Summary | Data Collection | Survey Methodology | Data Usage

• Employment Cost Index (ECI) (HTML) (PDF)
• ECI Archives - Complete set of ECI news releases from 1976.
• UPDATED Employer Costs for Employee Compensation (HTML) (PDF)
• ECEC Archives - Complete set of ECEC news releases from 1986.
• Employee Benefits in State and Local Government--September 2007 (HTML) (PDF)
• Employee Benefits in Private Industry, 2007 (HTML) (PDF)
• Occupational Pay Comparisons Among Metropolitan Areas (HTML) (PDF)
• Subscribe to the BLS News Service-- receive the Employment Cost Index news release and other major economic indicators by e-mail.

NONE

Wages

• National Summary
• National Bulletin -- includes chartbook for the first time
• Census Divisions
• Localities
• NCS Supplemental Tables

• Occupational Pay Relatives

• Archives

Monthly Labor Review Article

• Rankings of full-time occupations, by earnings, 2000
• Supplementary table 3. Alphabetical index of occupations from the 2000 National Compensation Survey

Compensation Cost Trends

• Indexes (ECI)
• Cost levels (ECEC)
• Archives

Benefits

• Retirement Benefit Estimates for State and Local Government Workers, 2007 - Summary
• Employee Benefits in State and Local Governments, Summary, September 2007
• Employee Benefits in Private Industry, Summary, March 2007
• Employee Benefits in Private Industry
• Medium and Large Establishments
• Small Establishments
• State & Local Governments
• Archives

Other Documents

• Using Wage Data from the National Compensation Survey (PDF 284K)
• NCS: Guide for Evaluating Your Firm's Jobs and Pay.
• NCS:A Guide for Respondents
• OCWC Customer Service Guide
• Glossary of Compensation Terms
• Occupation Classification Manual
• Health Insurance Definitions
• Online Publication
• Compensation and Working Condition (CWC) Online
• Monthly Labor Review (MLR) Online

Beginning with the NCS wage bulletins published in September 2006, the 2002 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system replaced the 1990 Census of Population classification system. The Create Customized Table applications have not been updated yet to include any of the surveys published using the SOC system. The new SOC based applications are being developed and the new database should be available later this year. Data for recent bulletins can be accessed at the following site http://www.bls.gov/ncs/ocs/compub.htm.

• Most Requested Statistics-- Select from lists of the most popular ECT and EBS statistics.
• Compensation Cost Trends
• Employment Cost Index (ECI)
• NAICS basis
• SIC basis
• Employer Cost for Employee Compensation (ECEC)
• 2004 forward (NAICS basis)
• 1986 - 2003 (SIC basis)
• Benefits (EBS)
• Create Customized Tables (one screen)--this application requires a Java-enabled browser. Choose the data you want from BLS databases on a simple, one-screen form.
• Wages (NCS)
• Compensation Cost Trends
• Employment Cost Index (ECI)
• NAICS basis
• SIC basis
• Employer Cost for Employee Compensation (ECEC)
• 2004 forward (NAICS basis)
• 1986-2003 (SIC basis)
• Benefits (EBS)
• Create Customized Tables (multiple screens)--a form-based query application which allows you to obtain BLS time series data based on choices you make.
• Wages (NCS)
• Compensation Cost Trends
• Employment Cost Index (ECI)
• NAICS basis
• SIC basis
• Employer Cost for Employee Compensation (ECEC)
• 2004 forward (NAICS basis)
• 1986-2003 (SIC basis)
• Benefits (EBS)
• Series Report--Already know the series identifier for the statistic you want? Use this shortcut to retrieve your data.
• Flat files (FTP)--For those who want it all. Download a flat file of the entire database or large subset of the database.
• Wages (NCS)
• Compensation Cost Trends (ECT)
• Benefits (EBS)
• National Compensation Search--allows you to search through all the National Compensation Survey publications that are currently available electronically.

• ECI Current-Dollar Historical Listings
• NAICS basis (TXT) (PDF 289K)
• SIC basis (TXT) (PDF 573K)
• ECI Constant-Dollar Historical Listings
• NAICS basis (TXT) (PDF 227K)
• SIC basis (TXT) (PDF 467K)

• ECI Standard Errors
• UPDATED ECEC Historical Listing, 2004 to present (Quarterly)-Employer Costs for Employee Compensation (TXT) (PDF 780K) -- Quarterly estimates from March 2004 to the present, with sample establishments classified by industry categories based on the new 2002 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) and the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system.
• UPDATED ECEC Supplemental Tables Historical Data, December 2006 – March 2008 (TXT) (PDF 447K)
• ECEC Relative Standard Errors (TXT) (PDF 92K)
• EBS Standard Errors
• ECEC Relative Standard Errors – Supplementary Tables (TXT) (PDF 65K)
• UPDATED ECEC Supplemental Tables—Employer Costs for Employee Compensation - March 2008 (TXT) (PDF 151K) |December 2007 (TXT) (PDF 151K) | September 2007 (TXT) (PDF 140K) | June 2007 (TXT) (PDF 138K) | March 2007 (TXT) (PDF 60K) | December 2006 (TXT) (PDF 81K) -- supplemental tables with series for private industry workers by occupational group, establishment size, and bargaining status in 14 detailed industries.
• ECEC Historical Listing, 2002-2003 (Quarterly)—Employer Costs for Employee Compensation (TXT) (PDF 568K) -- Quarterly estimates from March 2002 to December 2003, with sample establishments classified by industry categories based on the 1987 Standard Industry Classification (SIC) system and by occupational classifications according to the 1990 Census of Population.
• ECEC Historical Listing, 1986-2001 (Annual)—Employer Costs for Employee Compensation (TXT) (PDF 983K) -- Annual estimates from March 1986 to March 2001, with sample establishments classified by industry categories based on the Standard Industry Classification (SIC) system and by occupational classifications according to the Census of Population.
• Seasonal Factors and Revised Seasonally Adjusted Indexes
• Chart—Changes in wages and salaries and benefit costs, civilian workers

Other BLS Programs

• Compensation Cost Trends--quarterly indexes measuring change over time in labor costs and quarterly data measuring level of average costs per hour worked.
• Benefits--comprehensive data on incidence and provisions of selected employee benefit plans.
• Occupational Employment Statistics--data on employment and wages for over 800 occupations and for about 400 nonfarm industries for the nation, plus occupational data for States and metropolitan areas.
• Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages --comprehensive employment and wage data by industry and geographic area for workers covered by State Unemployment Insurance laws.
• Occupational Outlook Handbook--provides data for 250 occupations, by nature of the work, working conditions, employment, job outlook and earnings, related occupations, sources of additional information, and training, other qualifications, and advancement.
• Collective Bargaining Agreements--data on major work stoppages (lockouts and strikes) and a file of collective bargaining agreements.

Other Useful Links

• Major Statutes of the U.S. Department of Labor (PDF 32K).
• Employment Standards Administration--administers a variety of programs protecting the basic rights of workers, including minimum wage and hour standards, and equal employment opportunity.
• Employee Benefit Research Institute--offers a detailed description of private- and public-sector employee benefit programs as they exist today.