COMPENSATION COSTS in the Boston-Worcester-Providence combined statistical area increased 3.7% year over year in September. / COURTESY BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS
PROVIDENCE – Compensation costs in the Boston-Worcester-Providence combined statistical area increased 3.7% year over year in September, slower than the national growth rate of 4.1% in that time, according to a Bureau of Labor Statistics report released on Thursday. Wages and salaries, the largest component of compensation costs, rose 4.2% year over year in the…