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Employment Cost Index up 0.5% in 2Q2012
Compensation costs for civilian workers increased 0.5 percent, seasonally adjusted, for the 3-month period ending June 2012, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Wages and salaries (which make up about 70 percent of compensation costs) increased 0.4 percent, and benefits (which make up the remaining 30 percent of compensation) increased 0.6 percent.
Posted: July 31, 2012 Tuesday 08:30 AM