| Employment Cost Index (CI) | |
| ci.txt | |
| Section Listing | |
| 1. Survey definition | |
| 2. Download files listed in the survey directory | |
| 3. Time series, series file, data file, and mapping file definitions and | |
| relationships | |
| 4. Series file format and field definitions | |
| 5. Data file format and field definitions | |
| 6. Mapping file formats and field definitions | |
| 7. Data element definition | |
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| Section 1: Survey Definition | |
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| The following is a definition of: Employment Cost Index (CI) | |
| Survey description: 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 total compensation series includes changes in wages and | |
| salaries and in employer costs for employee benefits. | |
| The survey covers all occupations in the civilian economy, which includes the | |
| total private economy (excluding farms and households), and the public sector | |
| (excluding the federal government). Statistics are published for the private | |
| and public sectors separately, and the data are combined in a measure for the | |
| civilian economy. | |
| Sample: The sample responding information is available in the latest ECI news | |
| release technical note available at www.bls.gov/news.release/eci.nr0.htm. The | |
| sample establishments are classified in industry categories based on the North | |
| American Industrial Classification System (NAICS). Within an establishment, | |
| specific job categories are selected to represent broader occupational | |
| definitions. Jobs are classified according to the Standard Occupational | |
| Classification (SOC) system. | |
| Summary data available: For private industry workers, data are available for | |
| total compensation costs, for wages and salaries alone, and for total benefits | |
| alone. Compensation and wage and salary change estimates are available by | |
| major occupational and industry groups, as well as by census regions and | |
| divisions, 15 largest metropolitan areas (by employment), time-based workers, | |
| and bargaining status. | |
| For civilian as well as state and local government workers cost changes | |
| are available for major occupational and industry series. | |
| Indexes and 3-month and 12-month percent changes are available for most | |
| non-seasonally adjusted series. Seasonally adjusted series have indexes and | |
| 3-month percent changes available. | |
| Frequency of observations: Data are released for the reference months of | |
| March, June, September, and December. | |
| Base periods: All current indexes have a base period of December 2005 = 100. | |
| Data characteristics: All percent changes are rounded to the nearest tenth. | |
| Updating schedule: Updates are available about four weeks following the end | |
| of the reference month. Publication dates are available at | |
| www.bls.gov/schedule/news_release/eci.htm. | |
| Detailed information on survey concepts, coverage, and methods can be found in | |
| the BLS Handbook of Methods, www.bls.gov/opub/hom/eci/. | |
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| Section 2: Download files listed in the survey directory | |
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| The following Employment Cost Index files are on the BLS internet site at | |
| https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/ci/: | |
| File Name Contents File Type | |
| ci.series - all series and their series file | |
| beginning and end dates | |
| ci.data.0.Current - all most recent reference | |
| period data data file | |
| ci.data.1.AllData - all estimates data file | |
| ci.aspect - all available standard | |
| errors and relative | |
| importance estimates data file | |
| ci.area - geographic codes mapping file | |
| ci.estimate - compensation type codes mapping file | |
| ci.footnote - footnote codes mapping file | |
| ci.industry - industry codes mapping file | |
| ci.occupation - occupation codes mapping file | |
| ci.owner - ownership (sector) codes mapping file | |
| ci.periodicity - periodicity codes mapping file | |
| ci.seasonal - seasonal codes mapping file | |
| ci.subcell - subcell category codes mapping file | |
| ci.contacts - contacts for CI survey N/A | |
| ci.txt - general information for | |
| CI survey N/A | |
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| Section 3: Series file, data files, and mapping files definitions and | |
| relationships | |
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| The interrelationship among series, data, and mapping files is detailed below: | |
