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Corrections to Employment Cost Index and Employer Costs for Employee Compensation Data **Employment Cost Index** data for September 2012 through March 2013, as originally published, contained errors for several series. **Employer Costs for Employee Compensation** contained errors for September 2012 and December 2012. Employment Cost Index The specific data series that contain statistically significant differences (when compared to the original estimates) for one or more reference periods, for 3-month or 12-month percent changes, are listed below: Table 1. ECI series with statistically significant differences between originally published estimates and corrected estimates, September 2012 through March 2013, not seasonally adjusted
      Table
          Ownership
          Measure
          Series
          September 2012
          December 2012
          March 2013Table 4
          Civilian
          Total compensation
          All workers, excluding incentive paid occupations
          (*)
          (*)
          (Q)Table 4
          Civilian
          Total compensation
          Sales and office
          (*)
          (*)
          (Q)Table 4
          Civilian
          Total compensation
          Sales and related
          (*)
          (*)
          (Q)Table 4
          Civilian
          Total compensation
          Office and administrative support
          (*)
          (*)
          (Q) (A)Table 12
          Civilian
          Benefits
          All workers
          (*)
          (*)
          (Q) (A)Table 5
          Private industry
          Total compensation
          All workers
          (*)
          (*)
          (Q)Table 5
          Private industry
          Total compensation
          All workers, excluding incentive workers
          (*)
          (*)
          (Q) (A)Table 5
          Private industry
          Total compensation
          Sales and office
          (*)
          (*)
          (Q)Table 5
          Private industry
          Total compensation
          Sales and office, excluding incentive paid occupations
          (*)
          (*)
          (Q) (A)Table 5
          Private industry
          Total compensation
          Sales and related
          (*)
          (*)
          (Q)Table 5
          Private industry
          Total compensation
          Sales and related, excluding incentive paid occupations
          (Q) (A)
          A
          (Q) (A)Table 5
          Private industry
          Total compensation
          Office and administrative support
          (*)
          (*)
          (Q)Table 5
          Private industry
          Total compensation
          Service-providing industries
          (*)
          (*)
          (Q)Table 5
          Private industry
          Total compensation
          Service-providing industries, excluding incentive paid occupations
          (*)
          (*)
          (Q)Table 5
          Private industry
          Total compensation
          Service-providing industries, sales and office
          (*)
          (*)
          (Q)Table 5
          Private industry
          Total compensation
          Trade, transportation, and utilities
          (*)
          (*)
          (Q)Table 5
          Private industry
          Total compensation
          Trade, transportation, and utilities, excluding incentive paid occupations
          (Q)
          (*)
          (Q) (A)Table 5
          Private industry
          Total compensation
          Wholesale trade
          (*)
          (*)
          (Q)Table 5
          Private industry
          Total compensation
          Wholesale trade, excluding incentive paid occupations
          (*)
          (*)
          (Q) (A)>Table 5
          Private industry
          Total compensation
          Retail trade
          (Q) (A)
          (A)
          (Q)Table 5
          Private industry
          Total compensation
          Retail trade, excluding incentive paid occupations
          (Q) (A)
          (A)
          (Q) (A)Table 6
          Private industry
          Total compensation
          Nonunion, service-providing industries
          (*)
          (*)
          (Q)Table 6
          Private industry
          Total compensation
          South
          (*)
          (*)
          (Q)Table 6
          Private industry
          Total compensation
          South Atlantic
          (*)
          (*)
          (Q)Table 6
          Private industry
          Total Compensation
          East South Central
          (*)
          (*)
          (Q)Table 6
          Private industry
          Total compensation
          East North Central
          (*)
          (*)
          (Q)Table 12
          Private industry
          Benefits
          All workers
          (Q)
          (*)
          (Q) (A)Table 12
          Private industry
          Benefits
          Sales and office
          (Q) (A)
          (A)
          (Q) (A)Table 12
          Private industry
          Benefits
          Production, transportation, and material moving
          (*)
          (*)
          (Q)Table 12
          Private industry
          Benefits
          Goods-producing industries
          (*)
          (*)
          (Q)Table 12
          Private industry
          Benefits
          Manufacturing
