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Southeast - Employment Cost Index

 
Employment Cost Index for private industry workers, not seasonally adjusted (December 2005=100)
Area(1)
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data		 Sep
2025		 Jun
2026		 Sep
2026		 Percent change to
Sep 2026 from-
Sep 2025 Jun 2026

Total compensation

United States

 172.307 176.876 178.086 3.4 0.7

Northeast

 173.419 177.528 178.558 3.0 0.6

New England

 177.071 180.429 181.112 2.3 0.4

Middle Atlantic

 172.094 176.492 177.655 3.2 0.7

South

 169.977 174.528 175.550 3.3 0.6

South Atlantic

 173.204 178.055 179.244 3.5 0.7

East South Central

 169.684 174.788 175.681 3.5 0.5

West South Central

 164.836 168.605 169.372 2.8 0.5

Midwest

 168.730 172.904 174.094 3.2 0.7

East North Central

 167.293 171.624 172.992 3.4 0.8

West North Central

 172.137 175.991 176.817 2.7 0.5

West

 178.045 183.382 185.016 3.9 0.9

Mountain

 175.033 179.733 180.565 3.2 0.5

Pacific

 179.483 185.121 187.135 4.3 1.1

Wages and salaries only

United States

 175.109 179.304 180.575 3.1 0.7

Northeast

 174.933 178.404 179.504 2.6 0.6

New England

 180.955 183.678 184.380 1.9 0.4

Middle Atlantic

 172.647 176.404 177.655 2.9 0.7

South

 173.897 178.348 179.354 3.1 0.6

South Atlantic

 177.619 182.405 183.610 3.4 0.7

East South Central

 172.365 177.533 178.364 3.5 0.5

West South Central

 168.579 172.104 172.818 2.5 0.4

Midwest

 170.498 174.496 175.826 3.1 0.8

East North Central

 168.722 172.860 174.435 3.4 0.9

West North Central

 174.675 178.399 179.226 2.6 0.5

West

 181.576 186.199 187.925 3.5 0.9

Mountain

 178.935 183.471 184.214 3.0 0.4

Pacific

 182.922 187.589 189.803 3.8 1.2

Footnotes
(1) Northeast Region: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont.

New England Division: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont.
Middle Atlantic Division: New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania.

South Region: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi,
North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia.

South Atlantic Division: Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia.
East South Central Division: Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, and Tennessee.
West South Central Division: Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas.

Midwest: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin.

East North Central Division: Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin.
West North Central Division: Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota.

West: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.

Mountain Division: Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming.
Pacific Division: Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon, and Washington.

Source: Employment Cost Trends

The Employment Cost Index (ECI) is a quarterly measure of changes in total labor costs and their wage-and-salary and benefits components.