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Compensation costs in private industry averaged $37.24 per hour worked in September 2021
December 27, 2021
Employer costs for employee compensation for private industry workers averaged $37.24 per hour worked in September 2021. Wages and salaries averaged $26.36 per hour worked and accounted for 70.8 percent of these costs. Benefit costs averaged $10.88 and accounted for the remaining 29.2 percent. In the utilities industry, total compensation costs averaged $69.20 per hour worked in September; benefits averaged $26.57 per hour worked in the industry.
Private industry employer costs per hour worked for employee compensation by industry, September 2021
Industry
Total compensation
Wages and salaries
Benefits
All workers
$37.24
$26.36
$10.88
Construction
41.40
28.95
12.45
Educational services
50.27
36.44
13.83
Financial activities
54.04
36.73
17.30
Healthcare and social assistance
37.09
26.10
10.99
Information
58.89
39.34
19.56
Leisure and hospitality
16.91
13.66
3.25
Manufacturing
41.25
27.44
13.81
Other
30.77
22.91
7.86
Professional and business services
45.36
32.66
12.70
Retail trade
22.51
17.19
5.32
Transportation and warehousing
40.77
26.97
13.80
Utilities
69.20
42.63
26.57
Wholesale trade
42.92
30.52
12.40
Total employer compensation costs in leisure and hospitality averaged $16.91 per hour worked in September. Benefits accounted for $3.25 or 19.2 percent of this total.
United States Department of Labor
