Next Employment Cost Index release Oct 30, 2026 Employment Cost Index
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics calendar lists Employment Cost Index for 8:30 AM EDT on Friday, Oct 30, 2026. The previous entry was Jul 31, 2026.
Every BLS Employment Cost Index release date 8 dates on the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics calendar, with the next one always at the top →
The official source calendar lists this release ahead of the last collection run.
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What it measuresEmployment Cost Index, in one paragraph
The Employment Cost Index measures the change in what employers pay for wages, salaries, and benefits while holding the mix of occupations and industries fixed, so a shift in which jobs exist cannot be mistaken for a change in pay.
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The fixed weights are the whole point. Average hourly earnings can rise purely because low-paid jobs disappeared, and the ECI cannot, which is why it is the wage series a central bank quotes when it is being careful and the one nobody quotes when they are not.
The month around this date The BLS release calendar for October 2026
The BLS calendar carries 11 releases across 9 days of October 2026. The heaviest day is the 14th, carrying 2 of them. Every marked day is listed below with its exact release time.
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Employment Cost Index 8:30 AM ET, this page
The run of dates Date 8 of the 8 Employment Cost Index entries JMM holds
The source calendar puts these 8 dates a median of 91 days apart. This one falls 91 days after the previous entry. The widest interval in the run is 132 days, between Jul 31, 2025 and Dec 10, 2025.
Next Employment Cost Index Not yet published The source calendar carried no later date at the last collection, which is what it supplied rather than a statement that the release has ended.
Event recordEvery clock JMM stores for this record
- Status
- ScheduledThe official source calendar lists this release ahead of the last collection run.
- Effective period
- Not specified by source
- Scheduled time
- Oct 30, 2026, 8:30 AM EDT
- JMM retrieval
- Aug 12, 2026, 9:17 PM EDT
- Forecast connection
- None published A published JMM question that settles on this record would freeze its probability before the time above.
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Schedule source. The source timezone is retained; Published requires a separate release receipt.
Raise vs inflation calculatorA pay number is only meaningful net of prices. This does that subtraction on your own figures.
Real after-tax return calculatorThe same adjustment applied to money that is invested rather than earned.
Inflation calculatorConvert any wage figure in this release into the purchasing power of another year.Continue from this record
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MethodHow JMM keeps release clocks apartSchedule, publication, observation, and retrieval times are stored as four different facts.