EMPLOYER COSTS FOR EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION - SEPTEMBER 2015 · 2015-12-09 · The Employer Costs for Employee Compensation for December 2015 is scheduled to be released on Thursday,

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EMPLOYER COSTS FOR EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION – SEPTEMBER 2015

Employer costs for employee compensation for civilian workers averaged $33.37 per hour worked in September 2015, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Wages and salaries averaged $22.88 per hour worked and accounted for 68.6 percent of these costs, while benefits averaged $10.48 and accounted for the remaining 31.4 percent. Total employer compensation costs for private industry workers averaged $31.53 per hour worked in September 2015.

Employer Costs for Employee Compensation (ECEC), a product of the National Compensation Survey, measures employer costs for wages and salaries, and employee benefits for nonfarm private and state and local government workers.

Compensation costs in state and local government

State and local government employers spent an average of $44.66 per hour worked for employee compensation in September 2015. Wages and salaries averaged $28.45 per hour and accounted for 63.7 percent of compensation costs, while benefits averaged $16.21 per hour worked and accounted for the remaining 36.3 percent. Total compensation costs for management, professional, and related workers averaged $54.02 per hour worked. This major occupational group includes teachers, averaging $60.92 per hour worked. Total compensation for sales and office workers averaged $30.83 per hour worked and service workers averaged $34.02. (See chart 1 and table 4.)

Percent of total compensation

Chart 2. Employer costs as a percent of total compensation: total benefits, health insurance, and defined benefit, state and local government workers, September 2015

Cost per hour worked

Chart 1. Employer costs per hour worked for total compensation: selected major occupational groups, state and local government workers, September 2015

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For state and local government employees, employer costs for insurance benefits averaged $5.34 per hour, or 12.0 percent of total compensation. The largest component of insurance costs in September 2015 was health insurance, which averaged $5.20, or 11.6 percent of total compensation. (See chart 2 and table 3.)

In September 2015, the average cost for retirement and savings benefits was $4.63 per hour worked in state and local government, or 10.4 percent of total compensation. Included in this amount were employer costs for defined benefit plans, which averaged $4.26 per hour (9.5 percent of total compensation), and defined contribution plans, which averaged 37 cents (0.8 percent). (See chart 2 and table 3.) Defined benefit plans specify a formula for determining future benefits, while defined contribution plans specify employer contributions but do not guarantee the amount of future benefits.

Two components of benefit costs are paid leave and legally required benefits. Paid leave benefit costs include vacation, holiday, sick leave, and personal leave. The average cost for paid leave was $3.24 per hour worked for state and local government employees. Costs for legally required benefits, including Social Security, Medicare, unemployment insurance (both state and federal), and workers’ compensation, averaged $2.63 per hour worked. (See table 3.)

The National Compensation Survey also produces data on the percentage of state and local government workers with access to and participation in employee benefit plans, including health and retirement and savings plans. Detailed data on health and retirement plan provisions are available at www.bls.gov/ebs. Benefit costs in private industry

Private industry employer costs for paid leave averaged $2.17 per hour worked or 6.9 percent of total compensation, supplemental pay averaged $1.04 or 3.3 percent, insurance benefits averaged $2.59 or 8.2 percent, retirement and savings averaged $1.25 or 4.0 percent, and legally required benefits averaged $2.51 per hour worked or 7.9 percent. (See table A and table 5.)

Table A. Relative importance of employer costs for employee compensation, September 2015

Compensation component

Civilian workers

Private industry

State and local government

Wages and salaries 68.6% 69.7% 63.7% Benefits 31.4 30.3 36.3 Paid leave 7.0 6.9 7.3 Supplemental pay 2.8 3.3 0.8 Insurance 8.9 8.2 12.0 Health benefits 8.5 7.7 11.6 Retirement and savings 5.2 4.0 10.4 Defined benefit 3.2 1.7 9.5 Defined contribution 2.0 2.2 0.8 Legally required 7.6 7.9 5.9

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The Employer Costs for Employee Compensation for December 2015 is scheduled to be released on Thursday, March 10, 2016, at 10:00 a.m. (EST).

Employer Costs for Employee Compensation data on total compensation, wages and salaries, and benefits in private industry are produced annually in the March reference period for 15 metropolitan areas. Selected metropolitan area data were included in the March 2015 news release published in June 2015. For further information about metropolitan area ECEC estimates see: “BLS Introduces New Employer Costs for Employee Compensation Data for Private Industry Workers in 15 Metropolitan Areas,” at www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/cwc/bls-introduces-new-employer-costs-for-employee-compensation-data-for-private-industry-workers-in-15-metropolitan-areas.pdf.

Supplemental tables with occupational, establishment size, and bargaining status series by industry group are available at www.bls.gov/ncs/ect/sp/ecsuphst.pdf and www.bls.gov/ncs/ect/sp/ecsuptc36.pdf.

Relative standard errors for all cost estimates in the most recent news release and supplementary tables are available at www.bls.gov/ncs/ect/sp/ececrse.pdf and www.bls.gov/ncs/ect/sp/ecsuprse.pdf.

Historical ECEC data are available in three listings, all available at www.bls.gov/ect/#tables. The first historical listing covers data for the March reference periods from 1986 to 2001. These data use the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) and Census of Population occupational classification systems. A second listing contains data for the March, June, September, and December reference periods from March 2002 to December 2003. These data are also based on the SIC and Census of Population occupational classification systems. The most recent listing includes data for March 2004 to the current reference period. These are based on the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) and Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) systems.

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BLS news releases, including the ECEC, are available through an e-mail subscription service at: www.bls.gov/bls/list.htm.

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TECHNICAL NOTE

Employer Costs for Employee Compensation (ECEC) measures the average cost to employers for wages and salaries and benefits per employee hour worked. ECEC includes the civilian economy, which includes data from both private industry and state and local government. Excluded from private industry are the self-employed and farm and private household workers. Federal government workers are excluded from the public sector. The private industry series and the state and local government series provide data for the two sectors separately.

Sample size The ECEC cost levels for this quarter were collected from a probability sample of approximately 36,900 occupations selected from a sample of about 8,600 establishments in private industry and approximately 8,900 occupations from a sample of about 1,500 establishments in state and local government.

Comparing ECEC and Employment Cost Index (ECI) data Current employment weights are used to calculate ECEC cost levels. The weights are derived from the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) and the Current Employment Statistics (CES). The ECI, which measures the change in employer costs for employee compensation, is calculated with fixed 2012 employment counts to prevent employment shifts among occupations and industries from influencing the changes. Therefore, changes over time in the ECEC will likely differ from those in the ECI. For additional information, see www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/cwc/explaining-the-differential-growth-rates-of-the-eci-and-ecec.pdf. Comparing private and public sector data

Compensation cost levels in state and local government should not be directly compared with levels in private industry. Differences between these sectors stem from factors such as variation in work activities and occupational structures. Manufacturing and sales, for example, make up a large part of private industry work activities but are rare in state and local government. Professional and administrative support occupations (including teachers) account for two-thirds of the state and local government workforce, compared with one-half of private industry.

ECEC quarterly publication focus

ECEC news releases are published quarterly, providing civilian, private industry, and state and local government cost per hour estimates as well as additional detail on a specific compensation cost topic of interest. This quarter focuses on compensation costs in state and local government. Topics of news releases for the upcoming reference periods are as follows:

December 2015—Supplemental pay benefit costs in private industry March 2016—Health benefit costs in private industry

ECEC detailed information and measures For detailed information on the Employer Costs for Employee Compensation, see Chapter 8, National Compensation Measures of the BLS Handbook of Methods at www.bls.gov/opub/hom/pdf/homch8.pdf.

