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Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach

School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies

Cornell University

16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky

New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau

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EMPLOYMENT COST INDEX - DECEMBER 2013 [31 January 2014]

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/eci.nr0.htm

or

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/eci.pdf

[full-text, 21 pages]

and

Supplemental Files Table of Contents

http://www.bls.gov/web/eci.supp.toc.htm

 

 

Compensation costs for civilian workers increased 0.5 percent, seasonally adjusted, for the 3-month

period ending December 2013, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Wages and salaries

(which make up about 70 percent of compensation costs) increased 0.6 percent, and benefits (which

make up the remaining 30 percent of compensation) increased 0.6 percent.

 

Civilian Workers

 

Compensation costs for civilian workers increased 2.0 percent for the 12-month period ending

December 2013, essentially unchanged from the December 2012 increase of 1.9 percent. Wages and

salaries increased 1.9 percent for the current 12-month period. In December 2012 the increase was

1.7 percent. Benefit costs increased 2.2 percent for the 12-month period ending December 2013. In

December 2012 the increase was 2.4 percent.

 

 

                                  Updated Employment Weights

 

Beginning with this release, Employment Cost Index measures are based on 2012 fixed employment

counts, rather than 2002 counts. For additional information, see the Technical Note on page 4.

 

 

Private Industry Workers

 

Compensation costs for private industry workers increased 2.0 percent over the year. In

December 2012 the increase was 1.8 percent. Wages and salaries increased 2.1 percent for the current

12-month period.  In December 2012 the increase was 1.7 percent. The increase in the cost of benefits

was 1.9 percent for the 12-month period ending December 2013, essentially unchanged from the

December 2012 increase of 2.0 percent. Employer costs for health benefits increased 3.0 percent over

the year.  In December 2012 the increase was 2.1 percent.

 

Among occupational groups, compensation cost increases for private industry workers for the

12-month period ending December 2013 ranged from 1.4 percent for service occupations to 2.3 percent

for sales and office occupations.

 

Among industry supersectors, compensation cost increases for private industry workers for the current

12-month period ranged from 0.8 percent for information to 2.9 percent for other services, except public

administration. 

 

State and Local Government Workers

 

Compensation costs for state and local government workers increased 1.9 percent for the 12-month

period ending December 2013, unchanged from December 2012. Wages and salaries increased

1.1 percent for the 12-month period ending December 2013, unchanged from December 2012. Prior

values for this series, which began in June 1982, ranged from 0.9 percent to 8.5 percent. Benefit costs

increased 3.3 percent in December 2013. In December 2012, the increase was 3.4 percent.

 

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The Employment Cost Index for March 2014 is scheduled to be released on

Wednesday, April 30, 2014, at 8:30 a.m. (EDT).

 

AND MORE...including TABLES....

 

 

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