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Southwest - Employment Cost Index

 

Employment Cost Index for Private Industry Workers,
not seasonally adjusted (June 1989=100)
Area (1)
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data		 Sep
2003		 Jun
2004		 Sep
2004		 Percent change to
Sep 2004 from-
Sep 2003 Jun 2004

Total Compensation

United States
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 168.1 173.0 174.4 3.7 0.8

Northeast
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 166.9 172.3 173.7 4.1 0.8

South
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 163.2 167.9 169.5 3.9 1.0

Midwest
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 171.7 176.2 177.6 3.4 0.8

West
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 171.4 176.8 178.1 3.9 0.7

Wages and Salaries only

United States
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 161.7 164.5 165.9 2.6 0.9

Northeast
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 160.0 163.6 164.9 3.1 0.8

South
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 157.4 160.1 161.6 2.7 0.9

Midwest
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 166.1 167.7 169.2 1.9 0.9

West
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 164.7 167.9 169.1 2.7 0.7

Footnotes:
(1) The 'Northeast' region is composed of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont.
The 'South' region is composed of Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia.
The 'Midwest' region is composed of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin.
The 'West' region is composed of Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.

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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