Table 1. Employer costs per hour worked for employee compensation and costs as a percent of totalcompensation: Civilian workers, by major occupational and industry group, September 2015

Compensationcomponent

Occupational group

Allworkers1

Management,professional,

andrelated

Salesand

officeService

Cost Percent Cost Percent Cost Percent Cost Percent

Total compensation .................................................. $33.37 100.0 $55.26 100.0 $24.59 100.0 $17.24 100.0

Wages and salaries .............................................. 22.88 68.6 37.86 68.5 17.28 70.3 12.25 71.0

Total benefits ........................................................ 10.48 31.4 17.40 31.5 7.31 29.7 4.99 29.0

Paid leave ......................................................... 2.32 7.0 4.41 8.0 1.60 6.5 0.89 5.2Vacation ........................................................ 1.14 3.4 2.15 3.9 0.80 3.2 0.43 2.5Holiday .......................................................... 0.70 2.1 1.28 2.3 0.49 2.0 0.28 1.6Sick ............................................................... 0.34 1.0 0.71 1.3 0.21 0.9 0.14 0.8Personal ....................................................... 0.13 0.4 0.27 0.5 0.10 0.4 0.05 0.3

Supplemental pay ............................................. 0.94 2.8 1.73 3.1 0.55 2.2 0.29 1.7Overtime and premium4 ............................... 0.26 0.8 0.16 0.3 0.15 0.6 0.15 0.9Shift differentials ........................................... 0.06 0.2 0.08 0.1 0.02 0.1 0.05 0.3Nonproduction bonuses ................................ 0.63 1.9 1.49 2.7 0.37 1.5 0.09 0.5

Insurance .......................................................... 2.97 8.9 4.46 8.1 2.42 9.8 1.43 8.3Life ................................................................ 0.05 0.1 0.08 0.1 0.03 0.1 0.02 0.1Health ........................................................... 2.83 8.5 4.21 7.6 2.32 9.4 1.39 8.1Short-term disability ...................................... 0.06 0.2 0.09 0.2 0.04 0.2 0.02 0.1Long-term disability ...................................... 0.05 0.1 0.08 0.1 0.03 0.1 5( ) 6( )

Retirement and savings .................................... 1.72 5.2 3.30 6.0 0.86 3.5 0.76 4.4Defined benefit ............................................. 1.07 3.2 2.02 3.7 0.42 1.7 0.61 3.5Defined contribution ...................................... 0.65 2.0 1.27 2.3 0.45 1.8 0.15 0.9

Legally required benefits .................................. 2.52 7.6 3.51 6.3 1.89 7.7 1.62 9.4Social Security and Medicare ....................... 1.84 5.5 2.93 5.3 1.43 5.8 1.01 5.8

Social Security7 ........................................ 1.46 4.4 2.30 4.2 1.15 4.7 0.81 4.7Medicare ................................................... 0.38 1.1 0.63 1.1 0.28 1.1 0.20 1.2

Federal unemployment insurance ................ 0.03 0.1 0.03 6( ) 0.04 0.2 0.04 0.2State unemployment insurance .................... 0.19 0.6 0.17 0.3 0.18 0.7 0.16 0.9Workers’ compensation ................................ 0.46 1.4 0.38 0.7 0.24 1.0 0.41 2.4

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 1. Employer costs per hour worked for employee compensation and costs as a percent of totalcompensation: Civilian workers, by major occupational and industry group, September 2015 — Continued


Occupational group Industry group

Naturalresources,

construction,and

maintenance

Production,transportation,

andmaterialmoving

Goods-producing2

Service-providing3




Total benefits ........................................................ 11.69 33.6 9.48 34.5 12.72 33.7 10.09 30.9



Insurance .......................................................... 3.31 9.5 3.04 11.1 3.56 9.4 2.87 8.8Life ................................................................ 0.04 0.1 0.04 0.1 0.07 0.2 0.04 0.1Health ........................................................... 3.14 9.0 2.88 10.5 3.36 8.9 2.73 8.4Short-term disability ...................................... 0.09 0.3 0.06 0.2 0.08 0.2 0.05 0.2Long-term disability ...................................... 0.03 0.1 0.07 0.2 0.06 0.2 0.04 0.1




Federal unemployment insurance ................ 0.03 0.1 0.04 0.1 0.04 0.1 0.03 0.1State unemployment insurance .................... 0.26 0.8 0.21 0.8 0.25 0.7 0.17 0.5Workers’ compensation ................................ 1.05 3.0 0.80 2.9 0.79 2.1 0.41 1.2

1 Includes workers in the private nonfarm economy excluding households and the public sector excluding the Federal government.2 Includes mining, construction, and manufacturing. The agriculture, forestry, farming, and hunting sector is excluded.3 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; educationalservices; health care and social assistance; arts, entertainment and recreation; accommodation and food services; other services, exceptpublic administration; and public administration.

4 Includes premium pay (such as overtime, weekends, and holidays) for work in addition to the regular work schedule.5 Cost per hour worked is $0.01 or less.6 Less than .05 percent.7 Social Security refers to the Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance (OASDI) program.

Note: The sum of individual items may not equal totals due to rounding.

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Table 2. Employer costs per hour worked for employee compensation and costs as a percent of totalcompensation: Civilian workers, by occupational and industry group, September 2015

SeriesTotal

compen-sation

Wagesand

salaries

Benefit costs

Total Paidleave

Supple-mental

payInsurance

Retire-mentand

savings

Legallyrequiredbenefits


Civilian workers1 ....................................................... $33.37 $22.88 $10.48 $2.32 $0.94 $2.97 $1.72 $2.52

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related ....... 55.26 37.86 17.40 4.41 1.73 4.46 3.30 3.51Management, business, and financial ...... 65.92 44.50 21.42 5.89 3.40 4.60 3.45 4.08Professional and related ........................... 50.69 35.01 15.68 3.77 1.02 4.40 3.23 3.26

Teachers2 ............................................. 56.73 39.89 16.84 2.69 0.17 5.52 5.33 3.12Primary, secondary, and special

education school teachers .............. 57.33 39.36 17.96 2.47 0.17 6.46 6.02 2.84Registered nurses ................................ 51.45 35.38 16.07 4.27 1.56 4.25 2.32 3.68

Sales and office ............................................ 24.59 17.28 7.31 1.60 0.55 2.42 0.86 1.89Sales and related ...................................... 23.69 17.79 5.90 1.31 0.56 1.58 0.58 1.87Office and administrative support ............. 25.13 16.98 8.15 1.77 0.54 2.91 1.03 1.90

Service .......................................................... 17.24 12.25 4.99 0.89 0.29 1.43 0.76 1.62Natural resources, construction, and

maintenance ............................................... 34.76 23.07 11.69 1.94 0.99 3.31 2.16 3.29Construction, extraction, farming, fishing,

and forestry3 ........................................... 35.55 23.26 12.29 1.54 0.92 3.37 2.75 3.71Installation, maintenance, and repair ........ 34.07 22.91 11.16 2.30 1.05 3.25 1.64 2.92

Production, transportation, and materialmoving ........................................................ 27.48 18.00 9.48 1.68 0.97 3.04 1.22 2.57

Production ................................................ 26.91 17.78 9.14 1.70 1.13 2.94 0.96 2.41Transportation and material moving ......... 28.00 18.21 9.80 1.67 0.83 3.14 1.45 2.71

Industry group

Education and health services ...................... 37.64 25.89 11.75 2.64 0.47 3.79 2.36 2.49Educational services ................................. 46.22 31.40 14.82 2.75 0.18 5.11 4.17 2.62

Elementary and secondary schools ...... 45.36 30.57 14.79 2.29 0.17 5.44 4.48 2.40Junior colleges, colleges, and

universities ......................................... 51.25 34.96 16.29 4.06 0.18 4.85 4.08 3.13Health care and social assistance ............ 32.25 22.43 9.82 2.57 0.66 2.96 1.23 2.40

Hospitals ............................................... 43.35 28.58 14.77 3.88 1.34 4.48 2.10 2.97


