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

As of June 2021, it was calculated that among all goods-producing, and service-providing private industry workers in a union, employers spent an average of 40 percent of total compensation costs on benefits. All private industry workers within a union cost employers an average of 50.83 U.S. dollars per hour.

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

Characteristic	Wages and salaries	Total benefits
Union	60%	40%
Nonunion	71.9%	28.1%

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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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