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Total compensation costs for private industry workers increased 3.0 percent in the Dallas-Fort Worth, TX-OK Consolidated Statistical Area (CSA) for the year ending in March 2021, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Regional Commissioner Michael Hirniak noted that one year ago, Dallas-Fort Worth experienced an annual gain of 2.9 percent in compensation costs. Locally, wages and salaries, the largest component of total compensation costs, advanced at a 2.3-percent pace for the 12-month period ending in March 2021. Nationwide, total compensation costs rose 2.8 percent, and wages and salaries rose 3.0 percent during the latest period. (See chart 1 and table 1.)
Dallas is 1 of 15 metropolitan areas in the United States and 1 of 5 areas in the South region of the country for which locality compensation data are available. Among these 15 largest areas, over-the-year percentage changes in total compensation costs ranged from 4.2 percent in Los Angeles to 1.1 percent in Houston in March 2021. Similarly, for wages and salaries, Los Angeles registered the largest annual increase (4.8 percent) among the 15 areas, while Houston registered the smallest (1.1 percent). (See chart 2.)
The annual increase in total compensation costs in Dallas-Fort Worth in March 2021, at 3.0 percent, compared to advances ranging from 3.9 percent to 1.1 percent in the four other metropolitan areas in the South (Atlanta, Houston, Miami, and Washington). Dallas-Fort Worth's 2.3-percent gain in wages and salaries over this 12-month period compared to rates ranging from 4.0 percent to 1.1 percent in the four other southern localities. (See table 2.)
Locality compensation costs are part of the national Employment Cost Index (ECI), which measures quarterly changes in total compensation costs, including wages, salaries, and employer costs for employee benefits. In addition to the 15 local estimates provided in this release, ECI data for the nation, 4 geographical regions, and 9 geographical divisions are available. (Geographical definitions for the metropolitan areas mentioned in this release are included in the Technical Note.)
In addition to the geographic data, a comprehensive national report is available that provides data by industry, occupational group, and union status, as well as for both private, and state and local government employees. The release is available at www.bls.gov/ncs/ect/home.htm. Current and historical information from other Bureau programs may be accessed via our regional homepage at www.bls.gov/regions/southwest.
The Employment Cost Index for June 2021 is scheduled for release on Friday, July 30, 2021, at 8:30 a.m. (ET).
Response rates for March were comparable with prior releases and no changes in estimation procedures were necessary. Additional information is available at www.bls.gov/bls/effects-of-covid-19-on-workplace-injuries-and-illnesses-compensation-and-occupational-requirements.htm#ECI.
The Employment Cost Index (ECI) measures the change in the cost of labor, free from the influence of employment shifts among occupations and industries. For information on survey concepts, coverage, methods, nonresponse adjustment, and imputation see National Compensation Measures Handbook of Methods at www.bls.gov/opub/hom/ncs/home.htm.
Wages and salaries are defined as straight-time average hourly earnings or, for workers not paid on an hourly basis, straight-time earnings divided by the corresponding hours. Straight-time wage and salary rates are total earnings before payroll deductions, excluding premium pay for overtime, work on weekends and holidays, and shift differentials. Production bonuses, incentive earnings, commission payments, and cost-of-living adjustments are included in straight-time earnings, whereas nonproduction bonuses or those not directly tied to production (such as end-of-year and profit-sharing bonuses) are excluded. Also excluded are such items as payments-in-kind, free room and board, and tips.
The metropolitan area definitions of the 15 published localities are listed below.
Atlanta-Athens-Clarke County-Sandy Springs, GA Combined Statistical Area (CSA) includes Barrow, Bartow, Butts, Carroll, Cherokee, Clarke, Clayton, Cobb, Coweta, Dawson, DeKalb, Douglas, Fayette, Forsyth, Fulton, Gordon, Gwinnett, Hall, Haralson, Heard, Henry, Jackson, Jasper, Lamar, Madison, Meriwether, Morgan, Newton, Oconee, Oglethorpe, Paulding, Pickens, Pike, Polk, Rockdale, Spalding, Troup, Upson, and Walton Counties in Georgia.
