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//ECI Test 08302022// CJC2-Compensation costs up 0.8% Dec 2021 to Aug 2022 and up 2.7...

08/30/2022

//ECI Test 08302022// CJC2-Compensation costs increased 0.8 percent for civilian workers, seasonally adjusted, from December 2021 to August 2022. 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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//ECEC F5 Test 05162022// Private industry compensation costs average $38.07 per hour...

05/16/2022

//ECEC F5 Test 05162022// Wage and salary costs for private industry workers averaged $26.86 per hour worked and benefit costs averaged $11.22 in December 2021. Supplemental pay costs were $1.32 per hour, accounting for 3.5 percent of total compensation costs.
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