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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- Employee Benefits in the United States, March 2010 (TXT) (PDF)
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