EXPERIMENTAL SERIES

Table 1. Employment Cost Index for total compensation 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)

3.8 3.5 3.1 2.9 2.9 3.3

Atlanta, GA

5.2 1.9 0.2 0.3 -0.7 2.2

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

2.8 4.1 4.5 3.9 4.4 3.6

Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI

3.3 2.5 3.3 3.9 5.4 4.3

Dallas-Fort Worth, TX

4.0 2.8 2.3 1.7 1.9 2.9

Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI

5.1 1.9 2.0 2.2 1.4 3.2

Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX

4.7 3.5 3.4 5.1 3.6 4.2

Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA

3.0 2.4 3.6 3.5 3.4 3.2

Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL

3.7 2.7 3.2 3.5 2.4 3.1

Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI

2.8 2.7 2.6 2.2 2.1 2.4

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

4.1 3.4 3.0 3.1 3.1 3.6

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

3.4 3.7 3.4 3.5 4.2 3.8

Phoenix-Mesa, AZ

3.6 4.8 5.2 5.3 5.5 4.5

San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA

2.5 4.2 3.5 2.3 2.1 2.3

Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA

6.8 5.8 6.2 6.7 8.1 7.4

Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV

4.4 4.3 3.6 3.4 3.1 3.8
 
Standard error

All areas in the United States(1)

0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2

Atlanta, GA

0.9 0.7 0.7 1.1 0.9 0.3

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

0.8 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.4

Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI

0.3 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.6 0.3

Dallas-Fort Worth, TX

0.3 0.5 0.4 1.2 0.5 0.2

Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI

0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.9 0.4

Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX

0.8 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.4

Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA

1.5 0.9 0.7 0.9 0.8 0.6

Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL

0.3 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.9 0.4

Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI

0.3 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.2

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

0.3 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2

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

0.3 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.2

Phoenix-Mesa, AZ

0.8 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.3

San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA

0.7 0.8 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.6

Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA

0.4 0.3 0.2 0.4 0.5 0.3

Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV

0.4 0.2 0.2 0.6 0.8 0.6

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