, colleges, 

universities, and professional schools ...... 121.4 123.3 123.9 .3 1.0 .5 2.2 1.9 2.1

Health care and social assistance6 ................ 121.6 122.9 123.7 .5 .3 .7 1.9 1.6 1.7

Hospitals ..................................................... 121.9 123.3 123.8 .3 .3 .4 1.8 1.5 1.6

Nursing and residential care facilities ......... 117.6 118.8 119.4 .3 .5 .5 1.5 1.4 1.5

Public administration .......................................... 123.4 125.8 126.4 .6 .7 .5 2.2 2.5 2.4

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 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–

Dec. 

2013

Sep. 

2014

Dec. 

2014

3-months ended– 12-months ended–

Dec. 

2013

Sep. 

2014

Dec. 

2014

Dec. 

2013

Sep. 

2014

Dec. 

2014

Private industry workers

All workers ...................................................................... 119.4 121.7 122.2 0.3 0.6 0.4 2.0 2.3 2.3

Excluding incentive paid occupations2 ................... 119.7 121.8 122.2 .3 .4 .3 1.9 2.0 2.1

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related ..................... 120.2 122.7 123.0 .3 .6 .2 2.1 2.3 2.3

Excluding incentive paid occupations2 ........... 120.1 122.3 122.6 .2 .4 .2 2.0 2.0 2.1

Management, business, and financial .................... 119.9 123.0 123.0 .3 .7 .0 2.4 2.8 2.6

Excluding incentive paid occupations2 ........... 120.0 122.3 122.8 .2 .2 .4 2.3 2.1 2.3

Professional and related ......................................... 120.5 122.5 122.9 .2 .5 .3 1.9 1.9 2.0

Sales and office .......................................................... 119.0 121.1 121.9 .5 .5 .7 2.3 2.3 2.4

Excluding incentive paid occupations2 ........... 119.9 122.2 122.6 .1 .3 .3 1.9 2.0 2.3

Sales and related .................................................... 115.9 117.9 119.0 .7 .7 .9 2.7 2.4 2.7

Excluding incentive paid occupations2 ........... 117.7 119.8 120.1 -.1 .3 .3 1.9 1.7 2.0

Office and administrative support ........................... 121.1 123.3 123.8 .3 .3 .4 2.0 2.2 2.2

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance .... 120.1 122.8 123.2 .2 .7 .3 2.0 2.4 2.6

Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and

forestry .................................................................. 120.3 122.1 122.9 .3 .6 .7 2.0 1.8 2.2

Installation, maintenance, and repair ...................... 119.9 123.5 123.5 .0 .7 .0 1.8 3.0 3.0

Production, transportation, and material moving ........ 118.0 120.3 120.6 .4 .7 .2 1.7 2.4 2.2

Excluding incentive paid occupations2 ........... 118.0 120.3 120.7 .3 .6 .3 1.6 2.3 2.3

Production .............................................................. 116.7 118.8 119.4 .3 .6 .5 1.5 2.1 2.3

Excluding incentive paid occupations2 ........... 116.9 119.0 119.5 .3 .6 .4 1.6 2.1 2.2

Transportation and material moving ....................... 119.7 122.3 122.4 .4 .7 .1 1.8 2.6 2.3

Service occupations ................................................... 119.0 120.5 121.1 .5 .8 .5 1.4 1.8 1.8

Industry and occupational group

Goods-producing industries3 ...................................... 117.7 119.9 120.3 .2 .7 .3 1.8 2.0 2.2

Excluding incentive paid occupations2 ........... 118.1 120.1 120.6 .3 .6 .4 1.8 2.0 2.1

Management, professional, and related ............. 116.8 119.2 119.3 -.1 .6 .1 1.9 2.0 2.1

Sales and office .................................................. 118.5 120.6 121.2 .4 .5 .5 2.6 2.2 2.3

Natural resources, construction, and

maintenance ..................................................... 119.9 121.8 122.5 .3 .7 .6 2.0 1.8 2.2

Production, transportation, and material moving 116.6 118.7 119.3 .4 .6 .5 1.6 2.2 2.3

Construction ........................................................... 118.6 120.1 120.7 .2 .8 .5 2.0 1.4 1.8

Manufacturing ......................................................... 117.0 119.3 119.8 .3 .5 .4 1.8 2.2 2.4

Management, professional, and related ......... 116.7 119.6 119.9 -.1 .7 .3 2.0 2.4 2.7

Sales and office .............................................. 119.6 121.6 122.0 .7 .0 .3 2.6 2.4 2.0

Natural resources, construction, and

maintenance ................................................. 118.5 121.0 121.6 .0 .7 .5 1.8 2.1 2.6

Production, transportation, and material

moving .......................................................... 116.3 118.3 118.9 .3 .5 .5 1.6 2.1 2.2

Aircraft manufacturing ........................................ 104.1 110.4 110.3 .1 2.3 -.1 -.1 6.2 6.0

See footnotes at end of table.

