December 12, 2002 (The Editor’s Desk is updated each business day.) Average compensation $23.44 per hour in SeptemberIn September 2002, employer costs for employee compensation for civilian workers in the United States averaged $23.44 per hour worked.
Wages and salaries, which averaged $16.93, accounted for 72.2 percent of these costs, while benefits, which averaged $6.51, accounted for the remainder. These data are from the BLS Employment Cost Trends program. Additional information is available from
"Employer Costs for Employee Compensation, September
2002," news release USDL 02-674. Civilian workers include private industry and State and local government workers. |
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