Employer Costs for Employee Compensation News Release - 2022 Q03 Results — 2022-12-15

Total employer compensation costs for civilian workers averaged $41.86 per hour worked in September 2022, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Wages and salaries cost employers $28.88 and accounted for 69.0 percent of total costs, while benefits cost $12.98 and accounted for the remaining 31.0 percent. (See tables 1 and 2.) Total employer compensation costs for state and local government averaged $57.02 per hour worked. Wages and salaries averaged $35.29 per hour worked and represented 61.9 percent of total compensation costs, while benefit costs averaged $21.73 and accounted for the remaining 38.1 percent. (See tables 1 and 3.) Total employer compensation costs for private industry workers averaged $39.61 per hour worked in September 2022. Wage and salary costs averaged $27.93 and accounted for 70.5 percent of employer costs, while benefit costs were $11.68 and accounted for 29.5 percent.