February 02, 2007 (The Editor’s Desk is updated each business day.)
Compensation costs in State and local government, September-December 2006
Compensation costs for State and local government workers increased 1.0 percent from September 2006 to December 2006, after increasing 1.4 percent for the quarter ended in September.
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Wages and salaries in State and local government advanced 0.8 percent during the September to December period, slowing from the 1.4-percent gain in the prior quarter.
Benefit costs for State and local government workers increased 1.4 percent in the December quarter, compared with the 1.5-percent gain in September.
These data are from the BLS Compensation Cost Trends program. For more information, see
"Employment Cost Index – December
2006" (PDF) (TXT),
news release 07-0158.
 
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