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Compensation costs up 0.6% Mar 2019 to Jun 2019 and up 2.7% over the year ending Jun 2019

07/31/2019

Compensation costs increased 0.6 percent for civilian workers, seasonally adjusted, from March 2019 to June 2019. Over the year, compensation rose 2.7 percent, with wages and salaries rising 2.9 percent and benefit costs increasing 2.3 percent.
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Civilian compensation costs average $36.61 per employee hour worked in June 2019

09/17/2019

Employer costs for civilian worker wages and salaries averaged $25.12 per hour worked and $11.48 for benefits in June 2019. Retirement and savings costs were $1.94, accounting for 5.3 percent of total compensation costs.
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