Economic News Release

Table 14.   Employer costs per hour worked for employee compensation and costs as a percent of total compensation:
Private industry health care and social assistance workers, by industry and 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



  Health care and social assistance............  $27.66   $19.82    $7.85    $2.10    $0.62    $2.11    $0.85    $2.17

      Management, professional, and related....   40.08    28.96    11.12     3.24      .93     2.61     1.36     2.98
        Registered nurses......................   44.40    31.30    13.10     3.67     1.60     2.98     1.44     3.41
      Sales and office.........................   20.70    14.51     6.19     1.55      .36     2.00      .63     1.64
      Service..................................   15.92    11.26     4.65      .97      .37     1.54      .33     1.45

    Hospitals..................................   34.41    23.56    10.85     2.96     1.09     3.05     1.22     2.53

      Management, professional, and related....   42.61    29.66    12.95     3.78     1.43     3.15     1.48     3.11
        Registered nurses......................   45.97    31.79    14.18     4.04     1.92     3.21     1.62     3.39
      Service..................................   19.67    12.62     7.05     1.39      .61     2.83      .68     1.53

    Nursing and residential care facilities....   19.22    13.93     5.29     1.28      .45     1.45      .29     1.82

      Management, professional, and related....   29.92    21.97     7.95     2.22      .72     1.83      .54     2.63
      Service..................................   14.68    10.49     4.19      .87      .37     1.29      .18     1.48

      Nursing care facilities(1)...............   20.06    14.63     5.44     1.34      .54     1.39      .29     1.88

      Management, professional, and related....   32.34    24.07     8.27     2.28      .93     1.68      .52     2.86
      Service..................................   15.23    10.87     4.37      .95      .42     1.30      .20     1.50

                                                                     Percent of total compensation



  Health care and social assistance............   100.0     71.6     28.4      7.6      2.2      7.6      3.1      7.9

      Management, professional, and related....   100.0     72.3     27.7      8.1      2.3      6.5      3.4      7.4
        Registered nurses......................   100.0     70.5     29.5      8.3      3.6      6.7      3.2      7.7
      Sales and office.........................   100.0     70.1     29.9      7.5      1.7      9.7      3.1      7.9
      Service..................................   100.0     70.8     29.2      6.1      2.3      9.7      2.1      9.1

    Hospitals..................................   100.0     68.5     31.5      8.6      3.2      8.9      3.5      7.3

      Management, professional, and related....   100.0     69.6     30.4      8.9      3.3      7.4      3.5      7.3
        Registered nurses......................   100.0     69.2     30.8      8.8      4.2      7.0      3.5      7.4
      Service..................................   100.0     64.2     35.8      7.1      3.1     14.4      3.5      7.8

    Nursing and residential care facilities....   100.0     72.5     27.5      6.7      2.4      7.5      1.5      9.4

      Management, professional, and related....   100.0     73.4     26.6      7.4      2.4      6.1      1.8      8.8
      Service..................................   100.0     71.5     28.5      5.9      2.5      8.8      1.2     10.1

      Nursing care facilities(1)...............   100.0     72.9     27.1      6.7      2.7      6.9      1.4      9.4

      Management, professional, and related....   100.0     74.4     25.6      7.1      2.9      5.2      1.6      8.8
      Service..................................   100.0     71.3     28.7      6.3      2.8      8.5      1.3      9.9

  1 Data are available beginning with December 2006.

Note: The sum of individual items may not equal totals due to rounding.