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

and industry — Continued

(Not seasonally adjusted)

Occupational group and industry

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

Dec. 

2013

Sep. 

2014

Dec. 

2014

3-months ended– 12-months ended–

Dec. 

2013

Sep. 

2014

Dec. 

2014

Dec. 

2013

Sep. 

2014

Dec. 

2014

Service-providing industries4 ...................................... 120.0 122.3 122.8 0.3 0.6 0.4 2.0 2.3 2.3

Excluding incentive paid occupations2 ........... 120.2 122.4 122.8 .2 .4 .3 1.8 2.0 2.2

Management, professional, and related ............. 120.9 123.3 123.7 .3 .6 .3 2.2 2.3 2.3

Sales and office .................................................. 119.0 121.2 121.9 .4 .5 .6 2.2 2.3 2.4

Natural resources, construction, and

maintenance ..................................................... 120.5 124.3 124.2 .1 .6 -.1 1.9 3.2 3.1

Production, transportation, and material moving 119.8 122.4 122.5 .3 .7 .1 1.8 2.5 2.3

Service occupations ........................................... 119.0 120.4 121.1 .5 .8 .6 1.4 1.7 1.8

Trade, transportation, and utilities .......................... 119.5 122.3 122.6 .7 .9 .2 2.7 3.0 2.6

Excluding incentive paid occupations2 ....... 119.7 121.8 122.2 .3 .2 .3 2.1 2.0 2.1

Wholesale trade .................................................. 119.2 123.1 123.3 1.3 1.7 .2 3.7 4.6 3.4

Excluding incentive paid occupations2 ....... 120.0 122.1 122.5 .5 .2 .3 2.5 2.3 2.1

Retail trade ......................................................... 118.3 120.3 120.9 .5 .8 .5 2.4 2.2 2.2

Excluding incentive paid occupations2 ....... 117.8 119.5 119.9 .2 .3 .3 2.2 1.6 1.8

Transportation and warehousing ........................ 120.8 123.6 123.6 .2 .7 .0 2.3 2.6 2.3

Utilities ................................................................ 126.9 129.9 130.0 .5 .5 .1 1.0 2.9 2.4

Information .............................................................. 117.8 124.1 124.4 -1.0 .0 .2 .8 4.3 5.6

Financial activities .................................................. 118.9 120.7 121.0 .3 .2 .2 2.6 1.9 1.8

Excluding incentive paid occupations2 ....... 119.3 121.5 121.8 .3 .1 .2 2.3 2.2 2.1

Finance and insurance ....................................... 119.1 120.8 121.1 .1 .1 .2 2.7 1.5 1.7

Credit intermediation and related

activities ........................................................ 118.0 119.8 120.3 .0 .2 .4 2.0 1.5 1.9

Excluding incentive paid occupations2 ....... 120.7 123.6 124.1 .1 .2 .4 2.2 2.5 2.8

Insurance carriers and related activities ......... 120.9 122.2 122.6 .3 -.3 .3 3.8 1.4 1.4

Excluding incentive paid occupations2 ....... 119.9 122.7 122.8 .2 .2 .1 2.5 2.5 2.4

Real estate and rental and leasing ..................... 118.0 120.3 120.2 1.4 .6 -.1 2.4 3.4 1.9

Excluding incentive paid occupations2 ....... 120.8 123.2 123.6 .9 .2 .3 2.3 2.9 2.3

Professional and business services ....................... 121.2 123.8 124.2 .2 .6 .3 1.6 2.4 2.5

Professional, scientific, and technical services ... 124.0 126.0 126.3 .2 .4 .2 1.7 1.9 1.9

Administrative and support and waste

management and remediation services ............ 117.7 121.2 122.0 .4 .9 .7 1.5 3.4 3.7

Education and health services ................................ 121.2 122.6 123.3 .5 .5 .6 1.9 1.7 1.7

Education services ............................................. 121.7 123.5 123.9 .3 1.3 .3 2.3 1.8 1.8

Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and

professional schools ..................................... 122.6 124.3 124.8 .2 1.1 .4 2.6 1.6 1.8

Health care and social assistance5 .................... 121.1 122.4 123.2 .5 .3 .7 1.9 1.6 1.7

Hospitals ......................................................... 121.5 122.9 123.5 .4 .2 .5 1.8 1.6 1.6

Nursing and residential care facilities ............. 116.5 117.6 118.2 .3 .4 .5 1.1 1.2 1.5

Nursing care facilities2 ................................ 116.4 117.7 118.3 .3 .5 .5 1.0 1.4 1.6

Leisure and hospitality ............................................ 117.6 119.2 119.6 .3 .8 .3 .9 1.6 1.7

Accommodation and food services ..................... 118.2 119.6 120.0 .3 .9 .3 .8 1.4 1.5

Other services, except public administration .......... 121.1 122.3 121.8 .7 .7 -.4 2.9 1.7 .6

1 Includes wages, salaries, and employer costs for employee benefits. 2 The index for this series is not strictly comparable with other series in

this table.

