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Compensation costs in private industry $38.91 per hour worked in June 2022
September 29, 2022
Total employer compensation costs for private industry workers averaged $38.91 per hour worked in June 2022. Wage and salary costs averaged $27.44 and accounted for 70.5 percent of employer costs, while benefit costs were $11.47 and accounted for 29.5 percent.
Employer costs for employee compensation per hour worked, private industries, June 2022
Industry
Total compensation
Wages and salaries
Total benefits
Insurance
Legally required benefits
Paid leave
Supplemental pay
Retirement and savings
Total, all industries
$38.91
$27.44
$11.47
$2.96
$2.93
$2.87
$1.37
$1.33
Information
64.25
42.58
21.67
5.65
4.09
6.23
3.02
2.68
Financial activities
54.84
36.57
18.26
4.76
3.40
4.82
3.37
1.90
Educational services
50.34
36.32
14.02
3.86
3.45
4.10
0.34
2.28
Professional and business services
47.81
34.05
13.76
3.20
3.39
3.88
1.89
1.41
Wholesale trade
44.89
32.00
12.89
3.14
3.28
3.38
1.67
1.40
Manufacturing
42.44
28.17
14.27
4.07
3.15
3.21
2.09
1.75
Transportation and warehousing
40.70
26.96
13.74
4.23
3.32
2.91
1.22
2.06
Health care and social assistance
40.00
28.10
11.90
3.27
2.91
3.49
0.97
1.26
Retail trade
23.60
18.05
5.55
1.37
1.97
1.19
0.58
0.44
Leisure and hospitality
18.04
14.56
3.48
0.72
1.75
0.55
0.26
0.21
Note: Total for all industries includes industries not shown separately.
Employer costs for employee compensation per hour worked, percent of total compensation, private industries, June 2022
Industry
Total compensation
Wages and salaries
Total benefits
Insurance
Legally required benefits
Paid leave
Supplemental pay
Retirement and savings
Total, all industries
100.0%
70.5%
29.5%
7.6%
7.5%
7.4%
3.5%
3.4%
Information
100.0
66.3
33.7
8.8
6.4
9.7
4.7
4.2
Financial activities
100.0
66.7
33.3
8.7
6.2
8.8
6.2
3.5
Educational services
100.0
72.1
27.9
7.7
6.8
8.1
0.7
4.5
Professional and business services
100.0
71.2
28.8
6.7
7.1
8.1
3.9
2.9
Wholesale trade
100.0
71.3
28.7
7.0
7.3
7.5
3.7
3.1
Manufacturing
100.0
66.4
33.6
9.6
7.4
7.6
4.9
4.1
Transportation and warehousing
100.0
66.2
33.8
10.4
8.2
7.2
3.0
5.0
Health care and social assistance
100.0
70.2
29.8
8.2
7.3
8.7
2.4
3.1
Retail trade
100.0
76.5
23.5
5.8
8.3
5.0
2.5
1.9
Leisure and hospitality
100.0
80.7
19.3
4.0
9.7
3.0
1.4
1.2
Note: Total for all industries includes industries not shown separately.
Benefit costs for private industry workers ranged from $1.33 per hour worked for retirement and savings to $2.96 for insurance. Insurance costs accounted for 7.6 percent of total compensation costs.
Insurance costs per hour worked averaged $5.65 in the information industry and $0.72 for workers in leisure and hospitality.
United States Department of Labor
