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Employer Costs for Employee Compensation

Employer Costs for Employee Compensation Relative Standard Errors

Because the Employer Costs for Employee Compensation is a sample survey, it is subject to sampling errors. Sampling errors are differences that occur between the results computed from a sample of observations and those computed from all observations in the population. The estimates derived from different samples selected using the same sample design may differ from each other. A measure of the variation among these differing estimates is the standard error. The relative standard error is the standard error expressed as a percent of the cost. It can be used to measure the precision with which an estimate from a particular sample approximates the expected result of all possible samples. The chances are about 68 out of 100 that an estimate from the survey differs from a complete population figure by less than the standard error. The chances are about 90 out of 100 that this difference would be less than 1.6 times the standard error. Footnotes have been added for estimates with relative standard errors greater than 30 percent.

For a more detailed explanation of relative standard errors, see Measuring Trends in the Structure and Levels of Employer Costs for Employee Compensation, Compensation and Working Conditions, Summer 1997. For a detailed explanation of how to use standard error data to analyze differences in year-to-year changes, see Analyzing Year-to-Year Changes in Employer Costs for Employee Compensation, Compensation and Working Conditions, Spring 1998. This article supplements an article from the Summer 1997 issue of Compensation and Working Conditions, Explaining the Differential Growth Rates of the ECI and ECEC, which examined how differences in the construction of these measures contribute to differing trends.

Standard errors relate to differences that occur from sampling errors, but not from nonsampling errors. Sampling errors are differences between the results computed from a sample of observations and those computed from all observations in the population. Nonsampling errors are not measured and include survey nonresponse and data collection and processing errors. Survey nonresponse is when sample members are unwilling or unable to participate in the survey. Data collection errors include provision of inaccurate data by respondents and definitional difficulties. Processing errors include errors in recording, coding, and entering data. Although nonsampling errors are not measured, BLS quality assurance programs contain procedures for reducing such errors. These procedures include data collection reinterviews, observed interviews, computer data edits, and systematic review of reports on which data are recorded. Extensive field economist training also is conducted to maintain high data collection standards.

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Table 1. Employer Costs for Employee Compensation by ownership [June 2025]
Compensation component Civilian workers(1) Private industry
workers
State and local
government workers
Cost ($) Relative
standard error
Cost ($) Relative
standard error
Cost ($) Relative
standard error

Total compensation(2)

48.05 1.3 45.65 1.5 63.94 0.8

Wages and salaries

33.02 1.3 32.07 1.5 39.31 0.8

Total benefits

15.03 1.4 13.58 1.7 24.63 1.0

Paid leave

3.61 1.9 3.44 2.3 4.71 1.6

Vacation

1.75 2.4 1.75 2.7 1.77 2.3

Holiday

1.05 1.8 1.01 2.1 1.36 2.1

Sick

0.56 1.5 0.46 2.0 1.20 1.3

Personal

0.24 3.0 0.22 3.7 0.37 2.6

Supplemental pay

1.69 3.6 1.84 3.8 0.66 4.2

Overtime and premium(3)

0.42 2.5 0.44 2.7 0.30 5.1

Shift differentials

0.09 4.6 0.09 5.2 0.06 7.1

Nonproduction bonuses

1.18 5.0 1.31 5.2 0.29 5.7

Insurance

3.95 1.6 3.44 2.1 7.36 1.1

Life

0.06 3.3 0.05 4.1 0.09 3.3

Health

3.75 1.6 3.23 2.1 7.17 1.1

Short-term disability

0.09 2.6 0.10 2.7 0.04 4.6

Long-term disability

0.05 2.6 0.05 3.1 0.06 3.7

Retirement and savings

2.46 2.0 1.54 2.9 8.50 1.5

Defined benefit

1.39 3.0 0.40 7.8 7.93 1.5

Defined contribution

1.06 2.8 1.14 3.0 0.56 5.0

Legally Required benefits

3.33 0.9 3.31 1.0 3.41 1.3

Social Security and Medicare

2.71 1.0 2.71 1.1 2.71 1.3

Social Security(4)

2.16 0.9 2.17 1.0 2.06 1.6

Medicare

0.55 1.3 0.54 1.6 0.65 0.8

Federal unemployment insurance

0.03 6.1 0.03 6.1 (5)- (6)-

State unemployment insurance

0.13 2.1 0.14 2.2 0.06 4.4

Workers' compensation

0.46 1.6 0.43 1.7 0.64 2.8

Footnotes
(1) Includes workers in the private nonfarm economy except those in private households, and workers in the public sector, except the federal government.
(2) Includes costs for wages and salaries and benefits.
(3) Includes premium pay for work (such as overtime, weekends, and holidays) in addition to the regular work schedule.
(4) Social Security refers to the Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance (OASDI) program.
(5) Cost per hour worked is $0.01 or less.
(6) The relative standard error is not available as the cost per hour worked is $0.01 or less.

Table 2. Employer Costs for Employee Compensation for civilian workers by occupational and industry group [June 2025]
Series Total compensation(1) Wages and salaries Total benefits Paid leave Supplemental pay Insurance Retirement and savings Legally required benefits
Cost ($) RSE(2) Cost ($) RSE(2) Cost ($) RSE(2) Cost ($) RSE(2) Cost ($) RSE(2) Cost ($) RSE(2) Cost ($) RSE(2) Cost ($) RSE(2)

Civilian workers(3)

48.05 1.3 33.02 1.3 15.03 1.4 3.61 1.9 1.69 3.6 3.95 1.6 2.46 2.0 3.33 0.9

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related

76.44 1.7 51.75 1.8 24.70 1.8 6.75 2.2 2.85 5.5 5.95 1.9 4.49 2.2 4.66 1.1

Management, business and financial

88.73 2.8 59.51 2.7 29.21 3.1 8.59 3.7 4.54 8.3 6.40 2.6 4.32 3.4 5.36 1.6

Professional and related

71.12 1.5 48.38 1.7 22.74 1.7 5.95 2.4 2.12 5.4 5.76 2.2 4.56 2.4 4.35 1.2

Teachers(4)

75.41 3.6 51.10 4.0 24.31 3.1 3.92 7.2 0.41 12.1 7.02 3.3 9.21 3.5 3.77 3.1

Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers

74.21 2.8 48.58 2.6 25.63 3.4 3.34 3.6 0.30 6.1 7.87 3.9 10.72 4.2 3.40 2.6

Registered nurses

77.34 2.5 50.56 1.8 26.79 4.0 7.59 5.2 3.68 5.7 6.29 3.4 4.10 6.7 5.13 2.6

Sales and office

36.29 1.7 25.53 1.7 10.76 1.8 2.52 2.6 0.99 6.3 3.34 1.9 1.33 3.7 2.57 1.3

Sales and related

35.75 3.5 27.00 3.5 8.75 4.1 2.16 5.6 0.97 15.6 2.10 3.8 0.87 9.1 2.65 2.4

Office and administrative support

36.65 1.0 24.54 0.9 12.11 1.6 2.77 2.0 1.00 3.0 4.19 2.1 1.64 3.5 2.51 1.0

Service

25.89 1.4 18.84 1.2 7.05 2.7 1.33 2.9 0.64 6.8 1.77 4.0 1.19 6.3 2.12 1.3

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

46.75 1.4 31.64 1.2 15.10 2.3 2.72 2.9 1.83 5.2 4.03 2.4 2.60 6.3 3.92 1.5

Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and forestry

45.66 2.0 31.01 1.5 14.65 3.3 2.12 2.8 1.89 8.8 3.94 3.8 2.58 7.6 4.11 2.8

Installation, maintenance, and repair

47.94 2.8 32.34 2.5 15.61 4.1 3.37 3.8 1.76 5.7 4.13 4.0 2.63 9.7 3.71 2.5

Production, transportation, and material moving

36.62 2.2 24.77 2.2 11.85 2.5 2.21 2.7 1.59 3.3 3.68 3.6 1.41 6.1 2.96 1.7

Production

36.12 1.3 24.19 1.2 11.94 2.1 2.25 2.1 2.18 5.1 3.62 2.4 1.03 4.7 2.85 1.2

Transportation and material moving

36.91 3.4 25.11 3.5 11.80 3.9 2.18 4.5 1.25 3.6 3.72 5.7 1.63 8.2 3.02 2.5

Industry group

Education and health services

54.33 3.3 36.99 3.4 17.34 3.1 4.20 4.4 1.25 9.2 4.77 3.2 3.77 4.0 3.35 2.3

Educational services

64.77 1.0 42.50 0.9 22.27 1.3 4.05 1.9 0.35 5.2 6.78 1.8 7.71 2.1 3.38 1.2

Elementary and secondary schools

63.49 0.9 40.99 0.8 22.49 1.5 3.29 2.6 0.28 4.4 7.15 1.9 8.68 2.0 3.10 1.3

Junior colleges, colleges, and universities

74.31 1.7 48.74 1.8 25.57 1.8 6.41 2.9 0.50 7.1 7.28 2.6 7.31 3.0 4.08 2.3

Health care and social assistance

49.07 5.2 34.21 5.4 14.86 5.0 4.28 6.5 1.71 9.9 3.76 5.2 1.78 7.8 3.33 3.4

Hospitals

69.35 5.6 45.45 6.3 23.90 4.4 6.77 6.9 3.06 4.8 6.04 3.0 3.73 7.2 4.30 2.8

Footnotes
(1) Includes costs for wages and salaries and benefits.
(2) The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the cost.
(3) Includes workers in the private nonfarm economy except those in private households, and workers in the public sector, except the federal government.
(4) Includes postsecondary teachers; primary, secondary, and special education teachers; and other teachers and instructors.

