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Compensation costs

• Small increases in compensation costs in September 2009 (11/05/09)
• Employer costs for employee compensation in metropolitan areas, March 2009 (09/28/09)
• Wages and benefits by occupational group, June 2009 (09/11/09)
• 12-month private industry compensation costs increase in June: 1.5 percent (08/03/09)
• Compensation costs per hour, March 2009 (06/12/09)
• Health benefit costs in private industry, March 2009 (06/11/09)
• Compensation costs in private industry up 1.9 percent from March 2008 to March 2009 (05/01/09)
• Bonuses as percentage of cash compensation (04/02/09)
• Manufacturing compensation costs in foreign countries and U.S., 2007 (03/30/09)
• Employer costs and paid leave, December 2008 (03/13/09)
• Compensation costs in private industry up 2.4 percent in 2008 (02/02/09)
• Compensation costs per hour worked in private industry, September 2008 (12/11/08)
• Compensation costs in State and local government, September 2008 (11/04/08)
• Employment costs in private industry, September 2008 (11/03/08)
• Manufacturing unit labor costs fell in 2007 in Taiwan, Japan, U.S. (10/02/08)
• New Employment Cost Indexes for selected metropolitan areas (09/26/08)
• Employer costs for retirement and savings plans, June 2008 (09/11/08)
• Unit labor costs in manufacturing, second quarter 2008 (08/12/08)
• Change in wages and salaries in constant dollars, June 2007-June 2008 (08/01/08)
• Health benefit costs in private industry, March 2008 (06/12/08)
• Change in compensation costs, December 2007-March 2008 (05/01/08)
• Employer costs for paid leave in private industry, December 2007 (03/20/08)
• Unit labor costs in manufacturing, fourth quarter 2007 (03/07/08)
• Manufacturing unit labor costs up in 2007 (02/08/08)
• Compensation costs in state and local government up 4.1 percent in 2007 (02/06/08)
• Compensation costs in private industry up 3.0 percent in 2007 (02/01/08)
• Compensation costs in State and local government, September 2007 (11/02/07)
• Employment costs in private industry, September 2007 (11/01/07)
• Unit labor costs in manufacturing dropped most in 2006 in Japan (10/02/07)
• Private industry compensation $25.93 per hour on average in June 2007 (09/25/07)
• Wages and salaries in constant dollars increase from June 2006 to June 2007 (08/02/07)
• Employment costs in private industry, June 2007 (08/01/07)
• Health benefit costs by region (07/06/07)
• Health benefit costs and establishment size, March 2007 (06/22/07)
• Employment costs in private industry, March 2007 (04/30/07)
• Employer costs for legally required benefits, December 2006 (04/06/07)
• Employer costs for paid leave in private industry, December 2006 (04/02/07)
• Private industry compensation $25.67 per hour on average in December 2006 (03/20/07)
• Unit labor costs in fourth quarter of 2006 (03/09/07)
• Compensation costs in State and local government, September-December 2006 (02/02/07)
• Compensation costs in private industry up 3.2 percent in 2006 (02/01/07)
• Labor costs in China’s manufacturing sector (01/05/07)
• Cost of benefits for State and local government employees, September 2006 (12/21/06)
• Employer costs for employee compensation, September 2006 (12/14/06)
• State and local government employment costs up 1.4 percent from June to September (11/02/06)
• Compensation costs in private industry up 3.0 percent over the year (11/01/06)
• Employer costs for retirement and savings plans, June 2006 (09/25/06)
• Decline in wages and salaries in constant dollars, June 2005-June 2006 (08/01/06)
• Employment costs rise 0.8 percent from March to June (07/31/06)
• Health benefit costs in private industry, March 2006 (06/22/06)
• Employment costs up 0.6 percent from December to March (05/01/06)
• Unit labor costs in fourth quarter of 2005 (02/09/06)
• Compensation costs in State and local government (02/02/06)
• Compensation costs up 3.0 percent in private industry in 2005 (02/01/06)
• Drop in compensation costs in constant dollars, September 2005 (10/31/05)
• Compensation costs up 3.2 percent in private industry over the year (08/01/05)
• Comparing growth rates of benefits and wages in private industry (06/30/05)
• Private industry compensation $24.17 per hour on average in March 2005 (06/22/05)
• Cost of health benefits: $1.64 per hour in March 2005 (06/17/05)
• Trends in real hourly compensation (06/09/05)
• Benefit and wage costs in private industry in March 2005 (05/02/05)
• Average compensation in private industry: $23.90 per hour in December 2004 (03/17/05)
