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Table 14. Employer costs per hour worked for employee compensation and costs as a percent of total compensation: private industry health care and social assistance workers, by industry and occupational group, 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 Health care and social assistance............ $35.39 $24.78 $10.61 $2.95 $0.88 $3.06 $1.20 $2.51 Management, professional, and related.... 53.38 37.20 16.18 4.95 1.34 4.23 2.16 3.50 Registered nurses...................... 56.30 37.02 19.28 5.38 2.22 5.09 2.77 3.82 Sales and office......................... 25.43 17.59 7.84 1.95 .47 2.90 .69 1.84 Service.................................. 20.25 14.46 5.80 1.23 .55 1.90 .40 1.72 Hospitals.................................. 49.88 32.40 17.47 4.81 1.88 5.12 2.40 3.26 Management, professional, and related.... 60.41 39.72 20.69 6.07 2.19 5.57 2.97 3.89 Registered nurses...................... 61.07 39.24 21.83 6.19 2.54 5.85 3.21 4.05 Service.................................. 26.44 16.16 10.29 1.97 1.40 3.83 1.15 1.93 Nursing and residential care facilities.... 23.25 16.78 6.47 1.53 .57 2.05 .36 1.95 Management, professional, and related.... 35.93 26.13 9.81 2.75 .85 2.84 .68 2.69 Service.................................. 18.00 12.94 5.06 1.01 .49 1.69 .22 1.65 Nursing care facilities(1)............... 25.32 18.34 6.98 1.67 .67 2.13 .47 2.04 Management, professional, and related.... 38.48 28.43 10.05 2.75 .91 2.75 .75 2.88 Service.................................. 18.78 13.38 5.39 1.10 .59 1.76 .33 1.62 Percent of total compensation Health care and social assistance............ 100.0 70.0 30.0 8.3 2.5 8.6 3.4 7.1 Management, professional, and related.... 100.0 69.7 30.3 9.3 2.5 7.9 4.0 6.6 Registered nurses...................... 100.0 65.8 34.2 9.5 3.9 9.0 4.9 6.8 Sales and office......................... 100.0 69.2 30.8 7.7 1.8 11.4 2.7 7.2 Service.................................. 100.0 71.4 28.6 6.1 2.7 9.4 2.0 8.5 Hospitals.................................. 100.0 65.0 35.0 9.7 3.8 10.3 4.8 6.5 Management, professional, and related.... 100.0 65.7 34.3 10.1 3.6 9.2 4.9 6.4 Registered nurses...................... 100.0 64.3 35.7 10.1 4.2 9.6 5.3 6.6 Service.................................. 100.0 61.1 38.9 7.5 5.3 14.5 4.3 7.3 Nursing and residential care facilities.... 100.0 72.2 27.8 6.6 2.5 8.8 1.5 8.4 Management, professional, and related.... 100.0 72.7 27.3 7.7 2.4 7.9 1.9 7.5 Service.................................. 100.0 71.9 28.1 5.6 2.7 9.4 1.2 9.2 Nursing care facilities(1)............... 100.0 72.4 27.6 6.6 2.7 8.4 1.8 8.0 Management, professional, and related.... 100.0 73.9 26.1 7.1 2.4 7.1 2.0 7.5 Service.................................. 100.0 71.3 28.7 5.8 3.1 9.4 1.7 8.6 1 Data are available beginning with December 2006. Note: The sum of individual items may not equal totals due to rounding.