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//ECI QCT Test 5/21/2025// Compensation costs up 0.9% Dec 2024 to Mar 2025 and up 3.6...

05/21/2025

//ECI QCT Test 5/21/2025// Compensation costs increased 0.9 percent for civilian workers, seasonally adjusted, from December 2024 to March 2025. Over the year, total compensation rose 3.6 percent, wages and salaries rose 3.5 percent, and benefit costs rose 3.8 percent.
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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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