Table 3. Employer Costs for Employee Compensation for state and local government workers by occupational and industry group [June 2025]
Series Total compensation(1) Wages and salaries Total benefits Paid leave Supplemental pay Insurance Retirement and savings Legally required benefits
Cost ($) RSE(2) Cost ($) RSE(2) Cost ($) RSE(2) Cost ($) RSE(2) Cost ($) RSE(2) Cost ($) RSE(2) Cost ($) RSE(2) Cost ($) RSE(2)

State and local government workers

63.94 0.8 39.31 0.8 24.63 1.0 4.71 1.6 0.66 4.2 7.36 1.1 8.50 1.5 3.41 1.3

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related

75.97 1.1 48.31 1.1 27.65 1.3 5.20 2.2 0.49 5.0 8.01 1.3 10.15 1.7 3.79 1.6

Professional and related

73.56 1.0 47.07 1.1 26.49 1.2 4.61 2.2 0.48 5.3 7.97 1.4 9.79 1.6 3.64 1.6

Teachers(3)

82.31 1.2 54.03 1.3 28.28 1.4 3.85 2.9 0.30 6.8 8.49 1.7 11.89 1.7 3.76 2.0

Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers

81.93 1.2 52.95 1.2 28.99 1.5 3.56 3.0 0.29 4.9 8.97 1.8 12.62 2.1 3.56 2.2

Sales and office

45.25 1.8 25.98 1.9 19.26 2.1 3.92 2.2 0.40 9.3 7.08 2.4 5.21 3.3 2.65 2.2

Office and administrative support

45.42 1.9 26.03 2.0 19.40 2.2 3.94 2.2 0.41 9.3 7.15 2.5 5.25 3.4 2.65 2.3

Service

49.16 2.4 27.99 2.2 21.17 2.8 4.07 3.3 1.08 6.9 5.88 2.0 7.23 4.7 2.91 2.3

Industry group

Education and health services

66.20 0.9 42.11 0.8 24.08 1.2 4.18 2.4 0.45 5.1 7.50 1.4 8.66 1.7 3.29 1.6

Educational services

67.75 0.8 43.31 0.7 24.43 1.2 3.93 2.4 0.30 6.2 7.61 1.3 9.32 1.6 3.27 1.6

Elementary and secondary schools

65.65 1.0 41.97 0.9 23.67 1.5 3.30 2.6 0.27 4.5 7.55 1.6 9.45 1.9 3.10 1.4

Junior colleges, colleges, and universities

74.93 2.1 47.93 2.4 27.00 2.2 6.10 4.1 0.37 13.6 7.76 3.1 8.94 3.8 3.83 3.3

Health care and social assistance

57.89 4.0 35.67 4.1 22.22 4.3 5.53 6.1 1.21 7.4 6.94 4.5 5.12 6.6 3.42 5.1

Hospitals

60.86 4.7 38.29 4.7 22.57 4.9 5.80 6.7 1.43 7.8 6.82 4.8 4.94 10.7 3.58 6.1

Public administration

63.07 1.8 36.35 2.0 26.72 1.9 5.77 2.1 0.97 6.4 7.36 2.1 8.94 3.0 3.68 2.6

Footnotes
(1) Includes costs for wages and salaries and benefits.
(2) The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the cost.
(3) Includes postsecondary teachers; primary, secondary, and special education teachers; and other teachers and instructors.

Table 4. Employer Costs for Employee Compensation for private industry workers by occupational and industry group [June 2025]
Series Total compensation(1) Wages and salaries Total benefits Paid leave Supplemental pay Insurance Retirement and savings Legally required benefits
Cost ($) RSE(2) Cost ($) RSE(2) Cost ($) RSE(2) Cost ($) RSE(2) Cost ($) RSE(2) Cost ($) RSE(2) Cost ($) RSE(2) Cost ($) RSE(2)

Private industry workers

45.65 1.5 32.07 1.5 13.58 1.7 3.44 2.3 1.84 3.8 3.44 2.1 1.54 2.9 3.31 1.0

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related occupations

76.58 2.1 52.72 2.2 23.85 2.4 7.19 2.6 3.52 5.7 5.37 2.7 2.88 3.7 4.90 1.3

Management, business, and financial occupations

88.48 3.1 59.91 3.0 28.57 3.6 8.56 4.2 4.99 8.4 6.19 3.2 3.40 4.3 5.44 1.8

Professional and related occupations

70.21 2.1 48.88 2.2 21.33 2.5 6.45 3.0 2.73 5.8 4.92 3.3 2.60 4.1 4.62 1.5

Sales and office occupations

35.39 1.9 25.49 2.0 9.90 2.1 2.38 3.0 1.05 6.5 2.97 2.3 0.94 4.6 2.56 1.5

Sales and related occupations

35.72 3.5 27.02 3.5 8.70 4.1 2.15 5.7 0.97 15.6 2.08 3.8 0.85 9.0 2.65 2.4

Office and administrative support occupations

35.13 1.1 24.28 1.0 10.85 1.7 2.56 2.2 1.11 3.3 3.67 2.7 1.01 3.9 2.49 1.2

Service occupations

22.59 1.6 17.55 1.5 5.05 2.9 0.94 3.9 0.58 8.0 1.19 5.3 0.33 6.4 2.01 1.6

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations

46.00 1.5 31.56 1.3 14.44 2.6 2.53 3.3 1.90 5.5 3.75 2.8 2.30 7.3 3.96 1.6

Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

44.87 2.2 30.93 1.7 13.94 3.6 1.89 3.3 1.98 9.2 3.62 4.3 2.28 8.6 4.17 3.0

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations

47.23 3.0 32.25 2.7 14.97 4.6 3.23 4.1 1.80 6.0 3.89 4.4 2.32 11.7 3.73 2.6

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations

36.12 2.3 24.61 2.4 11.51 2.8 2.15 2.9 1.61 3.4 3.57 3.9 1.24 7.6 2.94 1.8

Production occupations

35.72 1.3 24.01 1.2 11.72 2.0 2.20 2.1 2.19 5.1 3.56 2.5 0.92 4.5 2.85 1.2

Transportation and material moving occupations

36.36 3.6 24.97 3.7 11.38 4.3 2.12 4.7 1.26 3.7 3.57 6.2 1.43 10.1 3.00 2.7

Industry and occupational group

Goods-producing industries(3)

