Employer costs for benefits to union workers up 31 percent over last decade
February 02, 2017
From December 2006 to December 2016, employer benefit costs for private industry workers with union memberships increased 31 percent. Employer costs for benefits to nonunion workers increased 22 percent. For all workers, employer costs for benefits increased 24 percent over this period.
Employment cost indexes by union membership, private industry, December 2006–December 2016 (December 2006 = 100)
Month
Union workers
Nonunion workers
All workers
Wages and salaries
Benefits
Wages and salaries
Benefits
Wages and salaries
Benefits
Dec 2006
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
Mar 2007
100.5
98.3
101.2
100.5
101.1
100.1
Jun 2007
101.4
99.9
101.9
101.4
101.8
101.2
Sep 2007
102.1
100.1
102.8
102.1
102.7
101.8
Dec 2007
102.3
101.5
103.5
102.6
103.3
102.4
Mar 2008
103.1
102.3
104.5
103.5
104.3
103.3
Jun 2008
104.3
102.3
105.2
104.1
105.0
103.8
Sep 2008
105.0
102.9
105.9
104.6
105.7
104.3
Dec 2008
105.7
103.5
106.1
104.6
106.0
104.5
Mar 2009
106.4
105.1
106.5
104.9
106.4
104.9
Jun 2009
107.1
105.9
106.7
105.0
106.7
105.1
Sep 2009
107.7
106.4
107.1
105.2
107.2
105.4
Dec 2009
108.4
106.9
107.4
105.2
107.4
105.4
Mar 2010
109.0
110.2
107.8
106.4
107.9
107.1
Jun 2010
109.6
111.5
108.3
106.9
108.4
107.7
Sep 2010
110.2
112.9
108.8
107.3
108.9
108.3
Dec 2010
110.4
113.1
109.1
107.5
109.3
108.5
Mar 2011
111.0
114.2
109.6
109.4
109.7
110.3
Jun 2011
111.4
117.4
110.2
110.7
110.3
111.9
Sep 2011
112.0
117.1
110.6
110.8
110.8
111.9
Dec 2011
112.3
117.9
110.9
111.2
111.0
112.4
Mar 2012
113.0
117.9
111.5
112.3
111.7
113.4
Jun 2012
113.6
119.3
112.2
112.9
112.3
114.1
Sep 2012
114.3
120.4
112.6
113.1
112.8
114.4
Dec 2012
114.8
120.5
112.8
113.4
113.0
114.6
Mar 2013
115.7
121.5
113.5
114.4
113.7
115.6
Jun 2013
116.3
122.2
114.1
115.0
114.4
116.2
Sep 2013
116.9
122.0
114.6
115.5
114.8
116.7
Dec 2013
117.1
122.2
115.1
115.7
115.3
116.9
Mar 2014
117.8
123.3
115.4
116.5
115.6
117.7
Jun 2014
118.5
126.0
116.4
117.5
116.6
119.0
Sep 2014
119.4
126.6
117.1
118.0
117.4
119.4
Dec 2014
120.3
127.3
117.6
118.3
117.8
119.8
Mar 2015
120.9
128.0
118.5
119.2
118.8
120.8
Jun 2015
121.7
127.0
118.8
119.2
119.1
120.7
Sep 2015
122.0
127.8
119.7
119.5
119.9
121.0
Dec 2015
122.7
128.5
120.0
119.8
120.3
121.3
Mar 2016
123.6
129.6
121.0
120.7
121.2
122.2
Jun 2016
123.9
129.8
122.0
121.2
122.2
122.7
Sep 2016
124.3
130.1
122.6
121.8
122.8
123.2
Dec 2016(p)
124.4
130.6
123.0
122.0
123.2
123.5
Employer costs for union workers' wages and salaries increased 24 percent from December 2006 to December 2016, while costs for nonunion workers' wages and salaries increased 23 percent.
These data are from the Employment Cost Trends program and are not seasonally adjusted. To learn more, see "Employment Cost Index—December 2016" (HTML ) ( PDF ) and charts related to the Employment Cost Index news release .
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