3 Includes mining, construction, and manufacturing. 4 Includes the following industries: wholesale trade; retail trade;

transportation and warehousing; utilities; information; finance and insurance;

real estate and rental and leasing; professional and technical services;

management of companies and enterprises; administrative and waste

services; education services; health care and social assistance; arts,

entertainment and recreation; accommodation and food services; and other

services, except public administration. 5 Includes ambulatory health care services and social assistance, not

shown separately.

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Table 6. Employment Cost Index for total compensation1, for private industry workers, by bargaining status

and census region and division

(Not seasonally adjusted)

Bargaining status and census region and division

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

Dec. 

2013

Sep. 

2014

Dec. 

2014

3-months ended– 12-months ended–

Dec. 

2013

Sep. 

2014

Dec. 

2014

Dec. 

2013

Sep. 

2014

Dec. 

2014

Bargaining status

Union ...................................................................... 122.6 125.8 126.7 0.1 0.6 0.7 1.7 2.7 3.3

Goods-producing industries2 .............................. 119.6 121.9 122.4 .3 .8 .4 1.4 2.3 2.3

Manufacturing ................................................. 114.2 116.8 117.4 .4 .8 .5 .4 2.6 2.8

Service-providing industries3 .............................. 125.2 129.0 130.0 .0 .5 .8 2.1 3.0 3.8

Nonunion ................................................................ 119.0 121.1 121.5 .4 .6 .3 2.1 2.2 2.1

Goods-producing industries2 .............................. 117.2 119.2 119.7 .3 .5 .4 2.0 2.0 2.1

Manufacturing ................................................. 117.8 120.1 120.6 .3 .5 .4 2.2 2.2 2.4

Service-providing industries3 .............................. 119.4 121.6 122.0 .3 .6 .3 2.0 2.2 2.2

Census region and division4

Northeast ................................................................ 120.1 122.7 123.2 .3 .7 .4 2.0 2.5 2.6

New England ...................................................... 121.6 125.2 124.8 .9 1.5 -.3 2.6 3.9 2.6

Middle Atlantic .................................................... 119.6 121.8 122.6 .1 .5 .7 1.7 1.9 2.5

South ...................................................................... 120.1 122.3 122.7 .3 .5 .3 2.0 2.2 2.2

South Atlantic ..................................................... 120.6 122.9 123.4 .3 .4 .4 1.9 2.2 2.3

East South Central ............................................. 117.8 119.3 119.8 .3 .2 .4 1.7 1.5 1.7

West South Central ............................................ 120.2 122.4 122.6 .3 .6 .2 2.2 2.2 2.0

Midwest .................................................................. 117.8 120.0 120.3 .3 .4 .2 1.6 2.2 2.1

East North Central .............................................. 116.7 118.8 119.1 .3 .3 .3 1.7 2.1 2.1

West North Central ............................................. 120.6 123.0 123.3 .6 .6 .2 1.6 2.6 2.2

West ....................................................................... 119.6 121.9 122.5 .3 .8 .5 2.4 2.3 2.4

Mountain ............................................................. 119.2 120.1 120.6 .4 .3 .4 3.0 1.2 1.2

Pacific ................................................................. 119.9 122.7 123.3 .3 1.1 .5 2.1 2.7 2.8

1 Includes wages, salaries, and employer costs for employee benefits. 2 Includes mining, construction, and manufacturing. 3 Includes the following industries: wholesale trade; retail trade;

transportation and warehousing; utilities; information; finance and

insurance; real estate and rental and leasing; professional and technical

services; management of companies and enterprises; administrative and

waste services; education services; health care and social assistance; arts,

entertainment and recreation; accommodation and food services; and other

services, except public administration. 4 The states (including the District of Columbia) that compose the

census divisions are: New England: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts,

New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont; Middle Atlantic: New Jersey,

New York, and Pennsylvania; South Atlantic: Delaware, District of

Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina,

Virginia, and West Virginia; East South Central: Alabama, Kentucky,

Mississippi, and Tennessee; West South Central: Arkansas, Louisiana,

Oklahoma, and Texas; East North Central: Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio,

and Wisconsin; West North Central: Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri,

Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota; Mountain: Arizona, Colorado,

Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming; and Pacific:

Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon, and Washington.

NOTE: The indexes for these series are not strictly comparable to those

for the aggregate, occupation, and industry series. Dashes indicate data

not available.

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Table 7. Employment Cost Index for total compensation1, for State and local government workers, by

occupational group and industry

(Not seasonally adjusted)

Occupational group and industry

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

Dec. 

2013

Sep. 

2014

Dec. 

2014

3-months ended– 12-months ended–

Dec. 

2013

Sep. 

2014

Dec. 

