Table 4. State and local government, by occupational and industry group
Table 4. Employer costs per hour worked for employee compensation and costs as a percent of total compensation: state
and local government workers, by occupational and industry group, March 2017
Benefit costs
Total Wages
Series compen- and Supple- Retire- Legally
sation salaries Total Paid mental Insuran- ment required
leave pay ce and benefits
savings
Cost per hour worked
State and local government workers............. $48.24 $30.34 $17.90 $3.62 $0.48 $5.72 $5.40 $2.68
Occupational group
Management, professional, and related.... 57.99 37.68 20.31 4.09 0.39 6.34 6.47 3.01
Professional and related............... 56.43 36.95 19.48 3.64 0.36 6.35 6.23 2.90
Teachers(1).......................... 63.80 42.84 20.96 3.25 0.25 7.00 7.38 3.09
Primary, secondary, and special
education school teachers......... 63.41 42.14 21.26 2.99 0.23 7.26 7.84 2.95
Sales and office......................... 33.26 19.44 13.82 2.93 0.29 5.25 3.34 2.02
Office and administrative support...... 33.43 19.50 13.93 2.94 0.29 5.32 3.36 2.02
Service.................................. 34.87 20.26 14.61 2.94 0.72 4.45 4.31 2.18
Industry group
Education and health services............ 50.59 32.90 17.68 3.35 0.33 5.96 5.44 2.61
Educational services................... 51.84 33.92 17.92 3.23 0.25 6.08 5.73 2.63
Elementary and secondary schools..... 50.18 32.94 17.24 2.67 0.21 6.00 5.89 2.48
Junior colleges, colleges, and
universities....................... 56.71 36.81 19.91 4.92 0.34 6.34 5.24 3.06
Health care and social assistance...... 42.64 26.47 16.17 4.08 0.81 5.17 3.58 2.53
Hospitals............................ 45.15 28.57 16.58 4.33 0.95 5.15 3.48 2.67
Public administration.................... 46.31 27.09 19.22 4.33 0.73 5.56 5.73 2.88
Percent of total compensation
State and local government workers............. 100.0 62.9 37.1 7.5 1.0 11.9 11.2 5.6
Occupational group
Management, professional, and related.... 100.0 65.0 35.0 7.1 0.7 10.9 11.2 5.2
Professional and related............... 100.0 65.5 34.5 6.5 0.6 11.3 11.0 5.1
Teachers(1).......................... 100.0 67.1 32.9 5.1 0.4 11.0 11.6 4.8
Primary, secondary, and special
education school teachers......... 100.0 66.5 33.5 4.7 0.4 11.4 12.4 4.6
Sales and office......................... 100.0 58.4 41.6 8.8 0.9 15.8 10.0 6.1
Office and administrative support...... 100.0 58.3 41.7 8.8 0.9 15.9 10.1 6.0
Service.................................. 100.0 58.1 41.9 8.4 2.1 12.8 12.4 6.3
Industry group
Education and health services............ 100.0 65.0 35.0 6.6 0.6 11.8 10.7 5.2
Educational services................... 100.0 65.4 34.6 6.2 0.5 11.7 11.1 5.1
Elementary and secondary schools..... 100.0 65.6 34.4 5.3 0.4 11.9 11.7 4.9
Junior colleges, colleges, and
universities....................... 100.0 64.9 35.1 8.7 0.6 11.2 9.2 5.4
Health care and social assistance...... 100.0 62.1 37.9 9.6 1.9 12.1 8.4 5.9
Hospitals............................ 100.0 63.3 36.7 9.6 2.1 11.4 7.7 5.9
Public administration.................... 100.0 58.5 41.5 9.3 1.6 12.0 12.4 6.2
1 Includes postsecondary teachers; primary, secondary, and special education teachers; and other teachers and
instructors.
Note: The sum of individual items may not equal totals due to rounding.