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Employer costs for employee compensation $35.27 per hour in New England

December 12, 2014

Total employer compensation costs for private industry workers averaged $30.32 per hour worked in September 2014. By region, average employer costs for employee compensation ranged from $24.29 per hour in the East South Central states to $35.27 per hour in the New England states.

Employer costs per hour worked for employee compensation, private industry, by region, September 2014

$33.57 and higher

$28.84 to $33.56

$28.66 to $28.83

$28.09 to $28.65

$28.08 and lower

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Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Employer costs per hour worked for employee compensation, private industry, by region, September 2014
Region	Employer cost per hour worked
East South Central (Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, and Tennessee)	$24.29
West South Central (Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas)	27.62
South Atlantic (Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia)	28.09
Mountain (Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming)	28.66
West North Central (Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota)	28.84
East North Central (Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin)	29.48
Pacific (Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon, and Washington)	33.57
Middle Atlantic (New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania)	34.82
New England (Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont)	35.27

Wages and salaries ranged from $17.25 in the East South Central states to $24.88 in New England. Total benefits costs averaged $7.03 in the East South Central states and $11.23 in the Middle Atlantic States.

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Employer costs per hour worked for employee compensation, private industry, by compensation component and region, September 2014
Compensation component	East South Central	West South Central	South Atlantic	Mountain	West North Central	East North Central	Pacific	Middle Atlantic	New England
Total compensation	$24.29	$27.62	$28.09	$28.66	$28.84	$29.48	$33.57	$34.82	$35.27
Total benefits	7.03	8.06	8.07	8.17	8.57	9.20	10.26	11.23	10.39
Paid leave	1.55	1.76	1.95	1.91	2.03	2.00	2.28	2.67	2.43
Supplemental pay	0.67	0.96	0.74	0.76	0.63	0.86	0.89	1.08	0.96
Insurance	2.04	2.06	2.16	2.12	2.50	2.72	2.65	3.16	2.76
Retirement and savings	0.79	1.12	1.02	1.09	1.13	1.24	1.55	1.48	1.42
Legally required benefits	1.98	2.16	2.20	2.28	2.27	2.38	2.90	2.85	2.81
Wages and salaries	17.25	19.56	20.02	20.50	20.27	20.28	23.30	23.60	24.88
Note: Sum of individual items may not equal totals because of rounding.

These data are from the Employment Cost Trends program. To learn more, see "Employer Costs for Employee Compensation — September 2014" (HTML) (PDF).

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Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Economics Daily, Employer costs for employee compensation $35.27 per hour in New England at https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2014/ted_20141212.htm (visited April 19, 2024).

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