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Table 5. Private industry workers by bargaining and work status

Table 5. Employer Costs for Employee Compensation for private industry workers by bargaining and work status [Dec. 2023]
Series Total compensation(1) Wages and salaries Total benefits Paid leave Supplemental pay Insurance Retirement and savings Legally required benefits
Cost ($) Percent Cost ($) Percent Cost ($) Percent Cost ($) Percent Cost ($) Percent Cost ($) Percent Cost ($) Percent Cost ($) Percent

Union workers

56.80 100.0 34.41 60.6 22.39 39.4 4.06 7.2 2.37 4.2 7.00 12.3 4.79 8.4 4.16 7.3

Goods-producing industries(2)

57.25 100.0 33.48 58.5 23.76 41.5 3.14 5.5 3.24 5.7 8.00 14.0 5.05 8.8 4.35 7.6

Manufacturing industry

49.69 100.0 28.33 57.0 21.36 43.0 3.44 6.9 3.89 7.8 7.79 15.7 2.60 5.2 3.65 7.3

Service-providing industries(3)

56.60 100.0 34.83 61.5 21.77 38.5 4.48 7.9 1.99 3.5 6.56 11.6 4.68 8.3 4.07 7.2

Trade, transportation, and utilities industry

55.94 100.0 34.86 62.3 21.08 37.7 4.08 7.3 1.84 3.3 6.33 11.3 4.75 8.5 4.09 7.3

Retail trade industry

27.20 100.0 17.46 64.2 9.73 35.8 1.58 5.8 0.73 2.7 3.37 12.4 1.87 6.9 2.19 8.0

Transportation and warehousing industry

65.62 100.0 41.26 62.9 24.36 37.1 4.87 7.4 2.17 3.3 7.06 10.8 5.57 8.5 4.69 7.2

Education and health services industry

66.41 100.0 40.81 61.5 25.60 38.5 6.24 9.4 2.69 4.1 7.19 10.8 4.90 7.4 4.58 6.9

Health care and social assistance industry

66.26 100.0 40.45 61.0 25.81 39.0 6.31 9.5 2.90 4.4 7.11 10.7 4.91 7.4 4.59 6.9

Nonunion workers

41.86 100.0 29.96 71.6 11.90 28.4 3.18 7.6 1.65 3.9 2.79 6.7 1.20 2.9 3.08 7.4

Goods-producing industries(2)

42.43 100.0 29.72 70.0 12.71 30.0 2.77 6.5 2.21 5.2 3.11 7.3 1.22 2.9 3.40 8.0

Manufacturing industries

42.63 100.0 29.02 68.1 13.62 31.9 3.18 7.5 2.37 5.6 3.55 8.3 1.37 3.2 3.16 7.4

Service-providing industries(3)

