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Worker compensation costs rise 3 percent

By Aaron Cahall
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Wages, salaries, and other compensation costs for workers in the Baltimore-Washington-Northern Virginia region rose 3 percent for the year ending in September, according to federal data released Thursday.

A year ago, the region’s compensation costs were up 3.2 percent, according to the annual Labor Department report. Nationally this year, compensation rose 2.8 percent.

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