Employer Costs for Employee Compensation News Release - 2021 Q02 Results — 2021-09-16

(NOTE: This news release was reissued on December 17, 2021, correcting data in tables 4, 5, and 6, see ww.bls.gov/errata.) Employer costs for employee compensation for civilian workers averaged $38.91 per hour worked in June 2021, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Wage and salary costs averaged $26.85 per hour worked or 69.0 percent of total compensation, while benefit costs were $12.06 or 31.0 percent of total compensation. The average cost for health insurance benefits was $3.09 per hour worked or 8.0 percent of total compensation. (See table 1.) State and local government worker compensation costs for employers averaged $53.59 per hour worked in June 2021. Wage and salary costs averaged $33.09 and accounted for 61.7 percent of employer costs, while benefit costs averaged $20.50 and accounted for 38.3 percent.