Employment Cost Index

USD · Quarterly · 08:30 ET. PTM rates it medium impact.

What it is

The change in employers' cost of labour, wages plus benefits, for a fixed mix of jobs, so shifts in employment between industries do not distort it.

Total compensation, wages and salaries, and benefits, for civilian, private and government workers.

Who publishes it

Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)

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