Table 11. Private industry, by occupational group and full-time and part-time status
Table 11. Employer costs per hour worked for employee compensation and costs as a percent of total compensation: Private
industry workers, by occupational group and full-time and part-time status, 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 full-time workers in private industry.......... $30.42 $21.15 $9.27 $2.18 $1.01 $2.45 $1.17 $2.45
Management, professional, and related.......... 49.30 34.63 14.67 4.25 1.72 3.22 2.10 3.37
Management, business, and financial.......... 54.06 37.37 16.69 4.82 2.57 3.41 2.31 3.58
Professional and related..................... 46.59 33.07 13.52 3.93 1.24 3.12 1.99 3.25
Sales and office............................... 24.35 17.23 7.11 1.69 .69 2.14 .74 1.85
Sales and related............................ 26.57 19.61 6.96 1.66 .87 1.75 .67 2.02
Office and administrative support............ 23.24 16.06 7.19 1.71 .60 2.34 .77 1.76
Service........................................ 15.88 11.31 4.57 .89 .35 1.48 .34 1.51
Natural resources, construction, and
maintenance................................... 30.68 20.93 9.75 1.51 1.06 2.53 1.47 3.17
Construction, extraction, farming, fishing,
and forestry(1)............................. 30.77 20.90 9.87 1.09 1.08 2.47 1.74 3.48
Installation, maintenance, and repair........ 30.56 20.96 9.60 2.03 1.02 2.61 1.14 2.79
Production, transportation, and material moving 24.72 16.36 8.35 1.54 .96 2.55 .96 2.34
Production................................... 24.26 15.94 8.32 1.57 1.07 2.68 .78 2.21
Transportation and material moving........... 25.30 16.90 8.40 1.50 .82 2.38 1.20 2.50
All part-time workers in private industry.......... 14.85 11.60 3.25 .47 .24 .74 .25 1.55
Management, professional, and related.......... 36.24 27.98 8.27 1.75 .97 1.72 .69 3.13
Professional and related..................... 36.38 28.07 8.31 1.79 .98 1.70 .69 3.15
Sales and office............................... 13.19 10.28 2.90 .40 .16 .77 .26 1.32
Sales and related............................ 11.05 8.87 2.18 .22 .12 .47 .18 1.19
Office and administrative support............ 16.33 12.36 3.97 .67 .21 1.20 .38 1.51
Service........................................ 10.34 8.42 1.92 .20 .10 .32 .08 1.22
Production, transportation, and material moving 14.28 10.31 3.97 .40 .29 1.21 .39 1.68
Transportation and material moving........... 14.53 10.24 4.29 .42 .29 1.43 .46 1.69
Percent of total compensation
All full-time workers in private industry.......... 100.0 69.5 30.5 7.2 3.3 8.1 3.8 8.1
Management, professional, and related.......... 100.0 70.2 29.8 8.6 3.5 6.5 4.3 6.8
Management, business, and financial.......... 100.0 69.1 30.9 8.9 4.8 6.3 4.3 6.6
Professional and related..................... 100.0 71.0 29.0 8.4 2.7 6.7 4.3 7.0
Sales and office............................... 100.0 70.8 29.2 7.0 2.8 8.8 3.0 7.6
Sales and related............................ 100.0 73.8 26.2 6.3 3.3 6.6 2.5 7.6
Office and administrative support............ 100.0 69.1 30.9 7.4 2.6 10.1 3.3 7.6
Service........................................ 100.0 71.2 28.8 5.6 2.2 9.3 2.1 9.5
Natural resources, construction, and
maintenance................................... 100.0 68.2 31.8 4.9 3.4 8.3 4.8 10.3
Construction, extraction, farming, fishing,
and forestry(1)............................. 100.0 67.9 32.1 3.6 3.5 8.0 5.6 11.3
Installation, maintenance, and repair........ 100.0 68.6 31.4 6.6 3.4 8.5 3.7 9.1
Production, transportation, and material moving 100.0 66.2 33.8 6.2 3.9 10.3 3.9 9.5
Production................................... 100.0 65.7 34.3 6.5 4.4 11.1 3.2 9.1
Transportation and material moving........... 100.0 66.8 33.2 5.9 3.3 9.4 4.7 9.9
All part-time workers in private industry.......... 100.0 78.1 21.9 3.2 1.6 5.0 1.7 10.4
Management, professional, and related.......... 100.0 77.2 22.8 4.8 2.7 4.8 1.9 8.6
Professional and related..................... 100.0 77.2 22.8 4.9 2.7 4.7 1.9 8.7
Sales and office............................... 100.0 78.0 22.0 3.1 1.2 5.8 2.0 10.0
Sales and related............................ 100.0 80.3 19.7 2.0 1.1 4.3 1.6 10.8
Office and administrative support............ 100.0 75.7 24.3 4.1 1.3 7.3 2.3 9.3
Service........................................ 100.0 81.5 18.5 2.0 .9 3.1 .8 11.8
Production, transportation, and material moving 100.0 72.2 27.8 2.8 2.0 8.5 2.7 11.8
Transportation and material moving........... 100.0 70.5 29.5 2.9 2.0 9.8 3.2 11.7
1 Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations were combined with construction and extraction occupational group as of
December 2006.
Note: The sum of individual items may not equal totals due to rounding.
Last Modified Date: September 10, 2008
Bureau of Labor Statistics