| The series file contains a unique series identification code that identifies a | |
| single time series and columns of codes that define the series. Additionally, | |
| the series file also contains the following series-level information: | |
| a) the period and year corresponding to the first data observation | |
| b) the period and year corresponding to the most recent data observation | |
| The download files are organized such that data users are provided with the | |
| following set of files to use in their efforts to interpret data files: | |
| a) a series file (only one series file per survey) | |
| b) data files | |
| c) mapping files | |
| The mapping files are definition files that contain explanatory text | |
| descriptions that correspond to each of the various codes used to define each | |
| series identification code. | |
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| Section 4: Series file format and field definitions | |
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| File structure and format: The following represents the file format used to | |
| define the ci.series file. Note that the Field Numbers are for reference only; | |
| they do not exist in the database. Data elements are separated by tabs; the | |
| first record of each file contains the column headers for the data elements | |
| stored in each field. Each record ends with a new line character. | |
| Field #/Data Element Length Value(Example) | |
| 1. series_id 17 CIS1010000000000I | |
| 2. seasonal 1 S | |
| 3. owner_code 1 1 | |
| 4. industry_code 6 000000 | |
| 5. occupation_code 6 000000 | |
| 6. subcell_code 3 00 | |
| 7. area_code 5 99999 | |
| 8. periodicity_code 1 I | |
| 9. estimate_code 2 01 | |
| 10. series_title 250 (descriptive label text) | |
| 11. footnote_codes 10 v,7 | |
| 12. begin_year 4 2008 | |
| 13. begin_period 3 Q01 | |
| 14. end_year 4 2018 | |
| 15. end_period 3 Q01 | |
| The series_id (CIS1010000000000I) can be broken out into: | |
| Code Value | |
| survey abbreviation = CI | |
| seasonal (code) = S | |
| owner_code = 1 | |
| estimate_code = 01 | |
| industry_code = 0000 | |
| occupation_code = 000 | |
| subcell_code = 00 | |
| periodicity_code = I | |
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| Section 5: Data file formats and field definitions | |
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| File structure and format: The following represents the file format used to | |
| define each data file. Note that the field numbers are for reference only; they | |
| do not exist in the database. Data files are in ASCII text format. Data | |
| elements are separated by tabs; the first record of each file contains the | |
| column headers for the data elements stored in each field. Each record ends | |
| with a new line character. | |
| The ci.data file is partitioned into two separate files: | |
| 1. ci.data.0.Current - All recent reference period estimates | |
| 2. ci.data.1.AllData - All estimates | |
| 3. ci.aspect - All available standard errors | |
| File Name: ci.data.0.Current | |
| Field #/Data Element Length Value(Example) | |
| 1. series_id 17 CIU1010000110000Q | |
| 2. year 4 2018 | |
| 3. period 3 Q01 | |
| 4. value 12 1.1 | |
| 5. footnote_codes 10 <blank> | |
| File Name: ci.data.1.AllData | |
| Field #/Data Element Length Value (Example) | |
| 1. series_id 17 CIU1010000210000A | |
| 2. year 4 2018 | |
| 3. period 3 Q01 | |
| 4. value 12 2.9 | |
| 5. footnote_codes 10 <blank> | |
| File Name: ci.aspect | |
| Field #/Data Element Length Value (Example) | |
| 1. series_id 17 CIU1010000430000A | |
| 2. year 4 2018 | |
| 3. period 3 Q01 | |
| 4. aspect_type 2 E | |
| 5. value 12 0.2 | |
| 6. footnote_codes 10 <blank> | |
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| Section 6: Mapping file formats and field definitions | |
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| File structure and format: The following represents the file format used to | |
| define each mapping file. Note that the field numbers are for reference only; | |
| they do not exist in the database. Mapping files are in ASCII text format. Data | |
| elements are separated by tabs; the first record of each file contains the | |
| column headers for the data elements stored in each field. Each record ends | |
| with a new line character. | |
| File Name: ci.area | |
| Field #/Data Element Length Value(Example) | |
| 1. area_code 5 99999 | |
| 2. area_text 100 National | |
| 3. display_level 2 0 | |
| 4. selectable 1 T | |
| 5. sort_sequence 5 1 | |
| File Name: ci.estimate | |
| Field #/Data Element Length Value(Example) | |
| 1. subcell_code 2 03 | |
| 2. subcell_text 100 Total Benefits | |