Civilian workers1 ....................................................... 100.0 68.6 31.4 7.0 2.8 8.9 5.2 7.6

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related ....... 100.0 68.5 31.5 8.0 3.1 8.1 6.0 6.3Management, business, and financial ...... 100.0 67.5 32.5 8.9 5.2 7.0 5.2 6.2Professional and related ........................... 100.0 69.1 30.9 7.4 2.0 8.7 6.4 6.4


education school teachers .............. 100.0 68.7 31.3 4.3 0.3 11.3 10.5 5.0Registered nurses ................................ 100.0 68.8 31.2 8.3 3.0 8.3 4.5 7.1

Sales and office ............................................ 100.0 70.3 29.7 6.5 2.2 9.8 3.5 7.7Sales and related ...................................... 100.0 75.1 24.9 5.5 2.4 6.7 2.4 7.9Office and administrative support ............. 100.0 67.6 32.4 7.1 2.1 11.6 4.1 7.6

Service .......................................................... 100.0 71.0 29.0 5.2 1.7 8.3 4.4 9.4Natural resources, construction, and

maintenance ............................................... 100.0 66.4 33.6 5.6 2.8 9.5 6.2 9.5Construction, extraction, farming, fishing,

and forestry3 ........................................... 100.0 65.4 34.6 4.3 2.6 9.5 7.7 10.4Installation, maintenance, and repair ........ 100.0 67.2 32.8 6.7 3.1 9.5 4.8 8.6

Production, transportation, and materialmoving ........................................................ 100.0 65.5 34.5 6.1 3.5 11.1 4.4 9.3

Production ................................................ 100.0 66.0 34.0 6.3 4.2 10.9 3.6 9.0Transportation and material moving ......... 100.0 65.0 35.0 6.0 3.0 11.2 5.2 9.7

Industry group




Hospitals ............................................... 100.0 65.9 34.1 8.9 3.1 10.3 4.8 6.9

1 Includes workers in the private nonfarm economy excluding households and the public sector excluding the Federal government.2 Includes postsecondary teachers; primary, secondary, and special education teachers; and other teachers and instructors.3 Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations were combined with construction and extraction occupational group as of December 2006.


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Table 3. Employer costs per hour worked for employee compensation and costs as a percent of total compensation: State and localgovernment workers, by major occupational and industry group, September 2015


Occupational group1 Industry group

Allworkers


andrelated

Salesand

officeService Service-providing2

Cost Percent Cost Percent Cost Percent Cost Percent Cost Percent

Total compensation .................................................. $44.66 100.0 $54.02 100.0 $30.83 100.0 $34.02 100.0 $44.72 100.0

Wages and salaries .............................................. 28.45 63.7 35.86 66.4 18.30 59.4 19.68 57.9 28.51 63.8

Total benefits ........................................................ 16.21 36.3 18.16 33.6 12.53 40.6 14.34 42.1 16.20 36.2

Paid leave ......................................................... 3.24 7.3 3.56 6.6 2.67 8.7 2.95 8.7 3.24 7.2Vacation ........................................................ 1.20 2.7 1.17 2.2 1.19 3.8 1.27 3.7 1.20 2.7Holiday .......................................................... 0.95 2.1 1.00 1.9 0.84 2.7 0.93 2.7 0.95 2.1Sick ............................................................... 0.84 1.9 1.07 2.0 0.52 1.7 0.60 1.8 0.85 1.9Personal ....................................................... 0.24 0.5 0.32 0.6 0.13 0.4 0.15 0.4 0.24 0.5

Supplemental pay ............................................. 0.37 0.8 0.27 0.5 0.21 0.7 0.62 1.8 0.36 0.8Overtime and premium3 ............................... 0.20 0.4 0.08 0.2 0.13 0.4 0.42 1.2 0.20 0.4Shift differentials ........................................... 0.05 0.1 0.04 0.1 0.02 0.1 0.09 0.3 0.05 0.1Nonproduction bonuses ................................ 0.12 0.3 0.15 0.3 0.06 0.2 0.10 0.3 0.12 0.3

Insurance .......................................................... 5.34 12.0 5.82 10.8 4.86 15.8 4.55 13.4 5.35 12.0Life ................................................................ 0.06 0.1 0.07 0.1 0.05 0.2 0.05 0.2 0.06 0.1Health ........................................................... 5.20 11.6 5.67 10.5 4.75 15.4 4.45 13.1 5.21 11.7Short-term disability ...................................... 0.03 0.1 0.04 0.1 0.03 0.1 0.03 0.1 0.03 0.1Long-term disability ...................................... 0.04 0.1 0.05 0.1 0.03 0.1 0.02 0.1 0.04 0.1

Retirement and savings .................................... 4.63 10.4 5.51 10.2 2.85 9.3 4.01 11.8 4.62 10.3Defined benefit ............................................. 4.26 9.5 5.01 9.3 2.63 8.5 3.79 11.1 4.25 9.5Defined contribution ...................................... 0.37 0.8 0.50 0.9 0.23 0.7 0.22 0.6 0.37 0.8

Legally required benefits .................................. 2.63 5.9 2.99 5.5 1.93 6.3 2.21 6.5 2.63 5.9Social Security and Medicare ....................... 1.97 4.4 2.38 4.4 1.44 4.7 1.41 4.2 1.97 4.4

Social Security4 ........................................ 1.51 3.4 1.82 3.4 1.14 3.7 1.09 3.2 1.51 3.4Medicare ................................................... 0.46 1.0 0.57 1.0 0.30 1.0 0.33 1.0 0.46 1.0

Federal unemployment insurance ................ 5( ) 6( ) 5( ) 6( ) 5( ) 6( ) 5( ) 6( ) 5( ) 6( )State unemployment insurance .................... 0.09 0.2 0.08 0.2 0.07 0.2 0.09 0.3 0.09 0.2Workers’ compensation ................................ 0.57 1.3 0.52 1.0 0.42 1.4 0.71 2.1 0.57 1.3

1 This table presents data for the three major occupational groups in State and local government: management, professional, and related occupations, includingteachers; sales and office occupations, including clerical workers; and service occupations, including police and firefighters.

2 Service-providing industries, which include health and educational services, employ a large part of the State and local government workforce.3 Includes premium pay (such as overtime, weekends, and holidays) for work 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 Less than .05 percent.


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Table 4. Employer costs per hour worked for employee compensation and costs as a percent of totalcompensation: State and local government workers, by occupational and industry group, September 2015

SeriesTotal

compen-sation

Wagesand

salaries

Benefit costs

Total Paidleave

Supple-mental

payInsurance

Retire-mentand

savings



State and local government workers ........................ $44.66 $28.45 $16.21 $3.24 $0.37 $5.34 $4.63 $2.63

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related ....... 54.02 35.86 18.16 3.56 0.27 5.82 5.51 2.99Professional and related ........................... 53.04 35.43 17.61 3.21 0.26 5.82 5.47 2.86


education school teachers .............. 60.95 41.52 19.44 2.58 0.18 6.97 6.81 2.91Sales and office ............................................ 30.83 18.30 12.53 2.67 0.21 4.86 2.85 1.93

Office and administrative support ............. 31.02 18.37 12.65 2.71 0.21 4.92 2.88 1.93Service .......................................................... 34.02 19.68 14.34 2.95 0.62 4.55 4.01 2.21

Industry group




Hospitals ............................................... 46.79 29.97 16.81 4.38 0.78 5.33 3.48 2.84Public administration .................................... 42.91 25.36 17.55 3.98 0.59 5.25 4.93 2.78


State and local government workers ........................ 100.0 63.7 36.3 7.3 0.8 12.0 10.4 5.9

Occupational group

Management, professional, and related ....... 100.0 66.4 33.6 6.6 0.5 10.8 10.2 5.5Professional and related ........................... 100.0 66.8 33.2 6.0 0.5 11.0 10.3 5.4


education school teachers .............. 100.0 68.1 31.9 4.2 0.3 11.4 11.2 4.8Sales and office ............................................ 100.0 59.4 40.6 8.7 0.7 15.8 9.3 6.3

Office and administrative support ............. 100.0 59.2 40.8 8.7 0.7 15.9 9.3 6.2Service .......................................................... 100.0 57.9 42.1 8.7 1.8 13.4 11.8 6.5

Industry group




Hospitals ............................................... 100.0 64.1 35.9 9.4 1.7 11.4 7.4 6.1Public administration .................................... 100.0 59.1 40.9 9.3 1.4 12.2 11.5 6.5

1 Includes postsecondary teachers; primary, secondary, and special education teachers; and other teachers and instructors.


