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Table 1. CIVILIAN WORKERS BY BROAD OCCUPATIONAL CATEGORIES:  Employer costs per hour worked for employee
Table 2. CIVILIAN WORKERS: Employer costs per hour worked for employee compensation, and costs as a percent of total
Table 3. STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT BY BROAD OCCUPATIONAL AND INDUSTRY CATEGORIES: Employer costs per hour worked for employee
Table 4. STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT: Employer costs per hour worked for employee compensation, and costs as a percent of total
Table 5. PRIVATE INDUSTRY BY BROAD INDUSTRY CATEGORIES: Employer costs per hour worked for employee compensation, and costs as a
Table 6. PRIVATE INDUSTRY BY BROAD OCCUPATIONAL CATEGORIES: Employer costs per hour worked for employee
Table 7. PRIVATE INDUSTRY BY REGION AND BARGAINING STATUS: Employer costs per hour worked for employee compensation, and
Table 8. PRIVATE INDUSTRY BY ESTABLISHMENT EMPLOYMENT SIZE: Employer costs per hour worked for employee compensation, and
Table 9. PRIVATE INDUSTRY BY FULL-TIME AND PART-TIME STATUS: Employer costs per hour worked for employee compensation,
Table 10. PRIVATE INDUSTRY BY OCCUPATIONAL AND INDUSTRY CATEGORIES: Employer costs per hour worked for employee compen-
Table 11. PRIVATE GOODS-PRODUCING AND SERVICE-PRODUCING INDUSTRIES: Employer costs per hour worked for employee compen-
Table 12. PRIVATE MANUFACTURING AND NONMANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES: Employer costs per hour worked for employee compensation,
Table 13.  PRIVATE INDUSTRY UNION AND NONUNION WORKERS: Employer costs per hour worked for employee compensation, and
Table 14. PRIVATE INDUSTRY BY ESTABLISHYMENT SIZE: Employer costs per hour worked for employee compensation, and costs as a
Table 15. PRIVATE INDUSTRY HEALTH SERVICES BY OCCUPATIONAL CATEGORIES:  Employer costs per hour worked for employee compen-
Table 16. TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT INDUployer costs for employee compensation, and costs as a percent of total compensation,
Appendix. Employer costs per hour workeonents of compensation, and relative standard errors,(1) by major industry and

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            EMPLOYER COSTS FOR EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION - MARCH 1994
 
     Employer costs for employee compensation in the United States (private
industry and state and local governments) averaged $18.43 per hour worked in
March 1994, the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics reported
today.  Straight-time wages and salaries (70.9 percent of the costs) averaged
$13.06 an hour, and benefit costs (the remaining 29.1 percent) averaged $5.37.
 
     Legally required benefits (e.g., social security, workers' compensation,
unemployment insurance) averaged $1.59 per hour worked--the largest cost to
employers among the benefit categories.  Legally required benefits accounted
for 8.6 percent of total compensation costs and nearly one-third of all
benefit costs.  (See table 1.)
 
     Other important benefit categories and their average costs per hour
worked were: Insurance ($1.38), paid leave ($1.23), retirement and savings (73
cents), and supplemental pay (40 cents), which includes premium pay for
overtime, shift pay, nonproduction bonuses, and lump-sum payments provided in
lieu of wage increases.
 
Private industry
 
     In private industry, March 1994 employer compensation costs averaged
$17.08 per hour worked, straight-time wages and salaries, $12.14 per hour, and
benefit costs, $4.94 per hour.  (See table 5.)  Compensation costs varied
widely by industry and occupational group, union status, part-time and full-
time status, establishment employment size, and geographic region.  Highlights
for private industry follow:
 
     Compensation costs averaged more for workers in goods-producing
industries ($20.85 per hour worked) than for those in service-producing
industries ($15.82).  (See table 10.)  In goods-
 
 
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  *   This release presents, for the first time, compensation          *
  *   costs by occupational category in private industry health        *
  *   services.  (See table 15.)  Also, wherever feasible, data        *
  *   are now shown separately for professional specialty and for      *
  *   technical occupations.  In addition, table 9 provides            *
  *   information on compensation costs for full-time and part-time    *
  *   workers in private industry; March 1993 data for those two       *
  *   groups of workers are examined in an article in the June 1994    *
  *   issue of the BLS publication Compensation and Working Conditions.*
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producing industries, compensation cost levels ranged from $18.42 in
nondurable goods manufacturing to $22.47 in durable goods manufacturing.
Among service-producing industries, compensation costs ranged from $9.17 in
retail trade to $24.58 in transportation and public utilities.
 
     March 1994 compensation costs also varied within industries.  In health
services, for example, where compensation costs averaged $18.01 per hour
worked, those costs were $11.06 in nursing homes and $20.65 in hospitals.
(See table 15.)
 
     Among occupational categories, average compensation costs were higher for
white-collar occupations ($20.26) than for blue-collar occupations ($16.92)
and service occupations ($8.38).  (See table 6.)  The level of compensation
varied considerably, however, by occupational group within the blue-collar and
white-collar categories.
 
     Benefits in private industry made up a larger proportion of compensation
costs for blue-collar occupations (33.2 percent) than for white-collar
occupations (27.3 percent) and service occupations (24.5 percent).  (See table
10.)  In goods-producing industries, benefits made up 35.3 percent of
compensation costs for blue-collar occupations, compared with 30.3 percent for
white-collar occupations.  The corresponding proportions in service-producing
industries were 29.9 percent and 26.7 percent.  (See table 11.)
 
     March 1994 compensation costs averaged more for union workers ($23.26) in
private industry than for nonunion workers ($16.04).  (See table 13.)  In
addition, benefits made up a larger proportion of compensation costs for union
workers (36.6 percent) than for nonunion workers (27.1 percent).  Union and
nonunion cost levels reflect a variety of influences, including coverage by a
collective bargaining agreement and variation in distribution of union and
nonunion workers among occupations, industries, and establishment size groups.
 
     Compensation costs in private industry increased with establishment
employment size.  (See table 8.)  Compensation costs averaged $14.58 per hour
worked in establishments of under 100 employees, $15.88 in establishments of
100 to 499 employees, and $23.35 in establishments of 500 or more employees.
 
     March 1994 compensation costs for full-time workers were more than double
those for part-time workers.  (See table 9.)  Compensation costs averaged
$19.28 per hour worked for full-time workers, compared with $8.80 for part-
time workers.  Benefit costs made up 29.9 percent of total compensation for
full-time workers, and 20.8 percent for part-time workers.  Employees in an
establishment are classified as full-time or part-time in accordance with the
practices of the establishment, rather than on the basis of the number of
hours worked per week.
 
     Compensation costs by region ranged from $15.05 in the South to $20.03 in
the Northeast.  The proportion of compensation costs made up of benefits
ranged from 27.9 percent in the South to 30.2 percent in the Midwest.  (See
table 7.)
 
State and local governments
 
     In state and local governments, March 1994 employer costs averaged $25.27
per hour worked, straight-time wages and salaries, $17.57, and benefit costs,
$7.71.  (See table 4.)  Compensation costs varied widely by type of work
activity and occupational group.  Highlights for state and local governments
follow:
 
     Among work activities, average compensation costs were higher per hour
worked in services (e.g., health and educational services) than in public
administration ($26.94 and $22.11, respectively).  Those two categories
account for most state and local government employment.
 
     Compensation costs in state and local governments averaged more for
white-collar occupations ($28.60) than for blue-collar ($19.42) and service
occupations ($17.71).  Service occupations include police and firefighters, as
well as janitors, cooks, and nursing aides.
 
     The relative importance of March 1994 employer costs for employee
benefits also varied among occupational categories.  Benefits accounted for
28.8 percent of compensation costs for white-collar occupations, compared
with 35.7 percent for blue-collar and 36.4 percent for service occupations.
 
Notes
 
     Aggregate compensation cost levels in state and local governments should
not be compared directly with those in private industry.  Differences between
the two sectors stem from a number of factors, particularly the variation in
work activities and occupational structures.  Manufacturing and sales, for
example, make up a large part of private industry work activities but are
rarely found in state and local governments.  White-collar occupations account
for two-thirds of the state and local government workforce (largely
professional occupations including teachers), compared with one-half in
private industry.
 
     Differences in compensation cost levels for private industry and state
and local governments are reduced as comparisons move from broad worker
categories (such as white-collar workers) to more specific occupational groups
(such as administrative support including clerical).  Occupational categories
in some cases contain a substantially different mix of occupations in private
industry than in state and local governments.  Service occupations in state
and local governments (including police and firefighters) had compensation
costs that averaged nearly twice as much as those in private industry (where
occupations such as waiters and waitresses, cooks, bartenders, and janitors
were prevalent)--$17.71 an hour compared with $8.38.
 
     An article examining in more detail differences in compensation levels
between private industry and state and local governments, "Cost of Employee
Compensation in Public and Private Sectors," was in the May 1993 issue of the
BLS publication, Monthly Labor Review.
 
     The March 1994 levels of employer costs for employee compensation shown
in this release were calculated using March 1994 employment patterns.
Therefore, changes in cost levels over time reflect both changing rates of
compensation and changes in relative employment among occupations and
industries with different rates of compensation.
 
     A measure of the change in rates of compensation that is not influenced
by employment shifts among occupations and industries is provided by the
Employment Cost Index (ECI), which is published quarterly by the Bureau of
Labor Statistics.
 
                              EXPLANATORY NOTES
 
     Employer costs for employee compensation is a measure of the average cost
per employee hour worked to employers for wages and salaries and benefits.
 
     Wages and salaries are defined as the hourly straight-time wage rate, or
for workers not paid on an hourly basis, straight-time earnings divided by the
corresponding hours.  Straight-time wage and salary rates are total earnings
before payroll deductions, excluding premium pay for overtime and for work on
weekends and holidays, shift differentials, nonproduction bonuses, and lump-
sum payments provided in lieu of wage increases.  Production bonuses,
incentive earnings, commission payments, and cost-of-living adjustments are
included in straight-time wage and salary rates.
 
     Benefits covered are:  Paid leave--paid vacations, holidays, sick leave,
and other leave; supplemental pay--premium pay for overtime and work on
weekends and holidays, shift differentials, nonproduction bonuses, and lump-
sum payments provided in lieu of wage increases; insurance benefits--life,
health, and sickness and accident insurance; retirement and savings benefits--
pension and other retirement plans and savings and thrift plans; legally
required benefits--social security, railroad retirement and supplemental
retirement, railroad unemployment insurance, Federal and state unemployment
insurance, workers' compensation, and other benefits required by law, such as
state temporary disability insurance; and other benefits--severance pay and
supplemental unemployment plans.
 
The Survey
 
     Employer costs for employee compensation cover all occupations in private
industry, excluding farms and households, and state and local governments.
These cost levels are published once a year with the payroll period including
March 12th as the reference period.
 
    The cost levels are based on compensation cost data collected for the
Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Cost Index (ECI), released quarterly.
Cost data were collected from the ECI's March 1994 sample which consisted of
about 23,000 occupations within 4,600 sample establishments in private
industry and 7,000 occupations within 1,000 establishments in state and local
governments.  The sample establishments are classified in industry categories
based on the 1987 Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) system, as defined
by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget.  Within an establishment,
specific job categories are selected to represent broader major occupational
groups such as professional specialty and technical occupations.
 
     The cost levels are calculated with current employment weights each year.
In contrast, the ECI, which measures the change in employer costs for employee
compensation, is calculated with fixed employment counts from the 1980 Census
to prevent employment shifts among occupations and industries from influencing
the changes.  Therefore, year-to-year changes in the cost levels will differ
from those in the ECI.
 
    The March 1994 compensation cost levels were calculated with the March
1994 employment counts from the Bureau of Labor Statistics Current Employment
Statistics program benchmarked to the 1993 universe of all private nonfarm
establishments.  For private industry, in most cases, the employment counts
used were total employment estimates for 2-digit major industry groups (such
as primary metal manufacturing or food stores) as defined by the SIC system.
(For the aerospace industries, employment estimates for 4-digit industries
such as aircraft manufacturing were used.)  For state and local governments,
the employment counts used ranged from those for 3-digit industries such
as hospitals to those for major industry divisions, such as public administration.
 
     The employment data from these 2-digit, 3-digit, or 4-digit industries
were distributed to major occupational groups (such as executives,
administrators, and managers or machine operators, assemblers, and
inspectors), using the relative importance of the groups as estimated by the
ECI sample.  Because the ECI establishment sample is completely replaced,
industry by industry, on a 4-year cycle, the major occupational group
employment counts from the ECI are, on average, 2 to 3 years old.  However,
comparisons of cost level estimates showed that differences of a few years in
the age of the occupation data within industries have a negligible impact on
the estimates.
 
     More information on the cost levels, including how the costs are
calculated, appears in the article "Analyzing employers' costs for wages,
salaries, and benefits" in the October 1987 issue of the Monthly Labor Review.
The published cost levels for March 1987 also appear in that article.
 
     An annual bulletin is issued from the ECI program.  The most recent
bulletin, Employment Cost Indexes and Levels--1975-93 (Bulletin 2434),
provides complete historical data on ECI indexes and levels, and measures of
the precision of the two series through June 1993.  It also includes an
explanation of survey methods and discussion of the published information.
The next annual bulletin, to be issued later this year, will include this
material as well as complete historical ECI data and measures of precision
through June 1994.
 
The Relative Standard Errors
 
     Because the data are based on a sample survey, the compensation cost
estimates probably differ from the figures that would be obtained from all
units covered by the survey.  To determine the precision of each cost level
estimate, a standard error was calculated.
 
     The standard error defines a range (confidence interval) around the cost
estimate.  The approximate 95-percent confidence interval is the estimate plus
or minus twice the standard error.  The standard error can also be expressed
as a percent of the cost estimate, or the relative standard error.  For
example, the 95-percent confidence interval for a cost estimate of $10 with a
relative standard error of 1.0 percent would be $10.00 plus or minus 2.0
percent (2 times 1.0 percent) or $9.80 to $10.20.  We can be 95 percent
confident that the "true" cost falls within the confidence interval.
 
