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Miami area compensation costs up 5.5 percent over the year ended December 2023
February 09, 2024
For the nation as a whole, total compensation costs for private industry workers increased 4.1 percent over the year ended December 2023. Among the nation's 15 largest metropolitan areas, costs increased 5.5 percent in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Port St. Lucie, Florida, and 5.2 percent in Houston-The Woodlands, Texas, during 2023.
12-month percent change in employee compensation, private industry, selected metropolitan areas, March 2019–December 2023
Month
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Port St. Lucie, FL
Houston-The Woodlands, TX
Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA
Philadelphia-Reading-Camden, PA-NJ-DE-MD
Washington-Baltimore-Arlington, DC-MD-VA-WV-PA
New York-Newark, NY-NJ-CT-PA
Chicago-Naperville, IL-IN-WI
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ
Mar 2019
2.5
1.4
3.5
1.9
2.6
3.9
2.6
3.1
Jun 2019
1.6
1.4
3.4
1.4
2.2
3.9
2.3
3.4
Sep 2019
2.2
1.7
3.7
1.7
2.4
3.8
2.3
3.6
Dec 2019
2.3
1.9
3.4
2.3
2.8
3.8
2.4
3.3
Mar 2020
1.9
2.8
3.5
2.3
3.0
2.5
3.2
3.7
Jun 2020
1.8
2.7
3.5
2.2
3.6
2.2
2.8
3.7
Sep 2020
1.5
2.2
2.7
2.5
3.6
1.9
2.4
3.3
Dec 2020
1.5
2.7
3.7
2.8
3.6
1.8
2.8
3.8
Mar 2021
3.4
1.1
4.2
2.4
3.9
2.9
3.1
3.6
Jun 2021
2.4
1.7
4.5
2.8
3.7
2.3
2.7
3.7
Sep 2021
4.1
2.3
5.5
3.3
4.2
3.7
4.0
4.6
Dec 2021
5.2
3.5
4.8
3.8
4.0
3.9
4.0
4.9
Mar 2022
4.3
4.5
5.2
4.5
3.5
4.0
3.9
5.5
Jun 2022
6.3
5.5
5.6
4.0
4.2
5.2
5.3
5.5
Sep 2022
6.7
5.4
5.8
4.4
4.4
4.7
4.8
5.5
Dec 2022
6.3
3.1
5.7
4.1
4.3
5.1
4.4
4.4
Mar 2023
6.1
3.5
4.7
5.7
5.5
4.6
3.8
4.6
Jun 2023
5.8
3.3
5.0
5.8
5.2
4.6
4.1
3.9
Sep 2023
5.2
4.3
4.6
5.2
5.2
4.7
4.2
3.5
Dec 2023
5.5
5.2
4.5
4.4
4.4
4.2
4.1
4.1
12-month percent change in employee compensation, private industry, selected metropolitan areas, March 2019–December 2023 (continued)
Month
Atlanta-Athens-Clarke County-Sandy Springs, GA
Detroit-Warren-Ann Arbor, MI
Seattle-Tacoma, WA
Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI
Dallas-Fort Worth, TX
Boston-Worcester-Providence, MA-RI-NH-CT
San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA
Mar 2019
2.3
1.9
-0.2
2.7
2.8
2.5
3.0
Jun 2019
2.5
2.7
-0.4
3.0
2.2
2.7
2.6
Sep 2019
3.3
2.8
2.4
3.1
2.3
2.7
2.4
Dec 2019
3.1
2.9
1.4
2.5
2.6
3.5
2.6
Mar 2020
3.6
2.7
2.1
3.1
2.9
3.5
3.7
Jun 2020
3.3
2.3
2.3
2.6
3.5
4.0
2.9
Sep 2020
2.5
2.7
2.6
1.6
3.1
3.4
3.5
Dec 2020
2.9
3.1
3.1
1.6
3.4
3.3
3.5
Mar 2021
2.3
3.1
2.5
2.1
3.0
2.9
2.2
Jun 2021
2.4
2.7
2.1
2.4
3.1
3.1
3.1
Sep 2021
2.3
2.6
5.2
3.4
3.5
3.7
3.0
Dec 2021
2.5
3.3
6.3
4.4
3.6
4.2
2.8
Mar 2022
3.3
4.6
7.8
5.1
4.5
5.6
3.6
Jun 2022
4.3
4.8
8.7
5.6
5.4
5.8
4.5
Sep 2022
5.0
5.6
3.0
5.7
5.3
5.6
4.5
Dec 2022
4.4
4.9
3.2
4.9
5.5
5.5
4.6
Mar 2023
5.1
4.1
2.6
4.0
5.2
3.9
4.4
Jun 2023
4.3
4.3
1.9
4.0
4.1
3.8
4.3
Sep 2023
4.0
3.7
4.3
3.6
3.6
4.1
3.3
Dec 2023
3.8
3.8
3.8
3.6
3.5
3.1
2.7
Note: These data are not seasonally adjusted.
Private industry compensation costs were up by 4.5 percent over the year in Los Angeles-Long Beach, California, and 4.4 percent in Philadelphia-Reading-Camden, PA-NJ-DE-MD and Washington-Baltimore-Arlington, DC-MD-VA-WV-PA.
Among the largest over-the-year changes in compensation costs since 2019 were increases of 8.7 percent (June 2022) and 7.8 percent (March 2022) in Seattle-Tacoma, Washington. The Seattle area also had a change that was among the smallest over the period, with costs 0.4 percent lower over the year from June 2018 to June 2019.
United States Department of Labor
