Table 2. Civilian workers, by occupational and industry group
Table 2. Employer costs per hour worked for employee compensation and costs as a percent of total compensation:
Civilian workers, by occupational and industry group, June 2008
Benefit costs
Total Wages
Series compen- and Supple- Retire- Legally
sation salaries Total Paid mental Insurance ment required
leave pay and benefits
savings
Cost per hour worked
Civilian workers(1)............................ $28.48 $19.85 $8.64 $1.99 $0.76 $2.39 $1.25 $2.25
Occupational group
Management, professional, and related.... 47.57 33.32 14.25 3.90 1.23 3.57 2.41 3.14
Management, business, and financial.... 53.20 36.64 16.56 4.77 2.17 3.64 2.50 3.47
Professional and related............... 45.41 32.04 13.37 3.56 .87 3.55 2.38 3.01
Teachers(2).......................... 49.83 35.49 14.35 3.26 .15 4.67 3.41 2.85
Primary, secondary, and special
education school teachers......... 47.89 34.27 13.63 2.33 .16 5.10 3.43 2.60
Registered nurses.................... 44.85 31.69 13.16 3.60 1.50 3.11 1.56 3.40
Sales and office......................... 21.70 15.41 6.29 1.43 .52 1.94 .71 1.70
Sales and related...................... 20.33 15.27 5.06 1.09 .56 1.25 .48 1.68
Office and administrative support...... 22.52 15.49 7.03 1.63 .49 2.36 .85 1.71
Service.................................. 15.57 11.05 4.52 .87 .28 1.33 .58 1.45
Natural resources, construction, and
maintenance............................. 30.41 20.67 9.75 1.59 .99 2.60 1.49 3.08
Construction, extraction, farming,
fishing, and forestry(3).............. 30.60 20.69 9.91 1.22 1.01 2.56 1.74 3.38
Installation, maintenance, and repair.. 30.18 20.64 9.54 2.04 .96 2.64 1.19 2.71
Production, transportation, and material
moving.................................. 23.30 15.50 7.80 1.39 .85 2.41 .91 2.23
Production............................. 23.76 15.71 8.06 1.52 1.03 2.57 .76 2.18
Transportation and material moving..... 22.85 15.31 7.55 1.27 .68 2.26 1.06 2.28
Industry group
Education and health services............ 33.37 23.38 9.99 2.50 .43 3.09 1.72 2.26
Educational services................... 40.21 27.86 12.35 2.85 .15 4.27 2.74 2.34
Elementary and secondary schools..... 39.79 27.65 12.14 2.19 .15 4.66 2.92 2.22
Junior colleges, colleges, and
universities....................... 44.11 29.85 14.26 4.98 .15 3.78 2.65 2.70
Health care and social assistance...... 28.69 20.32 8.37 2.26 .62 2.28 1.03 2.20
Hospitals............................ 34.50 23.39 11.11 3.03 1.03 3.23 1.33 2.48
Percent of total compensation
Civilian workers(1)............................ 100.0 69.7 30.3 7.0 2.7 8.4 4.4 7.9
Occupational group
Management, professional, and related.... 100.0 70.0 30.0 8.2 2.6 7.5 5.1 6.6
Management, business, and financial.... 100.0 68.9 31.1 9.0 4.1 6.8 4.7 6.5
Professional and related............... 100.0 70.6 29.4 7.8 1.9 7.8 5.2 6.6
Teachers(2).......................... 100.0 71.2 28.8 6.5 .3 9.4 6.8 5.7
Primary, secondary, and special
education school teachers......... 100.0 71.5 28.5 4.9 .3 10.7 7.2 5.4
Registered nurses.................... 100.0 70.7 29.3 8.0 3.3 6.9 3.5 7.6
Sales and office......................... 100.0 71.0 29.0 6.6 2.4 9.0 3.3 7.8
Sales and related...................... 100.0 75.1 24.9 5.4 2.8 6.1 2.4 8.3
Office and administrative support...... 100.0 68.8 31.2 7.2 2.2 10.5 3.8 7.6
Service.................................. 100.0 71.0 29.0 5.6 1.8 8.6 3.8 9.3
Natural resources, construction, and
maintenance............................. 100.0 68.0 32.0 5.2 3.2 8.5 4.9 10.1
Construction, extraction, farming,
fishing, and forestry(3).............. 100.0 67.6 32.4 4.0 3.3 8.4 5.7 11.1
Installation, maintenance, and repair.. 100.0 68.4 31.6 6.8 3.2 8.8 3.9 9.0
Production, transportation, and material
moving.................................. 100.0 66.5 33.5 6.0 3.6 10.4 3.9 9.6
Production............................. 100.0 66.1 33.9 6.4 4.3 10.8 3.2 9.2
Transportation and material moving..... 100.0 67.0 33.0 5.6 3.0 9.9 4.7 10.0
Industry group
Education and health services............ 100.0 70.1 29.9 7.5 1.3 9.3 5.2 6.8
Educational services................... 100.0 69.3 30.7 7.1 .4 10.6 6.8 5.8
Elementary and secondary schools..... 100.0 69.5 30.5 5.5 .4 11.7 7.3 5.6
Junior colleges, colleges, and
universities....................... 100.0 67.7 32.3 11.3 .3 8.6 6.0 6.1
Health care and social assistance...... 100.0 70.8 29.2 7.9 2.2 7.9 3.6 7.7
Hospitals............................ 100.0 67.8 32.2 8.8 3.0 9.4 3.9 7.2
1 Includes workers in the private nonfarm economy excluding households and the public sector excluding the Federal
government.
2 Includes postsecondary teachers; primary, secondary, and special education teachers; and other teachers and
instructors.
3 Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations were combined with construction and extraction occupational group as of
December 2006.
Last Modified Date: September 10, 2008
Bureau of Labor Statistics
