Total Compensation for State and Local Government Workers is an index to measure the percent change in employer costs for wages and salaries and employee benefits. While the default view shows the 12-month percent change in compensation for public administration workers, there are also data available for workers in education, health care and social assistance, and for all state and local government as a whole. Index data are available too. This data can help local governments know how much compensation costs are increasing for their workers, nationally.