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Table 5. Employer costs per hour worked for employee compensation and costs as a percent of totalcompensation: Private industry workers, by major occupational group and bargaining unit status,September 2015


Occupational group

Allworkers


andrelated

Salesand

officeService




Total benefits ........................................................ 9.55 30.3 17.14 30.8 6.87 28.5 3.50 24.0



Insurance .......................................................... 2.59 8.2 3.99 7.2 2.21 9.2 0.93 6.4Life ................................................................ 0.04 0.1 0.08 0.2 0.03 0.1 2( ) 3( )Health ........................................................... 2.44 7.7 3.71 6.7 2.11 8.8 0.90 6.2Short-term disability ...................................... 0.06 0.2 0.11 0.2 0.04 0.2 2( ) 3( )Long-term disability ...................................... 0.05 0.1 0.09 0.2 0.03 0.1 2( ) 3( )






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Table 5. Employer costs per hour worked for employee compensation and costs as a percent of totalcompensation: Private industry workers, by major occupational group and bargaining unit status,September 2015 — Continued


Occupational group Bargaining unit status

Naturalresources,

construction,and

maintenance

Production,transportation,

andmaterialmoving

Union Nonunion




Total benefits ........................................................ 11.27 32.8 9.30 34.2 18.51 39.9 8.65 28.8



Insurance .......................................................... 3.14 9.1 2.95 10.8 6.14 13.2 2.23 7.4Life ................................................................ 0.04 0.1 0.04 0.1 0.07 0.2 0.04 0.1Health ........................................................... 2.97 8.6 2.78 10.2 5.77 12.4 2.11 7.0Short-term disability ...................................... 0.09 0.3 0.06 0.2 0.18 0.4 0.05 0.2Long-term disability ...................................... 0.03 0.1 0.07 0.3 0.12 0.3 0.04 0.1







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Table 6. Employer costs per hour worked for employee compensation and costs as a percent of total compensation: Private industryworkers, by major industry group, September 2015


Goods-producing1 Service-providing2

All goods-producing1 Construction Manufacturing

Allservice-

providing2

Trade,transportation,

andutilities

Information

Cost Percent Cost Percent Cost Percent Cost Percent Cost Percent Cost Percent

Total compensation .................................................. $37.68 100.0 $36.87 100.0 $37.24 100.0 $30.25 100.0 $26.54 100.0 $53.03 100.0

Wages and salaries .............................................. 25.01 66.4 25.50 69.2 24.32 65.3 21.35 70.6 18.63 70.2 34.44 65.0

Total benefits ........................................................ 12.67 33.6 11.37 30.8 12.91 34.7 8.90 29.4 7.91 29.8 18.59 35.0

Paid leave ......................................................... 2.46 6.5 1.63 4.4 2.81 7.6 2.11 7.0 1.65 6.2 4.85 9.1Vacation ........................................................ 1.29 3.4 0.84 2.3 1.47 3.9 1.10 3.6 0.88 3.3 2.50 4.7Holiday .......................................................... 0.86 2.3 0.59 1.6 0.97 2.6 0.62 2.0 0.48 1.8 1.19 2.2Sick ............................................................... 0.23 0.6 0.13 0.4 0.27 0.7 0.27 0.9 0.21 0.8 0.57 1.1Personal ....................................................... 0.09 0.2 0.08 0.2 0.10 0.3 0.12 0.4 0.08 0.3 0.58 1.1

Supplemental pay ............................................. 1.42 3.8 0.88 2.4 1.57 4.2 0.95 3.2 0.66 2.5 2.19 4.1Overtime and premium3 ............................... 0.58 1.5 0.59 1.6 0.55 1.5 0.20 0.7 0.28 1.0 0.36 0.7Shift differentials ........................................... 0.08 0.2 4( ) 5( ) 0.12 0.3 0.05 0.2 0.02 0.1 0.07 0.1Nonproduction bonuses ................................ 0.76 2.0 0.27 0.7 0.91 2.4 0.70 2.3 0.36 1.4 1.76 3.3

Insurance .......................................................... 3.55 9.4 3.00 8.1 3.77 10.1 2.39 7.9 2.33 8.8 5.20 9.8Life ................................................................ 0.07 0.2 0.04 0.1 0.07 0.2 0.04 0.1 0.03 0.1 0.06 0.1Health ........................................................... 3.34 8.9 2.88 7.8 3.55 9.5 2.25 7.4 2.21 8.3 4.78 9.0Short-term disability ...................................... 0.08 0.2 0.05 0.1 0.09 0.3 0.05 0.2 0.04 0.1 0.28 0.5Long-term disability ...................................... 0.06 0.1 0.03 0.1 0.07 0.2 0.04 0.1 0.05 0.2 0.07 0.1

Retirement and savings .................................... 2.04 5.4 2.07 5.6 1.86 5.0 1.08 3.6 1.02 3.8 2.80 5.3Defined benefit ............................................. 1.13 3.0 1.31 3.6 0.94 2.5 0.43 1.4 0.49 1.9 1.35 2.5Defined contribution ...................................... 0.90 2.4 0.76 2.1 0.92 2.5 0.65 2.2 0.53 2.0 1.45 2.7

Legally required benefits .................................. 3.20 8.5 3.79 10.3 2.89 7.8 2.36 7.8 2.25 8.5 3.54 6.7Social Security and Medicare ....................... 2.12 5.6 2.10 5.7 2.09 5.6 1.76 5.8 1.53 5.8 2.99 5.6

Social Security6 ........................................ 1.70 4.5 1.70 4.6 1.68 4.5 1.40 4.6 1.23 4.6 2.39 4.5Medicare ................................................... 0.42 1.1 0.40 1.1 0.41 1.1 0.35 1.2 0.30 1.1 0.60 1.1

Federal unemployment insurance ................ 0.04 0.1 0.04 0.1 0.04 0.1 0.04 0.1 0.04 0.2 0.04 0.1State unemployment insurance .................... 0.26 0.7 0.36 1.0 0.21 0.6 0.19 0.6 0.16 0.6 0.22 0.4Workers’ compensation ................................ 0.79 2.1 1.29 3.5 0.55 1.5 0.37 1.2 0.51 1.9 0.29 0.6


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Table 6. Employer costs per hour worked for employee compensation and costs as a percent of total compensation:Private industry workers, by major industry group, September 2015 — Continued


Service-providing2

Financial activities

Professionaland

businessservices

Educationand

healthservices

Leisureand

hospitalityOther services

Cost Percent Cost Percent Cost Percent Cost Percent Cost Percent



Total benefits ........................................................ 14.31 32.7 11.23 29.1 9.58 29.3 2.94 21.8 7.27 27.6


Supplemental pay ............................................. 2.18 5.0 1.87 4.9 0.61 1.8 0.14 1.0 0.37 1.4Overtime and premium3 ............................... 0.17 0.4 0.23 0.6 0.19 0.6 0.07 0.5 0.14 0.5Shift differentials ........................................... 4( ) 5( ) 0.02 0.1 0.18 0.6 4( ) 5( ) 0.02 0.1Nonproduction bonuses ................................ 1.99 4.6 1.62 4.2 0.24 0.7 0.07 0.5 0.20 0.8

