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From December 2006 to December 2016, employer benefit costs for private industry workers with union memberships increased 31 percent. Employer costs for benefits to nonunion workers increased 22 percent. For all workers, employer costs for benefits increased 24 percent over this period.
Month | Union workers | Nonunion workers | All workers | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Wages and salaries | Benefits | Wages and salaries | Benefits | Wages and salaries | Benefits | |
Dec 2006 |
100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
Mar 2007 |
100.5 | 98.3 | 101.2 | 100.5 | 101.1 | 100.1 |
Jun 2007 |
101.4 | 99.9 | 101.9 | 101.4 | 101.8 | 101.2 |
Sep 2007 |
102.1 | 100.1 | 102.8 | 102.1 | 102.7 | 101.8 |
Dec 2007 |
102.3 | 101.5 | 103.5 | 102.6 | 103.3 | 102.4 |
Mar 2008 |
103.1 | 102.3 | 104.5 | 103.5 | 104.3 | 103.3 |
Jun 2008 |
104.3 | 102.3 | 105.2 | 104.1 | 105.0 | 103.8 |
Sep 2008 |
105.0 | 102.9 | 105.9 | 104.6 | 105.7 | 104.3 |
Dec 2008 |
105.7 | 103.5 | 106.1 | 104.6 | 106.0 | 104.5 |
Mar 2009 |
106.4 | 105.1 | 106.5 | 104.9 | 106.4 | 104.9 |
Jun 2009 |
107.1 | 105.9 | 106.7 | 105.0 | 106.7 | 105.1 |
Sep 2009 |
107.7 | 106.4 | 107.1 | 105.2 | 107.2 | 105.4 |
Dec 2009 |
108.4 | 106.9 | 107.4 | 105.2 | 107.4 | 105.4 |
Mar 2010 |
109.0 | 110.2 | 107.8 | 106.4 | 107.9 | 107.1 |
Jun 2010 |
109.6 | 111.5 | 108.3 | 106.9 | 108.4 | 107.7 |
Sep 2010 |
110.2 | 112.9 | 108.8 | 107.3 | 108.9 | 108.3 |
Dec 2010 |
110.4 | 113.1 | 109.1 | 107.5 | 109.3 | 108.5 |
Mar 2011 |
111.0 | 114.2 | 109.6 | 109.4 | 109.7 | 110.3 |
Jun 2011 |
111.4 | 117.4 | 110.2 | 110.7 | 110.3 | 111.9 |
Sep 2011 |
112.0 | 117.1 | 110.6 | 110.8 | 110.8 | 111.9 |
Dec 2011 |
112.3 | 117.9 | 110.9 | 111.2 | 111.0 | 112.4 |
Mar 2012 |
113.0 | 117.9 | 111.5 | 112.3 | 111.7 | 113.4 |
Jun 2012 |
113.6 | 119.3 | 112.2 | 112.9 | 112.3 | 114.1 |
Sep 2012 |
114.3 | 120.4 | 112.6 | 113.1 | 112.8 | 114.4 |
Dec 2012 |
114.8 | 120.5 | 112.8 | 113.4 | 113.0 | 114.6 |
Mar 2013 |
115.7 | 121.5 | 113.5 | 114.4 | 113.7 | 115.6 |
Jun 2013 |
116.3 | 122.2 | 114.1 | 115.0 | 114.4 | 116.2 |
Sep 2013 |
116.9 | 122.0 | 114.6 | 115.5 | 114.8 | 116.7 |
Dec 2013 |
117.1 | 122.2 | 115.1 | 115.7 | 115.3 | 116.9 |
Mar 2014 |
117.8 | 123.3 | 115.4 | 116.5 | 115.6 | 117.7 |
Jun 2014 |
118.5 | 126.0 | 116.4 | 117.5 | 116.6 | 119.0 |
Sep 2014 |
119.4 | 126.6 | 117.1 | 118.0 | 117.4 | 119.4 |
Dec 2014 |
120.3 | 127.3 | 117.6 | 118.3 | 117.8 | 119.8 |
Mar 2015 |
120.9 | 128.0 | 118.5 | 119.2 | 118.8 | 120.8 |
Jun 2015 |
121.7 | 127.0 | 118.8 | 119.2 | 119.1 | 120.7 |
Sep 2015 |
122.0 | 127.8 | 119.7 | 119.5 | 119.9 | 121.0 |
Dec 2015 |
122.7 | 128.5 | 120.0 | 119.8 | 120.3 | 121.3 |
Mar 2016 |
123.6 | 129.6 | 121.0 | 120.7 | 121.2 | 122.2 |
Jun 2016 |
123.9 | 129.8 | 122.0 | 121.2 | 122.2 | 122.7 |
Sep 2016 |
124.3 | 130.1 | 122.6 | 121.8 | 122.8 | 123.2 |
Dec 2016(p) |
124.4 | 130.6 | 123.0 | 122.0 | 123.2 | 123.5 |
Footnotes: (p)Preliminary. |
Employer costs for union workers' wages and salaries increased 24 percent from December 2006 to December 2016, while costs for nonunion workers' wages and salaries increased 23 percent.
These data are from the Employment Cost Trends program and are not seasonally adjusted. To learn more, see "Employment Cost Index—December 2016" (HTML) (PDF) and charts related to the Employment Cost Index news release.
Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Economics Daily, Employer costs for benefits to union workers up 31 percent over last decade at https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2017/employer-costs-for-benefits-to-union-workers-up-31-percent-over-last-decade.htm (visited December 05, 2024).