U.S. compensation costs share for private industry by occupation and component 2021

As of June 2021, it was calculated that employers spent an average of 30.3 percent of their employee compensation cost for private industry workers in the management, professional, and related occupational group on benefits. The average total compensation cost to an employer for private industry workers in the management, professional, and related occupational group at 62.31 U.S. dollars per hour.

Distribution of employer costs for private industry worker compensation in the United States as of June 2021, by occupational group and compensation component

Characteristic	Wages and salaries	Total benefits
Management, professional and related	69.7%	30.3%
Sales and office	72.5%	27.5%
Service	77%	23%
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance	68.3%	31.7%
Production, transportation, and material moving	67.5%	32.5%

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September 2021

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United States

Survey time period

June 2021

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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