Table'F-4. Employer costs per hour worked for employee compensation, and costs as a percent of total compensation, private industry union

and nonunion workers, March 1986

Benefit costs
Total | Wages
Series compen- | ai supple: Retirement] Legaly | Oiner
sation | salaries i and | required 1
Total | Paidleave|mental pay] Insurance | sino, | benefits | Penefits
Cost per hour worked
Ail union workers, private industry gte79 | site | $547 | $123 | $054 | $1.26 | $087 | $1.54 | $0.05
Blue-collar occupations q770 | 11.75 5.95 127 87 1.85 92 4.69 ‘
Goods-producing industries se | 11.78 6.15 4.20 % 1.43 7 4.70 09
Manufacturing 16.64 | 10.80 5.84 1.84 79 1.39 73 1.48 0
Blue-collar occupations 1656 | 10.75 5.82 1.93 at 1.38 70 1.49 to
All nonunion workers, private industry 12.99 9.26 312 85 24 st At 4.00 } (2)
Blue-collar occupations .. 40.32 7.60 27 33 34 54 7 10a | (2)
‘Goods-producing industries 4456 | 1053 4.03 1.04 39 81 cy 124 | (2)
Manufacturing 1469 | 1051 417 145 aT 89 8 119 | (2)
‘Blue-collar occupations 10.77 7.66 ant 87 2 69 29 1.04 (?)
Percent of total compensation
All union workers, private industry .. 100.0 874 926 Th 92 TA 52 92 03
Blue-coltar occupations .. 100.0 664 33.6 72 38 78 52 95 4
Gootls-producing industries 100.0 657 343 67 43 80 54 95 5
Manufacturing 100.0 649 354 84 48 84 44 89 8
Blue-collar occup. 400.0 649 35.1 80 49 a4 43 99 8
All nonunion workers, private industry 100.0 748 252 69 19 49 33 a1 | (2)
Blue-collar occupations 100.0 737 263 Ba 33 53 22 104 | {?)
Goods-producing industries 100.0 723 27 7 a7 56 37 as] (2)
Manufacturing 100.0 16 284 78 25 64 38 at | (2)
Blue-coliar 0 100.0 ma 28.9 62 39 64 27 a7 | (2)

1 Includes severance pay and supplemental unemployment benefits.

2 Cost per hour worked is $0.01 or less or percent is negligible.

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Table F-3. Employer costs per hour worked for employee compensation, and costs as a percent of total compensation, private industry by
industry and occupational categories, March 1986 i
Benefit costs {
Total | . Wages
Series compen: | and Retirement] Legally
sation J salaries | Tota! | Paid leave moral say Insurance | 284 | required | ORE,
savings | benefits
Cost per hour worked |
‘All workers in private industry $67 | $358 | $093 | $090 | $073 | soso | $1.11 | $002
‘Occupational group [|
White-collar occupations 1141 3.93 1.48 2 7 62 1.10 02 i
Professional specialty and technical 14.53 5.19 1.61 30 37 4 1.36 02
Executive, administrative, managerial 16.82 5.42 1.86 40 87 80 147 02 |
Administrative suppor including cloricat 7.40 2.91 8 18 69 43 ai | (2) i
Biue-collar occupations, 3. 9.30 4.04 83 47 a7 St 1.33 03 |
Precision production, craft, and repait 1666 | 11.83 4.83 1,00 58 87 65 4,62 03 i
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors 11.72 7.99 372 9 49 85 AA 1.43 04 i
‘Transportation and material moving ... 12.84 8.99 3.84 79 36 84 AT 1.36 (?) |
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers 10.69 7.87 3.92 62 35 afd AI 17 02 :
Service occupations 6.59 5.01 1.58 co 40 33 Ae 9 | (?)
Industry group ‘ j
Goods-producing industries? 1558 | 1091 487 4.09 50 1.00 87 1.98 03
‘Manufacturing industries, 1530 | 10.60 4.69 124 50 1.05 St 1.28 04
Durables . t654 | 11.30 5.25 1.33 56 121 70 1.38 06
Nondurables 19.48 9.59 3.89 1.03 42 Bt 4a 114] (2)
‘Service-producing industries* .. 12.25 9.13 311 86 24 62 43 99 (7)
‘Transportation and public utilities 1987 | 13.56 6.32 1.72 aT 1.22 121 1.87 02
Wholesale trade. 1540 | 11.99 4.01 4.08 23 93 Bt 1.23 02
Retail trade 7.82 6.04 17 38 14 35 15 74 02
Services .. 12.26 923 3.04 an 19 58 38 96 | (2)
Parcent of total compensation
All workers in private industry 100.0 73.0 27.0 70 23 85 38 84 o4 |
Occupational group |
White-collar occupations . 100.0 744 258 77 18 5.0 40 72 4 i
Professional specially and technical 100.0 137 26.3 82 15 49 47 69 a i
Executive, administrative, managerial 100.0 758 244 83 18 39 36 66 4 i
Administrative support including clerical 100.0 18 282 75 18 67 42 7a | (2) !
Blue-collar occupations 100.0 697 90.9 62 36 65 38 10.0 2 |
Precision production, craft, and repai 100.0 71.0 23.0 60 33 58 39 97 2 !
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors . 100.0 6382 318 67 42 72 a7 96 3 {
Transportation and material moving 100.0 704 29.9 64 28 66 87 106 | (2) |
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers .. 100.0 69.0 31.0 58 33 70 39 109 a |
Service occupations . 100.0 76.0 24.0 54 15 5.0 18 to5 | (2) |
Industry group i
Goods-producing industries? 100.0 70.0 30.0 70 32 64 43 89 2 |
Manufacturing industries 100.0 63.3 307 79 33 68 40 84 3 |
Durables 100.0 683 a7 80 34 73 43 83 4 H
Nondurables .. 100.0 mA 289 78 34 60 36 as | (2) }
Service-producing industries 100.0 746 254 70 17 BA 35 ar | (2) |
‘Transportation and public utilities 100.0 682 318 86 24 62 64 84 5
Wholesale trade 100.0 740 26.0 67 19 60 33 8.0 a
Retail trade . 100.0 73 22.7 49 18 45 19 94
Services 100.0 753 24.7 74 15 48 at 79 | (2)
1 Includes severance pay and supplemental unemployment benefits. 4 Includes transportation, communication, and public utilities; wholesale and ;
2 Cost per hour worked Is $0.01 of fess or percent is negligible. retail trade; finance, insurance, and reat estate; and service industries, hod
9 Includes mining, construction, and manufacturing. bog

