Employment Cost Index Summary

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                                  EMPLOYMENT COST INDEX – JUNE 2025

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. (See tables A, 1, 2, and 3.)

Compensation costs for civilian workers increased 3.6 percent for the 12-month period ending in June 2025.
Wages and salaries increased 3.6 percent for the 12-month period ending in June 2025. Benefit costs 
increased 3.5 percent for the 12-month period ending in June 2025. (See tables A, 4, 8, and 12.) 

Compensation costs for private industry workers increased 3.5 percent over the year. Wages and salaries 
increased 3.5 percent for the 12-month period ending in June. The cost of benefits increased 3.4 percent 
for the 12-month period ending in June 2025. Inflation-adjusted (constant dollar) wages and salaries 
increased 0.8 percent for the 12 months ending June 2025. (See tables A, 5, 9, and 12.)

Within private industry by bargaining status, compensation costs increased 4.3 percent for union workers
and 3.4 percent for non-union workers for the 12-month period ending in June 2025. Wages and salaries 
increased 4.6 percent for union workers and 3.5 percent for non-union workers for the 12-month period 
ending in June 2025. Benefit costs increased 3.8 percent for union workers and 3.4 percent for non-union
workers for the period ending in June 2025. (See tables 6, 10, and 12.)

Compensation costs for state and local government workers increased 4.0 percent for the 12-month period 
ending in June 2025 and increased 4.9 percent in June 2024. Wages and salaries increased 3.9 percent for
the 12-month period ending in June 2025 and 5.1 percent in June 2024. Benefit costs increased 4.1 percent
for the 12-month period ending in June 2025. The prior year’s increase was 4.8 percent. 
(See tables A, 7, 11, and 12.)

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              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. 
Percent changes based on these more precise indexes will continue to be published to one decimal place. 
For more information, see www.bls.gov/eci/notices/2024/changes-to-index-rounding.htm. 

Area definitions have been updated with this release based on Office of Management and Budget Bulletin No. 
23-01, dated July 21, 2023. For more information, see www.bls.gov/eci/factsheets/eci-area-classification.htm.
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