For release 10:00 a.m. (EDT) Thursday, June 9, 2016 USDL-16-1150 Technical information: (202) 691-6199 • [email protected]• www.bls.gov/ect Media contact: (202) 691-5902 • [email protected]EMPLOYER COSTS FOR EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION – MARCH 2016 Employer costs for employee compensation averaged $33.94 per hour worked in March 2016, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Wages and salaries averaged $23.25 per hour worked and accounted for 68.5 percent of these costs, while benefits averaged $10.70 and accounted for the remaining 31.5 percent. Total employer compensation costs for private industry workers averaged $32.06 per hour worked in March 2016. Total employer compensation costs for state and local government workers averaged $45.23 per hour worked in March 2016. Employer Costs for Employee Compensation (ECEC), a product of the National Compensation Survey, measures employer costs for wages, salaries, and employee benefits for nonfarm private and state and local government workers. Metropolitan area costs in private industry Total compensation, wages and salaries, and benefit costs in private industry are included in this release for 15 combined and metropolitan statistical areas (CSAs and MSAs). In March 2016, total compensation costs for the 15 areas ranged from $50.66 per hour worked in the San Jose-San Francisco- Oakland, CA CSA, to $28.34 per hour worked in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL MSA. (See chart 1 and table 15.) Cost per hour worked Chart 2. Employer health insurance costs per employee hour worked by selected major industry group, private industry, March 2016 Cost per hour worked Chart 1. Employer costs per employee hour worked by selected metropolitan area and U.S., private industry, March 2016
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For release 10:00 a.m. (EDT) Thursday, June 9, 2016 USDL-16-1150 Technical information: (202) 691-6199 • [email protected] • www.bls.gov/ect Media contact: (202) 691-5902 • [email protected]
EMPLOYER COSTS FOR EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION – MARCH 2016
Employer costs for employee compensation averaged $33.94 per hour worked in March 2016, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Wages and salaries averaged $23.25 per hour worked and accounted for 68.5 percent of these costs, while benefits averaged $10.70 and accounted for the remaining 31.5 percent. Total employer compensation costs for private industry workers averaged $32.06 per hour worked in March 2016. Total employer compensation costs for state and local government workers averaged $45.23 per hour worked in March 2016.
Employer Costs for Employee Compensation (ECEC), a product of the National Compensation Survey, measures employer costs for wages, salaries, and employee benefits for nonfarm private and state and local government workers.
Metropolitan area costs in private industry
Total compensation, wages and salaries, and benefit costs in private industry are included in this release for 15 combined and metropolitan statistical areas (CSAs and MSAs). In March 2016, total compensation costs for the 15 areas ranged from $50.66 per hour worked in the San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA CSA, to $28.34 per hour worked in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL MSA. (See chart 1 and table 15.)
Cost per hour worked
Chart 2. Employer health insurance costs per employee hour worked by selected major industry group, private industry, March 2016
Cost per hour worked
Chart 1. Employer costs per employee hour worked by selected metropolitan area and U.S., private industry, March 2016
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Health insurance costs in private industry
The average cost for health insurance benefits was $2.44 per hour worked in private industry (7.6 percent of total compensation) in March 2016. Among occupational groups, employer costs for health insurance benefits ranged from 89 cents per hour worked and 5.9 percent of total compensation for service workers, to $3.81 and 6.7 percent of total compensation for management, professional, and related occupations. (See table 5.)
Employer costs for health insurance benefits were significantly higher for union workers, averaging $5.76 per hour worked (12.6 percent of total compensation), than for nonunion workers, averaging $2.12 (6.9 percent). (See table 5.)
In goods-producing industries, health insurance benefit costs were higher, at $3.39 per hour worked (8.8 percent of total compensation), than in service-providing industries, at $2.25 (7.3 percent). In goods-producing industries, health insurance benefit costs were $3.71 (9.6 percent of total compensation) for manufacturing and $2.72 (7.4 percent) for construction. In service-producing industries, health insurance benefit costs ranged from $4.76 (8.9 percent) for information to 75 cents (5.4 percent) for leisure and hospitality. (See table 6 and chart 2.)
Among the four regions, costs for health insurance benefits ranged from $2.13 per hour worked (7.2 percent of total compensation) in the South to $3.00 (7.7 percent) in the Northeast. Health insurance costs were $2.50 (8.5 percent) in the Midwest and $2.41 (7.3 percent) in the West. (See table 7.)
