October 26, 2001 (The Editor’s Desk is updated each business day.)
Employment costs up 4.1 percent
Compensation costs for civilian workers rose
4.1 percent in the year ended September 2001, compared to an increase of
4.3 percent for the year ended in September 2000.
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Civilian worker wages and salaries rose 3.6 percent for the year ended
September 2001, after increasing 4.0 percent in the year ended September
2000.
Benefit costs for civilian workers increased 5.1 percent for the year
ended in September 2001, not much different from the increase of 5.3
percent in the previous year.
These data are from the BLS Employment
Cost Trends program. Compensation
costs (also known as employment costs) include wages, salaries, and
employer costs for employee benefits. Learn more in "Employment
Cost Index—September 2001,"
news release USDL 01-369.
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