Employer Costs for Employee Compensation News Release - 2022 Q02 Results — 2022-09-20

Employer costs for employee compensation for civilian workers averaged $41.03 per hour worked in June 2022, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Wage and salary costs averaged $28.31 and accounted for 69.0 percent of total costs, while benefit costs were $12.72 and accounted for the remaining 31.0 percent. (See table 1.) Total employer compensation costs for private industry workers averaged $38.91 per hour worked in June 2022. Wage and salary costs averaged $27.44 and accounted for 70.5 percent of employer costs, while benefit costs were $11.47 and accounted for 29.5 percent. (See tables 1 and 4.) State and local government employer costs averaged $55.47 per hour worked. Wages and salaries averaged $34.23 per hour worked and represented 61.7 percent of total compensation costs, while benefit costs averaged $21.25 and accounted for the remaining 38.3 percent.