Health insurance benefit costs increased, with establishment size, by average hourly dollar amount and as a proportion of total compensation. Establishments with fewer than 50 workers averaged $1.61 per hour worked (6.0 percent of total compensation); those with 50-99 workers averaged $2.06 (7.3 percent); those with 100-499 employees averaged $2.72 (8.3 percent); and those with 500 or more employees averaged $4.27 (9.1 percent). (See table 8.)
For information on health insurance provisions, see National Compensation Survey: Employee Benefits in the United States, March 2015, at www.bls.gov/ncs/ebs/benefits/2015/benefits.htm and National Compensation Survey: Health and Retirement Plan Provisions in the United States, 2015, at www.bls.gov/ncs/ebs/detailedprovisions/2015/ownership/private/ebbl0058.pdf.
Other benefit categories in private industry
Private industry employer costs for paid leave averaged $2.20 per hour worked (6.9 percent of total compensation), supplemental pay averaged $1.16 (3.6 percent), insurance benefits averaged $2.59 (8.1 percent), retirement and savings averaged $1.23 (3.8 percent), and legally required benefits averaged $2.54 (7.9 percent). (See table A and table 5.)
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Table A. Relative importance of employer costs for employee compensation, March 2016
Compensation component
Civilian workers
Private industry
State and local government
Wages and salaries 68.5% 69.7% 63.6% Benefits 31.5 30.3 36.4 Paid leave 6.9 6.9 7.2 Supplemental pay 3.1 3.6 0.8 Insurance 8.8 8.1 12.0 Health 8.4 7.6 11.7 Retirement and savings 5.1 3.8 10.6 Defined benefit 3.2 1.7 9.8 Defined contribution 1.9 2.2 0.8 Legally required 7.5 7.9 5.8
_____________ Employer Costs for Employee Compensation for June 2016 is scheduled to be released on Thursday, September 8, 2016, at 10:00 a.m. (EDT).
Employer Costs for Employee Compensation data on total compensation, wages and salaries, and benefits in private industry are produced annually in the March reference period for 15 metropolitan areas. For further information about metropolitan area ECEC estimates see the September 2009 article: “BLS Introduces New Employer Costs for Employee Compensation Data for Private Industry Workers in 15 Metropolitan Areas,” at www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/cwc/bls-introduces-new-employer-costs-for-employee-compensation-data-for-private-industry-workers-in-15-metropolitan-areas.pdf.
Supplemental tables with occupational, establishment size, and bargaining status series by industry group are available at www.bls.gov/ncs/ect/sp/ecsuptc38.pdf and www.bls.gov/ncs/ect/sp/ecsuphst.pdf.
Relative standard errors for all cost estimates in the most recent news release and supplementary tables are available at www.bls.gov/ncs/ect/sp/ececrse.pdf and www.bls.gov/ncs/ect/sp/ecsuprse.pdf.
Historical ECEC data are available in three listings, all available at www.bls.gov/ect/#tables. The earliest historical listing covers data for the March reference periods from 1986 to 2001. These data use the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) and Census of Population occupational classification systems. A second listing contains data for the March, June, September, and December reference periods from March 2002 to December 2003. These data are also based on the SIC and Census of Population occupational classification systems. The most recent listing includes data from March 2004 to the current reference period. These are based on the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) and Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) systems.
The Consolidated Statistical Areas (CSAs) and Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs) are defined by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 2003 area definitions. For more information on the area definitions, visit www.census.gov/population/metro/data/pastmetro.html.
Information in this release will be made available to sensory impaired individuals upon request— Telephone: (202) 691-5200; Federal Relay Service: (800) 877-8339.
BLS news releases, including the ECEC, are available through an e-mail subscription service at: www.bls.gov/bls/list.htm.
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TECHNICAL NOTE
Employer Costs for Employee Compensation (ECEC) measures the average cost to employers for wages and salaries and benefits per employee hour worked.
ECEC includes the civilian economy, which includes data from both private industry and state and local government. Excluded from private industry are the self-employed and farm and private household workers. Federal government workers are excluded from the public sector. The private industry series and the state and local government series provide data for the two sectors separately.
