Change log
Cost data goes stale, and a site that does not say when it last checked is asking you to trust it blindly. This page is generated from the datasets themselves, so a date here means the underlying data really was reviewed then. A date can only move when the data moves with it.
Datasets
Upstream sources
These are the published datasets our figures depend on. When one of them releases a new edition, ours are rebuilt from it rather than adjusted by hand.
| Source | Edition | Retrieved |
|---|---|---|
| BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics | May 2025 | 2026-08-20 |
| BLS Employer Costs for Employee Compensation | March 2026 | 2026-08-21 |
| FEMA Schedule of Equipment Rates | 2025 | 2026-08-21 |
How we know when to refresh
Rather than reviewing everything blindly once a year, we track the relevant commodity groups in the BLS Producer Price Index. When a group moves beyond a threshold, the material prices that depend on it are flagged for a fresh look. The index tells us when to check; it never silently rewrites a price.