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

Table 6. Employment Cost Index for total compensation(1), for private industry 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
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Bargaining status

Union

 174.1 179.053 180.670 1.2 0.6 0.9 4.6 4.0 3.8

Goods-producing industries(2)

 163.5 168.301 169.808 1.0 0.4 0.9 4.3 4.0 3.9

Manufacturing

 157.8 162.279 164.484 1.0 0.4 1.4 4.4 3.9 4.2

Service-providing industries(3)

 181.3 186.340 188.030 1.3 0.8 0.9 4.7 4.1 3.7

Nonunion

 168.8 172.221 174.468 1.3 0.4 1.3 3.3 3.3 3.4

Goods-producing industries(2)

 163.1 166.512 168.279 1.2 0.5 1.1 2.9 3.4 3.2

Manufacturing

 164.6 167.789 169.919 1.0 0.4 1.3 3.0 3.0 3.2

Service-providing industries(3)

 170.1 173.601 175.949 1.3 0.4 1.4 3.3 3.3 3.4

Census region and division(4)

Northeast

 170.5 174.224 176.298 1.2 0.5 1.2 3.3 3.5 3.4

New England

 174.0 178.214 180.869 1.2 0.6 1.5 3.0 3.7 3.9

Middle Atlantic

 169.3 172.769 174.622 1.3 0.4 1.1 3.5 3.3 3.1

South

 167.1 170.714 172.768 1.3 0.4 1.2 3.3 3.5 3.4

South Atlantic

 170.3 174.122 176.289 1.0 0.5 1.2 3.0 3.3 3.5

East South Central

 166.4 170.557 172.753 1.5 0.5 1.3 3.9 4.0 3.8

West South Central

 162.3 165.176 166.968 1.8 0.2 1.1 3.6 3.6 2.9

Midwest

 166.0 169.299 171.538 1.4 0.3 1.3 3.3 3.4 3.3

East North Central

 164.4 167.890 170.070 1.2 0.4 1.3 3.1 3.4 3.4

West North Central

 169.7 172.649 175.017 1.6 0.3 1.4 3.9 3.4 3.1

West

 175.0 178.771 181.213 1.0 0.4 1.4 3.7 3.2 3.6

Mountain

 172.6 175.859 177.488 1.1 0.5 0.9 3.7 3.0 2.8

Pacific

 176.1 180.164 182.986 0.9 0.4 1.6 3.7 3.2 3.9

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: April 30, 2026