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Private employer costs for pay and benefits were $42.06 in New England in September 2018

January 28, 2019

Employer costs for employee compensation for private industry workers averaged $34.53 per hour worked in September 2018. Employer costs were highest in New England ($42.06), the Middle Atlantic states ($41.95), and the Pacific states ($39.42).

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Employer costs per hour worked for employee compensation, private industry workers by census division, September 2018
Census division	Total compensation	Wages and salaries	Benefits
United States	$34.53	$24.06	$10.48
New England	42.06	28.84	13.22
Middle Atlantic	41.95	27.60	14.35
Pacific	39.42	27.74	11.68
Mountain	33.06	23.79	9.27
West South Central	32.94	23.65	9.29
East North Central	31.45	21.76	9.69
South Atlantic	31.27	22.18	9.09
West North Central	30.52	21.48	9.04
East South Central	26.87	18.89	7.98

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Nationally in September 2018, wages and salaries accounted for 70 percent of total compensation costs, and benefits accounted for 30 percent. In the Mountain and West South Central states, wages and salaries accounted for 72 percent of total compensation costs, compared with 66 percent in the Middle Atlantic states.

These data are from the Employment Cost Trends program. To learn more, see “Employer Costs for Employee Compensation – September 2018.” We also have more charts on employer costs for employee compensation.

The states (including the District of Columbia) that compose the census divisions are:

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

Pacific: Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon, and Washington.

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Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Economics Daily, Private employer costs for pay and benefits were $42.06 in New England in September 2018 at https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2019/private-employer-costs-for-pay-and-benefits-were-42-point-06-in-new-england-in-september-2018.htm (visited December 05, 2024).

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