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Employer costs per hour worked for employee compensation of private industry workers, by consolidated and metropolitan statistical area

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Employer costs per hour worked for employee compensation of private industry workers, by combined and metropolitan statistical area, March 2026
Area Wages and salaries Benefits Total compensation

Atlanta-Athens-Clarke County-Sandy Springs, GA-AL CSA

$28.45 $11.40 $39.85

Boston-Worcester-Providence, MA-RI-NH CSA

$37.57 $17.67 $55.24

Chicago-Naperville, IL-IN-WI CSA

$33.81 $15.56 $49.37

Dallas-Fort Worth, TX-OK CSA

$27.48 $11.57 $39.05

Detroit-Warren-Ann Arbor, MI CSA

$34.64 $17.29 $51.93

Houston-Pasadena, TX CSA

$34.81 $15.01 $49.82

Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA CSA

$35.00 $16.38 $51.38

Miami-Port St. Lucie-Fort Lauderdale, FL CSA

$27.71 $10.13 $37.84

Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI CSA

$35.45 $15.65 $51.11

New York-Newark, NY-NJ-CT-PA CSA

$38.73 $19.14 $57.87

Philadelphia-Reading-Camden, PA-NJ-DE-MD CSA

$43.91 $20.73 $64.64

Phoenix-Mesa, AZ CSA

$33.14 $12.79 $45.93

San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA CSA

$50.83 $24.29 $75.12

Seattle-Tacoma, WA CSA

$38.89 $16.38 $55.28

Washington-Baltimore-Arlington, DC-MD-VA-WV-PA CSA

$44.65 $18.37 $63.02