Sample size
Data for the March 2016 reference period were collected from a probability sample of approximately 28,900 occupational observations selected from a sample of about 6,900 private industry establishments and approximately 8,800 occupational observations selected from a sample of about 1,500 state and local government establishments that provided data at the initial interview.
Comparing private and public sector data
Compensation cost levels in state and local government should not be directly compared with levels in private industry. Differences between these sectors stem from factors such as variation in work activities and occupational structures. Manufacturing and sales, for example, make up a large part of private industry work activities but are rare in state and local government. Professional and administrative support occupations (including teachers) account for two-thirds of the state and local government workforce, compared with one-half of private industry.
ECEC quarterly publication focus
ECEC news releases are published quarterly, providing civilian, private industry, and state and local government cost per hour estimates as well as additional detail on a specific compensation cost topic of interest. This quarter focuses on employer compensation costs in selected metropolitan areas and health benefit costs in private industry. Topics of news releases for the upcoming reference periods are as follows:
June 2016—Retirement and savings benefit costs in private industry September 2016—Compensation costs in state and local government
ECEC detailed information and measures For detailed information on Employer Costs for Employee Compensation, see Chapter 8,”National Compensation Measures,” of the BLS Handbook of Methods at: www.bls.gov/opub/hom/pdf/homch8.pdf.
Table 1. Employer costs per hour worked for employee compensation and costs as a percent of totalcompensation: Civilian workers, by major occupational and industry group, March 2016
Table 1. Employer costs per hour worked for employee compensation and costs as a percent of totalcompensation: Civilian workers, by major occupational and industry group, March 2016 — Continued
1 Includes workers in the private nonfarm economy excluding households and the public sector excluding the Federal government.2 Includes mining, construction, and manufacturing. The agriculture, forestry, farming, and hunting sector is excluded.3 Includes utilities; wholesale trade; retail trade; transportation and warehousing; information; finance and insurance; real estate and rental
and leasing; professional and technical services; management of companies and enterprises; administrative and waste services; educationalservices; health care and social assistance; arts, entertainment and recreation; accommodation and food services; other services, exceptpublic administration; and public administration.
4 Includes premium pay (such as overtime, weekends, and holidays) for work in addition to the regular work schedule.5 Cost per hour worked is $0.01 or less.6 Less than .05 percent.7 Social Security refers to the Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance (OASDI) program.
Note: The sum of individual items may not equal totals due to rounding.
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Table 2. Employer costs per hour worked for employee compensation and costs as a percent of totalcompensation: Civilian workers, by occupational and industry group, March 2016
1 Includes workers in the private nonfarm economy excluding households and the public sector excluding the Federal government.2 Includes postsecondary teachers; primary, secondary, and special education teachers; and other teachers and instructors.3 Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations were combined with construction and extraction occupational group as of December 2006.
Note: The sum of individual items may not equal totals due to rounding.
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Table 3. Employer costs per hour worked for employee compensation and costs as a percent of total compensation: State and localgovernment workers, by major occupational and industry group, March 2016
1 This table presents data for the three major occupational groups in State and local government: management, professional, and related occupations, includingteachers; sales and office occupations, including clerical workers; and service occupations, including police and firefighters.
2 Service-providing industries, which include health and educational services, employ a large part of the State and local government workforce.3 Includes premium pay (such as overtime, weekends, and holidays) for work in addition to the regular work schedule.4 Social Security refers to the Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance (OASDI) program.5 Cost per hour worked is $0.01 or less.6 Less than .05 percent.
Note: The sum of individual items may not equal totals due to rounding.
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Table 4. Employer costs per hour worked for employee compensation and costs as a percent of totalcompensation: State and local government workers, by occupational and industry group, March 2016
SeriesTotal
compen-sation
Wagesand
salaries
Benefit costs
Total Paidleave
Supple-mental
payInsurance
Retire-mentand
savings
Legallyrequiredbenefits
Cost per hour worked
State and local government workers ........................ $45.23 $28.75 $16.48 $3.23 $0.38 $5.43 $4.80 $2.64
Occupational group
Management, professional, and related ....... 54.34 35.95 18.39 3.50 0.27 5.91 5.71 2.99Professional and related ........................... 53.27 35.45 17.82 3.13 0.26 5.91 5.66 2.86
Teachers1 ............................................. 61.25 42.15 19.10 2.79 0.17 6.35 6.67 3.13Primary, secondary, and special
1 Includes postsecondary teachers; primary, secondary, and special education teachers; and other teachers and instructors.
