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United States Employment Cost Index

Last Release
Jun 30, 2025
Actual
0.9
Units In
%
Previous
0.9
Frequency
Quarterly
Next Release
Oct 31, 2025
Time to Release
2 Months 29 Days 15 Hours
Highest
Lowest
Average
Date Range
Source
2
Sep 1982
0.2
Jun 2015
0.85 %1982-2025U.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.

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Compensation costs for civilian workers in the United States increased 0.9% in Q2 2025, the same as in the previous period, slightly above market forecasts of a 0.8% rise. Wages and salaries increased 1%, up from a 0.8% rise in Q1, while benefit costs increased 0.7%, down from 1.2% previously. Compensation costs for private industry workers rose by 1% (vs 0.8%), and those for state and local government workers advanced by 0.8% (vs 0.9%). Year-on-year, employment costs rose by 3.6%, the same pace as in the previous period.

United States Employment Cost Index History

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