     The relative standard error is shown with the cost estimates for some
series in the appendix.  Relative standard errors for all published estimates
are available upon request.  They also will appear in the 1994 ECI annual
bulletin to be published later this year.  A fuller explanation of the
relative standard errors is provided in the article "Analyzing employers'
costs for wages, salaries, and benefits" in the October 1987 issue of the
Monthly Labor Review.
Table 1. CIVILIAN WORKERS BY BROAD OCCUPATIONAL CATEGORIES:  Employer costs per hour worked for employee
compensation and costs as a percent of total compensation, March 1994
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                       |                   |                   |                   |
                       |                   |                   |                   |
                       |  Civilian workers |    White-collar   |    Blue-collar    |      Service
           Compensation|                   |                   |                   |
            component  |-------------------|-------------------|---------------------------------------
                       |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
                       |   Cost  | Percent |   Cost  | Percent |   Cost  | Percent |   Cost  | Percent
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                       |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
Total compensation.....|  $18.43 |  100.0% |  $21.86 |  100.0% |  $17.09 |  100.0% |  $10.00 |  100.0%
                       |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
 Wages and salaries....|   13.06 |   70.9  |   15.85 |   72.5  |   11.38 |   66.6  |    7.18 |   71.8
                       |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
 Total benefits........|    5.37 |   29.1  |    6.01 |   27.5  |    5.70 |   33.4  |    2.82 |   28.2
                       |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
  Paid leave...........|    1.23 |    6.7  |    1.55 |    7.1  |    1.02 |    6.0  |     .58 |    5.8
   Vacations...........|     .55 |    3.0  |     .65 |    3.0  |     .52 |    3.1  |     .26 |    2.6
   Holidays............|     .42 |    2.3  |     .52 |    2.4  |     .36 |    2.1  |     .18 |    1.8
   Sick leave..........|     .20 |    1.1  |     .28 |    1.3  |     .10 |     .6  |     .10 |    1.0
   Other leave.........|     .07 |     .4  |     .09 |     .4  |     .05 |     .3  |     .03 |     .3
                       |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
  Supplemental pay.....|     .40 |    2.2  |     .38 |    1.8  |     .57 |    3.3  |     .16 |    1.6
   Premium pay.........|     .17 |     .9  |     .09 |     .4  |     .39 |    2.3  |     .08 |     .8
   Shift pay...........|     .05 |     .3  |     .04 |     .2  |     .07 |     .4  |     .04 |     .4
   Nonprod. bonuses....|     .17 |     .9  |     .25 |    1.2  |     .11 |     .7  |     .03 |     .3
                       |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
  Insurance............|    1.38 |    7.5  |    1.55 |    7.1  |    1.48 |    8.7  |     .70 |    7.0
   Life insurance......|     .05 |     .3  |     .06 |     .3  |     .05 |     .3  |     .02 |     .2
   Health insurance....|    1.29 |    7.0  |    1.44 |    6.6  |    1.38 |    8.1  |     .67 |    6.7
   Sickness/accident...|     .05 |     .3  |     .05 |     .2  |     .05 |     .3  |   (1)   |   (1)
                       |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
  Retirement/savings...|     .73 |    4.0  |     .88 |    4.0  |     .67 |    3.9  |     .37 |    3.7
   Pensions............|     .64 |    3.5  |     .76 |    3.5  |     .59 |    3.4  |     .36 |    3.6
   Savings and thrift..|     .09 |     .5  |     .13 |     .6  |     .08 |     .5  |   (1)   |   (1)
                       |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
  Legally required(2)..|    1.59 |    8.6  |    1.60 |    7.3  |    1.91 |   11.2  |    1.00 |   10.0
   Social Security.....|    1.04 |    5.6  |    1.22 |    5.6  |     .98 |    5.7  |     .59 |    5.9
   Federal unemployment|     .03 |     .1  |     .02 |     .1  |     .03 |     .2  |     .03 |     .3
   State unemployment..|     .11 |     .6  |     .11 |     .5  |     .14 |     .8  |     .08 |     .8
   Workers' comp.......|     .39 |    2.1  |     .24 |    1.1  |     .72 |    4.2  |     .30 |    3.0
                       |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
  Other benefits(3)....|     .04 |     .2  |     .04 |     .2  |     .05 |     .3  |   (1)   |   (1)
 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
  1 Cost per hour worked is $0.01 or less.
  2 Includes railroad retirement and supplemental retirement, railroad unemployment insurance, and other legally
required benefits in addition to those shown.
  3 Includes severance pay and supplemental unemployment benefits.
 
Table 2. CIVILIAN WORKERS: Employer costs per hour worked for employee compensation, and costs as a percent of total
compensation, by occupational and industry group, March 1994
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                                     |         |         |                            Benefit costs
                                     |         |         |_____________________________________________________________________
                     Series          |  Total  |   Wages |         |         |         |         |         |         |
                                     | compen- |   and   |         |         | Supple- |         | Retire- | Legally |  Other
                                     |  sation | salaries|  Total  |   Paid  |  mental |Insurance| ment and| required|  bene-
                                     |         |         |         |  leave  |   pay   |         | savings | benefits| fits(1)
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                                     |                                  Cost per hour worked
                                     |_________________________________________________________________________________________
Civilian workers.....................|  $18.43 |  $13.06 |   $5.37 |   $1.23 |   $0.40 |   $1.38 |   $0.73 |   $1.59 |   $0.04
                                     |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
  Occupational group                 |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
    White-collar occupations.........|   21.86 |   15.85 |    6.01 |    1.55 |     .38 |    1.55 |     .88 |    1.60 |     .04
      Prof. specialty/technical......|   29.15 |   21.37 |    7.77 |    1.94 |     .37 |    1.99 |    1.46 |    1.96 |     .04
        Professional.................|   30.23 |   22.30 |    7.93 |    1.93 |     .35 |    2.03 |    1.58 |    1.99 |     .04
          Nurses.....................|   27.46 |   19.80 |    7.66 |    2.04 |    1.08 |    1.51 |     .80 |    2.20 |     .02
          Teachers...................|   30.71 |   23.31 |    7.40 |    1.39 |     .03 |    2.13 |    1.97 |    1.84 |     .03
        Technical....................|   24.13 |   17.07 |    7.06 |    2.02 |     .47 |    1.82 |     .91 |    1.82 |     .03
      Executive, admin., managers....|   31.28 |   22.44 |    8.84 |    2.69 |     .71 |    1.84 |    1.21 |    2.24 |     .14
      Admin. support incl. clerical..|   14.90 |   10.41 |    4.49 |    1.13 |     .26 |    1.41 |     .51 |    1.17 |     .02
    Blue-collar occupations..........|   17.09 |   11.38 |    5.70 |    1.02 |     .57 |    1.48 |     .67 |    1.91 |     .05
    Service occupations..............|   10.00 |    7.18 |    2.82 |     .58 |     .16 |     .70 |     .37 |    1.00 |   (2)
                                     |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
  Industry group                     |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
    Services.........................|   19.68 |   14.39 |    5.29 |    1.29 |     .26 |    1.40 |     .84 |    1.49 |     .02
      Health services................|   19.29 |   13.64 |    5.66 |    1.57 |     .54 |    1.44 |     .57 |    1.53 |     .02
        Hospitals....................|   20.57 |   14.37 |    6.20 |    1.75 |     .62 |    1.63 |     .60 |    1.58 |     .02
      Educational services...........|   25.62 |   18.87 |    6.75 |    1.51 |     .06 |    1.98 |    1.62 |    1.57 |     .02
        Elementary and secondary edu.|   25.52 |   18.80 |    6.72 |    1.40 |     .04 |    2.08 |    1.65 |    1.52 |     .03
        Higher education.............|   28.14 |   20.60 |    7.54 |    1.91 |     .11 |    1.97 |    1.83 |    1.72 |   (2)
                                     |_________________________________________________________________________________________
                                     |                              Percent of total compensation
                                     |_________________________________________________________________________________________
Civilian workers.....................|  100.0% |   70.9% |   29.1% |    6.7% |    2.2% |    7.5% |    4.0% |    8.6% |    0.2%
                                     |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
  Occupational group                 |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
    White-collar occupations.........|  100.0  |   72.5  |   27.5  |    7.1  |    1.8  |    7.1  |    4.0  |    7.3  |     .2
      Prof. specialty/technical......|  100.0  |   73.3  |   26.7  |    6.7  |    1.3  |    6.8  |    5.0  |    6.7  |     .1
        Professional.................|  100.0  |   73.8  |   26.2  |    6.4  |    1.2  |    6.7  |    5.2  |    6.6  |     .1
          Nurses.....................|  100.0  |   72.1  |   27.9  |    7.4  |    3.9  |    5.5  |    2.9  |    8.0  |     .1
          Teachers...................|  100.0  |   75.9  |   24.1  |    4.5  |     .1  |    6.9  |    6.4  |    6.0  |     .1
        Technical....................|  100.0  |   70.7  |   29.3  |    8.4  |    1.9  |    7.5  |    3.8  |    7.5  |     .1
      Executive, admin., managers....|  100.0  |   71.7  |   28.3  |    8.6  |    2.3  |    5.9  |    3.9  |    7.2  |     .4
      Admin. support incl. clerical..|  100.0  |   69.9  |   30.1  |    7.6  |    1.7  |    9.5  |    3.4  |    7.9  |     .1
    Blue-collar occupations..........|  100.0  |   66.6  |   33.4  |    6.0  |    3.3  |    8.7  |    3.9  |   11.2  |     .3
    Service occupations..............|  100.0  |   71.8  |   28.2  |    5.8  |    1.6  |    7.0  |    3.7  |   10.0  |   (2)
                                     |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
  Industry group                     |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
    Services.........................|  100.0  |   73.1  |   26.9  |    6.5  |    1.3  |    7.1  |    4.3  |    7.6  |     .1
      Health services................|  100.0  |   70.7  |   29.3  |    8.1  |    2.8  |    7.5  |    2.9  |    7.9  |     .1
        Hospitals....................|  100.0  |   69.8  |   30.2  |    8.5  |    3.0  |    7.9  |    2.9  |    7.7  |     .1
      Educational services...........|  100.0  |   73.7  |   26.3  |    5.9  |     .2  |    7.7  |    6.3  |    6.1  |     .1
        Elementary and secondary edu.|  100.0  |   73.7  |   26.3  |    5.5  |     .2  |    8.2  |    6.5  |    6.0  |     .1
        Higher education.............|  100.0  |   73.2  |   26.8  |    6.8  |     .4  |    7.0  |    6.5  |    6.1  |   (2)
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
  1 Includes severance pay and supplemental unemployment benefits.      2 Cost per hour worked is $0.01 or less.
Table 3. STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT BY BROAD OCCUPATIONAL AND INDUSTRY CATEGORIES: Employer costs per hour worked for employee
compensation, and costs as a percent of total compensation, March 1994
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                  |                       |                       |                       |
                                  |  All workers in State |      White-collar     |  Service occupations  |   Service industries
           Compensation           | and local governments |      occupations      |                       |
            component             |_______________________|_______________________________________________________________________
                                  |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |
                                  |    Cost   |  Percent  |    Cost   |  Percent  |    Cost   |  Percent  |    Cost   |  Percent
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                  |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |
Total compensation................|   $25.27  |   100.0%  |   $28.60  |   100.0%  |   $17.71  |   100.0%  |   $26.94  |   100.0%
                                  |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |
 Wages and salaries...............|    17.57  |    69.5   |    20.38  |    71.2   |    11.25  |    63.6   |    19.25  |    71.5
                                  |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |
 Total benefits...................|     7.71  |    30.5   |     8.22  |    28.8   |     6.45  |    36.4   |     7.69  |    28.5
                                  |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |
  Paid leave......................|     1.94  |     7.7   |     2.05  |     7.2   |     1.66  |     9.4   |     1.80  |     6.7
   Vacations......................|      .65  |     2.6   |      .61  |     2.1   |      .70  |     4.0   |      .48  |     1.8
   Holidays.......................|      .62  |     2.5   |      .67  |     2.3   |      .51  |     2.9   |      .59  |     2.2
   Sick leave.....................|      .50  |     2.0   |      .57  |     2.0   |      .33  |     1.9   |      .54  |     2.0
   Other leave....................|      .17  |      .7   |      .20  |      .7   |      .11  |      .6   |      .19  |      .7
                                  |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |
  Supplemental pay................|      .20  |      .8   |      .12  |      .4   |      .39  |     2.2   |      .14  |      .5
   Premium pay....................|      .11  |      .4   |      .04  |      .1   |      .21  |     1.2   |      .05  |      .2
   Shift pay......................|      .05  |      .2   |      .03  |      .1   |      .11  |      .6   |      .04  |      .2
   Nonproduction bonuses..........|      .05  |      .2   |      .05  |      .2   |      .07  |      .4   |      .04  |      .2
                                  |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |
  Insurance.......................|     2.15  |     8.5   |     2.31  |     8.1   |     1.73  |     9.8   |     2.24  |     8.3
   Life insurance.................|      .05  |      .2   |      .05  |      .2   |      .04  |      .2   |      .05  |      .2
   Health insurance...............|     2.06  |     8.2   |     2.22  |     7.7   |     1.67  |     9.4   |     2.16  |     8.0
   Sickness and accident insurance|      .04  |      .1   |      .04  |      .1   |      .02  |      .1   |      .04  |      .1
                                  |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |
  Retirement and savings..........|     1.90  |     7.5   |     2.11  |     7.4   |     1.53  |     8.6   |     1.97  |     7.3
   Pensions.......................|     1.88  |     7.4   |     2.09  |     7.3   |     1.52  |     8.6   |     1.96  |     7.3
   Savings and thrift.............|      .02  |      .1   |      .02  |      .1   |    (1)    |    (1)    |      .02  |      .1
                                  |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |
  Legally required(2).............|     1.49  |     5.9   |     1.60  |     5.6   |     1.12  |     6.3   |     1.50  |     5.6
   Social Security................|     1.12  |     4.4   |     1.28  |     4.5   |      .71  |     4.0   |     1.20  |     4.5
   Federal unemployment...........|    (1)    |    (1)    |    (1)    |    (1)    |    (1)    |    (1)    |    (1)    |    (1)
   State unemployment.............|      .04  |      .2   |      .05  |      .2   |      .04  |      .2   |      .04  |      .2
   Workers' compensation..........|      .31  |     1.2   |      .27  |      .9   |      .36  |     2.1   |      .25  |      .9
                                  |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |
  Other benefits(3)...............|      .03  |      .1   |      .03  |      .1   |      .02  |      .1   |      .03  |      .1
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
  1 Cost per hour worked is $0.01 or less.
  2 Includes railroad retirement and supplemental retirement, railroad unemployment insurance, and other legally required benefits
in addition to those shown.
  3 Includes severance pay and supplemental unemployment benefits.
Table 4. STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT: Employer costs per hour worked for employee compensation, and costs as a percent of total
compensation, by occupational and industry group, March 1994
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                                     |         |         |                            Benefit costs
                                     |         |         |_____________________________________________________________________
                     Series          |  Total  |   Wages |         |         |         |         |         |         |
                                     | compen- |   and   |         |         | Supple- |         | Retire- | Legally |  Other
                                     |  sation | salaries|  Total  |   Paid  |  mental |Insurance| ment and| required|  bene-
                                     |         |         |         |  leave  |   pay   |         | savings | benefits| fits(1)
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                     |                                  Cost per hour worked
                                     |_________________________________________________________________________________________
State and local government workers...|  $25.27 |  $17.57 |   $7.71 |   $1.94 |   $0.20 |   $2.15 |   $1.90 |   $1.49 |   $0.03
                                     |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
 Occupational group                  |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
   White-collar occupations..........|   28.60 |   20.38 |    8.22 |    2.05 |     .12 |    2.31 |    2.11 |    1.60 |     .03
     Prof. specialty/technical.......|   34.04 |   24.90 |    9.15 |    2.03 |     .13 |    2.52 |    2.60 |    1.83 |     .04
       Professional..................|   35.31 |   25.93 |    9.38 |    2.04 |     .10 |    2.60 |    2.72 |    1.88 |     .05
         Teachers....................|   37.22 |   27.77 |    9.45 |    1.78 |     .04 |    2.72 |    2.97 |    1.90 |     .04
     Executive, admin., managers.....|   31.81 |   22.04 |    9.77 |    3.19 |     .15 |    2.20 |    2.37 |    1.85 |     .02
     Admin. support incl. clerical...|   16.10 |   10.53 |    5.58 |    1.50 |     .09 |    1.94 |    1.01 |    1.02 |   (2)
   Blue-collar occupations...........|   19.42 |   12.49 |    6.93 |    1.78 |     .36 |    1.94 |    1.34 |    1.49 |     .02
   Service occupations...............|   17.71 |   11.25 |    6.45 |    1.66 |     .39 |    1.73 |    1.53 |    1.12 |     .02
                                     |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
 Industry group                      |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
   Services..........................|   26.94 |   19.25 |    7.69 |    1.80 |     .14 |    2.24 |    1.97 |    1.50 |     .03
     Health services.................|   20.03 |   13.37 |    6.65 |    2.05 |     .52 |    1.60 |    1.08 |    1.39 |     .02
       Hospitals.....................|   20.28 |   13.64 |    6.64 |    2.08 |     .50 |    1.56 |    1.07 |    1.41 |     .02
     Educational services............|   28.60 |   20.67 |    7.93 |    1.75 |     .07 |    2.37 |    2.17 |    1.54 |     .03
       Elementary and secondary educ.|   28.78 |   20.82 |    7.96 |    1.65 |     .05 |    2.48 |    2.23 |    1.51 |     .05
       Higher education..............|   28.94 |   20.91 |    8.03 |    2.03 |     .13 |    2.15 |    2.07 |    1.65 |   (2)
   Public administration.............|   22.11 |   14.47 |    7.64 |    2.19 |     .29 |    1.90 |    1.86 |    1.37 |     .02
                                     |_________________________________________________________________________________________
                                     |                              Percent of total compensation
                                     |_________________________________________________________________________________________
State and local government workers...|  100.0% |   69.5% |   30.5% |    7.7% |    0.8% |    8.5% |    7.5% |    5.9% |    0.1%
                                     |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
 Occupational group                  |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
   White-collar occupations..........|  100.0  |   71.2  |   28.8  |    7.2  |     .4  |    8.1  |    7.4  |    5.6  |     .1
     Prof. specialty/technical.......|  100.0  |   73.1  |   26.9  |    6.0  |     .4  |    7.4  |    7.6  |    5.4  |     .1
       Professional..................|  100.0  |   73.4  |   26.6  |    5.8  |     .3  |    7.4  |    7.7  |    5.3  |     .1
         Teachers....................|  100.0  |   74.6  |   25.4  |    4.8  |     .1  |    7.3  |    8.0  |    5.1  |     .1
     Executive, admin., managers.....|  100.0  |   69.3  |   30.7  |   10.0  |     .5  |    6.9  |    7.4  |    5.8  |     .1
     Admin. support incl. clerical...|  100.0  |   65.4  |   34.6  |    9.3  |     .6  |   12.1  |    6.3  |    6.3  |   (2)
   Blue-collar occupations...........|  100.0  |   64.3  |   35.7  |    9.2  |    1.9  |   10.0  |    6.9  |    7.7  |     .1
   Service occupations...............|  100.0  |   63.6  |   36.4  |    9.4  |    2.2  |    9.8  |    8.6  |    6.3  |     .1
                                     |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
 Industry group                      |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
   Services..........................|  100.0  |   71.5  |   28.5  |    6.7  |     .5  |    8.3  |    7.3  |    5.6  |     .1
     Health services.................|  100.0  |   66.8  |   33.2  |   10.2  |    2.6  |    8.0  |    5.4  |    7.0  |     .1
       Hospitals.....................|  100.0  |   67.3  |   32.7  |   10.2  |    2.5  |    7.7  |    5.3  |    7.0  |     .1
     Educational services............|  100.0  |   72.3  |   27.7  |    6.1  |     .2  |    8.3  |    7.6  |    5.4  |     .1
       Elementary and secondary educ.|  100.0  |   72.4  |   27.6  |    5.7  |     .2  |    8.6  |    7.8  |    5.3  |     .2
       Higher education..............|  100.0  |   72.3  |   27.7  |    7.0  |     .4  |    7.4  |    7.1  |    5.7  |   (2)
   Public administration.............|  100.0  |   65.5  |   34.5  |    9.9  |    1.3  |    8.6  |    8.4  |    6.2  |     .1
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
  1 Includes severance pay and supplemental unemployment benefits.      2 Cost per hour worked is $0.01 or less.
Table 5. PRIVATE INDUSTRY BY BROAD INDUSTRY CATEGORIES: Employer costs per hour worked for employee compensation, and costs as a
percent of total compensation, March 1994
 