Insurance .......................................................... 3.76 8.6 2.45 6.3 2.85 8.7 0.76 5.7 1.95 7.4Life ................................................................ 0.06 0.1 0.05 0.1 0.04 0.1 4( ) 5( ) 0.03 0.1Health ........................................................... 3.52 8.1 2.27 5.9 2.71 8.3 0.74 5.5 1.87 7.1Short-term disability ...................................... 0.12 0.3 0.07 0.2 0.05 0.2 4( ) 5( ) 0.03 0.1Long-term disability ...................................... 0.06 0.1 0.06 0.1 0.05 0.2 4( ) 5( ) 0.02 0.1




Federal unemployment insurance ................ 0.04 0.1 0.04 0.1 0.03 0.1 0.05 0.4 0.04 0.1State unemployment insurance .................... 0.20 0.5 0.23 0.6 0.18 0.6 0.17 1.3 0.22 0.8Workers’ compensation ................................ 0.20 0.5 0.38 1.0 0.32 1.0 0.28 2.1 0.41 1.6

1 Includes mining, construction, and manufacturing. The agriculture, forestry, farming, and hunting sector is excluded.2 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; healthcare and social assistance; arts, entertainment and recreation; accommodation and food services; and other services, except public administration.



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Table 7. Employer costs per hour worked for employee compensation and costs as a percent of total compensation:Private industry workers, by census region and division, September 2015


Census region and division1

Northeast Northeast divisions South South divisions

Cost PercentNew England Middle Atlantic

Cost PercentSouth Atlantic

Cost Percent Cost Percent Cost Percent



Total benefits ........................................................ 12.46 32.7 11.10 29.5 12.94 33.8 8.40 28.9 8.74 28.9









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Table 7. Employer costs per hour worked for employee compensation and costs as a percent of total compensation:Private industry workers, by census region and division, September 2015 — Continued



South divisions Midwest Midwest divisions

East SouthCentral

West SouthCentral Cost Percent

East North Central West NorthCentral




Total benefits ........................................................ 7.04 28.8 8.49 28.7 8.87 30.4 9.07 30.7 8.48 29.7









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Table 7. Employer costs per hour worked for employee compensation and costs as apercent of total compensation: Private industry workers, by census region and division,September 2015 — Continued



West West divisions

Cost PercentMountain Pacific

Cost Percent Cost Percent

Total compensation .................................................. $32.21 100.0 $28.07 100.0 $34.15 100.0

Wages and salaries .............................................. 22.62 70.2 20.19 71.9 23.76 69.6

Total benefits ........................................................ 9.59 29.8 7.88 28.1 10.39 30.4

Paid leave ......................................................... 2.13 6.6 1.72 6.1 2.32 6.8Vacation ........................................................ 1.09 3.4 0.90 3.2 1.19 3.5Holiday .......................................................... 0.66 2.1 0.53 1.9 0.73 2.1Sick ............................................................... 0.28 0.9 0.21 0.7 0.31 0.9Personal ....................................................... 0.09 0.3 0.09 0.3 0.09 0.3

Supplemental pay ............................................. 0.82 2.6 0.70 2.5 0.88 2.6Overtime and premium2 ............................... 0.24 0.7 0.22 0.8 0.25 0.7Shift differentials ........................................... 0.04 0.1 0.03 0.1 0.05 0.1Nonproduction bonuses ................................ 0.54 1.7 0.45 1.6 0.58 1.7

Insurance .......................................................... 2.60 8.1 2.22 7.9 2.77 8.1Life ................................................................ 0.04 0.1 0.04 0.1 0.04 0.1Health ........................................................... 2.48 7.7 2.11 7.5 2.66 7.8Short-term disability ...................................... 0.03 0.1 0.04 0.1 0.03 0.1Long-term disability ...................................... 0.04 0.1 0.04 0.2 0.04 0.1

Retirement and savings .................................... 1.33 4.1 0.97 3.5 1.50 4.4Defined benefit ............................................. 0.65 2.0 0.35 1.3 0.79 2.3Defined contribution ...................................... 0.68 2.1 0.62 2.2 0.71 2.1

Legally required benefits .................................. 2.71 8.4 2.26 8.0 2.93 8.6Social Security and Medicare ....................... 1.85 5.7 1.67 5.9 1.93 5.7

Social Security3 ........................................ 1.48 4.6 1.34 4.8 1.54 4.5Medicare ................................................... 0.37 1.2 0.33 1.2 0.39 1.1

Federal unemployment insurance ................ 0.05 0.2 0.03 0.1 0.06 0.2State unemployment insurance .................... 0.23 0.7 0.17 0.6 0.25 0.7Workers’ compensation ................................ 0.59 1.8 0.39 1.4 0.68 2.0

1 The census divisions are defined as follows: New England: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, NewHampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont; Middle Atlantic: New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania; SouthAtlantic: Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, andWest 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 premium pay (such as overtime, weekends, and holidays) for work in addition to the regular workschedule.

3 Social Security refers to the Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance (OASDI) program.


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Table 8. Employer costs per hour worked for employee compensation and costs as a percent of total compensation: Private industryworkers, by establishment employment size, September 2015


1-99 workers 100 workers or more

1-99 workers 1-49 workers 50-99 workers 100 workers ormore 100-499 workers 500 workers or

more

Cost Percent Cost Percent Cost Percent Cost Percent Cost Percent Cost Percent

Total compensation .................................................. $26.30 100.0 $25.61 100.0 $28.39 100.0 $37.73 100.0 $32.03 100.0 $46.37 100.0

Wages and salaries .............................................. 19.20 73.0 18.80 73.4 20.45 72.0 25.27 67.0 22.06 68.9 30.12 65.0

Total benefits ........................................................ 7.10 27.0 6.82 26.6 7.94 28.0 12.46 33.0 9.96 31.1 16.24 35.0

Paid leave ......................................................... 1.53 5.8 1.43 5.6 1.81 6.4 2.94 7.8 2.29 7.1 3.92 8.5Vacation ........................................................ 0.78 3.0 0.74 2.9 0.93 3.3 1.55 4.1 1.21 3.8 2.06 4.4Holiday .......................................................... 0.49 1.9 0.46 1.8 0.58 2.0 0.86 2.3 0.68 2.1 1.13 2.4Sick ............................................................... 0.18 0.7 0.16 0.6 0.21 0.8 0.36 1.0 0.26 0.8 0.53 1.1Personal ....................................................... 0.07 0.3 0.07 0.3 0.09 0.3 0.17 0.4 0.14 0.4 0.21 0.4

Supplemental pay ............................................. 0.80 3.1 0.87 3.4 0.59 2.1 1.31 3.5 0.95 3.0 1.86 4.0Overtime and premium1 ............................... 0.19 0.7 0.17 0.7 0.23 0.8 0.36 1.0 0.34 1.1 0.40 0.9Shift differentials ........................................... 2( ) 3( ) 2( ) 3( ) 0.03 0.1 0.11 0.3 0.06 0.2 0.19 0.4Nonproduction bonuses ................................ 0.60 2.3 0.70 2.7 0.33 1.2 0.83 2.2 0.55 1.7 1.26 2.7

Insurance .......................................................... 1.79 6.8 1.68 6.5 2.15 7.6 3.53 9.4 2.90 9.1 4.49 9.7Life ................................................................ 0.03 0.1 0.03 0.1 0.04 0.1 0.06 0.1 0.05 0.2 0.07 0.1Health ........................................................... 1.70 6.5 1.59 6.2 2.04 7.2 3.32 8.8 2.73 8.5 4.20 9.1Short-term disability ...................................... 0.03 0.1 0.03 0.1 0.04 0.1 0.09 0.2 0.07 0.2 0.12 0.3Long-term disability ...................................... 0.03 0.1 0.02 0.1 0.03 0.1 0.07 0.2 0.05 0.1 0.11 0.2

