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
Dec.
2017		 Sep.
2018		 Dec.
2018		 3-months ended- 12-months ended-
Dec.
2017		 Sep.
2018		 Dec.
2018		 Dec.
2017		 Sep.
2018		 Dec.
2018

Bargaining status

Union

 134.5 137.8 138.8 0.6 0.3 0.7 3.0 3.1 3.2

Goods-producing industries(2)

 131.8 132.7 133.2 0.5 -0.5 0.4 3.0 1.1 1.1

Manufacturing

 127.2 126.5 126.9 0.3 -1.3 0.3 3.6 -0.2 -0.2

Service-providing industries(3)

 137.1 141.6 142.8 0.7 0.6 0.8 3.0 4.0 4.2

Nonunion

 129.9 133.2 133.7 0.3 0.8 0.4 2.6 2.9 2.9

Goods-producing industries(2)

 128.1 130.7 131.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 2.4 2.4 2.6

Manufacturing

 129.5 132.0 132.7 0.4 0.4 0.5 2.5 2.3 2.5

Service-providing industries(3)

 130.4 133.8 134.4 0.3 0.8 0.4 2.6 2.9 3.1

Census region and division(4)

Northeast

 132.0 135.9 136.5 0.2 0.9 0.4 2.6 3.1 3.4

New England

 135.3 139.7 139.9 0.3 2.3 0.1 3.2 3.6 3.4

Middle Atlantic

 130.9 134.5 135.4 0.2 0.4 0.7 2.4 2.9 3.4

South

 129.2 132.0 132.5 0.4 0.5 0.4 2.4 2.6 2.6

South Atlantic

 131.1 134.0 134.8 0.5 0.4 0.6 2.6 2.8 2.8

East South Central

 128.4 131.1 131.3 -0.3 0.7 0.2 2.3 1.8 2.3

West South Central

 126.4 129.0 129.2 0.4 0.5 0.2 2.1 2.5 2.2

Midwest

 128.5 131.6 132.3 0.4 0.8 0.5 2.2 2.8 3.0

East North Central

 127.0 130.2 130.9 0.4 0.9 0.5 2.3 2.9 3.1

West North Central

 132.1 135.2 135.8 0.3 0.6 0.4 1.8 2.7 2.8

West

 132.9 136.6 137.2 0.5 0.7 0.4 3.3 3.3 3.2

Mountain

 130.0 133.2 134.1 0.5 0.5 0.7 2.8 2.9 3.2

Pacific

 134.2 138.0 138.5 0.4 0.7 0.4 3.5 3.3 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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Last Modified Date: January 31, 2019