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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
Mar.
2025		 Dec.
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2025		 Dec.
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2026		 Mar.
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2026

Bargaining status

Union

 173.4 179.043 180.432 1.0 0.8 0.8 4.5 4.3 4.1

Goods-producing industries(1)

 161.9 167.569 168.726 1.0 0.7 0.7 4.3 4.5 4.2

Manufacturing

 161.3 166.946 169.171 1.1 0.9 1.3 4.1 4.6 4.9

Service-providing industries(2)

 180.5 186.030 187.541 1.2 0.8 0.8 4.6 4.3 3.9

Nonunion

 171.8 175.661 177.483 1.0 0.4 1.0 3.2 3.3 3.3

Goods-producing industries(1)

 169.0 172.847 174.083 1.3 0.5 0.7 3.1 3.6 3.0

Manufacturing

 169.1 172.735 174.408 1.1 0.4 1.0 3.2 3.2 3.1

Service-providing industries(2)

 172.5 176.315 178.251 1.0 0.4 1.1 3.3 3.2 3.3

Census region and division(3)

Northeast

 172.0 175.803 177.438 1.2 0.5 0.9 3.6 3.4 3.2

New England

 177.5 182.264 184.972 1.1 0.7 1.5 3.0 3.8 4.2

Middle Atlantic

 169.9 173.350 174.576 1.2 0.4 0.7 3.7 3.2 2.8

South

 170.6 174.700 176.504 1.1 0.5 1.0 3.3 3.6 3.5

South Atlantic

 174.5 178.633 180.499 0.9 0.6 1.0 3.1 3.3 3.4

East South Central

 168.8 173.308 175.417 1.3 0.5 1.2 4.1 4.0 3.9

West South Central

 164.9 168.928 170.490 1.4 0.2 0.9 3.2 3.9 3.4

Midwest

 167.5 171.103 173.190 1.3 0.4 1.2 3.2 3.4 3.4

East North Central

 165.5 169.337 171.359 1.1 0.4 1.2 2.9 3.4 3.5

West North Central

 172.2 175.263 177.491 1.7 0.3 1.3 3.9 3.5 3.1

West

 178.2 182.393 184.020 0.7 0.4 0.9 3.5 3.0 3.3

Mountain

 176.5 179.880 181.101 1.0 0.5 0.7 3.6 2.9 2.6

Pacific

 179.1 183.677 185.502 0.5 0.4 1.0 3.4 3.1 3.6

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: April 30, 2026