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//ECI Charts Test 11042021// CJC2-Compensation costs up 0.8% Dec 2019 to Mar 2020 and up...

11/04/2021

//ECI Charts Test 11042021// CJC2-Compensation costs increased 0.8 percent for civilian workers, seasonally adjusted, from December 2019 to March 2020. 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 Red Hat 12072021/ State and local government compensation costs

12/07/2021

//ECEC Red Hat 12072021// Private employers spent an average of $28.10 an hour for compensation in December 2019.
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