EXPERIMENTAL SERIES

Table 3. Employment Cost Index for wages and salaries for 15 largest metropolitan areas, private industry, 2004–05
Metropolitan area Percent change for 12 months ending: Average annual change
Dec. 2004 Mar. 2005 June 2005 Sept. 2005 Dec. 2005

All Areas in the United States(1)

2.6 2.7 2.5 2.3 2.5 2.5

Atlanta, GA

4.1 1.0 -0.7 -0.8 -1.9 1.1

Boston-Worcester-Lawrence, MA-NH-ME-CT

2.7 2.5 3.1 2.2 2.9 2.8

Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI

1.7 0.8 2.5 3.4 5.5 3.6

Dallas-Fort Worth, TX

2.8 2.3 1.9 1.2 1.5 2.1

Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI

2.5 1.2 1.7 1.9 1.4 1.9

Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX

3.5 2.9 2.9 4.5 2.8 3.1

Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA

1.4 1.4 3.1 3.0 3.1 2.2

Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL

3.0 2.1 2.7 3.2 2.4 2.7

Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI

2.2 1.3 1.4 0.8 0.6 1.4

New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA

3.0 2.4 2.0 2.2 2.1 2.5

Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD

2.7 2.6 2.5 2.0 2.9 2.8

Phoenix-Mesa, AZ

2.2 3.7 4.6 4.8 5.4 3.7

San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA

1.5 2.8 2.4 0.8 0.8 1.2

Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA

4.7 1.5 2.3 2.6 3.7 4.2

Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV

3.8 3.7 3.4 3.2 3.0 3.4
 
Standard error

All Areas in the United States(1)

0.2 0.4 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.2

Atlanta, GA

1.1 0.8 0.9 1.4 1.2 0.4

Boston-Worcester-Lawrence, MA-NH-ME-CT

0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.2

Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI

0.3 0.7 0.2 0.3 0.7 0.4

Dallas-Fort Worth, TX

0.2 0.4 0.4 1.5 0.5 0.2

Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI

0.2 0.6 0.4 0.3 1.1 0.5

Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX

1.0 0.9 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.3

Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA

1.6 0.8 0.8 1.1 0.9 0.6

Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL

0.3 0.7 0.9 0.9 1.0 0.5

Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI

0.2 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.3

New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA

0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2

Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD

0.3 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.3 0.2

Phoenix-Mesa, AZ

1.0 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.4

San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA

0.7 1.0 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.6

Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA

0.7 0.2 0.2 0.6 0.5 0.4

Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV

0.3 0.3 0.3 0.8 0.9 0.6

Footnotes:
(1) Includes all metropolitan areas and nonmetropolitan counties in the 50 States and the District of Columbia.