{"as_of":"2026-10-28T00:33:38.804Z","source_url":"https://www.bls.gov/news.release/archives/eci_07312025.htm","disclaimer":"Educational information from official sources, not financial advice","item":{"id":"d778fa3adb24fd1d","source":"bls","source_name":"BLS","title":"Compensation costs up 0.9% Mar 2025 to Jun 2025 and up 3.6% over the year ending Jun 2025","excerpt":"","published_at":"2025-07-31T12:30:00.000Z","fetched_at":"2026-10-19T19:20:33.690Z","topics":[],"importance":2,"url":"https://rogueiq.com/econiq/bls/compensation-costs-up-march-2025/","source_url":"https://www.bls.gov/news.release/archives/eci_07312025.htm","source_feed":"https://www.bls.gov/feed/","ticker":null},"breakdown":{"item_id":"d778fa3adb24fd1d","key_points":["Compensation costs for civilian workers increased 0.9 percent, seasonally adjusted, for the 3-month period ending in June 2025, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.","Wages and salaries increased 1.0 percent and benefit costs increased 0.7 percent from March 2025.","Compensation costs for private industry workers increased 3.5 percent over the year.","Benefit costs increased 3.8 percent for union workers and 3.4 percent for non-union workers for the period ending in June 2025.","Rounding and Area Definition Changes to Employment Cost Index (ECI) Estimates Effective with this release of June 2025 ECI data, BLS will publish index levels to three decimal places."],"what_it_says":"Compensation costs for civilian workers increased 0.9 percent, seasonally adjusted, for the 3-month period ending in June 2025, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Wages and salaries increased 1.0 percent and benefit costs increased 0.7 percent from March 2025. Compensation costs for private industry workers increased 3.5 percent over the year. Benefit costs increased 3.8 percent for union workers and 3.4 percent for non-union workers for the period ending in June 2025. Rounding and Area Definition Changes to Employment Cost Index (ECI) Estimates Effective with this release of June 2025 ECI data, BLS will publish index levels to three decimal places.","whats_new_vs_last":"","caveats":[],"source_table_url":"https://www.bls.gov/news.release/archives/eci_07312025.htm","quoted_lines":[],"engine":"deterministic-v2","numbers_verified":true,"generated_at":"2026-10-27T19:31:06.400Z"}}