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//ECI ZUNI3PO Testing 10272020// Compensation costs up 0.5% March-June 201907/31/2020
//ECI ZUNI3PO Testing 10272020// Wages and salaries rose 0.4 percent and benefit costs rose 0.6 percent for civilian workers.
//ECEC ZUNI3PO Test 11/2/2020// State and local government compensation costs09/17/2020
//ECEC ZUNI3PO Test 11/2/2020// Private employers spent an average of $28.10 an hour for compensation in December 2019. Subscribe to the BLS News Service — receive the Employment Cost Index and Employer Costs for Employee Compensation news releases by e-mail. ARCHIVED NEWS RELEASES
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