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
	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	169.5	175.910	177.625	0.8	1.4	1.0	6.4	4.6	4.8
Goods-producing industries(1)	158.6	164.434	166.394	1.0	1.6	1.2	5.1	4.7	4.9
Manufacturing	157.4	163.626	165.489	0.8	1.4	1.1	5.6	4.8	5.1
Service-providing industries(2)	176.1	182.900	184.481	0.7	1.3	0.9	7.1	4.6	4.8
Nonunion	169.1	173.716	174.939	0.7	1.1	0.7	3.6	3.5	3.5
Goods-producing industries(1)	165.8	170.816	171.988	0.7	1.1	0.7	3.4	3.8	3.7
Manufacturing	166.4	171.061	172.077	0.7	1.2	0.6	3.8	3.5	3.4
Service-providing industries(2)	169.8	174.385	175.619	0.7	1.1	0.7	3.5	3.4	3.4
Census region and division(3)
Northeast	168.8	173.709	174.933	0.7	1.0	0.7	3.4	3.6	3.6
New England	174.4	179.509	180.955	0.3	1.1	0.8	2.5	3.2	3.8
Middle Atlantic	166.6	171.503	172.647	0.8	0.9	0.7	3.7	3.8	3.6
South	167.6	172.371	173.897	0.7	1.0	0.9	3.4	3.5	3.8
South Atlantic	171.7	176.352	177.619	0.6	1.1	0.7	3.4	3.4	3.4
East South Central	165.3	170.862	172.365	0.6	1.2	0.9	3.2	4.0	4.3
West South Central	161.7	166.564	168.579	0.6	1.0	1.2	3.3	3.6	4.3
Midwest	164.8	169.518	170.498	0.8	1.2	0.6	3.7	3.7	3.5
East North Central	163.3	167.669	168.722	0.7	1.3	0.6	3.6	3.4	3.3
West North Central	168.3	173.860	174.675	0.8	1.0	0.5	3.9	4.1	3.8
West	175.7	180.391	181.576	0.7	1.2	0.7	4.6	3.4	3.3
Mountain	173.9	178.020	178.935	0.9	0.9	0.5	4.6	3.3	2.9
Pacific	176.7	181.622	182.922	0.6	1.4	0.7	4.7	3.4	3.5
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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