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Employer costs for employee compensation for private industry workers averaged $37.24 per hour worked in September 2021. Wages and salaries averaged $26.36 per hour worked and accounted for 70.8 percent of these costs. Benefit costs averaged $10.88 and accounted for the remaining 29.2 percent. In the utilities industry, total compensation costs averaged $69.20 per hour worked in September; benefits averaged $26.57 per hour worked in the industry.
Industry | Total compensation | Wages and salaries | Benefits |
---|---|---|---|
All workers |
$37.24 | $26.36 | $10.88 |
Construction |
41.40 | 28.95 | 12.45 |
Educational services |
50.27 | 36.44 | 13.83 |
Financial activities |
54.04 | 36.73 | 17.30 |
Healthcare and social assistance |
37.09 | 26.10 | 10.99 |
Information |
58.89 | 39.34 | 19.56 |
Leisure and hospitality |
16.91 | 13.66 | 3.25 |
Manufacturing |
41.25 | 27.44 | 13.81 |
Other |
30.77 | 22.91 | 7.86 |
Professional and business services |
45.36 | 32.66 | 12.70 |
Retail trade |
22.51 | 17.19 | 5.32 |
Transportation and warehousing |
40.77 | 26.97 | 13.80 |
Utilities |
69.20 | 42.63 | 26.57 |
Wholesale trade |
42.92 | 30.52 | 12.40 |
Total employer compensation costs in leisure and hospitality averaged $16.91 per hour worked in September. Benefits accounted for $3.25 or 19.2 percent of this total.
These data are from the Employment Cost Trends program. To learn more, see "Employer Costs for Employee Compensation — September 2021." We also have more charts on employer costs for employee compensation.
Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Economics Daily, Compensation costs in private industry averaged $37.24 per hour worked in September 2021 at https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2021/compensation-costs-in-private-industry-averaged-37-24-per-hour-worked-in-september-2021.htm (visited October 11, 2024).