Retirement and savings .................................... 0.72 2.7 0.61 2.4 1.05 3.7 1.88 5.0 1.29 4.0 2.76 5.9Defined benefit ............................................. 0.27 1.0 0.21 0.8 0.46 1.6 0.88 2.3 0.54 1.7 1.40 3.0Defined contribution ...................................... 0.45 1.7 0.40 1.5 0.60 2.1 0.99 2.6 0.75 2.4 1.36 2.9

Legally required benefits .................................. 2.25 8.6 2.23 8.7 2.34 8.2 2.80 7.4 2.53 7.9 3.22 6.9Social Security and Medicare ....................... 1.56 5.9 1.53 6.0 1.65 5.8 2.13 5.6 1.85 5.8 2.55 5.5

Social Security4 ........................................ 1.25 4.7 1.22 4.8 1.32 4.7 1.70 4.5 1.48 4.6 2.03 4.4Medicare ................................................... 0.31 1.2 0.31 1.2 0.33 1.2 0.43 1.1 0.37 1.1 0.52 1.1

Federal unemployment insurance ................ 0.04 0.2 0.04 0.2 0.04 0.1 0.04 0.1 0.04 0.1 0.03 0.1State unemployment insurance .................... 0.20 0.8 0.20 0.8 0.20 0.7 0.20 0.5 0.20 0.6 0.19 0.4Workers’ compensation ................................ 0.45 1.7 0.45 1.8 0.44 1.6 0.44 1.2 0.45 1.4 0.44 1.0



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Table 9. Employer costs per hour worked for employee compensation and costs as a percent of total compensation: Privateindustry workers, goods-producing and service-providing industries, by occupational group, September 2015

SeriesTotal

compen-sation

Wagesand

salaries

Benefit costs

Total Paidleave

Supple-mental

payInsurance

Retire-mentand

savings



All workers in private industry .................................................... $31.53 $21.98 $9.55 $2.17 $1.04 $2.59 $1.25 $2.51

Management, professional, and related ............................. 55.69 38.55 17.14 4.69 2.23 3.99 2.54 3.68Management, business, and financial ............................ 66.88 45.43 21.45 5.93 3.86 4.41 3.10 4.13Professional and related ................................................. 49.63 34.82 14.81 4.02 1.35 3.76 2.23 3.44

Sales and office .................................................................. 24.06 17.19 6.87 1.51 0.57 2.21 0.69 1.89Sales and related ............................................................ 23.66 17.80 5.86 1.30 0.57 1.57 0.56 1.87Office and administrative support ................................... 24.33 16.79 7.54 1.65 0.58 2.64 0.78 1.90

Service ................................................................................ 14.57 11.07 3.50 0.56 0.24 0.93 0.24 1.52Natural resources, construction, and maintenance ............ 34.39 23.12 11.27 1.80 1.02 3.14 1.96 3.36

Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and forestry1 35.37 23.50 11.88 1.34 0.96 3.21 2.53 3.84Installation, maintenance, and repair .............................. 33.57 22.81 10.76 2.18 1.08 3.07 1.47 2.95

Production, transportation, and material moving ................ 27.24 17.94 9.30 1.65 0.99 2.95 1.14 2.57Production ...................................................................... 26.70 17.68 9.02 1.67 1.13 2.90 0.92 2.40Transportation and material moving ............................... 27.77 18.19 9.58 1.63 0.85 3.01 1.35 2.74

All workers, goods-producing industries2 ......................... 37.68 25.01 12.67 2.46 1.42 3.55 2.04 3.20

Management, professional, and related ............................. 67.56 45.31 22.25 5.81 2.57 4.87 4.60 4.40Sales and office .................................................................. 30.79 21.44 9.35 2.08 0.79 3.07 0.98 2.43Natural resources, construction, and maintenance ............ 36.05 23.80 12.25 1.52 1.15 3.36 2.43 3.80Production, transportation, and material moving ................ 27.91 18.12 9.79 1.73 1.27 3.25 0.99 2.54

All workers, service-providing industries3 ........................ 30.25 21.35 8.90 2.11 0.95 2.39 1.08 2.36

Management, professional, and related ............................. 54.01 37.59 16.42 4.54 2.19 3.87 2.25 3.58Sales and office .................................................................. 23.55 16.87 6.68 1.47 0.56 2.14 0.67 1.84Service ................................................................................ 14.52 11.04 3.48 0.56 0.24 0.93 0.24 1.52Natural resources, construction, and maintenance ............ 32.45 22.33 10.12 2.13 0.87 2.87 1.41 2.83Production, transportation, and material moving ................ 26.70 17.79 8.91 1.59 0.76 2.71 1.25 2.60


All workers in private industry .................................................... 100.0 69.7 30.3 6.9 3.3 8.2 4.0 7.9







Management, professional, and related ............................. 100.0 67.1 32.9 8.6 3.8 7.2 6.8 6.5Sales and office .................................................................. 100.0 69.6 30.4 6.7 2.6 10.0 3.2 7.9Natural resources, construction, and maintenance ............ 100.0 66.0 34.0 4.2 3.2 9.3 6.7 10.5Production, transportation, and material moving ................ 100.0 64.9 35.1 6.2 4.6 11.7 3.6 9.1


Management, professional, and related ............................. 100.0 69.6 30.4 8.4 4.1 7.2 4.2 6.6Sales and office .................................................................. 100.0 71.6 28.4 6.2 2.4 9.1 2.8 7.8Service ................................................................................ 100.0 76.0 24.0 3.9 1.6 6.4 1.7 10.4Natural resources, construction, and maintenance ............ 100.0 68.8 31.2 6.6 2.7 8.9 4.3 8.7Production, transportation, and material moving ................ 100.0 66.6 33.4 6.0 2.8 10.2 4.7 9.7

1 Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations were combined with construction and extraction occupational group as of December 2006.2 Includes mining, construction, and manufacturing. The agriculture, forestry, farming, and hunting sector is excluded.3 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 andsocial assistance; arts, entertainment and recreation; accommodation and food services; and other services, except public administration.


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Table 10. Employer costs per hour worked for employee compensation and costs as a percent of total compensation: Privateindustry workers, by industry group, September 2015

SeriesTotal

compen-sation

Wagesand

salaries

Benefit costs

Total Paidleave

Supple-mental

payInsurance

Retire-mentand

savings



All workers, goods-producing industries1 ......................... $37.68 $25.01 $12.67 $2.46 $1.42 $3.55 $2.04 $3.20

Construction ....................................................................... 36.87 25.50 11.37 1.63 0.88 3.00 2.07 3.79Manufacturing ..................................................................... 37.24 24.32 12.91 2.81 1.57 3.77 1.86 2.89

Aircraft manufacturing2 ................................................... 68.87 41.87 27.00 6.13 4.07 7.12 5.40 4.28


Trade, transportation, and utilities ...................................... 26.54 18.63 7.91 1.65 0.66 2.33 1.02 2.25Wholesale trade .............................................................. 35.30 24.84 10.46 2.48 1.06 3.02 1.12 2.77Retail trade ..................................................................... 18.40 13.89 4.51 0.85 0.30 1.32 0.41 1.63Transportation and warehousing .................................... 38.96 24.83 14.13 2.82 1.17 4.37 2.29 3.46Utilities ............................................................................ 63.42 38.54 24.88 5.62 2.52 6.32 6.16 4.26

Information .......................................................................... 53.03 34.44 18.59 4.85 2.19 5.20 2.80 3.54Financial activities .............................................................. 43.73 29.43 14.31 3.75 2.18 3.76 1.77 2.85