2014

Dec. 

2013

Sep. 

2014

Dec. 

2014

State and local government workers

All workers .................................................................. 122.2 124.2 124.7 0.4 0.9 0.4 1.9 2.1 2.0

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related ................. 121.2 123.3 123.7 .3 1.0 .3 1.7 2.1 2.1

Professional and related ..................................... 121.0 123.0 123.5 .3 1.0 .4 1.7 2.0 2.1

Sales and office ...................................................... 123.4 125.9 126.4 .4 1.0 .4 2.1 2.4 2.4

Office and administrative support ....................... 123.4 125.9 126.5 .3 1.0 .5 2.0 2.4 2.5

Service occupations ............................................... 124.3 126.6 127.1 .5 .9 .4 2.1 2.3 2.3

Industry

Education and health services ................................ 121.1 123.0 123.4 .3 1.0 .3 1.7 1.9 1.9

Education services ............................................. 120.6 122.5 123.0 .3 1.0 .4 1.6 1.9 2.0

Schools2 ......................................................... 120.6 122.5 123.0 .3 1.1 .4 1.6 1.9 2.0

Elementary and secondary schools ............ 120.5 122.3 122.8 .3 1.0 .4 1.5 1.8 1.9

Health care and social assistance3 .................... 125.0 126.4 126.8 .3 .7 .3 2.3 1.4 1.4

Hospitals ......................................................... 123.7 124.7 125.0 .4 .5 .2 2.1 1.2 1.1

Public administration .............................................. 123.4 125.8 126.4 .6 .7 .5 2.2 2.5 2.4

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–

Dec. 

2013

Sep. 

2014

Dec. 

2014

3-months ended– 12-months ended–

Dec. 

2013

Sep. 

2014

Dec. 

2014

Dec. 

2013

Sep. 

2014

Dec. 

2014

Civilian workers

All workers1 ................................................................ 118.7 120.7 121.2 0.4 0.7 0.4 1.9 2.1 2.1

Excluding incentive paid occupations2 ............... 118.8 120.6 121.0 .3 .5 .3 1.7 1.8 1.9

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related ................. 119.3 121.4 121.7 .3 .7 .2 1.9 2.1 2.0

Management, business, and financial ................ 119.5 122.4 122.3 .3 .9 -.1 2.3 2.8 2.3

Professional and related ..................................... 119.2 120.9 121.3 .3 .7 .3 1.5 1.7 1.8

Sales and office ...................................................... 118.3 120.3 121.1 .5 .7 .7 2.2 2.2 2.4

Sales and related ................................................ 116.0 118.1 119.3 .7 .9 1.0 2.6 2.5 2.8

Office and administrative support ....................... 119.7 121.6 122.2 .3 .5 .5 1.9 1.9 2.1

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance 118.8 120.8 121.3 .3 .7 .4 1.8 1.9 2.1

Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and

forestry .............................................................. 118.4 120.1 121.0 .3 .6 .7 1.5 1.7 2.2

Installation, maintenance, and repair .................. 119.3 121.6 121.7 .2 .8 .1 2.1 2.1 2.0

Production, transportation, and material moving .... 117.3 119.7 119.9 .4 .8 .2 1.8 2.5 2.2

Production .......................................................... 116.5 118.7 119.2 .3 .7 .4 1.9 2.2 2.3

Transportation and material moving ................... 118.2 120.9 120.9 .4 .9 .0 1.5 2.7 2.3

Service occupations ............................................... 118.5 120.3 120.9 .6 .9 .5 1.3 2.1 2.0

Industry

Goods-producing industries3 .................................. 117.6 119.6 120.1 .2 .5 .4 1.9 1.9 2.1

Manufacturing ..................................................... 117.2 119.4 119.8 .3 .4 .3 2.1 2.1 2.2

Service-providing industries4 .................................. 118.9 121.0 121.4 .4 .7 .3 1.8 2.2 2.1

Education and health services ............................ 118.7 120.1 120.7 .3 .7 .5 1.5 1.5 1.7

Education services ......................................... 117.2 118.7 119.1 .3 1.0 .3 1.1 1.5 1.6

Elementary and secondary schools ............ 116.4 117.8 118.1 .3 .9 .3 .9 1.5 1.5

Junior colleges, colleges, 

universities, and professional schools ...... 118.5 119.9 120.5 .3 .9 .5 1.7 1.5 1.7

Health care and social assistance5 ................ 120.4 121.7 122.6 .5 .3 .7 1.8 1.6 1.8

Hospitals ..................................................... 120.7 121.9 122.5 .4 .3 .5 1.6 1.4 1.5

Nursing and residential care facilities ......... 116.5 117.4 118.0 .4 .4 .5 1.3 1.2 1.3

Public administration .......................................... 117.9 119.6 120.2 .5 .6 .5 1.4 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–

Dec. 

2013

Sep. 

2014

Dec. 

