Compensation costs for civilian workers increased 0.6 percent, seasonally adjusted, for the 3-month period ending in June 2016, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Wages and salaries (which make up about 70 percent of compensation costs) increased 0.6 percent, and benefits (which make up the remaining 30 percent of compensation) increased 0.5 percent. (See chart 1 and tables A, 1, 2, and 3.) Civilian Workers Compensation costs for civilian workers increased 2.3 percent for the 12-month period ending in June 2016. In June 2015, compensation costs increased 2.0 percent. Wages and salaries increased 2.5 ... (full story)