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
	Dec. 2024	Sep. 2025	Dec. 2025	3-months ended-			12-months ended-
	Dec. 2024	Sep. 2025	Dec. 2025	Dec. 2024	Sep. 2025	Dec. 2025	Dec. 2024	Sep. 2025	Dec. 2025
Bargaining status
Union	172.1	177.899	179.053	1.1	0.8	0.6	5.1	4.5	4.0
Goods-producing industries(2)	161.9	167.582	168.301	0.9	1.0	0.4	4.5	4.5	4.0
Manufacturing	156.2	161.560	162.279	1.4	0.9	0.4	5.0	4.8	3.9
Service-providing industries(3)	179.0	184.951	186.340	1.1	0.7	0.8	5.4	4.4	4.1
Nonunion	166.7	171.555	172.221	0.5	0.6	0.4	3.4	3.5	3.3
Goods-producing industries(2)	161.1	165.766	166.512	0.5	0.6	0.5	2.9	3.4	3.4
Manufacturing	162.9	167.202	167.789	0.5	0.5	0.4	3.4	3.1	3.0
Service-providing industries(3)	168.0	172.950	173.601	0.5	0.6	0.4	3.4	3.4	3.3
Census region and division(4)
Northeast	168.4	173.419	174.224	0.6	0.6	0.5	3.3	3.6	3.5
New England	171.9	177.071	178.214	0.6	0.7	0.6	2.9	3.6	3.7
Middle Atlantic	167.2	172.094	172.769	0.6	0.6	0.4	3.5	3.5	3.3
South	165.0	169.977	170.714	0.6	0.8	0.4	3.3	3.6	3.5
South Atlantic	168.6	173.204	174.122	0.6	0.7	0.5	3.5	3.3	3.3
East South Central	164.0	169.684	170.557	0.6	0.8	0.5	2.9	4.1	4.0
West South Central	159.5	164.836	165.176	0.7	1.1	0.2	3.4	4.1	3.6
Midwest	163.7	168.730	169.299	0.3	0.5	0.3	3.3	3.4	3.4
East North Central	162.4	167.293	167.890	0.2	0.6	0.4	3.2	3.3	3.4
West North Central	167.0	172.137	172.649	0.6	0.4	0.3	3.7	3.7	3.4
West	173.2	178.045	178.771	0.6	0.6	0.4	4.3	3.5	3.2
Mountain	170.7	175.033	175.859	0.5	0.5	0.5	3.6	3.0	3.0
Pacific	174.5	179.483	180.164	0.8	0.7	0.4	4.6	3.6	3.2
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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