Employer Costs for Employee Compensation News Release — 2019-09-17

Employer costs for employee compensation averaged $36.61 per hour worked in June 2019, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Wages and salaries averaged $25.12 per hour worked and accounted for 68.6 percent of these costs, while benefit costs averaged $11.48 and accounted for the remaining 31.4 percent. (See table 1.) Highlights of employer benefit costs for civilian workers (See table 1.) � Paid leave averaged $2.64 per hour worked or 7.2 percent of total compensation. Average costs for paid leave components include $1.30 per hour for vacation (3.5 percent of total compensation), $0.78 for holiday (2.1 percent), $0.41 for sick leave (1.1 percent), and $0.16 for personal leave (0.4 percent). � Supplemental pay averaged $1.03 per hour worked or 2.8 percent of total compensation. Average costs for supplemental pay components include $0.67 per hour for nonproduction bonuses (1.8 percent), $0.29 for overtime and premium (0.8 percent), and $0.07 for shift differentials (0.2 percent).