Table 16. Private industry, transportation equipment manufacturing and public utilities, by industry and occupational group

Table 16.  Employer costs per hour worked for employee compensation and costs as a percent of total compensation: Private industry
transportation equipment manufacturing and public  utilities workers, by industry and occupational group, December 2003


                                                                                                 Benefit costs

                                                      Total     Wages
                      Series                         compen-     and                    Supple-            Retire-   Legally    Other
                                                      sation  salaries           Paid   mental               ment    required   bene-
                                                                        Total   leave     pay   Insurance    and     benefits  fits(1)
                                                                                                           savings


                                                                                   Cost per hour worked



Transportation equipment manufacturing (SIC 37)....   $37.52   $23.34   $14.19   $3.21   $2.68     $3.41     $1.61     $3.01     $0.26
  White-collar occupations.........................    47.07    31.05    16.03    4.52    2.15      3.68      1.96      3.50       .22
    Professional specialty and technical...........    49.81    32.99    16.82    4.99    2.09      3.86      2.00      3.67       .22
    Executive, administrative, and managerial......    53.58    35.62    17.96    4.98    3.21      3.45      2.20      3.92       .21
  Blue-collar occupations..........................    32.80    19.52    13.28    2.55    2.96      3.26      1.44      2.78       .29
  Service occupations..............................    31.22    18.57    12.65    2.72    1.84      3.69      1.61      2.53       .27

  Aircraft manufacturing (SIC 3721)................    45.80    28.81    16.98    4.13    2.31      4.25      2.51      3.51       .27
    White-collar occupations.......................    48.72    31.17    17.56    4.66    2.13      4.23      2.61      3.63       .29
    Blue-collar occupations........................    41.18    25.10    16.08    3.26    2.62      4.26      2.34      3.36       .24

Public utilities (SIC's 48, 49)....................    37.85    24.88    12.97    3.50    1.94      3.36      1.30      2.74       .13
  White-collar occupations.........................    37.92    25.30    12.62    3.36    2.13      3.17      1.16      2.63       .16
  Blue-collar occupations..........................    37.95    24.30    13.65    3.75    1.62      3.72      1.54      2.93       .08

  Communications (SIC 48)..........................    36.48    24.56    11.93    3.35    1.49      3.30      1.09      2.57       .12
    White-collar occupations.......................    35.53    24.42    11.11    3.10    1.41      3.02       .97      2.49       .13
    Blue-collar occupations........................    38.89    24.93    13.95    4.00    1.69      3.98      1.39      2.77       .11

  Electric, gas, and sanitary services (SIC 49)....    40.41    25.50    14.91    3.76    2.77      3.49      1.70      3.05       .15
    White-collar occupations.......................    44.55    27.75    16.80    4.10    4.14      3.59      1.70      3.02       .25
    Blue-collar occupations........................    36.97    23.64    13.34    3.49    1.55      3.44      1.70      3.10       .05

                                                                               Percent of total compensation



Transportation equipment manufacturing (SIC 37)....   100.0      62.2    37.8     8.6      7.1      9.1       4.3       8.0       0.7
  White-collar occupations.........................   100.0      66.0    34.1     9.6      4.6      7.8       4.2       7.4        .5
    Professional specialty and technical...........   100.0      66.2    33.8    10.0      4.2      7.7       4.0       7.4        .4
    Executive, administrative, and managerial......   100.0      66.5    33.5     9.3      6.0      6.4       4.1       7.3        .4
  Blue-collar occupations..........................   100.0      59.5    40.5     7.8      9.0      9.9       4.4       8.5        .9
  Service occupations..............................   100.0      59.5    40.5     8.7      5.9     11.8       5.2       8.1        .9

  Aircraft manufacturing (SIC 3721)................   100.0      62.9    37.1     9.0      5.0      9.3       5.5       7.7        .6
    White-collar occupations.......................   100.0      64.0    36.0     9.6      4.4      8.7       5.4       7.5        .6
    Blue-collar occupations........................   100.0      61.0    39.0     7.9      6.4     10.3       5.7       8.2        .6

Public utilities (SIC's 48, 49)....................   100.0      65.7    34.3     9.2      5.1      8.9       3.4       7.2        .3
  White-collar occupations.........................   100.0      66.7    33.3     8.9      5.6      8.4       3.1       6.9        .4
  Blue-collar occupations..........................   100.0      64.0    36.0     9.9      4.3      9.8       4.1       7.7        .2

  Communications (SIC 48)..........................   100.0      67.3    32.7     9.2      4.1      9.0       3.0       7.0        .3
    White-collar occupations.......................   100.0      68.7    31.3     8.7      4.0      8.5       2.7       7.0        .4
    Blue-collar occupations........................   100.0      64.1    35.9    10.3      4.3     10.2       3.6       7.1        .3

  Electric, gas, and sanitary services (SIC 49)....   100.0      63.1    36.9     9.3      6.9      8.6       4.2       7.5        .4
    White-collar occupations.......................   100.0      62.3    37.7     9.2      9.3      8.1       3.8       6.8        .6
    Blue-collar occupations........................   100.0      63.9    36.1     9.4      4.2      9.3       4.6       8.4        .1

  1 Includes severance pay and supplemental unemployment benefits.

Note: The sum of individual items may not equal totals due to rounding.

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