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Employment Cost Index

ECT News Releases

//ECI Resilio Test 3/27/2025// Compensation costs up 1.1% August 2023

03/27/2025

//ECI Resilio Test 3/27/2025// Compensation costs increased 1.3 percent for civilian workers, seasonally adjusted, from August 2023.
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//ECEC QCT Test ZUNI3PO 08292024// Private industry compensation costs average $38.07...

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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