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Private employer costs for pay and benefits averaged $42.20 per hour in Middle Atlantic states
December 26, 2017
Employer costs for employee compensation averaged $33.55 per hour worked for private industry workers in September 2017. Wages and salaries averaged $23.35 per hour worked and accounted for 69.6 percent of these costs. Benefits costs averaged $10.20 and accounted for the remaining 30.4 percent. Average costs for pay and benefits ranged from $42.20 per hour in the Middle Atlantic states to $25.99 in the East South Central states.
Employer costs per hour worked for employee compensation of private industry workers, by Census division, September 2017
Compensation component
New England
Middle Atlantic
South Atlantic
East South Central
West South Central
East North Central
West North Central
Mountain
Pacific
Total compensation
$40.74
$42.20
$31.34
$25.99
$30.42
$30.97
$30.12
$29.90
$37.64
Wages and salaries
28.60
27.62
22.12
18.43
21.84
21.49
21.13
21.65
26.28
Total benefits
12.14
14.58
9.22
7.56
8.58
9.48
8.98
8.25
11.36
Paid leave
2.98
3.15
2.25
1.67
1.95
2.12
2.03
1.85
2.56
Supplemental pay
1.16
3.03
0.85
0.68
1.07
0.90
0.77
0.77
0.95
Insurance
3.35
3.43
2.47
2.31
2.09
2.74
2.48
2.16
2.91
Retirement and savings
1.65
1.83
1.32
0.89
1.12
1.26
1.28
1.06
1.77
Legally required benefits
3.00
3.15
2.33
2.02
2.35
2.46
2.43
2.41
3.17
The states (including the District of Columbia) that compose the census divisions are:
New England: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont
Middle Atlantic: New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania
South Atlantic: Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia
East South Central: Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, and Tennessee
West South Central: Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas
East North Central: Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin
West North Central: Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota
Mountain: Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming
Pacific: Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon, and Washington.
These data are from the Employment Cost Trends program. To learn more, see "Employer Costs for Employee Compensation — September 2017" (HTML) (PDF). Supplemental pay includes employer costs for employee overtime and premium pay, shift differentials, and nonproduction bonuses. Common nonproduction bonuses include end-of-year and holiday bonuses, referral bonuses, and cash profit sharing. Legally required benefits include Social Security, Medicare, unemployment insurance, and workers’ compensation.
United States Department of Labor
