<H3>• U.S. Employer Costs for Employee Compensation — Q3 2015</H3>

• Employer costs for employee compensation for civilian workers averaged $33.37 per hour worked in September 2015. Wages and salaries averaged $22.88 per hour worked and accounted for 68.6 percent of these costs, while benefits averaged $10.48 and accounted for the remaining 31.4 percent.

• Total employer compensation costs for private industry workers averaged $31.53 per hour worked in September 2015.

• State and local government employers spent an average of $44.66 per hour worked for employee compensation in September 2015. Wages and salaries averaged $28.45 per hour and accounted for 63.7 percent of compensation costs, while benefits averaged $16.21 per hour worked and accounted for the remaining 36.3 percent.

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