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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 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.
2019		 Mar.
2020		 Jun.
2020		 3-months ended- 12-months ended-
Jun.
2019		 Mar.
2020		 Jun.
2020		 Jun.
2019		 Mar.
2020		 Jun.
2020

Bargaining status

Union

 140.8 143.1 144.7 0.6 0.6 1.1 2.5 2.2 2.8

Goods-producing industries(2)

 135.4 137.6 139.1 1.0 0.4 1.1 1.6 2.6 2.7

Manufacturing

 128.3 130.5 132.7 0.5 0.5 1.7 0.1 2.2 3.4

Service-providing industries(3)

 144.7 147.2 148.8 0.4 0.7 1.1 2.8 2.2 2.8

Nonunion

 135.8 138.8 139.4 0.7 1.1 0.4 2.7 2.9 2.7

Goods-producing industries(2)

 133.6 136.3 137.2 0.8 0.7 0.7 2.6 2.8 2.7

Manufacturing

 135.1 137.6 138.4 0.7 0.7 0.6 2.7 2.5 2.4

Service-providing industries(3)

 136.4 139.5 140.0 0.7 1.2 0.4 2.7 3.0 2.6

Census region and division(4)

Northeast

 139.0 141.7 142.6 0.7 0.7 0.6 3.2 2.6 2.6

New England

 142.0 144.9 145.7 0.6 0.6 0.6 4.0 2.7 2.6

Middle Atlantic

 138.0 140.6 141.5 0.7 0.8 0.6 3.0 2.6 2.5

South

 134.2 136.7 138.0 0.7 0.7 1.0 2.1 2.6 2.8

South Atlantic

 136.5 138.7 140.3 0.7 0.5 1.2 2.2 2.3 2.8

East South Central

 132.9 136.2 136.9 0.6 0.5 0.5 2.1 3.1 3.0

West South Central

 130.9 133.7 134.7 0.7 1.1 0.7 2.0 2.8 2.9

Midwest

 134.1 137.5 137.6 0.4 1.3 0.1 2.7 3.0 2.6

East North Central

 132.7 136.4 136.1 0.3 1.7 -0.2 2.9 3.1 2.6

West North Central

 137.6 140.1 141.3 0.7 0.5 0.9 2.4 2.6 2.7

West

 139.5 142.9 143.1 0.7 1.4 0.1 2.8 3.2 2.6

Mountain

 136.6 139.5 140.5 1.0 1.1 0.7 3.1 3.1 2.9

Pacific

 140.7 144.3 144.3 0.6 1.5 0.0 2.6 3.1 2.6

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: July 31, 2020