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
	Sep. 2024	Jun. 2025	Sep. 2025	3-months ended-			12-months ended-
	Sep. 2024	Jun. 2025	Sep. 2025	Sep. 2024	Jun. 2025	Sep. 2025	Sep. 2024	Jun. 2025	Sep. 2025
Bargaining status
Union	170.3	176.467	177.899	0.7	1.4	0.8	5.8	4.3	4.5
Goods-producing industries(2)	160.4	165.918	167.582	0.8	1.5	1.0	4.7	4.2	4.5
Manufacturing	154.1	160.052	161.560	0.5	1.4	0.9	5.5	4.3	4.8
Service-providing industries(3)	177.1	183.646	184.951	0.6	1.3	0.7	6.4	4.3	4.4
Nonunion	165.8	170.460	171.555	0.6	1.0	0.6	3.4	3.4	3.5
Goods-producing industries(2)	160.3	164.774	165.766	0.6	1.0	0.6	3.2	3.4	3.4
Manufacturing	162.1	166.358	167.202	0.5	1.1	0.5	3.5	3.1	3.1
Service-providing industries(3)	167.2	171.834	172.950	0.7	1.0	0.6	3.5	3.5	3.4
Census region and division(4)
Northeast	167.4	172.336	173.419	0.6	1.1	0.6	3.2	3.6	3.6
New England	170.9	175.828	177.071	0.3	1.1	0.7	2.5	3.2	3.6
Middle Atlantic	166.2	171.069	172.094	0.7	1.0	0.6	3.6	3.7	3.5
South	164.0	168.629	169.977	0.7	0.9	0.8	3.3	3.5	3.6
South Atlantic	167.6	172.048	173.204	0.7	1.0	0.7	3.3	3.4	3.3
East South Central	163.0	168.395	169.684	0.5	1.2	0.8	3.1	3.8	4.1
West South Central	158.4	163.105	164.836	0.6	0.5	1.1	3.3	3.6	4.1
Midwest	163.2	167.837	168.730	0.7	1.1	0.5	3.6	3.5	3.4
East North Central	162.0	166.325	167.293	0.6	1.2	0.6	3.6	3.3	3.3
West North Central	166.0	171.414	172.137	0.7	1.0	0.4	3.6	4.0	3.7
West	172.1	176.969	178.045	0.6	1.1	0.6	4.4	3.5	3.5
Mountain	169.9	174.179	175.033	0.8	0.9	0.5	4.3	3.3	3.0
Pacific	173.2	178.317	179.483	0.6	1.3	0.7	4.5	3.6	3.6
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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