2014

3-months ended– 12-months ended–

Dec. 

2013

Sep. 

2014

Dec. 

2014

Dec. 

2013

Sep. 

2014

Dec. 

2014

Private industry workers

All workers ...................................................................... 119.0 121.2 121.6 0.4 0.7 0.3 2.1 2.3 2.2

Excluding incentive paid occupations1 ................... 119.1 121.1 121.5 .2 .5 .3 1.8 1.9 2.0

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related ..................... 120.2 122.5 122.8 .3 .7 .2 2.1 2.3 2.2

Excluding incentive paid occupations1 ........... 120.0 121.8 122.1 .3 .4 .2 2.0 1.8 1.7

Management, business, and financial .................... 119.8 122.8 122.7 .3 .9 -.1 2.5 2.8 2.4

Excluding incentive paid occupations1 ........... 119.7 121.6 122.0 .2 .3 .3 2.3 1.8 1.9

Professional and related ......................................... 120.5 122.3 122.8 .2 .5 .4 1.9 1.7 1.9

Sales and office .......................................................... 118.4 120.4 121.3 .5 .7 .7 2.2 2.2 2.4

Excluding incentive paid occupations1 ........... 119.2 121.1 121.6 .2 .4 .4 1.8 1.8 2.0

Sales and related .................................................... 116.0 118.2 119.4 .7 .9 1.0 2.5 2.6 2.9

Excluding incentive paid occupations1 ........... 117.6 119.6 120.0 -.2 .3 .3 1.4 1.5 2.0

Office and administrative support ........................... 120.1 122.0 122.5 .3 .4 .4 2.0 1.9 2.0

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance .... 118.8 120.9 121.4 .3 .8 .4 1.8 2.0 2.2

Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and

forestry .................................................................. 118.5 120.3 121.1 .3 .6 .7 1.5 1.8 2.2

Installation, maintenance, and repair ...................... 119.2 121.6 121.7 .2 .8 .1 2.1 2.2 2.1

Production, transportation, and material moving ........ 117.2 119.6 119.9 .4 .8 .3 1.8 2.5 2.3

Excluding incentive paid occupations1 ........... 117.3 119.7 120.0 .3 .7 .3 1.8 2.4 2.3

Production .............................................................. 116.4 118.6 119.1 .3 .7 .4 1.9 2.2 2.3

Excluding incentive paid occupations1 ........... 116.5 118.7 119.2 .3 .6 .4 1.9 2.2 2.3

Transportation and material moving ....................... 118.2 121.0 120.9 .4 .9 -.1 1.6 2.8 2.3

Service occupations ................................................... 118.3 120.1 120.7 .6 .9 .5 1.3 2.1 2.0

Industry and occupational group

Goods-producing industries2 ...................................... 117.6 119.6 120.1 .2 .5 .4 1.9 1.9 2.1

Excluding incentive paid occupations1 ........... 118.0 120.0 120.4 .2 .5 .3 1.8 1.9 2.0

Management, professional, and related ............. 118.3 120.3 120.4 -.1 .5 .1 2.1 1.6 1.8

Sales and office .................................................. 118.2 120.7 121.3 .4 .6 .5 2.7 2.5 2.6

Natural resources, construction, and

maintenance ..................................................... 118.4 120.3 121.1 .1 .7 .7 1.5 1.7 2.3

Production, transportation, and material moving 116.3 118.3 118.8 .4 .5 .4 2.0 2.2 2.1

Construction ........................................................... 117.4 119.0 119.6 .1 1.0 .5 1.6 1.4 1.9

Manufacturing ......................................................... 117.2 119.4 119.8 .3 .4 .3 2.1 2.1 2.2

Management, professional, and related ......... 118.0 120.4 120.8 -.1 .3 .3 1.9 1.9 2.4

Sales and office .............................................. 119.0 121.0 121.3 .8 -.2 .2 2.6 2.5 1.9

Natural resources, construction, and

maintenance ................................................. 118.4 121.1 121.6 -.2 .7 .4 2.1 2.1 2.7

Production, transportation, and material

moving .......................................................... 116.1 118.0 118.6 .5 .4 .5 2.1 2.2 2.2

Aircraft manufacturing ........................................ 124.4 127.8 127.7 .1 .3 -.1 3.2 2.8 2.7

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–

Dec. 

2013

Sep. 

2014

Dec. 

2014

3-months ended– 12-months ended–

Dec. 

2013

Sep. 

2014

Dec. 

2014

Dec. 

2013

Sep. 

2014

Dec. 

