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Employer Costs for Employee Compensation
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The Employer Costs for Employee Compensation (ECEC) measures the average employer cost per employee hour worked for total compensation, wages and salaries, and benefits, and costs as a percent of total compensation. These data are collected through the National Compensation Survey (NCS) and provide information about average compensation in the economy at a point in time.
Employer costs are available for different benefits, including paid leave—vacation, holiday, sick, and personal leave; supplemental pay—overtime and premium, shift differentials, and nonproduction bonuses; insurance—life, health, short-term and long-term disability; retirement and savings— defined benefit and defined contribution; and legally required benefits—Social Security, Medicare, federal and state unemployment insurance, and workers’ compensation.
Notices
- The National Compensation Measures Handbook of Methods has been divided into three new Handbook of Methods that focus on the three separate NCS publications (ECI, ECEC, Benefits). Read More »
Charts
Employer costs per hour worked for employee compensation, June 2025
Compensation
Civilian workers
Private industry workers
State and local government workers
Total compensation
$48.05
$45.65
$63.94
Wages and salaries
$33.02
$32.07
$39.31
Total benefits
$15.03
$13.58
$24.63
Latest Numbers
EMPLOYER COSTS FOR EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION (ECEC) 
Total compensation: per hour worked
Civilian workers
$48.05 in 2nd Qtr of 2025
Private industry workers
$45.65 in 2nd Qtr of 2025
State and local government workers
$63.94 in 2nd Qtr of 2025
Historical Data
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News Releases
Private industry compensation costs average $45.65 per hour worked in June 2025
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09/12/2025
Employer costs for private industry workers averaged $32.07 per hour worked for wages and salaries and $13.58 for benefits in June 2025. Employer costs in the manufacturing industry averaged $30.94 per hour worked for wages and salaries and $15.36 for benefits.
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September 2025
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Publications
The Economics Daily
Employee benefits cost employers $13.58 per hour for private industry workers in June 2025
Total compensation for civilian workers averaged $48.05 per hour worked in June 2025, as costs for private industry workers averaged $45.65 per hour worked and state and local government workers averaged $63.94 per hour worked. read more »
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