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Table 8. Private industry workers by metropolitan areas

Table 8. Employer Costs for Employee Compensation for private industry workers by metropolitan areas [Mar. 2023]
Area(1) Total compensation(2) Wages and salaries Total benefits
Cost ($) Percent Cost ($) Percent Cost ($) Percent

Northeast Region

Boston-Worcester-Providence, MA-RI-NH-CT CSA

48.23 100.0 33.31 69.1 14.92 30.9

New York-Newark, NY-NJ-CT-PA CSA

50.07 100.0 34.81 69.5 15.26 30.5

Philadelphia-Reading-Camden, PA-NJ-DE-MD CSA

42.52 100.0 29.77 70.0 12.75 30.0

South Region

Atlanta-Athens-Clarke County-Sandy Springs, GA CSA

39.48 100.0 28.16 71.3 11.31 28.7

Dallas-Fort Worth, TX-OK CSA

41.26 100.0 28.95 70.2 12.31 29.8

Houston-The Woodlands, TX CSA

39.66 100.0 28.89 72.9 10.76 27.1

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Port St. Lucie, FL CSA

31.73 100.0 23.28 73.4 8.45 26.6

Washington-Baltimore-Arlington, DC-MD-VA-WV-PA CSA

50.82 100.0 36.35 71.5 14.47 28.5

Midwest Region

Chicago-Naperville, IL-IN-WI CSA

48.92 100.0 33.61 68.7 15.31 31.3

Detroit-Warren-Ann Arbor, MI CSA

46.60 100.0 30.74 66.0 15.86 34.0

Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI CSA

39.04 100.0 26.80 68.6 12.24 31.4

West Region

Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA CSA

42.73 100.0 30.30 70.9 12.43 29.1

Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ MSA

38.27 100.0 27.21 71.1 11.06 28.9

San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA CSA

64.79 100.0 45.28 69.9 19.52 30.1

Seattle-Tacoma, WA CSA

55.23 100.0 38.89 70.4 16.33 29.6

Footnotes
(1) These areas include Consolidated Statistical Areas (CSAs) and Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs). Beginning with the March 2019 release, area definitions are based on Office of Management and Budget Bulletin No. 13-01, dated February 28, 2013. Previous area definitions are based on Office of Management and Budget Bulletin No. 04-03, dated February 18, 2004. For more information on metropolitan area definitions, see www.census.gov/programs-surveys/metro-micro.html.
(2) Includes costs for wages and salaries and benefits.

Last Modified Date: June 16, 2023