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The National Compensation Survey produces quarterly indexes measuring change over time in labor costs, Employment Cost Index (ECI), and quarterly data measuring level of average costs per hour worked, Employer Costs for Employee Compensation (ECEC).
Compensation in private industry and state and local government, 12-month percent change, not seasonally adjusted
Month
Private industry
Government
Mar 2006
2.6%
3.7%
June 2006
2.8%
3.8%
Sept 2006
3.0%
4.1%
Dec 2006
3.2%
4.1%
Mar 2007
3.2%
4.6%
June 2007
3.1%
4.8%
Sept 2007
3.1%
4.3%
Dec 2007
3.0%
4.1%
Mar 2008
3.2%
3.6%
June 2008
3.0%
3.5%
Sept 2008
2.8%
3.4%
Dec 2008
2.4%
3.0%
Mar 2009
1.9%
3.1%
June 2009
1.5%
3.1%
Sept 2009
1.2%
2.3%
Dec 2009
1.2%
2.3%
Mar 2010
1.6%
2.0%
June 2010
1.9%
1.7%
Sept 2010
2.0%
1.8%
Dec 2010
2.1%
1.8%
Mar 2011
2.0%
1.8%
June 2011
2.3%
1.7%
Sept 2011
2.1%
1.5%
Dec 2011
2.2%
1.3%
Mar 2012
2.1%
1.5%
June 2012
1.8%
1.6%
Sept 2012
1.9%
1.8%
Dec 2012
1.8%
1.9%
Mar 2013
1.9%
1.9%
June 2013
1.9%
1.8%
Sept 2013
1.9%
1.7%
Dec 2013
2.0%
1.9%
Mar 2014
1.7%
1.9%
June 2014
2.0%
2.0%
Sept 2014
2.3%
2.1%
Dec 2014
2.3%
2.0%
Mar 2015
2.8%
2.1%
June 2015
1.9%
2.2%
Sept 2015
1.9%
2.3%
Dec 2015
1.9%
2.5%
Mar 2016
1.8%
2.4%
June 2016
2.4%
2.3%
Sept 2016
2.3%
2.6%
Dec 2016
2.2%
2.4%
Mar 2017
2.3%
2.6%
June 2017
2.4%
2.6%
Sept 2017
2.5%
2.4%
Dec 2017
2.6%
2.5%
Mar 2018
2.8%
2.2%
June 2018
2.9%
2.3%
Sept 2018
2.9%
2.5%
Dec 2018
3.0%
2.6%
Mar 2019
2.8%
3.0%
June 2019
2.6%
3.0%
Sept 2019
2.7%
3.1%
Dec 2019
2.7%
2.9%
Mar 2020
2.8%
2.8%
June 2020
2.7%
2.7%
Sept 2020
2.4%
2.3%
Dec 2020
2.6%
2.3%
Mar 2021
2.8%
2.0%
June 2021
3.1%
2.0%
Sept 2021
4.1%
2.3%
Dec 2021
4.4%
2.6%
Mar 2022
4.8%
3.2%
June 2022
5.5%
3.4%
The Employment Cost Index, or ECI, measures changes in the cost of employees to employers over time. In the private sector, business owners and human resources professionals can use the ECI to make decisions about pay adjustments to help them stay competitive. In the public sector, the Federal Reserve and others use the ECI to gauge the health of the labor market, adjust contracts, and research the labor market. read more »
08/29/2024
//ECI QCT Test ZUNI3PO 08292024// Compensation costs increased 0.8 percent for civilian workers, seasonally adjusted, from December 2022 to March 2023.
Over the year, compensation rose 2.7 percent, wages and salaries rose 2.7 percent, and benefit costs rose 2.8 percent.
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08/29/2024
//ECEC QCT Test ZUNI3PO 08292024// Wage and salary costs for private industry workers averaged $26.86 per hour.
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