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

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-
Jun.
2017		 Mar.
2018		 Jun.
2018		 3-months ended- 12-months ended-
Jun.
2017		 Mar.
2018		 Jun.
2018		 Jun.
2017		 Mar.
2018		 Jun.
2018

Bargaining status

Union

 129.2 131.6 132.7 0.5 0.5 0.8 1.9 2.3 2.7

Goods-producing industries(1)

 126.1 127.9 129.1 0.7 0.2 0.9 2.3 2.2 2.4

Manufacturing

 123.6 125.7 126.3 0.7 0.4 0.5 2.3 2.4 2.2

Service-providing industries(2)

 131.5 134.2 135.3 0.4 0.7 0.8 1.8 2.4 2.9

Nonunion

 129.1 132.1 132.9 0.7 1.1 0.6 2.5 3.0 2.9

Goods-producing industries(1)

 128.3 131.0 132.0 0.6 0.9 0.8 2.4 2.7 2.9

Manufacturing

 128.9 131.4 132.4 0.6 0.8 0.8 2.4 2.6 2.7

Service-providing industries(2)

 129.3 132.4 133.1 0.7 1.2 0.5 2.5 3.1 2.9

Census region and division(3)

Northeast

 130.7 133.4 133.9 0.8 1.3 0.4 2.8 2.9 2.4

New England

 135.2 138.0 137.4 0.8 0.9 -0.4 1.8 2.9 1.6

Middle Atlantic

 129.1 131.7 132.5 0.9 1.5 0.6 3.1 2.9 2.6

South

 128.6 131.3 132.3 0.7 0.9 0.8 1.7 2.8 2.9

South Atlantic

 130.3 133.3 134.5 0.9 1.0 0.9 1.8 3.2 3.2

East South Central

 127.2 130.3 130.6 0.4 1.3 0.2 2.0 2.8 2.7

West South Central

 126.3 128.5 129.4 0.7 0.8 0.7 1.4 2.5 2.5

Midwest

 126.9 129.4 130.1 0.4 1.0 0.5 2.4 2.4 2.5

East North Central

 125.3 127.9 128.3 0.6 1.1 0.3 2.6 2.7 2.4

West North Central

 130.7 133.2 134.4 -0.2 0.8 0.9 2.0 1.7 2.8

West

 130.9 134.6 135.8 0.8 1.3 0.9 3.1 3.7 3.7

Mountain

 129.3 132.5 133.4 1.0 1.3 0.7 2.7 3.5 3.2

Pacific

 131.7 135.5 136.8 0.8 1.3 1.0 3.3 3.7 3.9

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: July 31, 2018