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, December 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)............................ $29.18 $20.37 $8.81 $2.06 $0.74 $2.45 $1.29 $2.27 Occupational group Management, professional, and related.... 48.49 34.07 14.43 4.00 1.16 3.65 2.43 3.18 Management, business, and financial.... 54.64 37.93 16.71 5.02 1.92 3.70 2.53 3.54 Professional and related............... 46.18 32.61 13.57 3.62 .88 3.64 2.40 3.04 Teachers(2).......................... 52.29 37.24 15.06 3.40 .15 4.91 3.65 2.96 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 49.85 35.68 14.17 2.41 .15 5.32 3.60 2.69 Registered nurses.................... 46.46 32.71 13.74 3.84 1.56 3.17 1.74 3.44 Sales and office......................... 21.76 15.42 6.34 1.44 .50 1.98 .72 1.70 Sales and related...................... 20.13 15.07 5.06 1.07 .55 1.27 .49 1.69 Office and administrative support...... 22.74 15.64 7.11 1.65 .47 2.41 .86 1.71 Service.................................. 15.79 11.22 4.57 .89 .29 1.35 .60 1.44 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance............................. 30.97 20.99 9.98 1.62 .98 2.68 1.59 3.10 Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and forestry(3).............. 31.21 21.01 10.20 1.23 1.00 2.63 1.88 3.46 Installation, maintenance, and repair.. 30.70 20.98 9.72 2.06 .96 2.73 1.26 2.71 Production, transportation, and material moving.................................. 23.33 15.57 7.76 1.41 .85 2.40 .90 2.19 Production............................. 23.94 15.89 8.05 1.55 1.01 2.55 .76 2.18 Transportation and material moving..... 22.74 15.26 7.47 1.27 .70 2.26 1.04 2.20 Industry group Education and health services............ 34.13 23.90 10.23 2.57 .42 3.18 1.77 2.28 Educational services................... 41.53 28.77 12.76 2.97 .15 4.39 2.86 2.40 Elementary and secondary schools..... 40.93 28.46 12.48 2.25 .15 4.76 3.05 2.28 Junior colleges, colleges, and universities....................... 44.97 30.63 14.34 4.80 .15 3.95 2.74 2.70 Health care and social assistance...... 28.73 20.34 8.38 2.29 .63 2.30 .98 2.19 Hospitals............................ 35.19 23.81 11.38 3.12 1.07 3.31 1.36 2.53 Percent of total compensation Civilian workers(1)............................ 100.0 69.8 30.2 7.1 2.5 8.4 4.4 7.8 Occupational group Management, professional, and related.... 100.0 70.3 29.7 8.2 2.4 7.5 5.0 6.6 Management, business, and financial.... 100.0 69.4 30.6 9.2 3.5 6.8 4.6 6.5 Professional and related............... 100.0 70.6 29.4 7.8 1.9 7.9 5.2 6.6 Teachers(2).......................... 100.0 71.2 28.8 6.5 .3 9.4 7.0 5.7 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 100.0 71.6 28.4 4.8 .3 10.7 7.2 5.4 Registered nurses.................... 100.0 70.4 29.6 8.3 3.4 6.8 3.7 7.4 Sales and office......................... 100.0 70.9 29.1 6.6 2.3 9.1 3.3 7.8 Sales and related...................... 100.0 74.8 25.2 5.3 2.7 6.3 2.4 8.4 Office and administrative support...... 100.0 68.7 31.3 7.3 2.0 10.6 3.8 7.5 Service.................................. 100.0 71.1 28.9 5.6 1.8 8.5 3.8 9.1 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance............................. 100.0 67.8 32.2 5.2 3.2 8.7 5.1 10.0 Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and forestry(3).............. 100.0 67.3 32.7 3.9 3.2 8.4 6.0 11.1 Installation, maintenance, and repair.. 100.0 68.3 31.7 6.7 3.1 8.9 4.1 8.8 Production, transportation, and material moving.................................. 100.0 66.7 33.3 6.0 3.7 10.3 3.9 9.4 Production............................. 100.0 66.4 33.6 6.5 4.2 10.6 3.2 9.1 Transportation and material moving..... 100.0 67.1 32.9 5.6 3.1 10.0 4.6 9.7 Industry group Education and health services............ 100.0 70.0 30.0 7.5 1.2 9.3 5.2 6.7 Educational services................... 100.0 69.3 30.7 7.2 .4 10.6 6.9 5.8 Elementary and secondary schools..... 100.0 69.5 30.5 5.5 .4 11.6 7.4 5.6 Junior colleges, colleges, and universities....................... 100.0 68.1 31.9 10.7 .3 8.8 6.1 6.0 Health care and social assistance...... 100.0 70.8 29.2 8.0 2.2 8.0 3.4 7.6 Hospitals............................ 100.0 67.7 32.3 8.9 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.
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