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Employment Cost Index up 0.4% in 3Q2009
Compensation costs for civilian workers increased 0.4 percent, seasonally adjusted, for the 3-month period ending September 2009, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Both components of compensation--wages and salaries (which make up about 70 percent of compensation) and benefits (which make up the remaining 30 percent of compensation)-- increased the same amount, 0.4 percent.
Posted: October 30, 2009 Friday 08:30 AM