Note: The sum of individual items may not equal totals due to rounding.
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Table 5. Employer costs per hour worked for employee compensation and costs as a percent of totalcompensation: Private industry workers, by major occupational group and bargaining unit status, March2016
Table 5. Employer costs per hour worked for employee compensation and costs as a percent of totalcompensation: Private industry workers, by major occupational group and bargaining unit status, March2016 — Continued
1 Includes premium pay (such as overtime, weekends, and holidays) for work in addition to the regular work schedule.2 Cost per hour worked is $0.01 or less.3 Less than .05 percent.4 Social Security refers to the Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance (OASDI) program.
Note: The sum of individual items may not equal totals due to rounding.
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Table 6. Employer costs per hour worked for employee compensation and costs as a percent of total compensation: Private industryworkers, by major industry group, March 2016
Table 6. Employer costs per hour worked for employee compensation and costs as a percent of total compensation:Private industry workers, by major industry group, March 2016 — Continued
1 Includes mining, construction, and manufacturing. The agriculture, forestry, farming, and hunting sector is excluded.2 Includes utilities; wholesale trade; retail trade; transportation and warehousing; information; finance and insurance; real estate and rental and
leasing; professional and technical services; management of companies and enterprises; administrative and waste services; educational services; healthcare and social assistance; arts, entertainment and recreation; accommodation and food services; and other services, except public administration.
3 Includes premium pay (such as overtime, weekends, and holidays) for work in addition to the regular work schedule.4 Cost per hour worked is $0.01 or less.5 Less than .05 percent.6 Social Security refers to the Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance (OASDI) program.
Note: The sum of individual items may not equal totals due to rounding.
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Table 7. Employer costs per hour worked for employee compensation and costs as a percent of total compensation:Private industry workers, by census region and division, March 2016
Compensationcomponent
Census region and division1
Northeast Northeast divisions South South divisions
Table 7. Employer costs per hour worked for employee compensation and costs as a percent of total compensation:Private industry workers, by census region and division, March 2016 — Continued
Table 7. Employer costs per hour worked for employee compensation and costs as apercent of total compensation: Private industry workers, by census region and division,March 2016 — Continued
Compensationcomponent
Census region and division1
West West divisions
Cost PercentMountain Pacific
Cost Percent Cost Percent
Total compensation .................................................. $33.13 100.0 $29.11 100.0 $35.07 100.0
Wages and salaries .............................................. 23.43 70.7 21.11 72.5 24.55 70.0
Total benefits ........................................................ 9.70 29.3 7.99 27.5 10.52 30.0
1 The census divisions are defined as follows: New England: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, NewHampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont; Middle Atlantic: New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania; SouthAtlantic: Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, andWest 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; and Pacific: Alaska, California,Hawaii, Oregon, and Washington.
2 Includes premium pay (such as overtime, weekends, and holidays) for work in addition to the regular workschedule.
3 Social Security refers to the Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance (OASDI) program.
Note: The sum of individual items may not equal totals due to rounding.
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Table 8. Employer costs per hour worked for employee compensation and costs as a percent of total compensation: Private industryworkers, by establishment employment size, March 2016
1 Includes premium pay (such as overtime, weekends, and holidays) for work in addition to the regular work schedule.2 Cost per hour worked is $0.01 or less.3 Less than .05 percent.4 Social Security refers to the Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance (OASDI) program.
Note: The sum of individual items may not equal totals due to rounding.
