September 13, 2011 (The Editor’s Desk is updated each business day.)

Retirement and savings benefit costs for employers in private industry, June 2011

Retirement and savings benefit costs for private industry employers, by occupation, bargaining unit status, and industry, June 2011
Class of worker	Costs per hour worked	Costs as a percent of total compensation
All private industry workers	$1.03	3.7%
Occupational group
Management, professional, and related	$2.08	4.1%
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance	$1.60	5.1%
Production, transportation, and material moving	$0.97	4.1%
Sales and office	$0.65	2.9%
Service	$0.22	1.6%
Bargaining unit status
Union	$2.92	7.7%
Nonunion	$0.83	3.1%
Industry group
Goods-producing industries	$1.70	5.1%
Service-providing industries	$0.89	3.3%

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