United States - Employment Cost Index: Wages and Salaries: Private Industry Workers was 176.23300 Index Dec 2005=100 in October of 2025, according to the United States Federal Reserve. Historically, United States - Employment Cost Index: Wages and Salaries: Private Industry Workers reached a record high of 176.23300 in October of 2025 and a record low of 87.60000 in January of 2001. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for United States - Employment Cost Index: Wages and Salaries: Private Industry Workers - last updated from the United States Federal Reserve on April of 2026.