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                        |                   |                   |                   |                   |
                        |   All workers in  | Goods-producing(1)|Service-producing(-|   Manufacturing   |  Nonmanufacturing
           Compensation |  private industry |                   |         2)        |                   |
            component   |___________________________________________________________________________________________________
                        |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
                        |   Cost  | Percent |   Cost  | Percent |   Cost  | Percent |   Cost  | Percent |   Cost  | Percent
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                        |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
Total compensation......|  $17.08 |  100.0% |  $20.85 |  100.0% |  $15.82 |  100.0% |  $20.72 |  100.0% |  $16.19 |  100.0%
                        |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
 Wages and salaries.....|   12.14 |   71.1  |   13.87 |   66.5  |   11.56 |   73.1  |   13.69 |   66.1  |   11.76 |   72.6
                        |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
 Total benefits.........|    4.94 |   28.9  |    6.98 |   33.5  |    4.26 |   26.9  |    7.03 |   33.9  |    4.43 |   27.4
                        |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
  Paid leave............|    1.11 |    6.5  |    1.38 |    6.6  |    1.02 |    6.4  |    1.55 |    7.5  |    1.00 |    6.2
   Vacation pay.........|     .54 |    3.2  |     .72 |    3.5  |     .48 |    3.1  |     .79 |    3.8  |     .48 |    3.0
   Holiday pay..........|     .38 |    2.2  |     .50 |    2.4  |     .34 |    2.2  |     .57 |    2.7  |     .33 |    2.1
   Sick leave...........|     .14 |     .8  |     .11 |     .5  |     .15 |     .9  |     .13 |     .6  |     .14 |     .9
   Other leave pay......|     .05 |     .3  |     .05 |     .3  |     .05 |     .3  |     .06 |     .3  |     .05 |     .3
                        |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
  Supplemental pay......|     .44 |    2.6  |     .71 |    3.4  |     .36 |    2.2  |     .72 |    3.5  |     .38 |    2.3
   Premium pay..........|     .19 |    1.1  |     .40 |    1.9  |     .12 |     .7  |     .40 |    1.9  |     .14 |     .8
   Nonproduction bonuses|     .20 |    1.2  |     .23 |    1.1  |     .19 |    1.2  |     .22 |    1.1  |     .19 |    1.2
   Shift pay............|     .06 |     .3  |     .08 |     .4  |     .05 |     .3  |     .10 |     .5  |     .04 |     .3
                        |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
  Insurance.............|    1.23 |    7.2  |    1.85 |    8.9  |    1.03 |    6.5  |    1.96 |    9.5  |    1.06 |    6.5
   Life insurance.......|     .05 |     .3  |     .07 |     .4  |     .04 |     .2  |     .08 |     .4  |     .04 |     .2
   Health insurance.....|    1.14 |    6.7  |    1.70 |    8.1  |     .95 |    6.0  |    1.79 |    8.6  |     .98 |    6.0
   Sickness and accident|     .05 |     .3  |     .08 |     .4  |     .04 |     .2  |     .09 |     .4  |     .04 |     .2
                        |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
  Retirement and savings|     .52 |    3.0  |     .85 |    4.1  |     .41 |    2.6  |     .81 |    3.9  |     .45 |    2.8
   Pensions.............|     .41 |    2.4  |     .68 |    3.3  |     .32 |    2.0  |     .63 |    3.1  |     .35 |    2.2
   Savings and thrift...|     .11 |     .6  |     .17 |     .8  |     .09 |     .6  |     .17 |     .8  |     .09 |     .6
                        |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
  Legally required......|    1.60 |    9.4  |    2.08 |   10.0  |    1.44 |    9.1  |    1.87 |    9.0  |    1.53 |    9.5
   Social Security......|    1.02 |    5.9  |    1.20 |    5.8  |     .95 |    6.0  |    1.20 |    5.8  |     .97 |    6.0
   Federal unemployment |     .03 |     .2  |     .03 |     .1  |     .03 |     .2  |     .03 |     .1  |     .03 |     .2
   State unemployment...|     .13 |     .7  |     .17 |     .8  |     .11 |     .7  |     .16 |     .8  |     .12 |     .7
   Workers' compensation|     .41 |    2.4  |     .68 |    3.2  |     .32 |    2.0  |     .48 |    2.3  |     .39 |    2.4
                        |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
  Other benefits(4).....|     .04 |     .2  |     .11 |     .5  |     .02 |     .1  |     .12 |     .6  |     .02 |     .1
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
  1 Includes mining, construction, and manufacturing.
  2 Includes transportation, communication, and public utilities; wholesale and retail trade; finance, insurance, and
real estate; and service industries.
  3 Includes railroad retirement and supplemental retirement, railroad unemployment insurance, and other legally required
benefits in addition to those shown.
  4 Includes severance pay and supplemental unemployment benefits.
Table 6. PRIVATE INDUSTRY BY BROAD OCCUPATIONAL CATEGORIES: Employer costs per hour worked for employee
compensation, and costs as a percent of total compensation, March 1994
 
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                  |                   |                   |                   |
                                  |   All workers in  |    White-collar   |    Blue-collar    |      Service
           Compensation           |  private industry |                   |                   |
            component             |_______________________________________________________________________________
                                  |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
                                  |   Cost  | Percent |   Cost  | Percent |   Cost  | Percent |   Cost  | Percent
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                  |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
Total compensation................|  $17.08 |  100.0% |  $20.26 |  100.0% |  $16.92 |  100.0% |   $8.38 |  100.0%
                                  |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
 Wages and salaries...............|   12.14 |   71.1  |   14.72 |   72.7  |   11.31 |   66.8  |    6.33 |   75.5
                                  |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
 Total benefits...................|    4.94 |   28.9  |    5.54 |   27.3  |    5.62 |   33.2  |    2.05 |   24.5
                                  |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
  Paid leave......................|    1.11 |    6.5  |    1.46 |    7.2  |     .97 |    5.7  |     .36 |    4.3
   Vacation pay...................|     .54 |    3.2  |     .70 |    3.4  |     .51 |    3.0  |     .17 |    2.0
   Holiday pay....................|     .38 |    2.2  |     .49 |    2.4  |     .35 |    2.1  |     .12 |    1.4
   Sick leave.....................|     .14 |     .8  |     .21 |    1.0  |     .08 |     .5  |     .06 |     .7
   Other leave pay................|     .05 |     .3  |     .07 |     .3  |     .04 |     .2  |   (1)   |   (1)
                                  |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
  Supplemental pay................|     .44 |    2.6  |     .47 |    2.3  |     .58 |    3.4  |     .12 |    1.4
   Premium pay....................|     .19 |    1.1  |     .10 |     .5  |     .39 |    2.3  |     .06 |     .7
   Nonproduction bonuses..........|     .20 |    1.2  |     .31 |    1.5  |     .12 |     .7  |     .02 |     .3
   Shift pay......................|     .06 |     .3  |     .05 |     .3  |     .07 |     .4  |     .03 |     .4
                                  |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
  Insurance.......................|    1.23 |    7.2  |    1.36 |    6.7  |    1.45 |    8.6  |     .47 |    5.6
   Life insurance.................|     .05 |     .3  |     .06 |     .3  |     .05 |     .3  |   (1)   |   (1)
   Health insurance...............|    1.14 |    6.7  |    1.25 |    6.2  |    1.35 |    8.0  |     .45 |    5.4
   Sickness and accident insurance|     .05 |     .3  |     .06 |     .3  |     .06 |     .3  |   (1)   |   (1)
                                  |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
  Retirement and savings..........|     .52 |    3.0  |     .59 |    2.9  |     .63 |    3.7  |     .12 |    1.4
   Pensions.......................|     .41 |    2.4  |     .44 |    2.2  |     .54 |    3.2  |     .10 |    1.2
   Savings and thrift.............|     .11 |     .6  |     .15 |     .8  |     .09 |     .5  |   (1)   |   (1)
                                  |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
  Legally required(2).............|    1.60 |    9.4  |    1.60 |    7.9  |    1.94 |   11.4  |     .98 |   11.7
   Social Security................|    1.02 |    5.9  |    1.20 |    5.9  |     .98 |    5.8  |     .56 |    6.7
   Federal unemployment insurance.|     .03 |     .2  |     .03 |     .2  |     .03 |     .2  |     .04 |     .4
   State unemployment insurance...|     .13 |     .7  |     .12 |     .6  |     .15 |     .9  |     .09 |    1.1
   Workers' compensation..........|     .41 |    2.4  |     .24 |    1.2  |     .74 |    4.4  |     .29 |    3.4
                                  |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
  Other benefits(3)...............|     .04 |     .2  |     .05 |     .2  |     .05 |     .3  |   (1)   |   (1)
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
  1 Cost per hour worked is $0.01 or less.
  2 Includes railroad retirement and supplemental retirement, railroad unemployment insurance, and other legally
required benefits in addition to those shown.
  3 Includes severance pay and supplemental unemployment benefits.
Table 7. PRIVATE INDUSTRY BY REGION AND BARGAINING STATUS: Employer costs per hour worked for employee compensation, and
costs as a percent of total compensation, March 1994
 
