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Private employer costs for pay and benefits were highest in the Pacific region in December 2019
March 24, 2020
Employer costs for employee compensation for private industry workers averaged $34.72 per hour worked in December 2019. Employer costs ranged from an average of $27.94 per hour worked in the East South Central census region to $42.04 in the Pacific region.
Employer costs per hour worked for employee compensation, private industry workers by census division, December 2019
Area
Total compensation
Wages and salaries
Total benefits
Northeast
$39.22
$26.92
$12.30
New England
40.42
27.86
12.56
Middle Atlantic
38.79
26.59
12.20
South
30.48
21.88
8.60
South Atlantic
31.10
22.33
8.77
East South Central
27.94
19.74
8.20
West South Central
30.58
22.10
8.49
Midwest
33.05
22.85
10.19
East North Central
33.76
23.23
10.52
West North Central
31.51
22.03
9.48
West
39.37
27.67
11.69
Mountain
33.16
23.40
9.76
Pacific
$42.04
29.51
12.52
At the national level, wages and salaries for private industry workers averaged $24.36 per hour worked, while benefit costs averaged $10.37. At the regional level, wages and salaries ranged from $19.74 for the East South Central region to $29.51 for the Pacific region. Total benefit costs ranged from $8.20 for the East South Central region to $12.56 for New England.
The states (including the District of Columbia) that compose the census regions 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
United States Department of Labor
