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PRESENTATION OF DATA 32 <br /> Chart I.Twelve-month percent changes in the Employment Cost Index for total <br /> compensation and for wages and salaries,private industry workers,United States and the <br /> Miami area,not seasonally adjusted,September2012 to September2014 <br /> Percent Percent <br /> change Change <br /> 3.0 3.0 <br /> 25 2.5 <br /> 2.0 }. • � 2.0 ••/• — <br /> til 1 • •• <br /> 1.5 / • 1.5 <br /> 1.0 r 1.0 <br /> U nited States total compensation U nited States vages and salaries <br /> 0.5 0.5 Miami wages and salaries <br /> •M iami total compensation <br /> 0.0 Sep.I Dec 1M ar.I Jun.I Sep.I Dec I Mar.l Jun.I Sep. 0.0 Sep.I Dec I Mar.I Jun.I Sep.I Dec Mar.I Jun.!Sep. <br /> 2012 2013 2014 2012 2013 2014 <br /> Source:U.S.Bureau of Labor Statistics. <br /> Miami is 1 of 15 metropolitan areas in the United States and 1 of 5 areas in the South <br /> region of the country for which locality compensation cost data are now available. <br /> Among these 15 largest areas, over-the year percentage changes in the cost of <br /> compensation ranged from 3.9 percent in San Jose to 0.9 percent in Detroit in <br /> September 2014; for wages and salaries, San Jose registered the largest increase (3.9 <br /> percent) while Detroit registered the smallest (0.1 percent). (See Chart 2.) <br /> The annual increase in compensation costs in Miami was 1.2 percent in September <br /> 2014 compared to advances that ranged from 3.4 to 1.1 percent in the four other <br /> metropolitan areas in the South (Atlanta, Dallas, Houston, and Washington). Miami's 1.7 <br /> percent gain in wages and salaries compared to annual increases in the other four <br /> southern localities that ranged from 3.5 to 1.0 percent. (See Table 2.) <br /> Locality compensation costs are part of the national Employment Cost Index (ECI), <br /> which measures quarterly changes in compensation costs, which include wages, <br /> salaries and employer costs for employee benefits. In addition to the 15 locality <br /> estimates provided in this release, ECI data for the nation, four geographical regions, <br /> and nine geographical divisions are available. (Geographical definitions for the <br /> metropolitan areas mentioned in this release are included in the Technical Note.) <br /> Clobus, McLemore & Duke, Inc. <br />