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 "metadata": {
  "what": "Three national indexes of what state and local governments pay, by calendar year: the BEA implicit price deflator for state and local government, and two BLS Employment Cost Indexes for state and local government total compensation.",
  "generated_by": "Data/fetch_gov_cost_indexes.py",
  "generated_utc": "2026-09-25T01:07:31Z",
  "series": {
   "bea_sl_deflator": {
    "publisher": "U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis",
    "name": "Implicit price deflator, state and local government consumption expenditures and gross investment",
    "series_code": "A829RD",
    "table": "NIPA Table 1.1.9, line 26",
    "fred_id": "A829RD3A086NBEA",
    "base": "2017 = 100",
    "frequency": "annual",
    "source_url": "https://apps.bea.gov/national/Release/TXT/NipaDataA.txt"
   },
   "eci_sl_total": {
    "publisher": "U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics",
    "name": "Employment Cost Index, total compensation, state and local government, all workers",
    "series_id": "CIS3010000000000I",
    "fred_id": "ECIGVTCOM",
    "base": "December 2005 = 100",
    "frequency": "quarterly; annual value = mean of the four quarters, written only for a year with all four",
    "seasonal_adjustment": "seasonally adjusted",
    "source_url": "https://data.bls.gov/timeseries/CIS3010000000000I"
   },
   "eci_sl_schools": {
    "publisher": "U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics",
    "name": "Employment Cost Index, total compensation, state and local government, elementary and secondary schools",
    "series_id": "CIS3016110000000I",
    "fred_id": null,
    "base": "December 2005 = 100",
    "frequency": "quarterly; annual value = mean of the four quarters, written only for a year with all four",
    "seasonal_adjustment": "seasonally adjusted",
    "source_url": "https://data.bls.gov/timeseries/CIS3016110000000I"
   }
  },
  "reading_note": "National indexes, not Connecticut and not any town. The deflator prices everything state and local governments buy; the two ECIs price labor only, per hour for a fixed mix of jobs, so they do not move with headcount. CPI-U (us_cpi_u.json) is the consumer index the site otherwise deflates by.",
  "change_note": "annual_percent_change[Y] is the change from Y-1 to Y within this pull; the first year is null, not zero.",
  "cross_checks": [
   "bea_sl_deflator: 18 of 18 factors compared, 0 disagree above 0.002",
   "eci_sl_total: 18 of 18 factors compared, 0 disagree above 0.002",
   "eci_sl_schools: 18 of 18 factors compared, 0 disagree above 0.002"
  ]
 },
 "bea_sl_deflator": {
  "years": [
   2001,
   2002,
   2003,
   2004,
   2005,
   2006,
   2007,
   2008,
   2009,
   2010,
   2011,
   2012,
   2013,
   2014,
   2015,
   2016,
   2017,
   2018,
   2019,
   2020,
   2021,
   2022,
   2023,
   2024,
   2025
  ],
  "index": {
   "2001": 63.128,
   "2002": 64.538,
   "2003": 66.646,
   "2004": 69.726,
   "2005": 73.667,
   "2006": 77.406,
   "2007": 81.603,
   "2008": 85.692,
   "2009": 85.201,
   "2010": 87.642,
   "2011": 90.494,
   "2012": 92.579,
   "2013": 95.654,
   "2014": 97.804,
   "2015": 97.567,
   "2016": 97.505,
