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Compensation costs were $15.60 at 10th percentile, $78.58 at 90th percentile, in March 2022
July 15, 2022
Employercompensation costs for civilian workers averaged $40.90 per hour worked in March 2022. Compensation costs were $15.60 at the 10th percentile, $31.39 at the 50th percentile (median), and $78.58 at the 90th percentile. After adjusting for consumer price inflation, constant-dollar compensation costs decreased at the 90th percentile from March 2021 to March 2022 and showed no significant difference at either the 10th percentile or the 50th percentile.
Employer costs for employee compensation in constant 2022 dollars, civilian workers, March 2013–22
Year
10th percentile
50th percentile (median)
90th percentile
2013
$12.87
$30.02
$75.14
2014
12.99
30.13
76.55
2015
13.40
31.37
79.36
2016
13.79
31.32
80.05
2017
14.06
31.41
81.46
2018
14.15
31.86
81.42
2019
14.37
31.52
82.13
2020
14.65
31.63
82.62
2021
15.31
31.86
82.35
2022
15.60
31.39
78.58
The constant-dollar 10th percentile compensation costs were $12.87 (in 2022 dollars) in March 2013 and $15.60 in March 2022. The constant-dollar 90th percentile compensation costs were $75.14 in March 2013 and $78.58 in March 2022.
United States Department of Labor
