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_06132025.pdf. Highlights are below. Private industry compensation costs average $45.38 per hour worked in March 2025 06/13/2025 Employer costs for private industry workers averaged $31.89 per hour worked for wages and salaries and $13.49 for benefits in March 2025. Compensation costs were $17.55 at the 10th wage percentile, $32.97 at the median, and $88.34 at the 90th percentile. HTML | PDF | RSS | Charts

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