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 ...

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 ...

The Q4 Employment Cost Index increased 0.7% (Briefing.com consensus: 0.8%), seasonally adjusted, for the three-month period ending in December 2025, following a 0.8% increase for the three-month ...