Table 6. Compensation (not seasonally adjusted): Employment Cost Index for total compensation, for private industry workers, by bargaining status, census region, census divisions, and area

Table 6. Employment Cost Index for total compensation(1), for private workers, by bargaining status and Census region and division [Not seasonally adjusted]
Bargaining status and Census region and division Indexes (Dec. 2005=100) Percent changes for
Sep.
2017		 Jun.
2018		 Sep.
2018		 3-months ended- 12-months ended-
Sep.
2017		 Jun.
2018		 Sep.
2018		 Sep.
2017		 Jun.
2018		 Sep.
2018

Bargaining status

Union

 133.7 137.4 137.8 0.8 1.5 0.3 2.5 3.5 3.1

Goods-producing industries(2)

 131.2 133.3 132.7 1.4 0.8 -0.5 3.2 3.0 1.1

Manufacturing

 126.8 128.2 126.5 2.3 0.3 -1.3 4.0 3.5 -0.2

Service-providing industries(3)

 136.1 140.7 141.6 0.4 1.8 0.6 2.2 3.8 4.0

Nonunion

 129.5 132.2 133.2 0.7 0.6 0.8 2.5 2.8 2.9

Goods-producing industries(2)

 127.6 130.2 130.7 0.8 0.8 0.4 2.4 2.8 2.4

Manufacturing

 129.0 131.5 132.0 0.8 0.6 0.4 2.4 2.7 2.3

Service-providing industries(3)

 130.0 132.8 133.8 0.6 0.6 0.8 2.6 2.8 2.9

Census region and division(4)

Northeast

 131.8 134.7 135.9 0.5 0.7 0.9 2.8 2.7 3.1

New England

 134.9 136.6 139.7 0.8 0.1 2.3 3.6 2.1 3.6

Middle Atlantic

 130.7 134.0 134.5 0.4 1.0 0.4 2.6 2.9 2.9

South

 128.7 131.4 132.0 0.6 0.8 0.5 2.0 2.7 2.6

South Atlantic

 130.4 133.5 134.0 0.5 0.9 0.4 2.4 2.9 2.8

East South Central

 128.8 130.2 131.1 1.4 0.2 0.7 3.0 2.5 1.8

West South Central

 125.9 128.3 129.0 0.5 0.7 0.5 1.0 2.4 2.5

Midwest

 128.0 130.6 131.6 0.5 0.6 0.8 2.2 2.5 2.8

East North Central

 126.5 129.0 130.2 0.4 0.5 0.9 2.3 2.4 2.9

West North Central

 131.7 134.4 135.2 0.6 0.8 0.6 1.7 2.7 2.7

West

 132.3 135.7 136.6 1.0 0.8 0.7 3.4 3.6 3.3

Mountain

 129.4 132.5 133.2 0.5 0.6 0.5 2.9 3.0 2.9

Pacific

 133.6 137.1 138.0 1.2 0.9 0.7 3.7 3.9 3.3

Footnotes
(1) Includes wages, salaries, and employer costs for employee benefits.
(2) Includes mining, construction, and manufacturing.
(3) Includes the following industries: wholesale trade; retail trade; transportation and warehousing; utilities; information; finance and insurance; real estate and rental and leasing; professional and technical services; management of companies and enterprises; administrative and waste services; educational services; health care and social assistance; arts, entertainment and recreation; accommodation and food services; and other services, except public administration.
(4) The Census divisions are defined as follows: New England: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont; Middle Atlantic: New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania; South Atlantic: Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia; East South Central: Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, and Tennessee; West South Central: Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas; East North Central: Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin; West North Central: Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota; Mountain: Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming; and Pacific: Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon, and Washington.

NOTE: The indexes for these series are not strictly comparable to those for the aggregate, occupation, and industry series.
SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey

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Last Modified Date: October 31, 2018