47.48 1.3 32.27 1.2 15.21 1.8 3.04 2.8 2.58 6.1 4.09 1.5 1.78 4.5 3.73 1.3

Management, professional, and related occupations

77.71 3.1 52.92 2.3 24.79 5.2 6.58 4.6 4.44 18.4 5.45 3.2 3.12 6.9 5.20 2.1

Management, business, and financial occupations

82.87 3.9 56.62 2.4 26.25 7.6 6.79 5.1 5.38 27.4 5.52 3.7 3.06 8.1 5.51 2.2

Professional and related occupations

71.23 3.3 48.28 3.1 22.95 4.1 6.31 4.9 3.26 6.9 5.37 4.2 3.19 7.7 4.82 2.9

Sales and office occupations

42.03 2.8 30.38 3.3 11.66 2.5 2.68 3.8 1.40 5.9 3.49 3.9 0.97 5.4 3.12 2.3

Office and administrative support occupations

37.09 1.8 26.20 2.0 10.89 2.2 2.38 3.0 1.35 7.0 3.54 3.7 0.83 6.0 2.78 2.0

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations

46.55 2.0 31.79 1.4 14.76 3.5 2.16 4.6 2.21 7.4 3.80 3.9 2.40 8.9 4.19 1.9

Construction, extraction, farming, fishing and forestry occupations

45.28 2.1 31.23 1.6 14.05 3.5 1.84 3.4 2.07 9.9 3.59 4.6 2.32 8.1 4.22 2.6

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations

50.64 6.4 33.61 4.4 17.03 10.6 3.19 8.2 2.63 9.9 4.45 9.3 2.67 28.3 4.09 4.9

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations

36.85 1.2 24.37 1.2 12.48 1.8 2.27 1.9 2.36 5.2 3.94 2.0 0.97 4.0 2.94 1.1

Production occupations

37.21 1.4 24.49 1.3 12.72 2.2 2.34 2.0 2.46 5.8 4.02 2.4 0.98 5.1 2.92 1.2

Transportation and material moving occupations

35.56 3.1 23.94 2.9 11.62 3.8 2.05 5.6 1.99 7.5 3.66 4.8 0.92 9.4 2.99 3.0

Construction industry

49.05 2.0 34.16 1.5 14.89 3.9 2.38 4.7 2.52 16.6 3.60 3.1 2.15 8.9 4.23 1.7

Manufacturing industry

46.30 1.8 30.94 1.7 15.36 2.0 3.44 3.5 2.58 4.2 4.37 1.9 1.56 5.0 3.40 1.4

Management, professional, and related occupations

78.63 2.6 53.63 2.3 25.01 3.6 7.25 4.2 3.33 6.0 5.81 3.3 3.44 7.8 5.17 2.2

Management, business, and financial occupations

86.04 2.5 59.19 2.2 26.84 3.4 8.07 4.4 3.47 7.8 6.20 3.4 3.54 9.0 5.56 2.0

Professional and related occupations

72.79 3.5 49.23 3.3 23.56 4.5 6.60 4.9 3.22 8.2 5.51 4.6 3.36 8.1 4.86 3.1

Sales and office occupations

41.05 3.1 28.79 3.1 12.26 3.5 2.96 4.6 1.49 7.3 3.78 4.3 1.12 7.0 2.92 2.8

Office and administrative support occupations

36.78 2.7 25.31 2.9 11.47 3.2 2.60 4.5 1.40 8.3 3.92 4.0 0.96 6.7 2.58 2.9

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations

50.80 4.3 32.51 3.1 18.28 7.4 3.48 5.8 3.60 27.2 5.23 6.6 2.08 9.1 3.89 3.3

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations

50.80 3.6 33.47 3.3 17.33 4.7 3.73 6.0 2.79 6.5 4.94 6.8 1.96 9.9 3.91 3.3

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations

36.26 1.1 23.78 0.8 12.48 1.8 2.29 2.0 2.41 5.3 3.96 1.8 0.96 3.9 2.85 0.9

Production occupations

36.84 1.3 24.09 1.0 12.75 2.1 2.35 2.1 2.50 5.6 4.04 2.0 0.98 4.8 2.87 0.9

Transportation and material moving occupations

33.77 2.5 22.45 2.1 11.32 3.5 2.03 4.0 2.02 6.5 3.62 4.0 0.87 9.7 2.78 2.6

Aircraft manufacturing industry

80.85 3.1 50.60 3.0 30.25 3.4 7.41 4.2 4.82 4.4 8.13 3.5 4.55 5.0 5.35 2.3

Service-providing industries(4)

