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
	Jun. 2025	Mar. 2026	Jun. 2026	3-months ended-			12-months ended-
	Jun. 2025	Mar. 2026	Jun. 2026	Jun. 2025	Mar. 2026	Jun. 2026	Jun. 2025	Mar. 2026	Jun. 2026
Bargaining status
Union	176.467	180.670	182.750	1.4	0.9	1.2	4.3	3.8	3.6
Goods-producing industries(2)	165.918	169.808	172.445	1.5	0.9	1.6	4.2	3.9	3.9
Manufacturing	160.052	164.484	166.428	1.4	1.4	1.2	4.3	4.2	4.0
Service-providing industries(3)	183.646	188.030	189.842	1.3	0.9	1.0	4.3	3.7	3.4
Nonunion	170.460	174.468	176.091	1.0	1.3	0.9	3.4	3.4	3.3
Goods-producing industries(2)	164.774	168.279	170.115	1.0	1.1	1.1	3.4	3.2	3.2
Manufacturing	166.358	169.919	171.728	1.1	1.3	1.1	3.1	3.2	3.2
Service-providing industries(3)	171.834	175.949	177.531	1.0	1.4	0.9	3.5	3.4	3.3
Census region and division(4)
Northeast	172.336	176.298	177.528	1.1	1.2	0.7	3.6	3.4	3.0
New England	175.828	180.869	180.429	1.1	1.5	-0.2	3.2	3.9	2.6
Middle Atlantic	171.069	174.622	176.492	1.0	1.1	1.1	3.7	3.1	3.2
South	168.629	172.768	174.528	0.9	1.2	1.0	3.5	3.4	3.5
South Atlantic	172.048	176.289	178.055	1.0	1.2	1.0	3.4	3.5	3.5
East South Central	168.395	172.753	174.788	1.2	1.3	1.2	3.8	3.8	3.8
West South Central	163.105	166.968	168.605	0.5	1.1	1.0	3.6	2.9	3.4
Midwest	167.837	171.538	172.904	1.1	1.3	0.8	3.5	3.3	3.0
East North Central	166.325	170.070	171.624	1.2	1.3	0.9	3.3	3.4	3.2
West North Central	171.414	175.017	175.991	1.0	1.4	0.6	4.0	3.1	2.7
West	176.969	181.213	183.382	1.1	1.4	1.2	3.5	3.6	3.6
Mountain	174.179	177.488	179.733	0.9	0.9	1.3	3.3	2.8	3.2
Pacific	178.317	182.986	185.121	1.3	1.6	1.2	3.6	3.9	3.8
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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