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June 1981

Employment Cost Index in 1980: a first look at total compensation

Patricia B. Smith

With the introduction of fringe benefits, the index increased 9.8 percent last year, as wages and salaries rose a record 9 percent; the addition of benefit cost data completes quarterly measure of compensation change

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