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Table 11. Private industry, by occupational group and full-time and part-time status

Table 11. Employer costs per hour worked for employee compensation and costs as a percent of total compensation: private
industry workers, by occupational group and full-time and part-time status, December 2018
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                            Benefit costs                    
                                                                                                                             
                                                        Total    Wages                                                       
                       Series                          compen-    and                      Supple-           Retire-  Legally
                                                       sation  salaries   Total    Paid    mental  Insuran-   ment   required
                                                                                   leave     pay      ce       and   benefits
                                                                                                             savings         
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                                      
                                                                               Cost per hour worked
                                                      
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
  All full-time workers in private industry..........  $39.43   $27.09   $12.34    $3.06    $1.36    $3.35    $1.64    $2.93 
                                                                                                                             
      Management, professional, and related..........   61.75    42.65    19.11     5.66     2.19     4.53     2.73     4.00 
        Management, business, and financial..........   66.82    46.13    20.69     6.25     2.82     4.46     2.88     4.28 
        Professional and related.....................   58.44    40.37    18.07     5.27     1.78     4.57     2.64     3.82 
      Sales and office...............................   30.34    21.15     9.19     2.23      .89     2.88     1.00     2.18 
        Sales and related............................   33.63    24.63     9.00     2.36      .97     2.31      .97     2.39 
        Office and administrative support............   28.82    19.54     9.28     2.17      .86     3.15     1.02     2.08 
      Service........................................   19.63    14.04     5.60     1.12      .50     1.86      .44     1.68 
      Natural resources, construction, and                                                                                   
         maintenance.................................   36.39    24.52    11.86     1.86     1.26     3.19     2.03     3.52 
        Construction, extraction, farming, fishing,                                                                          
           and forestry(1)...........................   37.13    24.80    12.34     1.42     1.29     3.18     2.51     3.94 
        Installation, maintenance, and repair........   35.61    24.24    11.37     2.33     1.23     3.21     1.53     3.08 
      Production, transportation, and material moving   30.65    20.06    10.59     1.95     1.33     3.26     1.34     2.72 
        Production...................................   28.67    18.83     9.84     1.80     1.43     3.18      .98     2.44 
        Transportation and material moving...........   32.96    21.48    11.47     2.12     1.20     3.36     1.76     3.04 
                                                                                                                             
  All part-time workers in private industry..........   18.10    14.24     3.86      .59      .30      .82      .36     1.78 
                                                                                                                             
      Management, professional, and related..........   41.44    32.17     9.27     2.35      .86     1.69     1.03     3.33 
        Professional and related.....................   41.77    32.26     9.51     2.46      .81     1.80     1.11     3.33 
      Sales and office...............................   15.51    12.32     3.20      .43      .22      .84      .29     1.42 
        Sales and related............................   14.03    11.48     2.56      .28      .19      .56      .20     1.32 
        Office and administrative support............   17.90    13.67     4.22      .66      .26     1.30      .43     1.57 
      Service........................................   13.77    11.21     2.57      .28      .19      .46      .13     1.50 
      Production, transportation, and material moving   18.05    12.90     5.16      .49      .35     1.36      .79     2.16 
        Transportation and material moving...........   18.97    13.06     5.91      .54      .39     1.68     1.04     2.26 
                                                      
                                                                           Percent of total compensation
                                                      
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
  All full-time workers in private industry..........   100.0     68.7     31.3      7.8      3.5      8.5      4.2      7.4 
                                                                                                                             
      Management, professional, and related..........   100.0     69.1     30.9      9.2      3.5      7.3      4.4      6.5 
        Management, business, and financial..........   100.0     69.0     31.0      9.3      4.2      6.7      4.3      6.4 
        Professional and related.....................   100.0     69.1     30.9      9.0      3.0      7.8      4.5      6.5 
      Sales and office...............................   100.0     69.7     30.3      7.3      2.9      9.5      3.3      7.2 
        Sales and related............................   100.0     73.2     26.8      7.0      2.9      6.9      2.9      7.1 
        Office and administrative support............   100.0     67.8     32.2      7.5      3.0     10.9      3.5      7.2 
      Service........................................   100.0     71.5     28.5      5.7      2.5      9.5      2.2      8.6 
      Natural resources, construction, and                                                                                   
         maintenance.................................   100.0     67.4     32.6      5.1      3.5      8.8      5.6      9.7 
        Construction, extraction, farming, fishing,                                                                          
           and forestry(1)...........................   100.0     66.8     33.2      3.8      3.5      8.6      6.7     10.6 
        Installation, maintenance, and repair........   100.0     68.1     31.9      6.5      3.4      9.0      4.3      8.6 
      Production, transportation, and material moving   100.0     65.4     34.6      6.4      4.3     10.6      4.4      8.9 
        Production...................................   100.0     65.7     34.3      6.3      5.0     11.1      3.4      8.5 
        Transportation and material moving...........   100.0     65.2     34.8      6.4      3.6     10.2      5.3      9.2 
                                                                                                                             
  All part-time workers in private industry..........   100.0     78.7     21.3      3.3      1.7      4.5      2.0      9.9 
                                                                                                                             
      Management, professional, and related..........   100.0     77.6     22.4      5.7      2.1      4.1      2.5      8.0 
        Professional and related.....................   100.0     77.2     22.8      5.9      1.9      4.3      2.7      8.0 
      Sales and office...............................   100.0     79.4     20.6      2.8      1.4      5.4      1.9      9.1 
        Sales and related............................   100.0     81.8     18.2      2.0      1.4      4.0      1.4      9.4 
        Office and administrative support............   100.0     76.4     23.6      3.7      1.5      7.3      2.4      8.8 
      Service........................................   100.0     81.4     18.6      2.0      1.4      3.4       .9     10.9 
      Production, transportation, and material moving   100.0     71.4     28.6      2.7      2.0      7.5      4.4     12.0 
        Transportation and material moving...........   100.0     68.9     31.1      2.9      2.1      8.9      5.5     11.9 

  1 Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations were combined with construction and extraction occupational group as of
December 2006.
Note: The sum of individual items may not equal totals due to rounding.

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Last Modified Date: March 19, 2019