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                        |                                                                       |
                        |                                 Region                                |         Bargaining status
                         ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________
           Compensation |                 |                 |                 |                 |                 |
            component   |    Northeast    |      South      |     Midwest     |       West      |      Union      |     Nonunion
                         ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                        |  Cost  | Percent|  Cost  | Percent|  Cost  | Percent|  Cost  | Percent|  Cost  | Percent|  Cost  | Percent
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
Total compensation......| $20.03 |  100.0%| $15.05 |  100.0%| $16.26 |  100.0%| $18.08 |  100.0%| $23.26 |  100.0%| $16.04 |  100.0%
                        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
 Wages and salaries.....|  14.13 |   70.5 |  10.85 |   72.1 |  11.34 |   69.8 |  13.01 |   72.0 |  14.76 |   63.4 |  11.70 |   72.9
                        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
 Total benefits.........|   5.90 |   29.5 |   4.20 |   27.9 |   4.91 |   30.2 |   5.06 |   28.0 |   8.51 |   36.6 |   4.34 |   27.1
                        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
  Paid leave............|   1.43 |    7.1 |    .94 |    6.3 |   1.03 |    6.4 |   1.12 |    6.2 |   1.66 |    7.1 |   1.02 |    6.3
   Vacation pay.........|    .68 |    3.4 |    .46 |    3.1 |    .52 |    3.2 |    .55 |    3.0 |    .90 |    3.9 |    .48 |    3.0
   Holiday pay..........|    .49 |    2.4 |    .32 |    2.1 |    .36 |    2.2 |    .38 |    2.1 |    .53 |    2.3 |    .36 |    2.2
   Sick leave...........|    .19 |     .9 |    .12 |     .8 |    .11 |     .7 |    .15 |     .8 |    .16 |     .7 |    .14 |     .8
   Other leave pay......|    .07 |     .4 |    .04 |     .3 |    .04 |     .3 |    .04 |     .2 |    .08 |     .3 |    .04 |     .3
                        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
  Supplemental pay......|    .53 |    2.6 |    .36 |    2.4 |    .46 |    2.8 |    .46 |    2.5 |    .75 |    3.2 |    .39 |    2.4
   Premium pay..........|    .19 |     .9 |    .17 |    1.1 |    .21 |    1.3 |    .19 |    1.1 |    .50 |    2.1 |    .14 |     .8
   Nonproduction bonuses|    .28 |    1.4 |    .15 |    1.0 |    .19 |    1.2 |    .21 |    1.1 |    .11 |     .5 |    .21 |    1.3
   Shift pay............|    .06 |     .3 |    .04 |     .3 |    .06 |     .4 |    .06 |     .3 |    .14 |     .6 |    .04 |     .3
                        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
  Insurance.............|   1.48 |    7.4 |   1.04 |    6.9 |   1.29 |    7.9 |   1.18 |    6.5 |   2.46 |   10.6 |   1.03 |    6.4
   Life insurance.......|    .06 |     .3 |    .04 |     .3 |    .05 |     .3 |    .04 |     .2 |    .08 |     .3 |    .04 |     .3
   Health insurance.....|   1.37 |    6.9 |    .95 |    6.3 |   1.19 |    7.3 |   1.10 |    6.1 |   2.28 |    9.8 |    .94 |    5.9
   Sickness and accident|    .05 |     .3 |    .05 |     .3 |    .05 |     .3 |    .04 |     .2 |    .10 |     .4 |    .04 |     .2
                        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
  Retirement and savings|    .61 |    3.0 |    .42 |    2.8 |    .55 |    3.4 |    .52 |    2.9 |   1.23 |    5.3 |    .40 |    2.5
   Pensions.............|    .49 |    2.5 |    .32 |    2.2 |    .46 |    2.8 |    .39 |    2.1 |   1.12 |    4.8 |    .29 |    1.8
   Savings and thrift...|    .12 |     .6 |    .10 |     .7 |    .09 |     .6 |    .13 |     .7 |    .12 |     .5 |    .11 |     .7
                        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
  Legally required(1)...|   1.83 |    9.1 |   1.42 |    9.4 |   1.53 |    9.4 |   1.72 |    9.5 |   2.30 |    9.9 |   1.48 |    9.2
   Social Security......|   1.16 |    5.8 |    .91 |    6.0 |    .97 |    5.9 |   1.08 |    6.0 |   1.27 |    5.5 |    .97 |    6.1
   Federal unemployment |    .03 |     .2 |    .03 |     .2 |    .03 |     .2 |    .03 |     .2 |    .03 |     .1 |    .03 |     .2
   State unemployment...|    .18 |     .9 |    .09 |     .6 |    .12 |     .8 |    .13 |     .7 |    .17 |     .7 |    .12 |     .7
   Workers' compensation|    .42 |    2.1 |    .38 |    2.5 |    .38 |    2.3 |    .48 |    2.7 |    .75 |    3.2 |    .35 |    2.2
                        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
  Other benefits(2).....|    .03 |     .1 |    .02 |     .1 |    .06 |     .3 |    .07 |     .4 |    .11 |     .5 |    .03 |     .2
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
  1 Includes 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.
Table 8. PRIVATE INDUSTRY BY ESTABLISHMENT EMPLOYMENT SIZE: Employer costs per hour worked for employee compensation, and
costs as a percent of total compensation, March 1994
 