• Unit labor costs in manufacturing dropped in 2003 in Japan, Taiwan, U.S. (03/09/05)
• Over-the-year union and nonunion compensation cost changes, December 2004 (01/31/05)
• Employer costs for paid leave (12/16/04)
• Employment costs in private industry, September 2004 (11/01/04)
• Manufacturing unit labor costs lower in 2003 in Taiwan (10/05/04)
• Employer costs for retirement and savings plans, June 2004 (09/16/04)
• Employment costs in private industry, June 2004 (07/30/04)
• Compensation by occupational group in March 2004 (07/02/04)
• 9/11 and the New York City economy (07/01/04)
• Compensation cost by establishment size (06/28/04)
• Compensation in private industry, March 2004 (06/25/04)
• State and local government compensation costs up 3.3 percent in past 12 months (05/03/04)
• Compensation costs up 3.9 percent in private industry over the year (04/30/04)
• Manufacturing unit labor costs fell in 2002 in U.S., Canada, Taiwan (04/01/04)
• Compensation of State and local government employees at end of 2003 (03/02/04)
• Private industry compensation averages $22.92 per hour in December (02/27/04)
• Employment cost increases by region in 2003 (02/04/04)
• Compensation costs up 4.0 percent in private industry over the year (01/30/04)
• Wages and benefits in State and local government, September 2003 (11/28/03)
• Growth in compensation costs for State and local government workers during the year ended September 2003 (11/05/03)
• Employment costs up 1.0 percent from June to September (10/31/03)
• Earnings and union status (10/30/03)
• Manufacturing unit labor costs lower in 2002 in U.S., Japan, Taiwan (09/16/03)
• Employee retirement and savings benefits higher for union workers (08/28/03)
• Employee benefits in June 2003 (08/27/03)
• Growth in wages and salaries by region over the year (08/13/03)
• Benefit costs for State and local government workers jump over the year (08/06/03)
• Employment costs up 0.8 percent from March to June (08/01/03)
• Average compensation $22.37 per hour in private industry in March (06/12/03)
• Compensation growth most rapid in Midwest over the year (05/12/03)
• Benefit, wage costs for State and local government workers in first quarter of 2003 (05/07/03)
• Employment costs rose 1.4 percent from December to March (04/30/03)
• Private-industry compensation averages $22.14 per hour in December (03/20/03)
• Drop in unit labor costs in manufacturing last year (02/12/03)
• Wages and salaries increase fastest in Midwest over the year (02/04/03)
• Wages and benefit costs for State and local government workers at end of 2002 (02/03/03)
• Employment costs advanced 0.7 percent from September to December (01/31/03)
• ECI and Medicare payments (01/06/03)
• Average compensation $23.44 per hour in September (12/12/02)
• Decline of manufacturing unit labor costs continues (12/06/02)
• Employment costs up 0.6 percent from June to September (11/01/02)
• Compensation costs in foreign factories two-thirds of U.S. costs (10/02/02)
• U.S. and foreign compensation costs in manufacturing (09/23/02)
• Average compensation $23.20 per hour in June (09/18/02)
• Manufacturing unit labor costs fall again in second quarter (08/13/02)
• Long-term unemployment most common in Northeast (07/30/02)
• Variation in employment cost increases (07/29/02)
• Compensation costs rise (07/26/02)
• Cost of health benefits in private industry, March 2002 (07/15/02)
• Employment costs by occupation in March (07/10/02)
• Labor costs in wholesale trade (07/05/02)
• Average compensation $23.15 per hour in March (06/20/02)
• Sharp decline in manufacturing labor costs in first quarter (06/06/02)
• Unit labor costs in manufacturing decline the most in Germany, Denmark in 2000 (05/03/02)
• Compensation costs up in first quarter (04/29/02)
• Benefit, wage costs for State and local government workers rise in step at the beginning of 2002 (04/26/02)
• Unit labor costs down in fourth quarter of 2001 (03/14/02)
• Wages and salaries increase fastest in West over the year (02/11/02)
• Jump in factory labor costs in 2001 (02/08/02)
• Smaller rise in benefit costs for State and local government workers at end of 2001 (02/06/02)
• Employment costs up 4.2 percent for the year (02/01/02)
• Highest increase in wages and salaries in West (11/01/01)
• Benefit costs for State and local government workers up sharply in past 3 months (10/30/01)
• Employment costs up 4.1 percent (10/26/01)
• Mexico has biggest increase in hourly compensation in 2000 (10/03/01)
• Unit labor costs in second quarter (08/09/01)