45.28 1.8 32.03 1.8 13.26 2.1 3.52 2.6 1.70 4.6 3.31 2.5 1.49 3.4 3.23 1.2

Management, professional, and related occupations

76.45 2.3 52.70 2.4 23.75 2.6 7.26 2.9 3.42 5.9 5.36 3.0 2.85 4.0 4.87 1.4

Management, business, and financial occupations

89.58 3.6 60.55 3.5 29.03 3.9 8.90 4.7 4.91 8.3 6.33 3.6 3.46 4.8 5.42 2.1

Professional and related occupations

70.13 2.2 48.92 2.4 21.21 2.7 6.46 3.2 2.70 6.3 4.89 3.6 2.56 4.4 4.60 1.6

Sales and office occupations

34.82 2.0 25.07 2.1 9.75 2.3 2.36 3.2 1.02 7.3 2.93 2.5 0.94 5.1 2.51 1.6

Sales and related occupations

34.76 3.7 26.28 3.7 8.48 4.4 2.09 6.0 0.95 16.5 2.03 4.0 0.82 9.6 2.59 2.5

Office and administrative support occupations

34.88 1.2 24.04 1.1 10.84 1.9 2.59 2.4 1.08 3.6 3.69 3.0 1.04 4.3 2.45 1.3

Service occupations

22.59 1.6 17.55 1.5 5.04 3.0 0.94 3.9 0.57 8.2 1.18 5.4 0.33 6.4 2.00 1.6

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations

45.22 2.1 31.24 2.3 13.98 3.6 3.04 5.1 1.45 5.2 3.69 3.9 2.15 12.3 3.64 2.0

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations

45.83 3.1 31.70 3.3 14.13 4.1 3.24 4.8 1.46 5.9 3.67 4.5 2.18 10.0 3.59 2.8

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations

35.68 3.6 24.75 3.7 10.93 4.5 2.08 4.6 1.16 3.7 3.34 6.5 1.40 10.5 2.95 2.7

Production occupations

30.76 3.5 22.40 3.1 8.36 5.6 1.75 7.8 1.28 9.0 2.02 9.7 0.73 11.4 2.60 3.6

Transportation and material moving occupations

36.48 4.1 25.13 4.2 11.35 4.9 2.14 5.3 1.14 4.1 3.56 7.1 1.50 11.0 3.00 3.0

Trade, transportation, and utilities industry

38.54 2.1 27.47 2.0 11.07 2.8 2.51 3.1 1.14 2.7 3.03 3.9 1.40 7.3 2.99 1.4

Management, professional, and related occupations

70.39 3.3 49.94 3.0 20.45 4.4 6.24 5.5 2.45 5.8 4.31 5.5 2.70 8.5 4.74 2.7

Management, business, and financial occupations

82.95 4.2 58.07 4.0 24.88 5.1 7.70 6.9 3.37 7.6 5.17 5.9 3.27 9.6 5.38 3.0

Professional and related occupations

59.59 4.3 42.95 3.9 16.64 5.7 4.99 6.9 1.67 7.9 3.57 6.3 2.22 9.8 4.19 3.9

Sales and office occupations

30.08 2.1 22.73 2.0 7.35 2.8 1.73 4.3 0.68 7.1 1.92 4.0 0.68 4.8 2.34 1.6

Sales and related occupations

28.96 2.6 22.40 2.4 6.56 3.6 1.55 6.1 0.62 8.8 1.54 4.7 0.57 7.1 2.28 1.9

Office and administrative support occupations

34.17 2.3 23.96 1.9 10.21 3.8 2.36 4.4 0.89 6.6 3.28 6.3 1.10 8.0 2.58 1.8

Service occupations

23.23 3.9 17.59 3.0 5.64 7.6 1.03 10.5 0.50 10.7 1.44 10.1 0.60 15.6 2.07 3.8

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations

50.06 5.6 34.65 6.1 15.41 5.4 3.48 7.4 1.68 6.7 3.90 6.0 2.37 10.2 3.97 4.6

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations

50.79 6.0 35.26 6.5 15.53 5.9 3.57 7.9 1.63 7.8 3.93 6.7 2.41 10.9 3.99 4.9

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations

38.73 4.1 26.40 4.3 12.33 4.9 2.35 5.2 1.24 4.0 3.87 7.1 1.72 11.0 3.15 2.9

Transportation and material moving occupations

38.81 4.4 26.43 4.6 12.38 5.1 2.33 5.6 1.21 4.3 3.93 7.3 1.76 11.2 3.16 3.1

Wholesale trade industry

52.72 4.1 37.53 4.0 15.20 4.5 4.16 6.5 1.94 7.6 3.63 5.0 1.67 8.7 3.79 2.9

Sales and office occupations

54.47 6.5 39.81 6.6 14.66 6.6 4.13 9.1 1.52 10.5 3.66 9.0 1.57 9.7 3.78 5.4

Office and administrative support occupations

35.04 3.6 24.83 3.0 10.21 6.5 2.62 6.1 1.03 15.2 3.10 9.7 0.83 13.8 2.62 3.6

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations

33.60 2.3 23.51 1.8 10.09 4.5 2.11 4.7 1.42 7.9 2.80 7.0 0.92 9.4 2.84 2.6

Transportation and material moving occupations

33.77 2.9 23.54 2.3 10.23 5.5 2.10 5.4 1.42 9.7 2.85 8.3 1.00 10.8 2.87 3.2

Retail trade industry

26.22 1.6 20.13 1.4 6.09 2.4 1.33 3.6 0.56 4.5 1.52 3.3 0.49 5.5 2.18 1.3

Sales and office occupations

23.43 1.4 18.44 1.3 4.99 2.4 1.05 2.7 0.41 5.3 1.24 5.2 0.35 7.1 1.94 1.2

Sales and related occupations

22.91 1.4 18.14 1.3 4.76 2.4 0.98 2.8 0.39 5.3 1.13 5.8 0.34 7.7 1.92 1.1

Office and administrative support occupations

28.13 3.1 21.06 2.9 7.07 4.6 1.70 6.7 0.55 9.4 2.15 6.7 0.51 8.8 2.15 3.2

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations

24.70 1.2 18.29 1.1 6.41 2.0 1.23 3.2 0.66 6.2 1.79 2.6 0.55 5.0 2.18 1.1

Transportation and material moving occupations

24.42 1.0 18.11 0.9 6.32 1.7 1.20 2.9 0.64 5.8 1.77 2.3 0.54 4.8 2.16 1.0

Transportation and warehousing industry

51.04 5.3 33.75 5.9 17.29 5.7 3.41 6.6 1.63 5.7 5.53 7.8 2.78 11.8 3.95 3.9

Utilities industry

78.43 1.5 49.34 1.6 29.09 1.7 7.08 2.0 2.59 6.1 7.51 2.6 6.46 3.9 5.44 1.4

Information industry

79.33 3.7 50.97 4.0 28.36 3.7 8.09 4.0 4.00 7.5 7.50 3.6 3.73 8.8 5.04 3.1

Management, professional, and related occupations

99.21 4.9 64.53 4.8 34.68 5.4 10.83 5.4 5.53 9.2 8.64 5.1 3.52 7.3 6.16 3.7

Professional and related occupations

95.16 4.6 61.95 4.7 33.21 4.7 10.45 5.7 5.00 7.5 8.40 4.2 3.35 6.8 6.01 3.7

Sales and office occupations

54.88 6.1 35.54 6.9 19.34 5.6 4.67 7.9 2.18 8.4 6.08 4.6 2.83 18.5 3.58 5.8

Financial activities industry

64.39 2.0 42.34 1.8 22.05 2.7 5.87 2.5 3.86 10.3 5.98 1.7 2.34 2.6 4.01 1.6

Management, professional, and related occupations

93.56 1.5 61.02 1.5 32.55 2.2 9.30 1.7 6.31 8.5 7.71 1.4 3.70 3.0 5.52 1.1

Management, business, and financial occupations

94.89 1.7 62.07 1.8 32.82 2.4 9.37 2.2 6.66 9.5 7.65 1.8 3.61 3.5 5.52 1.2

Professional and related occupations

89.15 2.7 57.51 2.6 31.64 3.0 9.06 3.6 5.15 5.9 7.91 2.0 3.98 5.0 5.54 2.1

Sales and office occupations

44.04 3.3 29.20 2.8 14.84 4.7 3.50 3.4 2.19 19.6 4.89 3.0 1.39 5.0 2.86 2.4

Sales and related occupations

54.84 10.1 38.12 8.4 16.72 15.7 3.90 10.4 (5)3.81 45.2 3.92 8.7 1.56 12.7 3.54 7.0

Office and administrative support occupations

40.57 0.9 26.34 1.0 14.23 1.4 3.38 1.8 1.67 4.5 5.21 1.9 1.34 3.7 2.64 1.2

Finance and insurance industry

72.25 2.3 46.82 2.1 25.43 2.9 6.82 2.5 4.71 10.8 6.74 1.4 2.83 2.6 4.33 1.8

Credit intermediation and related activities industry

66.21 3.1 42.76 3.1 23.46 3.5 6.34 3.8 4.07 9.2 6.33 1.8 2.72 4.4 4.01 2.6

Insurance carriers and related activities industry

66.30 3.0 43.18 2.9 23.11 3.4 6.12 4.6 3.78 5.2 6.57 2.8 2.50 4.6 4.14 2.5

Real estate and rental and leasing industry

40.94 4.4 28.96 4.2 11.98 5.5 3.02 7.6 1.33 11.0 3.73 7.3 0.86 10.8 3.05 3.0

Professional and business services industry

59.18 3.4 41.48 3.5 17.70 3.9 4.99 5.1 2.80 8.9 4.05 4.7 1.82 6.6 4.03 2.8

Management, professional, and related occupations

85.65 3.7 58.90 3.5 26.75 4.9 8.20 5.5 4.53 11.2 5.62 5.6 2.96 7.2 5.45 2.5

Management, business, and financial occupations

94.38 6.0 63.48 5.7 30.90 6.9 9.35 7.7 6.18 14.9 6.27 5.5 3.30 7.2 5.80 3.4

Professional and related occupations

79.98 3.7 55.92 3.5 24.06 6.0 7.45 7.9 3.46 12.3 5.20 8.0 2.73 9.1 5.22 3.0

Sales and office occupations

40.99 7.3 29.64 7.6 11.36 7.1 2.89 10.3 1.24 8.1 3.34 8.6 1.04 19.5 2.85 5.2

Office and administrative support occupations

34.17 2.5 24.23 2.0 9.94 4.6 2.37 6.5 1.28 9.0 3.13 7.7 0.72 7.7 2.44 2.6

Service occupations

27.66 4.5 21.02 4.7 6.64 5.7 1.25 7.1 0.94 10.3 1.78 10.0 0.27 14.5 2.39 4.8

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations

27.24 4.9 20.13 3.8 7.11 10.1 1.10 15.8 1.29 13.0 1.88 19.3 0.43 25.4 2.41 4.9

Transportation and material moving occupations

28.60 4.4 20.57 3.5 8.03 9.2 1.14 13.2 1.40 14.9 2.50 16.8 0.45 24.7 2.54 4.1

Professional, scientific, and technical services industry

73.59 4.1 51.02 3.8 22.57 5.2 6.85 5.1 3.44 14.3 4.99 5.2 2.60 8.7 4.69 2.8

Administrative and waste services industry

35.02 8.8 26.16 9.2 8.86 8.0 1.85 6.8 1.32 11.7 2.21 5.8 0.59 18.8 2.90 10.5

Education and health services industry

49.19 4.9 34.77 5.1 14.42 4.9 4.21 6.3 1.60 10.3 3.59 5.0 1.65 8.2 3.37 3.2

Management, professional, and related occupations

66.83 5.2 46.96 5.6 19.87 4.8 6.20 6.1 2.20 9.6 4.64 4.7 2.52 7.8 4.31 3.1

Management, business, and financial occupations

83.59 16.8 58.70 16.8 24.89 16.8 8.99 20.5 1.90 24.8 5.58 12.0 3.61 24.3 4.81 9.0

Professional and related occupations

64.88 3.7 45.59 4.2 19.29 3.6 5.87 4.2 2.24 9.5 4.54 4.7 2.40 6.0 4.25 2.6

Sales and office occupations

33.52 2.8 23.35 2.4 10.16 4.6 2.63 5.5 0.62 9.6 3.65 6.5 0.88 8.1 2.38 3.0

Office and administrative support occupations

33.26 2.8 23.18 2.4 10.08 4.7 2.61 5.6 0.61 9.6 3.62 6.7 0.88 8.4 2.36 3.0

Service occupations

26.71 3.1 19.39 2.5 7.32 5.9 1.58 6.1 1.04 14.3 1.95 8.9 0.54 13.2 2.21 3.3

Educational services industry

55.31 3.1 39.90 3.0 15.41 3.8 4.42 4.4 0.50 13.2 4.15 4.9 2.58 6.9 3.76 2.6

Management, professional, and related occupations

59.52 3.2 43.21 3.0 16.31 4.2 4.73 4.6 0.52 15.1 4.30 5.5 2.76 7.7 4.00 2.3

Management, business, and financial occupations

72.33 8.1 50.50 8.6 21.83 7.2 8.10 9.0 0.50 17.7 5.58 7.4 3.16 11.1 4.50 4.5

Professional and related occupations

56.69 3.2 41.60 2.9 15.09 4.6 3.99 3.8 0.52 17.6 4.02 6.8 2.67 8.7 3.89 2.5

Sales and office occupations

36.64 5.7 25.48 4.4 11.16 11.7 3.14 12.1 0.29 19.1 3.48 20.4 1.69 17.4 2.57 4.3

Office and administrative support occupations

36.67 5.7 25.49 4.5 11.18 11.7 3.15 12.1 0.28 19.1 3.48 20.5 1.69 17.5 2.57 4.3

Service occupations

36.06 12.0 25.63 13.5 10.43 13.1 2.39 14.6 0.46 15.7 3.03 16.5 1.72 25.0 2.82 18.6

