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Archived articles from The Economics Daily— National Compensation Survey
- 93 percent of managers and 46 percent of service workers had paid sick leave benefits in March 2017 (08/02/2017)
- 95 percent of managers and 39 percent of service workers offered medical benefits in March 2017 (07/27/2017)
- Pay and access to benefits rise as job level rises (07/07/2017)
- Higher paid workers more likely to have access to retirement benefits than lower paid workers (06/23/2017)
- 73 percent of all civilian workers had access to paid vacations in March 2016 (06/01/2017)
- Three quarters of state and local government workers were in defined benefit pension plans in 2016 (05/03/2017)
- 74 percent of defined contribution plan participants had savings and thrift plans in 2015 (12/30/2016)
- Health insurance costs 7.6 percent of total compensation for private employers in September 2016 (12/14/2016)
- 13 percent of private industry workers had access to paid family leave in March 2016 (11/04/2016)
- Lower paid workers contribute more for medical care benefits than higher paid workers (11/02/2016)
- Compensation costs up 2.3 percent for year ending September 2016 (11/01/2016)
- Employee benefits cost private industry employers in Northeast $13.34 per hour in June 2016 (09/15/2016)
- Wages and salaries for private industry workers increase 2.6 percent over the year ended June 2016 (08/02/2016)
- Access to paid sick leave, vacations, and holidays varies by wage category (07/28/2016)
- Private employer costs for pay and benefits rose 1.8 percent from March 2015 to March 2016 (05/04/2016)
- Private employer costs for pay and benefits $38.14 per hour in New England (03/14/2016)
- Compensation costs increase across occupational groups in 2015 (02/04/2016)
- Number of paid sick leave days in 2015 varies by length of service and establishment size (01/13/2016)
- Compensation costs for workers in goods-producing and service-providing industries (11/04/2015)
- Access to selected pay protection benefits, March 2014 (09/17/2015)
- Private employer costs for pay and benefits rose 1.9 percent from June 2014 to June 2015 (08/05/2015)
- Employer costs for union workers averaged $46.50 per hour worked in December 2014 (03/13/2015)
- Workers with disability insurance plans (03/04/2015)
- Dependent care reimbursement accounts and workplace-funded childcare access (01/26/2015)
- Sixty-five percent of workers in the Northeast had access to paid sick leave in March 2014 (11/06/2014)
- Inflation-adjusted compensation costs rise 0.6 percent in private industry over the year (11/05/2014)
- Trends in employment-based health insurance coverage (10/17/2014)
- Employer costs for employee compensation, June 2014 (09/12/2014)
- Paid vacation benefits available to 77 percent of private-industry workers, March 2014 (07/30/2014)
- Larger establishments more likely than smaller establishments to offer medical care benefits (07/29/2014)
- Employer costs for employee compensation, March 2014 (06/12/2014)
- Employer health benefits costs rise 3.0 percent in year ending December 2013 (02/05/2014)
- Employee benefits for domestic partners in March 2013 (10/18/2013)
- Compensation costs in private industry increased 1.9 percent for the year ending June 2013 (08/02/2013)
- Paid leave by occupation, March 2013 (07/25/2013)
- Access to employee benefits in March 2013 (07/19/2013)
- Union and nonunion wages, December 2011 (05/13/2013)
- Medical and retirement benefits, March 2012 (04/26/2013)
- Employee contributions to medical care benefits costs (04/16/2013)
- The last private industry pension plans (01/03/2013)
- Employee benefits in private industry and state and local government, March 2012 (07/26/2012)
- Employer-provided life insurance benefits, 2011 (04/06/2012)
- Employer-provided sick leave benefits, March 2009 (03/07/2012)
- Employer-provided health care benefits (02/29/2012)
- Workers in abolished occupations (11/03/2011)
- Medical plan benefits for physical therapy, kidney dialysis, and other benefits in 2009 (07/29/2011)
- Employee participation in defined contribution savings and thrift plans (07/08/2011)
- Maternity care benefits among medical plan participants, 2009 (06/30/2011)
- Pay comparisons between metropolitan areas in 2010 (05/27/2011)
- It pays to be the boss—supervisory wages in 2009 (02/02/2011)
- Private industry compensation costs increase 2.1 percent in 2010 (02/01/2011)
- Wages of full- and part-time cooks in 2009 (11/24/2010)
- Average hourly earnings for major occupational groups, July 2009 (10/06/2010)
- Automatic enrollment in savings and thrift retirement plans, March 2009 (09/15/2010)
- Access to employer-provided benefits among full- and part-time private industry workers, March 2010 (08/06/2010)
- Compensation costs in June 2010 (08/04/2010)
- Supplemental pay in the healthcare industry, 2007–10 (07/29/2010)
- Comparisons of pay between metropolitan areas in 2009 (07/27/2010)
- Compensation costs for nonresidential construction workers are rising (05/17/2010)
- Compensation costs in March 2010 (05/04/2010)
- Hourly earnings of healthcare practitioner and technical occupations, by work level, 2008 (05/03/2010)
- Supplemental pay in the finance and insurance industry (04/27/2010)
- Earnings of healthcare workers in hospitals, 2008 (03/15/2010)
- Take-up rates for medical care plans among State and local government and private industry workers, March 2009 (01/08/2010)
- Stand-alone dental and vision plans: employee access and participation by establishment size (11/02/2009)
- Comparisons of full- and part-time hourly earnings, 2007 (07/28/2009)
- Comparisons of pay between metropolitan areas in 2008 (07/27/2009)
- Beyond basic benefits (06/01/2009)
- Wellness programs (04/23/2009)
- Employee-contribution-only retirement plans and State and local government workers (03/12/2009)
- Leisure and illness leave (03/05/2009)
- Wages in healthcare practitioner and technical occupations (02/05/2009)
- 401(k) plans and employer stock (12/30/2008)
- Wages in architecture and engineering occupations by sector (12/05/2008)
- Wages in the nonprofit and private sectors, 2007 (11/06/2008)
- Employer shares of medical plan premiums, March 2008 (11/05/2008)
- Variation in life insurance benefits by establishment size, 2008 (10/03/2008)
- Variation in medical care benefits by occupation, 2008 (09/25/2008)
- Variation in worker earnings by occupation, July 2007 (09/16/2008)
- Retirement and medical care benefits in 2008 (08/08/2008)
- Comparisons of pay between metropolitan areas, 2007 (07/28/2008)
- State and local government workers’ access to quality-of-life benefits (04/04/2008)
- Employer premiums for medical care plans in State and local government (04/03/2008)
- Retirement benefits of State and local government workers (03/26/2008)
- Contributing towards medical care coverage (01/09/2008)
- Medical care benefits for lower and higher wage workers (01/03/2008)