Table 14. Private industry, health care and social assistance workers, by industry and occupational group
Table 14. Employer costs per hour worked for employee compensation and costs as a percent of total compensation:
private industry health care and social assistance workers, by industry and occupational group, December 2018
Benefit costs
Total Wages
Series compen- and Supple- Retire- Legally
sation salaries Total Paid mental Insuran- ment required
leave pay ce and benefits
savings
Cost per hour worked
Health care and social assistance............ $35.39 $24.78 $10.61 $2.95 $0.88 $3.06 $1.20 $2.51
Management, professional, and related.... 53.38 37.20 16.18 4.95 1.34 4.23 2.16 3.50
Registered nurses...................... 56.30 37.02 19.28 5.38 2.22 5.09 2.77 3.82
Sales and office......................... 25.43 17.59 7.84 1.95 .47 2.90 .69 1.84
Service.................................. 20.25 14.46 5.80 1.23 .55 1.90 .40 1.72
Hospitals.................................. 49.88 32.40 17.47 4.81 1.88 5.12 2.40 3.26
Management, professional, and related.... 60.41 39.72 20.69 6.07 2.19 5.57 2.97 3.89
Registered nurses...................... 61.07 39.24 21.83 6.19 2.54 5.85 3.21 4.05
Service.................................. 26.44 16.16 10.29 1.97 1.40 3.83 1.15 1.93
Nursing and residential care facilities.... 23.25 16.78 6.47 1.53 .57 2.05 .36 1.95
Management, professional, and related.... 35.93 26.13 9.81 2.75 .85 2.84 .68 2.69
Service.................................. 18.00 12.94 5.06 1.01 .49 1.69 .22 1.65
Nursing care facilities(1)............... 25.32 18.34 6.98 1.67 .67 2.13 .47 2.04
Management, professional, and related.... 38.48 28.43 10.05 2.75 .91 2.75 .75 2.88
Service.................................. 18.78 13.38 5.39 1.10 .59 1.76 .33 1.62
Percent of total compensation
Health care and social assistance............ 100.0 70.0 30.0 8.3 2.5 8.6 3.4 7.1
Management, professional, and related.... 100.0 69.7 30.3 9.3 2.5 7.9 4.0 6.6
Registered nurses...................... 100.0 65.8 34.2 9.5 3.9 9.0 4.9 6.8
Sales and office......................... 100.0 69.2 30.8 7.7 1.8 11.4 2.7 7.2
Service.................................. 100.0 71.4 28.6 6.1 2.7 9.4 2.0 8.5
Hospitals.................................. 100.0 65.0 35.0 9.7 3.8 10.3 4.8 6.5
Management, professional, and related.... 100.0 65.7 34.3 10.1 3.6 9.2 4.9 6.4
Registered nurses...................... 100.0 64.3 35.7 10.1 4.2 9.6 5.3 6.6
Service.................................. 100.0 61.1 38.9 7.5 5.3 14.5 4.3 7.3
Nursing and residential care facilities.... 100.0 72.2 27.8 6.6 2.5 8.8 1.5 8.4
Management, professional, and related.... 100.0 72.7 27.3 7.7 2.4 7.9 1.9 7.5
Service.................................. 100.0 71.9 28.1 5.6 2.7 9.4 1.2 9.2
Nursing care facilities(1)............... 100.0 72.4 27.6 6.6 2.7 8.4 1.8 8.0
Management, professional, and related.... 100.0 73.9 26.1 7.1 2.4 7.1 2.0 7.5
Service.................................. 100.0 71.3 28.7 5.8 3.1 9.4 1.7 8.6
1 Data are available beginning with December 2006.
Note: The sum of individual items may not equal totals due to rounding.
Last Modified Date: March 19, 2019
United States Department of Labor
