U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics@bls · official source
Compensation costs up 0.9% Dec 2024 to Mar 2025 and up 3.6% over the year ending Mar 2025
· via BLS
Key points
- Compensation costs for civilian workers increased 0.9 percent, seasonally adjusted, for the 3-month period ending in March 2025, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.
- Wages and salaries increased 0.8 percent and benefit costs increased 1.2 percent from December 2024.
- Compensation costs for private industry workers increased 3.4 percent over the year.
- Benefit costs increased 4.6 percent for union workers and 3.4 percent for non-union workers for the period ending in March 2025.
- Rounding Changes to Employment Cost Index (ECI) Estimates Effective with the release of June 2025 ECI data on July 31, 2025, BLS will publish index levels to three decimal places.
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BLSApr 30, 2025Official release ↗
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