Employment Cost Index [ci]

The Employment Cost Index (ECI) measures the change in the cost of labor, free from the influence of employment shifts among occupations and industries. The total compensation series includes changes in wages and salaries and in employer costs for employee benefits.

Updated on DBnomics on February 7, 2024 (7:10 PM)

Area [area]
Estimate [estimate]
Industry [industry]
Occupation [occupation]
Owner [owner]
Periodicity [periodicity]
Seasonal [seasonal]
Subcell [subcell]

Dataset has 2,470 series. Add search filters to narrow them.

Dimension codes and labels
[area] Area
  • [00122] Atlanta-Athens-Clarke County-Sandy Springs, GA CSA
  • [00148] Boston-Worcester-Providence, MA-RI-NH-CT CSA
  • [00176] Chicago-Naperville, IL-IN-WI CSA
  • [00206] Dallas-Fort Worth, TX-OK CSA
  • [00220] Detroit-Warren-Ann Arbor, MI CSA
  • [00288] Houston-The Woodlands, TX CSA
  • [00348] Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA CSA
  • [00378] Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI CSA
  • [00408] New York-Newark, NY-NJ-CT-PA CSA
  • [00428] Philadelphia-Reading-Camden, PA-NJ-DE-MD CSA
  • [00488] San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA CSA
  • [00500] Seattle-Tacoma, WA CSA
  • [00548] Washington-Baltimore-Arlington, DC-MD-VA-WV-PA CSA
  • [33100] Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Port St. Lucie, FL CSA
  • [38060] Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ MSA
  • [98100] Northeast census region
  • [98200] South census region
  • [98300] Midwest census region
  • [98400] West census region
  • [99100] New England census division
  • [99120] Middle Atlantic census division
  • [99130] East South Central census division
  • [99140] South Atlantic census division
  • [99150] East North Central census division
  • [99160] West North Central census division
  • [99170] West South Central census division
  • [99180] Mountain census division
  • [99190] Pacific census division
  • [99210] Metropolitan
  • [99220] Nonmetropolitan
  • [99999] United States (National)
[estimate] Estimate
  • [01] Total compensation
  • [02] Wages and salaries
  • [03] Total benefits
  • [15] Health insurance
[industry] Industry
  • [000000] All industries
  • [220000] Utilities
  • [230000] Construction
  • [300000] Manufacturing
  • [310000] Nondurable goods manufacturers
  • [320000] Durable goods manufacturers
  • [336411] Aircraft manufacturing
  • [400000] Trade, transportation, and utilities
  • [412000] Retail trade
  • [420000] Wholesale trade
  • [430000] Transportation and warehousing
  • [510000] Information
  • [520000] Finance and insurance
  • [520A00] Financial activities
  • [522000] Credit intermediation
  • [524000] Insurance carriers
  • [530000] Real estate and rental and leasing
  • [540000] Professional, scientific, and technical services
  • [540A00] Professional and business services
  • [560000] Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services
  • [600000] Education and health services
  • [610000] Educational services
  • [610500] Schools
  • [611100] Elementary and secondary schools
  • [612000] Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and professional schools
  • [620000] Health care and social assistance
  • [622000] Hospitals
  • [623000] Nursing and residential care facilities
  • [623100] Nursing care facilities
  • [700000] Leisure and hospitality
  • [720000] Accommodation and food services
  • [810000] Other services (except public administration)
  • [920000] Public administration
  • [G00000] Goods-producing
  • [S00000] Service-providing
[occupation] Occupation
  • [000000] All occupations
  • [000001] All occupations, excluding sales
  • [111300] Management, business, and financial occupations
  • [112900] Management, professional, and related occupations
  • [114300] All white-collar occupations
  • [114301] All white-collar occupations, excluding sales
  • [152900] Professional and related occupations
  • [313900] Service occupations
  • [410000] Sales and related occupations
  • [414300] Sales and office occupations
  • [430000] Office and administrative support occupations
  • [43000D] Office and administrative support occupations (SOC 2010)
  • [454700] Construction, and extraction, farming, fishing, and forestry occupations
  • [454900] Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations
  • [455300] All-blue collar occupations
  • [490000] Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations
  • [510000] Production occupations
  • [515300] Production, transportation, and material moving occupations
  • [530000] Transportation and material moving occupations
  • [53000D] Transportation and material moving occupations (SOC 2010)
[owner] Owner
  • [1] Civilian workers
  • [2] Private industry workers
  • [3] State and local government workers
[periodicity] Periodicity
  • [A] 12-month percent change, current dollars
  • [I] Current dollar index number
  • [P] Usable rate, updates
  • [Q] 3-month percent change, current dollars
  • [R] Usable rate, initiations
  • [S] Survey response rate
  • [T] Constant dollar index number
  • [X] 3-month percent change, constant dollars
  • [Z] 12-month percent change, constant dollars
[seasonal] Seasonal
  • [S] Seasonally Adjusted
  • [U] Not Seasonally Adjusted
[subcell] Subcell
  • [00] All workers
  • [23] Union
  • [24] Nonunion
  • [27] Time-based pay
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