2014

Service-providing industries3 ...................................... 119.4 121.6 122.1 0.4 0.7 0.4 2.1 2.3 2.3

Excluding incentive paid occupations1 ........... 119.5 121.4 121.8 .3 .5 .3 1.8 1.8 1.9

Management, professional, and related ............. 120.5 122.9 123.2 .3 .7 .2 2.1 2.3 2.2

Sales and office .................................................. 118.4 120.4 121.3 .5 .7 .7 2.2 2.2 2.4

Natural resources, construction, and

maintenance ..................................................... 119.3 121.7 121.7 .3 .8 .0 2.1 2.4 2.0

Production, transportation, and material moving 118.3 121.1 121.1 .3 .9 .0 1.6 2.7 2.4

Service occupations ........................................... 118.3 120.0 120.7 .6 .8 .6 1.3 2.0 2.0

Trade, transportation, and utilities .......................... 118.2 121.3 121.5 .7 1.3 .2 2.7 3.3 2.8

Excluding incentive paid occupations1 ....... 118.2 120.3 120.7 .2 .4 .3 2.1 1.9 2.1

Wholesale trade .................................................. 116.7 121.2 121.1 1.4 2.1 -.1 3.8 5.3 3.8

Excluding incentive paid occupations1 ....... 116.8 118.7 118.9 .3 .3 .2 2.1 2.0 1.8

Retail trade ......................................................... 118.2 120.5 121.1 .5 1.0 .5 2.2 2.5 2.5

Excluding incentive paid occupations1 ....... 117.6 119.4 119.9 .1 .4 .4 1.8 1.6 2.0

Transportation and warehousing ........................ 118.7 121.8 121.7 .3 .9 -.1 2.1 2.9 2.5

Utilities ................................................................ 125.2 128.3 128.3 .2 .5 .0 2.9 2.7 2.5

Information .............................................................. 116.2 118.0 118.5 -.3 -.1 .4 1.2 1.2 2.0

Financial activities .................................................. 119.2 121.0 121.3 .4 .2 .2 2.8 1.9 1.8

Excluding incentive paid occupations1 ....... 119.3 121.6 121.9 .3 .2 .2 2.2 2.3 2.2

Finance and insurance ....................................... 120.0 121.7 122.0 .2 .2 .2 2.7 1.6 1.7

Credit intermediation and related

activities ........................................................ 116.9 118.5 119.0 .1 .3 .4 1.9 1.5 1.8

Excluding incentive paid occupations1 ....... 120.1 122.4 123.0 .2 .2 .5 2.1 2.1 2.4

Insurance carriers and related activities ......... 120.9 121.5 121.6 .3 -.6 .1 4.0 .8 .6

Excluding incentive paid occupations1 ....... 119.0 121.5 121.3 .3 .2 -.2 2.1 2.4 1.9

Real estate and rental and leasing ..................... 115.8 118.2 118.3 1.4 .7 .1 2.6 3.5 2.2

Excluding incentive paid occupations1 ....... 118.9 121.4 122.0 .9 .2 .5 2.6 3.1 2.6

Professional and business services ....................... 121.0 123.4 123.9 .4 .7 .4 1.4 2.4 2.4

Professional, scientific, and technical services ... 123.5 125.6 126.0 .2 .5 .3 1.4 1.9 2.0

Administrative and support and waste

management and remediation services ............ 118.0 120.9 121.7 .7 .9 .7 1.5 3.2 3.1

Education and health services ................................ 120.4 121.7 122.6 .5 .4 .7 1.9 1.6 1.8

Education services ............................................. 120.6 122.2 122.6 .2 1.2 .3 1.9 1.6 1.7

Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and

professional schools ..................................... 121.2 122.4 123.0 .3 1.0 .5 2.3 1.3 1.5

Health care and social assistance4 .................... 120.3 121.6 122.6 .5 .2 .8 1.8 1.6 1.9

Hospitals ......................................................... 120.7 122.1 122.7 .3 .3 .5 1.6 1.5 1.7

Nursing and residential care facilities ............. 116.3 117.2 117.8 .4 .4 .5 1.2 1.2 1.3

Nursing care facilities1 ................................ 116.2 117.3 117.9 .4 .5 .5 1.2 1.4 1.5

Leisure and hospitality ............................................ 118.2 120.2 120.7 .3 .9 .4 .9 2.0 2.1

Accommodation and food services ..................... 118.7 120.5 121.0 .3 1.0 .4 .8 1.8 1.9

Other services, except public administration .......... 120.7 122.3 121.9 .8 .9 -.3 3.4 2.2 1.0

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

this table.

2 Includes mining, construction, and manufacturing. 3 Includes the following industries: wholesale trade; retail trade;

transportation and warehousing; utilities; information; finance and insurance;

real estate and rental and leasing; professional and technical services;

management of companies and enterprises; administrative and waste

services; education services; health care and social assistance; arts,

entertainment and recreation; accommodation and food services; and other

services, except public administration. 4 Includes ambulatory health care services and social assistance, not

shown separately.

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Table 10. Employment Cost Index for wages and salaries, for private industry workers, by bargaining status and

census region and division

(Not seasonally adjusted)

Bargaining status and census region and division

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

Dec. 

2013

Sep. 

2014

Dec. 