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Table 9. Employer costs per hour worked for employee compensation and costs as a percent of total compensation: Privateindustry workers, goods-producing and service-providing industries, by occupational group, March 2016
SeriesTotal
compen-sation
Wagesand
salaries
Benefit costs
Total Paidleave
Supple-mental
payInsurance
Retire-mentand
savings
Legallyrequiredbenefits
Cost per hour worked
All workers in private industry .................................................... $32.06 $22.33 $9.73 $2.20 $1.16 $2.59 $1.23 $2.54
Management, professional, and related ............................. 56.63 39.02 17.61 4.73 2.62 4.08 2.45 3.73Management, business, and financial ............................ 68.89 46.25 22.64 6.06 4.95 4.49 2.93 4.20Professional and related ................................................. 50.18 35.21 14.96 4.03 1.39 3.87 2.19 3.49
Sales and office .................................................................. 24.05 17.23 6.82 1.54 0.60 2.14 0.68 1.86Sales and related ............................................................ 23.84 17.91 5.94 1.37 0.60 1.54 0.58 1.84Office and administrative support ................................... 24.19 16.78 7.41 1.65 0.60 2.54 0.75 1.88
Management, professional, and related ............................. 100.0 69.3 30.7 8.3 4.8 7.2 3.9 6.6Sales and office .................................................................. 100.0 71.9 28.1 6.3 2.4 8.8 2.8 7.7Service ................................................................................ 100.0 76.1 23.9 3.8 1.6 6.2 1.7 10.6Natural resources, construction, and maintenance ............ 100.0 69.2 30.8 6.4 2.7 8.8 4.1 8.7Production, transportation, and material moving ................ 100.0 66.8 33.2 5.8 2.8 9.9 4.7 9.8
1 Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations were combined with construction and extraction occupational group as of December 2006.2 Includes mining, construction, and manufacturing. The agriculture, forestry, farming, and hunting sector is excluded.3 Includes utilities; wholesale trade; retail trade; transportation and warehousing; information; finance and insurance; real estate and rental and leasing;
professional and technical services; management of companies and enterprises; administrative and waste services; educational services; health care andsocial assistance; arts, entertainment and recreation; accommodation and food services; and other services, except public administration.
Note: The sum of individual items may not equal totals due to rounding.
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Table 10. Employer costs per hour worked for employee compensation and costs as a percent of total compensation: Privateindustry workers, by industry group, March 2016
1 Includes mining, construction, and manufacturing. The agriculture, forestry, farming, and hunting sector is excluded.2 Data are available beginning with December 2006.3 Includes utilities; wholesale trade; retail trade; transportation and warehousing; information; finance and insurance; real estate and rental and leasing;
professional and technical services; management of companies and enterprises; administrative and waste services; educational services; health care andsocial assistance; arts, entertainment and recreation; accommodation and food services; and other services, except public administration.
Note: The sum of individual items may not equal totals due to rounding.
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Table 11. Employer costs per hour worked for employee compensation and costs as a percent of total compensation: Privateindustry workers, by occupational group and full-time and part-time status, March 2016
SeriesTotal
compen-sation
Wagesand
salaries
Benefit costs
Total Paidleave
Supple-mental
payInsurance
Retire-mentand
savings
Legallyrequiredbenefits
Cost per hour worked
All full-time workers in private industry ................................. $37.73 $25.66 $12.06 $2.85 $1.50 $3.30 $1.57 $2.84
Management, professional, and related ............................. 59.05 40.08 18.97 5.17 2.86 4.46 2.68 3.80Management, business, and financial ............................ 69.49 46.53 22.95 6.15 5.05 4.56 2.98 4.22Professional and related ................................................. 52.46 36.00 16.46 4.55 1.48 4.40 2.49 3.54
Sales and office .................................................................. 28.80 20.09 8.71 2.09 0.80 2.82 0.90 2.10Sales and related ............................................................ 34.20 24.93 9.27 2.40 1.01 2.49 0.96 2.40Office and administrative support ................................... 26.38 17.92 8.46 1.95 0.71 2.96 0.87 1.96
Production, transportation, and material moving ................ 100.0 65.4 34.6 6.3 4.0 11.0 4.2 9.1Production ...................................................................... 100.0 65.8 34.2 6.3 4.5 11.1 3.5 8.8Transportation and material moving ............................... 100.0 64.9 35.1 6.4 3.4 11.0 4.8 9.5
All part-time workers in private industry ................................ 100.0 79.4 20.6 2.8 1.5 4.1 1.9 10.3
Management, professional, and related ............................. 100.0 79.3 20.7 4.3 2.4 3.7 2.1 8.2Professional and related ................................................. 100.0 79.3 20.7 4.3 2.5 3.7 2.1 8.1
Sales and office .................................................................. 100.0 80.0 20.0 2.6 1.3 4.9 1.6 9.7Sales and related ............................................................ 100.0 81.5 18.5 2.0 1.3 4.0 1.3 9.8Office and administrative support ................................... 100.0 78.1 21.9 3.2 1.2 6.0 1.9 9.6
Service ................................................................................ 100.0 82.3 17.7 1.5 0.9 2.4 0.8 12.0Production, transportation, and material moving ................ 100.0 70.3 29.7 2.9 1.6 7.8 5.0 12.5
Transportation and material moving ............................... 100.0 67.5 32.5 3.1 1.7 9.3 6.0 12.4
1 Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations were combined with construction and extraction occupational group as of December 2006.Note: The sum of individual items may not equal totals due to rounding.
