Private industry employer compensation costs by union status U.S. 2023

As of December 2023, it was calculated that among all goods-producing, and service-providing private industry workers, employers spent more on average in compensation for those that are in a union. All private industry workers within a union cost employers an average of 56.8 U.S. dollars per hour.

Average employer costs for private industry worker compensation in the United States as of December 2023, by union status (in U.S. dollars)

Characteristic	Hourly cost in U.S. dollars
Union	56.8
Nonunion	41.86

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Release date

March 2024

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Region

United States

Survey time period

December 2023

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includes costs for wages and salaries and benefits

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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