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Employer costs for employee compensation for private industry workers averaged $36.64 per hour worked in June 2021. Wage and salary costs averaged $25.89 and accounted for 70.6 percent of employer costs, while benefit costs averaged $10.76 and accounted for 29.4 percent.
Industry | Wages and salaries | Total benefits | Total compensation |
---|---|---|---|
Utilities |
42.40 | 26.44 | 68.83 |
Information |
38.35 | 18.95 | 57.30 |
Financial activities |
35.31 | 17.12 | 52.43 |
Educational services |
35.38 | 13.48 | 48.86 |
Professional and business services |
32.18 | 12.56 | 44.73 |
Wholesale trade |
29.97 | 12.33 | 42.30 |
Construction |
28.85 | 12.38 | 41.24 |
Transportation and warehousing |
26.94 | 13.94 | 40.87 |
Manufacturing |
27.18 | 13.53 | 40.71 |
All workers |
25.89 | 10.76 | 36.64 |
Health care and social assistance |
25.68 | 10.90 | 36.57 |
Other services |
22.58 | 7.76 | 30.34 |
Retail trade |
16.89 | 5.32 | 22.21 |
Leisure and hospitality |
13.34 | 3.18 | 16.53 |
Total compensation costs in the utilities industry averaged $68.83 per hour worked in June 2021. Wage and salary costs averaged $42.40 and accounted for 61.6 percent of employer costs, while benefit costs averaged $26.44 and accounted for 38.4 percent.
These data are from the Employment Cost Trends program and are not seasonally adjusted. To learn more, see "Employer Costs for Employee Compensation — June 2021." We also have more charts on employer costs for employee compensation.
Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Economics Daily, Compensation costs in private industry averaged $36.64 per hour worked in June 2021 at https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2021/compensation-costs-in-private-industry-averaged-36-64-per-hour-worked-in-june-2021.htm (visited November 13, 2024).