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                        |                   |                   |
                        |   All workers in  |        1-99       |                    100 workers or more
                        |  private industry |      workers      |
                         ___________________________________________________________________________________________________
                        |                   |                   |
           Compensation |         |         |         |         |                   |                   |
            component   |         |         |         |         |       Total       |      100-499      |500 workers or more
                        |         |         |         |         |                   |      workers      |
                        |   Cost  | Percent |   Cost  | Percent |___________________________________________________________
                        |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
                        |         |         |         |         |   Cost  | Percent |   Cost  | Percent |   Cost  | Percent
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                        |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
Total compensation......|  $17.08 |  100.0% |  $14.58 |  100.0% |  $19.45 |  100.0% |  $15.88 |  100.0% |  $23.35 |  100.0%
                        |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
 Wages and salaries.....|   12.14 |   71.1  |   10.72 |   73.5  |   13.48 |   69.3  |   11.37 |   71.6  |   15.79 |   67.6
                        |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
 Total benefits.........|    4.94 |   28.9  |    3.86 |   26.5  |    5.97 |   30.7  |    4.51 |   28.4  |    7.56 |   32.4
                        |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
  Paid leave............|    1.11 |    6.5  |     .78 |    5.4  |    1.42 |    7.3  |     .99 |    6.2  |    1.89 |    8.1
   Vacations............|     .54 |    3.2  |     .37 |    2.6  |     .70 |    3.6  |     .47 |    3.0  |     .95 |    4.1
   Holidays.............|     .38 |    2.2  |     .28 |    1.9  |     .48 |    2.5  |     .35 |    2.2  |     .62 |    2.7
   Sick leave...........|     .14 |     .8  |     .10 |     .7  |     .17 |     .9  |     .12 |     .8  |     .23 |    1.0
   Other leave..........|     .05 |     .3  |     .03 |     .2  |     .07 |     .3  |     .05 |     .3  |     .09 |     .4
                        |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
  Supplemental pay......|     .44 |    2.6  |     .34 |    2.3  |     .54 |    2.8  |     .40 |    2.5  |     .69 |    3.0
   Premium pay..........|     .19 |    1.1  |     .13 |     .9  |     .24 |    1.3  |     .20 |    1.3  |     .29 |    1.2
   Shift pay............|     .06 |     .3  |   (1)   |   (1)   |     .10 |     .5  |     .05 |     .3  |     .15 |     .6
   Nonproduction bonuses|     .20 |    1.2  |     .20 |    1.4  |     .20 |    1.0  |     .14 |     .9  |     .25 |    1.1
                        |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
  Insurance.............|    1.23 |    7.2  |     .90 |    6.2  |    1.55 |    8.0  |    1.12 |    7.0  |    2.01 |    8.6
   Life insurance.......|     .05 |     .3  |     .03 |     .2  |     .06 |     .3  |     .04 |     .3  |     .08 |     .3
   Health insurance.....|    1.14 |    6.7  |     .84 |    5.7  |    1.42 |    7.3  |    1.03 |    6.5  |    1.84 |    7.9
   Sickness and accident|     .05 |     .3  |     .03 |     .2  |     .07 |     .3  |     .04 |     .3  |     .09 |     .4
  Retirement and savings|     .52 |    3.0  |     .33 |    2.3  |     .70 |    3.6  |     .45 |    2.8  |     .96 |    4.1
   Pensions.............|     .41 |    2.4  |     .27 |    1.9  |     .54 |    2.8  |     .34 |    2.1  |     .76 |    3.2
   Savings and thrift...|     .11 |     .6  |     .06 |     .4  |     .16 |     .8  |     .11 |     .7  |     .21 |     .9
                        |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
  Legally required(2)...|    1.60 |    9.4  |    1.49 |   10.2  |    1.70 |    8.7  |    1.50 |    9.5  |    1.91 |    8.2
   Social Security......|    1.02 |    5.9  |     .90 |    6.1  |    1.13 |    5.8  |     .94 |    5.9  |    1.33 |    5.7
   Federal unemployment.|     .03 |     .2  |     .03 |     .2  |     .03 |     .2  |     .03 |     .2  |     .03 |     .1
   State unemployment...|     .13 |     .7  |     .13 |     .9  |     .12 |     .6  |     .13 |     .8  |     .12 |     .5
   Workers' compensation|     .41 |    2.4  |     .43 |    3.0  |     .38 |    2.0  |     .39 |    2.5  |     .37 |    1.6
                        |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
  Other benefits(3).....|     .04 |     .2  |   (1)   |   (1)   |     .07 |     .3  |     .05 |     .3  |     .09 |     .4
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
  1 Cost per hour worked is $0.01 or less.
  2 Includes railroad retirement and supplemental retirement, railroad unemployment insurance, and other legally required
benefits in addition to those shown.
  3 Includes severance pay and supplemental unemployment benefits.
Table 9. PRIVATE INDUSTRY BY FULL-TIME AND PART-TIME STATUS: Employer costs per hour worked for employee compensation,
and costs as a percent of total compensation, March 1994
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                                       |         |         |                            Benefit costs
                                       |         |         |_____________________________________________________________________
                     Series            |  Total  |   Wages |         |         |         |         |         |         |
                                       | compen- |   and   |         |         | Supple- |         | Retire- | Legally |  Other
                                       |  sation | salaries|  Total  |   Paid  |  mental |Insurance| ment and| required|  bene-
                                       |         |         |         |  leave  |   pay   |         | savings | benefits| fits(1)
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                       |                                  Cost per hour worked
                                       |_________________________________________________________________________________________
Full-time workers, private industry....|  $19.28 |  $13.52 |   $5.77 |   $1.33 |   $0.52 |   $1.48 |   $0.63 |   $1.75 |   $0.05
                                       |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
  White-collar occupations.............|   22.42 |   16.12 |    6.30 |    1.71 |     .54 |    1.59 |     .69 |    1.72 |     .06
     Sales occupations.................|   18.20 |   13.73 |    4.48 |     .94 |     .53 |    1.10 |     .40 |    1.49 |   (2)
     Admin. support incl. clerical.....|   15.47 |   10.80 |    4.67 |    1.17 |     .32 |    1.47 |     .46 |    1.23 |     .02
  Blue-collar occupations..............|   17.68 |   11.74 |    5.95 |    1.05 |     .62 |    1.55 |     .67 |    2.01 |     .05
  Service occupations..................|   10.43 |    7.57 |    2.86 |     .58 |     .18 |     .79 |     .19 |    1.11 |   (2)
                                       |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
  Service-producing industries(3)......|   18.48 |   13.30 |    5.18 |    1.30 |     .44 |    1.30 |     .52 |    1.60 |     .02
     Retail trade......................|   11.89 |    9.09 |    2.80 |     .59 |     .21 |     .63 |     .15 |    1.20 |   (2)
     Service industries................|   18.65 |   13.53 |    5.11 |    1.36 |     .37 |    1.28 |     .53 |    1.56 |     .02
                                       |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
Part-time workers, private industry....|    8.80 |    6.97 |    1.83 |     .27 |     .14 |     .30 |     .11 |    1.02 |   (2)
                                       |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
  White-collar occupations.............|   10.99 |    8.72 |    2.27 |     .41 |     .20 |     .40 |     .15 |    1.11 |   (2)
     Sales occupations.................|    7.40 |    5.92 |    1.48 |     .23 |     .10 |     .25 |     .08 |     .81 |   (2)
     Admin. support incl. clerical.....|    9.90 |    7.79 |    2.11 |     .37 |     .12 |     .44 |     .16 |    1.00 |   (2)
  Blue-collar occupations..............|    9.40 |    7.06 |    2.33 |     .24 |     .17 |     .47 |     .20 |    1.25 |   (2)
  Service occupations..................|    6.18 |    5.00 |    1.18 |     .11 |     .05 |     .13 |     .03 |     .85 |   (2)
                                       |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
  Service-producing industries(3)......|    8.72 |    6.91 |    1.81 |     .26 |     .13 |     .29 |     .11 |    1.01 |   (2)
     Retail trade......................|    6.35 |    5.12 |    1.23 |     .14 |     .07 |     .16 |     .06 |     .80 |   (2)
     Service industries................|   11.10 |    8.79 |    2.31 |     .38 |     .21 |     .39 |     .13 |    1.20 |   (2)
                                       |_________________________________________________________________________________________
                                       |                              Percent of total compensation
                                       |_________________________________________________________________________________________
Full-time workers, private industry....|  100.0% |   70.1% |   29.9% |    6.9% |    2.7% |    7.7% |    3.2% |    9.1% |    0.3%
                                       |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
  White-collar occupations.............|  100.0  |   71.9  |   28.1  |    7.6  |    2.4  |    7.1  |    3.1  |    7.7  |     .2
     Sales occupations.................|  100.0  |   75.4  |   24.6  |    5.2  |    2.9  |    6.0  |    2.2  |    8.2  |   (2)
     Admin. support incl. clerical.....|  100.0  |   69.8  |   30.2  |    7.5  |    2.1  |    9.5  |    3.0  |    7.9  |     .1
  Blue-collar occupations..............|  100.0  |   66.4  |   33.6  |    5.9  |    3.5  |    8.8  |    3.8  |   11.4  |     .3
  Service occupations..................|  100.0  |   72.6  |   27.4  |    5.6  |    1.7  |    7.5  |    1.9  |   10.7  |   (2)
                                       |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
  Service-producing industries(3)......|  100.0  |   72.0  |   28.0  |    7.0  |    2.4  |    7.0  |    2.8  |    8.6  |     .1
     Retail trade......................|  100.0  |   76.4  |   23.6  |    4.9  |    1.8  |    5.3  |    1.3  |   10.1  |   (2)
     Service industries................|  100.0  |   72.6  |   27.4  |    7.3  |    2.0  |    6.9  |    2.8  |    8.4  |     .1
                                       |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
Part-time workers, private industry....|  100.0  |   79.2  |   20.8  |    3.0  |    1.5  |    3.4  |    1.2  |   11.6  |   (2)
                                       |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
  White-collar occupations.............|  100.0  |   79.3  |   20.7  |    3.7  |    1.8  |    3.6  |    1.4  |   10.1  |   (2)
     Sales occupations.................|  100.0  |   80.0  |   20.0  |    3.2  |    1.3  |    3.4  |    1.1  |   11.0  |   (2)
     Admin. support incl. clerical.....|  100.0  |   78.7  |   21.3  |    3.8  |    1.2  |    4.5  |    1.6  |   10.1  |   (2)
  Blue-collar occupations..............|  100.0  |   75.2  |   24.8  |    2.6  |    1.8  |    5.0  |    2.1  |   13.3  |   (2)
  Service occupations..................|  100.0  |   80.9  |   19.1  |    1.9  |     .9  |    2.1  |     .5  |   13.7  |   (2)
                                       |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
  Service-producing industries(3)......|  100.0  |   79.2  |   20.8  |    3.0  |    1.5  |    3.4  |    1.2  |   11.6  |   (2)
     Retail trade......................|  100.0  |   80.6  |   19.4  |    2.1  |    1.1  |    2.5  |     .9  |   12.7  |   (2)
     Service industries................|  100.0  |   79.2  |   20.8  |    3.5  |    1.8  |    3.5  |    1.2  |   10.8  |   (2)
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
  1 Includes severance pay and supplemental unemployment benefits.      3 Includes transport., comm., and public utilities;
  2 Cost per hour worked is $0.01 or less.                            wholesale and retail trade; finance, insur. and real
                                                                      estate; and services.
Table 10. PRIVATE INDUSTRY BY OCCUPATIONAL AND INDUSTRY CATEGORIES: Employer costs per hour worked for employee compen-
sation, and costs as a percent of total compensation, March 1994
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                       |         |         |                            Benefit costs
                                       |         |         |_____________________________________________________________________
                     Series            |  Total  |   Wages |         |         |         |         |         |         |
                                       | compen- |   and   |         |         | Supple- |         | Retire- | Legally |  Other
                                       |  sation | salaries|  Total  |   Paid  |  mental |Insurance| ment and| required|  bene-
                                       |         |         |         |  leave  |   pay   |         | savings | benefits| fits(1)
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                       |                                  Cost per hour worked
                                       |_________________________________________________________________________________________
All workers in private industry........|  $17.08 |  $12.14 |   $4.94 |   $1.11 |   $0.44 |   $1.23 |   $0.52 |   $1.60 |   $0.04
                                       |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
 Occupational group                    |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
  White-collar occupations.............|   20.26 |   14.72 |    5.54 |    1.46 |     .47 |    1.36 |     .59 |    1.60 |     .05
    Prof. specialty/technical..........|   27.66 |   20.14 |    7.52 |    2.10 |     .61 |    1.74 |     .91 |    2.11 |     .05
      Professional.....................|   29.25 |   21.40 |    7.85 |    2.20 |     .67 |    1.75 |     .97 |    2.21 |     .06
      Technical........................|   23.95 |   17.19 |    6.76 |    1.89 |     .47 |    1.71 |     .78 |    1.89 |     .03
    Executive/administrative/managerial|   31.13 |   22.50 |    8.63 |    2.59 |     .84 |    1.76 |     .95 |    2.33 |     .16
    Sales occupations..................|   13.82 |   10.56 |    3.26 |     .65 |     .36 |     .75 |     .27 |    1.22 |   (2)
    Admin. support incl. clerical......|   14.66 |   10.36 |    4.29 |    1.05 |     .29 |    1.32 |     .42 |    1.19 |     .02
  Blue-collar occupations..............|   16.92 |   11.31 |    5.62 |     .97 |     .58 |    1.45 |     .63 |    1.94 |     .05
    Precision production, craft, repair|   21.74 |   14.63 |    7.11 |    1.30 |     .70 |    1.75 |     .84 |    2.46 |     .05
    Machine opers./assemblers/inspect..|   16.04 |   10.30 |    5.74 |    1.04 |     .71 |    1.64 |     .61 |    1.65 |     .09
    Transportation and material moving.|   17.08 |   11.41 |    5.67 |     .93 |     .49 |    1.38 |     .67 |    2.17 |     .03
    Handlers/equip. clean/helpers/labor|   11.96 |    8.29 |    3.67 |     .54 |     .35 |     .93 |     .36 |    1.48 |   (2)
  Service occupations..................|    8.38 |    6.33 |    2.05 |     .36 |     .12 |     .47 |     .12 |     .98 |   (2)
                                       |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
 Industry group                        |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
  Goods-producing industries(3)........|   20.85 |   13.87 |    6.98 |    1.38 |     .71 |    1.85 |     .85 |    2.08 |     .11
    Construction.......................|   20.59 |   14.14 |    6.45 |     .64 |     .61 |    1.38 |     .91 |    2.91 |   (2)
    Manufacturing industries ..........|   20.72 |   13.69 |    7.03 |    1.55 |     .72 |    1.96 |     .81 |    1.87 |     .12
      Durables.........................|   22.47 |   14.52 |    7.95 |    1.72 |     .83 |    2.25 |     .94 |    2.01 |     .19
      Nondurables......................|   18.42 |   12.60 |    5.82 |    1.32 |     .57 |    1.58 |     .64 |    1.70 |     .03
  Service-producing industries(4)......|   15.82 |   11.56 |    4.26 |    1.02 |     .36 |    1.03 |     .41 |    1.44 |     .02
    Transportation and public utilities|   24.58 |   16.68 |    7.89 |    1.96 |     .54 |    2.08 |     .94 |    2.34 |     .03
    Wholesale trade....................|   18.42 |   13.11 |    5.31 |    1.20 |     .48 |    1.42 |     .47 |    1.72 |     .02
    Retail trade.......................|    9.17 |    7.14 |    2.03 |     .37 |     .14 |     .40 |     .11 |    1.01 |   (2)
    Finance, insurance, and real estate|   21.02 |   15.04 |    5.99 |    1.50 |     .81 |    1.43 |     .68 |    1.52 |     .05
    Services...........................|   16.79 |   12.37 |    4.42 |    1.12 |     .33 |    1.06 |     .43 |    1.47 |     .02
                                       |_________________________________________________________________________________________
                                       |                              Percent of total compensation
                                       |_________________________________________________________________________________________
All workers in private industry........|  100.0% |   71.1% |   28.9% |    6.5% |    2.6% |    7.2% |    3.0% |    9.4% |    0.2%
                                       |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
 Occupational group                    |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
  White-collar occupations.............|  100.0  |   72.7  |   27.3  |    7.2  |    2.3  |    6.7  |    2.9  |    7.9  |     .2
    Prof. specialty/technical..........|  100.0  |   72.8  |   27.2  |    7.6  |    2.2  |    6.3  |    3.3  |    7.6  |     .2
      Professional.....................|  100.0  |   73.2  |   26.8  |    7.5  |    2.3  |    6.0  |    3.3  |    7.6  |     .2
      Technical........................|  100.0  |   71.8  |   28.2  |    7.9  |    2.0  |    7.1  |    3.3  |    7.9  |     .1
    Executive/administrative/managerial|  100.0  |   72.3  |   27.7  |    8.3  |    2.7  |    5.7  |    3.1  |    7.5  |     .5
    Sales occupations..................|  100.0  |   76.4  |   23.6  |    4.7  |    2.6  |    5.4  |    2.0  |    8.8  |   (2)
