Employment Cost Index News Release

Bureau of Labor Statistics

The latest Employment Cost Index news release has been posted on the BLS website at https://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/eci.pdf and also archived at https://www.bls.gov/news.release/archives/eci_04302025.pdf. Highlights are below.
Compensation costs up 0.9% Dec 2024 to Mar 2025 and up 3.6% over the year ending Mar 2025
04/30/2025
Compensation costs increased 0.9 percent for civilian workers, seasonally adjusted, from December 2024 to March 2025. Over the year, total compensation rose 3.6 percent, wages and salaries rose 3.5 percent, and benefit costs rose 3.8 percent. HTML \| PDF \| RSS \| Charts

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Compensation costs up 0.9% Dec 2024 to Mar 2025 and up 3.6% over the year ending Mar 2025