Employment Cost Index: Total compensation: All Civilian

Employment Cost Index: Total compensation: All Civilian is an index of employer labour costs, reported as Index Dec 2005=100.

177.18

Index Dec 2005=100

Updated 2026-04-01 · quarterly Increasing

Employment Cost Index: Total compensation: All Civilian — latest reading: 177.18. As of April 2026, it is up 11.4% over the past 12 months, well above its 10-year average. Source: ECIALLCIV, US Bureau of Labor Statistics, published quarterly. Reported as published, without transformation; the publisher may revise it. Higher than every one of the other 101 readings since 2001-01-01.

Min

84.70

Max

177.18

Average

123.66

10Y Percentile

100%

3M Change

+2.6%

Apr 2026 · 177.18 Index Dec 2005=100
NBER recession periods

Employment Cost Index: Total compensation: All Civilian (ECIALLCIV) — 102 observations from 2001-01-01 to 2026-04-01. Source: FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. Red shading indicates NBER recession periods.

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How these numbers changed

Every figure above is the current one. These are the same periods as first published — what Employment Cost Index: Total compensation: All Civilian said on the day, before it was restated. Measured in Index Dec 2005=100.

PeriodFirst printNowChangeRepublished
Oct 2025174.038174.047+0.009
Jul 2025172.745172.752+0.007
Apr 2025171.395171.38-0.015
Apr 2024165.5165.4-0.1
Jan 2024164163.9-0.1
Oct 2023162.1162.2+0.1
Jul 2023160.7160.70

Employment Cost Index: Total compensation: All Civilian for October 2025 first printed at 174.038 on February 10, 2026, was revised once, and now reads up to 174.047. Recompute any row from FRED's own vintage archive.

Macro Regime Context

The growth regime is currently late cycle (67% confidence).

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3-Month

+2.6%

6-Month

+5.3%

12-Month

+11.4%

What this means

Employment Cost Index: Total compensation: All Civilian is currently at 177.18 , which is well above its 10-year historical average. The trend is increasing (+2.6% over the past 3 months).

Over the past 6 months the change is +5.3%, and over 12 months it is +11.4%. The short-term pace is consistent with the longer trend.

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MacroRadar, "Employment Cost Index: Total compensation: All Civilian," https://www.macroradar.io/employment-cost-index-total-compensation-all-civilian (as of April 2026).