U.S. employer costs for private industry workers by region 2021

As of June 2021, it was calculated that the southern census region hosted the lowest average employer cost at 32.78 U.S. dollars per hour for private industry workers. Adversely, employers in the western part of the U.S. had to pay an average of 40.74 U.S. dollars an hour per private industry worker.

Average employer costs for private industry worker compensation in the United States as of June 2021, by census region (in U.S. dollars)

Characteristic	Hourly cost in U.S. dollars
West	40.74
Northeast	40.93
Midwest	34.99
South	32.78

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September 2021

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United States

Survey time period

June 2021

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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 24,300 occupational observations selected from a sample of about 6,000 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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