Finance and insurance ................................................... 48.16 32.06 16.10 4.29 2.62 4.14 2.07 2.98Credit intermediation and related activities ................. 40.76 27.36 13.41 3.62 1.81 3.72 1.64 2.63Insurance carriers and related activities ..................... 45.84 30.29 15.55 4.05 2.00 4.26 2.27 2.98

Real estate and rental and leasing ................................. 29.25 20.80 8.45 1.96 0.74 2.52 0.82 2.41Professional and business services ................................... 38.56 27.34 11.23 2.77 1.87 2.45 1.28 2.85

Professional and technical services ............................... 49.20 35.23 13.97 4.15 1.33 3.32 1.80 3.37Administrative and waste services ................................. 22.25 17.05 5.20 0.97 0.52 1.24 0.32 2.16

Education and health services ............................................ 32.73 23.16 9.58 2.50 0.61 2.85 1.16 2.46Educational services ....................................................... 41.66 30.35 11.31 2.85 0.22 3.42 1.85 2.97

Junior colleges, colleges, and universities ................. 51.53 36.40 15.14 4.13 0.27 4.52 2.80 3.42Health care and social assistance .................................. 31.38 22.06 9.31 2.45 0.66 2.77 1.05 2.38

Leisure and hospitality ........................................................ 13.47 10.53 2.94 0.42 0.14 0.76 0.21 1.41Accommodation and food services ................................. 12.17 9.63 2.54 0.31 0.12 0.64 0.15 1.31

Other services .................................................................... 26.34 19.07 7.27 1.57 0.37 1.95 1.15 2.24



Construction ....................................................................... 100.0 69.2 30.8 4.4 2.4 8.1 5.6 10.3Manufacturing ..................................................................... 100.0 65.3 34.7 7.6 4.2 10.1 5.0 7.8

Aircraft manufacturing2 ................................................... 100.0 60.8 39.2 8.9 5.9 10.3 7.8 6.2


Trade, transportation, and utilities ...................................... 100.0 70.2 29.8 6.2 2.5 8.8 3.8 8.5Wholesale trade .............................................................. 100.0 70.4 29.6 7.0 3.0 8.6 3.2 7.8Retail trade ..................................................................... 100.0 75.5 24.5 4.6 1.6 7.2 2.2 8.9Transportation and warehousing .................................... 100.0 63.7 36.3 7.3 3.0 11.2 5.9 8.9Utilities ............................................................................ 100.0 60.8 39.2 8.9 4.0 10.0 9.7 6.7

Information .......................................................................... 100.0 65.0 35.0 9.1 4.1 9.8 5.3 6.7Financial activities .............................................................. 100.0 67.3 32.7 8.6 5.0 8.6 4.1 6.5

Finance and insurance ................................................... 100.0 66.6 33.4 8.9 5.4 8.6 4.3 6.2Credit intermediation and related activities ................. 100.0 67.1 32.9 8.9 4.4 9.1 4.0 6.4Insurance carriers and related activities ..................... 100.0 66.1 33.9 8.8 4.4 9.3 5.0 6.5

Real estate and rental and leasing ................................. 100.0 71.1 28.9 6.7 2.5 8.6 2.8 8.2Professional and business services ................................... 100.0 70.9 29.1 7.2 4.9 6.3 3.3 7.4

Professional and technical services ............................... 100.0 71.6 28.4 8.4 2.7 6.7 3.7 6.8Administrative and waste services ................................. 100.0 76.6 23.4 4.3 2.3 5.6 1.4 9.7

Education and health services ............................................ 100.0 70.7 29.3 7.7 1.8 8.7 3.5 7.5Educational services ....................................................... 100.0 72.8 27.2 6.8 0.5 8.2 4.4 7.1

Junior colleges, colleges, and universities ................. 100.0 70.6 29.4 8.0 0.5 8.8 5.4 6.6Health care and social assistance .................................. 100.0 70.3 29.7 7.8 2.1 8.8 3.4 7.6

Leisure and hospitality ........................................................ 100.0 78.2 21.8 3.1 1.0 5.7 1.6 10.4Accommodation and food services ................................. 100.0 79.1 20.9 2.6 1.0 5.3 1.3 10.8

Other services .................................................................... 100.0 72.4 27.6 5.9 1.4 7.4 4.4 8.5

1 Includes mining, construction, and manufacturing. The agriculture, forestry, farming, and hunting sector is excluded.2 Data are available beginning with December 2006.3 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 andsocial assistance; arts, entertainment and recreation; accommodation and food services; and other services, except public administration.


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Table 11. Employer costs per hour worked for employee compensation and costs as a percent of total compensation: Privateindustry workers, by occupational group and full-time and part-time status, September 2015

SeriesTotal

compen-sation

Wagesand

salaries

Benefit costs

Total Paidleave

Supple-mental

payInsurance

Retire-mentand

savings



All full-time workers in private industry ................................. $36.90 $25.18 $11.71 $2.78 $1.32 $3.24 $1.57 $2.80






All part-time workers in private industry ................................ 16.35 12.92 3.43 0.45 0.22 0.73 0.33 1.69

Management, professional, and related ............................. 38.68 30.28 8.40 1.72 0.87 1.62 0.98 3.20Professional and related ................................................. 38.79 30.36 8.43 1.71 0.89 1.62 1.00 3.21


Service ................................................................................ 11.56 9.53 2.03 0.18 0.09 0.31 0.10 1.34Production, transportation, and material moving ................ 17.16 11.94 5.23 0.52 0.30 1.55 0.76 2.10

Transportation and material moving ............................... 17.68 11.94 5.74 0.56 0.32 1.81 0.90 2.15


All full-time workers in private industry ................................. 100.0 68.3 31.7 7.5 3.6 8.8 4.3 7.6






All part-time workers in private industry ................................ 100.0 79.0 21.0 2.8 1.4 4.5 2.0 10.3

Management, professional, and related ............................. 100.0 78.3 21.7 4.5 2.3 4.2 2.5 8.3Professional and related ................................................. 100.0 78.3 21.7 4.4 2.3 4.2 2.6 8.3


Service ................................................................................ 100.0 82.4 17.6 1.6 0.8 2.6 0.9 11.6Production, transportation, and material moving ................ 100.0 69.5 30.5 3.1 1.7 9.1 4.4 12.2

Transportation and material moving ............................... 100.0 67.5 32.5 3.2 1.8 10.2 5.1 12.2

1 Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations were combined with construction and extraction occupational group as of December 2006.Note: The sum of individual items may not equal totals due to rounding.

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Table 12. Employer costs per hour worked for employee compensation and costs as a percent of totalcompensation: Private industry workers, by industry group and full-time and part-time status, September 2015

SeriesTotal

compen-sation

Wagesand

salaries

Benefit costs

Total Paidleave

Supple-mental

payInsurance

Retire-mentand

savings



All full-time workers in private industry ........... $36.90 $25.18 $11.71 $2.78 $1.32 $3.24 $1.57 $2.80

Goods-producing1 ............................................ 38.25 25.30 12.95 2.53 1.45 3.64 2.09 3.22Construction ................................................. 37.61 25.88 11.73 1.70 0.90 3.13 2.16 3.83Manufacturing ............................................... 37.70 24.57 13.13 2.87 1.60 3.85 1.90 2.91

Service-providing2 ............................................ 36.51 25.15 11.36 2.85 1.29 3.13 1.42 2.67Trade, transportation, and utilities ................ 32.98 22.71 10.27 2.33 0.93 3.02 1.35 2.65Information .................................................... 55.45 35.85 19.60 5.13 2.32 5.50 2.97 3.67Financial activities ........................................ 45.96 30.78 15.18 4.02 2.34 3.97 1.90 2.95Professional and business services ............. 42.58 29.69 12.89 3.29 2.16 2.90 1.52 3.02Education and health services ...................... 35.00 24.14 10.86 2.96 0.67 3.42 1.34 2.48Leisure and hospitality .................................. 18.69 13.57 5.12 0.97 0.30 1.68 0.47 1.71Other services .............................................. 30.69 21.71 8.98 2.17 0.49 2.54 1.33 2.45

