Employer Costs for Employee Compensation News Release

Bureau of Labor Statistics

The latest Employer Costs for Employee Compensation news release has been posted on the BLS website at https://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/ecec.pdf and also archived at https://www.bls.gov/news.release/archives/ecec_03142025.pdf. Highlights are below. Private industry compensation costs average $44.67 per hour worked in December 2024 03/14/2025 Employer costs for private industry workers averaged $31.47 per hour worked for wages and salaries and $13.20 for benefits in December 2024. Employer costs in leisure and hospitality averaged $16.25 per hour worked for wages and salaries and $3.65 for benefits. HTML | PDF | RSS | Charts

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