    Admin. support incl. clerical......|  100.0  |   70.7  |   29.3  |    7.2  |    2.0  |    9.0  |    2.9  |    8.2  |     .1
  Blue-collar occupations..............|  100.0  |   66.8  |   33.2  |    5.7  |    3.4  |    8.6  |    3.7  |   11.4  |     .3
    Precision production, craft, repair|  100.0  |   67.3  |   32.7  |    6.0  |    3.2  |    8.1  |    3.9  |   11.3  |     .2
    Machine opers./assemblers/inspect..|  100.0  |   64.2  |   35.8  |    6.5  |    4.5  |   10.2  |    3.8  |   10.3  |     .6
    Transportation and material moving.|  100.0  |   66.8  |   33.2  |    5.5  |    2.9  |    8.1  |    3.9  |   12.7  |     .2
    Handlers/equip. clean/helpers/labor|  100.0  |   69.3  |   30.7  |    4.5  |    2.9  |    7.8  |    3.0  |   12.4  |   (2)
  Service occupations..................|  100.0  |   75.5  |   24.5  |    4.3  |    1.4  |    5.6  |    1.4  |   11.7  |   (2)
                                       |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
 Industry group                        |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
  Goods-producing industries(3)........|  100.0  |   66.5  |   33.5  |    6.6  |    3.4  |    8.9  |    4.1  |   10.0  |     .5
    Construction.......................|  100.0  |   68.7  |   31.3  |    3.1  |    3.0  |    6.7  |    4.4  |   14.1  |   (2)
    Manufacturing industries ..........|  100.0  |   66.1  |   33.9  |    7.5  |    3.5  |    9.5  |    3.9  |    9.0  |     .6
      Durables.........................|  100.0  |   64.6  |   35.4  |    7.7  |    3.7  |   10.0  |    4.2  |    8.9  |     .9
      Nondurables......................|  100.0  |   68.4  |   31.6  |    7.2  |    3.1  |    8.6  |    3.4  |    9.2  |     .1
  Service-producing industries(4)......|  100.0  |   73.1  |   26.9  |    6.4  |    2.2  |    6.5  |    2.6  |    9.1  |     .1
    Transportation and public utilities|  100.0  |   67.9  |   32.1  |    8.0  |    2.2  |    8.5  |    3.8  |    9.5  |     .1
    Wholesale trade....................|  100.0  |   71.2  |   28.8  |    6.5  |    2.6  |    7.7  |    2.6  |    9.4  |     .1
    Retail trade.......................|  100.0  |   77.9  |   22.1  |    4.0  |    1.6  |    4.4  |    1.2  |   11.0  |   (2)
    Finance, insurance, and real estate|  100.0  |   71.5  |   28.5  |    7.1  |    3.8  |    6.8  |    3.2  |    7.2  |     .2
    Services...........................|  100.0  |   73.6  |   26.4  |    6.7  |    2.0  |    6.3  |    2.6  |    8.8  |     .1
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
  1 Includes severance pay and supplemental unemployment benefits.      4 Includes transportation, comm., and pub. util.;
  2 Cost per hour worked is $0.01 or less.                           wholesale and retail trade; finance, insurance, and
  3 Includes mining, construction, and manufacturing.                real estate; and service industries.
Table 11. PRIVATE GOODS-PRODUCING AND SERVICE-PRODUCING INDUSTRIES: Employer costs per hour worked for employee compen-
sation, and costs as a percent of total compensation, March 1994
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                       |         |         |                            Benefit costs
                                       |         |         |_____________________________________________________________________
                     Series            |  Total  |   Wages |         |         |         |         |         |         |
                                       | compen- |   and   |         |         | Supple- |         | Retire- | Legally |  Other
                                       |  sation | salaries|  Total  |   Paid  |  mental |Insurance| ment and| required|  bene-
                                       |         |         |         |  leave  |   pay   |         | savings | benefits| fits(1)
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                       |
                                       |                                  Cost per hour worked
                                       |_________________________________________________________________________________________
                                       |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
All workers, goods-producing industries|  $20.85 |  $13.87 |   $6.98 |   $1.38 |   $0.71 |   $1.85 |   $0.85 |   $2.08 |   $0.11
                                       |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
  White-collar occupations.............|   26.29 |   18.32 |    7.98 |    2.16 |     .62 |    2.08 |     .90 |    2.04 |     .17
    Prof. specialty/technical..........|   30.23 |   20.75 |    9.48 |    2.68 |     .75 |    2.44 |    1.29 |    2.24 |     .09
      Professional.....................|   33.29 |   23.06 |   10.22 |    2.95 |     .84 |    2.52 |    1.43 |    2.38 |     .11
      Technical........................|   24.30 |   16.25 |    8.04 |    2.16 |     .57 |    2.29 |    1.00 |    1.95 |     .06
    Executive/administrative/managerial|   37.34 |   26.52 |   10.81 |    3.20 |     .79 |    2.32 |    1.17 |    2.84 |     .50
    Admin. support incl. clerical......|   16.23 |   11.03 |    5.20 |    1.15 |     .44 |    1.73 |     .49 |    1.37 |     .03
                                       |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
  Blue-collar occupations..............|   18.75 |   12.14 |    6.62 |    1.08 |     .75 |    1.77 |     .83 |    2.12 |     .08
    Precision production, craft, repair|   23.69 |   15.51 |    8.18 |    1.31 |     .84 |    2.04 |    1.13 |    2.77 |     .08
    Machine opers./assemblers/inspect..|   16.98 |   10.75 |    6.22 |    1.12 |     .79 |    1.80 |     .70 |    1.71 |     .11
    Transportation and material moving.|   18.81 |   12.04 |    6.77 |    1.01 |     .76 |    1.77 |     .92 |    2.23 |     .08
    Handlers/equip. clean/helpers/labor|   13.59 |    9.04 |    4.55 |     .58 |     .47 |    1.18 |     .52 |    1.77 |     .03
                                       |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
  Service occupations..................|   15.47 |   10.36 |    5.11 |     .97 |     .42 |    1.45 |     .68 |    1.52 |     .07
                                       |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
All workers, service-producing industri|   15.82 |   11.56 |    4.26 |    1.02 |     .36 |    1.03 |     .41 |    1.44 |     .02
                                       |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
  White-collar occupations.............|   19.26 |   14.13 |    5.14 |    1.35 |     .45 |    1.24 |     .54 |    1.53 |     .03
    Prof. specialty/technical..........|   27.13 |   20.01 |    7.12 |    1.99 |     .58 |    1.59 |     .84 |    2.09 |     .04
      Professional.....................|   28.48 |   21.09 |    7.40 |    2.05 |     .64 |    1.60 |     .88 |    2.18 |     .05
      Technical........................|   23.87 |   17.41 |    6.46 |    1.82 |     .45 |    1.57 |     .73 |    1.87 |     .02
    Executive/administrative/managerial|   29.26 |   21.29 |    7.97 |    2.40 |     .86 |    1.59 |     .89 |    2.17 |     .06
    Sales workers......................|   13.44 |   10.29 |    3.15 |     .62 |     .35 |     .72 |     .26 |    1.19 |   (4)
    Admin. support incl. clerical......|   14.38 |   10.25 |    4.13 |    1.03 |     .26 |    1.25 |     .41 |    1.16 |   (4)
                                       |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
  Blue-collar occupations..............|   14.70 |   10.30 |    4.40 |     .84 |     .38 |    1.07 |     .38 |    1.72 |   (4)
    Precision production, craft, repair|   19.10 |   13.44 |    5.66 |    1.28 |     .51 |    1.37 |     .45 |    2.04 |   (4)
    Transportation and material moving.|   16.38 |   11.15 |    5.23 |     .90 |     .38 |    1.23 |     .56 |    2.14 |   (4)
    Handlers/equip. clean/helpers/labor|   11.01 |    7.85 |    3.16 |     .52 |     .28 |     .79 |     .27 |    1.31 |   (4)
                                       |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
  Service occupations..................|    8.21 |    6.23 |    1.97 |     .34 |     .11 |     .45 |     .10 |     .97 |   (4)
                                       |_________________________________________________________________________________________
                                       |
                                       |                              Percent of total compensation
                                       |_________________________________________________________________________________________
                                       |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
All workers, goods-producing industries|  100.0% |   66.5% |   33.5% |    6.6% |    3.4% |    8.9% |    4.1% |   10.0% |    0.5%
                                       |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
  White-collar occupations.............|  100.0  |   69.7  |   30.3  |    8.2  |    2.4  |    7.9  |    3.4  |    7.8  |     .7
    Prof. specialty/technical..........|  100.0  |   68.6  |   31.4  |    8.9  |    2.5  |    8.1  |    4.3  |    7.4  |     .3
      Professional.....................|  100.0  |   69.3  |   30.7  |    8.9  |    2.5  |    7.6  |    4.3  |    7.2  |     .3
      Technical........................|  100.0  |   66.9  |   33.1  |    8.9  |    2.4  |    9.4  |    4.1  |    8.0  |     .3
    Executive/administrative/managerial|  100.0  |   71.0  |   29.0  |    8.6  |    2.1  |    6.2  |    3.1  |    7.6  |    1.3
    Admin. support incl. clerical......|  100.0  |   68.0  |   32.0  |    7.1  |    2.7  |   10.7  |    3.0  |    8.4  |     .2
                                       |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
  Blue-collar occupations..............|  100.0  |   64.7  |   35.3  |    5.7  |    4.0  |    9.4  |    4.4  |   11.3  |     .4
    Precision production, craft, repair|  100.0  |   65.5  |   34.5  |    5.5  |    3.6  |    8.6  |    4.8  |   11.7  |     .4
    Machine opers./assemblers/inspect..|  100.0  |   63.3  |   36.7  |    6.6  |    4.6  |   10.6  |    4.1  |   10.1  |     .6
    Transportation and material moving.|  100.0  |   64.0  |   36.0  |    5.4  |    4.0  |    9.4  |    4.9  |   11.9  |     .4
    Handlers/equip. clean/helpers/labor|  100.0  |   66.5  |   33.5  |    4.2  |    3.4  |    8.7  |    3.9  |   13.0  |     .2
                                       |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
  Service occupations..................|  100.0  |   67.0  |   33.0  |    6.3  |    2.7  |    9.4  |    4.4  |    9.8  |     .5
                                       |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
All workers, service-producing industri|  100.0  |   73.1  |   26.9  |    6.4  |    2.2  |    6.5  |    2.6  |    9.1  |     .1
                                       |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
  White-collar occupations.............|  100.0  |   73.3  |   26.7  |    7.0  |    2.3  |    6.5  |    2.8  |    7.9  |     .1
    Prof. specialty/technical..........|  100.0  |   73.8  |   26.2  |    7.3  |    2.1  |    5.9  |    3.1  |    7.7  |     .1
      Professional.....................|  100.0  |   74.0  |   26.0  |    7.2  |    2.2  |    5.6  |    3.1  |    7.6  |     .2
      Technical........................|  100.0  |   72.9  |   27.1  |    7.6  |    1.9  |    6.6  |    3.0  |    7.8  |     .1
    Executive/administrative/managerial|  100.0  |   72.8  |   27.2  |    8.2  |    2.9  |    5.4  |    3.0  |    7.4  |     .2
    Sales workers......................|  100.0  |   76.6  |   23.4  |    4.6  |    2.6  |    5.4  |    1.9  |    8.9  |   (4)
    Admin. support incl. clerical......|  100.0  |   71.3  |   28.7  |    7.2  |    1.8  |    8.7  |    2.8  |    8.1  |   (4)
                                       |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
  Blue-collar occupations..............|  100.0  |   70.1  |   29.9  |    5.7  |    2.6  |    7.3  |    2.6  |   11.7  |   (4)
    Precision production, craft, repair|  100.0  |   70.3  |   29.7  |    6.7  |    2.6  |    7.2  |    2.4  |   10.7  |   (4)
    Transportation and material moving.|  100.0  |   68.1  |   31.9  |    5.5  |    2.3  |    7.5  |    3.4  |   13.1  |   (4)
    Handlers/equip. clean/helpers/labor|  100.0  |   71.3  |   28.7  |    4.7  |    2.5  |    7.1  |    2.4  |   11.9  |   (4)
                                       |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
  Service occupations..................|  100.0  |   75.9  |   24.1  |    4.2  |    1.3  |    5.4  |    1.2  |   11.8  |   (4)
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
  1 Includes severance pay and supplemental unemployment benefits.
  2 Includes mining, construction, and manufacturing.
  3 Includes transportation, communication, and public utilities; wholesale and retail trade; finance, insurance, and real
estate; and service industries.
  4 Cost per hour worked is $0.01 or less.
Table 12. PRIVATE MANUFACTURING AND NONMANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES: Employer costs per hour worked for employee compensation,
and costs as a percent of total compensation, March 1994
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                       |         |         |                            Benefit costs
                                       |         |         |_____________________________________________________________________
                     Series            |  Total  |   Wages |         |         |         |         |         |         |
                                       | compen- |   and   |         |         | Supple- |         | Retire- | Legally |  Other
                                       |  sation | salaries|  Total  |   Paid  |  mental |Insurance| ment and| required|  bene-
                                       |         |         |         |  leave  |   pay   |         | savings | benefits| fits(1)
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                       |                                  Cost per hour worked
                                       |_________________________________________________________________________________________
                                       |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
All workers, manufacturing industries .|  $20.72 |  $13.69 |   $7.03 |   $1.55 |   $0.72 |   $1.96 |   $0.81 |   $1.87 |   $0.12
                                       |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
  White-collar occupations.............|   26.45 |   18.40 |    8.05 |    2.27 |     .56 |    2.15 |     .90 |    1.98 |     .19
    Prof. specialty/technical..........|   29.46 |   20.35 |    9.10 |    2.65 |     .50 |    2.48 |    1.20 |    2.21 |     .07
      Professional.....................|   32.23 |   22.53 |    9.70 |    2.91 |     .48 |    2.56 |    1.34 |    2.35 |     .07
      Technical........................|   24.12 |   16.17 |    7.95 |    2.15 |     .55 |    2.32 |     .94 |    1.94 |     .05
    Executive/administrative/managerial|   39.36 |   27.83 |   11.53 |    3.62 |     .87 |    2.45 |    1.26 |    2.68 |     .64
    Admin. support incl. clerical......|   16.47 |   11.15 |    5.33 |    1.22 |     .43 |    1.78 |     .49 |    1.38 |     .03
                                       |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
  Blue-collar occupations..............|   18.21 |   11.60 |    6.60 |    1.23 |     .80 |    1.88 |     .76 |    1.83 |     .09
    Precision production, craft, repair|   24.13 |   15.38 |    8.76 |    1.82 |    1.04 |    2.40 |    1.08 |    2.31 |     .10
    Machine opers./assemblers/inspect..|   16.98 |   10.75 |    6.22 |    1.13 |     .78 |    1.80 |     .70 |    1.71 |     .11
    Transportation and material moving.|   18.60 |   11.93 |    6.67 |    1.15 |     .72 |    1.89 |     .85 |    1.98 |     .08
    Handlers/equip. clean/helpers/labor|   13.32 |    8.70 |    4.63 |     .74 |     .53 |    1.37 |     .47 |    1.49 |     .04
                                       |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
  Service occupations..................|   16.11 |   10.66 |    5.45 |    1.06 |     .45 |    1.58 |     .75 |    1.54 |     .08
                                       |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
All workers, nonmanufacturing industrie|   16.19 |   11.76 |    4.43 |    1.00 |     .38 |    1.06 |     .45 |    1.53 |     .02
                                       |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
  White-collar occupations.............|   19.41 |   14.22 |    5.19 |    1.35 |     .46 |    1.26 |     .55 |    1.55 |     .03
    Prof. specialty/technical..........|   27.32 |   20.09 |    7.22 |    2.00 |     .63 |    1.60 |     .86 |    2.09 |     .04
      Professional.....................|   28.73 |   21.20 |    7.52 |    2.07 |     .71 |    1.61 |     .90 |    2.19 |     .05
      Technical........................|   23.92 |   17.42 |    6.50 |    1.83 |     .45 |    1.58 |     .74 |    1.88 |     .02
    Executive/administrative/managerial|   29.37 |   21.36 |    8.01 |    2.37 |     .83 |    1.61 |     .89 |    2.25 |     .06
    Sales workers......................|   13.50 |   10.33 |    3.17 |     .62 |     .35 |     .73 |     .26 |    1.20 |   (2)
    Admin. support incl. clerical......|   14.39 |   10.25 |    4.14 |    1.03 |     .27 |    1.25 |     .41 |    1.17 |   (2)
                                       |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
  Blue-collar occupations..............|   16.03 |   11.10 |    4.93 |     .79 |     .42 |    1.15 |     .53 |    2.01 |     .02
    Precision production, craft, repair|   20.70 |   14.31 |    6.39 |    1.07 |     .55 |    1.47 |     .74 |    2.53 |     .03
    Transportation and material moving.|   16.71 |   11.28 |    5.43 |     .88 |     .43 |    1.26 |     .62 |    2.22 |     .02
    Handlers/equip. clean/helpers/labor|   11.54 |    8.17 |    3.37 |     .48 |     .29 |     .80 |     .33 |    1.48 |   (2)
                                       |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
  Service occupations..................|    8.21 |    6.23 |    1.97 |     .34 |     .11 |     .45 |     .10 |     .97 |   (2)
                                       |_________________________________________________________________________________________
                                       |
                                       |                              Percent of total compensation
                                       |_________________________________________________________________________________________
                                       |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
