May 04, 2010

Compensation costs in March 2010

Employment Cost Index, compensation costs, 12-month percent change, not seasonally adjusted, March 2009�March 2010
	Mar 2009	Jun 2009	Sep 2009	Dec 2009	Mar 2010
Civilian Workers	2.1	1.8	1.5	1.5	1.7
Private Industry	1.9	1.5	1.2	1.2	1.6

These data featured in the TED article, Compensation costs in March 2010.

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