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Employer Costs for Employee Compensation

Tables

Looking for data in table or spreadsheet format? These tables provide current and historical estimates for the ECEC. To choose the data you want from the complete dataset, use the database tools.

Supplemental News Release Tables

These files are updated with each release of the ECEC. For future release dates, see the release schedule.

  • News Release Tables (XLSX)
  • Relative standard errors (HTM) (PDF)
  • Historical Datasets
    • Civilian Workers (XLSX) 2004–Present
    • Private Industry Workers (XLSX) 2004–Present
    • State and Local Government Workers (XLSX) 2004–Present
  • Updated with March release only
    • Compensation Percentile Estimates (XLSX) 2009–Present
    • Metropolitan Areas (XLSX) 2009 - Present

Discontinued Tables

  • Annual Historical Listing: SIC basis (TXT) (PDF) March 1986–March 2001
  • Annual and Quarterly Historical Listing: SIC basis (XLSX) March 1986–December 2003
  • Quarterly Historical Listing: SIC basis (TXT) (PDF) March 2002–December 2003
  • Quarterly Historical Listing: NAICS basis (TXT) (PDF) March 2004–September 2021
  • Supplemental Tables: NAICS basis (TXT) (PDF) June 2021
  • Supplemental Tables: NAICS basis (TXT) (PDF) December 2006–June 2021