2014

3-months ended– 12-months ended–

Dec. 

2013

Sep. 

2014

Dec. 

2014

Dec. 

2013

Sep. 

2014

Dec. 

2014

Bargaining status

Union ...................................................................... 119.8 122.1 123.1 0.2 0.7 0.8 2.0 2.1 2.8

Goods-producing industries1 .............................. 117.0 119.0 119.5 .2 .7 .4 1.7 1.9 2.1

Manufacturing ................................................. 114.8 116.7 116.9 .3 .4 .2 2.0 2.0 1.8

Service-providing industries2 .............................. 121.8 124.4 125.6 .1 .8 1.0 2.3 2.2 3.1

Nonunion ................................................................ 118.9 121.0 121.5 .4 .7 .4 2.1 2.2 2.2

Goods-producing industries1 .............................. 117.8 119.8 120.3 .3 .5 .4 2.0 2.0 2.1

Manufacturing ................................................. 117.8 120.0 120.5 .3 .3 .4 2.1 2.1 2.3

Service-providing industries2 .............................. 119.2 121.3 121.7 .5 .7 .3 2.1 2.3 2.1

Census region and division3

Northeast ................................................................ 119.1 121.7 122.2 .3 .9 .4 1.8 2.5 2.6

New England ...................................................... 121.8 126.0 125.3 1.1 2.0 -.6 3.0 4.6 2.9

Middle Atlantic .................................................... 118.1 120.1 120.9 .1 .6 .7 1.4 1.8 2.4

South ...................................................................... 120.2 122.4 122.8 .4 .6 .3 2.0 2.3 2.2

South Atlantic ..................................................... 120.7 122.9 123.4 .4 .5 .4 1.9 2.2 2.2

East South Central ............................................. 117.3 118.8 119.4 .4 .3 .5 1.6 1.7 1.8

West South Central ............................................ 120.6 122.9 123.1 .5 .8 .2 2.5 2.4 2.1

Midwest .................................................................. 117.1 118.9 119.1 .4 .5 .2 1.8 2.0 1.7

East North Central .............................................. 115.7 117.2 117.5 .3 .3 .3 1.9 1.6 1.6

West North Central ............................................. 120.7 122.8 123.1 .8 .7 .2 1.9 2.5 2.0

West ....................................................................... 119.2 121.5 122.2 .3 .9 .6 2.4 2.3 2.5

Mountain ............................................................. 118.8 120.8 121.5 .4 .2 .6 3.1 2.1 2.3

Pacific ................................................................. 119.5 121.8 122.5 .3 1.1 .6 2.1 2.3 2.5

1 Includes mining, construction, and manufacturing. 2 Includes the following industries: wholesale trade; retail trade;

transportation and warehousing; utilities; information; finance and

insurance; real estate and rental and leasing; professional and technical

services; management of companies and enterprises; administrative and

waste services; education services; health care and social assistance; arts,

entertainment and recreation; accommodation and food services; and other

services, except public administration. 3 The states (including the District of Columbia) that compose the

census divisions are: New England: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts,

New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont; Middle Atlantic: New Jersey,

New York, and Pennsylvania; South Atlantic: Delaware, District of

Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina,

Virginia, and West Virginia; East South Central: Alabama, Kentucky,

Mississippi, and Tennessee; West South Central: Arkansas, Louisiana,

Oklahoma, and Texas; East North Central: Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio,

and Wisconsin; West North Central: Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri,

Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota; Mountain: Arizona, Colorado,

Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming; and Pacific:

Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon, and Washington.

NOTE: The indexes for these series are not strictly comparable to those

for the aggregate, occupation, and industry series. Dashes indicate data

not available.

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Table 11. Employment Cost Index for wages and salaries, for State and local government workers, by

occupational group and industry

(Not seasonally adjusted)

Occupational group and industry

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

Dec. 

2013

Sep. 

2014

Dec. 

2014

3-months ended– 12-months ended–

Dec. 

2013

Sep. 

2014

Dec. 

2014

Dec. 

2013

Sep. 

2014

Dec. 

2014

State and local government workers

All workers .................................................................. 117.5 119.0 119.4 0.3 0.8 0.3 1.1 1.6 1.6

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related ................. 117.1 118.5 118.9 .3 .8 .3 1.0 1.5 1.5

Professional and related ..................................... 117.1 118.5 118.9 .3 .9 .3 1.0 1.5 1.5

Sales and office ...................................................... 116.8 118.7 119.3 .3 .9 .5 1.0 2.0 2.1

Office and administrative support ....................... 117.1 119.1 119.7 .3 .9 .5 1.0 2.1 2.2

Service occupations ............................................... 119.0 120.8 121.4 .5 .8 .5 1.4 2.0 2.0

Industry

Education and health services ................................ 117.0 118.4 118.8 .3 .9 .3 1.0 1.5 1.5

Education services ............................................. 116.5 118.0 118.4 .2 .9 .3 1.0 1.5 1.6

Schools1 ......................................................... 116.5 118.0 118.4 .3 .9 .3 1.0 1.5 1.6

Elementary and secondary schools ............ 116.3 117.7 118.0 .3 1.0 .3 .9 1.5 1.5

Health care and social assistance2 .................... 121.1 122.1 122.5 .4 .6 .3 1.4 1.2 1.2

Hospitals ......................................................... 120.5 121.3 121.7 .4 .5 .3 1.3 1.1 1.0

Public administration .............................................. 117.9 119.6 120.2 .5 .6 .5 1.4 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–

Dec. 