Junior colleges, colleges, universities and professional schools industry

73.14 2.8 50.27 3.0 22.87 2.7 6.98 3.5 0.74 10.0 6.36 2.8 4.24 3.4 4.55 2.4

Health care and social assistance industry

48.39 5.6 34.10 5.8 14.30 5.6 4.18 7.2 1.75 10.6 3.52 5.7 1.53 9.7 3.32 3.6

Registered nurse occupations

78.74 3.1 51.53 2.2 27.21 5.1 7.83 6.1 4.05 6.1 6.20 3.9 3.82 10.4 5.31 3.0

Management, professional, and related occupations

68.36 6.1 47.74 6.7 20.62 5.4 6.50 6.9 2.55 9.6 4.72 5.5 2.47 9.4 4.37 3.7

Professional and related occupations

66.41 4.3 46.34 4.8 20.08 4.0 6.22 4.6 2.56 9.5 4.63 5.2 2.34 7.0 4.32 3.0

Sales and office occupations

33.12 3.1 23.09 2.6 10.04 5.1 2.57 6.1 0.66 10.4 3.67 6.9 0.78 9.4 2.36 3.3

Office and administrative support occupations

32.84 3.1 22.89 2.6 9.95 5.2 2.54 6.2 0.65 10.4 3.64 7.1 0.77 9.9 2.34 3.3

Service occupations

26.48 3.1 19.24 2.5 7.24 6.0 1.56 6.2 1.06 14.4 1.92 9.1 0.51 14.0 2.19 3.2

Hospitals industry

70.92 6.4 46.77 7.2 24.14 5.1 6.95 8.0 3.36 5.0 5.90 3.6 3.50 8.2 4.43 3.1

Management, professional, and related occupations

85.72 8.2 56.86 9.1 28.86 6.6 8.70 9.7 4.04 6.3 6.56 4.3 4.33 10.3 5.23 4.0

Registered nurse occupations

80.98 2.1 52.20 2.1 28.79 2.4 8.13 2.8 4.50 4.5 6.71 3.1 4.11 5.2 5.34 2.0

Service occupations

35.74 2.1 23.06 2.0 12.68 3.1 2.59 3.1 2.15 5.6 3.76 5.3 1.59 6.9 2.59 2.3

Nursing and residential care facilities industry

33.21 1.6 24.13 1.7 9.08 2.8 2.34 4.0 0.98 5.9 2.59 4.9 0.56 11.7 2.62 1.4

Management, professional, and related occupations

49.31 2.1 35.70 2.9 13.62 2.7 4.00 4.6 1.31 8.4 3.63 6.7 1.04 10.4 3.65 2.5

Service occupations

26.14 1.3 19.11 1.0 7.03 3.0 1.57 3.0 0.89 5.9 2.06 5.6 0.34 14.4 2.17 1.4

Nursing care facilities industry

35.32 2.6 25.93 2.4 9.40 4.6 2.37 5.0 1.15 6.0 2.60 8.1 0.51 12.8 2.77 2.4

Management, professional, and related occupations

50.63 2.5 37.54 3.0 13.09 3.6 3.60 4.9 1.57 6.4 3.20 9.3 0.88 11.3 3.84 3.2

Service occupations

27.23 2.7 19.74 2.1 7.49 5.1 1.69 5.7 1.02 6.3 2.25 8.4 0.32 20.3 2.21 2.5

Leisure and hospitality industry

20.36 2.6 16.66 2.3 3.70 6.0 0.64 10.2 0.25 9.2 0.72 14.9 0.24 15.4 1.85 1.7

Sales and office occupations

20.83 4.8 17.02 4.5 3.81 12.9 0.76 16.7 (5)0.20 31.3 (5)0.98 31.8 (5)0.23 34.0 1.65 5.3

Service occupations

18.45 2.1 15.34 2.2 3.12 3.9 0.46 8.2 0.22 9.4 0.51 12.6 0.17 10.0 1.75 1.6

Accommodation and food services industry

19.14 2.9 15.65 2.1 3.49 7.9 0.58 14.2 0.25 10.9 0.68 18.5 0.21 19.3 1.76 1.9

Other services industry

38.13 7.8 28.15 6.9 9.98 11.0 2.69 13.0 0.63 14.2 2.21 13.1 1.58 29.7 2.87 4.4

Footnotes
(1) Includes costs for wages and salaries and benefits.
(2) The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the cost.
(3) Includes mining, construction, and manufacturing. The agriculture, forestry, farming, and hunting sector is excluded.
(4) Includes utilities; wholesale trade; retail trade; transportation and warehousing; information; finance and insurance; real estate and rental and leasing; professional, scientific, and technical services; management of companies and enterprises; administrative and waste services; educational services; health care and social assistance; arts, entertainment and recreation; accommodation and food services; and other services, except public administration.
(5) The relative standard error for this estimate is equal to or greater than 30 percent.

Table 5. Employer Costs for Employee Compensation for private industry workers by bargaining and work status [June 2025]
Series Total compensation(1) Wages and salaries Total benefits Paid leave Supplemental pay Insurance Retirement and savings Legally required benefits
Cost ($) RSE(2) Cost ($) RSE(2) Cost ($) RSE(2) Cost ($) RSE(2) Cost ($) RSE(2) Cost ($) RSE(2) Cost ($) RSE(2) Cost ($) RSE(2)

Union workers

62.36 2.6 37.32 2.7 25.04 2.9 4.59 4.8 2.52 4.5 8.39 2.3 5.04 5.6 4.50 2.5

Goods-producing industries(3)

61.21 2.8 36.45 2.2 24.76 4.4 3.51 5.8 3.18 6.4 8.24 3.0 5.10 9.2 4.74 3.4

Manufacturing industry

52.54 2.6 30.36 2.4 22.19 3.1 3.79 3.9 3.85 5.0 8.04 3.5 2.64 6.2 3.86 2.8

Service-providing industries(4)

62.86 3.5 37.71 3.7 25.16 3.7 5.06 5.8 2.22 6.4 8.46 3.0 5.02 7.0 4.39 3.3

Trade, transportation, and utilities industry

63.80 5.2 37.88 6.5 25.93 4.3 4.49 6.0 2.20 5.6 9.43 5.1 5.39 7.5 4.43 3.7

Retail trade industry

31.61 6.4 20.30 7.9 11.31 4.3 1.97 12.2 0.96 8.7 4.17 3.4 1.58 4.7 2.63 5.8

Transportation and warehousing industry

78.62 5.9 46.02 8.4 32.61 4.0 5.54 7.1 2.68 6.9 12.09 5.8 7.12 7.9 5.17 4.3

Education and health services industry

68.51 8.3 42.33 7.6 26.18 9.9 6.73 13.4 2.90 14.8 7.37 4.7 4.48 16.0 4.71 8.0

Health care and social assistance industry

68.07 9.1 41.92 8.3 26.14 10.8 6.76 14.7 3.13 15.0 7.23 5.1 4.31 18.1 4.72 8.7

Nonunion workers

44.23 1.6 31.62 1.6 12.61 1.9 3.34 2.4 1.79 4.3 3.02 2.2 1.24 3.1 3.21 1.0

Goods-producing industries(3)

45.19 1.6 31.57 1.4 13.62 2.5 2.97 3.2 2.48 7.5 3.39 2.0 1.22 4.2 3.56 1.3

Manufacturing industries

45.42 2.0 31.02 2.0 14.40 2.4 3.39 3.9 2.40 4.9 3.86 2.4 1.41 5.8 3.34 1.7

Service-providing industries(4)

44.05 1.9 31.63 1.8 12.42 2.2 3.41 2.8 1.66 5.0 2.95 2.6 1.25 3.6 3.15 1.1

Trade, transportation, and utilities industries

35.28 1.9 26.12 1.9 9.15 2.4 2.26 3.4 1.00 3.7 2.20 2.8 0.88 5.7 2.81 1.3

Retail trade industries

25.85 1.6 20.12 1.4 5.74 2.5 1.29 3.5 0.54 4.7 1.34 3.8 0.41 5.6 2.15 1.3

Transportation and warehousing industries

40.35 6.1 29.00 6.7 11.35 5.3 2.58 9.0 1.22 9.1 2.98 7.6 1.10 9.6 3.47 4.4

Education and health services industries

47.58 5.5 34.13 5.6 13.44 5.5 4.00 7.0 1.49 11.6 3.28 5.5 1.41 9.5 3.26 3.4

Health care and social assistance industries

46.70 6.2 33.43 6.4 13.28 6.3 3.96 8.0 1.63 12.0 3.20 6.3 1.29 11.5 3.20 3.8

Full-time workers

52.33 1.6 35.97 1.6 16.35 1.6 4.26 2.2 2.28 3.9 4.27 1.7 1.90 2.7 3.64 1.0

Occupational group

Management, professional and related occupations

79.95 2.3 54.43 2.4 25.53 2.4 7.74 2.7 3.79 5.9 5.90 2.5 3.09 3.6 5.01 1.4

Management, business, and financial occupations

89.35 3.1 60.39 3.0 28.96 3.6 8.68 4.2 5.08 8.4 6.29 3.0 3.45 4.5 5.47 1.8

Professional and related occupations

73.99 2.3 50.64 2.5 23.35 2.4 7.14 2.7 2.98 6.2 5.65 3.0 2.86 3.8 4.72 1.7

Sales and office occupations

40.98 2.1 28.66 2.2 12.32 2.1 3.06 2.8 1.34 7.1 3.89 2.2 1.21 4.8 2.82 1.7

Sales and related occupations

48.25 3.8 35.31 4.0 12.94 4.2 3.42 5.1 1.57 16.6 3.31 3.3 1.33 10.2 3.32 2.8

Office and administrative support occupations

37.06 1.2 25.08 1.1 11.99 1.7 2.87 2.1 1.22 3.7 4.20 2.4 1.15 3.9 2.56 1.2

Service occupations

26.46 2.0 19.48 1.6 6.99 3.5 1.46 3.8 0.90 9.4 1.99 5.0 0.50 7.4 2.14 2.0

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations

46.91 1.5 31.96 1.3 14.95 2.6 2.63 3.2 1.97 5.5 3.93 2.6 2.41 7.3 4.01 1.6

Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

45.35 2.2 31.11 1.7 14.24 3.6 1.92 3.1 2.03 9.3 3.73 4.0 2.36 8.9 4.20 3.0

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations

48.68 2.9 32.93 2.7 15.75 4.4 3.42 3.8 1.90 5.6 4.16 4.0 2.48 11.5 3.80 2.6

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations

38.59 2.4 26.10 2.6 12.49 2.4 2.44 3.0 1.86 3.5 3.78 2.7 1.35 6.6 3.06 1.9

Production occupations

36.34 1.3 24.28 1.2 12.06 1.9 2.27 2.1 2.25 5.1 3.70 2.3 0.96 4.4 2.87 1.2

Transportation and material moving occupations

40.43 4.1 27.58 4.5 12.84 4.1 2.57 5.2 1.55 3.6 3.84 4.6 1.66 9.3 3.22 3.0

Industry group

Goods-producing industries(3)

