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Business/Oct 31, 2026

US employment costs rise 0.8% in the third quarter as real wages remain under pressure

The US Bureau of Labor Statistics released its Employment Cost Index through September. Wage and benefit costs continued to increase, but inflation-adjusted wages fell from a year earlier.