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
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%
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.
| Period | First print | Now | Change | Republished |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2025 | 174.038 | 174.047 | +0.009 | 1× |
| Jul 2025 | 172.745 | 172.752 | +0.007 | 1× |
| Apr 2025 | 171.395 | 171.38 | -0.015 | 1× |
| Apr 2024 | 165.5 | 165.4 | -0.1 | 1× |
| Jan 2024 | 164 | 163.9 | -0.1 | 1× |
| Oct 2023 | 162.1 | 162.2 | +0.1 | 1× |
| Jul 2023 | 160.7 | 160.7 | 0 | 2× |
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).
See what this means across all four regime dimensions →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.
Cite this page
MacroRadar, "Employment Cost Index: Total compensation: All Civilian," https://www.macroradar.io/employment-cost-index-total-compensation-all-civilian (as of April 2026).