41.76 100.0 30.01 71.9 11.75 28.1 3.26 7.8 1.55 3.7 2.73 6.5 1.19 2.9 3.02 7.2

Trade, transportation, and utilities industries

33.06 100.0 24.49 74.1 8.58 25.9 2.09 6.3 0.97 2.9 2.04 6.2 0.83 2.5 2.64 8.0

Retail trade industries

24.95 100.0 19.41 77.8 5.54 22.2 1.25 5.0 0.60 2.4 1.23 4.9 0.40 1.6 2.06 8.3

Transportation and warehousing industries

38.21 100.0 27.32 71.5 10.90 28.5 2.45 6.4 1.15 3.0 2.99 7.8 1.02 2.7 3.30 8.6

Education and health services industries

44.62 100.0 32.05 71.8 12.57 28.2 3.85 8.6 1.16 2.6 3.01 6.7 1.39 3.1 3.18 7.1

Health care and social assistance industries

43.35 100.0 31.10 71.7 12.25 28.3 3.73 8.6 1.25 2.9 2.92 6.7 1.24 2.9 3.11 7.2

Full-time workers

49.25 100.0 33.89 68.8 15.36 31.2 4.00 8.1 2.10 4.3 3.94 8.0 1.85 3.8 3.47 7.0

Occupational group

Management, professional and related occupations

74.16 100.0 50.65 68.3 23.51 31.7 7.15 9.6 3.41 4.6 5.35 7.2 2.91 3.9 4.70 6.3

Management, business, and financial occupations

82.59 100.0 56.06 67.9 26.53 32.1 8.04 9.7 4.47 5.4 5.78 7.0 3.18 3.9 5.06 6.1

Professional and related occupations

68.64 100.0 47.10 68.6 21.54 31.4 6.57 9.6 2.71 3.9 5.07 7.4 2.73 4.0 4.46 6.5

Sales and office occupations

37.47 100.0 26.44 70.6 11.03 29.4 2.83 7.6 1.19 3.2 3.30 8.8 1.07 2.9 2.63 7.0

Sales and related occupations

43.16 100.0 31.87 73.8 11.29 26.2 3.15 7.3 1.30 3.0 2.70 6.3 1.14 2.6 3.00 6.9

Office and administrative support occupations

34.40 100.0 23.52 68.4 10.88 31.6 2.66 7.7 1.13 3.3 3.62 10.5 1.04 3.0 2.43 7.1

Service occupations

25.57 100.0 18.74 73.3 6.83 26.7 1.45 5.7 0.80 3.1 1.93 7.6 0.53 2.1 2.11 8.3

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations

45.29 100.0 30.64 67.7 14.65 32.3 2.46 5.4 1.83 4.0 3.80 8.4 2.68 5.9 3.88 8.6

Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

43.62 100.0 29.78 68.3 13.84 31.7 1.71 3.9 1.79 4.1 3.60 8.3 2.67 6.1 4.06 9.3

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations

47.07 100.0 31.55 67.0 15.52 33.0 3.27 6.9 1.87 4.0 4.01 8.5 2.68 5.7 3.69 7.8

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations

37.06 100.0 24.92 67.2 12.14 32.8 2.34 6.3 1.84 5.0 3.67 9.9 1.33 3.6 2.97 8.0

Production occupations

34.87 100.0 23.05 66.1 11.82 33.9 2.19 6.3 2.23 6.4 3.71 10.6 0.93 2.7 2.76 7.9

Transportation and material moving occupations

38.86 100.0 26.45 68.1 12.41 31.9 2.46 6.3 1.51 3.9 3.64 9.4 1.65 4.3 3.14 8.1

Industry group

Goods-producing industries(2)

45.33 100.0 30.59 67.5 14.73 32.5 2.89 6.4 2.42 5.3 3.98 8.8 1.87 4.1 3.57 7.9

Construction industry

47.23 100.0 33.01 69.9 14.21 30.1 2.29 4.9 1.96 4.2 3.52 7.4 2.35 5.0 4.09 8.7

Manufacturing industry

44.21 100.0 29.19 66.0 15.01 34.0 3.28 7.4 2.64 6.0 4.26 9.6 1.58 3.6 3.26 7.4

Service-providing industries(3)

