February 02, 2007 (The Editor’s Desk is updated each business day.)

Compensation costs in State and local government, September-December 2006

Compensation costs for State and local government workers increased 1.0 percent from September 2006 to December 2006, after increasing 1.4 percent for the quarter ended in September.

3-month percent changes in Employment Cost Index for State and local government, March 2005-December 2006
[Chart data—TXT]

Wages and salaries in State and local government advanced 0.8 percent during the September to December period, slowing from the 1.4-percent gain in the prior quarter.

Benefit costs for State and local government workers increased 1.4 percent in the December quarter, compared with the 1.5-percent gain in September.

These data are from the BLS Compensation Cost Trends program. For more information, see "Employment Cost Index – December 2006" (PDF) (TXT), news release 07-0158. 

 

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