Table 13. Compensation and wages and salaries (not seasonally adjusted): Employment Cost Index for total compensation, and wages and salaries, for private industry workers, by area

Table 13. Employment Cost Index for total compensation and wages and salaries, for private industry workers by area [Not seasonally adjusted]
Census region and metropolitan area(1)	Percent changes for 12-months ended-
	Total compensation(2)			Wages and salaries
	Jun. 2024	Mar. 2025	Jun. 2025	Jun. 2024	Mar. 2025	Jun. 2025
Northeast
Boston-Worcester-Providence, MA-RI-NH CSA	3.1	3.6	3.0	3.3	3.7	2.8
New York-Newark, NY-NJ-CT-PA CSA	3.8	3.0	3.1	4.0	3.2	3.1
Philadelphia-Reading-Camden, PA-NJ-DE-MD CSA	3.2	3.3	3.7	3.2	3.4	3.9
South
Atlanta-Athens-Clarke County-Sandy Springs, GA-AL CSA	4.4	3.6	3.2	5.4	3.7	3.2
Dallas-Fort Worth, TX-OK CSA	3.9	4.4	3.7	3.9	4.5	3.4
Houston-Pasadena, TX CSA	5.2	7.5	4.9	5.1	4.8	5.5
Miami-Port St. Lucie-Fort Lauderdale, FL CSA	5.6	1.1	3.0	6.6	1.2	2.7
Washington-Baltimore-Arlington, DC-MD-VA-WV-PA CSA	4.3	2.6	2.5	4.9	2.5	2.1
Midwest
Chicago-Naperville, IL-IN-WI CSA	3.7	3.2	3.6	3.5	3.1	3.6
Detroit-Warren-Ann Arbor, MI CSA	5.4	4.6	2.1	4.6	3.8	3.5
Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI CSA	4.2	5.7	5.3	4.3	5.7	5.7
West
Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA CSA	4.3	4.1	3.9	4.5	4.4	4.1
Phoenix-Mesa, AZ CSA	3.3	3.4	3.3	3.3	3.2	3.0
San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA CSA	4.8	3.8	3.3	5.2	3.5	3.1
Seattle-Tacoma, WA CSA	4.3	5.8	4.7	4.6	5.6	4.6
Footnotes (1) These areas include the 15 largest Combined Statistical Areas (CSAs) and Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs). Beginning with the June 2025 release, area definitions are based on Office of Management and Budget Bulletin No. 23-01, dated July 21, 2023. For more information on metropolitan area definitions, see www.bls.gov/eci/factsheets/eci-area-classification.htm. (2) Includes wages, salaries, and employer costs for employee benefits.
SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey

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