U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsThe National Compensation Survey (NCS) provides comprehensive measures of employment cost trends and benefit incidence and detailed plan provisions. The index component of the NCS, the Employment Cost Index (ECI), is a federal principal economic indicator that measures change in labor costs. Average hourly employer cost for employee compensation is presented in the Employer Costs for Employee Compensation (ECEC) series. The benefits data from the NCS provide data on the percentage of workers with access to and participation in employer provided benefit plans and provisions of selected employee benefit plans.
THE LOCALITY PAY SURVEY:
With the enactment of the 2011 Federal Budget, the Locality Pay Survey (LPS) portion of the National Compensation Survey was eliminated. Occupational data for the nation as a whole, for individual States, and for metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas are still available through the Occupational Employment Statistics (OES) program.
HEALTH PLAN PROVISIONS IN PRIVATE INDUSTRY IN THE UNITED STATES, 2011
The National Compensation Survey has released data on health plans in private industry for 2011. The bulletin provides updated information on health plans provisions for fee-for-service plans and health maintenance organizations, as well as provisions of dental and vision care plans. This bulletin is available at http://www.bls.gov/ncs/ebs/#bulletin_details. Additional benefits data are available on the National Compensation Survey web page at http://www.bls.gov/ncs/ebs.
Similar health tables for 2011 in state and local government were published in March 2012. More...
July 11, 2012
Medical care benefits were available to 57 percent of private industry workers in establishments
with fewer than 100 employees compared to 89 percent of workers in establishments with 500 or
more workers in March 2012.
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January 31, 2013
Wages and salaries rose 0.3 percent and benefit costs rose 0.6 percent for civilian workers,
seasonally adjusted, from September to December 2012. Over the year, compensation
rose 1.9 percent, wages and salaries 1.7 percent, and benefits 2.5 percent.
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December 11, 2012
Employer costs for state and local government workers averaged $26.91 per hour worked for wages and salaries
and $14.65 for benefits in September 2012. State and local government health benefit costs averaged $4.86 per
hour worked in September 2012.
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ECEC Historical Listing, 2004 to present (Quarterly)-Employer Costs for Employee Compensation (TXT) (PDF) -- Quarterly estimates from March 2004 to the present, with sample establishments classified by industry categories based on the new 2002 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) and the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system.
All NCS Publications (including benefits, compensation costs, and wages) »
Links to Other NCS Products:
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The Office of Compensation Levels and Trends, Branch of Survey Information and Publications, will be glad to assist you with questions about any of the components of the National Compensation Survey.
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