Employer Cost for Employee Compensation [cm]
The Employer Costs for Employee Compensation (ECEC) is a measure of the cost of labor. The compensation series includes wages and salaries plus employer costs for individual employee benefits. Employee benefit costs are calculated as cost-per-hour-worked for individual benefits ranging from employer payments for Social Security to paid time off for holidays.
Updated on DBnomics on March 14, 2024 (2:14 AM)
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- United States (National) – Cost of compensation (Cost per hour worked) – Total compensation – All workers – Management, business, and financial occupations – Civilian workers – Not Seasonally Adjusted – All workers [BLS/cm/CMU1010000110000D]
- min:
- 45.25
- max:
- 82.1
- avg:
- 62.167
- σ:
- 10.054
- United States (National) – Percent of total compensation – Total compensation – All workers – Management, business, and financial occupations – Civilian workers – Not Seasonally Adjusted – All workers [BLS/cm/CMU1010000110000P]
- min:
- 100
- max:
- 100
- avg:
- 100
- σ:
- 0
- United States (National) – Cost of compensation (Cost per hour worked) – Total compensation – All workers – Professional and related occupations – Civilian workers – Not Seasonally Adjusted – All workers [BLS/cm/CMU1010000120000D]
- min:
- 38.52
- max:
- 67.5
- avg:
- 50.695
- σ:
- 6.882
- United States (National) – Percent of total compensation – Total compensation – All workers – Professional and related occupations – Civilian workers – Not Seasonally Adjusted – All workers [BLS/cm/CMU1010000120000P]
- min:
- 100
- max:
- 100
- avg:
- 100
- σ:
- 0
- United States (National) – Cost of compensation (Cost per hour worked) – Total compensation – All workers – Teachers – Civilian workers – Not Seasonally Adjusted – All workers [BLS/cm/CMU101000012A000D]
- min:
- 43.7
- max:
- 72.93
- avg:
- 56.589
- σ:
- 7.084
- United States (National) – Percent of total compensation – Total compensation – All workers – Teachers – Civilian workers – Not Seasonally Adjusted – All workers [BLS/cm/CMU101000012A000P]
- min:
- 100
- max:
- 100
- avg:
- 100
- σ:
- 0
- United States (National) – Cost of compensation (Cost per hour worked) – Total compensation – All workers – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers – Civilian workers – Not Seasonally Adjusted – All workers [BLS/cm/CMU101000012C000D]
- min:
- 42.09
- max:
- 69.68
- avg:
- 55.867
- σ:
- 7.412
- United States (National) – Percent of total compensation – Total compensation – All workers – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers – Civilian workers – Not Seasonally Adjusted – All workers [BLS/cm/CMU101000012C000P]
- min:
- 100
- max:
- 100
- avg:
- 100
- σ:
- 0
- United States (National) – Cost of compensation (Cost per hour worked) – Total compensation – All workers – Registered nurses – Civilian workers – Not Seasonally Adjusted – All workers [BLS/cm/CMU101000012N000D]
- min:
- 37.23
- max:
- 72.48
- avg:
- 51.172
- σ:
- 7.948
- United States (National) – Percent of total compensation – Total compensation – All workers – Registered nurses – Civilian workers – Not Seasonally Adjusted – All workers [BLS/cm/CMU101000012N000P]
- min:
- 100
- max:
- 100
- avg:
- 100
- σ:
- 0
Dimension codes and labels
[area] Area
- [00122] Atlanta-Athens-Clarke County-Sandy Springs, GA CSA
- [00148] Boston-Worcester-Providence, MA-RI-NH-CT CSA
- [00176] Chicago-Naperville, IL-IN-WI CSA
- [00206] Dallas-Fort Worth, TX-OK CSA
- [00220] Detroit-Warren-Ann Arbor, MI CSA
- [00288] Houston-The Woodlands, TX CSA
- [00348] Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA CSA
- [00378] Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI CSA
- [00408] New York-Newark, NY-NJ-CT-PA CSA
- [00428] Philadelphia-Reading-Camden, PA-NJ-DE-MD CSA
- [00488] San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA CSA
- [00500] Seattle-Tacoma, WA CSA
- [00548] Washington-Baltimore-Arlington, DC-MD-VA-WV-PA CSA
- [33100] Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Port St. Lucie, FL CSA
- [38060] Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ MSA
- [98100] Northeast census region
- [98200] South census region
- [98300] Midwest census region
- [98400] West census region
- [99100] New England census division
- [99120] Middle Atlantic census division
