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Wages and salaries were 81.3 percent of compensation in accommodation and food services
April 01, 2022
In December 2021, wages and salaries were 70.5 percent of total compensation for private industry workers and the remaining 29.5 percent was the cost of benefits. In accommodation and food services, wages were 81.3 percent of total compensation, benefits 18.7 percent. Workers in utilities received 61.5 percent of their total compensation in wages and salaries and 38.5 percent in benefits.
Wages and salaries and benefits as a percent of total compensation, December 2021
Industry
Wages and salaries
Benefits
Utilities
61.5%
38.5%
Finance and insurance
66.2
33.8
Transportation and warehousing
66.5
33.5
Health care and social assistance
70.2
29.8
All private workers
70.5
29.5
Professional and technical services
70.7
29.3
Wholesale trade
71.2
28.8
Real estate and rental and leasing
71.3
28.7
Educational services
71.9
28.1
Administrative and waste services
75.2
24.8
Retail trade
76.8
23.2
Accommodation and food services
81.3
18.7
Legally required benefits were the costliest benefit category in accommodation and food services; retirement and savings and supplemental pay benefits were the least costly benefits. For workers in the utilities industry, the costliest benefits categories were retirement and savings, insurance, and paid leave.
Industries with a higher percentage of benefits have higher benefit costs per employee.
United States Department of Labor
