Compensation costs for private industry rose 0.8 percent from December 2007 to March 2008, after a 0.9-percent increase in the previous quarter, according to a report by the Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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Benefit costs for private industry rose 0.6 percent, compared with 0.8 percent in the previous quarter. For state and local government, benefit costs increased 0.3 percent, compared to 1.2 percent in the previous quarter.
For the 12-month period ended March 2008, compensation costs rose 3.2 percent in private industry, the same as for the year ended March 2007.
For state and local government, the increase for the 12-month period ended March 2008 was 3.6 percent, less than the March 2007 increase of 4.6 percent.