• Employment cost increase by occupation (08/03/01)
• Wages, benefit costs for State and local government workers both up 1.1 percent in past 3 months (07/30/01)
• Employment costs in private industry rise 4.0 percent over the year (07/27/01)
• Benefits in State and local government, 2001 (07/11/01)
• Health benefits 5.6 percent of total compensation (07/06/01)
• Average compensation $22.15 per hour (07/02/01)
• Long-term declines in unit labor costs among service-producing industries (06/13/01)
• Jump in unit labor costs in manufacturing (06/11/01)
• Unit labor costs drop in 50 manufacturing industries (05/22/01)
• Nonfarm business unit labor costs up again (05/09/01)
• State and local government employment costs up 3.3 percent over the year (05/01/01)
• Employment costs increase 4.2 percent in past 12 months (04/27/01)
• Compensation stats for the new century (04/03/01)
• Prevalence of bonus plans in service sector (03/30/01)
• Size of workplaces and cost of bonuses (03/27/01)
• Wages, benefit costs for State and local government workers both rise 0.8 percent (01/30/01)
• Employment costs increase 4.4 percent over the year (01/26/01)
• Comparing hourly earnings measures (11/28/00)
• Small change in benefit costs for State and local government workers (10/30/00)
• Compensation costs rise 0.9 percent from June to September (10/27/00)
• Earnings by occupation in 1998 (10/25/00)
• U.S. factory costs dip compared to competitors (10/24/00)
• Unit labor costs in manufacturing increased the most in Japan and Korea in 1999 (10/23/00)
• Stock options most likely for the higher paid (10/12/00)
• Singapore has biggest fall in hourly compensation in 1999 (9/28/00)
• Pay gap crosses occupational lines (8/4/00)
• Compensation costs for State and local government workers rise 3.5 percent (8/2/00)
• Compensation costs up 4.6 percent over the year (7/28/00)
• Health care 5 ½ percent of compensation (7/12/00)
• Wages and benefits highest in Northeast (7/6/00)
• Average compensation $21.16 per hour (6/30/00)
• Declines in labor costs among service-producing industries (6/13/00)
• Compensation costs in State and local government, 1999 (5/22/00)
• Private sector wages rose faster than benefits last year (5/19/00)
• Trends in health insurance (5/16/00)
• Hourly benefits $5.58 in 1999 (5/10/00)
• Increases in wages and salaries and benefits, March 1999-March 2000 (5/2/00)
• Employment costs rise in March (4/28/00)
• Union-nonunion wage gap narrows (4/25/00)
• Unit labor costs fall in fourth quarter (3/16/00)
• Productivity increase in 1999 (2/9/00)
• Compensation costs up 3.4 percent in 1999 (1/31/00)
• Hourly compensation still higher in Europe than U.S. (1/19/00)
• Hourly compensation drops the most in Korea in 1998 (1/12/00)
• Variation in unit labor costs by industry (1/4/00)
• Declines in unit labor costs and gains in productivity (12/30/99)
• Unit labor costs in the third quarter (12/8/99)
• Compensation rising more rapidly in service sector than in goods-producing sector (11/5/99)
• Benefits now increasing at slower rate than wages and salaries (11/3/99)
• Movements in constant-dollar wages and salaries, 1976-98 (11/01/1999)
• Unit labor costs fall in 1990's in U.S. auto industry (9/14/99)
• Unit labor costs in manufacturing decline the most in Korea, Taiwan, Japan in 1998 (9/3/99)
• Importance of retirement benefits in compensation (8/2/99)
• Compensation highest in biggest establishments (7/16/99)
• Wages highest in West, benefits highest in Northeast (7/16/99)
• Differences in benefits between government and private industry (7/8/99)
• Benefits nearly a third of compensation in manufacturing (6/29/99)
• Employer costs for Medicare, workers' compensation rise from 1966-98 (4/28/99)
• Retirement costs share of compensation rises from 1966-98 (4/14/99)
• Health care costs fluctuate with employer cost-containment efforts (4/8/99)
• Factory unit labor costs rise for first time in five years (2/18/99)
• Highest compensation reported in white-collar occupations (2/17/99)
• Total compensation package up 3.4 percent in 1998 (1/29/99)
• Benefits share of compensation costs changed little from 1986 to 1998 (1/22/99)
• Compensation costs increase with establishment size (11/4/98)
• Total compensation costs double from 1981 to 1997 (10/29/98)
• International average of factory worker compensation falls relative to U.S. (10/22/98)
• Employer costs for employee compensation higher in goods-producing industries (10/7/98)
• Unit labor costs fall in broad range of countries (10/5/98)