United States Employment Cost Index

Last Release

Jun 30, 2025

Actual

0.9

Units In

0.9

Frequency

Quarterly

Next Release

Feb 10, 2026

Time to Release

1 Months 29 Days 12 Hours

Highest	Lowest	Average	Date Range	Source
2 Sep 1982	0.2 Jun 2015	0.85 %	1982-2025	U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Employment Cost Index measures the growth of employee compensation (wages and benefits). The ECI is based on a survey of employer payrolls in the final month of each quarter. The index tracks movement in the cost of labor, including wages, fringe benefits and bonuses for employees at all levels of a company.

Latest Updates

Compensation costs for civilian workers in the United States increased 0.8% in Q3 2025, easing from a 0.9% rise in the previous period, slightly below market forecasts of 0.9%. Wages and salaries increased 0.8%, down from a 1% rise in Q1, while benefit costs increased 0.8%, up from 0.7% previously. Compensation costs for private industry workers rose by 0.8% (vs 1%), and those for state and local government workers advanced by 0.8% (vs 0.8%). Year-on-year, employment costs rose by 3.5%, after a 3.6% advance in Q2.