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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
Dec.
2024		 Sep.
2025		 Dec.
2025		 3-months ended- 12-months ended-
Dec.
2024		 Sep.
2025		 Dec.
2025		 Dec.
2024		 Sep.
2025		 Dec.
2025

Bargaining status

Union

 171.6 177.625 179.043 1.2 1.0 0.8 5.5 4.8 4.3

Goods-producing industries(1)

 160.3 166.394 167.569 1.1 1.2 0.7 4.8 4.9 4.5

Manufacturing

 159.6 165.489 166.946 1.4 1.1 0.9 5.0 5.1 4.6

Service-providing industries(2)

 178.4 184.481 186.030 1.3 0.9 0.8 5.7 4.8 4.3

Nonunion

 170.1 174.939 175.661 0.6 0.7 0.4 3.5 3.5 3.3

Goods-producing industries(1)

 166.8 171.988 172.847 0.6 0.7 0.5 3.2 3.7 3.6

Manufacturing

 167.3 172.077 172.735 0.5 0.6 0.4 3.7 3.4 3.2

Service-providing industries(2)

 170.8 175.619 176.315 0.6 0.7 0.4 3.6 3.4 3.2

Census region and division(3)

Northeast

 170.0 174.933 175.803 0.7 0.7 0.5 3.5 3.6 3.4

New England

 175.6 180.955 182.264 0.7 0.8 0.7 2.9 3.8 3.8

Middle Atlantic

 167.9 172.647 173.350 0.8 0.7 0.4 3.6 3.6 3.2

South

 168.7 173.897 174.700 0.7 0.9 0.5 3.4 3.8 3.6

South Atlantic

 172.9 177.619 178.633 0.7 0.7 0.6 3.6 3.4 3.3

East South Central

 166.7 172.365 173.308 0.8 0.9 0.5 3.3 4.3 4.0

West South Central

 162.6 168.579 168.928 0.6 1.2 0.2 3.2 4.3 3.9

Midwest

 165.4 170.498 171.103 0.4 0.6 0.4 3.3 3.5 3.4

East North Central

 163.7 168.722 169.337 0.2 0.6 0.4 3.1 3.3 3.4

West North Central

 169.4 174.675 175.263 0.7 0.5 0.3 3.9 3.8 3.5

West

 177.0 181.576 182.393 0.7 0.7 0.4 4.4 3.3 3.0

Mountain

 174.8 178.935 179.880 0.5 0.5 0.5 3.8 2.9 2.9

Pacific

 178.2 182.922 183.677 0.8 0.7 0.4 4.7 3.5 3.1

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: February 10, 2026