All workers, manufacturing industries .|  100.0% |   66.1% |   33.9% |    7.5% |    3.5% |    9.5% |    3.9% |    9.0% |    0.6%
                                       |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
  White-collar occupations.............|  100.0  |   69.6  |   30.4  |    8.6  |    2.1  |    8.1  |    3.4  |    7.5  |     .7
    Prof. specialty/technical..........|  100.0  |   69.1  |   30.9  |    9.0  |    1.7  |    8.4  |    4.1  |    7.5  |     .2
      Professional.....................|  100.0  |   69.9  |   30.1  |    9.0  |    1.5  |    7.9  |    4.2  |    7.3  |     .2
      Technical........................|  100.0  |   67.0  |   33.0  |    8.9  |    2.3  |    9.6  |    3.9  |    8.0  |     .2
    Executive/administrative/managerial|  100.0  |   70.7  |   29.3  |    9.2  |    2.2  |    6.2  |    3.2  |    6.8  |    1.6
    Admin. support incl. clerical......|  100.0  |   67.7  |   32.3  |    7.4  |    2.6  |   10.8  |    3.0  |    8.4  |     .2
                                       |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
  Blue-collar occupations..............|  100.0  |   63.7  |   36.3  |    6.8  |    4.4  |   10.3  |    4.2  |   10.1  |     .5
    Precision production, craft, repair|  100.0  |   63.7  |   36.3  |    7.6  |    4.3  |    9.9  |    4.5  |    9.6  |     .4
    Machine opers./assemblers/inspect..|  100.0  |   63.3  |   36.7  |    6.6  |    4.6  |   10.6  |    4.1  |   10.1  |     .6
    Transportation and material moving.|  100.0  |   64.1  |   35.9  |    6.2  |    3.9  |   10.2  |    4.6  |   10.7  |     .4
    Handlers/equip. clean/helpers/labor|  100.0  |   65.3  |   34.7  |    5.5  |    4.0  |   10.3  |    3.5  |   11.2  |     .3
                                       |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
  Service occupations..................|  100.0  |   66.2  |   33.8  |    6.6  |    2.8  |    9.8  |    4.7  |    9.5  |     .5
                                       |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
All workers, nonmanufacturing industrie|  100.0  |   72.6  |   27.4  |    6.2  |    2.3  |    6.5  |    2.8  |    9.5  |     .1
                                       |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
  White-collar occupations.............|  100.0  |   73.2  |   26.8  |    7.0  |    2.4  |    6.5  |    2.8  |    8.0  |     .1
    Prof. specialty/technical..........|  100.0  |   73.6  |   26.4  |    7.3  |    2.3  |    5.8  |    3.1  |    7.7  |     .2
      Professional.....................|  100.0  |   73.8  |   26.2  |    7.2  |    2.5  |    5.6  |    3.1  |    7.6  |     .2
      Technical........................|  100.0  |   72.8  |   27.2  |    7.6  |    1.9  |    6.6  |    3.1  |    7.8  |     .1
    Executive/administrative/managerial|  100.0  |   72.7  |   27.3  |    8.1  |    2.8  |    5.5  |    3.0  |    7.7  |     .2
    Sales workers......................|  100.0  |   76.5  |   23.5  |    4.6  |    2.6  |    5.4  |    1.9  |    8.9  |   (2)
    Admin. support incl. clerical......|  100.0  |   71.2  |   28.8  |    7.1  |    1.9  |    8.7  |    2.9  |    8.1  |   (2)
                                       |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
  Blue-collar occupations..............|  100.0  |   69.3  |   30.7  |    4.9  |    2.6  |    7.2  |    3.3  |   12.5  |     .1
    Precision production, craft, repair|  100.0  |   69.1  |   30.9  |    5.2  |    2.7  |    7.1  |    3.6  |   12.2  |     .2
    Transportation and material moving.|  100.0  |   67.5  |   32.5  |    5.3  |    2.6  |    7.5  |    3.7  |   13.3  |     .1
    Handlers/equip. clean/helpers/labor|  100.0  |   70.8  |   29.2  |    4.1  |    2.5  |    6.9  |    2.9  |   12.8  |   (2)
                                       |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
  Service occupations..................|  100.0  |   75.9  |   24.1  |    4.2  |    1.3  |    5.4  |    1.2  |   11.8  |   (2)
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  1 Includes severance pay and supplemeloyment benefits.
  2 Cost per hour worked is $0.01 or less.
Table 13.  PRIVATE INDUSTRY UNION AND NONUNION WORKERS: Employer costs per hour worked for employee compensation, and
costs as a percent of total compensation, March 1994
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                 |         |         |                            Benefit costs
                                       |         |         |_____________________________________________________________________
                     Series            |  Total  |   Wages |         |         |         |         |         |         |
                                       | compen- |   and   |         |         | Supple- |         | Retire- | Legally |  Other
                                       |  sation | salaries|  Total  |   Paid  |  mental |Insurance| ment and| required|  bene-
                                       |         |         |         |  leave  |   pay   |         | savings | benefits| fits(1)
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                       |                                  Cost per hour worked
                                       |_________________________________________________________________________________________
All union workers, private industry....|  $23.26 |  $14.76 |   $8.51 |   $1.66 |   $0.75 |   $2.46 |   $1.23 |   $2.30 |   $0.11
     Blue-collar occupations...........|   24.18 |   14.84 |    9.35 |    1.63 |     .92 |    2.65 |    1.42 |    2.59 |     .14
                                       |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
  Goods-producing industries...........|   25.19 |   15.22 |    9.98 |    1.62 |    1.01 |    2.90 |    1.60 |    2.64 |     .20
  Service-producing industries.........|   21.50 |   14.34 |    7.17 |    1.68 |     .51 |    2.06 |     .90 |    1.99 |     .03
                                       |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
  Manufacturing........................|   23.68 |   14.10 |    9.58 |    1.80 |    1.10 |    2.88 |    1.33 |    2.25 |     .22
    Blue-collar occupations............|   23.77 |   14.05 |    9.72 |    1.80 |    1.13 |    2.93 |    1.35 |    2.28 |     .23
  Nonmanufacturing.....................|   23.01 |   15.15 |    7.86 |    1.57 |     .54 |    2.21 |    1.18 |    2.33 |     .04
                                       |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
                                       |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
All nonunion workers, private industry.|   16.04 |   11.70 |    4.34 |    1.02 |     .39 |    1.03 |     .40 |    1.48 |     .03
     Blue-collar occupations...........|   13.74 |    9.76 |    3.98 |     .68 |     .43 |     .92 |     .28 |    1.65 |   (2)
                                       |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
  Goods-producing industries...........|   19.20 |   13.36 |    5.84 |    1.29 |     .59 |    1.45 |     .56 |    1.87 |     .08
  Service-producing industries.........|   15.19 |   11.25 |    3.94 |     .94 |     .34 |     .91 |     .35 |    1.38 |     .02
                                       |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
  Manufacturing........................|   19.59 |   13.54 |    6.06 |    1.45 |     .57 |    1.61 |     .61 |    1.73 |     .09
    Blue-collar occupations............|   14.87 |   10.13 |    4.73 |     .89 |     .60 |    1.25 |     .41 |    1.57 |   (2)
  Nonmanufacturing.....................|   15.34 |   11.33 |    4.00 |     .93 |     .36 |     .91 |     .36 |    1.43 |     .02
                                       |_________________________________________________________________________________________
                                       |                              Percent of total compensation
                                       |_________________________________________________________________________________________
All union workers, private industry....|  100.0% |   63.4% |   36.6% |    7.1% |    3.2% |   10.6% |    5.3% |    9.9% |    0.5%
     Blue-collar occupations...........|  100.0  |   61.3  |   38.7  |    6.7  |    3.8  |   11.0  |    5.9  |   10.7  |     .6
                                       |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
  Goods-producing industries...........|  100.0  |   60.4  |   39.6  |    6.4  |    4.0  |   11.5  |    6.3  |   10.5  |     .8
  Service-producing industries.........|  100.0  |   66.7  |   33.3  |    7.8  |    2.3  |    9.6  |    4.2  |    9.2  |     .1
                                       |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
  Manufacturing........................|  100.0  |   59.5  |   40.5  |    7.6  |    4.6  |   12.2  |    5.6  |    9.5  |     .9
    Blue-collar occupations............|  100.0  |   59.1  |   40.9  |    7.6  |    4.8  |   12.3  |    5.7  |    9.6  |    1.0
  Nonmanufacturing.....................|  100.0  |   65.8  |   34.2  |    6.8  |    2.3  |    9.6  |    5.1  |   10.1  |     .2
                                       |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
                                       |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
All nonunion workers, private industry.|  100.0  |   72.9  |   27.1  |    6.3  |    2.4  |    6.4  |    2.5  |    9.2  |     .2
     Blue-collar occupations...........|  100.0  |   71.0  |   29.0  |    5.0  |    3.1  |    6.7  |    2.0  |   12.0  |   (2)
                                       |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
  Goods-producing industries...........|  100.0  |   69.6  |   30.4  |    6.7  |    3.1  |    7.6  |    2.9  |    9.7  |     .4
  Service-producing industries.........|  100.0  |   74.1  |   25.9  |    6.2  |    2.2  |    6.0  |    2.3  |    9.1  |     .1
                                       |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
  Manufacturing........................|  100.0  |   69.1  |   30.9  |    7.4  |    2.9  |    8.2  |    3.1  |    8.8  |     .4
    Blue-collar occupations............|  100.0  |   68.2  |   31.8  |    6.0  |    4.0  |    8.4  |    2.8  |   10.6  |   (2)
  Nonmanufacturing.....................|  100.0  |   73.9  |   26.1  |    6.1  |    2.3  |    5.9  |    2.3  |    9.3  |     .1
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
  1 Includes severance pay and supplemeloyment benefits.      2 Cost per hour worked is $0.01 or less.
Table 14. PRIVATE INDUSTRY BY ESTABLISHYMENT SIZE: Employer costs per hour worked for employee compensation, and costs as a
percent of total compensation, March 1994
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                 |         |         |                            Benefit costs
                                       |         |         |_____________________________________________________________________
                     Series            |  Total  |   Wages |         |         |         |         |         |         |
                                       | compen- |   and   |         |         | Supple- |         | Retire- | Legally |  Other
                                       |  sation | salaries|  Total  |   Paid  |  mental |Insurance| ment and| required|  bene-
                                       |         |         |         |  leave  |   pay   |         | savings | benefits| fits(1)
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                       |                                  Cost per hour worked
                                       |_________________________________________________________________________________________
All workers in private industry........|  $17.08 |  $12.14 |   $4.94 |   $1.11 |   $0.44 |   $1.23 |   $0.52 |   $1.60 |   $0.04
 1-99 workers..........................|   14.58 |   10.72 |    3.86 |     .78 |     .34 |     .90 |     .33 |    1.49 |   (2)
 100 workers or more...................|   19.45 |   13.48 |    5.97 |    1.42 |     .54 |    1.55 |     .70 |    1.70 |     .07
    100-499 workers....................|   15.88 |   11.37 |    4.51 |     .99 |     .40 |    1.12 |     .45 |    1.50 |     .05
    500 workers or more................|   23.35 |   15.79 |    7.56 |    1.89 |     .69 |    2.01 |     .96 |    1.91 |     .09
                                       |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
  Goods-producing industries (3).......|   20.85 |   13.87 |    6.98 |    1.38 |     .71 |    1.85 |     .85 |    2.08 |     .11
   1-99 workers........................|   18.17 |   12.60 |    5.57 |     .83 |     .57 |    1.31 |     .59 |    2.24 |     .03
   100 workers or more.................|   22.26 |   14.54 |    7.72 |    1.68 |     .77 |    2.14 |     .98 |    2.00 |     .15
      100-499 workers..................|   18.35 |   12.50 |    5.85 |    1.15 |     .57 |    1.57 |     .63 |    1.82 |     .11
      500 workers or more..............|   26.11 |   16.55 |    9.56 |    2.19 |     .97 |    2.70 |    1.32 |    2.18 |     .19
                                       |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
  Service-producing industries (4).....|   15.82 |   11.56 |    4.26 |    1.02 |     .36 |    1.03 |     .41 |    1.44 |     .02
   1-99 workers........................|   13.80 |   10.31 |    3.49 |     .77 |     .29 |     .81 |     .27 |    1.33 |   (2)
   100 workers or more.................|   18.13 |   12.99 |    5.15 |    1.30 |     .43 |    1.27 |     .56 |    1.56 |     .03
      100-499 workers..................|   14.80 |   10.88 |    3.92 |     .91 |     .33 |     .92 |     .37 |    1.37 |     .02
      500 workers or more..............|   21.94 |   15.40 |    6.55 |    1.74 |     .55 |    1.67 |     .78 |    1.78 |     .04
                                       |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
  White-collar occupations.............|   20.26 |   14.72 |    5.54 |    1.46 |     .47 |    1.36 |     .59 |    1.60 |     .05
   1-99 workers........................|   17.68 |   13.17 |    4.51 |    1.12 |     .42 |    1.09 |     .40 |    1.47 |   (2)
   100 workers or more.................|   22.49 |   16.06 |    6.43 |    1.76 |     .52 |    1.60 |     .76 |    1.72 |     .07
      100-499 workers..................|   18.70 |   13.71 |    4.98 |    1.27 |     .40 |    1.22 |     .50 |    1.50 |     .09
      500 workers or more..............|   25.94 |   18.20 |    7.74 |    2.20 |     .63 |    1.93 |    1.00 |    1.92 |     .06
                                       |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
  Blue-collar occupations..............|   16.92 |   11.31 |    5.62 |     .97 |     .58 |    1.45 |     .63 |    1.94 |     .05
   1-99 workers........................|   14.79 |   10.37 |    4.42 |     .65 |     .40 |    1.04 |     .41 |    1.91 |     .02
   100 workers or more.................|   18.94 |   12.19 |    6.75 |    1.28 |     .75 |    1.84 |     .84 |    1.96 |     .08
      100-499 workers..................|   15.82 |   10.72 |    5.10 |     .90 |     .55 |    1.31 |     .56 |    1.76 |   (2)
      500 workers or more..............|   22.86 |   14.03 |    8.83 |    1.75 |    1.00 |    2.51 |    1.18 |    2.21 |     .18
                                       |_________________________________________________________________________________________
                                       |
                                       |                              Percent of total compensation
                                       |_________________________________________________________________________________________
                                       |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
                                       |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
All workers in private industry........|  100.0% |   71.1% |   28.9% |    6.5% |    2.6% |    7.2% |    3.0% |    9.4% |    0.2%
 1-99 workers..........................|  100.0  |   73.5  |   26.5  |    5.4  |    2.3  |    6.2  |    2.3  |   10.2  |   (2)
 100 workers or more...................|  100.0  |   69.3  |   30.7  |    7.3  |    2.8  |    8.0  |    3.6  |    8.7  |     .3
    100-499 workers....................|  100.0  |   71.6  |   28.4  |    6.2  |    2.5  |    7.0  |    2.8  |    9.5  |     .3
    500 workers or more................|  100.0  |   67.6  |   32.4  |    8.1  |    3.0  |    8.6  |    4.1  |    8.2  |     .4
                                       |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
  Goods-producing industries (3).......|  100.0  |   66.5  |   33.5  |    6.6  |    3.4  |    8.9  |    4.1  |   10.0  |     .5
   1-99 workers........................|  100.0  |   69.3  |   30.7  |    4.6  |    3.2  |    7.2  |    3.2  |   12.3  |     .2
   100 workers or more.................|  100.0  |   65.3  |   34.7  |    7.5  |    3.5  |    9.6  |    4.4  |    9.0  |     .7
      100-499 workers..................|  100.0  |   68.1  |   31.9  |    6.3  |    3.1  |    8.5  |    3.5  |    9.9  |     .6
      500 workers or more..............|  100.0  |   63.4  |   36.6  |    8.4  |    3.7  |   10.3  |    5.1  |    8.4  |     .7
                                       |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
  Service-producing industries (4).....|  100.0  |   73.1  |   26.9  |    6.4  |    2.2  |    6.5  |    2.6  |    9.1  |     .1
   1-99 workers........................|  100.0  |   74.7  |   25.3  |    5.6  |    2.1  |    5.9  |    2.0  |    9.7  |   (2)
   100 workers or more.................|  100.0  |   71.6  |   28.4  |    7.2  |    2.4  |    7.0  |    3.1  |    8.6  |     .2
      100-499 workers..................|  100.0  |   73.5  |   26.5  |    6.2  |    2.2  |    6.2  |    2.5  |    9.2  |     .1
      500 workers or more..............|  100.0  |   70.2  |   29.8  |    7.9  |    2.5  |    7.6  |    3.6  |    8.1  |     .2
                                       |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
  White-collar occupations.............|  100.0  |   72.7  |   27.3  |    7.2  |    2.3  |    6.7  |    2.9  |    7.9  |     .2
   1-99 workers........................|  100.0  |   74.5  |   25.5  |    6.3  |    2.4  |    6.2  |    2.2  |    8.3  |   (2)
   100 workers or more.................|  100.0  |   71.4  |   28.6  |    7.8  |    2.3  |    7.1  |    3.4  |    7.6  |     .3
      100-499 workers..................|  100.0  |   73.3  |   26.7  |    6.8  |    2.1  |    6.5  |    2.7  |    8.0  |     .5
      500 workers or more..............|  100.0  |   70.2  |   29.8  |    8.5  |    2.4  |    7.5  |    3.8  |    7.4  |     .2
                                       |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
  Blue-collar occupations..............|  100.0  |   66.8  |   33.2  |    5.7  |    3.4  |    8.6  |    3.7  |   11.4  |     .3
