Employment Cost Index (ECI)

January 31, 2012
Wages and salaries for civilian workers rose 0.4% and benefit costs rose 0.6%, seasonally adjusted, from September to December 2011. Over the year, compensation rose 2.0%, wages and salaries 1.4%, and benefits 3.2%. More...
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Employer Costs for Employee Compensation (ECEC)

December 07, 2011
Employer costs for state and local government workers averaged $26.57 per hour worked for wages and salaries and $14.19 for benefits in September 2011. State and local government health benefit costs averaged $4.74 per hour worked in September 2011. More...
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Current ECT News Releases

• Employment Cost Index (ECI) (HTML) (PDF)
• ECI Archives - Complete set of ECI news releases from 1976.
• Employer Costs for Employee Compensation (HTML) (PDF)
• ECEC Archives - Complete set of ECEC news releases from 1986.
• Subscribe to the BLS News Service— receive the Employment Cost Index news release by e-mail
• ECI Regional News Releases