The Employment Cost Index came in a bit softer than expected in Q4 and points to the labor market continuing to gradually cool. Relative to a year ago, compensation costs were up 3.4%, the slowest ...

Q4 2025 U.S. Employment Cost Index was up 0.7% quarter-over-quarter, compared to the 0.8% rise expected and the same rate of growth recorded in Q3, according to data from the Bureau of Labor ...

The Labor Department released its latest employment cost index, a quarterly report on how much employers are paying their employees, on Thursday. It showed that employment costs were up 0.8% in Q3.

The Employment Cost Index rose 0.9% in Q1 2025, the matching the consensus and holding steady from Q4 2024, according to data released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics on Wednesday. For the ...

Compensation costs for civilian workers increased 0.7 percent, seasonally adjusted, for the 3-month period ending in December 2025, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Wages and ...

The Employment Cost Index rose 0.9% sequentially in Q4, matching the 0.9% increase expected and slightly higher than the 0.80% rise in the previous quarter, the U.S. Department of Labor said on Friday ...

Rising wages and benefit costs will pressure plastics manufacturers as minimum wage increases take effect across multiple ...

Younger and lower-paid workers hit hardest by rising labour costs, figures show - Higher labour costs have raised the marginal cost of hiring by around 7%, in real terms, for an entry level position, ...