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NEWS RELEASE BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
TRANSMISSION OF MATERIAL IN THIS RELEASE IS EMBARGOED UNTIL USDL-19-1386
8:30 a.m. (EDT) Wednesday, July 31, 2019
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EMPLOYMENT COST INDEX – June 2019
Compensation costs for civilian workers increased 0.6 percent, seasonally adjusted, for the 3-month period
ending in June 2019, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Wages and salaries increased 0.7
percent and benefit costs increased 0.5 percent from March 2019. (See tables A, 1, 2, and 3.)
Civilian Workers
Compensation costs for civilian workers increased 2.7 percent for the 12-month period ending in
June 2019 compared with an increase of 2.8 percent in June 2018. Wages and salaries increased 2.9
percent for the 12-month period ending in June 2019 and increased 2.8 percent for the 12-month period
ending in June 2018. Benefit costs increased 2.3 percent for the 12-month period ending in June 2019.
In June 2018, the increase was 2.9 percent. (See tables A, 4, 8, and 12.)
Private Industry Workers
Compensation costs for private industry workers increased 2.6 percent over the year, compared with a
compensation cost increase of 2.9 percent in June 2018. Wages and salaries increased 3.0 percent for
the 12-month period ending in June 2019 and increased 2.9 percent in June 2018. The cost of benefits
rose 1.8 percent for the 12-month period ending in June 2019 and increased 2.8 percent in June 2018.
(See tables A, 5, 9, and 12.)
Employer costs for health benefits increased 2.3 percent for the 12-month period ending in June 2019.
(For further information, see chart 3 and www.bls.gov/web/eci/echealth.txt.)
Among private industry occupational groups, compensation cost increases for the 12-month period ending
in June 2019 ranged from 2.1 percent for natural resource, construction, and maintenance occupations to
3.7 percent for service occupations. (See table 5.)
Among private industry supersectors, compensation cost increases for the 12-month period ending in June
2019 ranged from 1.0 percent for information to 3.6 percent for leisure and hospitality. (See table 5.)
State and Local Government Workers
Compensation costs for state and local government workers increased 3.0 percent for the 12-month period
ending in June 2019. In June 2018, the increase was 2.3 percent. Wages and salaries increased 2.5 percent
for the 12-month period ending in June 2019 and 1.9 percent a year ago. Benefit costs increased 3.6 percent
for the 12-month period ending in June 2019. The prior year increase was 3.1 percent. (See tables A, 7,
11, and 12.)
| Category | 3-month, seasonally adjusted |
12-month, not seasonally adjusted | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar. 2019 |
Jun. 2019 |
Jun. 2018 |
Sep. 2018 |
Dec. 2018 |
Mar. 2019 |
Jun. 2019 |
|
| Civilian workers | |||||||
| Compensation | 0.7 | 0.6 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 2.7 |
| Wages and salaries | 0.7 | 0.7 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 2.9 | 2.9 |
| Benefits | 0.7 | 0.5 | 2.9 | 2.6 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 2.3 |
| Private industry | |||||||
| Compensation | 0.7 | 0.5 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 3.0 | 2.8 | 2.6 |
| Wages and salaries | 0.7 | 0.6 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| Benefits | 0.5 | 0.4 | 2.8 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.4 | 1.8 |
| State and local government | |||||||
| Compensation | 0.7 | 0.7 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| Wages and salaries | 0.6 | 0.5 | 1.9 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 2.5 |
| Benefits | 1.0 | 0.9 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.6 | 3.6 |
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(1) Includes private industry and state and local government. (2) Includes wages and salaries and benefits. |
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The Employment Cost Index for September 2019 is scheduled for release on October 31, 2019, at 8:30 a.m. (EDT). Information in this release will be made available to sensory impaired individuals upon request— Voice phone: (202) 691-5200; Federal Relay Service: (800) 877-8339. BLS news releases, including the Employment Cost Index, are available through an email subscription service at www.bls.gov/bls/list.htm. Videos and information graphics explaining the Employment Cost Index and how it is used are available at www.bls.gov/eci/videos.htm. Highlights of recent National Compensation Survey data are available in The Economics Daily at www.bls.gov/opub/ted/national-compensation-survey.htm. An overview of available BLS compensation measures and an interactive guide on choosing among them are available at the BLS Commissioner’s Corner on “Making it Easier to Find Data on Pay and Benefits” at blogs.bls.gov/blog/2018/10/24/making-it-easier-to-find-data-on-pay-and-benefits.
- Employment Cost Index Technical Note
- Table 1. Seasonally adjusted: Employment Cost Index for total compensation, by ownership, occupational group, and industry
- Table 2. Seasonally adjusted: Employment Cost Index for wages and salaries, by ownership, occupational group, and industry
- Table 3. Seasonally adjusted: Employment Cost Index for benefits, by ownership, occupational group, and industry
- Table 4. Compensation (not seasonally adjusted): Employment Cost Index for total compensation, for civilian workers, by occupational group and industry
- Table 5. Compensation (not seasonally adjusted): Employment Cost Index for total compensation, for private industry workers, by occupational group and industry
- Table 6. Compensation (not seasonally adjusted): Employment Cost Index for total compensation, for private industry workers, by bargaining status and Census region and division
- Table 7. Compensation (not seasonally adjusted): Employment Cost Index for total compensation, for State and local government workers, by occupational group and industry
- Table 8. Wages and salaries (not seasonally adjusted): Employment Cost Index for wages and salaries, for civilian workers, by occupational group and industry
- Table 9. Wages and salaries (not seasonally adjusted): Employment Cost Index for wages and salaries, for private industry workers, by occupational group and industry
- Table 10. Wages and salaries (not seasonally adjusted): Employment Cost Index for wages and salaries, for private industry workers, by bargaining status and Census region and division
- Table 11. Wages and salaries (not seasonally adjusted): Employment Cost Index for wages and salaries, for State and local government workers, by occupational group and industry
- Table 12. Benefits (not seasonally adjusted): Employment Cost Index for benefits, by ownership, occupational group, industry, and bargaining status
- Table 13. Compensation and wages and salaries (not seasonally adjusted): Employment Cost Index for total compensation, and wages and salaries, for private industry workers, by area
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