Labour Costs in the United States increased to 123.62 points in the second quarter of 2025 from 123.13 points in the first quarter of 2025. This dataset provides the latest reported value for - United States Labour Costs - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news.

The Employment Cost Index (ECI) measures the change in the cost of labor, free from the influence of employment shifts among occupations and industries. The Employment Cost Index is based on figures from December 2005. In the third quarter of 2024, the ECI came to 166.8, indicating an increase of labor costs of 0.9 percent.

Unit Labour Costs QoQ in the United States decreased to 1 percent in the second quarter of 2025 from 6.90 percent in the first quarter of 2025. This dataset includes a chart with historical data for the United States Unit Labor Costs QoQ.

Graph and download economic data for Nonfarm Business Sector: Unit Labor Costs for All Workers (PRS85006112) from Q2 1947 to Q2 2025 about unit labor cost, sector, nonfarm, business, rate, and USA.

Graph and download economic data for Employment Cost Index: Wages and Salaries: Private Industry Workers (ECIWAG) from Q1 2001 to Q2 2025 about cost, ECI, salaries, workers, private industries, wages, private, employment, industry, inflation, indexes, and USA.

Manufacturing sector unit labor costs in the United States increased by 1.7 percent in the second quarter of 2025. The data are seasonally adjusted at annual rates. Unit labor costs describe the relationship between compensation per hour and productivity, or real output per hour, and can be used as an indicator of inflationary pressure on producers. Increases in hourly compensation increase unit labor costs; labor productivity increases offset compensation increases and lower unit labor costs.

Graph and download economic data for Business Sector: Unit Labor Costs for All Workers (ULCBS) from Q1 1947 to Q2 2025 about unit labor cost, sector, business, and USA.

Employment Cost Index in the United States remained unchanged at 0.90 percent in the second quarter of 2025 from 0.90 percent in the first quarter of 2025. This dataset provides - United States Employment Cost Index- actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

United States - Manufacturing Sector: Unit Labor Costs for All Employed Persons was 132.88800 Index 2009=100 in April of 2025, according to the United States Federal Reserve. Historically, United States - Manufacturing Sector: Unit Labor Costs for All Employed Persons reached a record high of 132.88800 in April of 2025 and a record low of 83.73800 in October of 1987. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for United States - Manufacturing Sector: Unit Labor Costs for All Employed Persons - last updated from the United States Federal Reserve on September of 2025.

Labor cost index in the USA, March, 2025 The most recent value is 150.57 index points as of Q1 2025, an increase compared to the previous value of 148.27 index points. Historically, the average for the USA from Q1 1960 to Q1 2025 is 46.94 index points. The minimum of 3.17 index points was recorded in Q1 1960, while the maximum of 150.57 index points was reached in Q1 2025. | TheGlobalEconomy.com

United States - Manufacturing Sector: Unit Labor Costs for All Employed Persons was 1.70000 % Chg. at Annual Rate in April of 2025, according to the United States Federal Reserve. Historically, United States - Manufacturing Sector: Unit Labor Costs for All Employed Persons reached a record high of 38.30000 in April of 2020 and a record low of -25.30000 in July of 2020. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for United States - Manufacturing Sector: Unit Labor Costs for All Employed Persons - last updated from the United States Federal Reserve on September of 2025.

Graph and download economic data for Manufacturing, Durable Goods Sector: Unit Labor Costs for All Workers (PRS31006112) from Q2 1987 to Q2 2025 about cost, unit labor cost, sector, durable goods, labor, goods, manufacturing, rate, and USA.

In the first quarter of 2025, the nonfinancial corporate sector unit labor costs increased by 4.6 percent in the United States. The data are seasonally adjusted at annual rates. Unit labor costs describe the relationship between compensation per hour and productivity, or real output per hour, and can be used as an indicator of inflationary pressure on producers. Increases in hourly compensation increase unit labor costs; labor productivity increases offset compensation increases and lower unit labor costs.

Employment Cost Index Wages in the United States increased to 1 percent in the second quarter of 2025 from 0.80 percent in the first quarter of 2025. This dataset includes a chart with historical data for the United States Employment Cost Index Wages QoQ.

This statistic shows manufacturing labor costs per hour for select countries around the world for the years 2002, 2015 and 2019. In 2019, manufacturing labor costs in China were projected to rise to *** U.S. dollars per hour, up from ** cents in 2002.

United States Productivity & Cost Index: sa: NF: Unit Labor Costs data was reported at 113.167 1992=100 in Mar 2010. This records a decrease from the previous number of 113.869 1992=100 for Dec 2009. United States Productivity & Cost Index: sa: NF: Unit Labor Costs data is updated quarterly, averaging 81.425 1992=100 from Mar 1958 (Median) to Mar 2010, with 209 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 118.147 1992=100 in Mar 2009 and a record low of 28.352 1992=100 in Jun 1959. United States Productivity & Cost Index: sa: NF: Unit Labor Costs data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Bureau of Labor Statistics. The data is categorized under Global Database’s USA – Table US.G068: Productivity and Costs Index: 1992=100: Seasonally Adjusted (Discontinued).

United States Productivity & Cost Index: sa: NB: Unit Labor Costs data was reported at 121.085 1992=100 in Mar 2010. This records a decrease from the previous number of 121.489 1992=100 for Dec 2009. United States Productivity & Cost Index: sa: NB: Unit Labor Costs data is updated quarterly, averaging 55.172 1992=100 from Mar 1947 (Median) to Mar 2010, with 253 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 128.062 1992=100 in Dec 2008 and a record low of 19.735 1992=100 in Jun 1947. United States Productivity & Cost Index: sa: NB: Unit Labor Costs data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Bureau of Labor Statistics. The data is categorized under Global Database’s USA – Table US.G068: Productivity and Costs Index: 1992=100: Seasonally Adjusted (Discontinued).

This statistic depicts the share of labor costs in the restaurant industry in the United States from 2014 to 2017. In 2017, labor costs in the U.S. restaurant industry amounted to **** percent of the industry costs.

Unit Labor Costs q/q shows the average change in the pay for labor in the given month compared to the previous one. It is considered to be a leading indicator of consumer inflation. Farming industry

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