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Table F-5. Employer costs per hour worked for components of compensation, and relative standard errors,’ by major industry and occupation
categories, March 1986
(Relative error in percent)

Benefit costs

Industry or Occupation Total | Wages ,
Category Compen-} and Supple- Retirement! Legally | other

x and | required
sation | salaries | Total | Paid leave {mental pay| Insurance savings | benefits benefits? |

Private industry workers

Cost per hour worked .. $1325 | $967 | $358 | $0.93 | $030 | $073 | soso | sist | soo2
Relative error ., 15 1.6 17 24 29 a4 “32 12 8.0
Goods-producing industries
Cost per hour worked .. $15.58 $10.91 $4.67 $1.09 $.50 $1.00 $.67 $1.38 $.03
Relative error ... 1.6 14 24 23 3.6 27 45 18 13

Cost per hour worked .. $i225 | $o13 | $3a.tt $.86 $24 $62 $43 $99 | (3)
Relative error... 24 24 27 40 45 33 53 18 | (3)
Manufacturing
Cost per hour worked .. $15.20 | $10.60 | $469 | $1.21 $50 | $1.05 $61 | $1.28 $.04 |
Relative error... 14 13 19 22 44 26 38 14 92 |
1
Nonmanufacturing i
Cost per hour worke $ize2 | seas | $324 $84 $24 $64 $46 | $105 | (3) |
Relative error . 24 22 24 38 39 29 48 16 | (3) \
i
White-coar occupations |
Cost per hour worked $1534 | $i14i | $393 | $1.18 $25 S77 $62 | $1.10 $02
Relative error ... 22 22 23 29 45 27 45 15 149

Blue-collar occupations
$13.34 $9.30 $4.04 $83 $47 $87 $51 $1.33 $.03
14 a7 16

12 19 26 26 38 84 |
Service occupations
Cost per hour worked .. $6.59 | $501 | $158 $.34 $.10 $33 $.12 $69 | (3)
Relative error... 34 29 85 78 118 97 129 a7 | (3)
1 The relative error is the standard error expressed as a percent of the cost. We 2 Includes severance pay and supplemental unemployment benefits.
can be 9§-percent confident that the interval around the cost estimate bounded by 3 Cost per hour worked is $0.01 or less or percentis negligible.

two times plus and two times minus the standard error contains the ‘true’ cost.

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Employer Costs
for Employee
Compensation, 1986

The Bureau of Labor Statistics has been publishing data
on Employer Costs for Employee Compensation annually
since 1987. These data, with a reference period of March
of each year, show the cost per hour worked to employers
for wages, salaries, and employee benefits. Data are now
available for March 1986, and are presented in tables F-1
to F-4, To aid in assessing the precision of these data, rela-
tive errors for selected industry and occupation categories
are shown in table F-5.

Itis not possible to publish cost level data prior to 1986.
‘That year was the starting point of a substantial expansion

in the BCI sample resulting from a Government-wide ini-
tiative to develop more information on the service-produc-
ing sector of the economy. This larger sample provided cost
level data that met publication criteria.

