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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