Southwest - Employment Cost Index

 

Employment Cost Index for private industry workers, not seasonally adjusted (December 2005=100)
Area (1)
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Total compensation

  

United States
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 115.0 116.9 117.2 1.9 0.3

Northeast
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 116.1 117.6 117.9 1.6 0.3

New England
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 116.3 118.1 118.5 1.9 0.3

Middle Atlantic
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 116.0 117.5 117.6 1.4 0.1

South
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 115.0 117.3 117.8 2.4 0.4

South Atlantic
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 115.4 117.9 118.4 2.6 0.4

East South Central
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 113.2 115.4 115.9 2.4 0.4

West South Central
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 115.0 117.1 117.7 2.3 0.5

Midwest
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 113.9 115.7 115.9 1.8 0.2

East North Central
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 113.2 114.7 114.8 1.4 0.1

West North Central
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 115.6 118.3 118.7 2.7 0.3

West
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 115.1 116.9 116.9 1.6 0.0

Mountain
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 115.3 116.5 115.7 0.3 -0.7

Pacific
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 115.1 117.1 117.4 2.0 0.3

Wages and salaries only

  

United States
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 114.6 116.4 116.6 1.7 0.2

Northeast
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 115.3 116.7 117.0 1.5 0.3

New England
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 116.0 117.8 118.2 1.9 0.3

Middle Atlantic
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 115.0 116.4 116.5 1.3 0.1

South
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 115.2 117.3 117.8 2.3 0.4

South Atlantic
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 115.6 118.0 118.5 2.5 0.4

East South Central
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 113.5 114.9 115.4 1.7 0.4

West South Central
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 115.2 117.1 117.7 2.2 0.5

Midwest
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 112.9 114.7 115.0 1.9 0.3

East North Central
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 111.9 113.4 113.5 1.4 0.1

West North Central
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 115.4 118.0 118.5 2.7 0.4

West
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 114.9 116.5 116.4 1.3 -0.1

Mountain
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 115.2 116.3 115.2 0.0 -0.9

Pacific
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 114.9 116.7 117.0 1.8 0.3

Footnotes
(1) Northeast Region: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont.

New England Division: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont.
Middle Atlantic Division: New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania.

South Region: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi,
North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia.

South Atlantic Division: Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia.
East South Central Division: Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, and Tennessee.
West South Central Division: Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas.

Midwest: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin.

East North Central Division: Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin.
West North Central Division: Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota.

West: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.

Mountain Division: Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming.
Pacific Division: Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon, and Washington.

SOURCE: Employment Cost Trends

The Employment Cost Index (ECI) is a quarterly measure of changes in total labor costs and their wage-and-salary and benefits components.

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