Corrections to Employment Cost Index Data

Employment Cost Index data for June 2009 through September 2010, as originally published, contained errors for several series. Corrections for the affected series were posted on the BLS Web site on Tuesday, January 18, 2011. Corrected data are available at http://www.bls.gov/ncs/ect/data.htm.

The specific data series that contained statistically significant differences (when compared to the original estimates) for one or more reference periods, for 3-month and/or 12-month percent changes, are listed below:

ECI series with statistically significant differences between originally published estimates and corrected estimates, June 2009 through September 2010, by periodicity
Ownership Measure Industry or Occupation Reference period
June 2009 Sept. 2009 Dec. 2009 Mar. 2010 June 2010 Sept. 2010

Civilian

 Total compensation Public administration Q A A A Q

Civilian

 Wages and salaries Public administration Q A A A Q

State and local government

 Total compensation Public administration Q A A A Q

State and local government

 Wages and salaries Public administration Q A A A Q

State and local government

 Wages and salaries Service occupations Q A Q

State and local government

 Wages and salaries All workers A Q

State and local government

 Wages and salaries Office and administrative support A A Q

State and local government

 Total compensation Sales and office Q

State and local government

 Wages and salaries Sales and office A Q

State and local government

 Total compensation Health care and social assistance Q

State and local government

 Wages and salaries Health care and social assistance A Q

Note: all series are not seasonally adjusted series.

Q = 3-month percent change

A = 12-month percent change

Additional series were also corrected where the corrected data were different from the original data but those differences were not statistically significant. A listing of those series is at: http://www.bls.gov/ncs/ect/eci_notsig_table.htm.

Corrected data are available at www.bls.gov/ncs/ect/data.htm. In addition, the following listings have been corrected:

  • ECI Current-Dollar Historical Listings, NAICS basis (TXT) (PDF)
  • ECI Constant-Dollar Historical Listings, NAICS basis (TXT) (PDF)
  • ECI Historical Listings - Continuous Occupational and Industry Series, September 1975 - Present (TXT) (PDF)
  • ECI Supplemental Data (Health Insurance, private industry) (PDF)

The following national ECI news releases, which contain the incorrect data, will not be reissued. However, they contain a statement about the errors and refer users to this page.

September 2010 (HTML) (PDF)
June 2010 (HTML) (PDF)
March 2010 (HTML) (PDF)
December 2009 (HTML) (PDF)
September 2009 (HTML) (PDF)
June 2009 (HTML) (PDF)

 

Last Modified Date: April 27, 2011