| 3. display_level 2 1 | |
| 4. selectable 1 T | |
| 5. sort_sequence 5 3 | |
| File Name: ci.footnote | |
| Field #/Data Element Length Value(Example) | |
| 1. footnote_code 3 a | |
| 2. footnote_text 200 Dashes indicate data not | |
| available. | |
| File Name: ci.industry | |
| Field #/Data Element Length Value(Example) | |
| 1. industry_code 6 622000 | |
| 2. industry_text 100 Hospitals | |
| 3. display_level 2 4 | |
| 4. selectable 1 T | |
| 5. sort_sequence 5 1625 | |
| File Name: ci.occupation | |
| Field #/Data Element Length Value(Example) | |
| 1. occupation_code 6 414300 | |
| 2. occupation_text 100 Sales and office occupations | |
| 3. display_level 2 1 | |
| 4. selectable 1 T | |
| 5. sort_sequence 5 760 | |
| File Name: ci.owner | |
| Field #/Data Element Length Value(Example) | |
| 1. owner_code 1 2 | |
| 2. owner_text 100 Private industry workers | |
| 3. display_level 2 0 | |
| 4. selectable 1 T | |
| 5. sort_sequence 5 2 | |
| File Name: ci.periodicity | |
| Field #/Data Element Length Value(Example) | |
| 1. periodicity_code 1 I | |
| 2. periodicity_text 30 Index number | |
| 3. display_level 2 0 | |
| 4. selectable 1 T | |
| 5. sort_sequence 5 1 | |
| File Name: ci.seasonal | |
| Field #/Data Element Length Value(Example) | |
| 1. seasonal_code 1 S | |
| 2. seasonal_text 30 Seasonally adjusted | |
| File Name: ci.subcell | |
| Field #/Data Element Length Value(Example) | |
| 1. subcell_code 3 23 | |
| 2. subcell_text 100 Union | |
| 3. display_level 2 2 | |
| 4. selectable 1 T | |
| 5. sort_sequence 5 28 | |
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| Section 7: Data element dictionary | |
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| Employment Cost Index (ECI) database elements | |
| Data Element Length Value(Example) Description | |
| area_code 5 99999 Identifies the geographic | |
| area for the estimate | |
| area_text 100 United States Description of area | |
| (National) code | |
| aspect_type 2 E Identifies the type of | |
| additional data provided | |
| for the series id | |
| (Example: E represents | |
| standard error) | |
| begin_period 3 Q01 Identifies first data | |
| observation within the | |
| first reference quarter | |
| for which data is available | |
| for a given series | |
| begin_year 4 2004 Identifies first year for | |
| which data is available | |
| for a given series | |
| end_period 3 Q02 Identifies last data | |
| observation within the | |
| last reference quarter for | |
| which data is available for | |
| a given series | |
| end_year 4 2018 Identifies last year for | |
| which data is available | |
| for a given series | |
| estimate_code 2 01 Identifies the type and | |
| unit of measure for the | |
| estimate | |
| estimate_text 100 Total | |
| compensation Description of the estimate | |
| code | |
| footnote_code 10 A Identifies footnotes for | |
| the series or observations | |
| footnote_text 200 Data not | |
| available Description of the footnote | |
| code | |
| industry_code 6 000000 Identifies the industry | |
| sector for the estimate, as | |
| classified by the North | |
| American Industry Classification | |
| System (NAICS) | |
| industry_text 100 All industries Description of industry code | |
| occupation_code 6 291111 Identifies the occupational | |
| group, or family of jobs, | |
| for the estimate as classified | |
| by the Standard Occupational | |
| Classification (SOC) system. Numbering | |
| conventions may differ from SOC. | |
| occupation_text 100 Registered nurses Description of occupation code | |
| ownership_code 1 1 Identifies the sector represented | |
| by the estimate | |
| ownership_text 100 Civilian workers Description of the ownership code | |
| period 3 Q01 Identifies period for the data | |
| observation | |
| periodicity_code 1 I Abbreviation of the period description | |
| periodicity_text 30 Index number Period description | |
| seasonal 1 U Seasonality indicator code | |
| seasonal_text 30 Not seasonally Description of the seasonal code | |
| adjusted | |
| series_id 17 CIU1010000210000A Unique code identifying the | |
| specific series | |
| series_title 256 All civilian total Description of the series id | |
| compensation for | |
| all occupations; | |
| cost per hour | |
| worked | |
| subcell_code 2 23 Job characteristic code | |
| identifying the attributes of | |
| workers or establishments for | |
| the estimate | |
| subcell_text 100 Union workers Description of job | |
| characteristic code | |
| value 12 3.3 Value of the estimate or relative | |
| standard error corresponding | |
| with the series id | |
| year 4 2018 Identifies year of observation | |