   1-99 workers........................|  100.0  |   70.1  |   29.9  |    4.4  |    2.7  |    7.0  |    2.7  |   12.9  |     .1
   100 workers or more.................|  100.0  |   64.4  |   35.6  |    6.7  |    4.0  |    9.7  |    4.4  |   10.4  |     .4
      100-499 workers..................|  100.0  |   67.8  |   32.2  |    5.7  |    3.5  |    8.3  |    3.5  |   11.1  |   (2)
      500 workers or more..............|  100.0  |   61.4  |   38.6  |    7.7  |    4.4  |   11.0  |    5.2  |    9.7  |     .8
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
  1 Includes severance pay and supplemeloyment benefits.      4 Includes transportation, comm., and pub. util.;
  2 Cost per hour worked is $0.01 or less.                      wholesale and retail trade; finance, insurance, and
  3 Includes mining, construction, and manufacturing.           real estate; and service industries.
Table 15. PRIVATE INDUSTRY HEALTH SERVICES BY OCCUPATIONAL CATEGORIES:  Employer costs per hour worked for employee compen-
sation, and costs as a percent of total compensation, March 1994
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                 |         |         |                            Benefit costs
                                       |         |         |_____________________________________________________________________
                     Series            |  Total  |   Wages |         |         |         |         |         |         |
                                       | compen- |   and   |         |         | Supple- |         | Retire- | Legally |  Other
                                       |  sation | salaries|  Total  |   Paid  |  mental |Insurance| ment and| required|  bene-
                                       |         |         |         |  leave  |   pay   |         | savings | benefits| fits(1)
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                       |                                  Cost per hour worked
                                       |_________________________________________________________________________________________
Health services........................|  $18.01 |  $13.06 |   $4.94 |   $1.31 |   $0.46 |   $1.23 |   $0.43 |   $1.51 |   (2)
  Prof. specialty/technical............|   24.95 |   18.28 |    6.67 |    1.86 |     .77 |    1.43 |     .57 |    2.02 |    $.02
    Professional occupations...........|   28.39 |   20.86 |    7.53 |    2.18 |     .91 |    1.55 |     .64 |    2.22 |     .03
      Nurses...........................|   27.21 |   19.66 |    7.55 |    2.01 |    1.09 |    1.52 |     .67 |    2.24 |     .02
    Technical occupations..............|   18.96 |   13.78 |    5.18 |    1.29 |     .51 |    1.22 |     .46 |    1.68 |   (2)
  Admin. support incl. clerical........|   13.90 |    9.76 |    4.14 |     .99 |     .26 |    1.34 |     .46 |    1.08 |   (2)
  Service occupations..................|   10.81 |    7.76 |    3.05 |     .67 |     .25 |     .84 |     .19 |    1.09 |   (2)
                                       |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
  Hospitals............................|   20.65 |   14.57 |    6.08 |    1.66 |     .65 |    1.65 |     .47 |    1.63 |     .02
    Prof. specialty/technical..........|   25.08 |   17.92 |    7.16 |    2.00 |     .95 |    1.64 |     .55 |    2.00 |     .02
      Professional occupations.........|   27.25 |   19.66 |    7.59 |    2.14 |    1.05 |    1.62 |     .59 |    2.16 |     .02
        Nurses.........................|   27.77 |   19.95 |    7.82 |    2.11 |    1.24 |    1.62 |     .60 |    2.23 |     .02
      Technical occupations............|   19.15 |   13.18 |    5.97 |    1.62 |     .69 |    1.67 |     .43 |    1.55 |     .02
    Admin. support incl. clerical......|   14.82 |   10.13 |    4.69 |    1.19 |     .29 |    1.67 |     .39 |    1.14 |     .02
    Service occupations................|   13.14 |    8.80 |    4.33 |     .97 |     .39 |    1.59 |     .29 |    1.07 |     .02
                                       |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
  Nursing Homes........................|   11.06 |    8.15 |    2.91 |     .66 |     .23 |     .57 |     .10 |    1.34 |   (2)
    Prof. specialty/technical..........|   17.41 |   12.96 |    4.45 |    1.10 |     .43 |     .63 |     .16 |    2.12 |   (2)
      Professional occupations.........|   19.50 |   14.86 |    4.64 |    1.24 |     .39 |     .59 |     .17 |    2.24 |   (2)
      Technical occupations............|   15.68 |   11.38 |    4.29 |     .98 |     .46 |     .66 |     .16 |    2.03 |   (2)
    Service occupations................|    8.87 |    6.45 |    2.41 |     .49 |     .19 |     .53 |     .08 |    1.12 |   (2)
                                       |_________________________________________________________________________________________
                                       |                              Percent of total compensation
                                       |_________________________________________________________________________________________
Health services........................|  100.0% |   72.5% |   27.5% |    7.2% |    2.5% |    6.8% |    2.4% |    8.4% |   (2)
  Prof. specialty/technical............|  100.0  |   73.3  |   26.7  |    7.4  |    3.1  |    5.7  |    2.3  |    8.1  |     .1%
    Professional occupations...........|  100.0  |   73.5  |   26.5  |    7.7  |    3.2  |    5.5  |    2.3  |    7.8  |     .1
      Nurses...........................|  100.0  |   72.3  |   27.7  |    7.4  |    4.0  |    5.6  |    2.4  |    8.2  |     .1
    Technical occupations..............|  100.0  |   72.7  |   27.3  |    6.8  |    2.7  |    6.4  |    2.4  |    8.9  |   (2)
  Admin. support incl. clerical........|  100.0  |   70.2  |   29.8  |    7.1  |    1.9  |    9.6  |    3.3  |    7.8  |   (2)
  Service occupations..................|  100.0  |   71.8  |   28.2  |    6.2  |    2.3  |    7.7  |    1.7  |   10.1  |   (2)
                                       |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
  Hospitals............................|  100.0  |   70.6  |   29.4  |    8.0  |    3.2  |    8.0  |    2.3  |    7.9  |     .1
    Prof. specialty/technical..........|  100.0  |   71.5  |   28.5  |    8.0  |    3.8  |    6.5  |    2.2  |    8.0  |     .1
      Professional occupations.........|  100.0  |   72.1  |   27.9  |    7.9  |    3.8  |    6.0  |    2.2  |    7.9  |     .1
        Nurses.........................|  100.0  |   71.8  |   28.2  |    7.6  |    4.5  |    5.9  |    2.2  |    8.0  |     .1
      Technical occupations............|  100.0  |   68.8  |   31.2  |    8.5  |    3.6  |    8.7  |    2.2  |    8.1  |     .1
    Admin. support incl. clerical......|  100.0  |   68.4  |   31.6  |    8.0  |    2.0  |   11.2  |    2.6  |    7.7  |     .1
    Service occupations................|  100.0  |   67.0  |   33.0  |    7.4  |    3.0  |   12.1  |    2.2  |    8.1  |     .2
                                       |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
  Nursing Homes........................|  100.0  |   73.7  |   26.3  |    6.0  |    2.1  |    5.1  |     .9  |   12.1  |   (2)
    Prof. specialty/technical..........|  100.0  |   74.4  |   25.6  |    6.3  |    2.5  |    3.6  |     .9  |   12.2  |   (2)
      Professional occupations.........|  100.0  |   76.2  |   23.8  |    6.4  |    2.0  |    3.0  |     .9  |   11.5  |   (2)
      Technical occupations............|  100.0  |   72.6  |   27.4  |    6.3  |    3.0  |    4.2  |    1.0  |   12.9  |   (2)
    Service occupations................|  100.0  |   72.8  |   27.2  |    5.5  |    2.2  |    5.9  |     .9  |   12.7  |   (2)
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  1 Includes severance pay and supplemeloyment benefits.      2 Cost per hour worked is $0.01 or less.
Table 16. TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT INDUployer costs for employee compensation, and costs as a percent of total compensation,
March 1994
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                     Series            |  Total  |   Wages |         |         |         |         |         |         |
                                       | compen- |   and   |         |         | Supple- |         | Retire- | Legally |  Other
                                       |  sation | salaries|  Total  |   Paid  |  mental |Insurance| ment and| required|  bene-
                                       |         |         |         |  leave  |   pay   |         | savings | benefits| fits(1)
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                                       |                                  Cost per hour worked
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                                       |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
                                       |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
Transportation equipment ind. (SIC 37).|  $30.67 |  $17.78 |  $12.89 |   $2.48 |   $1.52 |   $3.78 |   $2.17 |   $2.57 |   $0.38
                                       |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
  White-collar occupations.............|   31.98 |   21.37 |   10.61 |    2.90 |     .73 |    2.95 |    1.53 |    2.38 |     .11
    Prof. specialty/technical..........|   33.29 |   22.64 |   10.65 |    3.04 |     .57 |    2.91 |    1.50 |    2.52 |     .10
    Executive/administrative/managerial|   38.66 |   26.70 |   11.96 |    3.63 |     .54 |    3.17 |    1.83 |    2.71 |     .07
                                       |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
  Blue-collar occupations..............|   30.13 |   16.12 |   14.01 |    2.30 |    1.91 |    4.15 |    2.48 |    2.66 |     .51
                                       |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
  Service occupations..................|   28.51 |   15.72 |   12.79 |    2.05 |    1.30 |    4.54 |    2.06 |    2.39 |     .45
                                       |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
                                       |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
  Aircraft manufacturing (SIC 3721)....|   29.34 |   19.53 |    9.82 |    2.54 |    1.05 |    2.70 |    1.27 |    2.23 |     .03
                                       |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
   White-collar occupations............|   30.33 |   20.67 |    9.67 |    2.80 |     .55 |    2.65 |    1.42 |    2.20 |     .04
                                       |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
   Blue-collar occupations.............|   28.01 |   17.91 |   10.10 |    2.14 |    1.83 |    2.75 |    1.06 |    2.30 |     .02
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                                       |                              Percent of total compensation
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                                       |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
                                       |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
Transportation equipment ind. (SIC 37).|  100.0% |   58.0% |   42.0% |    8.1% |    4.9% |   12.3% |    7.1% |    8.4% |    1.2%
                                       |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
  White-collar occupations.............|  100.0  |   66.8  |   33.2  |    9.1  |    2.3  |    9.2  |    4.8  |    7.5  |     .4
    Prof. specialty/technical..........|  100.0  |   68.0  |   32.0  |    9.1  |    1.7  |    8.7  |    4.5  |    7.6  |     .3
    Executive/administrative/managerial|  100.0  |   69.1  |   30.9  |    9.4  |    1.4  |    8.2  |    4.7  |    7.0  |     .2
                                       |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
  Blue-collar occupations..............|  100.0  |   53.5  |   46.5  |    7.6  |    6.3  |   13.8  |    8.2  |    8.8  |    1.7
                                       |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
  Service occupations..................|  100.0  |   55.1  |   44.9  |    7.2  |    4.6  |   15.9  |    7.2  |    8.4  |    1.6
                                       |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
                                       |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
  Aircraft manufacturing (SIC 3721)....|  100.0  |   66.5  |   33.5  |    8.6  |    3.6  |    9.2  |    4.3  |    7.6  |     .1
                                       |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
   White-collar occupations............|  100.0  |   68.1  |   31.9  |    9.2  |    1.8  |    8.8  |    4.7  |    7.2  |     .1
                                       |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
   Blue-collar occupations.............|  100.0  |   63.9  |   36.1  |    7.6  |    6.5  |    9.8  |    3.8  |    8.2  |     .1
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  1 Includes severance pay and supplemeloyment benefits.
NOTE:  SIC refers to the 1987 Standard  Classification System code as defined by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget.
Appendix. Employer costs per hour workeonents of compensation, and relative standard errors,(1) by major industry and
occupational categories, March 1994
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                                       |         |         |                            Benefit costs
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                     Series            |  Total  |   Wages |         |         |         |         |         |         |
                                       | compen- |   and   |         |         | Supple- |         | Retire- | Legally |  Other
                                       |  sation | salaries|  Total  |   Paid  |  mental |Insurance| ment and| required|  bene-
                                       |         |         |         |  leave  |   pay   |         | savings | benefits| fits(1)
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                                       |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
Civilian workers                       |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
      Cost per hour worked.............|  $18.43 |  $13.06 |   $5.37 |   $1.23 |   $0.40 |   $1.38 |   $0.73 |   $1.59 |   $0.04
      Relative Error...................|     .7% |     .7% |     .9% |    1.2% |    2.9% |    1.1% |    1.8% |     .7% |   17.4%
                                       |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
  State and local government workers   |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
      Cost per hour worked.............|  $25.27 |  $17.57 |   $7.71 |   $1.94 |    $.20 |   $2.15 |   $1.90 |   $1.49 |    $.03
      Relative Error...................|    1.0% |    1.0% |    1.1% |    1.6% |    4.7% |    1.4% |    1.7% |    1.6% |   11.5%
                                       |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
  Private industry workers             |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
      Cost per hour worked.............|  $17.08 |  $12.14 |   $4.94 |   $1.11 |    $.44 |   $1.23 |    $.52 |   $1.60 |    $.04
      Relative Error...................|     .9% |     .8% |    1.1% |    1.6% |    3.0% |    1.3% |    2.7% |     .8% |   19.4%
                                       |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
    Goods-producing industries         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
      Cost per hour worked.............|  $20.85 |  $13.87 |   $6.98 |   $1.38 |    $.71 |   $1.85 |    $.85 |   $2.08 |    $.11
      Relative Error...................|    1.5% |    1.4% |    2.0% |    2.2% |    4.8% |    2.7% |    4.1% |    1.5% |   28.3%
                                       |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
    Service-producing industries       |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
      Cost per hour worked.............|  $15.82 |  $11.56 |   $4.26 |   $1.02 |    $.36 |   $1.03 |    $.41 |   $1.44 |    $.02
      Relative Error...................|    1.1% |    1.1% |    1.3% |    2.0% |    3.2% |    1.4% |    3.8% |     .8% |   14.7%
                                       |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
    Manufacturing                      |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
      Cost per hour worked.............|  $20.72 |  $13.69 |   $7.03 |   $1.55 |    $.72 |   $1.96 |    $.81 |   $1.87 |    $.12
      Relative Error...................|    1.6% |    1.5% |    2.0% |    2.2% |    4.3% |    2.9% |    4.1% |    1.4% |   30.9%
                                       |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
    Nonmanufacturing                   |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
      Cost per hour worked.............|  $16.19 |  $11.76 |   $4.43 |   $1.00 |    $.38 |   $1.06 |    $.45 |   $1.53 |    $.02
      Relative Error...................|    1.1% |    1.0% |    1.4% |    2.0% |    3.9% |    1.4% |    3.5% |     .9% |   18.1%
                                       |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
    White-collar occupations           |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
      Cost per hour worked.............|  $20.26 |  $14.72 |   $5.54 |   $1.46 |    $.47 |   $1.36 |    $.59 |   $1.60 |    $.05
      Relative Error...................|    1.2% |    1.2% |    1.5% |    2.0% |    4.8% |    1.6% |    3.7% |     .9% |   31.2%
                                       |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
    Blue-collar occupations            |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
      Cost per hour worked.............|  $16.92 |  $11.31 |   $5.62 |    $.97 |    $.58 |   $1.45 |    $.63 |   $1.94 |    $.05
      Relative Error...................|    1.3% |    1.1% |    1.9% |    2.1% |    2.7% |    2.7% |    4.3% |    1.3% |   17.0%
                                       |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
    Service occupations                |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
      Cost per hour worked.............|   $8.38 |   $6.33 |   $2.05 |    $.36 |    $.12 |    $.47 |    $.12 |    $.98 |   (3)
      Relative Error...................|    1.2% |    1.1% |    2.3% |    3.3% |    6.1% |    5.2% |    6.6% |    1.4% |   (3)
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  1 The relative error is the standard essed as a percent of the cost.  We can be 95-percent confident that the interval around
the cost estimate bounded by two times wo times minus the standard error contains the 'true' cost.
  2 Includes severance pay and supplemeloyment benefits.
  3 Cost per hour worked is $0.01 or le