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Table 6. Compensation (not seasonally adjusted): Employment Cost Index for total compensation, for private industry workers, by bargaining status, census region, census divisions, and area

Table 6. Employment Cost Index for total compensation(1), for private industry workers, by bargaining status and Census region and division [Not seasonally adjusted]
Bargaining status and Census region and division Indexes (Dec. 2005=100) Percent changes for
Sep.
2020		 Jun.
2021		 Sep.
2021		 3-months ended- 12-months ended-
Sep.
2020		 Jun.
2021		 Sep.
2021		 Sep.
2020		 Jun.
2021		 Sep.
2021

Bargaining status

Union

 145.6 148.4 150.1 0.6 0.6 1.1 3.0 2.6 3.1

Goods-producing industries(2)

 140.1 143.1 145.3 0.7 0.9 1.5 2.8 2.9 3.7

Manufacturing

 133.5 136.2 139.5 0.6 0.6 2.4 3.4 2.6 4.5

Service-providing industries(3)

 149.6 152.4 153.8 0.5 0.5 0.9 3.0 2.4 2.8

Nonunion

 140.1 143.8 145.8 0.5 0.8 1.4 2.4 3.2 4.1

Goods-producing industries(2)

 137.6 141.0 142.1 0.3 1.2 0.8 2.2 2.8 3.3

Manufacturing

 138.7 142.0 143.4 0.2 1.1 1.0 2.1 2.6 3.4

Service-providing industries(3)

 140.7 144.6 146.8 0.5 0.7 1.5 2.5 3.3 4.3

Census region and division(4)

Northeast

 143.1 146.4 148.4 0.4 0.2 1.4 2.2 2.7 3.7

New England

 146.5 150.4 152.2 0.5 0.9 1.2 2.2 3.2 3.9

Middle Atlantic

 141.9 145.1 147.1 0.3 0.0 1.4 2.2 2.5 3.7

South

 138.4 142.3 144.6 0.3 0.9 1.6 2.3 3.1 4.5

South Atlantic

 140.7 144.6 146.3 0.3 0.6 1.2 2.3 3.1 4.0

East South Central

 137.1 140.8 143.5 0.1 1.0 1.9 1.6 2.8 4.7

West South Central

 135.1 138.9 142.1 0.3 1.4 2.3 2.5 3.1 5.2

Midwest

 138.2 141.8 143.5 0.4 0.8 1.2 2.4 3.1 3.8

East North Central

 136.7 140.1 141.9 0.4 0.7 1.3 2.4 2.9 3.8

West North Central

 142.0 145.8 147.3 0.5 0.8 1.0 2.4 3.2 3.7

West

 144.4 148.3 150.1 0.9 1.0 1.2 2.8 3.6 3.9

Mountain

 141.4 145.9 147.4 0.6 1.5 1.0 2.6 3.8 4.2

Pacific

 145.7 149.5 151.3 1.0 0.9 1.2 2.9 3.6 3.8

Footnotes
(1) Includes wages, salaries, and employer costs for employee benefits.
(2) Includes mining, construction, and manufacturing.
(3) Includes the following industries: wholesale trade; retail trade; transportation and warehousing; utilities; information; finance and insurance; real estate and rental and leasing; professional and technical services; management of companies and enterprises; administrative and waste services; educational services; health care and social assistance; arts, entertainment and recreation; accommodation and food services; and other services, except public administration.
(4) The Census divisions are defined as follows: New England: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont; Middle Atlantic: New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania; South Atlantic: Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia; East South Central: Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, and Tennessee; West South Central: Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas; East North Central: Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin; West North Central: Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota; Mountain: Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming; and Pacific: Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon, and Washington.

NOTE: The indexes for these series are not strictly comparable to those for the aggregate, occupation, and industry series.
SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey
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Last Modified Date: May 30, 2023