          (*)
          (*)
          (Q) ATable 12
          Private industry
          Benefits
          Service-providing industries
          (Q)
          (*)
          (Q) (A)Table 12
          Private industry
          Benefits
          Nonunion
          (*)
          (*)
          (Q) (A)Footnotes:(A) = Statistically significant 12-month percent change(Q) = Statistically significant 3-month percent change(*) = No statistically significant change Other series were also corrected but the differences were not statistically significant. Table 2 contains all seasonally adjusted and not-seasonally adjusted series with at least one corrected estimate from September 2012 through March 2013. In some seasonal series, corrections were made to estimates prior to September 2012. Corrected data are available at www.bls.gov/ncs/ect/data.htm. In addition, the following historical listings (located at www.bls.gov/ect/#tables) have been corrected: ECI Current-Dollar Historical Listings, NAICS basis (TXT) (PDF)
      ECI Constant-Dollar Historical Listings, NAICS basis (TXT) (PDF)
      ECI Continuous Occupational and Industry Historical Listing Series, September 1975 – Present (TXT) (PDF)
        ECI Health Insurance, private industry
          ECI Standard Errors
          September 2012 (TXT) (PDF)
          December 2012 (TXT) (PDF)
          March 2013 (TXT) (PDF)
      Seasonal Factors and Revised Seasonally Adjusted Indexes
      March 2013 (TXT) (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 website. September 2012 (USDL-12-2162) (HTML) (PDF)
      December 2012 (USDL-13-0143) (HTML) (PDF)
      March 2013 (USDL-13-0781) (HTML) (PDF)   Employer Costs for Employee Compensation The specific data series that contain statistically significant differences (when compared to the original estimates) for one or more reference periods are listed below: Table 1. ECEC series with statistically significant differences between originally published estimates and corrected estimates, September 2012 and December 2012
      Table
          Ownership
          Measure
          Series
          September2012
          December2012Table 1
          Civilian
          Insurance
          Sales and office workers
          (X)
          (*)Table 1
          Civilian
          Health insurance
          Sales and office workers
          (X)
          (*)Table 2
          Civilian
          Insurance
          Sales and related workers
          (X)
          (X)Table 5
          Private industry
          Insurance
          Sales and office workers
          (X)
          (X)Table 5
          Private industry
          Health insurance
          Sales and office workers
          (X)
          (X)Table 6
          Private industry
          Insurance
          Trade, transportation, and utilities industries
          (*)
          (X)Table 6
          Private industry
          Health insurance
          Trade, transportation, and utilities industries
          (*)
          (X)Table 9
          Private industry
          Insurance
          Sales and related workers
          (X)
          (X)Table 9
          Private industry
          Insurance
          Service-providing industries, sales and office workers
          (X)
          (X)Table 10
          Private industry
          Insurance
          Retail trade industries
          (X)
          (X)Table 11
          Private industry
          Insurance
          Full time, sales and related workers
          (X)
          (X)Table 11
          Private industry
          Insurance
          Part-time, sales and related workers
          (X)
          (X)Footnotes:(X) = Statistically significant change(*) = No statistically significant changeNote: All series are dollar estimates. Standard errors for proportion estimates are not computed.  Table 2 contains supplementary series that have at least one corrected estimate for September 2012 and December 2012 where the differences is statistically significant from the original estimate.Table 3 contains news release series and table 4 supplemental series that have at least one corrected estimate for September 2012 and December 2012 that is not significantly different from the original estimate.
      Corrected data are available at www.bls.gov/ncs/ect/data.htm. In addition, the following historical listings have been corrected: Employer Costs for Employee Compensation Historical Listing, March 2004 to present (TXT) (PDF)
      Employer Costs for Employee Compensation Supplementary Tables Historical Listing, December 2006 to present (TXT) (PDF)
      Employer Costs for Employee Compensation Supplementary Tables
        September 2012 (TXT) (PDF)
          December 2012 (TXT) (PDF)
      ECEC Standard Errors – News Release Tables
        September 2012 (TXT) (PDF)
          December 2012 (TXT) (PDF)
      ECEC Standard Errors – Supplementary Tables
        September 2012 (TXT) (PDF)
          December 2012 (TXT) (PDF) The following national ECEC news releases, which contain the incorrect data, will not be reissued. However, they contain a statement about the errors and refer users to this website. September 2012 (USDL-12-2404) (HTML) (PDF) ****
        December 2012 (USDL-13-0421) (HTML) (PDF) ****
  **Last Modified Date:** July 17, 2013
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