Compensation costs $19.90 per hour in leisure and hospitality, December 2024

Total employer compensation costs for private industry workers in the leisure and hospitality industry averaged $19.90 per hour worked in December 2024. Wages and salaries averaged $16.25 and accounted for 81.7 percent of employer costs, while benefit costs averaged $3.65 and accounted for the remaining 18.3 percent.

In the leisure and hospitality industry, total employer costs for sales and office occupations averaged $20.47 per hour worked. Wages and salaries averaged $16.66 per hour worked and accounted for 81.4 percent of employer costs, while benefit costs averaged $3.81 per hour worked and accounted for 18.6 percent.

For service occupations within the industry, total employer costs averaged $18.00 per hour worked. Wages and salaries averaged $14.93 per hour worked and made up 82.9 percent of the total. Costs for benefits averaged $3.07 per hour worked and accounted for the remaining 17.1 percent.

Total employer compensation costs for private industry workers averaged $44.67 per hour worked in December 2024. Wages and salaries averaged $31.47 per hour worked and accounted for 70.5 percent of employer costs, while benefit costs averaged $13.20 per hour worked and accounted for 29.5 percent.

These data are from the Employer Costs for Employee Compensation program. To learn more, see "Employer Costs for Employee Compensation — December 2024." Also see more charts on the latest Employer Costs for Employee Compensation data. For more information on paid leave, insurance, and other benefits see the ECEC Factsheets or the Handbook of Methods.