50.30 100.0 34.77 69.1 15.53 30.9 4.30 8.5 2.01 4.0 3.93 7.8 1.85 3.7 3.44 6.8

Trade, transportation, and utilities industry

43.98 100.0 30.76 69.9 13.22 30.1 3.25 7.4 1.43 3.3 3.48 7.9 1.80 4.1 3.26 7.4

Information industry

78.90 100.0 50.58 64.1 28.33 35.9 8.18 10.4 3.88 4.9 7.15 9.1 4.22 5.4 4.89 6.2

Financial activities industry

60.13 100.0 39.56 65.8 20.57 34.2 5.61 9.3 3.81 6.3 5.22 8.7 2.18 3.6 3.74 6.2

Professional and business services industry

59.18 100.0 41.07 69.4 18.11 30.6 5.17 8.7 2.92 4.9 4.27 7.2 1.85 3.1 3.91 6.6

Education and health services industry

48.99 100.0 33.87 69.1 15.12 30.9 4.50 9.2 1.40 2.8 4.02 8.2 1.88 3.8 3.33 6.8

Leisure and hospitality industry

25.19 100.0 19.35 76.8 5.84 23.2 1.24 4.9 0.53 2.1 1.49 5.9 0.45 1.8 2.13 8.4

Other services industry

46.04 100.0 33.17 72.0 12.87 28.0 3.77 8.2 0.71 1.6 3.08 6.7 2.05 4.5 3.25 7.1

Part-time workers

23.87 100.0 19.20 80.4 4.67 19.6 0.93 3.9 0.49 2.1 0.63 2.6 0.39 1.6 2.22 9.3

Occupational group

Management, professional and related occupations

54.18 100.0 42.09 77.7 12.09 22.3 3.55 6.6 1.56 2.9 1.37 2.5 1.31 2.4 4.29 7.9

Professional and related occupations

55.26 100.0 42.88 77.6 12.38 22.4 3.64 6.6 1.61 2.9 1.40 2.5 1.35 2.4 4.38 7.9

Sales and office occupations

19.20 100.0 16.05 83.6 3.15 16.4 0.51 2.6 0.29 1.5 0.40 2.1 0.20 1.0 1.75 9.1

Sales and related occupations

17.65 100.0 14.91 84.5 2.74 15.5 0.38 2.1 0.25 1.4 0.28 1.6 0.18 1.0 1.64 9.3

Office and administrative support occupations

22.78 100.0 18.68 82.0 4.10 18.0 0.80 3.5 0.38 1.6 0.68 3.0 0.24 1.0 2.01 8.8

Service occupations

17.44 100.0 14.57 83.5 2.87 16.5 0.38 2.2 0.24 1.4 0.28 1.6 0.17 1.0 1.80 10.3

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations

23.60 100.0 17.65 74.8 5.95 25.2 0.99 4.2 0.61 2.6 1.42 6.0 0.57 2.4 2.35 10.0

Transportation and material moving occupations

23.91 100.0 17.82 74.5 6.09 25.5 1.03 4.3 0.59 2.5 1.48 6.2 0.61 2.6 2.38 9.9

Industry group

Service-providing industries(3)

23.82 100.0 19.16 80.4 4.66 19.6 0.94 3.9 0.48 2.0 0.63 2.7 0.39 1.7 2.21 9.3

Trade, transportation, and utilities industry

21.14 100.0 16.66 78.8 4.48 21.2 0.68 3.2 0.44 2.1 0.92 4.4 0.43 2.1 2.00 9.5

Professional and business services industry

32.60 100.0 26.99 82.8 5.61 17.2 0.91 (4)2.8 1.07 3.3 (4)0.39 (4)1.2 0.20 (4)0.6 3.05 9.4

Education and health services industry

37.90 100.0 29.15 76.9 8.76 23.1 2.57 6.8 0.90 2.4 1.17 3.1 0.97 2.6 3.15 8.3

Leisure and hospitality industry

15.60 100.0 13.46 86.3 2.14 13.7 0.21 1.4 0.13 0.8 0.09 0.5 0.07 0.4 1.65 10.6

Footnotes
(1) Includes costs for wages and salaries and benefits.
(2) Includes mining, construction, and manufacturing. The agriculture, forestry, farming, and hunting sector is excluded.
(3) Includes utilities; wholesale trade; retail trade; transportation and warehousing; information; finance and insurance; real estate and rental and leasing; professional and technical services; management of companies and enterprises; administrative and waste services; educational services; health care and social assistance; arts, entertainment and recreation; accommodation and food services; and other services, except public administration.
(4) The relative standard error for this estimate is equal to or greater than 30 percent.

Last Modified Date: March 13, 2024