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_09122025.pdf. Highlights are below. Private industry compensation costs average $45.65 per hour worked in June 2025 09/12/2025 Employer costs for private industry workers averaged $32.07 per hour worked for wages and salaries and $13.58 for benefits in June 2025. Employer costs in the manufacturing industry averaged $30.94 per hour worked for wages and salaries and $15.36 for benefits. HTML | PDF | RSS | Charts

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