Boston-Worcester-Providence, MA-RI-NH-CT CSA includes Barnstable, Bristol, Essex, Middlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk, and Worcester Counties in Massachusetts; Bristol, Kent, Newport, Providence, and Washington in Rhode Island; Belknap, Hillsborough, Merrimack, Rockingham, and Strafford Counties in New Hampshire; and Windham County in Connecticut.
Chicago-Naperville, IL-IN-WI CSA includes Bureau, Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Grundy, Kane, Kankakee, Kendall, Lake, La Salle, McHenry, Putnam and Will Counties in Illinois; Jasper, Lake, LaPorte, Newton, and Porter Counties in Indiana; and Kenosha County in Wisconsin.
Dallas-Fort Worth, TX-OK CSA includes Collin, Cooke, Dallas, Denton, Ellis, Grayson, Henderson, Hood, Hopkins, Hunt, Johnson, Kaufman, Navarro, Palo Pinto, Parker, Rockwall, Somervell, Tarrant, and Wise Counties in Texas and Bryan County in Oklahoma.
Detroit-Warren-Ann Arbor, MI CSA includes Genesee, Lapeer, Lenawee, Livingston, Macomb, Monroe, Oakland, St. Clair, Washtenaw, and Wayne Counties in Michigan.
Houston-The Woodlands, TX CSA includes Austin, Brazoria, Chambers, Fort Bend, Galveston, Harris, Liberty, Matagorda, Montgomery, Trinity, Walker, Waller, Washington and Wharton Counties in Texas.
Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA CSA includes Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, and Ventura Counties in California.
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Port St. Lucie, FL CSA includes Broward, Indian River, Martin, Miami-Dade, Okeechobee, Palm Beach and St. Lucie Counties in Florida.
Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI CSA includes Anoka, Benton, Carver, Chisago, Dakota, Goodhue, Hennepin, Isanti, Le Sueur, McLeod, Mille Lacs, Ramsey, Rice, Scott, Sherburne, Sibley, Stearns, Washington, and Wright Counties in Minnesota; and Pierce and St. Croix Counties in Wisconsin.
New York-Newark, NY-NJ-CT-PA CSA includes Bronx, Dutchess, Kings, Nassau, New York, Orange, Putnam, Queens, Richmond, Rockland, Suffolk, Ulster, and Westchester Counties in New York; Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Morris, Ocean, Passaic, Somerset, Sussex, Union and Warren Counties in New Jersey; Fairfield, Litchfield, and New Haven Counties in Connecticut; and Carbon, Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton, and Pike Counties in Pennsylvania.
Philadelphia-Reading-Camden, PA-NJ-DE-MD CSA includes Berks, Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, and Philadelphia Counties in Pennsylvania; Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester, and Salem Counties in New Jersey; Kent and New Castle Counties in Delaware; and Cecil County in Maryland.
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) includes Maricopa and Pinal Counties in Arizona.
San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA CSA includes Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Benito, San Francisco, San Joaquin, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Solano, and Sonoma Counties in California.
Seattle-Tacoma, WA CSA includes Island, King, Kitsap, Lewis, Mason, Pierce, Skagit, Snohomish, and Thurston Counties in Washington.
Washington-Baltimore-Arlington, DC-MD-VA-WV-PA CSA includes the District of Columbia; Baltimore city and Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Calvert, Carroll, Charles, Dorchester, Frederick, Harford, Howard, Montgomery, Prince George's, Queen Anne's, St. Mary's, Talbot, and Washington Counties in Maryland; Alexandria, Fairfax, Falls Church, Fredericksburg, Manassas, Manassas Park, and Winchester cities and Arlington, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Frederick, Loudoun, Prince William, Rappahannock, Spotsylvania, Stafford, and Warren Counties in Virginia; Berkeley, Hampshire, and Jefferson Counties in West Virginia; and Franklin County in Pennsylvania.
