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701. Employer Costs for Employee Compensation per Hour Worked

[In dollars. As of March, for private industry workers. Based on asample of establishments; see source for details]
 
1996 1996 1997 1997 1998 1998 2000 2000
COMPENSATION Goods Service Manu- Non- Non- Full- Part- Goods Service Manu- Non- Non- Full- Part- Goods Service Manu- Non- Non- Full- Part- Goods Service Manu- Non- Non- Full- Part-
COMPONENT pro- pro- fac- manu- Union union time time pro- pro- fac- manu- Union union time time pro- pro- fac- manu- Union union time time pro- pro- fac- manu- Union union time time
Total duc- duc- turing fac- workers workers workers workers Total duc- duc- turing fac- workers workers workers workers Total duc- duc- turing fac- workers workers workers workers Total duc- duc- turing fac- workers workers workers workers
ing 1 ing 2 turing ing 1 ing 2 turing ing 1 ing 2 turing ing 1 ing 2 turing
 
    Total compensation 17.49 21.27 16.28 20.99 16.69 23.31 16.61 20.01 9.19 17.97 21.86 16.73 21.84 17.10 23.48 17.21 20.37 9.60 18.50 22.26 17.31 22.29 17.66 23.59 17.80 20.95 10.01 19.85 23.55 18.72 23.41 19.12 25.88 19.07 22.62 10.75
Wages and salaries 12.58 14.38 12.01 14.13 12.23 14.93 12.23 14.16 7.38 13.04 14.92 12.44 14.79 12.64 15.13 12.75 14.55 7.75 13.47 15.35 12.88 15.22 13.09 15.38 13.21 15.03 8.10 14.49 16.25 13.95 16.01 14.18 16.87 14.18 16.25 8.70
Total benefits 4.91 6.89 4.27 6.86 4.46 8.38 4.39 5.85 1.82 4.94 6.94 4.29 7.05 4.46 8.34 4.46 5.82 1.85 5.02 6.91 4.42 7.07 4.57 8.22 4.58 5.93 1.90 5.36 7.30 4.77 7.40 4.94 9.01 4.89 6.37 2.04
  Paid leave 1.12 1.43 1.02 1.60 1.00 1.63 1.04 1.38 0.25 1.14 1.45 1.04 1.66 1.02 1.56 1.08 1.38 0.27 1.16 1.47 1.07 1.68 1.05 1.57 1.11 1.42 0.27 1.28 1.51 1.20 1.74 1.18 1.75 1.22 1.56 0.33
    Vacation 0.55 0.76 0.49 0.83 0.49 0.89 0.50 (NA) (NA) 0.57 0.76 0.50 0.85 0.50 0.86 0.53 (NA) (NA) 0.58 0.76 0.52 0.86 0.51 0.85 0.54 (NA) (NA) 0.63 0.76 0.59 0.86 0.58 0.91 0.59 (NA) (NA)
    Holiday 0.38 0.51 0.34 0.58 0.33 0.49 0.36 (NA) (NA) 0.39 0.53 0.35 0.61 0.34 0.49 0.38 (NA) (NA) 0.40 0.53 0.36 0.62 0.35 0.51 0.39 (NA) (NA) 0.44 0.56 0.40 0.65 0.40 0.58 0.42 (NA) (NA)
    Sick 0.14 0.11 0.15 0.12 0.14 0.17 0.13 (NA) (NA) 0.13 0.11 0.14 0.12 0.13 0.14 0.13 (NA) (NA) 0.14 0.11 0.14 0.13 0.14 0.14 0.14 (NA) (NA) 0.15 0.11 0.16 0.13 0.15 0.18 0.15 (NA) (NA)
    Other 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.06 0.05 0.07 0.05 (NA) (NA) 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.09 0.04 0.06 0.05 (NA) (NA) 0.05 0.06 0.05 0.07 0.05 0.07 0.05 (NA) (NA) 0.06 0.08 0.05 0.10 0.05 0.08 0.05 (NA) (NA)
  Supplemental pay 0.49 0.85 0.38 0.88 0.40 0.84 0.44 0.60 0.15 0.51 0.82 0.42 0.88 0.43 0.91 0.46 0.62 0.14 0.56 0.85 0.47 0.91 0.48 0.95 0.51 0.68 0.15 0.60 1.02 0.47 1.04 0.51 1.05 0.54 0.73 0.17
    Premium pay 0.20 0.42 0.13 0.42 0.15 0.54 0.15 (NA) (NA) 0.21 0.45 0.13 0.45 0.15 0.59 0.15 (NA) (NA) 0.22 0.47 0.14 0.48 0.16 0.60 0.17 (NA) (NA) 0.24 0.54 0.15 0.58 0.17 0.68 0.18 (NA) (NA)
    Nonproduction bonuses 0.24 0.36 0.20 0.37 0.21 0.17 0.25 (NA) (NA) 0.26 0.30 0.25 0.33 0.24 0.19 0.27 (NA) (NA) 0.29 0.30 0.29 0.34 0.28 0.21 0.30 (NA) (NA) 0.31 0.41 0.29 0.36 0.30 0.22 0.33 (NA) (NA)
    Shift pay 0.06 0.07 0.05 0.09 0.05 0.13 0.04 (NA) (NA) 0.05 0.07 0.04 0.09 0.04 0.13 0.04 (NA) (NA) 0.05 0.07 0.04 0.09 0.04 0.14 0.04 (NA) (NA) 0.05 0.08 0.04 0.10 0.04 0.15 0.04 (NA) (NA)
 
