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Article: State and local government pay increases outpace five-year rise in private industry. (Employment Cost Index)
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- Monthly Labor Review
- Article date:
- February 1, 1987
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State and local government pay increases outpace five-year rise in private industry
Pay increases for workers in State and local government, as measured by the Bureau's Employment Cost Index, have exceeded those for workers in the private sector over the 5 years for which comparable data are available from the ECI. During the June 1981-86 period, wages and salaries increased by 36 percent in State and local governments, while pay in the private sector increased 27.9 percent.
Much of the difference in the size of wage changes between the two sectors can be explained by differences in the industrial and occupational composition of their work forces. The ...