48.14 1.4 32.59 1.3 15.55 1.8 3.12 2.9 2.63 6.1 4.21 1.5 1.83 4.6 3.76 1.2

Construction industry

49.70 2.0 34.46 1.5 15.23 4.0 2.45 4.6 2.58 16.9 3.73 3.1 2.23 9.0 4.25 1.7

Manufacturing industry

46.97 1.8 31.28 1.8 15.69 2.0 3.53 3.6 2.64 4.2 4.49 2.0 1.61 5.1 3.43 1.4

Service-providing industries(4)

53.46 1.9 36.89 2.0 16.57 2.0 4.57 2.5 2.19 4.8 4.28 2.2 1.92 3.2 3.61 1.3

Trade, transportation, and utilities industry

46.52 2.3 32.55 2.4 13.97 2.7 3.44 3.0 1.52 2.9 3.74 3.2 1.83 6.7 3.44 1.6

Information industry

84.69 3.6 53.94 4.0 30.75 3.4 8.80 3.7 4.36 7.9 8.21 3.1 4.07 8.2 5.31 3.0

Financial activities industry

66.67 1.9 43.57 1.7 23.10 2.5 6.17 2.1 4.07 10.4 6.30 1.3 2.46 2.4 4.10 1.5

Professional and business services industry

62.34 3.5 43.19 3.5 19.15 4.0 5.49 5.1 3.01 9.5 4.50 4.6 2.01 6.1 4.14 2.3

Education and health services industry

53.17 5.4 36.78 5.7 16.39 5.0 4.85 6.4 1.80 11.6 4.39 4.8 1.89 8.5 3.47 3.5

Leisure and hospitality industry

25.55 2.9 19.69 2.4 5.86 6.3 1.25 8.5 0.49 8.0 1.60 11.7 0.49 14.2 2.04 2.7

Other services industry

45.25 8.0 32.46 7.4 12.79 10.3 3.59 12.4 0.83 15.0 3.00 10.9 2.15 28.7 3.23 4.6

Part-time workers

25.10 2.8 20.05 2.8 5.05 4.4 0.93 6.9 0.49 6.9 0.89 9.8 0.44 12.7 2.30 2.7

Occupational group

Management, professional and related occupations

51.72 6.0 40.18 6.0 11.54 9.4 3.12 12.9 1.53 12.0 1.45 15.6 1.34 18.5 4.11 6.9

Professional and related occupations

52.18 6.4 40.47 6.4 11.70 9.8 3.16 13.5 1.58 12.0 1.46 16.2 1.36 19.3 4.14 7.3

Sales and office occupations

20.62 1.5 17.11 1.3 3.51 3.4 0.60 6.8 0.27 10.0 0.55 11.6 0.22 9.3 1.87 1.5

Sales and related occupations

18.60 1.4 15.69 1.3 2.91 2.5 0.43 5.3 0.16 13.8 0.39 9.1 0.19 9.3 1.74 2.0

Office and administrative support occupations

24.85 2.6 20.08 2.2 4.78 6.1 0.96 10.7 0.50 12.6 0.88 16.8 0.29 14.2 2.14 2.7

Service occupations

18.52 2.4 15.51 2.5 3.00 3.4 0.40 8.6 0.24 11.5 0.34 10.8 0.16 10.7 1.87 2.5

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations

26.12 3.7 18.58 1.7 7.54 9.4 1.01 7.0 0.58 9.7 2.70 15.7 0.79 28.2 2.46 2.9

Transportation and material moving occupations

26.43 3.9 18.61 1.8 7.82 9.8 1.04 7.1 0.55 10.1 2.91 16.0 0.85 27.6 2.47 3.1

Industry group

Service-providing industries(4)

25.03 2.9 19.99 2.9 5.05 4.5 0.94 7.1 0.48 7.2 0.90 10.0 0.44 12.8 2.29 2.8

Trade, transportation, and utilities industry

22.91 2.4 17.51 1.2 5.40 6.8 0.70 4.9 0.37 8.8 1.64 12.9 0.55 21.2 2.12 1.7

Professional and business services industry

33.77 18.8 27.80 20.0 5.97 14.1 0.98 20.5 1.14 20.5 0.45 22.2 0.23 27.6 3.16 21.4

Education and health services industry

37.78 4.9 29.00 4.6 8.77 7.7 2.36 9.8 1.05 11.0 1.31 11.5 0.97 15.4 3.09 4.2

Leisure and hospitality industry

16.98 3.0 14.68 3.1 2.30 3.8 0.25 14.4 0.09 19.3 0.14 13.6 0.08 15.3 1.73 2.7

Footnotes
(1) Includes costs for wages and salaries and benefits.
(2) The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the cost.
(3) Includes mining, construction, and manufacturing. The agriculture, forestry, farming, and hunting sector is excluded.
(4) Includes utilities; wholesale trade; retail trade; transportation and warehousing; information; finance and insurance; real estate and rental and leasing; professional and technical services; management of companies and enterprises; administrative and waste services; educational services; health care and social assistance; arts, entertainment and recreation; accommodation and food services; and other services, except public administration.

Table 6. Employer Costs for Employee Compensation for private industry workers by establishment size and industry group [June 2025]
Series Total compensation(1) Wages and salaries Total benefits Paid leave Supplemental pay Insurance Retirement and savings Legally required benefits
Cost ($) RSE(2) Cost ($) RSE(2) Cost ($) RSE(2) Cost ($) RSE(2) Cost ($) RSE(2) Cost ($) RSE(2) Cost ($) RSE(2) Cost ($) RSE(2)

All workers

45.65 1.5 32.07 1.5 13.58 1.7 3.44 2.3 1.84 3.8 3.44 2.1 1.54 2.9 3.31 1.0

1-99 workers

36.58 1.7 27.13 1.7 9.45 2.1 2.30 3.0 1.13 6.8 2.25 3.4 0.89 3.8 2.89 1.3

1-49 workers

35.85 1.7 26.82 1.7 9.04 2.2 2.20 3.1 1.08 9.4 2.05 3.5 0.85 4.7 2.86 1.4

50-99 workers

38.75 3.6 28.05 3.5 10.70 4.4 2.59 6.3 1.29 7.7 2.85 6.0 1.03 6.8 2.95 2.7

100 workers or more

56.37 2.0 37.91 2.1 18.46 2.1 4.80 2.8 2.69 4.1 4.84 2.1 2.31 3.6 3.82 1.4

100-499 workers

47.94 3.1 33.36 3.2 14.59 3.2 3.79 4.8 1.90 4.5 3.87 2.9 1.63 6.3 3.40 1.9

500 workers or more

66.99 2.6 43.64 2.8 23.34 2.7 6.07 3.7 3.68 5.0 6.07 2.6 3.17 4.0 4.35 2.2

Goods-producing industries(3)

