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

As of June 2021, it was calculated that the western census region employers spent an average of 29.4 percent of their total employee compensation costs on benefits for private industry workers. Employers in the western part of the U.S. paid an average of 40.74 U.S. dollars an hour per private industry worker.

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

Characteristic	Wages and salaries	Total benefits
Northeast	69.1%	30.9%
South	72.6%	27.4%
Midwest	69.3%	30.7%
West	70.6%	29.4%

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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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