Table 4.   Employer costs per hour worked for employee compensation and costs as a percent of total compensation: State
and local government 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




State and local government workers.............  $38.30   $25.19   $13.11    $3.17    $0.35    $4.34    $2.97    $2.28

              Occupational group

      Management, professional, and related....   47.09    32.04    15.05     3.74      .27     4.84     3.55     2.65
        Professional and related...............   46.35    31.64    14.71     3.53      .25     4.82     3.54     2.58
          Teachers(1)..........................   52.82    36.94    15.88     3.59      .15     5.34     4.00     2.80
            Primary, secondary, and special
             education school teachers.........   51.00    36.18    14.81     2.44      .16     5.67     3.91     2.63
      Sales and office.........................   26.29    16.27    10.03     2.38      .21     3.93     1.84     1.67
        Office and administrative support......   26.47    16.33    10.14     2.40      .21     3.99     1.87     1.67
      Service..................................   28.23    17.11    11.12     2.55      .56     3.53     2.65     1.84

                Industry group

      Education and health services............   40.78    27.67    13.11     3.08      .22     4.54     3.00     2.28
        Educational services...................   41.08    28.06    13.03     2.95      .15     4.63     3.04     2.26
          Elementary and secondary schools.....   40.43    27.92    12.51     2.22      .16     4.85     3.10     2.19
          Junior colleges, colleges, and
            universities.......................   43.94    28.83    15.11     5.73      .14     3.85     2.84     2.54
        Health care and social assistance......   38.94    25.31    13.63     3.85      .60     3.98     2.78     2.42
          Hospitals............................   34.94    22.60    12.34     3.39      .74     4.07     1.87     2.26
      Public administration....................   35.67    22.07    13.60     3.43      .55     4.16     3.15     2.31

                                                                     Percent of total compensation




State and local government workers.............   100.0     65.8     34.2      8.3      0.9     11.3      7.7      6.0

              Occupational group

      Management, professional, and related....   100.0     68.0     32.0      7.9       .6     10.3      7.5      5.6
        Professional and related...............   100.0     68.3     31.7      7.6       .5     10.4      7.6      5.6
          Teachers(1)..........................   100.0     69.9     30.1      6.8       .3     10.1      7.6      5.3
            Primary, secondary, and special
             education school teachers.........   100.0     71.0     29.0      4.8       .3     11.1      7.7      5.2
      Sales and office.........................   100.0     61.9     38.1      9.0       .8     14.9      7.0      6.3
        Office and administrative support......   100.0     61.7     38.3      9.1       .8     15.1      7.1      6.3
      Service..................................   100.0     60.6     39.4      9.0      2.0     12.5      9.4      6.5

                Industry group

      Education and health services............   100.0     67.8     32.2      7.5       .5     11.1      7.4      5.6
        Educational services...................   100.0     68.3     31.7      7.2       .4     11.3      7.4      5.5
          Elementary and secondary schools.....   100.0     69.1     30.9      5.5       .4     12.0      7.7      5.4
          Junior colleges, colleges, and
            universities.......................   100.0     65.6     34.4     13.0       .3      8.8      6.5      5.8
        Health care and social assistance......   100.0     65.0     35.0      9.9      1.5     10.2      7.1      6.2
          Hospitals............................   100.0     64.7     35.3      9.7      2.1     11.7      5.4      6.5
      Public administration....................   100.0     61.9     38.1      9.6      1.5     11.7      8.8      6.5

  1 Includes postsecondary teachers; primary, secondary, and special education teachers; and other teachers and
instructors.