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	Q1 2026	Q4 2025	Q1 2025
	Private Industry Workers
	All workers	177.672	175.885	171.900
	Excluding incentive paid occupations	177.163	175.441	171.600
	Occupational group
	Management, professional, and related	171.060	169.279	165.400
	Excluding incentive paid occupations	169.569	167.756	164.100
	Management, business, and financial	169.686	168.103	164.800
	Excluding incentive paid occupations	167.322	165.647	162.600
	Professional and related	172.554	170.588	166.300
	Sales and office	180.432	178.431	175.000
	Excluding incentive paid occupations	182.506	180.864	177.300
	Sales and related	177.250	174.987	172.600
	Excluding incentive paid occupations	182.770	181.262	178.700
	Office and administrative support	181.736	180.015	175.500
	Natural resources, construction, and maintenance	176.131	174.743	169.600
	Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and forestry	174.409	173.049	168.100
	Installation, maintenance, and repair	178.152	176.732	171.400
	Production, transportation, and material moving	184.514	182.851	178.800
	Excluding incentive paid occupations	184.040	182.555	178.400
	Production	179.279	178.430	173.800
	Excluding incentive paid occupations	179.535	178.325	174.100
	Transportation and material moving	191.359	189.071	185.400
	Service occupations	194.320	192.454	188.100
	Industry and occupational group
	Goods-producing industries	173.047	171.824	167.700
	Excluding incentive paid occupations	173.245	171.825	167.700
	Management, professional, and related	165.670	164.482	161.100
	Sales and office	180.649	179.954	175.900
	Natural resources, construction, and maintenance	174.023	172.628	167.700
	Production, transportation, and material moving	177.401	176.101	172.000
	Construction	171.894	171.488	166.800
	Manufacturing	173.205	171.475	167.600
	Management, professional and related	166.665	164.774	161.600
	Sales and office	175.659	173.084	170.200
	Natural resources, construction, and maintenance	176.945	174.701	169.200
	Production, transportation, and material moving	177.638	176.316	172.000
	Aircraft manufacturing	176.631	173.016	170.200
	Service-providing industries	178.857	176.948	173.000
	Excluding incentive paid occupations	178.222	176.432	172.600
	Management, professional, and related	171.893	170.038	166.100
	Sales and office	180.418	178.278	174.900
	Natural resources, construction, and maintenance	179.251	177.875	172.500
	Production, transportation, and material moving	191.216	189.291	185.200
	Service occupations	194.442	192.555	188.200
	Trade, transportation, and utilities	182.484	180.275	176.300
	Excluding incentive paid occupations	182.085	180.677	176.900
	Wholesale trade	168.601	165.845	162.600
	Excluding incentive paid occupations	169.679	168.263	165.700
	Retail trade	187.164	185.646	181.500
	Excluding incentive paid occupations	184.845	183.918	180.000
	Transportation and warehousing	191.246	188.527	183.900
	Utilities	181.761	179.455	174.700
	Information	166.992	164.382	161.300
	Financial activities	173.922	171.291	167.100
	Excluding incentive paid occupations	171.770	168.756	166.800
	Finance and insurance	174.437	171.890	167.400
	Credit intermediation and related activities	172.159	170.587	167.200
	Excluding incentive paid occupations	174.382	171.397	169.900
	Insurance carriers and related activities	172.516	169.877	167.600
	Excluding incentive paid occupations	167.993	165.472	163.200
	Real estate and rental and leasing	171.930	168.901	165.800
	Excluding incentive paid occupations	175.958	172.918	169.800
	Professional and business services	175.476	173.908	171.100
	Professional, scientific, and technical services	176.156	174.614	171.500
	Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services	178.604	177.014	174.200
	Education and health services	178.398	176.746	171.600
	Educational services	169.986	169.690	163.600
	Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and professional schools	165.838	166.213	160.800
	Health care and social assistance	180.159	178.246	173.300
	Hospitals	179.417	178.073	174.100
	Nursing and residential care facilities	181.518	179.740	176.200
	Nursing care facilities	180.562	178.505	174.900
	Leisure and hospitality	193.069	191.299	188.400
	Accommodation and food services	197.133	195.237	192.600
	Other services, except public administration	183.558	182.361	176.500