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Table 10. Wages and salaries (not seasonally adjusted): Employment Cost Index for wages and salaries, for private industry workers, by bargaining status and Census region and division

Table 10. Employment Cost Index for wages and salaries, 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
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Bargaining status

Union

 175.910 180.432 182.192 1.4 0.8 1.0 4.6 4.1 3.6

Goods-producing industries(1)

 164.434 168.726 171.381 1.6 0.7 1.6 4.7 4.2 4.2

Manufacturing

 163.626 169.171 170.765 1.4 1.3 0.9 4.8 4.9 4.4

Service-providing industries(2)

 182.900 187.541 188.873 1.3 0.8 0.7 4.6 3.9 3.3

Nonunion

 173.716 177.483 179.105 1.1 1.0 0.9 3.5 3.3 3.1

Goods-producing industries(1)

 170.816 174.083 176.287 1.1 0.7 1.3 3.8 3.0 3.2

Manufacturing

 171.061 174.408 176.478 1.2 1.0 1.2 3.5 3.1 3.2

Service-providing industries(2)

 174.385 178.251 179.762 1.1 1.1 0.8 3.4 3.3 3.1

Census region and division(3)

Northeast

 173.709 177.438 178.404 1.0 0.9 0.5 3.6 3.2 2.7

New England

 179.509 184.972 183.678 1.1 1.5 -0.7 3.2 4.2 2.3

Middle Atlantic

 171.503 174.576 176.404 0.9 0.7 1.0 3.8 2.8 2.9

South

 172.371 176.504 178.348 1.0 1.0 1.0 3.5 3.5 3.5

South Atlantic

 176.352 180.499 182.405 1.1 1.0 1.1 3.4 3.4 3.4

East South Central

 170.862 175.417 177.533 1.2 1.2 1.2 4.0 3.9 3.9

West South Central

 166.564 170.490 172.104 1.0 0.9 0.9 3.6 3.4 3.3

Midwest

 169.518 173.190 174.496 1.2 1.2 0.8 3.7 3.4 2.9

East North Central

 167.669 171.359 172.860 1.3 1.2 0.9 3.4 3.5 3.1

West North Central

 173.860 177.491 178.399 1.0 1.3 0.5 4.1 3.1 2.6

West

 180.391 184.020 186.199 1.2 0.9 1.2 3.4 3.3 3.2

Mountain

 178.020 181.101 183.471 0.9 0.7 1.3 3.3 2.6 3.1

Pacific

 181.622 185.502 187.589 1.4 1.0 1.1 3.4 3.6 3.3

Footnotes
(1) Includes mining, construction, and manufacturing.
(2) 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.
(3) 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: August 03, 2026