Definitions of the four Census regions of the country are noted below.
Northeast: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont.
South: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia.
Midwest: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin.
West: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.
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Area | Total compensation | Wages and salaries | ||||||
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12-month percent changes for period ended- | 12-month percent changes for period ended- | |||||||
Mar. | Jun. | Sep. | Dec. | Mar. | Jun. | Sep. | Dec. | |
United States | ||||||||
2017 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 2.8 |
2018 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 3.0 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 3.1 |
2019 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 |
2020 | 2.8 | 2.7 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 3.3 | 2.9 | 2.7 | 2.8 |
2021 | 2.8 | 3.0 | ||||||
South | ||||||||
2017 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 2.0 | 2.4 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 2.1 | 2.7 |
2018 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 2.7 | 2.7 |
2019 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2.8 | 2.8 |
2020 | 2.6 | 2.8 | 2.3 | 2.6 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 2.5 | 2.8 |
2021 | 3.1 | 3.4 | ||||||
Dallas-Fort Worth | ||||||||
2017 | 2.2 | 2.4 | 1.4 | 2.4 | 2.8 | 3.1 | 1.9 | 3.2 |
2018 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 2.8 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 1.8 | 2.5 | 2.0 |
2019 | 2.8 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.6 | 2.9 | 2.7 | 3.0 | 3.4 |
2020 | 2.9 | 3.5 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 2.4 | 2.8 |
2021 | 3.0 | 2.3 |
Area | Total compensation | Wages and salaries | ||||
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12-month percent changes for period ended- | 12-month percent changes for period ended- | |||||
Mar. 2020 | Dec. 2020 | Mar. 2021 | Mar. 2020 | Dec. 2020 | Mar. 2021 | |
United States | 2.8 | 2.6 | 2.8 | 3.3 | 2.8 | 3.0 |
Northeast | 2.6 | 2.3 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 2.4 | 3.4 |
Boston-Worcester-Providence | 3.5 | 3.3 | 2.9 | 4.0 | 3.2 | 2.9 |
New York-Newark | 2.5 | 1.8 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 1.8 | 3.1 |
Philadelphia-Reading-Camden | 2.3 | 2.8 | 2.4 | 2.9 | 3.7 | 3.0 |
South | 2.6 | 2.6 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 2.8 | 3.4 |
Atlanta-Athens-Clarke County-Sandy Springs | 3.6 | 2.9 | 2.3 | 4.3 | 3.4 | 2.9 |
Dallas-Fort Worth | 2.9 | 3.4 | 3.0 | 3.7 | 2.8 | 2.3 |
Houston-The Woodlands | 2.8 | 2.7 | 1.1 | 2.8 | 3.0 | 1.1 |
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Port St. Lucie | 1.9 | 1.5 | 3.4 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 4.0 |
Washington-Baltimore-Arlington | 3.0 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 3.9 | 4.0 |
Midwest | 3.0 | 2.5 | 2.3 | 3.5 | 2.6 | 2.2 |
Chicago-Naperville | 3.2 | 2.8 | 3.1 | 3.8 | 3.2 | 3.3 |
Detroit-Warren-Ann Arbor | 2.7 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.7 | 2.9 | 2.5 |
Minneapolis-St. Paul | 3.1 | 1.6 | 2.1 | 3.6 | 1.8 | 2.4 |
West | 3.2 | 3.0 | 2.7 | 3.6 | 3.2 | 2.8 |
Los Angeles-Long Beach | 3.5 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 4.8 |
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale | 3.7 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 3.4 |
San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland | 3.7 | 3.5 | 2.2 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 2.1 |
Seattle-Tacoma | 2.1 | 3.1 | 2.5 | 3.3 | 4.1 | 2.6 |
Last Modified Date: Friday, April 30, 2021