National Compensation Survey - Compensation Cost Trends produces quarterly indexes measuring change over time in labor costs (ECI) and annual data measuring level of average costs per hour worked (ECEC).
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General Overview: |
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Summary | Data Collection | Survey Methodology | Data Usage
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Special Notices: |
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The Employer Costs for Employee Compensation (ECEC) switched to new industry and occupation classification systems with the release of the March 2004 data. The 2002 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) is now used to classify industries and the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system is used to classify occupations. Documents have been prepared to help users during the transition. Highlights about the changes to NAICS and SOC provides a short summary about the new industry and occupational series that are published. For more detailed information, Questions and Answers are provided on the transition. Finally, for users interested in the detailed series published in the ECEC and their comparability with previous series, see the ECEC Changes to NAICS and SOC and the article "Comparing Current and Former Industry and Occupation ECEC Series" from the e-journal Compensation and Working Conditions Online.
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Economic News Releases: |
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- Employment Cost Index (TXT) (PDF 99K)
- UPDATED Employer Costs for Employee Compensation (HTML) (PDF 107K)
- Subscribe to the BLS News Service-- receive the Employment Cost Index news release by e-mail
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Get Detailed NCS - Compensation Cost Trends Statistics: |
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- Most Requested Statistics --Select from lists of the most popular Compensation Cost Trends statistics.
- Create Customized Tables (one screen) --this application (previously called "Public Data Query") requires a Java-enabled browser. Choose the data you want from BLS databases on a simple, one-screen form.
- Create Customized Tables (multiple screens) --a form-based query application which allows you to obtain BLS time series data based on choices you make (previously called "Selective Access").
- Series Report--Already know the series identifier for the statistic you want? Use this shortcut to retrieve your data.
- Flat files (FTP)--For those who want it all. Download a flat file of the entire database or large subset of the database.
- Compensation Cost Trends Search--allows you to search through all the Employment Cost Index and Employer Costs for Employee Compensation publications that are currently available electronically.
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Tables Created by BLS: |
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- Historical Listing—Employment Cost Index (TXT) (PDF 531K)
- Constant Dollar—Employment Cost Index (TXT) (PDF 418K)
- ECI Health Insurance, private industry (PDF 11K)
- ECI Standard Errors
- ECEC Historical Listing, 1986-2001 (Annual)—Employer Costs for Employee Compensation (TXT) (PDF 983K) -- Annual estimates from March 1986 to March 2001, with sample establishments classified by industry categories based on the Standard Industry Classification (SIC) system and by occupational classifications according to the Census of Population.
- ECEC Historical Listing, 2002-2003 (Quarterly)—Employer Costs for Employee Compensation (TXT) (PDF 568K) -- Quarterly estimates from March 2002 to December 2003, with sample establishments classified by industry categories based on the 1987 Standard Industry Classification (SIC) system and by occupational classifications according to the 1990 Census of Population.
- NEW ECEC Historical Listing, 2004 to present (Quarterly)-Employer Costs for Employee Compensation (TXT)(PDF 498K) -- Quarterly estimates from March 2004 to the present, with sample establishments classified by industry categories based on the new 2002 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) and the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system.
- ECEC Relative Standard Errors (TXT) (PDF 72K)
- Seasonal Factors and Revised Seasonally Adjusted Indexes
- Chart—Changes in wages and salaries and benefit costs, civilian workers
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Publications and Other Documentation: |
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Related Links: |
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Other BLS Programs
- National Compensation Survey--provides comprehensive measures of occupational earnings; compensation cost trends; and benefit incidence and detail plan provisions.
- Wages--provides data on occupational wages for localities, broad geographic regions, and the nation..
- Benefits--comprehensive data on incidence and provisions of selected employee benefit plans.
- Consumer Price Indexes--provides monthly data on changes in the prices paid by urban consumers for a representative basket of goods and services.
- Producer Price Indexes--provides monthly data on changes in the selling prices received by domestic producers of goods and services.
- Occupational Employment Statistics--annual data on employment and wages for about 750 occupations and 400 nonfarm industries for the nation, plus occupational data by geographic area.
- Occupational Outlook Handbook--provides data for 250 occupations, by nature of the work, working conditions, employment, job outlook and earnings, related occupations, sources of additional information, and training, other qualifications, and advancement.
Other Useful Links
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Latest Numbers |
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Civilian Workers, Compensation
3-Month % Change (SA) 0.9% in 2nd Qtr of 2004
12-Month % Change (NSA) 3.9% in 2nd Qtr of 2004
Private Industry, Compensation
3-Month % Change (SA) 1.0% in 2nd Qtr of 2004
12-Month % Change (NSA) 4.0% in 2nd Qtr of 2004
State and Local Government, Compensation
3-Month % Change (SA) 1.1% in 2nd Qtr of 2004
12-Month % Change (NSA) 3.4% in 2nd Qtr of 2004
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