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Compensation costs for private industry workers increased 2.1 percent in the Detroit-Warren-Ann Arbor, MI Combined Statistical Area (CSA) for the year ending in June 2025, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Acting Regional Commissioner Julie Wilson noted that one year ago, Detroit experienced an annual gain of 5.4 percent in compensation costs. (See chart 1 and table 1.) Nationwide, compensation costs rose 3.5 percent in June 2025.
Locally, wages and salaries, the largest component of compensation costs, advanced at a 3.5-percent pace for the 12-month period ended June 2025. (See chart 2.) Nationwide, wages and salaries rose 3.5 percent over the same period.
Detroit is 1 of 15 metropolitan areas in the United States and 1 of 3 areas in the Midwest region of the country for which locality compensation cost data are available. Among these 15 largest areas, over-the-year percentage changes in compensation costs ranged from 5.3 percent in Minneapolis-St. Paul to 2.1 percent in Detroit-Warren-Ann Arbor in June 2025; for wages and salaries, Minneapolis registered the largest increase (5.7 percent), and Washington-Baltimore-Arlington registered the smallest (2.1 percent). (See chart 3.)
The annual increase in compensation costs in Detroit was 2.1 percent in June 2025, compared to 5.3 percent in Minneapolis-St. Paul and 3.6 percent in Chicago-Naperville, the two other metropolitan areas in the Midwest. Detroit’s 3.5-percent gain in wages and salaries over this 12-month period compared to 5.7 percent in Minneapolis and 3.6 percent in Chicago. (See table 2.)
The Employment Cost Index for September 2025 is scheduled to be released on Friday, October 31, 2025, at 8:30 a.m. (ET).
Effective with the release of June 2025 ECI data, BLS started publishing index levels to three decimal places. Percent changes based on these more precise indexes will continue to be published to one decimal place.
Area definitions have been updated with this release based on Office of Management and Budget Bulletin No. 23-01, dated July 21, 2023. See the Tracking Wage Growth in American Cities page for more information on available geographies and their historical timelines.
Locality compensation costs are part of the national Employment Cost Index (ECI), which measures quarterly changes in compensation costs (wages and salaries and employer costs for employee benefits) free from the influence of employment shifts among occupations and industries. More information can be found in the national Employment Cost Index Technical Note. For information on survey concepts, coverage, methods, nonresponse adjustment, and imputation see the National Compensation Measures Handbook of Methods.
In addition to the data presented here, ECI national data by industry, occupational group, and union status, as well as data for civilian, private, and state and local government employees, are available on the Employment Cost Index website. The national Employment Cost Index Summary is also available online. Additional information for regions, states, and local areas may be accessed via our Midwest Information Office regional homepage.
The substate area data published in this news release reflect the Office of Management and Budget Bulletin No. 23-01, dated July 21, 2023. See the Tracking Wage Growth in American Cities page for more information on available geographies and their historical timelines.
The Detroit-Warren-Ann Arbor, MI Combined Statistical Area (CSA) includes Genesee, Lapeer, Lenawee, Livingston, Macomb, Monroe, Oakland, St. Clair, Washtenaw, and Wayne Counties in Michigan.
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Area | Total compensation (%) | Wages and salaries (%) | ||||||
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Mar. | Jun. | Sep. | Dec. | Mar. | Jun. | Sep. | Dec. | |
United States | ||||||||
2021 | 2.8 | 3.1 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 4.6 | 5.0 |
2022 | 4.8 | 5.5 | 5.2 | 5.1 | 5.0 | 5.7 | 5.2 | 5.1 |
2023 | 4.8 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 5.1 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.3 |
2024 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 3.7 |
2025 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 3.5 | ||||
Midwest | ||||||||
2021 | 2.3 | 3.1 | 3.8 | 4.6 | 2.2 | 3.3 | 4.1 | 5.1 |
2022 | 5.1 | 5.7 | 5.8 | 5.0 | 5.5 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 5.0 |
2023 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 4.0 |
2024 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.3 |
2025 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 3.2 | 3.7 | ||||
Detroit-Warren-Ann Arbor | ||||||||
2021 | 3.1 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 3.3 | 2.5 | 2.8 | 2.7 | 3.7 |
2022 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 5.6 | 4.9 | 5.1 | 4.9 | 5.0 | 4.1 |
2023 | 4.1 | 4.3 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.3 |
2024 | 3.4 | 5.4 | 5.0 | 4.5 | 3.6 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 3.8 |
2025 | 4.6 | 2.1 | 3.8 | 3.5 |
Area | Total compensation (%) | Wages and salaries (%) | ||||
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Jun. 2024 | Mar. 2025 | Jun. 2025 | Jun. 2024 | Mar. 2025 | Jun. 2025 | |
United States | 3.9 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 3.5 |
Northeast | 3.5 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 3.6 |
Boston-Worcester-Providence | 3.1 | 3.6 | 3.0 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 2.8 |
New York-Newark | 3.8 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 4.0 | 3.2 | 3.1 |
Philadelphia-Reading-Camden | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 3.9 |
South | 3.7 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 3.9 | 3.3 | 3.5 |
Atlanta-Athens-Clarke County-Sandy Springs | 4.4 | 3.6 | 3.2 | 5.4 | 3.7 | 3.2 |
Dallas-Fort Worth | 3.9 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 4.5 | 3.4 |
Houston-Pasadena | 5.2 | 7.5 | 4.9 | 5.1 | 4.8 | 5.5 |
Miami-Port St. Lucie-Fort Lauderdale | 5.6 | 1.1 | 3.0 | 6.6 | 1.2 | 2.7 |
Washington-Baltimore-Arlington | 4.3 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 4.9 | 2.5 | 2.1 |
Midwest | 3.6 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 3.2 | 3.7 |
Chicago-Naperville | 3.7 | 3.2 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 3.1 | 3.6 |
Detroit-Warren-Ann Arbor | 5.4 | 4.6 | 2.1 | 4.6 | 3.8 | 3.5 |
Minneapolis-St. Paul | 4.2 | 5.7 | 5.3 | 4.3 | 5.7 | 5.7 |
West | 4.6 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 4.9 | 3.5 | 3.4 |
Los Angeles-Long Beach | 4.3 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.1 |
Phoenix-Mesa | 3.3 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 3.0 |
San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland | 4.8 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 5.2 | 3.5 | 3.1 |
Seattle-Tacoma | 4.3 | 5.8 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 5.6 | 4.6 |
Last Modified Date: Friday, August 08, 2025