2013

Sep. 

2014

Dec. 

2014

3-months ended– 12-months ended–

Dec. 

2013

Sep. 

2014

Dec. 

2014

Dec. 

2013

Sep. 

2014

Dec. 

2014

Civilian workers

All workers1 ................................................................ 123.0 125.7 126.2 0.2 0.6 0.4 2.2 2.4 2.6

Private industry workers

All workers .................................................................. 120.5 123.1 123.5 .2 .3 .3 1.9 2.3 2.5

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related ................. 120.2 123.1 123.4 .0 .4 .2 2.0 2.4 2.7

Sales and office ...................................................... 120.5 123.0 123.4 .3 .2 .3 2.5 2.4 2.4

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance 122.9 126.8 127.1 .2 .4 .2 2.2 3.3 3.4

Production, transportation, and material moving .... 119.5 121.6 122.1 .3 .5 .4 1.3 2.0 2.2

Service occupations ............................................... 121.0 121.6 122.2 .2 .4 .5 1.5 .7 1.0

Industry

Goods-producing industries2 .................................. 118.0 120.3 120.7 .3 .7 .3 1.7 2.2 2.3

Manufacturing ..................................................... 116.6 119.3 119.8 .2 .8 .4 1.4 2.5 2.7

Aircraft manufacturing .................................... 82.4 91.7 91.7 .0 5.3 .0 -4.8 11.3 11.3

Service-providing industries3 .................................. 121.5 124.2 124.6 .1 .2 .3 2.0 2.3 2.6

Bargaining status

Union ...................................................................... 127.3 131.9 132.6 .2 .5 .5 1.4 3.8 4.2

Nonunion ................................................................ 119.1 121.4 121.7 .2 .4 .2 2.1 2.1 2.2

State and local government workers

All workers .................................................................. 132.0 135.2 135.8 .5 1.1 .4 3.3 3.0 2.9

1 Includes workers in the private nonfarm economy except those in

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

government. 2 Includes mining, construction, and manufacturing. 3 Includes the following industries: wholesale trade; retail trade;

transportation and warehousing; utilities; information; finance and

insurance; real estate and rental and leasing; professional and technical

services; management of companies and enterprises; administrative and

waste services; education services; health care and social assistance; arts,

entertainment and recreation; accommodation and food services; and other

services, except public administration.

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

private industry workers, by area

(Not seasonally adjusted)

Census region and metropolitan area

Percent changes for 12-months ended–

Total compensation Wages and salaries

Dec. 

2013

Sep. 

2014

Dec. 

2014

Dec. 

2013

Sep. 

2014

Dec. 

2014

Northeast

Boston-Worcester-Manchester, MA-NH CSA ......... 2.0 2.5 3.2 2.2 2.6 3.5

New York-Newark-Bridgeport, NY-NJ-CT-PA CSA 1.8 2.1 2.8 1.3 1.7 2.6

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

CSA ...................................................................... 2.2 1.4 2.0 1.7 1.4 2.0

South

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Gainesville, GA-AL CSA .... 2.0 2.6 3.2 1.5 1.1 1.6

Dallas-Fort Worth, TX CSA .................................... 3.3 3.4 2.5 3.5 3.5 2.3

Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX CSA ................... 2.0 1.5 1.7 2.3 1.5 2.1

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL MSA 1.9 1.2 2.1 2.4 1.7 2.5

Washington-Baltimore-Northern Virginia,

DC-MD-VA-WV CSA ............................................ 1.7 1.1 1.4 1.8 1.0 1.2

Midwest

Chicago-Naperville-Michigan City, IL-IN-WI CSA ... 1.6 3.3 3.3 2.2 2.3 1.9

Detroit-Warren-Flint, MI CSA .................................. 1.7 .9 1.0 2.0 .1 .2

Minneapolis-St. Paul-St. Cloud, MN-WI CSA ......... 2.0 2.3 2.3 1.6 2.5 2.6

West

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside, CA CSA ........ 1.7 2.6 2.8 1.7 2.3 2.4

Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ MSA ....................... 1.5 1.1 1.3 2.0 1.2 1.4

San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA CSA .......... 2.6 3.9 4.8 2.4 3.9 4.9

Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA ........................ 1.7 3.1 4.8 1.8 1.4 2.7

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

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