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Table 12. Employer costs per hour worked for employee compensation and costs as a percent of totalcompensation: Private industry workers, by industry group and full-time and part-time status, March 2016
SeriesTotal
compen-sation
Wagesand
salaries
Benefit costs
Total Paidleave
Supple-mental
payInsurance
Retire-mentand
savings
Legallyrequiredbenefits
Cost per hour worked
All full-time workers in private industry ........... $37.73 $25.66 $12.06 $2.85 $1.50 $3.30 $1.57 $2.84
All part-time workers in private industry .......... 100.0 79.4 20.6 2.8 1.5 4.1 1.9 10.3
Service-providing2 ............................................ 100.0 79.5 20.5 2.8 1.5 4.1 1.9 10.3Trade, transportation, and utilities ................ 100.0 76.2 23.8 2.6 1.5 6.3 2.9 10.6Professional and business services ............. 100.0 84.0 16.0 1.5 3.1 1.3 0.5 9.6Education and health services ...................... 100.0 77.5 22.5 5.0 1.5 4.9 2.2 9.1Leisure and hospitality .................................. 100.0 84.4 15.6 0.6 0.5 1.6 0.5 12.4
1 Includes mining, construction, and manufacturing. The agriculture, forestry, farming, and hunting sector is excluded.2 Includes utilities; wholesale trade; retail trade; transportation and warehousing; information; finance and insurance; real estate and rental
and leasing; professional and technical services; management of companies and enterprises; administrative and waste services; educationalservices; health care and social assistance; arts, entertainment and recreation; accommodation and food services; and other services, exceptpublic administration.
Note: The sum of individual items may not equal totals due to rounding.
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Table 13. Employer costs per hour worked for employee compensation and costs as a percent of totalcompensation: Private industry workers, by major industry group and establishment employment size andbargaining unit status, March 2016
1 Includes mining, construction, and manufacturing. The agriculture, forestry, farming, and hunting sector is excluded.2 Includes utilities; wholesale trade; retail trade; transportation and warehousing; information; finance and insurance; real estate and rental
and leasing; professional and technical services; management of companies and enterprises; administrative and waste services; educationalservices; health care and social assistance; arts, entertainment and recreation; accommodation and food services; and other services, exceptpublic administration.
Note: The sum of individual items may not equal totals due to rounding.
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Table 14. Employer costs per hour worked for employee compensation and costs as a percent of totalcompensation: Private industry health care and social assistance workers, by industry and occupational group,March 2016
SeriesTotal
compen-sation
Wagesand
salaries
Benefit costs
Total Paidleave
Supple-mental
payInsurance
Retire-mentand
savings
Legallyrequiredbenefits
Cost per hour worked
Health care and social assistance .................... $31.60 $22.17 $9.43 $2.48 $0.70 $2.81 $1.05 $2.39
1 Data are available beginning with December 2006.
Note: The sum of individual items may not equal totals due to rounding.
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Table 15. Employer costs per hour worked for employee compensation and costs as a percent oftotal compensation: Private industry workers, by census region and selected metropolitan area,1March 2016
Total compensation Wages and salaries Total benefits
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside, CA CSA .......... 34.50 100.0 24.43 70.8 10.08 29.2
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ MSA ......................... 29.90 100.0 21.54 72.0 8.36 28.0
San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA CSA ............ 50.66 100.0 35.28 69.6 15.38 30.4
Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA .......................... 37.84 100.0 26.38 69.7 11.46 30.3
1 The Consolidated Statistical Areas (CSAs) and Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs) are defined by the Office ofManagement and Budget (OMB) 2003 area definitions. For more information on the area definitions, visitwww.census.gov/population/metro/data/pastmetro.html.Note: The sum of individual items may not equal totals due to rounding.