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National Compensation Survey

Published by Bureau of Labor Statisticis | U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics | Metadata Last Checked: August 02, 2025 | Last Modified: 2019
The National Compensation Survey (NCS) provides comprehensive measures of occupational wages; employment cost trends, and benefit incidence and detailed plan provisions. Detailed occupational earnings are available for metropolitan and non-metropolitan areas, broad geographic regions, and on a national basis. The index component of the NCS (ECI) measures changes in labor costs. Average hourly employer cost for employee compensation is presented in the ECEC.

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