Table 9. Employer costs per hour worked for employee compensation and costs as a percent of total compensation: Private
industry workers, goods-producing and service-providing industries, by occupational 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
All workers in private industry...................... $26.78 $18.92 $7.86 $1.78 $0.83 $2.05 $0.95 $2.24
Management, professional, and related.......... 47.77 33.85 13.92 3.96 1.63 3.05 1.94 3.34
Management, business, and financial.......... 53.64 37.14 16.50 4.74 2.54 3.38 2.27 3.56
Professional and related..................... 44.93 32.25 12.67 3.58 1.20 2.89 1.77 3.23
Sales and office............................... 21.29 15.33 5.96 1.34 .54 1.77 .61 1.70
Sales and related............................ 20.30 15.27 5.03 1.08 .57 1.23 .47 1.68
Office and administrative support............ 21.96 15.37 6.59 1.52 .53 2.13 .70 1.71
Service........................................ 13.32 9.97 3.34 .57 .23 .94 .22 1.38
Natural resources, construction, and
maintenance................................... 30.29 20.75 9.54 1.47 1.02 2.47 1.42 3.15
Construction, extraction, farming, fishing,
and forestry(1)............................. 30.56 20.83 9.74 1.08 1.05 2.44 1.69 3.48
Installation, maintenance, and repair........ 29.96 20.66 9.30 1.95 .99 2.51 1.09 2.76
Production, transportation, and material moving 23.12 15.44 7.68 1.36 .86 2.34 .87 2.24
Production................................... 23.61 15.63 7.98 1.50 1.03 2.55 .74 2.18
Transportation and material moving........... 22.61 15.24 7.38 1.23 .69 2.14 1.01 2.30
All workers, goods-producing industries(2)....... 31.58 21.09 10.49 1.98 1.31 2.88 1.45 2.87
Management, professional, and related.......... 55.02 37.00 18.02 4.84 2.45 3.98 2.99 3.76
Sales and office............................... 26.99 18.83 8.17 1.82 .86 2.41 .96 2.13
Natural resources, construction, and
maintenance................................... 31.16 21.08 10.09 1.21 1.16 2.57 1.69 3.46
Production, transportation, and material moving 24.92 16.15 8.77 1.59 1.13 2.87 .85 2.32
All workers, service-providing industries(3)..... 25.59 18.38 7.21 1.73 .71 1.85 .83 2.09
Management, professional, and related.......... 46.65 33.36 13.28 3.82 1.51 2.91 1.77 3.27
Sales and office............................... 20.85 15.06 5.79 1.30 .52 1.72 .58 1.67
Service........................................ 13.23 9.93 3.30 .57 .23 .93 .21 1.37
Natural resources, construction, and
maintenance................................... 28.91 20.24 8.67 1.89 .80 2.32 .99 2.66
Production, transportation, and material moving 21.52 14.80 6.72 1.16 .62 1.88 .89 2.17
Percent of total compensation
All workers in private industry...................... 100.0 70.6 29.4 6.7 3.1 7.7 3.6 8.4
Management, professional, and related.......... 100.0 70.9 29.1 8.3 3.4 6.4 4.1 7.0
Management, business, and financial.......... 100.0 69.2 30.8 8.8 4.7 6.3 4.2 6.6
Professional and related..................... 100.0 71.8 28.2 8.0 2.7 6.4 3.9 7.2
Sales and office............................... 100.0 72.0 28.0 6.3 2.6 8.3 2.9 8.0
Sales and related............................ 100.0 75.2 24.8 5.3 2.8 6.1 2.3 8.3
Office and administrative support............ 100.0 70.0 30.0 6.9 2.4 9.7 3.2 7.8
Service........................................ 100.0 74.9 25.1 4.3 1.8 7.1 1.6 10.4
Natural resources, construction, and
maintenance................................... 100.0 68.5 31.5 4.9 3.4 8.2 4.7 10.4
Construction, extraction, farming, fishing,
and forestry(1)............................. 100.0 68.1 31.9 3.5 3.4 8.0 5.5 11.4
Installation, maintenance, and repair........ 100.0 69.0 31.0 6.5 3.3 8.4 3.7 9.2
Production, transportation, and material moving 100.0 66.8 33.2 5.9 3.7 10.1 3.8 9.7
Production................................... 100.0 66.2 33.8 6.3 4.4 10.8 3.1 9.2
Transportation and material moving........... 100.0 67.4 32.6 5.4 3.1 9.5 4.5 10.2
All workers, goods-producing industries(2)....... 100.0 66.8 33.2 6.3 4.1 9.1 4.6 9.1
Management, professional, and related.......... 100.0 67.2 32.8 8.8 4.5 7.2 5.4 6.8
Sales and office............................... 100.0 69.7 30.3 6.7 3.2 8.9 3.6 7.9
Natural resources, construction, and
maintenance................................... 100.0 67.6 32.4 3.9 3.7 8.2 5.4 11.1
Production, transportation, and material moving 100.0 64.8 35.2 6.4 4.5 11.5 3.4 9.3
All workers, service-providing industries(3)..... 100.0 71.8 28.2 6.8 2.8 7.2 3.2 8.2
Management, professional, and related.......... 100.0 71.5 28.5 8.2 3.2 6.2 3.8 7.0
Sales and office............................... 100.0 72.2 27.8 6.3 2.5 8.2 2.8 8.0
Service........................................ 100.0 75.0 25.0 4.3 1.7 7.0 1.6 10.4
Natural resources, construction, and
maintenance................................... 100.0 70.0 30.0 6.5 2.8 8.0 3.4 9.2
Production, transportation, and material moving 100.0 68.8 31.2 5.4 2.9 8.7 4.2 10.1
1 Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations were combined with construction and extraction occupational group as of
December 2006.
2 Includes mining, construction, and manufacturing. The agriculture, forestry, farming, and hunting sector is excluded.
3 Includes utilities; wholesale trade; retail trade; transportation and warehousing; information; finance and insurance;
real estate and rental and leasing; professional and technical services; management of companies and enterprises;
administrative and waste services; educational services; health care and social assistance; arts, entertainment and
recreation; accommodation and food services; and other services, except public administration.
Bureau of Labor Statistics