47.48 1.3 32.27 1.2 15.21 1.8 3.04 2.8 2.58 6.1 4.09 1.5 1.78 4.5 3.73 1.3

1-99 workers

41.98 1.4 29.93 1.3 12.05 3.0 2.28 4.0 1.94 16.4 2.92 3.9 1.30 6.5 3.60 1.6

1-49 workers

41.35 2.4 29.81 1.9 11.54 5.0 2.19 5.7 1.88 22.7 2.54 4.0 1.29 10.0 3.64 2.1

50-99 workers

43.53 5.1 30.22 3.9 13.31 8.6 2.52 8.2 2.10 15.8 3.85 12.6 1.34 18.8 3.49 4.2

100 workers or more

52.46 1.8 34.38 1.8 18.07 2.1 3.73 3.3 3.15 3.9 5.14 1.5 2.21 6.3 3.85 1.7

100-499 workers

48.02 2.7 32.38 2.6 15.63 3.4 3.22 3.9 2.40 8.2 4.48 2.8 1.84 10.7 3.70 2.2

500 workers or more

59.08 3.2 37.37 3.0 21.71 3.6 4.48 5.8 4.27 3.7 6.12 3.0 2.75 7.9 4.08 2.6

Manufacturing industry

46.30 1.8 30.94 1.7 15.36 2.0 3.44 3.5 2.58 4.2 4.37 1.9 1.56 5.0 3.40 1.4

1-99 workers

39.06 2.7 27.79 2.5 11.27 4.1 2.57 5.0 1.64 13.6 3.08 6.1 0.87 9.3 3.09 2.2

1-49 workers

37.92 4.7 27.62 4.4 10.31 6.0 2.51 9.0 1.36 10.4 2.51 6.6 0.84 17.4 3.10 3.5

50-99 workers

41.14 6.1 28.12 4.5 13.02 10.2 2.69 8.0 2.18 25.2 4.13 14.3 0.94 19.1 3.09 4.6

100 workers or more

50.56 2.5 32.79 2.4 17.77 2.7 3.96 4.3 3.13 3.3 5.13 2.3 1.97 5.8 3.58 2.0

100-499 workers

43.12 2.3 29.12 2.4 14.00 2.5 3.23 3.6 2.06 5.3 4.19 2.8 1.31 5.6 3.21 2.0

500 workers or more

59.57 4.0 37.24 3.9 22.33 4.4 4.84 6.9 4.41 4.2 6.27 3.2 2.77 8.9 4.03 3.3

Service-providing industries(4)

45.28 1.8 32.03 1.8 13.26 2.1 3.52 2.6 1.70 4.6 3.31 2.5 1.49 3.4 3.23 1.2

1-99 workers

35.66 2.1 26.65 2.1 9.01 2.6 2.30 3.5 0.99 7.4 2.14 4.1 0.82 4.7 2.76 1.6

1-49 workers

34.97 2.0 26.34 2.1 8.64 2.5 2.20 3.7 0.95 10.2 1.97 4.1 0.77 5.4 2.74 1.7

50-99 workers

37.79 4.3 27.61 4.1 10.18 5.4 2.60 7.3 1.13 8.0 2.64 6.9 0.96 7.1 2.84 3.2

100 workers or more

57.29 2.4 38.74 2.5 18.55 2.6 5.05 3.2 2.58 5.1 4.77 2.6 2.34 4.2 3.81 1.7

100-499 workers

47.92 3.9 33.61 3.9 14.32 4.0 3.93 5.8 1.77 5.2 3.71 3.8 1.57 7.7 3.33 2.3

500 workers or more

68.64 3.0 44.95 3.2 23.69 3.2 6.40 4.0 3.56 6.3 6.06 3.0 3.26 4.4 4.40 2.5

Trade, transportation, and utilities industry

38.54 2.1 27.47 2.0 11.07 2.8 2.51 3.1 1.14 2.7 3.03 3.9 1.40 7.3 2.99 1.4

1-99 workers

34.92 3.1 26.32 3.0 8.60 3.8 2.06 5.2 0.82 6.3 2.10 5.1 0.80 7.2 2.83 2.3

1-49 workers

34.32 4.0 26.25 3.9 8.08 4.6 1.96 6.7 0.75 8.2 1.85 5.3 0.73 9.8 2.78 2.8

50-99 workers

36.73 4.4 26.54 3.8 10.19 6.6 2.33 7.6 1.02 7.9 2.84 10.2 1.03 7.2 2.97 3.6

100 workers or more

42.81 3.2 28.83 2.9 13.99 4.4 3.05 4.8 1.51 4.6 4.13 5.6 2.10 9.0 3.19 1.9

100-499 workers

35.31 2.8 24.68 2.5 10.63 4.0 2.41 5.5 1.13 6.7 3.03 5.6 1.27 9.3 2.79 1.8

500 workers or more

60.53 5.3 38.61 5.8 21.92 5.3 4.58 6.2 2.42 6.2 6.72 7.0 4.06 9.2 4.14 3.7

Wholesale trade industry

52.72 4.1 37.53 4.0 15.20 4.5 4.16 6.5 1.94 7.6 3.63 5.0 1.67 8.7 3.79 2.9

1-99 workers

48.73 4.5 35.54 4.4 13.19 5.1 3.50 6.2 1.50 8.8 3.21 7.0 1.37 8.2 3.60 3.6

1-49 workers

48.15 5.2 35.56 5.2 12.59 5.8 3.37 6.9 1.34 10.6 3.00 7.4 1.33 10.7 3.56 4.0

100 workers or more

61.31 7.5 41.79 7.6 19.52 7.6 5.59 11.0 2.88 10.7 4.53 5.2 2.33 12.6 4.19 5.7

100-499 workers

55.79 7.6 38.20 8.0 17.59 7.4 4.92 11.7 2.50 10.9 4.31 6.6 1.91 12.1 3.95 6.0

Retail trade industry

26.22 1.6 20.13 1.4 6.09 2.4 1.33 3.6 0.56 4.5 1.52 3.3 0.49 5.5 2.18 1.3

1-99 workers

25.47 2.4 20.18 2.2 5.29 3.7 1.15 5.6 0.42 5.5 1.19 6.2 0.36 11.1 2.18 2.0

1-49 workers

24.86 3.2 19.88 2.8 4.98 5.2 1.09 7.1 0.39 7.2 1.06 8.6 0.30 15.6 2.14 2.7

50-99 workers

27.61 3.7 21.22 3.3 6.39 5.7 1.37 8.6 0.50 10.8 1.65 7.8 0.55 11.4 2.32 3.1

100 workers or more

27.30 1.6 20.06 1.4 7.24 2.5 1.59 3.8 0.78 6.0 2.01 2.3 0.68 3.7 2.19 1.1

100-499 workers

27.24 1.5 20.03 1.4 7.21 2.3 1.60 3.6 0.75 5.3 2.00 2.0 0.67 3.4 2.20 1.1

Transportation and warehousing industry

51.04 5.3 33.75 5.9 17.29 5.7 3.41 6.6 1.63 5.7 5.53 7.8 2.78 11.8 3.95 3.9

1-99 workers

46.50 11.3 33.78 12.2 12.72 11.0 2.88 18.4 1.15 17.2 3.45 15.4 1.29 15.8 3.94 7.2

1-49 workers

49.74 16.3 36.95 17.0 12.80 15.9 3.05 26.6 (5)1.16 30.0 3.08 18.8 1.33 23.2 4.18 10.1

