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Table 8. Private industry workers by metropolitan areas

Table 8. Employer Costs for Employee Compensation for private industry workers by metropolitan areas [Mar. 2021]
Area(1) Total compensation(2) Wages and salaries Total benefits
Cost ($) Percent Cost ($) Percent Cost ($) Percent

Northeast Region

Boston-Worcester-Providence, MA-RI-NH-CT CSA

 43.70 100.0 30.27 69.3 13.42 30.7

New York-Newark, NY-NJ-CT-PA CSA

 47.40 100.0 32.26 68.1 15.14 31.9

Philadelphia-Reading-Camden, PA-NJ-DE-MD CSA

 35.70 100.0 25.24 70.7 10.46 29.3

South Region

Atlanta-Athens-Clarke County-Sandy Springs, GA CSA

 35.93 100.0 25.50 71.0 10.43 29.0

Dallas-Fort Worth, TX-OK CSA

 32.66 100.0 23.03 70.5 9.63 29.5

Houston-The Woodlands, TX CSA

 39.50 100.0 28.53 72.2 10.97 27.8

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Port St. Lucie, FL CSA

 31.34 100.0 23.32 74.4 8.01 25.6

Washington-Baltimore-Arlington, DC-MD-VA-WV-PA CSA

 46.32 100.0 33.10 71.5 13.22 28.5

Midwest Region

Chicago-Naperville, IL-IN-WI CSA

 42.73 100.0 29.32 68.6 13.41 31.4

Detroit-Warren-Ann Arbor, MI CSA

 40.54 100.0 27.20 67.1 13.34 32.9

Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI CSA

 38.45 100.0 26.69 69.4 11.76 30.6

West Region

Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA CSA

 40.05 100.0 28.16 70.3 11.89 29.7

Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ MSA

 33.51 100.0 23.25 69.4 10.26 30.6

San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA CSA

 55.47 100.0 38.67 69.7 16.80 30.3

Seattle-Tacoma, WA CSA

 47.05 100.0 33.15 70.5 13.90 29.5

Footnotes
(1) These areas include Consolidated Statistical Areas (CSAs) and Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs). Beginning with the March 2019 release, area definitions are based on Office of Management and Budget Bulletin No. 13-01, dated February 28, 2013. Previous area definitions are based on Office of Management and Budget Bulletin No. 04-03, dated February 18, 2004. For more information on metropolitan area definitions, see www.census.gov/programs-surveys/metro-micro.html.
(2) Includes costs for wages and salaries and benefits.

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Last Modified Date: June 17, 2021