   "2017": 100.0,
   "2018": 104.126,
   "2019": 105.638,
   "2020": 108.65,
   "2021": 115.855,
   "2022": 125.305,
   "2023": 127.744,
   "2024": 130.231,
   "2025": 133.449
  },
  "annual_percent_change": {
   "2001": null,
   "2002": 2.2336,
   "2003": 3.2663,
   "2004": 4.6214,
   "2005": 5.6521,
   "2006": 5.0755,
   "2007": 5.4221,
   "2008": 5.0108,
   "2009": -0.573,
   "2010": 2.865,
   "2011": 3.2541,
   "2012": 2.304,
   "2013": 3.3215,
   "2014": 2.2477,
   "2015": -0.2423,
   "2016": -0.0635,
   "2017": 2.5588,
   "2018": 4.126,
   "2019": 1.4521,
   "2020": 2.8512,
   "2021": 6.6314,
   "2022": 8.1567,
   "2023": 1.9465,
   "2024": 1.9469,
   "2025": 2.471
  }
 },
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   2001,
   2002,
   2003,
   2004,
   2005,
   2006,
   2007,
   2008,
   2009,
   2010,
   2011,
   2012,
   2013,
   2014,
   2015,
   2016,
   2017,
   2018,
   2019,
   2020,
   2021,
   2022,
   2023,
   2024,
   2025
  ],
  "index": {
   "2001": 84.925,
   "2002": 88.15,
   "2003": 91.6,
   "2004": 94.725,
   "2005": 98.325,
   "2006": 102.175,
   "2007": 106.7,
   "2008": 110.325,
   "2009": 113.3,
   "2010": 115.3,
   "2011": 117.175,
   "2012": 119.15,
   "2013": 121.275,
   "2014": 123.775,
   "2015": 126.575,
   "2016": 129.7,
   "2017": 132.95,
   "2018": 136.3,
   "2019": 140.35,
   "2020": 143.95,
   "2021": 147.175,
   "2022": 153.125,
   "2023": 160.425,
   "2024": 168.075,
   "2025": 174.578
  },
  "annual_percent_change": {
   "2001": null,
   "2002": 3.7975,
   "2003": 3.9138,
   "2004": 3.4116,
   "2005": 3.8005,
   "2006": 3.9156,
   "2007": 4.4287,
   "2008": 3.3974,
   "2009": 2.6966,
   "2010": 1.7652,
   "2011": 1.6262,
   "2012": 1.6855,
   "2013": 1.7835,
   "2014": 2.0614,
   "2015": 2.2622,
   "2016": 2.4689,
   "2017": 2.5058,
   "2018": 2.5197,
   "2019": 2.9714,
   "2020": 2.565,
   "2021": 2.2404,
   "2022": 4.0428,
   "2023": 4.7673,
   "2024": 4.7686,
   "2025": 3.8691
  }
 },
 "eci_sl_schools": {
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   2003,
   2004,
   2005,
   2006,
   2007,
   2008,
   2009,
   2010,
   2011,
   2012,
   2013,
   2014,
   2015,
   2016,
   2017,
   2018,
   2019,
   2020,
   2021,
   2022,
   2023,
   2024,
   2025
  ],
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   "2003": 91.575,
   "2004": 94.475,
   "2005": 97.95,
   "2006": 102.1,
   "2007": 106.275,
   "2008": 109.925,
   "2009": 113.1,
   "2010": 114.9,
   "2011": 116.3,
   "2012": 118.025,
   "2013": 119.75,
   "2014": 121.8,
   "2015": 124.625,
   "2016": 128.025,
   "2017": 131.3,
   "2018": 134.725,
   "2019": 138.7,
   "2020": 142.325,
   "2021": 145.65,
   "2022": 150.95,
   "2023": 157.975,
   "2024": 164.45,
   "2025": 170.216
  },
  "annual_percent_change": {
   "2003": null,
   "2004": 3.1668,
   "2005": 3.6782,
   "2006": 4.2369,
   "2007": 4.0891,
   "2008": 3.4345,
   "2009": 2.8883,
   "2010": 1.5915,
   "2011": 1.2185,
   "2012": 1.4832,
   "2013": 1.4616,
   "2014": 1.7119,
   "2015": 2.3194,
   "2016": 2.7282,
   "2017": 2.5581,
   "2018": 2.6085,
   "2019": 2.9505,
   "2020": 2.6136,
   "2021": 2.3362,
   "2022": 3.6389,
   "2023": 4.6539,
   "2024": 4.0987,
   "2025": 3.5062
  }
 }
}