Archived NCS News Releases

• ECI Archives - Complete set of ECI news releases from 1976.
• ECEC Archives - Complete set of ECEC news releases from 1986.
• Employee Benefits—latest benefit news releases.
  • Employee Benefits in the United States, March 2014 (TXT) (PDF)
  • Employee Benefits in the United States, March 2013 (TXT) (PDF)
  • Health Plan Provision in State and Local Government in the United States, 2011 (PDF)
• Subscribe to the BLS News Service—receive the Employment Cost Index news release and other major economic indicators by e-mail.
• NCS Regional News Releases
• ECI Regional News Releases

Databases

Database Name	Special Notice	Top Picks	Data Finder	One Screen	Multi- Screen	Tables	Text Files
Pay
Modeled Wage Estimates
Pay & Cost of Benefits
Employment Cost Index
Employer Cost for Employee Compensation
Benefit Incidence & Provisions
Employee Benefits Survey (1985 to 2006)
National Compensation Survey - Benefits (Beginning with 2010 data)*
*2007 to 2009 benefits data are not available in the National Compensation Survey data base. For data during these years, see the NCS publication archive.

More Tools

• Series Report —Already know the series identifier for the statistic you want? Use this shortcut to retrieve your data.

• National Compensation Search--allows you to search through all the National Compensation Survey publications that are currently available electronically.

All NCS Databases »

NCS Tables

• ECI Current-Dollar Historical Listings
• NAICS basis (TXT) (PDF)
• SIC basis (TXT) (PDF)
• ECI Constant-Dollar Historical Listings
• NAICS basis (TXT) (PDF)
• SIC basis (TXT) (PDF)
• ECI Historical Listings - Continuous Occupational and Industry Series, September 1975 - Present (TXT) (PDF)
• ECI Historical Listings - Health Benefits, 1982 - Present (TXT) (PDF)
• ECI Standard Errors
• Corrections to Employment Cost Index data, June 2009 - September 2010
• UPDATED ECEC Historical Listing, 2004 to Present (Quarterly)-Employer Costs for Employee Compensation (TXT) (PDF) -- Quarterly estimates from March 2004 to the present, with sample establishments classified by industry categories based on the new 2002 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) and the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system.
• UPDATED ECEC Supplemental Tables Historical Data, December 2006 - Present (TXT) (PDF)
• NEW ECEC Supplemental Tables - March 2016 (TXT) (PDF) -- supplemental tables with series for private industry workers by occupational group, establishment size, and bargaining status in 14 detailed industries.
• UPDATED ECEC Relative Standard Errors (TXT) (PDF)
• UPDATED ECEC Relative Standard Errors-Supplementary Tables (TXT) (PDF)
• EBS Standard Errors
• Retirement Benefit Standard Errors, State and Local Government
• ECEC Historical Listing, 2002-2003 (Quarterly)—Employer Costs for Employee Compensation (TXT) (PDF) -- Quarterly estimates from March 2002 to December 2003, with sample establishments classified by industry categories based on the 1987 Standard Industry Classification (SIC) system and by occupational classifications according to the 1990 Census of Population.
• ECEC Historical Listing, 1986-2001 (Annual)—Employer Costs for Employee Compensation (TXT) (PDF) -- Annual estimates from March 1986 to March 2001, with sample establishments classified by industry categories based on the Standard Industry Classification (SIC) system and by occupational classifications according to the Census of Population.
• Seasonal Factors and Revised Seasonally Adjusted Indexes
• Chart-Changes in wages and salaries and benefit costs, civilian workers

Wages

• National Bulletin, July 2010
• National Bulletin, July 2009
• National Bulletin, July 2008
• National Bulletin, July 2007
• Census Divisions
• Localities
• Occupational Pay Relatives
• Archives

Employment Cost Trends

• Indexes (ECI)
• Cost levels (ECEC)
• Archives

Benefits

• Recent retirement benefits data
• Recent health benefits data
• Retirement Benefit Estimates for State and Local Government Workers, 2007 - Summary
• Employee Benefits in State and Local Governments, Summary, September 2007
• Employee Benefits in Private Industry, Summary, March 2007
• Employee Benefits in Private Industry
• Medium and Large Establishments
• Small Establishments
• State & Local Governments
• Archives

Other Documents

• Using Wage Data from the National Compensation Survey (PDF 284K)
• NCS: Guide for Evaluating Your Firm's Jobs and Pay.
• NCS:A Guide for Respondents
• OCWC Customer Service Guide
• Glossary of Compensation Terms
• Glossary of Employee Benefit Terms (PDF)
• Handbook of Methods, Chapter 8, National Compensation Measures (PDF)
• Occupation Classification Manual
• Health Insurance Definitions
• Online Publication
• Monthly Labor Review (MLR) Online

All NCS Publications (including benefits, compensation costs, and wages) »

Frequently Asked Questions

1. What is the NCS?
2. What is the status of Locality Pay Surveys (LPS)?
3. What is the role of the Bureau of Labor Statistics in the Federal pay administration process?
4. How can an aggregate ECI series be lower, or higher, than all of its component series? For example, the 3-month seasonally adjusted percent change for compensation, civilian workers in March 2012, was 0.4 percent. However, the change for its two components-wages and salaries and benefits-are both 0.5 percent.

Links to Other NCS Products:

1. NCS wage data? www.bls.gov/ncs/ocs/
2. Data on compensation costs or employment cost trends? www.bls.gov/ncs/ect/
3. Benefit data? www.bls.gov/ncs/ebs/
4. Work stoppages? www.bls.gov/wsp/
5. NEW Modeled Wage Estimates FAQs (HTML)

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Related Links to Other BLS Programs

• Employment Cost Trends—quarterly indexes measuring change over time in labor costs and quarterly data measuring level of average costs per hour worked.
• Benefits—comprehensive data on incidence and provisions of selected employee benefit plans.
• Occupational Employment Statistics—data on employment and wages for over 800 occupations and for about 400 nonfarm industries for the nation, plus occupational data for States and metropolitan areas.
• Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages —comprehensive employment and wage data by industry and geographic area for workers covered by State Unemployment Insurance laws.
• Occupational Outlook Handbook—provides data for 250 occupations, by nature of the work, working conditions, employment, job outlook and earnings, related occupations, sources of additional information, and training, other qualifications, and advancement.
• Major Work Stoppages—provides monthly and annual data and analysis of major work stoppages involving 1,000 or more workers.

Other Useful Links

• Wage and Hour Division (WHD)—responsible for enforcing federal labor laws including minimum wage and hour standards.
• Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP)—responsible for ensuring employers doing business with the federal government comply with the laws and regulations requiring equal employment opportunity.
• Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI)—offers a detailed description of private- and public-sector employee benefit programs as they exist today.
• Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA)—provides participant and compliance assistance in the areas of retirement, health and other employee benefits.

Contacts

The Office of Compensation Levels and Trends, Branch of Survey Information and Publications, will be glad to assist you with questions about any of the components of the National Compensation Survey.

Email: Contact us

Telephone: (202) 691-6199 (Monday - Friday, 8:30 A.M. - 4:30 P.M.)

Information and assistance is also available from any BLS regional office.

Information voice phone: (202) 691-5200 The Federal Relay Service: 1-800-877-8339

Write or Personal Visit

Federal Depository Libraries provide free access to government documents. Many of these libraries receive BLS publications. Check with a location near you.