NCS News Releases

Employee Benefits in the United States

July 11, 2012
Medical care benefits were available to 57 percent of private industry workers in establishments with fewer than 100 employees compared to 89 percent of workers in establishments with 500 or more workers in March 2012. More...
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Employment Cost Index (ECI)

January 31, 2013
Wages and salaries rose 0.3 percent and benefit costs rose 0.6 percent for civilian workers, seasonally adjusted, from September to December 2012. Over the year, compensation rose 1.9 percent, wages and salaries 1.7 percent, and benefits 2.5 percent. More...
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Employer Costs for Employee Compensation (ECEC)

December 11, 2012
Employer costs for state and local government workers averaged $26.91 per hour worked for wages and salaries and $14.65 for benefits in September 2012. State and local government health benefit costs averaged $4.86 per hour worked in September 2012. More...
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Archived NCS News Releases

  • ECI Archives - Complete set of ECI news releases from 1976.
  • ECEC Archives - Complete set of ECEC news releases from 1986.
  • Employee Benefits—latest benefit news releases.
    • Employee Benefits in the United States, March 2011 (TXT) (PDF)
    • Employee Benefits in the United States, March 2010 (TXT) (PDF)
    • Health Plan Provision in State and Local Government in the United States, 2011 (PDF)
    • Employee Benefits in State and Local Government, September 2007 (HTML) (PDF)
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  • NCS Regional News Releases
  • ECI Regional News Releases