U.S. share of employer costs for employee compensation 2023, by ownership & component

Published by Statista Research Department, Jun 20, 2023

As of March 2023, employers of civilian, industry, and state and local government workers in the United States all averaged around 32.9 percent of their employee costs on benefits. The highest among them were those employing state and local government workers, who spent an average of 38.2 percent of their employee costs on benefits.

Distribution of employer costs for employee compensation in the United states as of March 2023, by ownership and compensation component

Characteristic	Wages and salaries	Total benefits
Civilian workers	69%	31%
Private industry workers	70.5%	29.5%
State and local government workers	61.8%	38.2%

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June 2023

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United States

Survey time period

March 2023

Supplementary notes

The source provides the following information about the sample size: "Data for this reference period were collected from a probability sample of approximately 29,600 occupational observations selected from a sample of about 7,400 private industry establishments and approximately 7,700 occupational observations selected from a sample of about 1,400 state and local government establishments that provided data at the initial interview."

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