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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.
Employer costs per hour worked for employee compensation, September 2024
Compensation
Civilian workers
Private industry workers
State and local government workers
Total compensation
$46.84
$44.40
$62.92
Wages and salaries
$32.25
$31.25
$38.86
Total benefits
$14.59
$13.15
$24.06
12/17/2024
Employer costs for private industry workers averaged $31.25 per hour worked for wages and salaries and $13.15 for benefits in September 2024. Employer costs in establishments with less than 50 workers averaged $26.39 per hour worked for wages and salaries and $8.88 for benefits.
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