Table 9. Employment cost index for wages and salaries, for private industry workers, by occupational group and industry

Quarterly, Not seasonally adjusted

		Index Dec 2005=100
	Name	Q3 2025	Q2 2025	Q3 2024
	Private Industry Workers
	All workers	175.109	173.849	169.100
	Excluding incentive paid occupations	174.507	173.240	168.800
	Occupational group
	Management, professional, and related	168.580	167.323	162.900
	Excluding incentive paid occupations	166.940	165.731	161.500
	Management, business, and financial	167.816	166.923	162.800
	Excluding incentive paid occupations	165.157	164.385	160.400
	Professional and related	169.506	167.912	163.200
	Sales and office	178.049	177.474	171.700
	Excluding incentive paid occupations	180.034	179.004	174.700
	Sales and related	175.616	175.642	168.500
	Excluding incentive paid occupations	181.227	180.281	176.000
	Office and administrative support	178.637	177.474	173.100
	Natural resources, construction, and maintenance	173.469	171.433	166.800
	Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and forestry	171.632	169.821	164.900
	Installation, maintenance, and repair	175.620	173.328	168.900
	Production, transportation, and material moving	181.909	180.506	176.000
	Excluding incentive paid occupations	181.478	180.237	175.800
	Production	176.705	175.286	170.900
	Excluding incentive paid occupations	176.916	175.577	171.000
	Transportation and material moving	188.689	187.274	182.600
	Service occupations	191.210	189.539	184.600
	Industry and occupational group
	Goods-producing industries	170.921	169.627	164.500
	Excluding incentive paid occupations	170.833	169.567	164.600
	Management, professional, and related	163.997	163.295	158.000
	Sales and office	180.004	178.159	172.000
	Natural resources, construction, and maintenance	171.231	169.491	164.700
	Production, transportation, and material moving	174.931	173.620	168.800
	Construction	170.265	168.655	163.500
	Manufacturing	170.727	169.615	164.800
	Management, professional and related	164.43	163.70	158.90
	Sales and office	173.893	172.563	168.300
	Natural resources, construction, and maintenance	173.293	171.822	166.400
	Production, transportation, and material moving	174.978	173.645	168.700
	Aircraft manufacturing	172.809	171.850	164.100
	Service-providing industries	176.198	174.944	170.200
	Excluding incentive paid occupations	175.509	174.241	169.900
	Management, professional, and related	169.311	167.985	163.700
	Sales and office	177.85	177.41	171.60
	Natural resources, construction, and maintenance	176.782	174.309	169.800
	Production, transportation, and material moving	188.492	187.013	182.700
	Service occupations	191.331	189.654	184.700
	Trade, transportation, and utilities	180.120	178.416	173.800
	Excluding incentive paid occupations	180.134	178.813	174.800
	Wholesale trade	166.330	164.304	160.000
	Excluding incentive paid occupations	168.236	167.159	164.000
	Retail trade	185.065	183.669	179.200
	Excluding incentive paid occupations	183.231	181.913	177.900
	Transportation and warehousing	188.497	186.650	181.600
	Utilities	178.167	176.532	171.100
	Information	164.168	163.262	160.600
	Financial activities	170.788	170.669	164.100
	Excluding incentive paid occupations	168.505	168.332	163.600
	Finance and insurance	171.523	171.004	164.300
	Credit intermediation and related activities	170.053	169.848	163.900
	Excluding incentive paid occupations	171.198	171.058	166.500
	Insurance carriers and related activities	169.311	170.296	163.300
	Excluding incentive paid occupations	165.275	165.109	160.300
	Real estate and rental and leasing	167.761	169.503	163.800
	Excluding incentive paid occupations	172.123	172.589	167.100
	Professional and business services	173.519	172.823	168.200
	Professional, scientific, and technical services	174.020	173.144	167.900
	Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services	177.191	175.842	171.600
	Education and health services	175.107	173.211	168.500
	Educational services	167.246	164.051	162.900
	Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and professional schools	164.136	161.397	159.200
	Health care and social assistance	176.760	175.111	169.700
	Hospitals	176.390	175.525	169.900
	Nursing and residential care facilities	178.558	177.313	172.900
	Nursing care facilities	177.314	176.546	171.400
	Leisure and hospitality	190.303	189.219	185.200
	Accommodation and food services	194.554	193.639	189.000
	Other services, except public administration	179.995	177.403	173.600