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Hourly compensation costs total $53.61 in San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland in March 2017
June 13, 2017
In March 2017, private industry employer costs per hour worked for employee compensation totaled $53.61 in the San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, California, area. Hourly employer costs for wages and salaries were $37.47, and hourly employer costs for benefits were $16.13. Private industry employer costs for total compensation were also greater than $40.00 per hour in the New York-Newark-Bridgeport, New York-New Jersey-Connecticut-Pennsylvania, area ($46.10) and the Boston-Worcester-Manchester, Massachusetts-New Hampshire, area ($43.94).
Employer costs per hour worked for employee compensation, private industry workers, selected metropolitan areas, March 2017
Metropolitan area
Wages and salaries
Total benefits
Total compensation
Cost
Percent
Cost
Percent
Cost
Percent
United States
$23.06
69.6%
$10.06
30.4%
$33.11
100.0%
Northeast
Boston-Worcester-Manchester, MA-NH
$30.83
70.2%
$13.11
29.8%
$43.94
100.0%
New York-Newark-Bridgeport, NY-NJ-CT-PA
30.48
66.1
15.62
33.9
46.10
100.0
Philadelphia-Camden-Vineland, PA-NJ-DE-MD
24.73
69.1
11.06
30.9
35.79
100.0
South
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Gainesville, GA-AL
$24.13
70.2%
$10.26
29.8%
$34.39
100.0%
Dallas-Fort Worth, TX
22.10
73.4
8.02
26.6
30.13
100.0
Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX
24.63
70.1
10.49
29.9
35.12
100.0
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL
20.35
72.2
7.85
27.8
28.20
100.0
Washington-Baltimore-Northern Virginia, DC-MD-VA
27.18
70.0
11.66
30.0
38.83
100.0
Midwest
Chicago-Naperville-Michigan City, IL-IN-WI
$25.17
69.4%
$11.12
30.6%
$36.29
100.0%
Detroit-Warren-Flint, MI
25.31
68.9
11.44
31.1
36.75
100.0
Minneapolis-St Paul-St Cloud, MN-WI
25.15
71.0
10.27
29.0
35.42
100.0
West
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside, CA
$25.28
70.8%
$10.42
29.2%
$35.70
100.0%
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ
22.37
72.7
8.41
27.3
30.78
100.0
San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA
37.47
69.9
16.13
30.1
53.61
100.0
Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA
27.26
70.3
11.50
29.7
38.76
100.0
Total compensation costs in March 2017 were lower than $30.00 per hour in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Florida, area ($28.20). Hourly costs for wages and salaries were $20.35, and hourly costs for benefits were $7.85.
Nationwide, total employer compensation costs for private industry workers averaged $33.11 per hour worked. Wages and salaries averaged $23.06 per hour, while benefits averaged $10.06.
These data are from theEmployment Cost Trendsprogram and are not seasonally adjusted. To learn more, see "Employer Costs for Employee Compensation—March 2017" (HTML) (PDF).
United States Department of Labor