  Insurance 1.14 1.67 0.97 1.72 1.00 2.24 0.97 1.40 0.27 1.09 1.64 0.92 1.70 0.95 2.19 0.94 1.33 0.25 1.10 1.62 0.94 1.70 0.97 2.15 0.96 1.34 0.27 1.19 1.77 1.02 1.85 1.06 2.37 1.04 1.47 0.28
    Health insurance 1.04 1.52 0.88 1.56 0.92 2.05 0.88 (NA) (NA) 0.99 1.49 0.83 1.55 0.86 2.01 0.85 (NA) (NA) 1.00 1.48 0.85 1.54 0.88 1.97 0.86 (NA) (NA) 1.09 1.62 0.92 1.69 0.96 2.17 0.95 (NA) (NA)
  Retirement and savings 0.55 0.80 0.47 0.71 0.51 1.32 0.43 0.67 0.13 0.55 0.85 0.45 0.79 0.49 1.33 0.44 0.66 0.13 0.55 0.82 0.46 0.76 0.50 1.29 0.45 0.67 0.14 0.59 0.83 0.51 0.75 0.56 1.49 0.47 0.72 0.16
    Pensions (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)
    Savings and thrift (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)
    Defined benefit 0.30 0.48 0.24 0.42 0.27 1.06 0.18 (NA) (NA) 0.26 0.49 0.19 0.44 0.22 1.06 0.15 (NA) (NA) 0.24 0.45 0.18 0.40 0.21 1.00 0.14 (NA) (NA) 0.23 0.41 0.18 0.34 0.21 1.07 0.12 (NA) (NA)
    Defined contributions 0.25 0.32 0.23 0.29 0.24 0.27 0.25 (NA) (NA) 0.29 0.36 0.26 0.35 0.27 0.26 0.29 (NA) (NA) 0.30 0.37 0.28 0.36 0.29 0.29 0.31 (NA) (NA) 0.36 0.43 0.34 0.41 0.35 0.41 0.35 (NA) (NA)
 
  Legally required 1.59 2.08 1.44 1.86 1.53 2.28 1.49 1.76 1.03 1.62 2.11 1.46 1.94 1.55 2.27 1.53 1.79 1.04 1.63 2.09 1.48 1.93 1.56 2.18 1.55 1.78 1.08 1.67 2.09 1.54 1.92 1.62 2.25 1.59 1.84 1.11
    Social Security 1.05 1.22 0.99 1.22 1.01 1.28 1.01 (NA) (NA) 1.08 1.27 1.03 1.27 1.04 1.30 1.05 (NA) (NA) 1.12 1.30 1.07 1.30 1.08 1.33 1.09 (NA) (NA) 1.20 1.38 1.15 1.38 1.17 1.45 1.17 (NA) (NA)
    Federal unemployment 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.03 (NA) (NA) 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.03 (NA) (NA) 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.03 (NA) (NA) 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.03 (NA) (NA)
    State unemployment 0.12 0.16 0.11 0.13 0.11 0.16 0.11 (NA) (NA) 0.12 0.14 0.11 0.13 0.11 0.15 0.11 (NA) (NA) 0.11 0.14 0.10 0.12 0.11 0.14 0.11 (NA) (NA) 0.10 0.12 0.09 0.11 0.10 0.13 0.10 (NA) (NA)
    Workers compensation 0.40 0.67 0.31 0.48 0.38 0.81 0.33 (NA) (NA) 0.39 0.68 0.30 0.51 0.36 0.79 0.34 (NA) (NA) 0.36 0.63 0.28 0.48 0.33 0.69 0.31 (NA) (NA) 0.33 0.56 0.27 0.40 0.32 0.64 0.29 (NA) (NA)
  Other benefits 3 0.03 0.07 0.08 0.07 0.02 0.03 0.03 0.07 0.08 0.08 0.02 0.03 0.03 0.07 0.08 0.08 0.02 0.03 0.03 0.07 0.09 0.10 0.02 0.03


- Represents or rounds to zero. NA Not available.
1 Mining, construction, and manufacturing.
2 Transportation, communications, and public utilities, wholesale and retail trade, finance, insurance, and real estate, and services.
3 Includes severance pay, and supplemental unemployment benefits.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, News, Employer Costs for Employee Compensation, USDL 96-424, 97-371, 98-285, and 00-186.

http://stats.bls.gov/newsrels.htm*Employer Costs for Employee Compensation measures the average cost peremployee hour worked that employers pay for wages and salaries andbenefits.

Wages and salaries are defined as the hourly straight-time wage rate.For workers not paid on an hourly basis, straight-time earnings are dividedby the hours worked. Straight-time wage and salary rates are totalearnings before payroll deductions and include production bonuses,incentive pay, commissions, and cost-of-living allowances. Not included instraight-time earnings are nonproduction bonuses, such as lump-sum paymentsprovided in place of wage increases, shift differentials, and premium payfor overtime and weekend work; these payments are included in the benefitscomponent.

Benefits include: paid leave--vacations, holidays, sick leave, andother leave; supplemental pay--premium pay for work in addition to theregular work schedule (such as overtime, weekends, and holidays), shiftdifferentials, nonproduction bonuses, and lump sum payments provided inplace of wage increases; insurance--life, health, short-term disability,and long-term disability; retirement and savings--defined benefit anddefined contribution plans; legally required benefits--Social Security,Federal and State unemployment insurance, and workers' compensation; andother benefits--severance pay and supplemental unemployment benefits.

Employer Costs for Employee Compensation include data from bothprivate industry and State and local government. Not included are the self-employed and farm, household, and Federal government workers. Survey dataare published annually with the payroll period that includes March 12 asthe reference period.

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These tables are based on figures supplied by the United States Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Commerce and are subject to revision by the Census Bureau.

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