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Employer costs for employee compensation $35.27 per hour in New England
December 12, 2014
Total employer compensation costs for private industry workers averaged $30.32 per hour worked in September 2014. By region, average employer costs for employee compensation ranged from $24.29 per hour in the East South Central states to $35.27 per hour in the New England states.
Employer costs per hour worked for employee compensation, private industry, by region, September 2014
$33.57 and higher
$28.84 to $33.56
$28.66 to $28.83
$28.09 to $28.65
$28.08 and lower
33.57
Pacific
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Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Employer costs per hour worked for employee compensation, private industry, by region, September 2014
Region
Employer cost per hour worked
East South Central
(Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, and Tennessee)
$24.29
West South Central
(Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas)
27.62
South Atlantic
(Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia)
28.09
Mountain
(Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming)
28.66
West North Central
(Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota)
28.84
East North Central
(Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin)
29.48
Pacific
(Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon, and Washington)
33.57
Middle Atlantic
(New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania)
34.82
New England
(Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont)
35.27
Wages and salaries ranged from $17.25 in the East South Central states to $24.88 in New England. Total benefits costs averaged $7.03 in the East South Central states and $11.23 in the Middle Atlantic States.
Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Economics Daily, Employer costs for employee compensation $35.27 per hour in New England at https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2014/ted_20141212.htm (visited October 11, 2024).
United States Department of Labor