All part-time workers in private industry .......... 16.35 12.92 3.43 0.45 0.22 0.73 0.33 1.69

Service-providing2 ............................................ 16.21 12.83 3.39 0.45 0.21 0.73 0.33 1.67Trade, transportation, and utilities ................ 14.46 10.99 3.48 0.36 0.16 1.03 0.41 1.51Professional and business services ............. 19.51 16.16 3.35 0.31 0.52 0.32 0.14 2.06Education and health services ...................... 26.52 20.46 6.06 1.27 0.42 1.31 0.67 2.40Leisure and hospitality .................................. 10.09 8.56 1.53 0.07 0.04 0.17 0.05 1.21


All full-time workers in private industry ........... 100.0 68.3 31.7 7.5 3.6 8.8 4.3 7.6

Goods-producing1 ............................................ 100.0 66.2 33.8 6.6 3.8 9.5 5.5 8.4Construction ................................................. 100.0 68.8 31.2 4.5 2.4 8.3 5.7 10.2Manufacturing ............................................... 100.0 65.2 34.8 7.6 4.2 10.2 5.0 7.7

Service-providing2 ............................................ 100.0 68.9 31.1 7.8 3.5 8.6 3.9 7.3Trade, transportation, and utilities ................ 100.0 68.9 31.1 7.1 2.8 9.2 4.1 8.0Information .................................................... 100.0 64.7 35.3 9.2 4.2 9.9 5.4 6.6Financial activities ........................................ 100.0 67.0 33.0 8.8 5.1 8.6 4.1 6.4Professional and business services ............. 100.0 69.7 30.3 7.7 5.1 6.8 3.6 7.1Education and health services ...................... 100.0 69.0 31.0 8.4 1.9 9.8 3.8 7.1Leisure and hospitality .................................. 100.0 72.6 27.4 5.2 1.6 9.0 2.5 9.1Other services .............................................. 100.0 70.7 29.3 7.1 1.6 8.3 4.3 8.0

All part-time workers in private industry .......... 100.0 79.0 21.0 2.8 1.4 4.5 2.0 10.3

Service-providing2 ............................................ 100.0 79.1 20.9 2.8 1.3 4.5 2.0 10.3Trade, transportation, and utilities ................ 100.0 76.0 24.0 2.5 1.1 7.1 2.8 10.4Professional and business services ............. 100.0 82.8 17.2 1.6 2.7 1.7 0.7 10.6Education and health services ...................... 100.0 77.1 22.9 4.8 1.6 4.9 2.5 9.0Leisure and hospitality .................................. 100.0 84.8 15.2 0.7 0.3 1.7 0.5 12.0

1 Includes mining, construction, and manufacturing. The agriculture, forestry, farming, and hunting sector is excluded.2 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; educationalservices; health care and social assistance; arts, entertainment and recreation; accommodation and food services; and other services, exceptpublic administration.


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Table 13. Employer costs per hour worked for employee compensation and costs as a percent of totalcompensation: Private industry workers, by major industry group and establishment employment size andbargaining unit status, September 2015

SeriesTotal

compen-sation

Wagesand

salaries

Benefit costs

Total Paidleave

Supple-mental

payInsurance

Retire-mentand

savings



All workers, goods-producing industries1 ... $37.68 $25.01 $12.67 $2.46 $1.42 $3.55 $2.04 $3.20

1-99 workers ..................................................... 31.46 22.28 9.18 1.60 0.87 2.52 1.12 3.071-49 workers ................................................. 30.43 21.86 8.57 1.42 0.79 2.26 1.03 3.0750-99 workers ............................................... 34.19 23.40 10.79 2.08 1.10 3.19 1.35 3.06

100 workers or more ......................................... 43.00 27.35 15.66 3.20 1.89 4.43 2.82 3.31100-499 workers ........................................... 37.23 24.22 13.01 2.52 1.39 4.01 1.92 3.17500 workers or more ..................................... 51.16 31.76 19.40 4.17 2.60 5.02 4.10 3.51

Union ................................................................ 46.85 27.30 19.55 2.56 1.65 6.39 4.84 4.12Nonunion .......................................................... 35.78 24.54 11.25 2.44 1.38 2.96 1.46 3.01

All workers, service-providing industries2 .. 30.25 21.35 8.90 2.11 0.95 2.39 1.08 2.36



Union ................................................................ 46.15 28.15 18.01 3.60 1.29 6.02 3.67 3.44Nonunion .......................................................... 28.97 20.80 8.17 1.99 0.93 2.10 0.88 2.27


All workers, goods-producing industries1 ... 100.0 66.4 33.6 6.5 3.8 9.4 5.4 8.5



Union ................................................................ 100.0 58.3 41.7 5.5 3.5 13.6 10.3 8.8Nonunion .......................................................... 100.0 68.6 31.4 6.8 3.8 8.3 4.1 8.4

All workers, service-providing industries2 .. 100.0 70.6 29.4 7.0 3.2 7.9 3.6 7.8



Union ................................................................ 100.0 61.0 39.0 7.8 2.8 13.0 7.9 7.4Nonunion .......................................................... 100.0 71.8 28.2 6.9 3.2 7.2 3.0 7.9

1 Includes mining, construction, and manufacturing. The agriculture, forestry, farming, and hunting sector is excluded.2 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; educationalservices; health care and social assistance; arts, entertainment and recreation; accommodation and food services; and other services, exceptpublic administration.


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Table 14. Employer costs per hour worked for employee compensation and costs as a percent of totalcompensation: Private industry health care and social assistance workers, by industry and occupational group,September 2015

SeriesTotal

compen-sation

Wagesand

salaries

Benefit costs

Total Paidleave

Supple-mental

payInsurance

Retire-mentand

savings



Health care and social assistance .................... $31.38 $22.06 $9.31 $2.45 $0.66 $2.77 $1.05 $2.38

Management, professional, and related ....... 44.30 31.01 13.29 3.76 0.94 3.70 1.78 3.11Registered nurses .................................... 51.59 35.46 16.13 4.38 1.68 4.24 2.12 3.71

Sales and office ............................................ 22.62 15.83 6.79 1.63 0.31 2.58 0.52 1.75Service .......................................................... 18.09 12.97 5.12 1.07 0.46 1.61 0.33 1.66

Hospitals ......................................................... 42.63 28.28 14.34 3.77 1.46 4.30 1.81 3.00


Service .......................................................... 23.25 14.74 8.51 1.66 0.99 3.19 0.85 1.82

Nursing and residential care facilities .......... 21.60 15.57 6.03 1.47 0.43 1.86 0.31 1.96

Management, professional, and related ....... 33.17 24.14 9.03 2.47 0.59 2.66 0.59 2.74Service .......................................................... 16.30 11.66 4.64 1.00 0.38 1.46 0.19 1.61

Nursing care facilities1 .............................. 23.81 17.02 6.80 1.67 0.53 2.09 0.38 2.12



Health care and social assistance .................... 100.0 70.3 29.7 7.8 2.1 8.8 3.4 7.6


Sales and office ............................................ 100.0 70.0 30.0 7.2 1.4 11.4 2.3 7.7Service .......................................................... 100.0 71.7 28.3 5.9 2.5 8.9 1.8 9.2

Hospitals ......................................................... 100.0 66.4 33.6 8.8 3.4 10.1 4.2 7.0


Service .......................................................... 100.0 63.4 36.6 7.1 4.2 13.7 3.6 7.8

Nursing and residential care facilities .......... 100.0 72.1 27.9 6.8 2.0 8.6 1.4 9.1


Nursing care facilities1 .............................. 100.0 71.5 28.5 7.0 2.2 8.8 1.6 8.9


1 Data are available beginning with December 2006.


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