Employer Costs for Employee Compensation Summary

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                       EMPLOYER COSTS FOR EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION - JUNE 2025
                       
Employer costs for employee compensation for civilian workers averaged $48.05 per hour worked in 
June 2025, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Wages and salaries averaged $33.02, 
while benefit costs averaged $15.03. (See tables 1 and 2.) 

Total employer compensation costs for private industry workers averaged $45.65 per hour worked in 
June 2025. Wages and salaries averaged $32.07 per hour worked and accounted for 70.2 percent of 
employer costs, while benefit costs averaged $13.58 per hour worked and accounted for the remaining 
29.8 percent. (See tables 1 and 4.)

Total employer compensation costs for state and local government workers averaged $63.94 per hour 
worked in June 2025. Wages and salaries averaged $39.31 and accounted for 61.5 percent of employer 
costs, while benefit costs averaged $24.63 and accounted for 38.5 percent. (See tables 1 and 3.)

In the private industry, paid leave costs averaged $3.44, supplemental pay costs averaged $1.84, 
insurance costs averaged $3.44, retirement and savings costs averaged $1.54, and legally required 
benefit costs averaged $3.31 per hour worked. In state and local government, paid leave costs 
averaged $4.71, supplemental pay costs averaged $0.66, insurance costs averaged $7.36, retirement 
and savings costs averaged $8.50, and legally required benefit costs averaged $3.41 per hour 
worked. (See table 1.)

Manufacturing industry in the private sector

Total employer compensation costs for workers in the manufacturing industry averaged $46.30 per hour 
worked in June 2025. Wages and salaries averaged $30.94 per hour worked and accounted for 66.8 percent 
of employer costs, while benefit costs averaged $15.36 per hour worked and accounted for the remaining 
33.2 percent. (See table 4.) 

In the manufacturing industry, total employer compensation costs averaged $52.54 per hour worked for 
union workers and $45.42 for nonunion workers. For union workers, wages and salaries averaged $30.36 per 
hour worked and accounted for 57.8 percent of employer costs, while benefit costs averaged $22.19 per 
hour worked and accounted for the remaining 42.2 percent. For nonunion workers, wages and salaries 
averaged $31.02 per hour worked and accounted for 68.3 percent of employer costs, while benefit costs 
averaged $14.40 per hour worked and accounted for the remaining 31.7 percent. (See table 5.) 

Employer Costs for Employee Compensation for September 2025 is scheduled to be released on 
Friday, December 12, 2025, at 10:00 a.m. (ET).