• U.S. Employer Costs for Employee Compensation – June 2012

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Private Industry: Private industry employers spent an average of $28.80 per hour worked for employee compensation in June 2012. Wages and salaries averaged $20.27 per hour worked and accounted for 70.4 percent of these costs, while benefits averaged $8.52 and accounted for the remaining 29.6 percent. Click on chart to enlarge State & Local Government: Total compensation costs for state and local government workers averaged $41.10 per hour worked in June 2012. All Civilian Workers: Total compensation costs for civilian workers, which include private industry and state and local government workers, averaged $30.61 per hour worked in June 2012. Source: USDOL-BLS

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