- [99130] East South Central census division
- [99140] South Atlantic census division
- [99150] East North Central census division
- [99160] West North Central census division
- [99170] West South Central census division
- [99180] Mountain census division
- [99190] Pacific census division
- [99210] Metropolitan
- [99220] Nonmetropolitan
- [99999] United States (National)
[datatype] Datatype
- [D] Cost of compensation (Cost per hour worked)
- [L] Average employer cost per employee hour worked at 50th percentile (median), constant dollar
- [M] Average employer cost per employee worked at 50th percentile (median), current dollar
- [N] Average employer cost per employee hour worked at 90th percentile, current dollar
- [P] Percent of total compensation
- [R] Average employer cost per employee hour worked at 90th percentile, constant dollar
- [T] Average employer cost per employee hour worked at 10th percentile, current dollar
- [X] Average employer cost per employee hour worked at 10th percentile, constant dollar
[estimate] Estimate
- [01] Total compensation
- [02] Wages and salaries
- [03] Total benefits
- [04] Paid leave
- [05] Vacation
- [06] Holiday
- [07] Sick leave
- [08] Personal leave
- [09] Supplemental pay
- [10] Overtime and premium pay
- [11] Shift differentials
- [12] Nonproduction bonuses
- [13] Insurance
- [14] Life insurance
- [15] Health insurance
- [16] Short-term disability insurance
- [17] Long-term disability insurance
- [18] Retirement and savings
- [19] Defined benefit
- [20] Defined contribution
- [21] Legally Required benefits
- [22] Social Security and Medicare
- [23] Social Security
- [24] Medicare
- [25] Federal unemployment insurance
- [26] State unemployment insurance
- [27] Workers' compensation
- [28] Other benefits
[industry] Industry
- [000000] All workers
- [220000] Utilities
- [230000] Construction
- [300000] Manufacturing
- [336411] Aircraft manufacturing
- [400000] Trade, transportation, and utilities
- [412000] Retail trade
- [420000] Wholesale trade
- [430000] Transportation and warehousing
- [510000] Information
- [520000] Finance and insurance
- [520A00] Financial activities
- [522000] Credit intermediation
- [524000] Insurance carriers
- [530000] Real estate and rental and leasing
- [540000] Professional, scientific, and technical services
- [540A00] Professional and business services
- [560000] Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services
- [600000] Education and health services
- [610000] Educational services
- [611100] Elementary and secondary schools
- [612000] Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and professional schools
- [620000] Health care and social assistance
- [622000] Hospitals
- [623000] Nursing and residential care facilities
- [623100] Nursing care facilities
- [700000] Leisure and hospitality
- [720000] Accommodation and food services
- [810000] Other services (except public administration)
- [920000] Public administration
- [G00000] Goods producing
- [S00000] Service providing
[occupation] Occupation
- [000000] All workers
- [111300] Management, business, and financial occupations
- [112900] Management, professional and related occupations
- [152900] Professional and related occupations
- [250001] Teachers
- [252000] Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers
- [291111] Registered nurses
- [313900] Service occupations
- [410000] Sales and related occupations
- [414300] Sales and office occupations
- [430000] Office and administrative support occupations
- [454700] Construction, and extraction, farming, fishing, and forestry occupations
- [454900] Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations
- [470000] Construction and extraction occupations
- [490000] Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations
- [510000] Production occupations
- [515300] Production, transportation, and material moving occupations
- [530000] Transportation and material moving occupations
[owner] Owner
- [1] Civilian workers
- [2] Private industry workers
- [3] State and local government workers
[seasonal] Seasonal
- [U] Not Seasonally Adjusted
[subcell] Subcell
- [00] All workers
- [01] Less than 100 workers
- [02] Less than 50 workers
- [04] 50-99 workers
- [05] 100 workers or more
- [06] 100-499 workers
- [07] 500 workers or more
- [23] Union
- [24] Nonunion
- [25] Full time
- [26] Part time