100 workers or more

53.21 6.2 33.74 6.2 19.47 7.2 3.66 7.9 1.86 5.3 6.52 8.8 3.49 13.5 3.95 4.1

100-499 workers

41.08 7.4 26.88 5.1 14.20 12.2 2.63 12.1 1.19 10.6 4.80 16.2 2.09 27.1 3.49 4.5

Information industry

79.33 3.7 50.97 4.0 28.36 3.7 8.09 4.0 4.00 7.5 7.50 3.6 3.73 8.8 5.04 3.1

1-99 workers

61.58 6.3 40.44 5.6 21.14 9.0 5.51 8.8 1.99 10.9 6.03 6.5 3.38 25.4 4.23 5.3

100 workers or more

98.08 5.1 62.09 5.4 35.99 5.1 10.82 4.9 6.13 8.3 9.06 4.6 4.09 9.7 5.90 4.5

100-499 workers

80.46 6.9 51.74 7.7 28.72 6.1 8.41 8.3 4.26 7.0 7.86 5.7 3.25 9.9 4.94 6.6

500 workers or more

110.20 6.5 69.20 7.0 41.00 6.5 12.47 6.6 7.41 9.8 9.88 5.7 4.67 12.9 6.56 5.7

Financial activities industry

64.39 2.0 42.34 1.8 22.05 2.7 5.87 2.5 3.86 10.3 5.98 1.7 2.34 2.6 4.01 1.6

1-99 workers

53.88 2.9 36.90 2.8 16.98 4.1 4.52 4.1 2.66 19.7 4.75 3.2 1.52 5.3 3.53 2.2

1-49 workers

51.60 3.0 35.55 3.0 16.05 4.6 4.25 4.6 2.47 24.1 4.54 3.4 1.37 5.8 3.42 2.3

100 workers or more

77.04 2.3 48.89 2.2 28.15 2.7 7.49 2.4 5.29 7.0 7.47 1.8 3.32 3.6 4.58 2.0

100-499 workers

71.64 3.8 46.84 3.5 24.80 5.2 6.77 4.9 4.32 15.5 6.69 3.9 2.70 7.6 4.31 3.3

500 workers or more

81.03 2.3 50.41 2.2 30.62 2.6 8.02 2.5 6.01 5.7 8.05 1.9 3.77 3.1 4.78 1.9

Professional and business services industry

59.18 3.4 41.48 3.5 17.70 3.9 4.99 5.1 2.80 8.9 4.05 4.7 1.82 6.6 4.03 2.8

1-99 workers

48.86 3.8 35.57 3.9 13.29 4.4 3.60 5.7 1.81 8.1 2.99 6.7 1.31 12.3 3.58 3.0

1-49 workers

47.16 4.5 34.55 4.6 12.61 5.1 3.32 7.2 1.68 11.1 2.79 7.1 1.32 16.3 3.49 3.6

50-99 workers

53.60 7.1 38.40 6.7 15.19 9.1 4.39 11.4 2.16 18.4 3.55 11.1 1.27 14.5 3.82 5.3

100 workers or more

68.46 4.8 46.80 4.9 21.66 5.6 6.25 7.2 3.69 12.7 5.00 5.8 2.27 7.2 4.44 3.9

100-499 workers

61.96 5.4 43.06 5.3 18.90 5.8 5.50 8.3 2.76 10.2 4.71 5.8 1.87 10.9 4.06 4.6

500 workers or more

76.23 7.5 51.28 7.9 24.95 8.6 7.14 11.5 4.81 15.9 5.35 8.4 2.76 9.8 4.89 6.9

Education and health services industry

49.19 4.9 34.77 5.1 14.42 4.9 4.21 6.3 1.60 10.3 3.59 5.0 1.65 8.2 3.37 3.2

1-99 workers

35.30 6.7 26.71 6.7 8.59 7.8 2.43 9.5 (5)0.81 33.7 2.07 10.9 0.58 14.7 2.70 5.2

1-49 workers

33.30 6.3 25.42 6.1 7.88 8.6 2.21 10.2 (5)0.80 43.6 1.76 14.4 0.46 17.0 2.64 5.5

50-99 workers

42.00 13.7 31.04 14.4 10.96 12.9 3.14 17.2 0.84 21.7 3.11 11.2 0.99 21.4 2.88 9.8

100 workers or more

60.71 4.5 41.45 4.7 19.26 4.5 5.68 5.8 2.26 6.9 4.86 4.3 2.53 7.2 3.93 2.8

100-499 workers

52.33 12.5 37.75 12.5 14.58 12.8 4.58 16.7 1.42 14.5 3.55 11.3 1.57 24.5 3.46 6.7

500 workers or more

66.94 4.0 44.19 4.0 22.74 4.2 6.50 5.7 2.88 6.8 5.83 3.4 3.25 6.3 4.28 3.3

Educational services industry

55.31 3.1 39.90 3.0 15.41 3.8 4.42 4.4 0.50 13.2 4.15 4.9 2.58 6.9 3.76 2.6

1-99 workers

42.08 5.8 32.55 5.1 9.53 9.6 2.37 10.9 0.38 29.8 2.23 17.5 1.25 15.6 3.30 5.1

100 workers or more

65.43 3.0 45.53 3.0 19.91 3.5 6.00 4.1 0.59 10.1 5.62 4.0 3.59 6.5 4.11 2.4

100-499 workers

52.53 5.6 37.67 5.5 14.86 7.1 4.41 9.3 0.18 24.4 4.42 8.1 2.39 17.3 3.45 4.4

500 workers or more

75.27 3.4 51.52 3.6 23.76 3.3 7.21 3.7 0.90 11.3 6.53 3.2 4.51 4.5 4.61 2.9

Health care and social assistance industry

48.39 5.6 34.10 5.8 14.30 5.6 4.18 7.2 1.75 10.6 3.52 5.7 1.53 9.7 3.32 3.6

1-99 workers

34.46 7.5 25.99 7.6 8.47 8.8 2.43 10.6 (5)0.87 35.5 2.05 12.2 0.50 18.3 2.62 5.8

1-49 workers

32.46 7.2 24.69 7.0 7.77 9.7 2.21 11.4 (5)0.86 45.7 1.75 16.0 0.39 21.4 2.57 6.3

50-99 workers

41.26 15.8 30.42 16.7 10.85 14.6 3.20 18.8 0.89 23.2 3.06 12.2 0.89 26.3 2.80 11.5

100 workers or more

60.07 5.2 40.90 5.4 19.18 5.1 5.64 6.6 2.49 7.0 4.76 4.9 2.39 8.6 3.91 3.2

100-499 workers

52.31 14.2 37.76 14.2 14.54 14.6 4.60 18.9 1.59 14.6 3.43 13.3 (5)1.46 30.1 3.46 7.6

500 workers or more

65.82 4.5 43.21 4.6 22.61 4.8 6.41 6.6 3.15 7.1 5.74 3.9 3.08 7.4 4.23 3.7

Leisure and hospitality industry

20.36 2.6 16.66 2.3 3.70 6.0 0.64 10.2 0.25 9.2 0.72 14.9 0.24 15.4 1.85 1.7

1-99 workers

18.31 2.6 15.46 2.3 2.85 5.8 0.40 13.8 0.20 10.5 0.42 19.9 0.10 17.5 1.74 2.1

1-49 workers

18.50 3.1 15.73 3.0 2.77 5.1 0.41 10.2 0.18 14.8 0.32 21.5 0.08 17.3 1.78 2.8

50-99 workers

17.88 3.6 14.84 2.7 3.04 10.9 0.37 29.6 0.23 10.9 0.65 27.2 0.15 24.3 1.65 6.3

100 workers or more

27.68 4.7 20.93 4.7 6.75 8.8 1.53 8.3 0.44 10.6 1.78 17.8 0.76 22.3 2.25 4.5

100-499 workers

25.15 8.4 19.79 8.3 5.36 11.7 1.11 15.4 0.44 15.5 1.22 24.0 0.45 27.6 2.14 7.6

500 workers or more

31.75 6.2 22.77 6.6 8.99 9.2 2.20 11.1 0.43 16.5 2.68 15.3 1.25 24.4 2.44 6.7

Footnotes
(1) Includes costs for wages and salaries and benefits.
(2) The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the cost.
(3) Includes mining, construction, and manufacturing. The agriculture, forestry, farming, and hunting sector is excluded.
(4) Includes utilities; wholesale trade; retail trade; transportation and warehousing; information; finance and insurance; real estate and rental and leasing; professional and technical services; management of companies and enterprises; administrative and waste services; educational services; health care and social assistance; arts, entertainment and recreation; accommodation and food services; and other services, except public administration.
(5) The relative standard error for this estimate is equal to or greater than 30 percent.

Table 7. Employer Costs for Employee Compensation for private industry workers by census region and division [June 2025]
Area(1) Total compensation(2) Wages and salaries Total benefits Paid leave Supplemental pay Insurance Retirement and savings Legally required benefits
Cost ($) RSE(3) Cost ($) RSE(3) Cost ($) RSE(3) Cost ($) RSE(3) Cost ($) RSE(3) Cost ($) RSE(3) Cost ($) RSE(3) Cost ($) RSE(3)

Northeast

56.67 4.8 39.22 5.2 17.44 4.5 4.70 6.4 2.04 9.7 4.47 4.8 2.19 6.5 4.04 2.8

New England

56.51 3.8 38.84 3.6 17.67 4.6 4.99 6.0 2.01 13.2 4.64 6.5 2.17 5.4 3.86 2.3

Middle Atlantic

56.72 6.4 39.36 6.9 17.36 6.2 4.60 8.8 2.06 13.5 4.41 6.3 2.19 8.7 4.10 3.6

South

39.94 1.7 28.66 1.7 11.28 2.1 2.88 2.3 1.54 3.7 2.88 3.3 1.16 5.5 2.82 1.4

South Atlantic

41.85 1.9 29.95 1.7 11.89 2.7 3.12 2.8 1.63 4.2 2.93 5.0 1.26 8.0 2.96 1.5

East South Central

33.45 4.9 24.14 4.5 9.31 6.0 2.17 6.0 1.28 8.7 2.62 7.9 0.83 13.2 2.41 4.1

West South Central

39.85 2.9 28.65 3.3 11.20 3.3 2.81 4.3 1.52 8.6 2.91 4.3 1.15 6.2 2.80 2.5

Midwest

42.13 1.9 29.24 1.7 12.89 2.6 3.01 4.0 1.89 4.7 3.46 3.8 1.47 5.1 3.05 1.5

East North Central

43.04 2.1 29.70 1.9 13.34 2.7 3.09 4.6 2.03 3.8 3.51 4.8 1.61 6.2 3.09 1.6

West North Central

40.21 4.0 28.28 3.4 11.93 5.3 2.84 7.8 1.61 13.7 3.33 5.3 1.18 7.3 2.97 3.0

West

49.85 3.2 34.88 3.0 14.97 4.0 3.82 5.1 2.11 10.9 3.52 4.2 1.72 6.2 3.80 1.7

Mountain

41.59 1.8 30.12 1.5 11.46 2.6 2.88 3.5 1.56 5.3 2.76 4.5 1.14 4.3 3.12 1.9

Pacific

54.25 4.4 37.41 4.2 16.84 5.3 4.32 6.6 2.41 14.3 3.93 5.6 2.03 7.9 4.15 2.1

Footnotes
(1) The census divisions are defined as follows: 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; and Pacific: Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon, and Washington.
(2) Includes costs for wages and salaries and benefits.
(3) The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the cost.

 

Last Modified Date: September 12, 2025