For additional information on Employer Costs for Em-
ployee Compensation, contact the Division of Compensa-
tion Data Analysis and Planning, Bureau of Labor Statis-
tics, Room 4175, 2 Massachusetts Ave., NE, Washington,
DC 20212-0001. Telephone: (202) 606-6199. E-mail:
ocltinfo@bls.gov and World Wide Web access: http://
stats.bls.gov

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Table F-1. Employer costs per hour worked for employee compensation,

and costs as a percent of total compensation, private industry

by broad industry categories, March 1986

All workers in ‘ng! ,

Compensation private Industry Goods-producing Manufacturing Nonmanufacturing
‘component

Cost__| Percent | Cost | Percent | Cost | Percent | Cost | Percent | Cost | Percent
‘Total compensation .. $13.25 | 100.0 | $15.58 | 100.0 | $1225 | 1000 | $1530 | 1000 | si262 | 1000
‘Wages and salaries .. 967 730 | 10.91 70.0 9.13 746 } 10.60 69.3 9.38 743
Total benefit .. 3.58 27.0 4.87 30.9 ant 25.4 4.69 30.7 9.24 257
Paid leave .. 93 7.0 1.09 70 86 70 1.21 79 84 66
Vacation pay 46 35 56 3.6 42 34 61 4.0 A1 33
Holiday pay 32 24 40 26 29 23 45 3.0 28 22
Sick leave MN 9 10 6 “12 10 aM 7 a ry
Other leave pay 03 2 03 2 03 3 04 2 03 2
‘Supplemental pay 30 23 50 32 2 17 50 33 24 19
Premium pay. 16 12 3t 20 10 8 32 24 a 2
Nonproduction bonuse: 10 7 13 8 08 7 10 10 8
Shift pay 04 3 07 4 03 2 08 03 2
Insurance 13 55 1.00 64 62 64 1.05 68 64 50
Retirement and savings 50 38 67 43 43 35 st 40 46 37
Legally required benefits? 1 84 1.38 89 99 a4 1.28 a4 1,05 83
Social Security .. 74 5.6 86 55 68 56 85 56 70 56
Federal unemployment insurance .. 03 2 03 2 03 2 03 2 03 2
‘State unemployment insurance .. 12 2 18 12 10 8 18 1.2 Bil ag
Workers’ compensation a9 15 29 19 15 12 22 14 19 15

Other benefits+ . 02 a 03 2 (5) (5) 04 3 () (5)

* Includes mining, construction, and manufacturing.
2 Includes transportation, communication, and public utilities; wholesale and
retail trado; finance, insurance, and real estate; and service industries.
Includes railroad retirement and supplemental retirement, railroad

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‘unemployment insurance, and other legally required benefits in addition to those

shown,

4 includes severance pay and supplemental unemployment benefits.

® Cost per hour worked is $0.01 or less or percent is negligible.

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Table F-2, Employer costs per hour worked for employee compensation, and costs as a percent of total
compensation, private industry by broad occupational categories, March 1986

All workers in A
Compensation private industry White-collar Blue-collar Service
‘component
Cost | Percent | Cost | Percent | Cost | Percent | Cost | Percent
Total compensation $19.25 400.0 | $16.94 | 1000 | $13.34 100.0 $6.59 100.0
‘Wages and salaries 9.67 73.0 | 11.41 744 9.30 697 5.01 76.0
Total benefits .. 3.58 27.0 3.93 256 4.04 30.3 1.58 24.0
Paid leave ... 93 7.0 1.18 7 88 62 84 54
Vacation pay 48 35 87 37 44 33 15 23
Holiday pay 32 24 40 26 30 23 At 17
Sick leave .. AW 3 16 V1 OF 5 06 2
Other leave pay 03 2 04 3 02 2 02 3
Supplemental pay 30 23 28 16 A? 36 10 15
Premium pay 16 12 08 6 34 25 05 a
“10 7 14 9 07 Ss 02 4
04 3 03 2 06 5 03 4
73 55 7 5.0 87 65 33 5.0
Retirement and savings .. 50 38 62 40 51 38 12 18
Legally required benefits? 141 84 1.40 72 1.33 10.0 69 10.5
Social Security 74 56 84 55 75 56 40 61
Federal unemployment insurance 03 2 03 2 03 2 03 4
State unemployment insurance 12 9 a 7 16 42 10 16
Workers’ compensation sig 15 0 7 35 26 18 23
Other benefits? .. 02 a 02 a 03 2 (3) (3)

1 fncludes railroad retirement and supplemental retirement,
railroad unemployment insurance, and other legally required

benefits in addition to those shown.

2 Includes severance pay and supplemental unemployment

benefits.
3 Cost per hour worked is $0.01 or less or percent is negligible.

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