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Compensation costs up 0.5% Mar 2020 to Jun 2020 and up 2.7% over the year ending Jun 2020

Compensation costs rose 0.5 percent for civilian workers, seasonally adjusted, from March 2020 to June 2020. Over the year, compensation rose 2.7 percent, with wages and salaries rising 2.9 percent and benefit costs increasing 2.2 percent.

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07/30/2020

Productivity rises in 30 of 46 wholesale and retail trade industries in 2019

07/29/2020

Gross job gains 7.8 million and gross job losses 7.0 million in the 4th quarter of 2019

07/29/2020

June jobless rates up over the year in 388 of 389 metro areas; payroll jobs down in 307

07/17/2020

June jobless rates down in 42 states, up in 5; payroll jobs up in all 50 states

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