The National Compensation Survey (NCS) provides comprehensive measures of occupational earnings; compensation cost trends, benefit incidence, and detailed plan provisions. Detailed occupational earnings are available for metropolitan and non-metropolitan areas, broad geographic regions, and on a national basis. The index component of the NCS (ECI) measures changes in labor costs. Average hourly employer cost for employee compensation is presented in the ECEC.
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| General Overview |
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Summary | Data Collection | Survey Methodology | Data Usage |
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| Economic News Releases |
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- Employment Cost Index (ECI) (TXT) (PDF 99K)
- Employer Costs for Employee Compensation (HTML) (PDF 107K)
- NEW Employee Benefits in Private Industry, 2004 (HTML) (PDF)
- Subscribe to the BLS News Service-- receive the Employment Cost Index news release and other major economic indicators by e-mail.
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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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Wages
Monthly Labor Review Article
Compensation Cost Trends
Benefits
Other Documents
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| Get Detailed NCS Statistics: |
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- Most Requested Statistics-- Select from lists of the most popular ECT and EBS 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").
- Wages (NCS)
- Compensation Cost Trends
- 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.
- National Compensation Search--allows you to search through all the National Compensation Survey 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 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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| Related Links: |
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Other BLS Programs
- Compensation Cost Trends--quarterly indexes measuring change over time in labor costs and annual data measuring level of average costs per hour worked.
- Benefits--comprehensive data on incidence and provisions of selected employee benefit plans.
- 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.
- Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages --comprehensive employment and wage data by industry and geographic area for workers covered by State Unemployment Insurance laws.
- 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.
- Collective Bargaining Agreements--data on major work stoppages (lockouts and strikes) and a file of collective bargaining agreements.
Other Useful Links
- Major Statutes of the U.S. Department of Labor (PDF 32K).
- Employment Standards Administration--administers a variety of programs protecting the basic rights of workers, including minimum wage and hour standards, and equal employment opportunity.
- Employee Benefit Research Institute--offers a detailed description of private- and public-sector employee benefit programs as they exist today.
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Civilian Workers, Compensation
3-Month % Change (SA)
 0.9% in 3rd Qtr of 2004
12-Month % Change (NSA)
3.8% in 3rd Qtr of 2004
Private Industry, Compensation
3-Month % Change (SA)
0.9% in 3rd Qtr of 2004
12-Month % Change (NSA)
3.7% in 3rd Qtr of 2004
State and Local Government, Compensation
3-Month % Change (SA)
0.5% in 3rd Qtr of 2004
12-Month % Change (NSA)
3.4% in 3rd Qtr of 2004
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